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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. * 999 – Rebel Turkish warlord Mahmud of Ghazni defeats Samanid Emir Mansur II in battle at Merv.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |date=2006 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke [England] ; New York |isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4 |page=342}}</ref> *1003 – Patrician John Crescentius, who has seized control of Rome, selects Pope John XVII as the new pope.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire |date=2006 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke [England] ; New York |isbn=978-1-4039-1774-4 |page=345}}</ref> *1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lock|first=Peter|title=The Franks in the Aegean: 1204–1500|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2013|isbn=9780582051393|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4oqrAgAAQBAJ|page=310}}</ref> *1364 – Hundred Years' War: Bertrand du Guesclin and a French army defeat the Anglo-Navarrese army of Charles the Bad at Cocherel.<ref name="Cuttler2003">{{cite book|author=S. H. Cuttler|title=The Law of Treason and Treason Trials in Later Medieval France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVHPC_QVLB0C&pg=PA172|accessdate=5 May 2013|date=18 December 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-52643-2|page=172}}</ref> *1426 – Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes King of Ava.<ref name=yt-1-272>{{cite book|author=Maha Sithu|title=Yazawin Thit|publisher=Ya-Pyei Publishing|location=Yangon|orig-year=1798|year=2012|edition=2nd printing|language=my|volume=1–3|editor1=Myint Swe|editor2=Kyaw Win|editor3=Thein Hlaing}}; Thursday, 10th waxing of Nayon 788 ME = 16 May 1426</ref> *1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic. *1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. *1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wagner|first=John|title=Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe, and America|location=New York|publisher=The Oryx Press|date=2002|isbn=9780816046577|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjfwNlN1sWYC|page=xxii}}</ref> *1584 – Santiago de Vera becomes sixth governor-general of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
===1601–1900=== *1739 – The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army. *1770 – The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, Dauphin de France, who later becomes king of France.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lever|first=Evelyne|title=Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France|location=New York|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|date=2001|isbn=9780312283339|url=https://archive.org/details/marieantoinette00evel|url-access=registration|pages=[https://archive.org/details/marieantoinette00evel/page/22 22]–24}}</ref> *1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina. *1777 – Continental Army officer Lachlan McIntosh fatally wounds Button Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, in a duel in Savannah, Georgia.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gamble |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Gamble (mayor) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5U-AAAAYAAJ |title=Savannah Duels and Duellists, 1733–1877 |publisher=Review Publishing & Printing Company |year=1923 |location=Savannah, Georgia |page=15 |oclc=1450131}}</ref> *1811 – Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom fight an inconclusive battle against the French at the Albuera.<ref name="Esdaile340">{{cite book| last = Esdaile| first = Charles| publication-date = 2002| year = 2002| title = The Peninsular War| publisher = Penguin Books| isbn = 978-0-14-027370-0| page = 340}}</ref> It is, in proportion to the numbers involved, the bloodiest battle of the war.<ref name="Oman393">{{cite book| last = Oman| first = Sir Charles| author-link = Charles Oman| publication-date = 2004| year = 1911| title = A History of the Peninsular War: Volume IV, December 1810 to December 1811| publisher = Greenhill Books| isbn = 978-1-85367-618-5| page = 393}}</ref> *1812 – Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia.<ref>{{cite book|last=Crowe|first=David|title=A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia|location=New York|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|date=2011|isbn=9781403980090|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVQBDgAAQBAJ|page=158}}</ref> *1822 – Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli. *1832 – Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush.<ref name=Sonia2015>{{Cite book|title=Mitos de Chile: Enciclopedia de seres, apariciones y encantos|last=Montecino Aguirre|first=Sonia|publisher=Catalonia |year=2015|isbn=978-956-324-375-8 |pages=47–48|chapter=Alicanto |language=es}}</ref><ref name=Hist>{{cite book | title = Historia de Chile | language = es | trans-title = History of Chile | editor-last1 = Villalobos R. | editor-first1 = Sergio | editor-link1 = Sergio Villalobos | editor-last2 = Silva G. | editor-first2 = Osvaldo | editor-link2 = Osvaldo Silva | editor-last3 = Silva V. | editor-first3 = Fernando | editor-last4 = Patricio | editor-first4 = Estelle M. | year = 1995 | orig-year = 1974 | publisher = Editorial Universitaria | location = Santiago de Chile | pages = 469–472}}</ref> *1834 – The Battle of Asseiceira is fought; it was the final and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal. *1842 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dicken|first1=Samuel N.|last2=Dicken|first2=Emily F.|title=The Making of Oregon: A Study in Historical Geography|location=Portland, Ore.|publisher=Oregon Historical Society|date=1979|isbn=9780875950631|page=72|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Byers|first=Roland O.|title=The Linchpin: The Oregon Trail in 1843|location=Moscow, Idaho|publisher=University Press of Idaho|date=1984|isbn=9780893010942|page=22|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Manwelleer|first=Mathew|title=Chronology of the U.S. Presidency|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2012|isbn=9781598846454|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqB3ehA7M0oC|page=315}}</ref> *1863 – American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, the decisive Union victory by Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Champion Hill drives the Confederate army under John C. Pemberton back towards Vicksburg, Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Champion Hill (May 16)|url=https://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/championhill.htm|website=NPS.gov|publisher=National Park Service|date=April 7, 2017|access-date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> *1866 – The United States Congress establishes the nickel.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hudgeons|first1=Marc|last2=Hudgeons|first2=Tom|title=Official 2009 Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins|location=New York|publisher=Random House Reference|date=2008|isbn=9780375721700|url=https://archive.org/details/official2009blac00hudg|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/official2009blac00hudg/page/290 290]}}</ref> *1868 – The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hearn|first=Chester G.|title=The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Co.|date=2007|isbn=9780786430963|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Tld3CpYawwC|page=201}}</ref> *1874 – A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people. *1877 – The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fortescue|first=William|title=The Third Republic in France, 1870–1940: Conflicts and Continuities|location=London|publisher=Routledge|date=2001|isbn=0415169445|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CMxDwAAQBAJ|pages=33–34}}</ref> *1888 – Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances. *1891 – The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, featuring the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
===1901–present=== *1916 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria. *1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later. * 1918 – The victory military parade by the Finnish White Guard is held in Helsinki celebrating their decisive victory in the Finnish Civil War.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xCJBAAAQBAJ&q=finnish+victory+parade+1918&pg=PA307|title = The Finnish Civil War 1918: History, Memory, Legacy|date = 14 August 2014| publisher=BRILL |isbn = 9789004280717}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B3n_BgAAQBAJ&q=finnish+victory+parade+1918&pg=PT69|title = Helsinki: A Cultural History|isbn = 9781623710606|last1 = Kent|first1 = Neil|date = 30 July 2014| publisher=Interlink }}</ref> The day also begin to be celebrated on the Defence Forces Flag Day before it is moved in 1942 to the June 4th.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ruotuvaki.fi/-/helsingin-paraati-on-historian-nayttavin|title=Helsingin paraati on historian näyttävin|last=Laaksokari|first=Arttu|work=Ruotuväki|date=29 May 2017|access-date=5 May 2026|language=fi}}</ref> *1919 – A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight. *1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc. *1925 – The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera ''Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria'' occurred in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|author-link= Michael Kennedy (music critic)|last= Kennedy|first= Michael|title= Oxford Dictionary of Music|publisher= Oxford University Press|location= Oxford|year= 2006|isbn= 0-19-861459-4 |page=732}}</ref> *1929 – In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place. *1943 – The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends. *1943 – Operation Chastise is undertaken by RAF Bomber Command with specially equipped Avro Lancasters to destroy the Mohne, Sorpe, and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Incredible Story Of The Dambusters Raid |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-story-of-the-dambusters-raid |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Imperial War Museums |language=en}}</ref> *1945 – Beginning of the Levant Crisis between Britain and France in Syria. The latter try to quell nationalist protests but backs down after threat of military action by the British.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dilks|first1=David|title=Churchill and Company: Allies and Rivals in War and Peace|date=30 January 2015|page= 150|publisher=I B Tauris|isbn=9781780769677}}</ref> *1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. *1954 – Beginning of the Kengir uprising in the Gulag.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dunn |first1=Morgan |title=How The Prisoners Behind The Kengir Uprising Fought Back Against The Horrors Of The Gulag |url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/kengir-uprising |website=allthatsinteresting.com |date=15 May 2021 |access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref> *1959 – The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|title=A historical perspective on the Triton Fountain restoration|url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-10-26/local-news/A-historical-perspective-on-the-Triton-Fountain-restoration-6736144156|work=The Malta Independent|date=25 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217064944/http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-10-26/local-news/A-historical-perspective-on-the-Triton-Fountain-restoration-6736144156|archive-date=17 February 2017}}</ref> *1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. *1961 – Park Chung Hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea. *1966 – The Chinese Communist Party issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. *1969 – Venera program: ''Venera 5'', a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus. *1972 – An Antonov An-24 crashes into a kindergarten building in Svetlogorsk, killing 35.<ref name="mk">{{cite news |last=Merkachova |first=Eva |date=2014-05-16 |title=Неизвестные факты о самой трагической авиакатастрофе в истории страны: падении самолёта на детский сад |trans-title=Unknown facts about the most tragic air disaster in the country's history: the plane crash into a kindergarten |url=http://www.mk.ru/social/2014/05/16/neizvestnyie-faktyi-o-samoy-tragicheskoy-aviakatastrofe-v-istorii-stranyi-padenii-samoleta-na-detskiy-sad.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801110545/http://www.mk.ru/social/2014/05/16/neizvestnyie-faktyi-o-samoy-tragicheskoy-aviakatastrofe-v-istorii-stranyi-padenii-samoleta-na-detskiy-sad.html |archive-date=2015-08-01 |access-date=2015-07-27 |work=MK.ru |language=ru}}</ref> *1974 – Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia. *1975 – Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otake |first=Tomoko |date=2012-05-27 |title=Junko Tabei : The first woman atop the world |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/05/27/people/junko-tabei-the-first-woman-atop-the-world/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=The Japan Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-25 |title=It's 1975. No woman had scaled Mt Everest yet… |url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/it-s-1975-no-woman-had-scaled-mt-everest-yet/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Condé Nast Traveller India |language=en-IN}}</ref> *1988 – A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. *1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress. *1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country. *2003 – In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks. *2005 – Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote. *2011 – STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for {{OV|105}}. *2014 – Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya. * 2025 – A devastating EF4 tornado kills nineteen people in Southeast Kentucky, hitting the towns of Somerset and London.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-18 |title=Kentucky City Devastated by Tornadoes Out of a 'Horror Movie' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/tornado-destruction-kentucky.html |url-access=registration |access-date=2025-06-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref>
==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *1418 – John II of Cyprus, King of Cyprus and Armenia and also titular King of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458 (probable;<ref>{{cite book|author=Sir George Francis Hill|title=A History of Cyprus: The Frankish Period, 1192–1432|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279348|year=1940|publisher=The University Press|page=466}}</ref> (died 1458) *1455 – Wolfgang I of Oettingen, German count (died 1522) *1542 – Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman (died 1580)
===1601–1900=== *1606 – John Bulwer, British doctor (died 1656) *1611 – Pope Innocent XI (died 1689)<ref>{{cite book|author=ARTAUD DE MONTOR, ALEXIS FRANCOIS.|title=The Lives and Times of the Roman Pontifs, from St. Peter to Pius Ix|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqgbUCHi8OkC&pg=PA137|year=1866|publisher=D. & J. Sadlier|pages=137}}</ref> *1641 – Dudley North, English economist and politician (died 1691)<ref>{{cite book|author=Roger North|title=The Life of the Honourable Sir Dudley North, Knt.|url=https://archive.org/details/lifehonourables00nortgoog|year=1744|publisher=editor and sold|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lifehonourables00nortgoog/page/n26 1]}}</ref> *1710 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (died 1782) *1718 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (died 1799)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Grinstein | first1=Louise S. | last2=Campbell | first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/4 4] | url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/4 }}</ref> *1763 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (died 1829) *1788 – Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator (died 1866) *1801 – William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (died 1872) *1804 – Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten (died 1894) *1819 – Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (died 1890) *1821 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and statistician (died 1894) *1824 – Levi P. Morton, American banker and politician, 22nd United States Vice President (died 1920) * 1824 – Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (died 1893) *1827 – Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect, designed the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Rijksmuseum (died 1921) *1831 – David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (died 1900) *1859 – Horace Hutchinson, English golfer (died 1932)<ref>{{cite web |author1=Paul @ Golfing Herald |title=Legends : Horace Hutchinson |url=https://golfingherald.com/horace-hutchinson/ |website=Golfing Herald |access-date=9 August 2020 |date=10 February 2020}}</ref> *1862 – Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (died 1940) *1876 – Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (died 1948)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blustein |first1=Bonnie Ellen |title=Koch, Fred Conrad (1876–1948), biochemist |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1300932 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1300932 |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 }}</ref> *1879 – Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (died 1962) *1882 – Simeon Price, American golfer (died 1945) *1883 – Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey (died 1986) *1887 – Maria Lacerda de Moura, Brazilian teacher and anarcha-feminist (died 1945)<ref>{{cite book|first=Míriam Lifchitz Moreira|last=Leite|title=Outra Face do Feminismo: Maria Lacerda de Moura|location=São Paulo|publisher=Ática|year=1984|page=viii|language=pt|oclc=12190289}}</ref> *1888 – Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker (died 1971) *1890 – Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist (died 1975)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie|author2=Joy Dorothy Harvey|author1-link=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie|author2-link=Joy Harvey|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA1370|year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-92040-7|pages=1370}}</ref> *1892 – Osgood Perkins (actor, born 1892), American actor (died 1937) *1894 – Walter Yust, American journalist and writer (died 1960) *1897 – Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic (died 1993) *1898 – Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (died 1980) * 1898 – Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet and academic (died 1993) * 1898 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (died 1956)
===1901–present=== *1903 – Charles F. Brannock, American inventor and manufacturer (died 1992) *1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor (died 1982) * 1905 – H.E. Bates, British writer (died 1974)<ref>{{cite | title=H E. BATES DIES; BRITISH NOVELIST | date=1974-01-30 | issn=0362-4331 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/30/archives/h-e-bates-dies-british-novelist-his-darling-bude-of-may-was-staged.html | language=en-US | access-date=2026-05-16 | page=}}</ref> *1906 – Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (died 1991) * 1906 – Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (died 1988) * 1906 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (died 2001) * 1906 – Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (died 1996) *1907 – Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler (died 2004) *1909 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer (died 1960) * 1909 – Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (died 1997) *1910 – Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author (died 1975) * 1910 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (died 2014) *1912 – Studs Terkel, American historian and author (died 2008) *1913 – Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland (died 1991)<ref>[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chalk-sir-gordon-william-chalkie-15168 Gordon William (Chalkie) (1913–1991)] — Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 16 May 2018.</ref> *1913 – Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (died 1987) *1914 – Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (died 2009) *1915 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2010) *1916 – Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (died 2009) *1917 – Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (died 2015) * 1917 – James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (died 1999) * 1917 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (died 1986) *1918 – Wilf Mannion, English footballer and manager (died 2000) *1919 – Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (died 1987) * 1919 – Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (died 2004) *1920 – Martine Carol, French actress (died 1967) *1921 – Harry Carey Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012) *1923 – Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic (died 2000) * 1923 – Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000) * 1923 – Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (died 2014) *1924 – Barbara Bachmann, American microbiologist (died 1999)<ref>Staff (February 2, 1999). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/1otgyg3qhr6lk8i/ Obituaries]. ''Fort Collins Coloradoan''. p. A4.</ref> * 1924 – Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (died 2019) *1925 – Nancy Roman, American astronomer (died 2018) * 1925 – Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist (died 2012) * 1925 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (died 2013) * 1926 – Glen Michael, British television presenter and entertainer (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2025 |title=Glen Michael, legend of Scottish TV, dies age 99 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/glen-michael-cavalcade-dead-9tpnx9wb9 |access-date=July 22, 2025 |website=The Times |language=en}}</ref> * 1926 – Robert Jay Lifton, American psychiatrist and author (died 2025)<ref name=RJLifton>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=2025-09-04 |title=Robert Jay Lifton, Psychiatrist Drawn to Humanity's Horrors, Dies at 99 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/obituaries/robert-jay-lifton-dead.html |access-date=2025-09-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US}}</ref> *1928 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (died 1989) *1929 – Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter (died 1998) * 1929 – John Conyers, American lawyer and politician (died 2019) * 1929 – Claude Morin, Canadian academic and politician (died 2026) * 1929 – Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist (died 2012) * 1929 – K. Natwar Singh, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2024) *1930 – Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (died 2000) *1931 – Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2014) * 1931 – Hana Brady, Jewish-Czech Holocaust victim (died 1944) * 1931 – Lowell P. Weicker Jr., American soldier and politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut (died 2023) *1934 – Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian and author * 1934 – Antony Walker, English general (died 2023) *1935 – Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach *1936 – Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (died 2018) *1937 – Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (died 2015) * 1937 – Jim Hunt, American politician, 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina (died 2025)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/us/politics/james-b-hunt-jr-dead.html|title = James B. Hunt Jr., N.C. Governor Who Kept State Blue, Dies at 88|last = Martin|first = Jonathan|date = December 18, 2025|accessdate = December 18, 2025|newspaper = The New York Times|url-access = limited}}</ref> *1938 – Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (died 2012) * 1938 – Ivan Sutherland, American computer scientist and academic * 1938 – Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian television host and sexologist (died 2018) *1939 – Mario Segni, Italian professor and politician *1941 – Denis Hart, Australian archbishop *1942 – David Penry-Davey, English lawyer and judge (died 2015) *1943 – Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, English politician * 1943 – Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany * 1943 – Wieteke van Dort, Dutch actress, comedian, singer, writer and artist (died 2024) *1944 – Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader * 1944 – Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer * 1944 – Friedrich Schorlemmer, German Protestant theologian (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Germany: Peace activist Friedrich Schorlemmer dies – DW – 09/10/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-theologian-friedrich-schorlemmer-dies/a-70179394 |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor *1946 – John Law, English sociologist and academic * 1946 – Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter and producer *1947 – Cheryl Clarke, American writer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/clarke-cheryl-1947|title=Clarke, Cheryl 1947– {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref> * 1947 – Darrell Sweet, Scottish drummer (died 1999) * 1947 – Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (died 2011) *1948 – Jesper Christensen, Danish actor, director, and producer * 1948 – Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author * 1948 – Enrico Fumia, Italian automobile and product designer *1948 – Jimmy Hood, Scottish engineer and politician (died 2017) * 1948 – Emma Georgina Rothschild, English historian and academic * 1948 – Staf Van Roosbroeck, Belgian cyclist *1949 – Rick Reuschel, American baseball player *1950 – Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate * 1950 – Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2004) * 1950 – Bruce Coville, American author *1951 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer * 1951 – Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1951 – Janet Soskice, Canadian philosopher and theologian *1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer * 1953 – Peter Onorati, American actor * 1953 – Richard Page, American singer-songwriter and bass player * 1953 – Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (died 2015) * 1953 – David Maclean, Scottish politician * 1953 – Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman, Scottish judge and academic *1954 – Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut *1955 – Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast * 1955 – Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster * 1955 – Hazel O'Connor, English-born Irish singer-songwriter and actress * 1955 – Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (died 2012) * 1955 – Debra Winger, American actress * 1956 – Loretta Schrijver, Dutch television host, news anchor (died 2025) *1957 – Joan Benoit, American runner * 1957 – Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician * 1957 – Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1957 – Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman * 1957 – Bob Suter, American ice hockey player and coach (died 2014) *1959 – Mitch Webster, American baseball player * 1959 – Mare Winningham, American actress and singer-songwriter *1960 – Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician, Nauruan Speaker of Parliament * 1960 – Bruce Norris, American actor and playwright<ref>"2011 Pulitzer Prizes for Letters, Drama and Music". ''New York Times''. April 18, 2011.</ref> * 1960 – S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan commander and politician (died 1998) *1961 – Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor and screenwriter * 1961 – Charles Wright, American wrestler * 1962 – Helga Radtke, German long jumper *1963 – Rachel Griffith, Anglo-American economist * 1963 – David Wilkinson, English theologian and academic *1964 – John Salley, American basketball player and actor * 1964 – Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist * 1964 – Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter *1965 – Krist Novoselic, American bass player, songwriter, author, and activist * 1965 – Tanel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist, engineer, and academic *1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Janet Jackson {{!}} Biography, Songs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Janet-Jackson |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=16 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1966 – Scott Reeves, American singer-songwriter and actor * 1966 – Thurman Thomas, American football player *1967 – Doug Brocail, American baseball player and coach * 1967 – Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford, British politician *1968 – Ralph Tresvant, American singer and producer *1969 – David Boreanaz, American actor * 1969 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded ''The Daily Caller'' * 1969 – Steve Lewis, American sprinter *1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player * 1970 – Danielle Spencer, Australian singer-songwriter and actress *1971 – Phil Clarke, English rugby league player and sportscaster * 1971 – Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist *1972 – Christian Califano, French rugby player * 1972 – Matthew Hart, New Zealand cricketer *1973 – Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality, and author *1974 – Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer * 1974 – Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and rapper *1975 – Tony Kakko, Finnish musician, composer, and vocalist * 1975 – Simon Whitfield, Canadian triathlete<ref>{{cite web|title=Simon Whitfield|url=https://www.olympic.org/simon-whitfield|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> *1976 – Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer *1977 – Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress * 1977 – Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer-songwriter *1978 – Scott Nicholls, English motorcycle racer * 1978 – Lionel Scaloni, Argentinian footballer and manager *1979 – Michael Oberlechner, Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/30658|title=Michael Oberlechner, MA (aktiv)|publisher=Austrian Parliament|language=de}}</ref> *1980 – Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish tennis player *1981 – Ricardo Costa, Portuguese footballer *1982 – Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player *1983 – Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer * 1983 – Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player *1984 – Darío Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer * 1984 – Tomáš Fleischmann, Czech ice hockey player * 1984 – Jensen Lewis, American baseball player * 1984 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2011) *1985 – Anja Mittag, German footballer * 1985 – Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer * 1985 – Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player *1986 – Megan Fox, American actress * 1986 – Andy Keogh, Irish footballer * 1986 – Shamcey Supsup, Filipino model and architect *1987 – Tom Onslow-Cole, English race car driver *1988 – Jesús Castillo, Mexican footballer * 1988 – Martynas Gecevičius, Lithuanian basketball player * 1988 – Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player *1989 – Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model *1990 – Amanda Carreras, Gibraltarian tennis player * 1990 – Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor * 1990 – Darko Šarović, Serbian sprinter * 1990 – Omar Strong, American basketball player *1991 – Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player * 1991 – Joey Graceffa, American internet celebrity * 1991 – Ashley Wagner, American figure skater *1992 – Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player * 1992 – Kirstin Maldonado, American singer and songwriter *1993 – Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete * 1993 – Karol Mets, Estonian footballer * 1993 – IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EC%9C%A0&sm=tab_etc&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=159229|title=아이유|trans-title=IU|publisher=Naver|date=October 18, 2018|access-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Danao |first=Monique |date=May 14, 2020 |title=IU at 27 – the K-pop idol and Korean drama star who went from a cockroach-infested home to the Crash Landing on You soundtrack |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3084231/iu-27-k-pop-idol-and-korean-drama-star-who-went |work=South China Morning Post |access-date=May 16, 2020 }}</ref> *1994 – Kathinka von Deichmann, Liechtenstein tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kathinka Von Deichmann {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317286/kathinka-von-deichmann |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kathinka Von Deichmann – Player Profile – Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/kathinka-von-deichmann_prs389502/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en}}</ref> *1995 – Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer *1996 – Louisa Chirico, American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Louisa Chirico {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320218/louisa-chirico |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *2000 – Luis Garcia, Dominican-American baseball player<ref>[https://www.mlb.com/player/luis-garcia-671277 Luis García Stats, Fantasy & News | MLB.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *2002 – Ryan Gravenberch, Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Ryan Gravenberch |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/49909/Ryan-Gravenberch/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref>
==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * 290 – Emperor Wu of Jin, Chinese emperor (born 236) * 895 – Qian Kuan, Chinese nobleman * 934 – Meng Hanqiong, eunuch official of Later Tang * 995 – Fujiwara no Michitaka, Japanese nobleman (born 953) * 1115 – Lambert of Arras, Flemish bishop<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vanderputten |first1=Steven |title=Reform, Conflict, and the Shaping of Corporate Identities: Collected Studies on Benedictine Monasticism, 1050–1150 |date=2013 |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |isbn=978-3-643-90429-4|page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7aehAQAAQBAJ |access-date=22 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref> *1182 – John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general (born 1132) *1265 – Simon Stock, English-French saint (born 1165) *1375 – Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, officer, statesman and poet (born 1311) *1412 – Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (born 1388) *1561 – Jan Tarnowski, Polish noble and statesman (born 1488)
===1601–1900=== *1620 – William Adams, English sailor and navigator (born 1564) *1657 – Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (born 1591) *1667 – Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1607) *1669 – Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (born 1596) *1691 – Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1640) *1696 – Mariana of Austria, Queen consort of Spain (born 1634) *1703 – Charles Perrault, French author and academic (born 1628) *1778 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1718) *1790 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (born 1720) *1818 – Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (born 1775) *1823 – Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (born {{Circa|1754}})<ref>{{cite web |title=On this day 1823: Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy, dies |url=https://www.scotsman.com/heritage/on-this-day-1823-grace-elliott-scottish-courtesan-and-spy-dies-1-4928884 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=16 May 2019 |access-date=14 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *1830 – Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (born 1768) *1861 – John Stevens Henslow, British priest, geologist and doctoral advisor to Charles Darwin (born 1796)<ref name="Repository 2012">{{cite web | last=Repository | first=Canton | title=Food history: Henslow's genius saved many lives | website=The Repository | date=2012-05-16 | url=https://www.cantonrep.com/story/lifestyle/food/2012/05/16/food-history-henslow-s-genius/42591461007/ | access-date=2022-12-15}}</ref> *1862 – Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (born 1796) *1882 – Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (born 1799) *1890 – Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (born 1843) *1891 – Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1821)
===1901–present=== *1910 – Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (born 1856) *1913 – Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (born 1849) *1920 – Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (born 1824) *1926 – Mehmed VI, the 36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (born 1861) *1936 – Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (born 1860) *1938 – Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (born 1870) *1943 – Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (born 1865) *1943 – Nigger, black labrador retriever belonging to Wing Commander Guy Gibson of the Royal Air Force, and the mascot of No. 617 Squadron.<ref>{{cite book|title=Animal Graves and Memorials|volume=452|series=Shire Album S|first=Jan |last=Toms|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7478-0643-1|page=45}}</ref> *1944 – George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (born 1866) * 1944 – Filip Mișea, Aromanian activist, physician and politician (born 1873)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://opiniabuzau.ro/celebritati-medicale-buzoiene/|title=Celebrități medicale buzoiene / Doctor Mișea Filip, creatorul secției de contagioase a Spitalului Gârlași|first=Anghel C.|last=Tudor|newspaper=Opinia Buzău|date=10 April 2019|language=ro}}</ref> *1946 – Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (born 1890) *1947 – Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861) * 1947 – Kalle Hakala, Finnish politician (born 1880)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Kalle Hakala |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=910400&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |publisher=Parliament of Finland |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611192919/http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=910400&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |archive-date=11 June 2011 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> * 1947 – Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (born 1903) *1953 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (born 1910) *1954 – Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (born 1893) *1955 – James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic(born 1909) * 1955 – Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (born 1921) *1956 – H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (born 1876) *1957 – Eliot Ness, American federal agent (born 1903) *1961 – George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (born 1881) *1977 – Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (born 1915) *1979 – A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (born 1889) *1981 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1922) * 1981 – Willy Hartner, German physician and academic (born 1905) *1984 – Andy Kaufman, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1949) * 1984 – Irwin Shaw, American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer (born 1913) *1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (born 1902) *1989 – Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (born 1939) *1990 – Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (born 1925) * 1990 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, creator of The Muppets (born 1936) *1993 – Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1938) *1994 – Alain Cuny, French actor (born 1908) *1996 – Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (born 1939) *1997 – Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (born 1903) *2002 – Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (born 1899) *2003 – Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (born 1930) *2005 – Andrew Goodpaster, American general (born 1915) *2008 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (born 1913) *2010 – Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942) * 2010 – Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1918) *2011 – Ralph Barker, English author (born 1917) * 2011 – Bob Davis, Australian footballer and coach (born 1928) * 2011 – Edward Hardwicke, English actor (born 1932) * 2011 – Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor (born 1934) *2012 – Patricia Aakhus, American author and academic (born 1952) * 2012 – James Abdnor, American soldier and politician (born 1923) * 2012 – Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1936) * 2012 – Ernie Chan, Filipino-American illustrator (born 1940) * 2012 – Kevin Hickey, American baseball player (born 1956) *2013 – Angelo Errichetti, American politician (born 1928) * 2013 – Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (born 1957) * 2013 – Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (born 1948) * 2013 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1933) * 2013 – Paul Shane, British actor and comedian (born 1940)<ref>{{cite news |title=Video: Final farewell in Rotherham for Hi-di-Hi star Paul Shane |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/video-final-farewell-rotherham-hi-di-hi-star-paul-shane-1863306 |access-date=31 December 2022 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=31 May 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – Dick Trickle, American race car driver (born 1941) * 2013 – Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (born 1921) *2014 – Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (born 1933) * 2014 – Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (born 1932) * 2014 – Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (born 1943) * 2014 – Clyde Snow, American anthropologist and author (born 1928) *2015 – Prashant Bhargava, American director and producer (born 1973) * 2015 – Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi and author (born 1935) * 2015 – Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (born 1928) *2019 – Piet Blauw, Dutch politician (born 1937) * 2019 – Bob Hawke, Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-16|title=Bob Hawke, former Australian prime minister, dies aged 89|url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/16/bob-hawke-former-australian-prime-minister-dies-age-89|access-date=2021-05-16|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> * 2019 – I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect (born 1917)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/obituaries/im-pei-dead.html|title=I.M. Pei, World-Renowned Architect, Is Dead at 102|author=Paul Goldberger|date=2019-05-16|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref> *2021 – Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, politician (born 1980)<ref>{{Cite web|author=Marcelo Medeiros|title=Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas dies of cancer at 41|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/16/americas/sao-paulo-mayor-bruno-covas-dies/index.html|access-date=2021-05-16|website=CNN|date=16 May 2021 }}</ref> *2023 – Norm Green, American long-distance runner (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.usatf.org/news/2023/usatf-mourns-loss-of-southern-green |title= USATF mourns loss of Southern, Green |last= |first= |date= May 24, 2023|website=usatf.org |publisher= USATF|access-date= December 25, 2023|quote=}}</ref> *2024 – Dabney Coleman, American actor (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/17/dabney-coleman-9-to-5-dead-dies/|title='9 to 5' Star Dabney Coleman Dead at 92|publisher=TMZ|accessdate=May 17, 2024|date=May 17, 2024}}</ref> *2024 – Eddie Gossage, American public speaker and businessman (born 1958)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-17 |title=Colorful Texas racing promoter Gossage, 65, dies |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/40161613/eddie-gossage-long-head-texas-motor-speedway-dies-65 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> *2025 – Domingos Maubere, East Timorese Catholic priest and activist (born 1952)<ref name=":38">{{Cite web |last1=Soares |first1=Ermelinda |last2=Belo |first2=Dircia |date=2025-05-21 |title=Bispu Leandro: "Amu Du, Halo Buat Hotu Ho Domin, Nia Espíritu Horik Nafatin Iha Ita" |trans-title=Bishop Leandro: "Amu Du Did Everything With Love, His Spirit Always Lives In Us" |url=https://sapnewstl.com/bispu-leandro-amu-du-halo-buat-hotu-ho-domin-nia-espiritu-horik-nafatin-iha-ita/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=SAP News TL |language=tet}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances== * Christian feast day: ** Aaron (Coptic Church) ** Abda and Abdjesus, and companions:<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum">{{cite book |title=Martyrologium Romanum (2004) |date=2004 |publisher=Administrationem Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae in Civitate Vaticana |location=Vatican City|pages=287-289 |url=https://archive.org/details/MartRom2004/page/286/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=11 May 2026}}</ref> *** Abdas of Susa ** Andrew Bobola<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> ** Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> ** Caroline Chisholm (Church of England) ** Gemma Galgani (Passionists Calendar) ** Germerius<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> ** Honoratus of Amiens<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> ** Peregrine of Auxerre<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> ** Possidius<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> ** Simon Stock<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> ** Ubald (see Saint Ubaldo Day)<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum" /> ** May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church (USA)) * Mass Graves Day (Iraq) * National Day, declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan) * Teachers' Day (Malaysia)
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==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/16 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=16}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/16 Historical Events on May 16]
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