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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens.<ref name="Golb">{{Cite book|title=The Jews in Medieval Normandy: a social and intellectual history|author=Norman Golb|year=1998|location=Cambridge, United Kingdom|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> At least 600 Jews are killed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/this-day-massacre-in-mainz-1.5249699|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052033/https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/this-day-massacre-in-mainz-1.5249699|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 28, 2018|title = This Day in Jewish History / Crusaders massacre the Jews of Mainz|newspaper = Haaretz}}</ref> *1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. *1153 – Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. *1199 – John is crowned King of England. *1257 – Richard of Cornwall, and his wife, Sanchia of Provence, are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at Aachen Cathedral.<ref>Goldstone, Nancy (2008). ''Four Queens; The Provençal Sisters who ruled Europe.'' Penguin Books, London, p. 213.</ref> *1595 – A Gaelic Irish army successfully ambushes an English force in the battle of Clontibret during the Nine Years' War.<ref>{{Cite book |last=O'Neill |first=James |title=The Nine Years War, 1593-1603: O'Neill, Mountjoy and the Military Revolution |date=2017 |publisher=Four Courts Press |isbn=9781846827549 |location=Dublin|pages=50-52}}</ref>

===1601–1900=== *1644 – Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. *1703 – Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. *1798 – The Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath outside London. A bloodless duel between the prime minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger and his political opponent George Tierney.<ref>Nester, William. ''The Coalitions Against Napoleon: How British Money, Manufacturing and Military Power Forged the Alliances that Achieved Victory''. Frontline Books, 2023. p.103</ref> * 1798 – The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Derek|last1=Warfield|author-link1=Derek Warfield|first2=Raymond|last2=Daly|title=Celtic & Ireland in Song and Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzVdDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT118|date=17 April 2012|publisher=BookBaby|isbn=978-1-62095-764-6|page=118}}</ref> *1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeat the French at Winterthur, Switzerland. *1813 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George. *1832 – An Egyptian army under Ibrahim Pasha captures Acre from the Ottomans after a five-months siege.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=First Egyptian-Ottoman War (1831–1833)|first=Alexander |last=Mikaberidze |encyclopedia=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia |volume=1 |editor-first=Alexander |editor-last=Mikaberidze |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2011 }}</ref> *1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi begins the Siege of Palermo, part of the wars of Italian unification. *1863 – American Civil War: The first Union infantry assault of the Siege of Port Hudson occurs. *1874 – The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria. *1883 – Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia. *1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10 million in damage.

===1901–present=== *1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins. *1915 – HMS ''Princess Irene'' explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives. *1917 – Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 ''Code of Canon Law'', the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church. *1919 – The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight. *1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A. *1930 – The {{convert|1046|ft|m}} Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public. *1933 – New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission. *1935 – New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in ''A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States'', (295 U.S. 495).<ref>{{cite book|last=Schlesinger|first=Arthur M. Jr.|title=The Age of Roosevelt. Vol. 3: The Politics of Upheaval, 1935–1936|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|date=2003|isbn=978-0-547-52425-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wa_qDwAAQBAJ|pages=279–280}}</ref> *1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. *1940 – World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive. *1941 – World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency". * 1941 – World War II: The {{warship|German battleship|Bismarck}} is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men. *1942 – World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later. *1950 – The Linnanmäki amusement park is opened for the first time in Helsinki.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://greennorth.fi/linnanmaki-amusement-park |title=Linnanmäki Amusement Park – Green North GSA |access-date=2021-05-19 |archive-date=2021-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519140354/http://greennorth.fi/linnanmaki-amusement-park |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://finlandabroad.fi/web/grc/current-affairs/-/asset_publisher/h5w4iTUJhNne/content/linnanmaki-60-vuotta/384951 Linnanmäki turns 60 – Greece]</ref> *1958 – First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. *1960 – In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office. *1962 – The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine. *1965 – Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam. *1967 – Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census. * 1967 – The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CV-67|6}} is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline. *1971 – The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal. * 1971 – Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre. *1975 – Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33, the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom. *1977 – A plane crash at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, kills 67.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M CCCP-86614 Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770527-0 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *1980 – The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more. *1984 – The Danube–Black Sea Canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s. *1988 – Somaliland War of Independence: The Somali National Movement launches a major offensive against Somali government forces in Hargeisa and Burao, then the second- and third-largest cities of Somalia.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Binet|first=Laurence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LboiAQAAQBAJ|title=Somalia 1991-1993: Civil War, Famine Alert and a UN "Military-Humanitarian" Intervention|date=2013-10-03|publisher=Médecins Sans Frontières|page=214|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":21">{{Cite book|last=Tekle|first=Amare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xbQTEF0rd7wC&pg=PA152|title=Eritrea and Ethiopia: From Conflict to Cooperation|date=1 January 1994|publisher=The Red Sea Press|isbn=978-0-932415-97-4|page=152}}</ref> *1996 – First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechen rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire. *1997 – The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell. *1998 – Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot. *1999 – Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station.<ref name="mission page">{{Cite web |last=Warnock |first=Lynda |title=STS-96 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-96.html |access-date=2020-06-15 |publisher=NASA |language=en}}</ref> *2001 – Members of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamist separatist group, seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002. *2006 – The 6.4 {{M|w}} Yogyakarta earthquake shakes central Java with an MSK intensity of VIII (''Damaging''), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured. * 2014 – The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed.<ref>{{cite web | last=Shukla | first=Kaushal | title=ISL 2016: Kerala Blasters' passionate Manjappada Fan Club the winners before the final | website=Firstpost | date=18 December 2016 | url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/isl-2016-kerala-blasters-passionate-manjappada-fan-club-the-winners-before-the-final-3161688.html | access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033917/https://www.firstpost.com/sports/isl-2016-kerala-blasters-passionate-manjappada-fan-club-the-winners-before-the-final-3161688.html |archive-date=12 November 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> *2016 – Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet ''Hibakusha''. *2017 – Andrew Scheer takes over after Rona Ambrose as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. *2018 – Maryland Flood Event: A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley, causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in Ellicott City, and causing cars to overturn.

==Births==

===Pre-1600=== * 742 – Emperor Dezong of Tang (died 805) *1332 – Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian historian and theologian (died 1406)<ref>{{cite book|author=Larbi Sadiki|title=The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and Counter-discourses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhRRAa-Ux0cC&pg=PA150|year=2004|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|isbn=978-1-85065-494-0|page=150}}</ref> *1378 – Zhu Quan, Chinese military commander, historian and playwright (died 1448){{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} *1519 – Girolamo Mei, Italian historian and theorist (died 1594)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Musical quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJxRAQAAIAAJ|year=1954| last1=Sonneck | first1=Oscar George }}</ref> *1537 – Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (died 1604) *1576 – Caspar Schoppe, German author and scholar (died 1649) *1584 – Michael Altenburg, German theologian and composer (died 1640)

===1601–1900=== *1601 – Antoine Daniel, French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1648) *1626 – William II, Prince of Orange (died 1650) *1651 – Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (died 1729) *1652 – Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine of Germany (died 1722) *1738 – Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress (died 1796) *1756 – Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (died 1825) *1774 – Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (died 1857) *1794 – Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1877) *1812 – George K. Teulon, English-Texian journalist and freemason (died 1846)<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Bannerman|editor-first=W. Bruce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1xIAAAAYAAJ|title=Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica|volume=II|series=4th series|year=1908|publisher=Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 140 Wardour Street W.|publication-place=London|page=204|via=Google Books}}</ref> *1814 – John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (died 1885) *1815 – Henry Parkes, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (died 1896) *1818 – Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist (died 1894) *1819 – Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (died 1910) *1827 – Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (died 1892) *1832 – Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon (died 1917) *1836 – Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (died 1892) *1837 – Wild Bill Hickok, American police officer (died 1876) *1852 – Billy Barnes, English cricketer (died 1899) *1857 – Theodor Curtius, German chemist (died 1928) *1860 – Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician, 7th President of Portugal (died 1941) * 1860 – Margrethe Munthe, Norwegian songwriter (died 1931)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Margrethe Munthe |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Margrethe_Munthe |language=no|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> *1863 – Arthur Mold, English cricketer (died 1921) *1867 – Arnold Bennett, English author and playwright (died 1931) *1868 – Aleksa Šantić, Bosnian poet and author (died 1924) *1871 – Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (died 1958) *1875 – Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (died 1942) * 1875 – Jorge Newbery, Argentine aviator (died 1914)<ref>{{cite news|title=Un nuevo aniversario del natalicio de Jorge Newbery|url=https://www.losandes.com.ar/columnistas/un-nuevo-aniversario-del-natalicio-jorge-newbery-n5949744|website=Diario Los Andes|language=es|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> *1876 – Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author (died 1945) * 1876 – William Stanier, English engineer (died 1965) *1878 – Anna Cervin, Swedish artist (died 1972) *1879 – Karl Bühler, German-American linguist and psychologist (died 1963) * 1879 – Hans Lammers, German judge and politician (died 1962) *1883 – Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (died 1971) *1884 – Max Brod, Czech journalist, author, and composer (died 1968) *1887 – Frank Woolley, English cricketer (died 1978) *1888 – Louis Durey, French composer (died 1979) *1891 – Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (died 1965) * 1891 – Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (died 1958) *1894 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (died 1961) * 1894 – Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (died 1961) *1895 – Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian educator and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (died 1995) *1897 – John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967) * 1897 – Dink Templeton, American rugby player and coach (died 1962) *1898 – David Crosthwait, American engineer, inventor and writer (died 1976) *1899 – Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player (died 1993) *1900 – Lotte Toberentz, German overseer of the Nazi Uckermark concentration camp (died 1964) * 1900 – Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet and translator (died 1933)

===1901–present=== *1906 – Buddhadasa, Thai monk and philosopher (died 1993) * 1906 – Harry Hibbs, English footballer (died 1984) * 1906 – Antonio Rosario Mennonna, Italian bishop (died 2009) *1907 – Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (died 1988) * 1907 – Rachel Carson, American biologist, environmentalist, and author (died 1964) *1909 – Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (died 2011) *1909 – Juan Vicente Pérez, Venezuelan supercentenarian, oldest living man, last man born in 1900s decade (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-04 |title=Oldest man living |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/67479-oldest-person-living-male |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref> *1911 – Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (died 1978) * 1911 – Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (died 2007) * 1911 – Vincent Price, American actor (died 1993) *1912 – John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer (died 1982) * 1912 – Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002) * 1912 – Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1995) *1915 – Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter (died 1996) * 1915 – Herman Wouk, American novelist (died 2019) *1917 – Harry Webster, English engineer (died 2007) *1918 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Japanese PM and Reagan confidant, dies at 101 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/29/yasuhiro-nakasone-japanese-pm-and-reagan-confidant-dies-at-101 |website=The Guardian |access-date=23 January 2020 |date=29 November 2019}}</ref> *1921 – Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (died 2013) *1922 – Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (died 2015) * 1922 – Christopher Lee, English actor (died 2015) * 1922 – John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (died 2013) *1923 – Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pengelly |first=Martin |date=2023-11-30 |title=Henry Kissinger, secretary of state to Richard Nixon, dies at 100 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/29/henry-kissinger-dies-secretary-of-state-richard-nixon |access-date=2023-11-30 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * 1923 – Sumner Redstone, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2020) *1924 – Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2014) * 1924 – John Sumner, English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company (died 2013) *1925 – Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author (died 2008) *1927 – Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (died 1996) *1928 – Thea Musgrave, Scottish-American composer and educator *1930 – John Barth, American novelist and short story writer (died 2024) * 1930 – William S. Sessions, American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 2020) * 1930 – Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator (died 2010) *1931 – André Barbeau, French-Canadian neurologist (died 1986) * 1931 – John Chapple, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (died 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Field Marshal Sir John Chapple obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/field-marshal-sir-john-chapple-obituary-q03zzzspw |date=26 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-26|work=The Times |issn=0140-0460 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220326200205/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/field-marshal-sir-john-chapple-obituary-q03zzzspw#selection-973.72-973.580 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1931 – Bernard Fresson, French actor (died 2002) * 1931 – Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress and producer (died 2015) * 1931 – Philip Kotler, American author and professor *1933 – Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (died 2008) * 1933 – Manfred Sommer, Spanish author and illustrator (died 2007) *1934 – Ray Daviault, Canadian-American baseball player (died 2020) * 1934 – Harlan Ellison, American author and screenwriter (died 2018) *1935 – Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (died 2014) * 1935 – Mal Evans, British road manager of The Beatles (died 1976) * 1935 – Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and coach (died 2017) * 1935 – Ramsey Lewis, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2022) * 1935 – Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955 *1936 – Benjamin Bathurst, English admiral (died 2025) * 1936 – Louis Gossett Jr., American actor and producer (died 2024) * 1936 – Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (died 2014) *1937 – Allan Carr, American playwright and producer (died 1999) *1939 – Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns, English courtier and businessman * 1939 – Yves Duhaime, Canadian captain and politician * 1939 – Sokratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman * 1939 – Gerald Ronson, English businessman and philanthropist * 1939 – Lionel Sosa, Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive<ref name="expressnews">{{cite news |url=https://www.expressnews.com/150years/leaders/article/San-Antonio-s-Lionel-Sosa-is-a-legend-in-the-6114992.php |title=Sosa a legend in Hispanic marketing: Ad guru says partners didn't realize they were making history |last=Hendricks |first=David |date=March 5, 2015 |newspaper= San Antonio Express-News|access-date= 7 February 2019}}</ref> * 1939 – Don Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017) *1940 – Mike Gibson, Australian journalist and sportscaster (died 2015) *1942 – Lee Baca, American police officer * 1942 – Piers Courage, English racing driver (died 1970) * 1942 – Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster * 1942 – Robin Widdows, English racing driver *1943 – Cilla Black, English singer and actress (died 2015) * 1943 – Bruce Weitz, American actor *1944 – Christopher Dodd, American lawyer and politician * 1944 – Karen Fladset, Norwegian handball player<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Karen Fladset |first1=Rolf |last1=Bryhn |first2=Thomas |last2=Aune |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Karen_Fladset |language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref> * 1944 – Ingrid Roscoe, English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire (died 2020) * 1944 – Alain Souchon, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor *1945 – Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist *1946 – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer (died 2005) * 1946 – John Williams, English motorcycle racer (died 1978) *1947 – Peter DeFazio, American politician * 1947 – Marty Kristian, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor * 1947 – Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach * 1947 – Riivo Sinijärv, Estonian politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs *1948 – Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant (died 2017) * 1948 – Pete Sears, English bass player * 1948 – Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (died 2014) *1949 – Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, English politician (died 2021) * 1949 – Christa Vahlensieck, German runner *1950 – Dee Dee Bridgewater, American singer-songwriter and actress * 1950 – Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (died 2015) *1951 – John Conteh, English boxer *1954 – Pauline Hanson, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician * 1954 – Jackie Slater, American football player and coach *1955 – Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer * 1955 – Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer * 1955 – Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor *1956 – Cynthia McFadden, American journalist * 1956 – Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group * 1956 – Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter *1957 – Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour * 1957 – Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport * 1957 – Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (died 2016) * 1957 – Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer *1958 – Nick Anstee, English accountant and politician, 682nd Lord Mayor of London * 1958 – Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician * 1958 – Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (died 2012) *1960 – Gaston Therrien, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster *1961 – José Luíz Barbosa, Brazilian runner and coach * 1961 – Peri Gilpin, American actress *1962 – Marcelino Bernal, Mexican footballer * 1962 – Ray Borner, Australian basketball player * 1962 – Steven Brill, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1962 – Anthony A. Hyman, Israeli-English biologist and academic * 1962 – David Mundell, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland * 1962 – Ravi Shastri, Indian cricketer, coach and sportscaster *1963 – Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Cuban pianist and composer * 1963 – Maria Walliser, Swiss skier *1964 – Adam Carolla, American actor, producer, and screenwriter *1965 – Todd Bridges, American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Todd Bridges |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/22212%7C0/Todd-Bridges#overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205164546/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/22212%7C0/Todd-Bridges/#overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> * 1965 – Pat Cash, Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster *1966 – Heston Blumenthal, English chef and author *1967 – Paul Gascoigne, English international footballer, coach, and manager<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Gascoigne |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2775 |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref> * 1967 – Eddie McClintock, American actor *1968 – Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player and coach * 1968 – Rebekah Brooks, English journalist * 1968 – Harun Erdenay, Turkish basketball player and coach * 1968 – Frank Thomas, American baseball player and sportscaster *1969 – Todd Hundley, American baseball player * 1969 – Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver * 1969 – Craig Federighi, American computer scientist and engineer *1970 – Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist * 1970 – Tim Farron, English educator and politician * 1970 – Joseph Fiennes, English actor * 1970 – Alex Archer, American-born Australian musician *1971 – Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician * 1971 – Paul Bettany, English actor * 1971 – Wayne Carey, Australian footballer and coach * 1971 – Kaur Kender, Estonian author * 1971 – Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (died 2002) * 1971 – Lee Sharpe, English footballer * 1971 – Grant Stafford, South African tennis player * 1971 – Sophie Walker, British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party * 1971 – Petroc Trelawny, British radio and television broadcaster *1972 – Todd Demsey, American golfer * 1972 – Antonio Freeman, American football player * 1972 – Maxim Sokolov, Russian ice hockey player *1973 – Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian * 1973 – Tana Umaga, New Zealand rugby player and coach *1974 – Skye Edwards, British singer-songwriter * 1974 – Denise van Outen, English actress, singer, and television host * 1974 – Derek Webb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1974 – Danny Wuerffel, American football player *1975 – André 3000, American rapper * 1975 – Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer * 1975 – Jadakiss, American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=J. |first1=Miranda |title=Happy Birthday, Jadakiss! |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-jadakiss/ |publisher=XXL |access-date=23 May 2023 |date=27 May 2015}}</ref> * 1975 – Jamie Oliver, English chef and author * 1975 – Feryal Özel, Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic *1976 – Marcel Fässler, Swiss racing driver *1977 – Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian high jumper * 1977 – Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer *1978 – Adin Brown, American soccer player *1979 – Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (died 2004) * 1979 – Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer *1980 – Craig Buntin, Canadian figure skater *1981 – Alina Cojocaru, Romanian ballerina * 1981 – Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer *1982 – Natalya, Canadian professional wrestler<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/n/natalya-neidhart.html|title=Natalya Neidhart|access-date=April 26, 2008|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301202822/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/n/natalya-neidhart/|archive-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref> * 1982 – Mariano Pavone, Argentine footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mariano Pavone|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/hugo-mariano-pavone/18096/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> *1984 – Blake Ahearn, American basketball player * 1984 – Miguel González, Mexican baseball pitcher *1985 – Chiang Chien-ming, Taiwanese baseball player * 1985 – Roberto Soldado, Spanish footballer *1986 – Conor Cummins, Manx motorcycle racer * 1986 – Bamba Fall, Senegalese basketball player * 1986 – Lasse Schöne, Danish footballer *1987 – Gervinho, Ivorian footballer * 1987 – Bella Heathcote, Australian actress * 1987 – Bora Paçun, Turkish basketball player * 1987 – Matt Prior, Australian rugby league player * 1987 – Martina Sáblíková, Czech speed skater and cyclist *1988 – Celso Borges, Costa Rican footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Celso Borges|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/celso-borges/42678/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> * 1988 – Vontae Davis, American football player (died 2024) * 1988 – Irina Davydova, Russian hurdler<ref>{{cite web |title=Irina KOLESNICHENKO {{!}} Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/irina-davydova-227237 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> * 1988 – Garrett Richards, American baseball pitcher * 1988 – Tyler Sash, American football player (died 2015) *1989 – Igor Morozov, Estonian footballer * 1989 – Peakboy, South Korean rapper, record producer, and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|last=Seong|first=Ji-su|script-title=ko:[영상] [톱스타 리턴즈] #반말인터뷰/같이 작업하고 싶은 천재만재 가수 픽보이 (Peakboy)|url=http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=864928|website=Top Star News|access-date=November 5, 2021|language=ko|date=March 11, 2021}}</ref> *1990 – Yenew Alamirew, Ethiopian runner * 1990 – Chris Colfer, American actor and singer * 1990 – Jonas Hector, German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonas Hector|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jonas-hector/141580/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> * 1990 – Marcus Kruger, Swedish ice hockey player *1991 – Sebastien Dewaest, Belgian footballer * 1991 – Tim Lafai, Samoan rugby league player * 1991 – Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player * 1991 – Mário Rui, Portuguese footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mário Rui|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mario-rui-silva-duarte/134609/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> * 1991 – Armando Sadiku, Albanian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Armando Sadiku|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/armando-sadiku/96491/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> * 1991 – Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer *1992 – Aaron Brown, Canadian sprinter * 1992 – Jeison Murillo, Colombian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jeison Murillo|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jeison-murillo/102859/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> * 1992 – Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Canadian canoer<ref>{{cite web|title=Laurence Vincent-Lapointe|date=4 August 2016|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/laurence-vincent-lapointe|publisher=International Canoe Federation|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> *1994 – Maximilian Arnold, German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maximilian Arnold|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/maximilian-arnold|website=Bundesliga|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> * 1994 – João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=João Cancelo|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5051/Jo%C3%A3o-Cancelo/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> * 1994 – Aymeric Laporte, French-Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aymeric Laporte|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/11044/Aymeric-Laporte/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> *1995 – Yoán Moncada, Cuban baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Yoán Moncada |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/yoan-moncada-660162 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> *1996 – Kim Jae-hwan, South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title=김재환, 5월의 가수 선정…풍부한 성량+장르 무관 소화력[TEN차트]|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/article/2024052527634|work=TenAsia|date=27 May 2024|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *1997 – Anna Bondar, Hungarian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/322942/anna-bondar|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Anna Bondar|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref> * 1997 – Daniel Jones, American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Jones |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917792/daniel-jones |publisher=ESPN |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> * 1997 – Konrad Laimer, Austrian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Konrad Laimer|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/konrad-laimer|website=Bundesliga|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> *1998 – Josep Martínez, Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Josep Martínez|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/josep-martinez-riera/451057/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> *1999 – Matheus Cunha, Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Matheus Cunha|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/51202/Matheus-Cunha/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> * 1999 – Lily-Rose Depp, French-American actress and model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Juneau |first1=Jen |title=Lily-Rose Depp Marks 23rd Birthday as Dad Johnny Depp Nears End of Legal Battle with Amber Heard |url=https://people.com/movies/lily-rose-depp-23rd-birthday-dad-johnny-depp-nears-end-of-legal-battle/ |work=People |access-date=23 May 2023 |date=30 May 2022}}</ref> *2000 – Abner Vinícius, Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Abner Vinícius|url=https://ligue1.fr/player-sheet/l1_championship_player_2024_159_103734|website=Ligue 1|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> *2002 – Jérémy Doku, Belgian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jérémy Doku|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/54156/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-Doku/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> * 2002 – Gabri Veiga, Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gabri Veiga|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/gabriel-veiga-novas/627646/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> *2003 – Franco Colapinto, Argentine racing driver<ref>{{Cite web|title=Franco Colapinto|url=https://www.fiaformula3.com/Latest/AzcVh6RBeWrYzsEaq29Jh/in-profile-franco-colapinto|website=FiaFormula3|access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * 366 – Procopius, Roman usurper (born 325) * 398 – Murong Bao, emperor of the Xianbei state Later Yan (born 355) * 475 – Eutropius, bishop of Orange * 866 – Ordoño I of Asturias (born 831) * 927 – Simeon I of Bulgaria first Bulgarian Emperor (born 864) *1039 – Dirk III, Count of Holland (born 981) *1045 – Bruno of Würzburg, imperial chancellor of Italy (born c. 1005) *1178 – Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht *1240 – William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (born 1166) *1444 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English commander (born 1404) *1508 – Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1452) *1525 – Thomas Müntzer, German mystic and theologian (born 1488) *1541 – Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (born 1473) *1564 – John Calvin, French pastor and theologian (born 1509)

===1601–1900=== *1610 – François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (born 1578) *1624 – Diego Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish sailor and cosmographer (born c. 1580) *1637 – John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, English politician (born c. 1566) *1661 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (born 1607) *1675 – Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (born 1613) *1690 – Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian organist and composer (born 1626) *1702 – Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (born 1628) *1707 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (born 1640) *1781 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (born 1716) *1797 – François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (born 1760) *1831 – Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (born 1799) *1840 – Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1782) *1867 – Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (born 1796) *1896 – Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1839)

===1901–present=== *1910 – Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843) *1918 – Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (born 1869) *1919 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (born 1848) *1933 – Achille Paroche, French target shooter (born 1868) *1939 – Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (born 1894) *1941 – Ernst Lindemann, German captain (born 1894) * 1941 – Günther Lütjens, German admiral (born 1889) *1942 – Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (born 1878) *1943 – Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1878) *1945 – Enno Lolling, German physician (born 1888) *1947 – Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (born 1885) *1949 – Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' (born 1890) *1953 – Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (born 1868) *1960 – James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (born 1877) *1963 – Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (born 1912) *1964 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889) *1965 – John Rinehart Blue, American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (born 1905)<ref name="Cumberland Evening Times 6">{{cite news| title =John R. Blue| newspaper =Cumberland Evening Times| location =Cumberland, Maryland| date =May 28, 1965| page =20| url =https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66807954/john-r-blue/| access-date =January 3, 2021| url-status =live| via =Newspapers.com| archive-date =January 3, 2021| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210103224402/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66807954/john-r-blue/}}</ref> *1967 – W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (born 1880) * 1967 – Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (born 1889) *1969 – Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (born 1926) *1971 – Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1901) * 1971 – Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (born 1935) *1980 – Gün Sazak, Turkish agronomist and politician (born 1932) *1984 – Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (born 1923) *1986 – Murder of the Faruqis:<ref name="NST">{{cite news |title=Assassination motive behind al-Faruqi killings |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19860820&id=MNRHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vo4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5815,1095948 |work=New Straits Times |date=August 20, 1986 |location=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |access-date=June 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="NYT1986">{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=AROUND THE NATION; Islamic Scholar and Wife Slain in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/28/us/around-the-nation-islamic-scholar-and-wife-slain-in-pennsylvania.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 28, 1986 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123000000/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/28/us/around-the-nation-islamic-scholar-and-wife-slain-in-pennsylvania.html |archive-date=January 23, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> ** Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American Muslim philosopher and scholar (born 1921) ** Lois Lamya al-Faruqi, American scholar of ethnomusicology, wife of Ismail al-Faruqi (born 1926) * 1986 – Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1901) * 1986 – Giorgos Tzifos, Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1918) *1987 – John Howard Northrop, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891) *1988 – Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (born 1908) * 1988 – Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906) *1989 – Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator (born 1907) *1990 – Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (born 1908) *1991 – Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist and theorist (born 1904) *1992 – Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (born 1890) *1998 – Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1905) *2000 – Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer and pilot (born 1912) * 2000 – Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (born 1917) * 2000 – Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1921) *2002 – Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (born 1909)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ewan |first1=Elizabeth L. |last2=Innes |first2=Sue |last3=Reynolds |first3=Sian |last4=Pipes |first4=Rose |title=Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen |date=27 June 2007 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-0-7486-2660-1 |page=13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zs6qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 |language=en}}</ref> *2003 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (born 1925) *2006 – Rob Borsellino, American journalist (born 1949) * 2006 – Paul Gleason, American actor (born 1939) * 2006 – Craig Heyward, American football player (born 1966) *2007 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1967) * 2007 – Gretchen Wyler, American actress and dancer (born 1932) * 2007 – Ed Yost, American inventor, created the modern hot air balloon (born 1919) *2008 – Franz Künstler, Hungarian soldier (born 1900) *2009 – Thomas M. Franck, American lawyer and academic (born 1931) * 2009 – Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934) * 2009 – Mona Grey, British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (born 1910) * 2009 – Abram Hoffer, Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (born 1917) * 2009 – Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian-American priest and theologian (born 1946) * 2009 – Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and author (born 1933) * 2009 – William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (born 1913) * 2009 – Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (born 1933) *2010 – Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (born 1929) *2011 – Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (born 1950) * 2011 – Margo Dydek, Polish-American basketball player (born 1974) * 2011 – Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1949) *2012 – Simeon Daniel, Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (born 1934) * 2012 – Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician and academic (born 1927) * 2012 – Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (born 1928)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = PERIKHANIAN, ANAHIT | last = Ambartsumian | first = Arthur | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/perikhanian-anahit | encyclopedia = Encyclopaedia Iranica | year = 2014 }}</ref> * 2012 – David Rimoin, Canadian-American geneticist and academic (born 1936) *2013 – Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (born 1917) * 2013 – Bill Pertwee, English actor (born 1926) * 2013 – Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (born 1931) *2014 – Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (born 1936) * 2014 – Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940) * 2014 – Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929) * 2014 – Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (born 1931) *2015 – Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (born 1929)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11651975/Erik-Carlsson-rally-driver-obituary.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11651975/Erik-Carlsson-rally-driver-obituary.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Erik Carlsson, rally driver – obituary|date=4 June 2015|website=The Telegraph|access-date=14 June 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2015 – Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (born 1928) * 2015 – Andy King, English footballer and manager (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hunter |first=Andy |date=2015-05-27 |title=Everton hero Andy King dies at the age of 58 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/27/andy-king-everton-dies-mk-dons-west-bromwich |access-date=2023-08-01 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * 2015 – Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (born 1932) *2017 – Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/people-news/gregg-allman-dies-dead-69-southern-rock-1202446640|title=Gregg Allman, Southern Rock Pioneer, Dies at 69|last=Morris|first=Chris|date=May 27, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=May 27, 2017}}</ref> *2018 – Gardner Dozois, American science fiction author and editor (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/gardner-dozois-70-acclaimed-science-fiction-editor-20180529.html|title=Gardner Dozois, 70, acclaimed science fiction editor|last=Graham|first=Kristen A.|date=29 May 2018|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> *2020 – Larry Kramer, American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (born 1935)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/larry-kramer-dead.html |title=Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84 |first=Daniel |last=Lewis |work=The New York Times |date=May 27, 2020 |access-date=May 27, 2020 }}</ref> *2021 – Poul Schlüter, former Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2021-05-28-poul-schluter-er-doed|title=Poul Schlüter er død – TV 2|date=28 May 2021}}</ref> *2024 – Elizabeth MacRae, American actress (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-30 |title=Elizabeth MacRae, 'General Hospital' and 'Gomer Pyle' actor, dies at 88 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-05-29/elizabeth-macrae-actor-general-hospital-gomer-pyle-dies-88 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=2024-05-27 |title=Bill Walton, N.B.A. Hall of Famer and Broadcasting Star, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/sports/basketball/bill-walton-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – Freddie Aguilar, Filipino musician and singer-songwriter (born 1953)<ref>{{cite news |title=Filipino music icon Freddie Aguilar dies at 72, leaves behind a legacy that touched the world |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/filipino-music-icon-freddie-aguilar-dies-at-72-leaves-behind-a-legacy-that-touched-the-world/articleshow/121428614.cms?from=mdr |website=The Economic Times |date=2025-05-27 |access-date=2025-05-27}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances== * Armed Forces Day (Nicaragua) * Children's Day (Nigeria) * Christian feast day: ** Augustine of Canterbury ** Blessed Lojze Grozde ** Bruno of Würzburg ** Eutropius of Orange ** Hildebert ** Julius the Veteran ** May 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * Mother's Day (Bolivia) * Navy Day (Japan) * Slavery Abolition Day (Guadeloupe, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin) * Start of National Reconciliation Week (Australia)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons}} * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/27 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=27}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/27 Historical Events on May 27]

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