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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * 801 – An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura.<ref>{{cite web |first1=E. |last1=Guidoboni |first2=G. |last2=Ferrari |first3=D. |last3=Mariotti |first4=A. |last4=Comastri |first5=G. |last5=Tarabusi |first6=G. |last6=Sgattoni |first7=G. |last7=Valensise |title=801 04 29, 20:00 Roma (Italy) |website=Catalogo dei Forti Terremoti in Italia (461 a.C.–1997) e nell'area Mediterranea (760 a.C.–1500) |publisher=Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia |year=2018 |url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti/cfti5/}}</ref> *1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.<ref>{{Citation |last=Neville |first=Leonora |title=Levounion, Battle of |date=2010 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195334036.001.0001/acref-9780195334036-e-0544 |encyclopedia=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195334036.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-533403-6 |access-date=26 June 2022 |via=Oxford Reference|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *1429 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Joan of Arc|last1=Shotwell|first1=James Thomson|author1-link=James T. Shotwell|last2=Chisholm|first2=Hugh|author2-link=Hugh Chisholm|volume=15|page=420}}</ref> *1483 – Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Martínez Usó |first1=María José |last2=Marco Castillo |first2=Francisco J. |title=The total eclipse of the sun of July 29, AD1478, in contemporary Spanish documents |journal=Journal for the History of Astronomy |date=May 2023 |volume=54 |issue=2 |pages=153–170 |doi=10.1177/00218286231167157|bibcode=2023JHA....54..153M |hdl=10234/203020 |s2cid=258548316 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> *1492 – The Crown's decision to expel the Jews is announced in Zaragoza, Aragon, to the kingdom's procurators.<ref name=":02">{{cite book |last=Beinart |first=Haim |author-link=Haim Beinart |title=The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain |publisher=The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press |year=2001 |series=Littman Library of Jewish Civilization |volume=1 |location=Oxford |pages=33 |translator=Jeffrey M. Green}}</ref> *1521 – Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smb.nu/index.php/krig-1521-1611/befrielsekriget-1521-1523 |title=Befrielsekriget 1521-1523 |accessdate=2011-11-20 |last=Sundberg |first=Ulf |year=1998 |work=Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916191718/http://www.smb.nu/index.php/krig-1521-1611/befrielsekriget-1521-1523 |archivedate=2011-09-16 }}</ref>
===1601–1900=== *1670 – Emilio Altieri is elected pope after a four-month conclave and takes the name Clement X.<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle= Pope Clement X |volume= 4 |pages= |last= Loughlin |first= J.F.|author-link= | short=1}}</ref> *1760 – French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British.<ref>{{cite book |last=Snow |first=Dan |title=Death Or Victory: The Battle for Quebec and the Birth of Empire |year=2009 |pages=416–17 |publisher=Harper Collins UK |isbn=9780007286201}}</ref> *1770 – James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Isabella |last2=Collard |first2=Sarah |title=Captain James Cook's landing and the Indigenous first words contested by Aboriginal leaders |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-29/captain-cook-landing-indigenous-people-first-words-contested/12195148 |access-date=29 November 2021 |work=ABC News |date=28 April 2020}}</ref> *1781 – American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clowes |first1=William Laird |last2=Markham |first2=Clements |last3=Mahan |first3=Alfred Thayer |last4=Wilson |first4=Herbert Wrigley |last5=Roosevelt |first5=Theodore |last6=Laughton |first6=Carr |author1-link=William Laird Clowes |author2-link=Clements Markham |author3-link=Alfred Thayer Mahan |author4-link=Herbert Wrigley Wilson |author5-link=Theodore Roosevelt |title=The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present |year=1898 |page=483 |volume=3 |via=Internet Archive |url=https://archive.org/details/royalnavyhistor03clow/page/482/mode/2up |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref> *1826 – The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Peter |last1=Robertson |first2=Glen |last2=Cozens |first3=Wayne |last3=Orchiston |first4=Bruce |last4=Slee |first5=Harry |last5=Wendt |title=Early Australian Optical and Radio Observations of Centaurus A |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia |volume=27 |issue=4 |date=1 January 2010 |pages=402–430 |issn=1323-3580 |doi=10.1071/AS09071 |arxiv = 1012.5137 |bibcode = 2010PASA...27..402R |s2cid=54580482}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Dunlop |first=James |author-link=James Dunlop |title=A catalogue of nebulæ and clusters of stars in the southern hemisphere, observed at Paramatta in New South Wales, … |journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |year=1828 |volume=118 |pages=113–151 |doi=10.1098/rstl.1828.0010 |url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1828.0010 |url-access=subscription}} Centaurus A is listed on p. 138 as entry number 482. A sketch of Centaurus A appears as Fig. 20 on the plate between pages 114 and 115.</ref> *1861 – Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Mitchell |editor1-first=Charles W. |title=Maryland Voices of the Civil War |date=July 2007 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=9780801886218 |page=87}}</ref> *1862 – American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hearn |first=Chester G. |title=When the Devil Came Down to Dixie: Ben Butler in New Orleans |publisher=Louisiana State University |year=1997 |isbn=9780807121801 |location=Baton Rouge |pages=243–245}}</ref> * 1862 – American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth begins as Union forces under General Henry Halleck move to engage Confederate forces led by General P. G. T. Beauregard.<ref>{{cite web|title=Siege of Corinth - First Battle of Corinth|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/siege-corinth|publisher=American Battlefield Trust|website=battlefields.org|access-date=May 3, 2025}}</ref> *1864 – Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.<ref>{{Bairds19|page=346}}; {{cite encyclopedia|last=Watts|first=Michelle Taylor|title=Fraternities and Sororities|encyclopedia=The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society|editor-last1=Wherry|editor-first1=Frederick F.|editor-last2=Schor|editor-first2=Juliet|location=Los Angeles|publisher=SAGE|year=2016|isbn=9781452226439|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ByWDCwAAQBAJ|page=739|via=Google Books}}</ref>
===1901–present=== *1903 – A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frankslide.ca/sites/frankslide/files/editor_files/Frank_Slide_Facts%20(1).pdf |title=Frank Slide facts |publisher=Government of Alberta |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref> *1910 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.<ref>{{cite book |title=Mr. Lloyd George |last=Raymond |first=E. T. |author-link= E. T. Raymond|year=1922 |publisher=George H. Doran company |page=118 |url=https://archive.org/details/mrlloydgeorge0000raym/page/118 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> *1911 – Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Bartlett|editor-first=Nancy|title=The University of Michigan and China: 1845–2006|location=Ann Arbor, Mich.|publisher=Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan|date=2006|oclc=69652031|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvXhAAAAMAAJ|page=6}}</ref> *1916 – World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barber |first1=Charles H. |title=Besieged In Kut And After |date=1917 |publisher=William Blackwood and Sons |location=Edinburgh and London |page=239 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208480/page/n265/mode/2up |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref> * 1916 – Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Donoghue |first1=Denis |date=2018 |title=EASTER 1916 |journal=Yeats Annual |volume=21 |issue=21 |pages=39–61 |doi=10.11647/OBP.0135.03 |isbn=978-1-78374-454-1 |issn=0278-7687 |jstor=90020738 |doi-access=free}} {{open access}}</ref> *1945 – World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Unconditional Surrender of German and Italian Forces at Caserta |journal=American Journal of International Law |date=July 1945 |volume=39 |issue=S3 |pages=168–169 |doi=10.2307/2213918|jstor=2213918 |s2cid=246011529 }}</ref> * 1945 – World War II: Allied airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Willingham |first1=Frank |last2=Dando-Collins |first2=Stephen |title=Review of Operation Chowhound: The Most Risky, Most Glorious U.S. Bomber Mission of WWII, Dando-CollinsStephen |journal=Air Power History |date=2015 |volume=62 |issue=4 |page=53 |jstor=26276674 |issn=1044-016X}}</ref> * 1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=Richard J. |title=Adolf & Eva |journal=The National Interest |date=2011 |issue=115 |pages=76–86 |jstor=42896406 |issn=0884-9382}}</ref> and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Venkov |first1=Igor N. |title=How the Berlin Garrison Surrendered 2 May 1945 |journal=Army History |date=1990 |issue=17 |pages=20–25 |jstor=26302914 |issn=1546-5330}} {{open access}}</ref> * 1945 – Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/holocaust-remembrance-lessons-america/671893/ |title=Monuments to the Unthinkable |first1=Clint |last1=Smith |date=December 2022|access-date=23 November 2022 |magazine=The Atlantic |page=40 |url-access=subscription |volume=330 |issue=5}}</ref> *1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Carrington |editor1-last=Carey |editor1-first=John |editor2-last=Pritchard |editor2-first=R. John |editor3-last=Dunlap |editor3-first=William |title=International Humanitarian Law: Origins |date=2003 |publisher=Transnational Publishers |isbn=9789047442820 |page=105 |chapter=The Tokyo War Crimes Trial Before The International Military Tribunal For The Far East}}</ref> *1952 – Pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil, killing 50 people.<ref name="ASN">{{cite web |title=Accident description: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-26 |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520429-1 |access-date=May 3, 2018 |work=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *1953 – The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of ''Space Patrol'' on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Akar |first1=Gozde B. |last2=Tekalp |first2=A. Murat |last3=Fehn |first3=Christoph |last4=Civanlar |first4=M. Reha |title=Transport Methods in 3DTV—A Survey |journal=IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology |date=November 2007 |volume=17 |issue=11 |pages=1622–1630 |doi=10.1109/TCSVT.2007.905365|s2cid=17019171 |hdl=11511/42709 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> *1967 – After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lipsyte |first1=Robert |title=Clay Refuses Army Oath; Stripped of Boxing Crown |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/25/specials/ali-army.html |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=29 April 1967}}</ref> *1970 – Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.<ref>{{cite book|last=Root|first=John D.|chapter=Cambodian Incursion (April 29—July 22, 1970)|title=Vietnam War: The Essential Reference Guide|editor-last=Willbanks|editor-first=James H.|location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date=2013 |isbn=9781610691031 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SCNXJkZirLUC |page=25 |via=Google Books}}</ref> *1974 – Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.<ref>{{cite news|last=Herbers|first=John|title=Nixon Will Give Edited Tape Transcripts on Watergate to House and the Public|work=The New York Times|date=April 30, 1974|pages=1, 32}}</ref> *1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end. This happens after the Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tobin |first1=Thomas G. |last2=Laehr |first2=Arthur E. |last3=Hilgenberg |first3=John F. |editor1-last=Lavalle |editor1-first=A. J. C. |title=Last Flight from Saigon |date=1978 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=vii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmt5xxGOtb4C |access-date=18 September 2023 |via=Google Books}}</ref> * 1975 – Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese Army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnam-held Trường Sa Islands.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Yow |first1=Cheun Hoe. |title=Resources for China-ASEAN Relations, April to November 2003: Chronology of Events |journal=China: An International Journal |date=2004 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=171–184 |doi=10.1353/chn.2004.0008|s2cid=153394064 |doi-access=free }}</ref> * 1985 – Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on STS-51-B.<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-51B |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-51b.htm |access-date=February 26, 2014 |publisher=Spacefacts}}</ref> *1986 – A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Kathryn |title=The Library Book by Susan Orlean – what LA lost when its library burned down |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/16/the-library-book-review-by-susan-orlean |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=16 February 2019}}</ref> *1986 – The United States Navy aircraft carrier {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the {{USS|Coral Sea|CV-43|6}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-cvan-65-viii-1986-1990.html|title= Enterprise VIII (CVAN-65)1986-1990|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 12 September 2005|website= Naval History and Heritage Command |publisher= official U.S. Navy web site|access-date= 27 Apr 2021 |quote="Beginning at 0300 on 29 April 1986, Enterprise became the first nuclear powered carrier to transit the Suez Canal. ... At 0402, Enterprise entered the canal, exiting at 1514 when she entered the Med for the first time in almost 22 years."}}</ref> *1986 – An assembly of Sikhs, known as a Sarbat Khalsa, officially declare independence for a state of Khalistan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sarbat Khalsa and Gurmata|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sarbat-khalsa-and-gurmata|last=Singh|first=I.|website=SikhNet|date=10 July 2012|access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref> *1991 – A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around {{convert|155|mph|kph}}, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Khalil |first1=Gazi Md. |title=The catastrophic cyclone of April 1991: Its Impact on the economy of Bangladesh |journal=Natural Hazards |date=November 1993 |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=263–281 |doi=10.1007/BF00690911|bibcode=1993NatHa...8..263K |s2cid=129021230 }}</ref> * 1991 – The 7.0 {{M|w}} Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (''Destructive''), killing 270 people.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Jibson|first=R.W.|author2=Prentice C.S.|author3=Borissoff B.A.|author4=Rogozhin E.A.|author5=Langer C.J.|name-list-style=amp |year=1994|title=Some Observations of Landslides Triggered by the 29 April 1991 Racha Earthquake, Republic of Georgia|journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America|volume=84|issue=4|page=963 |bibcode=1994BuSSA..84..963J |url=http://profile.usgs.gov/myscience/upload_folder/ci2009Apr221601094273745-Racha%20landslides,%20BSSA.pdf|accessdate=10 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531195424/http://profile.usgs.gov/myscience/upload_folder/ci2009Apr221601094273745-Racha%20landslides,%20BSSA.pdf|archive-date=31 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> *1992 – Riots in Los Angeles begin, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Serrano |first1=Richard A. |title=All 4 Acquitted in King Beating Verdict Stirs Outrage; Bradley Calls It Senseless Trial: Ventura County jury rejects charges of excessive force in episode captured on videotape. A mistrial is declared on one count against Officer Powell. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-30-mn-1942-story.html |access-date=29 November 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=30 April 1992 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501174513/https://articles.latimes.com/1992-04-30/news/mn-1942_1_ventura-county-jury |archive-date=1 May 2010}}</ref> *1997 – The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herby |first1=Peter |title=Chemical Weapons Convention enters into force |journal=International Review of the Red Cross |date=30 April 1997 |volume=37 |issue=317 |pages=208–209 |doi=10.1017/S0020860400085156 |url=https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/article/other/57jnja.htm |access-date=29 November 2021|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *2004 – The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-end-of-the-road-for-oldsmobile|title=The end of the road for Oldsmobile|date=13 November 2009 }}</ref> *2011 – The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.<ref>{{cite news |title=Royal Wedding date chosen by Prince William and Kate |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11818049 |work=BBC News |access-date=29 November 2021 |date=23 November 2010}}</ref> *2013 – A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Prague explosion possibly caused by gas injures dozens |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/29/explosion-prague-injures-dozens |access-date=29 November 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=29 April 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20130429-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747-428BCF N949CA Bagram Air Base (BPM)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-13}}</ref> *2015 – A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.<ref>{{cite web |title=White Sox-Orioles game will be played Wednesday, closed to public |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/12781465/baltimore-orioles-chicago-white-sox-series-finale-played-wednesday-closed-public |website=ESPN |access-date=29 November 2021 |date=28 April 2015}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre-1600=== *1469 – William II, Landgrave of Hesse (died 1509)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Franz |first1=Eckhart G. |title=Hessen, Wilhelm II. Landgraf von |url=https://www.lagis-hessen.de/pnd/133272605 |website=Hessische Biografie |publisher=Hessisches Institut für Landesgeschichte |access-date=18 September 2023 |language=de}}</ref> *1587 – Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (died 1635)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Essegern |first1=Ute |title=Biografie von Sophia von Sachsen (1587-1635) |url=https://saebi.isgv.de/biografie/23432 |website=Sächsische Biografie |publisher=Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde |access-date=18 September 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
===1601–1900=== *1636 – Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer (died 1679)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Buelow |first1=George J. |title=Reusner [Reussner], Esaias (ii) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23273}}</ref> *1665 – James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1745)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Handley |first1=Stuart |title=Butler, James, second duke of Ormond (1665–1745), army officer, politician, and Jacobite conspirator |date=25 May 2006 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/4193}}</ref> *1667 – John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath (died 1735)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Ross |first1=Angus |title=Arbuthnot [Arbuthnott], John (bap. 1667, d. 1735), physician and satirist |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/610}}</ref> *1727 – Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer (died 1810)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Hansell |first1=Kathleen Kuzmick |title=Noverre, Jean-Georges |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20148}}</ref> *1745 – Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (died 1807)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Casto |first1=William R. |title=Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807), chief justice of the United States |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0200120}}</ref> *1758 – Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (died 1820)<ref>{{cite book |last=Bohman |first=Nils |url=https://runeberg.org/smok/2/0332.html |title=Svenska män och kvinnor |date=1955 |publisher=Bonnier |pages=294 |language=sv |oclc=312499086 |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref> *1762 – Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1833)<ref>{{cite book |title=Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary |date=1995 |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc. |isbn=9780877797432 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1681155752/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=59e18b13 |access-date=20 April 2023 |chapter=Jean-Baptiste Jourdan |via=Gale}}</ref> *1780 – Charles Nodier, French librarian and author (died 1844)<ref>{{cite book |title=Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary |date=1995 |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc. |isbn=9780877797432 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1680098300/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=a5076a57 |access-date=20 April 2023 |chapter=(Jean) Charles (Emmanuel) Nodier |via=Gale}}</ref> *1783 – David Cox, English landscape painter (died 1859)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Wildman |first1=Stephen |title=Cox, David (1783–1859), landscape painter |date=3 October 2013 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/6520}}</ref> *1784 – Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (died 1850)<ref>{{cite book |title=The New England Historical and Genealogical Register |date=1890 |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society |page=137 |volume=44}}</ref> *1810 – Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author (died 1892)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Neville-Sington |first1=Pamela |title=Trollope, Thomas Adolphus [Tom] (1810–1892), historian and writer |date=27 May 2010 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/27755}}</ref> *1818 – Alexander II of Russia (died 1881)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Newton |first1=Michael |title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia |date=2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, California |isbn=9781610692861 |pages=12–13 |volume=1}}</ref> *1837 – Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1891)<ref>{{cite book |title=Les parlementaires de la Seine sous la Troisième République |language=fr |year=2001| volume=1 |publisher=University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne |first1=Jean-Marie |last1=Mayeur|first2=Arlette |last2=Schweitz |page=97 |isbn=9782859444327 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BR2MUSf6OhIC}}</ref> *1842 – Carl Millöcker, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1899)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Lamb |first1=Andrew |title=Millöcker, Carl |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18701}}</ref> *1847 – Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, composer and conductor (died 1907)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Obituary: Joachim Andersen |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-times_1909-07-01_50_797/page/456 |journal=The Musical Times |date=1909 |volume=50 |issue=797 |page=456 |jstor=907558 |issn=0027-4666}}</ref> *1848 – Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic (died 1906)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=R. Siva |title=Varma, (Raja) Ravi |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T087983|isbn=9781884446054 }}</ref> *1854 – Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist and engineer (died 1912)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jourdain |first1=Philip E. B. |title=HENRI POINCARÉ: OBITUARY |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_monist_1912-10_22_4/page/610 |journal=The Monist |date=1912 |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=611–615 |doi=10.5840/monist191222422 |jstor=27900399 |issn=0026-9662}}</ref> *1863 – Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (died 1933)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Liddell |first1=Robert |title=Cavafy: A Critical Biography |date=1974 |publisher=Duckworth |location=London |isbn=0715607294 |page=23}}</ref> * 1863 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (died 1951)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Leonard |first1=Thomas C. |title=Hearst, William Randolph (1863-1951), publisher |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600738}}</ref> * 1863 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary (died 1922)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |page=218}}</ref> *1872 – Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (died 1930)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Hamburger |first1=Susan |title=Whitney, Harry Payne (1872-1930), financier and sportsman |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900236}}</ref> * 1872 – Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (died 1952)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Osterbrock |first1=Donald E. |title=Moulton, Forest Ray (1872-1952), theoretical astronomer and mathematician |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1301191}}</ref> *1875 – Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (died 1950)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=MacDonald Fraser |first1=George |title=Sabatini, Rafael (1875–1950), novelist |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/37926}}</ref> *1879 – Thomas Beecham, English conductor (died 1961)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Crichton |first1=Ronald |last2=Lucas |first2=John |title=Beecham, Sir Thomas |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02507}}</ref> *1880 – Adolf Chybiński, Polish historian, musicologist and academic (died 1952)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Szweykowski |first1=Zygmunt M. |title=Chybiński, Adolf (Eustachy) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05743}}</ref> *1882 – Auguste Herbin, French painter (died 1960)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Costa |first1=Vanina |title=Herbin, Auguste |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T037714}}</ref> * 1882 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (died 1945)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Steen |first1=John |title=Werkman, Hendrik Nicolaas |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T091177}}</ref> *1885 – Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (died 1948)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Slater |first1=Ken |title=Egon Kisch: A Biographical Outline |journal=Labour History |date=1979 |issue=36 |pages=94–103 |doi=10.2307/27508355 |jstor=27508355}}</ref> *1887 – Robert Cushman Murphy, American ornithologist (died 1973)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Amadon |first1=Dean |title=In Memoriam: Robert Cushman Murphy April 29, 1887-March 20, 1973 |journal=The Auk |date=January 1974 |volume=91 |issue=1 |pages=1–9 |doi=10.2307/4084656 |jstor=4084656|doi-access=free }}</ref> *1888 – Michael Heidelberger, American immunologist (died 1991)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stacey |first1=Maurice |title=Michael Heidelberger, 29 April 1888 - 25 June 1991 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=February 1994 |volume=39 |pages=177–197 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1994.0011 |doi-access=free|pmid=11639904 |s2cid=46518538 }}</ref> *1891 – Edward Wilfred Taylor, British businessman (died 1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Payne |first1=B. O. |title=Edward Wilfred Taylor, 29 April 1891 - 1 November 1980 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1981 |volume=27 |pages=562–577 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1981.0022 |doi-access=free|s2cid=57734028 }}</ref> *1893 – Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Costa |first1=Albert B. |title=Urey, Harold Clayton (1893-1981), physical chemist and planetary scientist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302119}}</ref> *1894 – Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic (died 1970)<ref>{{cite book|first=Leopold E.|last=Halpen|chapter=Marietta Blau|editor-first1=Marelene F.|editor-last1=Rayner-Canham|editor-first2=Geoffrey|editor-last2=Rayner-Canham|title=A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity|location=Montréal|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=1997|isbn=9780773516427|page=196}}</ref> *1895 – Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic (died 1970)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Levin |first1=Isidor |title=Vladimir Propp: An Evaluation on His Seventieth Birthday |journal=Journal of the Folklore Institute |date=June 1967 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=32–49 |doi=10.2307/3813911 |jstor=3813911}}</ref> * 1895 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer and conductor (died 1967)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Crichton |first1=Ronald |title=Sargent, Sir (Harold) Malcolm |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24590}}</ref> *1898 – E. J. Bowen, British physical chemist (died 1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=Ronald Percy |title=Edmund John Bowen, 29 April 1898 - 19 November 1980 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1981 |volume=27 |pages=83–101 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1981.0004 |doi-access=free|s2cid=72246851 }}</ref> *1899 – Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer and bandleader (died 1974)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Collier |first1=James Lincoln |title=Ellington, Duke (1899-1974), jazz musician and composer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800355}}</ref> * 1899 – Mary Petty, American illustrator (died 1976)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Wepman |first1=Dennis |title=Petty, Mary (1899-1976), cartoonist and illustrator |date=April 2008 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1701972}}</ref> *1900 – Amelia Best, Australian politician (died 1979)<ref>{{cite Tas Parliament |id=besta521 |title=Amelia Martha Best |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref>
===1901–present=== *1901 – Hirohito, Japanese emperor (died 1989)<ref>{{cite news |title=Hirohito Dies, Ending 62 Years as Japan's Ruler |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-08-mn-196-story.html |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=Associated Press |date=8 January 1989}}</ref> *1907 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (died 1997)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Collins |first1=Thomas W. |title=Zinnemann, Fred (1907-1997), film director |date=June 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1803512}}</ref> *1908 – Jack Williamson, American author and academic (died 2006)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit |title=Jack Williamson, 98, an Author Revered in Science Fiction Field, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/obituaries/14williamson.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=14 November 2006}}</ref> *1909 – Tom Ewell, American actor (died 1994)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shipman |first1=David |title=Obituary: Tom Ewell |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tom-ewell-1448689.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Independent |date=13 September 1994 |language=en}}</ref> *1912 – Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1977)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shannon |first1=Ed |title=Richard Carlson: Albert Lea's other film and television star |url=https://www.albertleatribune.com/2016/12/richard-carlson-albert-leas-other-film-and-television-star/ |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=Albert Lea Tribune |date=24 December 2016 |language=en}}</ref> *1915 – Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (died 1997)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Haeberli |first1=Willy |last2=DeLuca |first2=Paul M. |last3=Davis |first3=Jay C. |title=Henry Herman Barschall |journal=Physics Today |date=June 1997 |volume=50 |issue=6 |pages=106–108 |doi=10.1063/1.881755|doi-access=free }}</ref> *1917 – Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (died 1961)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Barker |first1=Jennifer M. |title=Deren, Maya (1917-1961), avant-garde filmmaker |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800304}}</ref> * 1917 – Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (died 2012)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Celeste Holm obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jul/15/celeste-holm |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=15 July 2012}}</ref> *1918 – George Allen, American football player and coach (died 1990)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Thackeray |first1=Frank W. |title=Allen, George Herbert (1918-1990), college and professional football coach |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900673}}</ref> *1919 – Gérard Oury, French actor, director and screenwriter (died 2006)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Gérard Oury |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jul/29/guardianobituaries.france |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=28 July 2006}}</ref> *1920 – Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (died 1996)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tucker |first1=Nicholas |title=OBITUARY : Edward Blishen |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-edward-blishen-1314845.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Independent |date=16 December 1996 |language=en}}</ref> * 1920 – Harold Shapero, American composer (died 2013)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tommasini |first1=Anthony |title=Harold Shapero, American Neo-Classical Composer, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/22/arts/music/harold-shapero-93-american-neo-classical-composer-dies.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=22 May 2013}}</ref> *1922 – Parren Mitchell, American politician (died 2007)<ref>{{CongBio |id=M000826 |name=MITCHELL, Parren James |inline=YES}}</ref> * 1922 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (died 2016)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fordham |first1=John |title=Toots Thielemans obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/23/toots-thielemans-obituary |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=23 August 2016}}</ref> *1923 – Irvin Kershner, American actor, director and producer (died 2010)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Irvin Kershner obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/29/irvin-kershner-obituary |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 November 2010}}</ref> *1924 – Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress (died 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cruickshank |first1=Judith |title=Zizi Jeanmaire obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jul/17/zizi-jeanmaire-obituary |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=17 July 2020}}</ref> *1925 – John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (died 2007)<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2008 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606003894/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=9a0a769b |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=John Compton |volume=65}}</ref> * 1925 – Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (died 2007)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wells |first1=Paul |title=Iwao Takamoto |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jan/29/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 January 2007}}</ref> *1926 – Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Elmer Kelton, Novelist of the Changing West, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/books/03kelton.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 September 2009}}</ref> *1927 – Dorothy Manley, English sprinter (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dorothy Manley, sprinter who won silver behind the 'Flying Housewife' Fanny Blankers-Koen at the 1948 Olympic Games – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/11/19/dorothy-manley-sprinter-won-silver-behind-flying-housewife-fanny/ |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Telegraph |date=19 November 2021}}</ref> * 1927 – Bill Slater, English footballer (died 2018)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Hextable |isbn=9781782811671 |page=780 |edition=First}}</ref> *1928 – Carl Gardner, American singer (died 2011)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Laing |first1=Dave |title=Carl Gardner obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/13/carl-gardner-obituary |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=13 June 2011}}</ref> * 1928 – Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic (died 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Radford |first1=Tim |title=Heinz Wolff obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/17/heinz-wolff-obituary |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=17 December 2017}}</ref> *1929 – Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (died 2007)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vat |first1=Dan van der |title=Walter Kempowski |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/06/guardianobituaries.secondworldwar |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=6 November 2007}}</ref> * 1929 – Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Matthews |first1=David |title=Peter Sculthorpe obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/13/peter-sculthorpe |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=13 August 2014}}</ref> * 1929 – April Stevens, American singer (died 2023)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/arts/music/april-stevens-dead.html |title=April Stevens Dies at 93; Her 'Deep Purple' Became a Surprise Hit |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |work=The New York Times |date=27 April 2023 |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref> * 1929 – Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (died 2015)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Maurice Strong, Environmental Champion, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/world/americas/maurice-strong-environmental-champion-dies-at-86.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 December 2015}}</ref> * 1929 – Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Howard |first1=Anthony |last2=Steel |first2=David |title=Jeremy Thorpe obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/dec/04/jeremy-thorpe |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=4 December 2014}}</ref> *1930 – Jean Rochefort, French actor and director (died 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Jean Rochefort obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/09/jean-rochefort-obituary |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=9 October 2017}}</ref> *1931 – Frank Auerbach, German-British painter<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Artists |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9781558624078 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1636000872/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=0647a911 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Frank Auerbach}}</ref> (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grimes |first=William |date=November 12, 2024 |title=Frank Auerbach, a Celebrated and Tireless Painter, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/arts/frank-auerbach-dead.html |access-date=November 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> * 1931 – Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Denselow |first1=Robin |title=Lonnie Donegan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/05/guardianobituaries.arts |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=5 November 2002}}</ref> * 1931 – Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (died 2014)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Padgham |first1=Massey |last2=Butler |first2=Jim |title=Tories laud Pearson for advancing gov't |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/whitehorse-daily-star-tories-laud-pearso/123670562/ |access-date=28 April 2023 |work=Whitehorse Daily Star |date=17 October 1984 |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> *1932 – David Tindle, English painter and educator<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Artists |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9781558624078 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1636001577/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=0fdb4206 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=David Tindle}}</ref> * 1932 – Dmitry Zaikin, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (died 2013)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=74 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref> *1933 – Ed Charles, American baseball player and coach (died 2018)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vecsey |first1=George |title=Ed Charles, Infield Sage of the Miracle Mets, Is Dead at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/obituaries/ed-charles-a-mainstay-of-the-miracle-mets-dies-at-84.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=15 March 2018}}</ref> * 1933 – Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (died 2015)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carlson |first1=Michael |title=Rod McKuen obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/01/rod-mckuen |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2015}}</ref> * 1933 – Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor<ref>{{cite news |last1=Millburg |first1=Steve |title=Country's Outlaw Earns Respect |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-countrys-outlaw-earns-r/123669776/ |access-date=28 April 2023 |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=12 May 1989 |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> *1934 – Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Hispanic Biography |date=1996 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780810383029 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1611000022/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=8354eaa9 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Luis Ernesto Aparicio, Jr.}}</ref> * 1934 – Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde<ref>{{cite book |title=Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations |date=2004 |publisher=Thomson, Gale |location=Detroit |isbn=9780787677732 |volume=6 |edition=11th |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2303600386/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=1a20a0a7 |access-date=21 March 2023 |chapter=Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires, President of Cape Verde}}</ref> *1935 – Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Russell |first1=Tony |title=Otis Rush obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/03/otis-rush-obituary |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=3 October 2018}}</ref> *1936 – Zubin Mehta, Indian conductor<ref>{{cite news |title=Zubin Mehta {{!}} Biography, Conductor, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zubin-Mehta |access-date=29 April 2024 |work=Britannica.com |date=25 April 2024}}</ref> * 1936 – Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 2020)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Schmidt |first1=Edward W. |title=Former Jesuit superior general Adolfo Nicolás has died in Tokyo |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/05/20/former-jesuit-superior-general-adolfo-nicolas-has-died-tokyo |access-date=19 March 2023 |magazine=America |date=20 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1936 – Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (died 1972)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Centenera |first1=Mar |title=Alejandra Pizarnik: 'I write against fear' |url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-09-27/i-write-against-fear.html |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=EL PAÍS English |date=27 September 2022 |language=en-us}}</ref> * 1936 – Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bevan |first1=Judi |title=Inside the Rothschild outsider |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-telegraph-inside-the-rothschild-o/123669863/ |access-date=28 April 2023 |work=The Sunday Telegraph |date=23 January 1994 |page=30 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> *1937 – Jill Paton Walsh, English author (died 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eccleshare |first1=Julia |title=Jill Paton Walsh obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/26/jill-paton-walsh-obituary |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=26 October 2020}}</ref> *1938 – Steven Bach, American writer, businessman and educator (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Steven Bach |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/apr/01/obituary-steven-bach |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 March 2009}}</ref> * 1938 – Bernie Madoff, American businessman, financier and convicted felon (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Henriques |first1=Diana B. |title=Bernard Madoff, Architect of Largest Ponzi Scheme in History, Is Dead at 82 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/business/bernie-madoff-dead.html |access-date=15 April 2021 |date=14 April 2021}}</ref> *1939 – Klaus Rinke, German artist (died 2026)<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Artists |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9781558624078 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1636001458/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2b24ea0a |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Klaus Rinke}}</ref> *1940 – George Adams, American musician (died 1992)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Priestley |first1=Brian |last2=Kernfeld |first2=Barry |title=Adams, George |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J002300}}</ref> * 1940 – Peter Diamond, American economist<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2010 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650007280/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=d19a068a |access-date=18 September 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Peter Arthur Diamond }}</ref> *1941 – Hanne Darboven, German painter (died 2009)<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Artists |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9781558624078 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1636001014/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=0f064b4f |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Hanne Darboven |volume=49}}</ref> *1942 – Dick Chrysler, American politician<ref>{{CongBio |id=C000385 |name=CHRYSLER, Dick |inline=YES}}</ref> * 1942 – Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic<ref>{{cite journal |title=Fritchie, Baroness, (Irene Tordoff Fritchie) (born 29 April 1942) |journal=UK Who's Who |date=1 December 2022 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U16506}}</ref> *1943 – Duane Allen, American country singer<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Westerfield |first1=David |title=Duane Allen: A good old Oak Ridge Boy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-odessa-american-duane-allen-a-good/123670012/ |access-date=28 April 2023 |magazine=Texas Weekly |date=17 November 1985 |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * 1943 – Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, English union leader and politician (died 2018)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Langdon |first1=Julia |title=Lady Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/mar/18/lady-dean-of-thornton-le-fylde-obituary |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=18 March 2018}}</ref> * 1943 – Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech, English lawyer and academic<ref>{{cite journal |title=Deech, Baroness, (Ruth Lynn Deech) (born 29 April 1943) |journal=UK Who's Who |date=1 December 2019 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U13364}}</ref> *1944 – Francis Lee, English footballer and businessman (died 2023)<ref name=p500>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Hextable |isbn=9781782811671 |page=500 |edition=First}}</ref> *1945 – Hugh Hopper, English bass guitarist (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sweeting |first1=Adam |title=Hugh Hopper |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jun/10/obituary-hugh-hopper |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=9 June 2009}}</ref> * 1945 – Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist<ref>{{cite web |title=Lara, Catherine |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62j6m6c |publisher=Social Networks and Archival Context |access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref> * 1945 – Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter (died 1970)<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Musicians |date=2004 |publisher=Gale |issn=1044-2197 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1608004195/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=4faeb32e |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Tammi Terrell |volume=49}}</ref> *1946 – Rodney Frelinghuysen, American politician and lobbyist<ref>{{CongBio |id=F000372 |name=FRELINGHUYSEN, Rodney P. |inline=YES}}</ref> *1947 – Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer<ref>{{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2420005622/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=43161ebb |access-date=21 March 2023 |chapter=Tommy James}}</ref> * 1947 – Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=18 April 2002 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000170350/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=12794a63 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=John (Laurence) Miller }}</ref> * 1947 – Jim Ryun, American runner and politician<ref>{{CongBio |id=R000566 |name=RYUN, Jim |inline=YES}}</ref> *1948 – Edith Brown Clement, American judge<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2005 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650004971/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=f90b7790 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Edith Brown Clement }}</ref> *1950 – Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (died 2013)<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Paul Holmes 1950-2013 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/broadcaster-sir-paul-holmes-dies-at-62/MSC37V5XOVHEZ4IWMH4VXMTDDE/ |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=The New Zealand Herald |agency=Associated Press |date=1 February 2013 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> * 1950 – Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=12 August 2010 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000170350/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=12794a63 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Phillip Noyce }}</ref> * 1950 – Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician<ref>{{CongBio |id=S000770 |name=STABENOW, Deborah Ann |inline=YES}}</ref> *1951 – Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (died 2001)<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Dale Earnhardt |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618003367/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=42ee0947 |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=3 June 2010 |date=12 March 2021 |issn=0899-0417}}</ref> * 1951 – Jon Stanhope, Australian politician<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2016 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650010484/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=293b93ac |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Jon Stanhope }}</ref> *1952 – Geraldine Doogue, Australian journalist and television host<ref>{{cite news |title=Births |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49029046 |access-date=28 September 2020 |work=West Australian |date=30 April 1952 |location=Perth, WA |page=20}}</ref> * 1952 – Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609025677/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=4b2bbcc4 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Nora Dunn |volume=93}}</ref> * 1952 – Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barkowitz |first1=Ed |title=The Newcomers: Bob McClure |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-the-newcomers-b/123670433/ |access-date=28 April 2023 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=19 February 2014 |page=56 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * 1952 – Dave Valentin, American flautist (died 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Dave Valentin, a Grammy Award-Winning Latin Jazz Flutist, Dies at 64 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/arts/music/dave-valentin-dead-latin-jazz-flutist.html |access-date=21 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=8 March 2017}}</ref> * 1953 – Bill Drummond, British musician<ref>{{LibraryOfMu|tl=news|mu-id=388|last=McKerron|first=Ian|title=Duo Burn £1M in Midnight Madness|work=Daily Express|date=1 October 1994|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916115543/http://www.libraryofmu.net/display-resource.php?id=388|archive-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> *1954 – Mo Brooks, American attorney and politician<ref>{{CongBio |id=B001274 |name=BROOKS, Mo |inline=YES}}</ref> * 1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor and producer<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Jerry Seinfeld |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618001131/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=5d8006fc |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=25 October 2021 |date=12 March 2021 |issn=0899-0417}}</ref> *1955 – Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (died 2022)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carlson |first1=Michael |title=Leslie Jordan obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/nov/07/leslie-jordan-obituary |access-date=21 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=7 November 2022}}</ref> * 1955 – Kate Mulgrew, American actress<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=29 May 2019 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000317399/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=bbe49015 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Kate Mulgrew }}</ref> *1957 – Daniel Day-Lewis, British actor<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Daniel Day-Lewis |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618000493/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=5e75b610 |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=21 March 2023 |date=29 March 2017 |issn=0899-0417}}</ref> * 1957 – Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Samoan politician, 7th Prime Minister of Samoa<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2021 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650012422/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=21becfe2 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Fiame Naomi Mata'afa }}</ref> * 1957 – Joseph Morelle, American politician<ref>{{CongBio |id=M001206 |name=MORELLE, Joseph |inline=YES}}</ref> *1958 – Kevin Moore, English footballer (died 2013)<ref name=moore>{{cite news |last1=Ponting |first1=Ivan |title=Kevin Moore: Defensive stalwart for Southampton |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kevin-moore-defensive-stalwart-for-southampton-8608344.html |access-date=19 March 2023 |work=The Independent |date=8 May 2013 |language=en}}</ref> * 1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Michelle Pfeiffer |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618001676/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=1cbf709b |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=21 March 2023 |date=12 March 2021 |issn=0899-0417}}</ref> * 1958 – Eve Plumb, American actress<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2002 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609013273/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=4adee5b0 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Eve Plumb |volume=38}}</ref> *1960 – Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author and academic<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2022 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000117445/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=9759b27a |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Robert J. Sawyer }}</ref> *1962 – Polly Samson, English novelist, lyricist and journalist<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=15 December 2016 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000204936/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=84712a09 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Polly Samson }}</ref> *1963 – Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=20 November 2014 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000309854/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=28965ded |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Mike Babcock }}</ref> *1964 – Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor, director, producer and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609024779/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=ba6090bd |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Federico Castelluccio |volume=89}}</ref> * 1964 – Lúðvík Bergvinsson, Icelandic politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Þingmenn: Alþingismannatal - Æviágrip þingmanna frá 1845 - Lúðvík Bergvinsson |url=https://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=407 |publisher=Althing |access-date=7 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014163613/https://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=407 |archive-date=14 October 2023 |location=Reykjavík, Iceland |language=is}}</ref> *1965 – Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=29 March 2017 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000322256/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=457d384a |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Michel Bussi }}</ref> * 1965 – Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (died 2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Children's Author and Filmmaker, Dies at 51 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/style/amy-krouse-rosenthal-dies-modern-love.html |access-date=21 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=13 March 2017}}</ref> *1966 – Christian Tetzlaff, German violinist<ref>{{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2420011853/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=40aedd0e |access-date=21 March 2023 |chapter=Christian Tetzlaff}}</ref> *1968 – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Croatian politician and diplomat, 4th President of Croatia<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=1 February 2016 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650009707/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2203172a |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic }}</ref> *1969 – Paul Adelstein, American actor and writer<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609029659/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b1f7a72f |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Paul Adelstein |volume=113}}</ref> *1970 – Andre Agassi, American tennis player<ref>{{cite book |last1=Parsons |first1=John |title=The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Tennis: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to World Tennis |date=2006 |publisher=Carlton Books Ltd |location=London |isbn=9781844421572 |page=73}}</ref> * 1970 – Uma Thurman, American actress<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Uma Thurman |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618002413/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=61ef3d5a |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=21 March 2023 |date=20 April 2015 |issn=0899-0417}}</ref> *1975 – Garrison Starr, American singer-songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Musicians |date=2013 |publisher=Gale |issn=1044-2197 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1608006079/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=8bac5f2c |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Garrison Starr |volume=76}}</ref> * 1975 – April Telek, Canadian actress<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2012 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609031222/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=7d8f76a7 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=April Telek |volume=120}}</ref> *1976 – Micol Ostow, American author, editor and educator<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=12 August 2015 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000166125/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=557593eb |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Micol Ostow }}</ref> * 1976 – God Shammgod, American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who Among African Americans |date=2021 |publisher=Gale |issn=1081-1400 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1645517884/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=70fcdd35 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=God Shammgod }}</ref> *1977 – Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tennis Abstract: Zuzana Hejdova Match Results, Splits, and Analysis |url=http://www.tennisabstract.com/cgi-bin/player.cgi?p=ZuzanaHejdova |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=www.tennisabstract.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zuzana Hejdova {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/80312/zuzana-hejdova |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1977 – Claus Jensen, Danish international footballer and manager<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Hextable |isbn=9781782811671 |page=442 |edition=First}}</ref> * 1977 – David Sullivan, American film and television actor<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609030082/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c40f9b10 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=David Sullivan |volume=114}}</ref> *1978 – Bob Bryan, American tennis player<ref name=bnm>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=25 September 2008 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650004340/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=3eb012b0 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Bob and Mike Bryan }}</ref> * 1978 – Mike Bryan, American tennis player<ref name=bnm /> * 1978 – Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2012 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650008092/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=a7d4db62 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Javier Colon }}</ref> * 1978 – Tyler Labine, Canadian actor and comedian<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crook |first1=John |title=Celebrity Scoop: Tyler Labine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-celebrity-scoop-tyler/123670372/ |access-date=28 April 2023 |work=The News Tribune |date=6 March 2011 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> *1979 – Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer<ref name=p500 /> * 1979 – Jo O'Meara, English pop singer<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2007 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609022423/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=a6871978 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Jo O'Meara |volume=77}}</ref> *1980 – Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mathieu Biron |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mathieu-biron-8467345 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=National Hockey League}}</ref> * 1980 – Bre Blair, Canadian actress<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2010 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609026441/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=7576b017 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Bre Blair |volume=97}}</ref> *1981 – George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Hextable |isbn=9781782811671 |page=531 |edition=First}}</ref> *1983 – Megan Boone, American actress<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2014 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650009346/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=cb79be71 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Megan Boone }}</ref> * 1983 – Jay Cutler, American football player<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=7 August 2020 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650006660/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=14679d74 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Jay Cutler }}</ref> * 1983 – Sam Jones III, American actor<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2008 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609024012/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=10623b6d |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Sam Jones, III |volume=85}}</ref> *1984 – Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2005 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650004456/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b2eb7124 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Kirby Côté }}</ref> * 1984 – Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lina Krasnoroutskaya {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/110489/lina-krasnoroutskaya |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *1986 – Byun Yo-han, South Korean actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Byun Yo-han (변요한, Korean actor) |url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Byun_Yo-han.php |website=HanCinema |access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref> * 1986 – Lee Chae-young, South Korean actress<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:이채영, sidusHQ와 전속계약..장혁·김우빈과 한솥밥[공식입장]|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110975893|publisher=OSEN|access-date=29 April 2019|language=ko|date=27 August 2018}}</ref> *1987 – Rob Atkinson, English footballer<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Hextable |isbn=9781782811671 |page=42 |edition=First}}</ref> * 1987 – Sara Errani, Italian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sara Errani {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/310761/sara-errani |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1987 – Andre Russell, Jamaican cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andre Russell profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/andre-russell-276298|access-date=2021-04-29|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> *1988 – Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer<ref>{{cite web |title=【入行十年】明年三月紅館開處男騷 許廷鏗告別舊我 {{!}} 2018-11-28 {{!}} 壹週刊 {{!}} 蘋果日報 |url=https://hk.lifestyle.appledaily.com/nextplus/magazine/article/20181128/2_640484_0/ |website=Apple Daily 蘋果日報 |access-date=29 April 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 1988 – Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian athlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Taoufik Makhloufi|url=https://www.olympic.org/taoufik-makhloufi|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> * 1988 – Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=25 September 2015 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650007131/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=f060bb79 |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Jonathan Toews }}</ref> * 1988 – Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0001115387|title=신예 윤하 정규 1집도 오리콘 톱10 진입|last=Lee|first=Eun-jeong|work=Yonhap News|access-date=29 April 2019|language=ko}}</ref> *1989 – Candace Owens, American political commentator and activist<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2019 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606008538/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=fb6e232a |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Candace Owens |volume=151}}</ref> * 1989 – Domagoj Vida, Croatian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Domagoj Vida|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/domagoj-vida/36733/|website=Soccerway|access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref> *1990 – James Faulkner, Australian cricketer<ref>{{cite web|title=James Faulkner {{!}} Stats, Bio, Facts and Career Info|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/james-faulkner/QTk_fFQkQ0GI94lCEj3n-w|access-date=2021-04-29|website=www.cricket.com.au|language=en}}</ref> * 1990 – Chris Johnson, American basketball player<ref>{{cite basketball-reference |id=j/johnsch04 |name=Chris Johnson |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> *1991 – Adam Smith, English footballer<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Hextable |isbn=9781782811671 |page=782 |edition=First}}</ref> * 1991 – Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Jung Hye-sung (정혜성, Korean actress) |url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Jung_Hye-sung.php |website=HanCinema |access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref> * 1991 – Misaki Doi, Japanese tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Misaki Doi {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/314237/misaki-doi |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *1992 – Alina Rosenberg, German paralympic equestrian<ref>{{cite web |title=Alina Rosenberg - Team Deutschland Paralympics |url=https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/alina-rosenberg-220.html |website=www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de |access-date=9 March 2020 |language=de |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726090635/https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/de/athleten/detail/a_action/show/a_athletes/alina-rosenberg-220.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *1994 – Christina Shakovets, German tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Christina Shakovets {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/318714/christina-shakovets |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Christina Shakovets - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/christina-shakovets_prs385971/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en}}</ref> *1996 – Katherine Langford, Australian actress<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2020 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650011891/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=baccb1ab |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Katherine Langford }}</ref> *1997 – Lucas Tousart, French footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Lucas Tousart|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/lucas-tousart|website=Bundesliga|access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref> *1998 – Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kimberly Birrell {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320728/kimberly-birrell |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1998 – Mallory Pugh, American soccer player<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2016 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650010266/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=09d2859d |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Mallory Pugh }}</ref> *1999 – Mateo Retegui, Argentine-Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Mateo Retegui|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mateo-retegui/526616/|website=Soccerway|access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref> *2001 – Danilo, Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Danilo|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/112510/Danilo/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=29 April 2025|archive-date=29 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429081008/https://www.premierleague.com/players/112510/Danilo/overview|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2006 – Xochitl Gomez, American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Angelique |title='Doctor Strange 2' Star Xochitl Gomez Explains Why She 'Might Cry' Watching Her MCU Debut as America Chavez|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/xochitl-gomez-mcu-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-america-chavez-1235257615 |website=Variety |access-date=April 29, 2025|date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629045654/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/xochitl-gomez-mcu-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-america-chavez-1235257615/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *2007 – Mirra Andreeva, Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mirra Andreeva {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/331809/mirra-andreeva |access-date=2025-12-28 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *2007 – Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess<ref>{{cite web |title=Su Alteza Real la Infanta Doña Sofía |url=http://www.casareal.es/ES/FamiliaReal/InfantaSofia/Paginas/subhome.aspx |work=Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España |access-date=29 April 2019 |language=es |author=Felipe VI |author-link=Felipe VI}}</ref>
==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *1109 – Hugh of Cluny, French abbot (born 1024)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Walsh |first1=Michael J. |title=A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West |date=2007 |publisher=Burns and Oats |location=London |isbn=978-0860123422 |page=270}}</ref> *1380 – Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic, philosopher and saint (born 1347)<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=1998 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631001212/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=1db0f8be |access-date=20 April 2023 |format=Collection |title=Catherine of Siena, St.}}</ref> *1594 – Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (born 1517)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Bowker |first1=Margaret |title=Cooper, Thomas (c. 1517–1594), theologian and bishop of Winchester |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/6229}}</ref>
===1601–1900=== *1630 – Agrippa d'Aubigné, French soldier and poet (born 1552)<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Aubign��, Théodore Agrippa d' |volume=2 |pages=890-891}}</ref> *1658 – John Cleveland, English poet and author (born 1613)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Cousins |first1=A. D. |title=Cleveland, John (bap. 1613, d. 1658), poet |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/5635}}</ref> *1676 – Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (born 1607)<ref>{{cite book |title=Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary |date=1995 |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc. |isbn=9780877797432 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1681159041/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=8ad542c8 |access-date=22 March 2023 |chapter=Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter |via=Gale}}</ref> *1707 – George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (born 1678)<ref>{{cite book |title=Almanac of Famous People |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=1040-127X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1601040308/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=adaa2f48 |access-date=22 March 2023 |chapter=George Farquhar}}</ref> *1768 – Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (born 1694)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gusenius |first1=Edwin M. |title=Beginnings of Greatness in Swedish Chemistry: Georg Brandt, (1694-1768) |journal=Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science |date=Winter 1967 |volume=70 |issue=4 |pages=413–425 |doi=10.2307/3627593 |jstor=3627593}}</ref> *1776 – Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (born 1713)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Grundy |first1=Isobel |title=Montagu, Edward Wortley (1713–1776), traveller and criminal |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/19013}}</ref> *1833 – William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (born 1756)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Payne |first1=J. F. |last2=Thackray |first2=John C. |title=Babington, William (1756–1833), physician and mineralogist |date=8 April 2021 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/977}}</ref> *1848 – Chester Ashley, American politician (born 1790)<ref>{{CongBio |id=A000311 |name=ASHLEY, Chester |inline=YES}}</ref> *1854 – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1768)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Paget [formerly Bayly], Henry William, first marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854), army officer and politician |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/21112}}</ref>
===1901–present=== *1903 – Godfrey Carter, Australian businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of Melbourne (born 1830)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Henry |last=Rosenbloom |title=Carter, Godfrey Downes (1830–1902) |volume=3 |year=1969 |id2=carter-godfrey-downes-3174 |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> * 1903 – Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (born 1835)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ravenstein |first1=E. G. |title=Obituary: Paul Belloni du Chaillu |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_geographical-journal_1903-06_21_6/page/678 |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1903 |volume=21 |issue=6 |pages=680–681 |jstor=1775671 |issn=0016-7398}}</ref> *1905 – Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (born 1847)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=de la Vega |first1=Aurelio |title=Cervantes (Kawanag), Ignacio |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05311}}</ref> *1916 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (born 1850)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nielsen |first1=Niels |title=Dr. J. P. Gram: 27. Juni 1850—29. April 1916 |journal=Nyt Tidsskrift for Matematik |date=1916 |volume=27 |pages=48–53 |jstor=24538026 |language=da |issn=0909-3524}}</ref> *1917 – Florence Farr, British actress, composer and director (born 1860)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Hyde |first1=Virginia Crosswhite |title=Farr [married name Emery], Florence Beatrice [performing name Mary Lester] (1860–1917), author and mystic |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/53081}}</ref> *1922 – Richard Croker, Irish American political boss (born 1843)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Teaford |first1=Jon C. |title=Croker, Richard (1843-1922), New York City political leader |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0500160}}</ref> *1924 – Ernest Fox Nichols, American educator and physicist (born 1869)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Brashear |first1=Ronald |title=Nichols, Ernest Fox (1869-1924), physicist and university president |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302306}}</ref> *1925 – Ralph Delahaye Paine, American journalist and author (born 1871)<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Biography |date=1936 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310006223/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c209221c |access-date=18 September 2023 |chapter=Ralph Delahaye Paine}}</ref> *1933 – Clay Stone Briggs, American politician (born 1876)<ref>{{CongBio |id=B000826 |name=BRIGGS, Clay Stone |inline=YES}}</ref> * 1933 – Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (born 1863)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Liddell |first1=Robert |title=Cavafy: A Critical Biography |date=1974 |publisher=Duckworth |location=London |isbn=0715607294 |page=206}}</ref> *1935 – Leroy Carr, American singer, songwriter and pianist (born 1905)<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2005 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606003016/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=fd3621bd |access-date=18 September 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Leroy Carr |volume=49}}</ref> *1937 – William Gillette, American actor and playwright (born 1853)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Bordman |first1=Gerald |title=Gillette, William Hooker (1853-1937), actor and playwright |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1602031}}</ref> *1943 – Joseph Achron, Russian composer and violinist (born 1886)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Glanville-Hicks |first1=Peggy |title=Achron, Joseph |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.00121}}</ref> * 1943 – Ricardo Viñes, Spanish pianist (born 1875)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Timbrell |first1=Charles |last2=Berrocal |first2=Esperanza |title=Viñes, Ricardo |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.29430}}</ref> *1944 – Billy Bitzer, American cinematographer (born 1872)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Silet |first1=Charles L. P. |title=Bitzer, Billy (1872-1944), motion picture cameraman |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800111}}</ref> * 1944 – Pyotr Stolyarsky, Soviet violinist (born 1871)<ref>{{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2420011475/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=04b6fe94 |access-date=18 September 2023 |chapter=Piotr Solomonovich Stoliarsky}}</ref> *1947 – Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (born 1867)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Porter |first1=Theodore M. |title=Fisher, Irving (1867-1947), economist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1400190}}</ref> *1951 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (born 1889)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Hacker |first1=P. M. S. |title=Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johann (1889–1951), philosopher |date=25 September 2014 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36986}}</ref> * 1956 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal and convicted war criminal (born 1876)<ref>{{cite news |title=RITTER VON LEEB, A FIELD MARSHALL; Commander in Drive Through Maginot Line Dies--Ousted for Failure at Leningrad Lost Hitler's Trust Stopped by Defense |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/05/01/archives/ritter-von-leeb-a-field-marshall-commander-in-drive-through-maginot.html |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=1 May 1956}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=HLS Nuremberg Trials Project |url=https://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/nmt_12_intro}}</ref> *1959 – Kenneth Anderson, English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (born 1891)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Kennedy |first1=J. N. |last2=Stearn |first2=Roger T. |title=Anderson, Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel (1891–1959), army officer |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30410}}</ref> *1966 – William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (born 1875)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Ratcliffe |first1=J. A. |last2=Procter |first2=Tim |title=Eccles, William Henry (1875–1966), physicist and engineer |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32965}}</ref> * 1966 – Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach (born 1909)<ref>{{cite news |title=PAULA STRASBERG, DRAMA COACH, DIES; Director's Wife, Ex-Actress, Taught Marilyn Monroe |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/05/01/archives/paula-strasberg-drama-coach-dies-directors-wife-exactress-taught.html |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 1966}}</ref> *1967 – J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1929)<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2014 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606006468/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2e0f3bbb |access-date=22 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=J. B. Lenoir |volume=117}}</ref> *1968 – Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (born 1877)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Aasa Helgesen |first=Ånund |last=Haugland |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=4 January 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Aasa_Helgesen |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref> * 1968 – Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident (born 1932)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lian |first1=Xi |title=Blood letters: The Untold Story of Lin Zhao, a martyr in Mao's China |date=2018 |publisher=Basic Books |location=New York |isbn=9781541644229 |edition=First |chapter=Introduction |quote=On April 29, 1968, she was shot under the orders issued by the Shanghai Military Control Committee of the People's Liberation Army. She was thirty-six. Lin Zhao died...}}</ref> *1978 – Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (born 1913)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |access-date=28 April 2023 |url=https://www.munzinger.de/document/01000051585 |encyclopedia=Munzinger Sport |title=Theo Helfrich |language=de}}</ref> *1979 – Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (born 1892)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ertuğrul, Muhsin, 1892-1979 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88118530.html |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref> * 1979 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (born 1907)<ref>{{cite news |title=Hardie Gramatky, 72; Writer and Illustrator Of 'Little Toot' Books |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/01/archives/hardie-gramatky-72-writer-and-illustrator-of-little-toot-books.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 1979}}</ref> *1980 – Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (born 1899)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=McCarthy |first1=Todd |title=Alfred Hitchcock Dies Of Natural Causes At Bel-Air Home |url=https://variety.com/1980/film/news/alfred-hitchcock-dies-of-natural-causes-at-bel-air-home-1201344342/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |magazine=Variety |date=30 April 1980}}</ref> *1982 – Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer and screenwriter (born 1907)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bussières, Raymond 1907-1982 |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6pg2tt9 |publisher=Social Networks and Archival Context |access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref> *1992 – Mae Clarke, American actress (born 1910)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |title=Mae Clarke, 81, Actress in Variety Of Movies, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/01/arts/mae-clarke-81-actress-in-variety-of-movies-is-dead.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 1992}}</ref> *1993 – Michael Gordon, American actor and director (born 1909)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Adrian |title=Obituary: Michael Gordon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-michael-gordon-2321027.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Independent |date=4 May 1993 |language=en}}</ref> * 1993 – Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter and producer (born 1946)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Salewicz |first1=Chris |title=Obituary: Mick Ronson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mick-ronson-2320790.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Independent |date=3 May 1993 |language=en}}</ref> *1997 – Mike Royko, American journalist and author (born 1932)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pearson |first1=Richard |title=FAMED CHICAGO COLUMNIST MIKE ROYKO DIES AT AGE 64 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/04/30/famed-chicago-columnist-mike-royko-dies-at-age-64/72e75663-21c3-4ee2-b4af-22fb6ab10cbd/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=30 April 1997}}</ref> *2000 – Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1906)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Templer |first1=Robert |title=Pham Van Dong |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/03/guardianobituaries |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=3 May 2000}}</ref> *2001 – Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., American physicist and academic (born 1936)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glanz |first1=James |title=Arthur Walker, 64, Scientist and Mentor, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/us/arthur-walker-64-scientist-and-mentor-dies.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 May 2001}}</ref> *2002 – Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (born 1936)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Litsky |first1=Frank |title=Bob Akin, 66, Auto Racer Who Won at Sebring Twice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/03/sports/bob-akin-66-auto-racer-who-won-at-sebring-twice.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=3 May 2002}}</ref> *2003 – Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (born 1919)<ref>{{cite news |title=Janko Bobetko Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/04/30/janko-bobetko-dies/87cefea1-fc23-460c-bd5c-004e5ab421a1/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=30 April 2003}}</ref> *2004 – John Henniker-Major, British diplomat and civil servant (born 1916)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Peter |title=Lord Henniker |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/may/04/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=4 May 2004}}</ref> *2005 – William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (born 1927)<ref>{{cite news |title=William J. Bell, 78, Creator of Soap Operas, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/arts/television/william-j-bell-78-creator-of-soap-operas-is-dead.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=3 May 2005}}</ref> * 2005 – Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (born 1924)<ref>{{cite news |title=Louis Leithold, an Innovator in the Teaching of Calculus, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/us/louis-leithold-an-innovator-in-the-teaching-of-calculus-dies-at-80.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=10 May 2005}}</ref> *2006 – John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (born 1908)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Noble |first1=Holcomb B. |last2=Martin |first2=Douglas |title=John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, Dies; Economist Held a Mirror to Society |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/obituaries/john-kenneth-galbraith-97-dies-economist-held-a-mirror-to.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=30 April 2006}}</ref> *2007 – Josh Hancock, American baseball player (born 1978)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fallstrom |first1=R. B. |title=Cardinals reliever Josh Hancock killed in car crash |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/cardinals-reliever-josh-hancock-killed-in-car-crash/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Seattle Times |date=29 April 2007}}</ref> * 2007 – Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (born 1940)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dick Motz |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1550781/Dick-Motz.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Telegraph |date=7 May 2007}}</ref> * 2007 – Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (born 1944)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Traynor |first1=Ian |title=Ivica Racan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/apr/30/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 April 2007}}</ref> *2008 – Gordon Bradley, English-American footballer (born 1933)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Hextable |isbn=9781782811671 |page=103 |edition=First}}</ref> * 2008 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (born 1906)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Craig S. |title=Albert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/world/europe/30hofmann.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=30 April 2008}}</ref> *2010 – Avigdor Arikha, French-Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit |title=Avigdor Arikha, Artist of the Everyday, Is Dead at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/arts/01arikha.html |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 2010}}</ref> *2011 – Siamak Pourzand, Iranian journalist and critic (born 1931)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2011/04/110430_l17_pourzand_suicide.shtml |script-title=fa:'سیامک پورزند خودکشی کرده است' |language=fa |work=BBC Persian |date=30 April 2011 |access-date=18 March 2023 |trans-title=Siamak Pourzand has committed suicide}}</ref> * 2011 – Joanna Russ, American writer, academic and radical feminist (born 1937)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Priest |first1=Christopher |title=Joanna Russ obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/may/12/joanna-russ-obituary |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=12 May 2011}}</ref> *2012 – Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Libya (born 1942)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mostyn |first1=Trevor |title=Shukri Ghanem obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/08/shukri-ghanem |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (born 1957)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Burlingame |first1=Jon |title=Composer Joel Goldsmith dies at 54 |url=https://variety.com/2012/music/news/composer-joel-goldsmith-dies-at-54-1118053333/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |magazine=Variety |date=30 April 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – Roland Moreno. French engineer, invented the smart card (born 1945)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schofield |first1=Jack |title=Roland Moreno obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/30/roland-moreno |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=30 April 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – Kenny Roberts, American singer-songwriter (born 1926)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Waddell |first1=Ray |title=Kenny Roberts, Famed Singing Cowboy Yodeler, Dies |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kenny-roberts-famed-singing-cowboy-yodeler-dies-1097352/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |magazine=Billboard |date=30 April 2012}}</ref> *2013 – Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (born 1992)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garry |first1=Chris |title=Queensland Cutters picking up the pieces after death of Alex Elisala |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/queensland-cutters-picking-up-the-pieces-after-death-of-alex-elisala-ng-2e0aad9ee6fe1c10cd38426d3af5da51 |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Sunday Times |date=9 May 2013 |language=en}}</ref> * 2013 – Pesah Grupper, Israeli politician, 13th Israel Minister of Agriculture (born 1924)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aderet |first1=Ofer |title=Pessah Grupper, Former Agriculture Minister and Long-serving Knesset Member, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2013-04-30/ty-article/.premium/pessah-grupper-ex-ag-min-dies-at-89/0000017f-df29-d3a5-af7f-ffaf9c890000 |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=Haaretz |date=30 April 2013 |language=en}}</ref> * 2013 – John La Montaine, American pianist and composer (born 1920)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vitello |first1=Paul |title=John LaMontaine, Pulitzer-Winning Composer, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/arts/music/john-lamontaine-composer-dies-at-93.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=15 May 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – Kevin Moore, English footballer (born 1958)<ref name=moore /> * 2013 – Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (born 1990)<ref>{{cite news |title=Cyprus pole vault champ dead at 23 |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/347688/cyprus-pole-vault-champ-dead-at-23 |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Bangkok Post |date=30 April 2013 |language=en}}</ref> *2014 – Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (born 1966)<ref>{{cite news |title=Pop star Iveta Bartošová dies |url=https://www.praguepost.com/142-culture/38726-pop-star-iveta-bartosova-dies |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Prague Post |date=29 April 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (born 1925)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carlson |first1=Michael |title=Al Feldstein obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/11/al-feldstein |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=11 May 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – Bob Hoskins, English actor (born 1942)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilbey |first1=Ryan |title=Bob Hoskins obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/30/bob-hoskins |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=30 April 2014}}</ref> *2015 – François Michelin, French businessman (born 1926)<ref>{{cite news |title=François Michelin, businessman - obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11589638/Francois-Michelin-businessman-obituary.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Telegraph |date=7 May 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (born 1923)<ref>{{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=Jean Nidetch, a Founder of Weight Watchers, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/business/jean-nidetch-dies-at-91-co-founder-of-weight-watchers-and-dynamic-speaker.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=29 April 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – Calvin Peete, American golfer (born 1943)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Calvin Peete, 71, a Racial Pioneer on the PGA Tour, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/sports/calvin-peete-71-a-pioneer-on-the-pga-tour-is-dead.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=30 April 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (born 1922)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dan Walker, 92, Dies; Illinois Governor and Later a U.S. Prisoner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/us/dan-walker-92-dies-illinois-governor-and-later-a-us-prisoner.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=30 April 2015}}</ref> *2016 – Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian singer (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2016 |title=Newspaper: Ukrainian opera singer Dmytro Hnatyuk passes away |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/340995.html |access-date=29 April 2025 |website=Interfax-Ukraine}}</ref> *2016 – Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1948)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Chief Justice Renato Corona dies |url=http://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/04/29/Former-Chief-Justice-Renato-Corona-dies.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=CNN Philippines |date=29 April 2016 |language=en |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318114254/http://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/04/29/Former-Chief-Justice-Renato-Corona-dies.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *2017 – R. Vidyasagar Rao, Indian bureaucrat and activist (born 1939)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chintala |first1=Prashanth |title=Telangana irrigation expert R. Vidyasagar Rao dies aged 77 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-irrigation-expert-r-vidyasagar-rao-dies-aged-78/article18302848.ece |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=29 April 2017 |language=en-IN}}</ref> *2018 – Luis García Meza, Bolivian general, 57th President of Bolivia (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Luis García Meza, Bolivian Dictator Jailed for Genocide, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/obituaries/luis-garcia-meza-bolivian-dictator-jailed-for-genocide-dies-at-88.html |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 May 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – Michael Martin, British politician (born 1945)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bates |first1=Stephen |title=Lord Martin of Springburn obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/29/lord-martin-of-springburn-obituary |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 April 2018}}</ref> *2019 – Josef Šural, Czech footballer (born 1990)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Joshua Rhett |title=Soccer star Josef Sural dies in crash after two bus drivers fall asleep |url=https://nypost.com/2019/04/29/soccer-star-josef-sural-dies-in-crash-after-two-bus-drivers-fall-asleep/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=New York Post |date=29 April 2019}}</ref> *2020 – Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (born 1967)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilbey |first1=Ryan |title=Irrfan Khan obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/30/irrfan-khan-obituary |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=30 April 2020}}</ref> * 2020 – Guido Münch, Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1921)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Munch |first1=Christopher |title=Guido Münch (1921–2020) |journal=Bulletin of the AAS |date=28 July 2020 |volume=52 |issue=2 |doi=10.3847/25c2cfeb.331d8c78|s2cid=225364505 |doi-access=free }}</ref> *2021 – Cate Haste, English author (born 1945)<ref>{{cite news |first1=Hella |last1=Pick |date=7 May 2021 |title=Cate Haste obituary |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/07/cate-haste-obituary|access-date=8 May 2021 |work=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> *2022 – Joanna Barnes, American actress and writer (born 1934)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Joanna Barnes, Actress in 'The Parent Trap' and Its Remake, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/movies/joanna-barnes-dead.html |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=12 May 2022}}</ref> *2023 – Padma Desai, Indian-American development economist (born 1931)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=N. K. |title=Padma Desai (1931-2023): Influential academic, a thinker ahead of her times |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/padma-desai-1931-2023-influential-academic-a-thinker-ahead-of-her-times-8592209/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The Indian Express |date=5 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances== * Christian feast day: ** Catherine of Siena (Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican Church)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |pages=65–66 |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Cumming}}</ref> ** Hugh of Cluny<ref>{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |page=143 |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Cumming}}</ref> ** Robert of Molesme<ref>{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |page=275 |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Cumming}}</ref> ** Wilfrid II<ref>{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |page=324 |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Cumming}}</ref> ** April 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) * International Dance Day (UNESCO)<ref>{{cite news |title=International Dance Day 2022: Health benefits of dancing |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/international-dance-day-2022-health-benefits-of-dancing-101651290571245.html |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=Hindustan Times |agency=Asian News International |date=30 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * Shōwa Day, traditionally the start of the Golden Week holiday period, which is April 29 and May 3–5. (Japan)<ref>{{cite news |title=Japan names day after Hirohito |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4543461.stm |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=BBC News |date=14 May 2005}}</ref>
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