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May 12 is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 233 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 254Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church.[1]
  • 907Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.
  • 1191Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre in Cyprus;[2] she is crowned Queen consort of England the same day.
  • 1328Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
  • 1364Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, is founded in Kraków.[3]
  • 1510 – The Prince of Anhua rebellion begins when Zhu Zhifan kills all the officials invited to a banquet and declares his intent on ousting the powerful Ming dynasty eunuch Liu Jin during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor.
  • 1551National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.
  • 1588French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry I, Duke of Guise, enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
  • 1593 – London playwright Thomas Kyd is arrested and tortured by the Privy Council for libel.
  • 1743Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • 1778Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.[4]
  • 1780American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
  • 1797War of the First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
  • 1821 – The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
  • 1846 – The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism.[5]
  • 1862American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
  • 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mule Shoe", with the fiercest fighting of the war, much of it hand-to-hand combat, occurring at "the Bloody Angle" on the northwest.[6]
  • 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
  • 1870 – The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  • 1881 – In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
  • 1885North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
  • 1888 – In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
  • 1926 – The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
  • 1932 – Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.[7]
  • 1933 – The Agricultural Adjustment Act, which restricts agricultural production through government purchase of livestock for slaughter and paying subsidies to farmers when they remove land from planting, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[8]
  • 1937 – The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
  • 1941Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
  • 1942World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
  • 1942 – World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507.[9]
  • 1948Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne.
  • 1949Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.[10]
  • 1965 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
  • 1968Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
  • 1978 – In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
  • 1982 – During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
  • 1989 – The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people, only to be followed a week later by an underground gasoline pipeline explosion, which kills two more people.[11]
  • 1998 – Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto.
  • 2002 – Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.
  • 2003 – The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people.
  • 2006Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
  • 2006 – Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country.
  • 2008 – An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
  • 2008 – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
  • 2010Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board.
  • 2015 – A train derailment in Philadelphia kills eight people and injures more than 200.
  • 2015 – Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3500.
  • 2017 – The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400 thousand computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services and Telefónica computers.
  • 2018Paris knife attack: A man was fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others.

Births[]

  • 1325Rupert II, Elector Palatine (d. 1398)
  • 1401Emperor Shōkō of Japan (d. 1428)
  • 1479Pompeo Colonna, Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)[12]
  • 1496Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)[13]
  • 1590Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
  • 1606Joachim von Sandrart, German art-historian and painter (d. 1688)
  • 1622Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French-Canadian soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
  • 1626Louis Hennepin, Flemish priest and missionary (d. 1705)
  • 1670Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (d. 1733)
  • 1700Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect and engineer, designed the Palace of Caserta and Royal Palace of Milan (d. 1773)
  • 1725Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
  • 1739Johann Baptist Wanhal, Czech-Austrian organist and composer (d. 1813)
  • 1754Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher (d. 1812)
  • 1755Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1824)
  • 1767Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1851)
  • 1774Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician (d. 1853)
  • 1777Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman (d. 1855)[14]
  • 1803Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (d. 1873)[15]
  • 1804Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada (d. 1858)
  • 1806Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (d. 1881)
  • 1812Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (d. 1888)[16]
  • 1814Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer (d. 1889)
  • 1820Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, social reformer, and statistician (d. 1910)
  • 1825Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and explorer (d. 1878)
  • 1828Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)[17]
  • 1829Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer and educator (d. 1896)
  • 1839Tôn Thất Thuyết, Vietnamese mandarin (d. 1913)
  • 1840Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (d. 1912)
  • 1842Jules Massenet, French composer (d. 1912)
  • 1845Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1924)
  • 1850Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician (d. 1924)
  • 1850 – Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (d. 1909)
  • 1859William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 1932)
  • 1859 – Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1918)
  • 1863Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist and entrepreneur. (d. 1915)
  • 1867Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (d. 1938)
  • 1869Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter (d. 1946)
  • 1872Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1940)
  • 1873J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter (d. 1932)
  • 1874Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist (d. 1929)
  • 1875Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (d. 1960)
  • 1880Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (d. 1951)
  • 1885Paltiel Daykan, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (d. 1969)
  • 1885 – Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Japanese author (d. 1976)
  • 1886Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and pilot (d. 1937)
  • 1899Abelardo L. Rodríguez, substitute president of Mexico (d. 1967)[18]
  • 1889 – Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor; father of diarist Anne Frank (d. 1980)
  • 1892Fritz Kortner, Austrian-German actor and director (d. 1970)
  • 1895William Giauque, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
  • 1895 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (d. 1986)
  • 1900Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress (d. 1971) [19]
  • 1901The Duke of Paducah, American country comedian, radio host and banjo player (d. 1986)
  • 1903Faith Bennett, British actress and ATA pilot during WWII (d. 1969) [20]
  • 1903 – Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (d. 1991)
  • 1905Édouard Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1994)
  • 1907Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (d. 1993)
  • 1907 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)
  • 1908Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-English economist (d. 1986)
  • 1910James Dudley, American baseball player, wrestling manager and executive (d. 2004)
  • 1910 – Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname (d. 2010)
  • 1910 – Dorothy Hodgkin, English biochemist, crystallographer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
  • 1910 – Gordon Jenkins, American pianist and composer (d. 1984)
  • 1911Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (d. 1972)
  • 1912Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001)
  • 1912 – Marshal Royal, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1995)
  • 1914Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet and author (d. 1993)
  • 1914 – Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (d. 2002)
  • 1915Tony Strobl, American comics artist and animator (d. 1991)
  • 1916Albert Murray, American author and critic (d. 2013)
  • 1918Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)
  • 1918 – Julius Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
  • 1921Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)
  • 1921 – Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 2014)
  • 1922Marco Denevi, Argentinian lawyer and author (d. 1998)
  • 1922 – Murray Gershenz, American actor and businessman (d. 2013)
  • 1922 – Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 1991)
  • 1922 – Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager (d. 2012)
  • 1924Maxine Cooper, American actress and photographer (d. 2009)
  • 1924 – Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (d. 2016)
  • 1924 – Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
  • 1925Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2015)
  • 1926Paulette Poujol-Oriol, Hatian educator and writer (d. 2011)[21]
  • 1926 – Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (d. 2013)
  • 1928Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer[22]
  • 1929Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia
  • 1929 – Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)[23]
  • 1930Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1932Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, South African-English lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
  • 1933Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (d. 2010)
  • 1935Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager
  • 1935 – Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1936Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (d. 2009)
  • 1936 – Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (d. 2007)
  • 1936 – Frank Stella, American painter and sculptor[24]
  • 1937Beryl Burton, English cyclist (d. 1996)
  • 1937 – George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2008)
  • 1937 – Susan Hampshire, English actress[25]
  • 1937 – Miriam Stoppard, English physician and author
  • 1938Millie Perkins, American actress[26]
  • 1939Cyril Chantler, English pediatrician and academic[27]
  • 1939 – Jalal Dabagh, Kurdish journalist and politician
  • 1939 – Miltiadis Evert, Greek minister and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (d. 2011)
  • 1939 – Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)
  • 1939 – Ron Ziegler, American politician, White House Press Secretary (d. 2003)
  • 1940Lill Lindfors, Swedish singer[citation needed]
  • 1940 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
  • 1941Ruud de Wolff, Dutch singer (d. 2000)
  • 1942Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
  • 1942 – Michel Fugain, French singer-songwriter
  • 1942 – Billy Swan, American country singer-songwriter
  • 1942 – Dragoljub Velimirović, Serbian chess player and theoretician (d. 2014)
  • 1944Chris Patten, English academic and politician, 28th Governor of Hong Kong[28]
  • 1945Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager (d. 2007)
  • 1945 – Ian McLagan, English keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2014)
  • 1945 – Patrick Ricard, French businessman (d. 2012)
  • 1946Daniel Libeskind, American architect, designed the Imperial War Museum North and Jewish Museum
  • 1947Michael Ignatieff, Canadian journalist and politician
  • 1948Lindsay Crouse, American actress[29]
  • 1948 – Dave Heineman, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of Nebraska
  • 1948 – Richard Riehle, American actor
  • 1948 – Steve Winwood, English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist[30]
  • 1949Ross Bleckner, American painter
  • 1950Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and author[31]
  • 1950 – Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, and producer[32]
  • 1950 – Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, Scottish lawyer, academic, and politician
  • 1950 – Billy Squier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1951George Karl, American basketball player and coach
  • 1955Kix Brooks, American country music singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1956Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
  • 1956 – Sergio Marchi, Argentinean-Canadian urban planner and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of International Trade
  • 1956 – Greg Phillinganes, American keyboardist
  • 1956 – Asad Rauf, Pakistani cricketer and umpire
  • 1957Ziya Onis, Turkish economist and academic
  • 1958Kim Greist, American actress[33]
  • 1958Andreas Petroulakis, Greek cartoonist
  • 1958 – Dries van Noten, Belgian fashion designer
  • 1959Dave Christian, American ice hockey player
  • 1959 – Ray Gillen, American rock singer-songwriter (d. 1993)
  • 1959 – Ving Rhames, American actor[34]
  • 1960Lisa Martin, Australian runner
  • 1961Thomas Dooley, German-American soccer player and manager
  • 1961 – Billy Duffy, English rock guitarist and songwriter
  • 1961 – Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor and comedian
  • 1962Emilio Estevez, American actor[35]
  • 1962 – Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1962 – Gregory H. Johnson, English-born American astronaut[36]
  • 1963Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player and politician
  • 1963 – Gavin Hood, South African actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1963 – Stefano Modena, Italian race car driver
  • 1963 – Vanessa A. Williams, American actress and producer
  • 1964Pierre Morel, French director and cinematographer
  • 1965Renée Simonsen, Danish model and writer
  • 1965 – Stacy Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player[37]
  • 1966Stephen Baldwin, American actor[38]
  • 1966 – Bebel Gilberto, American-Brazilian singer-songwriter
  • 1966 – Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress
  • 1967Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, French mathematician
  • 1967 – Bill Shorten, Australian politician
  • 1968Tony Hawk, American skateboarder and actor[39]
  • 1968 – Catherine Tate, English actress and screenwriter
  • 1969Suzanne Clément, Canadian actress
  • 1969 – Kim Fields, American actress[40]
  • 1970Mark Foster, English swimmer
  • 1970 – Jim Furyk, American golfer
  • 1970 – Samantha Mathis, American actress
  • 1970 – Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
  • 1970 – David A. R. White, American actor and producer
  • 1971Doug Basham, American wrestler
  • 1971 – Jamie Luner, American actress[41]
  • 1972Christian Campbell, Canadian-American actor, writer and photographer[42]
  • 1973Mackenzie Astin, American actor[43]
  • 1973 – Lutz Pfannenstiel, German footballer and manager
  • 1975Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015)
  • 1975 – Ricky Ortiz, American professional wrestler and football player
  • 1976Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rap musician and producer
  • 1977Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player and coach
  • 1977 – Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (d. 2017) [44]
  • 1977 – Onur Saylak, Turkish actor, filmmaker and director
  • 1977 – Rachel Wilson, Canadian actress and voice actress
  • 1978Aaron Abrams, Canadian actor
  • 1978 – Malin Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian model, actress, and singer
  • 1978 – Jason Biggs, American actor and comedian[45]
  • 1978 – Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer and fashion designer
  • 1979Adrian Serioux,Canadian soccer player
  • 1979 – Aaron Yoo, American actor
  • 1980Keith Bogans, American basketball player
  • 1981Rami Malek, American actor[46]
  • 1981 – Kentaro Sato, Japanese-American composer and conductor
  • 1981 – Dennis Trillo, Filipino actor and singer
  • 1982Donnie Nietes, Filipino boxer
  • 1983Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor[47]
  • 1983 – Alina Kabaeva, Russian gymnast and politician
  • 1983 – Yujiro Kushida, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
  • 1983 – Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
  • 1983 – Virginie Razzano, French tennis player[48]
  • 1983 – Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer
  • 1984Clare Bowen, Australian actress and singer[49]
  • 1985Paolo Goltz, Argentinian footballer
  • 1985 – Andrew Howe, Italian long jumper and sprinter
  • 1985 – Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
  • 1986Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer
  • 1986 – Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress[50]
  • 1987Kieron Pollard, Trinidadian cricketer
  • 1988Marcelo, Brazilian footballer
  • 1989Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress
  • 1990Florent Amodio, French figure skater
  • 1992Volha Khudzenka, Belarusian kayaker[51]
  • 1995Luke Benward, American actor and singer
  • 1995 – Irina Khromacheva, Russian tennis player
  • 1997Morgan Lake, English athlete[52]

Deaths[]

  • 805Æthelhard, archbishop of Canterbury
  • 940Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (b. 877)
  • 1003Sylvester II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 946)
  • 1012Sergius IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 970)
  • 1090Liutold of Eppenstein, duke of Carinthia
  • 1161Fergus of Galloway, Scottish nobleman
  • 1182Valdemar I, king of Denmark (b. 1131)
  • 1331Engelbert of Admont, Benedictine abbot and scholar
  • 1382Joanna I, queen of Naples (b. 1328)
  • 1465Thomas Palaiologos, Despot of Morea (b. 1409)
  • 1490Joanna, Portuguese princess and regent (b. 1452)
  • 1529Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington, English noblewoman (b. 1460)
  • 1599Murad Mirza, Mughal prince (b. 1570)
  • 1634George Chapman, English poet and playwright (b. 1559)
  • 1641Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1593)
  • 1684Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (b. 1620)
  • 1699Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
  • 1700John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1631)
  • 1708Adolphus Frederick II, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
  • 1748Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
  • 1759Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
  • 1784Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
  • 1792Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
  • 1796Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
  • 1801Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
  • 1842Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
  • 1845János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
  • 1856Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
  • 1859Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
  • 1860Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
  • 1864J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
  • 1867Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
  • 1878Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
  • 1876Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
  • 1884Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
  • 1907Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
  • 1916James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
  • 1925Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
  • 1931Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
  • 1935Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
  • 1944Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
  • 1944 – Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
  • 1956Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
  • 1957Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
  • 1957 – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
  • 1963Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
  • 1963 – Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
  • 1964Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)[53]
  • 1966Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
  • 1967John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
  • 1970Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
  • 1971Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)
  • 1973Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
  • 1973 – Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
  • 1974Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944)
  • 1980Lillian Roth, American actress (b. 1910)
  • 1981
  • 1981Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker (b. 1956)[54]
    • Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean professor and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (b. 1907)[55]
  • 1985Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901)
  • 1986Elisabeth Bergner, German actress (b. 1897)
  • 1992Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (b. 1911)
  • 1992 – Robert Reed, American actor (b. 1932)
  • 1993Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (b.1920)
  • 1994Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1902)
  • 1994 – John Smith, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1938)
  • 1995Ștefan Kovács, Romanian football player and coach (b. 1920)
  • 1999Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American illustrator (b. 1914)
  • 2000Adam Petty, American race car driver (b. 1980)
  • 2001Perry Como, American singer and television host (b. 1912)
  • 2001 – Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (b. 1925)
  • 2003Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-American diplomat (b. 1933)
  • 2005Ömer Kavur, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
  • 2005 – Martin Lings, English author and scholar (b. 1909)
  • 2005 – Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress (b. 1937)
  • 2006Hussein Maziq, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1918)
  • 2008Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1925)
  • 2008 – Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian (b. 1910)
  • 2009Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
  • 2012Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921)
  • 2012 – Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (b. 1920)
  • 2013Gerd Langguth, German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946)
  • 2014Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (b. 1925)
  • 2014 – Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
  • 2014 – H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (b. 1940)
  • 2014 – Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
  • 2014 – Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944)
  • 2015Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
  • 2016Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (b. 1935)
  • 2017Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, 9th President of Finland (b. 1923)[56]
  • 2018Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (b. 1945)

Holidays and observances[]

  • 2nd Amendment Day (Pennsylvania, United States)
  • Christian feast day:
    • Blessed Imelda
    • Blessed Joan of Portugal
    • Crispoldus
    • Dominic de la Calzada
    • Epiphanius of Salamis
    • Gregory Dix (Church of England)
    • Modoald
    • Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras
    • Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (Eastern Church)
    • Philip of Agira
    • May 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Day of the Finnish Identity (Finland)
  • International Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day
  • International Nurses Day
  • Saint Andrea the First Day (Georgia)

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