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May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 231 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 1027Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.[1]
  • 1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.[2]
  • 1264Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England.[3]
  • 1509Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.[4]

1601–1900[]

  • 1607 – English colonists establish "James Fort," which would become Jamestown, Virginia, the earliest permanent English settlement in the Americas.
  • 1608 – The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.[5]
  • 1610Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.[6]
  • 1643 – Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
  • 1747War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
  • 1796Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.[7]
  • 1800 – The 6th United States Congress recesses, and the process of moving the Federal government of the United States from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., begins the following day.[8]
  • 1804William Clark and 42 men depart from Camp Dubois to join Meriwether Lewis at St Charles, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Lewis and Clark ExpeditionTemplate:'s historic journey up the Missouri River.[9]
  • 1811Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor.
  • 1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
  • 1863American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.[10]
  • 1868Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.[11]
  • 1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.[12]
  • 1878 – The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.[13]
  • 1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.[14]

1901–present[]

  • 1900 – Opening of World Amateur championship at the Paris Exposition Universelle, also known as Olympic Games. [15]
  • 1913 – Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
  • 1915 – The May 14 Revolt takes place in Lisbon, Portugal.[16]
  • 1918 – Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
  • 1931 – Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.[17]
  • 1935 – The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
  • 1939Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
  • 1940World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.[18]
  • 1943 – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
  • 1948Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
  • 1951 – Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
  • 1953 – Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike.[19]
  • 1955Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
  • 1961Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.[20]
  • 1970 – Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
  • 1973Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.[21]
  • 1977 – A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.[22]
  • 1980Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
  • 1987 – Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.[23]
  • 1988Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
  • 2004 – The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.[24]
  • 2004 – Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.[25]
  • 2008Battle of Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre between Zenit supporters and Rangers supporters and the Greater Manchester Police, 39 policemen injured, one police-dog injured and 39 arrested.
  • 2010Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135.[26]
  • 2012Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.[27]
  • 2022 – Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.[28]

Births[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 1316Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
  • 1553Margaret of Valois, Queen of France (d. 1615)[29]
  • 1574Francesco Rasi, Italian singer-songwriter, theorbo player, and poet (d. 1621)
  • 1592Alice Barnham, wife of statesman Francis Bacon (d. 1650)

1601–1900[]

  • 1630Katakura Kagenaga, Japanese samurai (d. 1681)
  • 1652Johann Philipp Förtsch, German composer (d. 1732)
  • 1657Sambhaji, Indian emperor (d. 1689)
  • 1666Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
  • 1679Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)
  • 1699Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian general (d. 1786)
  • 1701William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1782)
  • 1710Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. 1771)
  • 1725Ludovico Manin, the last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
  • 1727Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (d. 1788)
  • 1737George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada (d. 1806)
  • 1752Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1817)
  • 1752 – Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author (d. 1828)
  • 1761Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1816)
  • 1771Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer (d. 1858)
  • 1771 – Thomas Wedgwood, English photographer (d. 1805)
  • 1781Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic (d. 1873)
  • 1794Fanny Imlay, daughter of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (d. 1816)
  • 1814Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock & Company (d. 1876)
  • 1817Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (d. 1893)
  • 1820James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1886)
  • 1830Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (d. 1905)
  • 1832Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1903)
  • 1851Anna Laurens Dawes, American author and suffragist (d. 1938)[30]
  • 1852Henri Julien, Canadian illustrator (d. 1908)
  • 1863John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (d. 1932)
  • 1867Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria (d. 1919)
  • 1868Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
  • 1869Arthur Rostron, English captain (d. 1940)
  • 1872Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal (d. 1961)
  • 1878J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
  • 1879Fred Englehardt, American jumper (d. 1942)
  • 1880Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
  • 1881Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia (d. 1963)
  • 1881 – George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician (d. 1950)
  • 1885Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor (d. 1973)
  • 1887Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)
  • 1888Archie Alexander, American mathematician and engineer (d. 1958)
  • 1893Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright (d. 1952)
  • 1897Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1959)
  • 1897 – Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (d. 1948)
  • 1899Charlotte Auerbach, German-Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (d. 1994)[31]
  • 1899 – Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
  • 1899 – Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
  • 1900Hal Borland, American journalist and author (d. 1978)
  • 1900 – Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
  • 1900 – Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation (d. 1990)
  • 1900 – Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943)
  • 1900 – Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)

1901–present[]

  • 1901Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (d. 1951)
  • 1903Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
  • 1904Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973)
  • 1904 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (d. 1961)
  • 1905Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian (d. 1974)
  • 1905 – Herbert Morrison, American soldier and journalist (d. 1989)
  • 1905 – Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (d. 1981)
  • 1907Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
  • 1907 – Hans von der Groeben, German journalist and diplomat (d. 2005)
  • 1908Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author (d. 2000)
  • 1909Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel (d. 2009)
  • 1910Ken Viljoen, South African cricketer (d. 1974)
  • 1910 – Ne Win, Prime Minister and President of Burma (d. 2002)
  • 1914Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1983)
  • 1914 – William Tutte, British codebreaker and mathematician (d. 2002) [32]
  • 1916Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
  • 1916 – Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator (d. 2005)
  • 1916 – Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (d. 2001)
  • 1917Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (d. 2003)
  • 1917 – Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor (d. 1987)
  • 1919Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
  • 1919 – John Hope, American soldier and meteorologist (d. 2002)
  • 1921Richard Deacon, American actor (d. 1984)
  • 1922Franjo Tuđman, Yugoslav historian; later 1st President of Croatia (d. 1999)
  • 1923Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2019)
  • 1923 – Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
  • 1925Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (d. 2013)
  • 1925 – Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress (d. 2016)
  • 1925 – Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (d. 1997)
  • 1925 – Al Porcino, American trumpet player (d. 2013)
  • 1925 – Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (d. 1985)
  • 1926Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor (d. 1984)
  • 1927Herbert W. Franke, Austrian scientist and author
  • 1928Dub Jones, American R&B bass singer (d. 2000)
  • 1928 – Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch engineer, author, and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1928 – Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
  • 1929Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author (d. 2013)
  • 1929 – Henry McGee, English actor and singer (d. 2006)
  • 1929 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
  • 1930William James, Australian general and physician (d. 2015)
  • 1931Alvin Lucier, American composer and academic (d. 2021)
  • 1932Robert Bechtle, American lithographer and painter (d. 2020)
  • 1933Siân Phillips, Welsh actress and singer
  • 1935Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (d. 2018)[33]
  • 1935 – Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian playwright and politician (d. 2004)
  • 1935 – Harvey Wollman, American politician, 26th Governor of South Dakota (d. 2022)[34]
  • 1936Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
  • 1936 – Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
  • 1938Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic
  • 1939Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian (d. 2016)
  • 1939 – Troy Shondell, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
  • 1940Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
  • 1940 – H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
  • 1940 – George Mathewson, Scottish banker and businessman
  • 1941Ada den Haan, Dutch swimmer
  • 1942Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (d. 2003)
  • 1942 – Byron Dorgan, American lawyer and politician
  • 1942 – Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1942 – Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager
  • 1942 – Malise Ruthven, Irish author and academic
  • 1943Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)[35]
  • 1943 – L. Denis Desautels, Canadian accountant and civil servant
  • 1943 – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 5th President of Iceland
  • 1943 – Derek Leckenby, English pop-rock guitarist (d. 1994)
  • 1943 – Richard Peto, English statistician and epidemiologist
  • 1944Gene Cornish, Canadian-American guitarist
  • 1944 – George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
  • 1944 – David Kelly, Welsh scientist (d. 2003)
  • 1945Francesca Annis, English actress
  • 1945 – George Nicholls, English rugby player
  • 1945 – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
  • 1946Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, English economist and journalist
  • 1947Al Ciner, American pop-rock guitarist
  • 1947 – Ana Martín, Mexican actress, singer, producer and former model (Miss Mexico 1963)[36]
  • 1948Timothy Stevenson, English lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
  • 1948 – Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
  • 1949Sverre Årnes, Norwegian author, screenwriter, and director
  • 1949 – Walter Day, American game designer and businessman, founded Twin Galaxies
  • 1949 – Johan Schans, Dutch swimmer
  • 1949 – Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
  • 1951Jay Beckenstein, American saxophonist
  • 1952David Byrne, Scottish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  • 1952 – Michael Fallon, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Defence
  • 1952 – Orna Grumberg, Israeli computer scientist and academic
  • 1952 – Raul Mälk, Estonian politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 1952 – Wim Mertens, Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.
  • 1952 – Donald R. McMonagle, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1952 – Robert Zemeckis, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1953Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1953 – Hywel Williams, Welsh politician
  • 1955Marie Chouinard, Canadian dancer and choreographer
  • 1955 – Alasdair Fraser, Scottish fiddler
  • 1955 – Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer and rugby player
  • 1955 – Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
  • 1955 – Jens Sparschuh, German author and playwright
  • 1956Hazel Blears, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
  • 1956 – Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and keyboardist
  • 1958Christine Brennan, American journalist and author
  • 1958 – Chris Evans, English-Australian politician, 26th Australian Minister for Employment
  • 1958 – Rudy Pérez, Cuban-born American composer and music producer [37]
  • 1958 – Wilma Rusman, Dutch runner
  • 1959Carlisle Best, Barbadian cricketer
  • 1959 – Patrick Bruel, French actor, singer, and poker player
  • 1959 – Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (d. 2013)
  • 1959 – Robert Greene, American author and translator
  • 1959 – John Holt, American football player (d. 2013)
  • 1959 – Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1959 – Heather Wheeler, English politician
  • 1960Anne Clark, English singer-songwriter and poet
  • 1960 – Alec Dankworth, English bassist and composer
  • 1960 – Frank Nobilo, New Zealand golfer
  • 1960 – Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor
  • 1961David Quantick, English journalist and critic
  • 1961 – Tommy Rogers, American wrestler (d. 2015)
  • 1961 – Tim Roth, English actor and director
  • 1961 – Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1962Ian Astbury, English-Canadian singer-songwriter
  • 1962 – C.C. DeVille, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor
  • 1962 – Danny Huston, Italian-American actor and director
  • 1963Pat Borders, American baseball player and coach
  • 1963 – David Yelland, English journalist and author
  • 1964James M. Kelly, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1964 – Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster and producer
  • 1964 – Alan McIndoe, Australian rugby league player
  • 1964 – Eric Peterson, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1965Eoin Colfer, Irish author
  • 1966Marianne Denicourt, French actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 1966 – Mike Inez, American rock bass player and songwriter
  • 1966 – Fab Morvan, French singer-songwriter, dancer and model
  • 1966 – Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1967Natasha Kaiser-Brown, American sprinter and coach
  • 1967 – Tony Siragusa, American football player and journalist (d. 2022)
  • 1968Mary DePiero, Canadian diver[38]
  • 1969Stéphane Adam, French footballer
  • 1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress[39]
  • 1969 – Sabine Schmitz, German race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2021)
  • 1969 – Henry Smith, English politician
  • 1969 – Danny Wood, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and choreographer
  • 1971Deanne Bray, American actress
  • 1971 – Sofia Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1971 – Martin Reim, Estonian footballer and manager
  • 1972Kirstjen Nielsen, American attorney, 6th United States Secretary of Homeland Security[40]
  • 1973Natalie Appleton, Canadian singer and actress
  • 1973 – Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
  • 1973 – Fraser Nelson, Scottish journalist
  • 1973 – Hakan Ünsal, Turkish footballer and sportscaster
  • 1973 – Julian White, English rugby player
  • 1974 – Anu Välba, Estonian journalist
  • 1975Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist
  • 1976Hunter Burgan, American bass player
  • 1976 – Brian Lawrence, American baseball player and coach
  • 1976 – Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer
  • 1977Sophie Anderton, English model and actress
  • 1977 – Roy Halladay, American baseball player (d. 2017)
  • 1977 – Ada Nicodemou, Cypriot-Australian actress
  • 1978Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
  • 1978 – Eddie House, American basketball player
  • 1978 – André Macanga, Angolan footballer and manager
  • 1978 – Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1979Dan Auerbach, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1979 – Edwige Lawson-Wade, French basketball player
  • 1979 – Clinton Morrison, English-Irish footballer
  • 1979 – Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
  • 1980Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
  • 1980 – Pavel Londak, Estonian footballer
  • 1980 – Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
  • 1980 – Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater
  • 1980 – Hugo Southwell, English-Scottish rugby player
  • 1980 – Joe van Niekerk, South African rugby player
  • 1981Pranav Mistry, Indian computer scientist, invented SixthSense
  • 1983Anahí, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1983 – Keeley Donovan, English journalist
  • 1983 – Frank Gore, American football player
  • 1983 – Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
  • 1983 – Tatenda Taibu, Zimbabwean cricketer
  • 1983 – Amber Tamblyn, American actress, author, model, director
  • 1984Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian footballer
  • 1984 – Luke Gregerson, American baseball player
  • 1984 – Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter
  • 1984 – Michael Rensing, German footballer
  • 1984 – Indrek Siska, Estonian footballer
  • 1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook
  • 1985Dustin Lynch, American singer-songwriter
  • 1985 – Sam Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1985 – Simona Peycheva, Bulgarian gymnast
  • 1985 – Zack Ryder, American wrestler
  • 1986Andrea Bovo, Italian footballer
  • 1986 – Clay Matthews III, American football player
  • 1986 – Marco Motta, Italian footballer
  • 1987Jeong Min-hyeong, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
  • 1987 – Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
  • 1987 – François Steyn, South African rugby player
  • 1988Jayne Appel, American basketball player
  • 1989Rob Gronkowski, American football player
  • 1989 – Alina Talay, Belorussian hurdler
  • 1993Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
  • 1993 – Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
  • 1993 – Bence Rakaczki, Hungarian footballer (d. 2014)
  • 1994Marcos Aoás Corrêa, Brazilian footballer
  • 1994 – Pernille Blume, Danish swimmer[41]
  • 1994 – Bronte Campbell, Australian swimmer[42]
  • 1994 – Dennis Praet, Belgian footballer
  • 1995Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior, Brazilian footballer
  • 1995 – Rose Lavelle, American soccer player[43]
  • 1995 – Jonah Placid, Australian rugby player
  • 1996Blake Brockington, American trans man and activist (d. 2015)
  • 1996 – Pokimane, Canadian online streamer[44]
  • 1996 – Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ
  • 1996 – TheOdd1sOut, American YouTuber and animator
  • 2001Jack Hughes, American hockey player[45]

Deaths[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 649Pope Theodore I
  • 934Zhu Hongzhao, Chinese general and governor
  • 964Pope John XII (b. 927)
  • 1080William Walcher, Bishop of Durham
  • 1219William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, English soldier and politician (b. 1147)
  • 1576Tahmasp I, Shah of Persia (b. 1514)

1601–1900[]

  • 1603Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1543)
  • 1608Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
  • 1610Henry IV of France (b. 1553)[46]
  • 1643Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
  • 1649Friedrich Spanheim, Swiss theologian and academic (b. 1600)
  • 1667Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
  • 1688Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
  • 1754Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
  • 1761Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
  • 1847Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)[47]
  • 1860Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
  • 1873Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
  • 1878Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
  • 1881Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)[48]
  • 1889Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
  • 1893Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)

1901–present[]

  • 1906Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
  • 1912Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
  • 1912 – August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
  • 1918James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
  • 1919Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
  • 1923N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
  • 1923 – Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
  • 1931David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
  • 1934Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
  • 1935Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
  • 1936Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
  • 1940Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)[49]
  • 1940 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
  • 1943Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
  • 1945Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
  • 1945 – Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)
  • 1945 – Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)[50]
  • 1953Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
  • 1954Heinz Guderian, Prussian-German general (b. 1888)
  • 1956Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)
  • 1957Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (b. 1884)[51]
  • 1959Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
  • 1959 – Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
  • 1960Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
  • 1962Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)
  • 1968Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
  • 1969Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (b. 1893)
  • 1969 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
  • 1970Billie Burke, American actress and singer (b. 1884)
  • 1972Ike Moriz, German-South African singer-songwriter, producer and actor [52]
  • 1973Jean Gebser, German linguist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1905)
  • 1976Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1943)
  • 1979Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist (b. 1890)
  • 1980Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1912)
  • 1982Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
  • 1983Roger J. Traynor, American academic and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
  • 1983 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)
  • 1984Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1910)
  • 1984 – Walter Rauff, German SS officer (b. 1906)
  • 1987Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
  • 1987 – Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)
  • 1988Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) (b. 1886)
  • 1991Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (b. 1910)[53]
  • 1992Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (b. 1899)
  • 1993William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1908)
  • 1994Cihat Arman, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1915)
  • 1994 – W. Graham Claytor Jr., American businessman, lieutenant, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1914)
  • 1995Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
  • 1997Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (b. 1934)
  • 1997 – Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (b. 1925)
  • 1998Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and environmentalist (b. 1890)
  • 1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
  • 2000Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
  • 2001Paul Bénichou, French writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian (b. 1908)
  • 2001 – Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (b. 1919)
  • 2003Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
  • 2003 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (b. 1912)
  • 2003 – Robert Stack, American actor and producer (b. 1919)
  • 2004Anna Lee, English-American actress (b. 1913)
  • 2005 – Jimmy Martin, American musician (b. 1927)
  • 2006Lew Anderson, American actor and saxophonist (b. 1922)
  • 2006 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (b. 1905)
  • 2006 – Eva Norvind, Mexican actress, director, and producer (b. 1944)
  • 2007Mary Scheier, American sculptor and educator (b. 1908)
  • 2007 – Ülo Jõgi, Estonian historian and author (b. 1921)
  • 2010Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (b. 1938)
  • 2010 – Norman Hand, American football player (b. 1972)
  • 2010 – Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)
  • 2012Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
  • 2012 – Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1926)
  • 2013Wayne Brown, American accountant and politician, 14th Mayor of Mesa (b. 1936)
  • 2013 – Arsen Chilingaryan, Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
  • 2013 – Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian author and activist (b. 1939)
  • 2013 – Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (b. 1939)
  • 2014Jeffrey Kruger, English-American businessman (b. 1931)
  • 2014 – Emanuel Raymond Lewis, American librarian and author (b. 1928)
  • 2014 – Morvin Simon, New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
  • 2015B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1925)
  • 2015 – Micheál O'Brien, Irish footballer and hurler (b. 1923)
  • 2015 – Stanton J. Peale, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1937)
  • 2015 – Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (b. 1953)
  • 2016Darwyn Cooke, American comic book writer and artist (b. 1962)
  • 2017Powers Boothe, American actor (b. 1948)
  • 2018Tom Wolfe, American author (b. 1931)
  • 2019Tim Conway, American actor, writer, and comedian (b. 1933)[54]
  • 2019 – Grumpy Cat, American cat and internet meme celebrity (b. 2012)[55]

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Boniface of Tarsus
    • Engelmund of Velsen
    • Matthias the Apostle (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion)
    • Michael Garicoïts
    • Mo Chutu of Lismore (Roman Catholic Church)
    • Victor and Corona
    • May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (Sensō-ji, Tokyo)
  • Flag Day (Paraguay)
  • Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)
  • National Unification Day (Liberia)
  • The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

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