May 26

May 26 is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 219 days remain until the end of the year.

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Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1900 Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
  • 1903 Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, is founded.[8]
  • 1908 The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
  • 1917 Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
  • 1918 The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
  • 1923 The first 24 Hours of Le Mans is held and has since been run annually in June.
  • 1927 The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.[9]
  • 1936 In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
  • 1937 Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clash with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.[10]
  • 1938 In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
  • 1940 World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.[11]
  • 1940 World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
  • 1942 World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
  • 1948 The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
  • 1966 British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
  • 1967 The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.[12]
  • 1968 H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.[13]
  • 1969 Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first crewed moon landing.
  • 1970 The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
  • 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • 1972 The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
  • 1981 Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).[14]
  • 1981 An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
  • 1983 The 7.8 Mw Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.[15]
  • 1986 The European Community adopts the European flag.
  • 1991 Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
  • 1991 Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in the Suphan Buri Province of Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.[16]
  • 1998 The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
  • 1998 The first "National Sorry Day" is held in Australia. Reconciliation events are held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
  • 1998 A MIAT Mongolian Airlines Harbin Y-12 crashes near Erdenet, Orkhon Province, Mongolia, resulting in 28 deaths.[17]
  • 2002 The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
  • 2004 United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
  • 2008 Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.
  • 2020 Protests triggered by the murder of George Floyd erupt in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, before becoming widespread across the United States and around the world.[18]
  • 2021 Ten people are killed in a shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose, California, United States.[19]

Births

Pre-1600

  • 1264 Koreyasu, Japanese prince and shōgun (d. 1326)
  • 1478 Clement VII, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1534)[20]
  • 1562 James III, margrave of Baden-Hachberg (d. 1590)
  • 1566 Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1603)

1601–1900

  • 1602 Philippe de Champaigne, Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)
  • 1623 William Petty, English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)[21]
  • 1650 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (d. 1722)
  • 1667 Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)
  • 1669 Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)
  • 1700 Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (d. 1760)
  • 1750 William Morgan, British actuary (d. 1833)[22]
  • 1799 August Kopisch, German poet and painter (d. 1853)
  • 1822 Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt (d. 1896)
  • 1863 Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)
  • 1865 Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator (d. 1933)
  • 1867 Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)[23]
  • 1873 Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)
  • 1876 Percy Perrin, English cricketer (d. 1945)[24]
  • 1880 W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (d. 1967)
  • 1881 Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (d. 1955)[25]
  • 1883 Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)
  • 1886 Al Jolson, American singer and actor (d. 1950)[26]
  • 1887 Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (d. 1963)
  • 1893 Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
  • 1895 Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)
  • 1895 Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)
  • 1898 Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
  • 1898 Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
  • 1899 Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)
  • 1899 Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1997)
  • 1900 Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actress, and writer (d. 1976)

1901–present

  • 1904 George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)
  • 1904 Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1983)
  • 1904 Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002)
  • 1907 Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)
  • 1907 John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1979)
  • 1908 Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)
  • 1908 Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976)
  • 1909 Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
  • 1909 Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)
  • 1910 Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998)
  • 1911 Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (d. 2005)
  • 1911 Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
  • 1912 János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989)
  • 1912 Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
  • 1913 Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)
  • 1913 Pierre Daninos, French author (d. 2005)
  • 1913 Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (d. 1976)
  • 1913 Josef Manger, German weightlifter (d. 1991)
  • 1914 Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
  • 1915 Vernon Alley, American bassist (d. 2004)
  • 1915 Antonia Forest, English author (d. 2003)
  • 1916 Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972)
  • 1919 Rubén González, Cuban pianist (d. 2003)
  • 1920 Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer (d. 1980)
  • 1920 Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2002)
  • 1921 Inge Borkh, German soprano (d. 2018)[27]
  • 1923 James Arness, American actor (d. 2011)
  • 1923 Roy Dotrice, English actor (d. 2017)
  • 1925 Carmen Montejo, Cuban-Mexican actress (d. 2013)
  • 1925 Alec McCowen, English actor[28] (d. 2017)[29]
  • 1926 Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)[30]
  • 1927 Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (d. 2014)
  • 1928 Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (d. 2011)
  • 1929 J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014)
  • 1929 Ernie Carroll, Australian television personality and producer
  • 1929 Hans Freeman, Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (d. 2008)
  • 1929 Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress (d. 1998)
  • 1930 Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005)
  • 1935 Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic
  • 1936 Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (d. 2013)[31]
  • 1937 Manorama, Indian actress and singer (d. 2015)
  • 1937 Paul E. Patton, American politician, 59th Governor of Kentucky
  • 1938 William Bolcom, American pianist and composer
  • 1938 Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
  • 1938 K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
  • 1938 Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress[32]
  • 1940 Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
  • 1940 Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (d. 2012)
  • 1941 Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer and criminal
  • 1941 Jim Dobbin, Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1941 Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1941 Imants Kalniņš, Latvian composer
  • 1943 Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician
  • 1944 Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician
  • 1944 Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
  • 1944 Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist
  • 1945 Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2012)
  • 1945 Alistair MacDuff, English lawyer and judge
  • 1945 Garry Peterson, Canadian-American drummer
  • 1946 Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach
  • 1946 Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
  • 1947 Carol O'Connell, American author and painter
  • 1947 Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer[33]
  • 1948 Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter
  • 1949 Jeremy Corbyn, British journalist and politician
  • 1949 Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
  • 1949 Pam Grier, American actress
  • 1949 Anne McGuire, Scottish educator and politician
  • 1949 Philip Michael Thomas, American actor[34]
  • 1949 Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist[35]
  • 1951 Ramón Calderón, Spanish lawyer and businessman
  • 1951 Lou van den Dries, Dutch mathematician
  • 1951 Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science (d. 2012)[36]
  • 1951 Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish educator and politician
  • 1953 Kay Hagan, American lawyer and politician (d. 2019)
  • 1953 Don McAllister, English footballer and manager[37]
  • 1953 Michael Portillo, English journalist, politician and TV presenter[38]
  • 1954 Michael Devine, Irish Republican hunger strike participant (died 1981)[39]
  • 1954 Alan Hollinghurst, English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator
  • 1954 Denis Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport
  • 1955 Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese-American chef
  • 1955 Paul Stoddart, Australian businessman
  • 1956 Fiona Shackleton, English lawyer[40]
  • 1956 Jyoti Gogte, Indian academician[41]
  • 1957 Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1957 François Legault, Canadian businessman and politician
  • 1957 Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver
  • 1958 Ronnie Black, American golfer
  • 1958 Arto Bryggare, Finnish hurdler and politician
  • 1958 Margaret Colin, American actress
  • 1959 Ole Bornedal, Danish actor, director, and producer
  • 1960 Doug Hutchison, American actor
  • 1960 Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
  • 1960 Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese racing driver
  • 1960 Rob Murphy, American baseball player
  • 1960 Romas Ubartas, Lithuanian discus thrower
  • 1961 Steve Pate, American golfer
  • 1961 Tarsem Singh, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1962 Black, English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
  • 1962 Genie Francis, Canadian-American actress
  • 1962 Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1963 Simon Armitage, English poet, playwright and novelist[42]
  • 1963 Claude Legault, Canadian actor and screenwriter
  • 1963 Mary Nightingale, English journalist
  • 1963 Jamie Spence, English golfer
  • 1964 Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author
  • 1964 Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
  • 1964 Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball player and coach
  • 1966 Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
  • 1966 Zola Budd, South African runner
  • 1967 Philip Treacy, Irish milliner, hat designer
  • 1967 Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (d. 2012)
  • 1968 Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1968 Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
  • 1968 Steve Sedgley, English footballer and manager
  • 1969 John Baird, Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 1969 Siri Lindley, American triathlete and coach[43]
  • 1970 Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese illustrator
  • 1971 Zaher Andary, Lebanese footballer
  • 1971 Matt Stone, American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
  • 1973 Naomi Harris, Canadian-American photographer
  • 1974 Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
  • 1975 Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1976 Paul Collingwood, English cricketer and coach
  • 1976 Stephen Curry, Australian comedian and actor
  • 1976 Kenny Florian, American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
  • 1976 Justin Pierre, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1977 Nikos Chatzivrettas, Greek basketball player
  • 1977 Raina Telgemeier, American author and cartoonist
  • 1977 Luca Toni, Italian footballer
  • 1977 Misaki Ito, Japanese actress and model
  • 1978 Phil Elvrum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1978 Fabio Firmani, Italian footballer
  • 1978 Dan Parks, Australian-Scottish rugby player
  • 1979 Amanda Bauer, American astronomer and academic
  • 1979 Natalya Nazarova, Russian sprinter
  • 1979 Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
  • 1979 Mehmet Okur, Turkish basketball player
  • 1980 Louis-Jean Cormier, Canadian singer and songwriter
  • 1981 Robert Copeland, Australian footballer
  • 1981 Anthony Ervin, American swimmer[44]
  • 1981 Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host
  • 1981 Isaac Slade, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1981 Ben Zobrist, American baseball player
  • 1982 Sten Lassmann, Estonian pianist
  • 1982 Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
  • 1983 Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer
  • 1983 Henry Holland, English fashion designer
  • 1983 Nathan Merritt, Australian rugby league player
  • 1985 Monika Christodoulou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1985 Ashley Vincent, English footballer
  • 1986 Michel Tornéus, Swedish long jumper
  • 1987 Olcay Şahan, Turkish footballer
  • 1987 Josh Thomas, Australian comedian and actor
  • 1988 Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer
  • 1988 Juan Cuadrado, Colombian footballer
  • 1988 Dani Samuels, Australian discus thrower[45]
  • 1988 Damian Williams, American football player
  • 1989 Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete
  • 1991 Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress
  • 1992 Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1993 Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
  • 1993 Katerine Savard, Canadian swimmer
  • 1993 Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player
  • 1996 Lara Goodall, South African cricketer
  • 1999 Georgia Wareham, Australian cricketer[46]

Deaths

Pre-1600

  • 604 Augustine of Canterbury, Benedictine monk and archbishop
  • 735 Bede, English monk, historian, and theologian
  • 818 Ali al-Ridha, Saudi Arabian 8th of The Twelve Imams
  • 926 Yuan Xingqin, Chinese general and governor
  • 946 Edmund I, king of England (b. 921)
  • 1035 Berenguer Ramon I, Spanish nobleman (b. 1005)
  • 1055 Adalbert, margrave of Austria
  • 1250 Peter I, duke of Brittany
  • 1339 Aldona Ona, queen of Poland
  • 1362 Louis I, king of Naples (b. 1320)
  • 1421 Mehmed I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1389)
  • 1512 Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1447)
  • 1536 Francesco Berni, Italian poet (b. 1498)
  • 1552 Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (b. 1488)

1601–1900

  • 1648 Vincent Voiture, French poet and author (b. 1597)
  • 1653 Robert Filmer, English theorist and author (b. 1588)
  • 1679 Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
  • 1685 Charles II, German elector palatine (b. 1651)
  • 1702 Zeb-un-Nissa, Mughal princess and poet (d. 1638)[47]
  • 1703 Samuel Pepys, English politician (b. 1633)[48]
  • 1742 Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)
  • 1746 Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660)
  • 1762 Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)
  • 1799 James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)
  • 1818 Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)
  • 1818 Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
  • 1824 Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)
  • 1840 Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
  • 1881 Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
  • 1883 Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)

1901–present

  • 1902 Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
  • 1908 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
  • 1914 Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
  • 1924 Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
  • 1926 Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
  • 1933 Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
  • 1933 Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
  • 1939 Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
  • 1943 Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)
  • 1943 Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)[49]
  • 1944 Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885)
  • 1948 Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
  • 1951 Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880)
  • 1954 Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
  • 1955 Alberto Ascari, Italian racing driver (b. 1918)
  • 1956 Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)
  • 1959 Philip Kassel, American gymnast (b. 1876)
  • 1964 Ruben Oskar Auervaara, Finnish fraudster (b. 1906)[50]
  • 1966 Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (b. 1894)
  • 1969 Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (b. 1937)
  • 1969 Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
  • 1974 Silvio Moser, Swiss racing driver (b. 1941)
  • 1976 Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
  • 1978 Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (b. 1887)
  • 1979 George Brent, Irish-American actor (b. 1904)
  • 1984 Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (b. 1936)
  • 1989 Don Revie, English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
  • 1994 Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (b. 1940)
  • 1995 Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1906)
  • 1997 Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1896)
  • 1999 Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (b. 1906)
  • 1999 Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (b. 1898)
  • 2001 Vittorio Brambilla, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
  • 2001 Anne Haney, American actress (b. 1934)
  • 2001 Moven Mahachi, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (b. 1952)
  • 2001 Dona Massin, Canadian actress and choreographer (b. 1917)
  • 2002 Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
  • 2003 Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
  • 2004 Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
  • 2005 Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)
  • 2005 Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
  • 2005 Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (b. 1937)
  • 2005 Leslie Smith, English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products (b. 1918)
  • 2006 Édouard Michelin, French businessman (b. 1963)
  • 2006 Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer and physician (b. 1919)
  • 2007 Jack Edward Oliver, English illustrator (b. 1942)
  • 2007 Howard Porter, American basketball player (b. 1948)
  • 2008 Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
  • 2008 Zita Urbonaitė, Lithuanian cyclist (b. 1973)
  • 2009 Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek journalist and politician (b. 1941)
  • 2009 Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (b. 1965)
  • 2010 Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (b. 1912)
  • 2010 Chris Moran, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1956)
  • 2010 Kieran Phelan, Irish politician (b. 1949)
  • 2011 Arisen Ahubudu, Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (b. 1920)
  • 2012 Arthur Decabooter, Belgian cyclist (b. 1936)
  • 2012 Leo Dillon, American illustrator (b. 1933)
  • 2012 Stephen Healey, Welsh captain and footballer (b. 1982)
  • 2012 Hiroshi Miyazawa, Japanese politician (b. 1921)
  • 2012 Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
  • 2012 Jim Unger, English-Canadian illustrator (b. 1937)
  • 2013 Ray Barnhart, American businessman and politician (b. 1928)
  • 2013 John Bierwirth, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1924)
  • 2013 Roberto Civita, Italian-Brazilian businessman (b. 1936)
  • 2013 Tom Lichtenberg, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
  • 2013 Otto Muehl, Austrian painter (b. 1925)
  • 2013 Jack Vance, American author (b. 1916)
  • 2014 Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (b. 1921)
  • 2014 Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American academic and neuropharmacologist (b. 1933)
  • 2014 William R. Roy, American physician, journalist, and politician (b. 1926)
  • 2014 Hooshang Seyhoun, Iranian-Canadian architect, sculptor, and painter (b. 1920)
  • 2015 Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
  • 2015 Les Johnson, Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1924)
  • 2015 Robert Kraft, American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)
  • 2015 João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (b. 1979)
  • 2016 Hedy Epstein, German-born American human rights activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1924)
  • 2017 Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born American politician (b. 1928)
  • 2019 Prem Tinsulanonda, Former Prime Minister of Thailand[51]
  • 2022 Andy Fletcher, English musician (b. 1961)[52]
  • 2022 Ray Liotta, American actor (b. 1954)[53]
  • 2022 Alan White, English drummer (b. 1949)[54]

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
  • Independence Day, commemorates the day of the First Republic in 1918 (Georgia)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guyana from the United Kingdom in 1966.
  • Mother's Day (Poland)
  • National Paper Airplane Day (United States)
  • National Sorry Day (Australia)

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