May 20 — An diesem Tag in der Geschichte

The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.

First Council of Nicaea · Ecumenical council

Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed Augusta is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery.

Ariadne (empress) · Anastasius I Dicorus · Augusta (honorific) · Byzantine Empire · Zeno (emperor)

An earthquake kills about 250,000 people in what is now Syria and Antiochia.

526 Antioch earthquake · Syria · Antioch

The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated.

Battle of Dun Nechtain · Picts · Bridei III · Northumbrians · Ecgfrith of Northumbria

King Æthelberht II of East Anglia visits the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls, with a view to marrying princess Ælfthryth. He is taken captive and beheaded.

Æthelberht II of East Anglia · Mercia · Sutton Walls Hill Fort · Ælfthryth of Crowland · Decapitation

The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.

Second Battle of Lincoln · Lincoln, England · Louis VIII of France · William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke

King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Estudio de Escuelas de Generales in Alcalá de Henares.

Sancho IV of Castile · Estudio de Escuelas de Generales · Alcalá de Henares

The Battle of Alfarrobeira is fought, establishing the House of Braganza as a principal royal family of Portugal.

Battle of Alfarrobeira · House of Braganza

John Cabot sets sail from Bristol, England, on his ship Matthew looking for a route to the west (other documents give a May 2 date).

John Cabot · Bristol · Matthew (ship) · May 2

Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India when he arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India.

Vasco da Gama · Discovery of the sea route to India · Kozhikode

The massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl takes place during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish.

Massacre in the Great Temple · Fall of Tenochtitlan

Ignatius of Loyola is seriously wounded in the Battle of Pampeluna.

Ignatius of Loyola · Battle of Pampeluna

Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.

Cartography · Abraham Ortelius · Theatrum Orbis Terrarum · Atlas

Shakespeare's sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.

Shakespeare's sonnets · Thomas Thorpe

The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.

Magdeburg · Holy Roman Empire · Sack of Magdeburg · Thirty Years' War

Yangzhou massacre: the 10-day massacre of 800,000 residents of the city of Yangzhou, part of the Transition from Ming to Qing.

Yangzhou massacre · Yangzhou · Transition from Ming to Qing

The controversial Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence · Charlotte, North Carolina

By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution.

Law of 20 May 1802 · Napoleon Bonaparte · Slavery · French colonial empire · French Revolution

Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory.

Battle of Bautzen · Saxony · Prussia

York Minster is badly damaged by fire.

York Minster

American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.

American Civil War · Kentucky · Country neutrality (international relations) · September 3 · Confederate States of America

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.

Abraham Lincoln · Homestead Act

American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred Campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.

Battle of Ware Bottom Church · Virginia · Bermuda Hundred Campaign

Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.

Levi Strauss · Jacob W. Davis · Patent · Jeans · Copper

Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.

Metre Convention · International System of Units

The Triple Alliance between the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy is formed.

Triple Alliance (1882) · Austria-Hungary · Kingdom of Italy

Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.

Krakatoa · 1883 eruption of Krakatoa

History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

History of film · Thomas Edison · Kinetoscope

Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.

Cuba · Tomás Estrada Palma

Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Treaty of Jeddah (1927) · Sovereignty · Ibn Saud · Hejaz · Najd

Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.

Amelia Earhart · Newfoundland (island)

The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.

The Holocaust · Concentration camp · Auschwitz

World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.

Battle of Crete · Nazi Germany · Fallschirmjäger (World War II) · Crete

Chiang Kai-shek is elected as the first President of the Republic of China.

Chiang Kai-shek · President of the Republic of China

In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.

National Security Agency

In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

Operation Redwing · Hydrogen bomb · Bikini Atoll

Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.

Cosmic microwave background radiation · Robert Woodrow Wilson · Arno Penzias

The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Popular Movement of the Revolution · Political party · Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.

Battle of Hamburger Hill · Vietnam

In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.

Chuknagar massacre

In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.

Quebec referendum, 1980

First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.

HIV · Virus · AIDS · Science (journal) · Luc Montagnier

Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others.

Church Street bombing · Umkhonto we Sizwe · Pretoria

Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.

Radio Martí · Voice of America · Cuba

The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Democracy · Tiananmen Square massacre

The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.

Communism · Romania

Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.

LGBT rights in the United States · Supreme Court of the United States · Romer v. Evans · Colorado · Homosexuality

The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).

East Timor · Indonesia · Portuguese Empire

At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.

2012 Northern Italy earthquakes

An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.

Enhanced Fujita scale · 2013 Moore tornado · Oklahoma City · Moore, Oklahoma

Bonne of Luxembourg, Queen of John II of France (d. 1349)

Bonne of Luxembourg · John II of France

Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal, poet, and scholar (d. 1547)

Pietro Bembo

Levinus Lemnius, Dutch writer (d. 1568)

Levinus Lemnius

Thado Minsaw of Ava, Viceroy of Ava (d. 1584)

Thado Minsaw of Ava

Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (d. 1619)

Hieronymus Fabricius

Robert Heath, English judge and politician (d. 1649)

Robert Heath

Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect (d. 1714)

Andreas Schlüter

Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (d. 1770)

Francis Cotes

Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, Lieutenant Governor of Saint-Domingue (d. 1803)

Toussaint Louverture · List of heads of state of Haiti

William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1828)

William Thornton · United States Capitol

Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)

Andreas Vokos Miaoulis

Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets (d. 1828)

Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet · Congreve rockets

Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer (d. 1862)

Simon Fraser (explorer)

Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (d. 1850)

Honoré de Balzac

John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher (d. 1873)

John Stuart Mill

Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1887)

Alfred Domett · Prime Minister of New Zealand

William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (d. 1881)

William Fargo · Wells Fargo · American Express

Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1912)

Frédéric Passy · Nobel Peace Prize

Cadmus M. Wilcox, Confederate States Army general (d. 1890)

Cadmus M. Wilcox · Confederate States Army

Hector Malot, French author (d. 1907)

Hector Malot

Jules Méline, French lawyer and politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (d. 1925)

Jules Méline · Prime Minister of France

Emile Berliner, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record (d. 1929)

Emile Berliner · Gramophone record

George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (d. 1937)

George Prendergast · Premier of Victoria

Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (d. 1910)

Henri-Edmond Cross

Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)

Eduard Buchner · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (d. 1953)

Hendrik Offerhaus

Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper (d. 1927)

Patrick Leahy (athlete)

Hans Meerwein, German chemist (d. 1965)

Hans Meerwein · 1965

Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)

Sigrid Undset · Nobel Prize in Literature

Faisal I of Iraq (d. 1933)

Faisal I of Iraq

Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club (d. 1951)

Ali Sami Yen · Galatasaray S.K.

Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar (d. 1994)

Chandrashekarendra Saraswati

R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B (d. 1937)

R. J. Mitchell · Supermarine Spitfire · Supermarine S.6B

Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (d. 1983)

Diego Abad de Santillán

Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower (d. 1986)

Malcolm Nokes

Eduard Ole, Estonian painter (d. 1995)

Eduard Ole

Aleksandr Deyneka, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1969)

Aleksandr Deyneka

John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1971)

John Marshall Harlan II

Sumitranandan Pant, Indian poet and author (d. 1977)

Sumitranandan Pant

Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (d. 1981)

Max Euwe

Doris Fleeson, American journalist (d. 1970)

Doris Fleeson

Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (d. 1966)

Margery Allingham

Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (d. 1989)

Giuseppe Siri

Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (d. 2004)

Carl Mydans

Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (d. 1990)

Henry Bolte · Premier of Victoria

Louis Daquin, French actor and director (d. 1980)

Louis Daquin

Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist and author (d. 1993)

Francis Raymond Fosberg

James Stewart, American actor (d. 1997)

James Stewart

Gardner Fox, American author (d. 1986)

Gardner Fox

Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch author and playwright (d. 1995)

Annie M. G. Schmidt

Teodoro Fernández, Peruvian footballer (d. 1996)

Teodoro Fernández

William Redington Hewlett, American engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 2001)

William Redington Hewlett · Hewlett-Packard

Peter Copley, English actor (d. 2008)

Peter Copley

Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1981)

Moshe Dayan · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)

Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor (d. 1999)

Joff Ellen

Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (d. 2015)

Owen Chadwick

Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (d. 2001)

Alexey Maresyev

Ondina Valla, Italian sprinter and hurdler (d. 2006)

Ondina Valla

Tony Cliff, Israeli-English author and activist (d. 2000)

Tony Cliff

Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1967)

Guy Favreau · Minister of Justice (Canada)

Edward B. Lewis, American biologist, geneticist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

Edward B. Lewis · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

George Gobel, American comedian (d. 1991)

George Gobel

John Cruickshank, Scottish lieutenant and banker, Victoria Cross recipient

John Cruickshank · Victoria Cross

Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright (d. 1947)

Wolfgang Borchert

Hal Newhouser, American baseball player and scout (d. 1998)

Hal Newhouser

Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (d. 1995)

Hao Wang (academic)

Edith Fellows, American actress (d. 2011)

Edith Fellows

David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (d. 2014)

David Chavchavadze · CIA

Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (d. 1976)

Zelmar Michelini

Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (d. 2001)

Alexei Tupolev · Tupolev Tu-144

Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)

Bob Sweikert

Bud Grant, American football player and coach

Bud Grant

David Hedison, American actor

David Hedison

Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (d. 2016)

Franciszek Macharski

Gilles Loiselle, Canadian politician and diplomat, 33rd Canadian Minister of Finance

Gilles Loiselle · Minister of Finance (Canada)

Sam Etcheverry, American football player and coach (d. 2009)

Sam Etcheverry

Ken Boyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1982)

Ken Boyer

Louis Smith, American trumpeter

Louis Smith (musician)

Constance Towers, American actress and singer

Constance Towers

José Mujica, Uruguayan guerrilla leader and politician, 40th President of Uruguay

José Mujica · Guerrilla · List of Presidents of Uruguay

Anthony Zerbe, American actor

Anthony Zerbe

Dave Hill, American golfer (d. 2011)

Dave Hill (golfer)

Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

Balu Mahendra

Shorty Long, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1969)

Shorty Long

Stan Mikita, Slovak-Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Stan Mikita

Sadaharu Oh, Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager

Sadaharu Oh

Goh Chok Tong, Singaporean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore

Goh Chok Tong · Prime Minister of Singapore

John Strasberg, American actor and teacher

John Strasberg

Raymond Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States

Raymond Chrétien · List of Canadian ambassadors to the United States

Lynn Davies, Welsh sprinter and long jumper

Lynn Davies

Carlos Hathcock, American sergeant and sniper (d. 1999)

Carlos Hathcock

Frew McMillan, South African tennis player

Frew McMillan

Albano Carrisi, Italian singer, actor, and winemaker

Albano Carrisi

Deryck Murray, Trinidadian cricketer

Deryck Murray

Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (d. 2014)

Joe Cocker

Boudewijn de Groot, Indonesian-Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist

Boudewijn de Groot

Keith Fletcher, English cricketer and manager

Keith Fletcher

Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman, co-founded Red Bull GmbH

Dietrich Mateschitz · Red Bull GmbH

Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian intelligence officer

Vladimiro Montesinos

Cher, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Cher

Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2008)

Bobby Murcer

Steve Currie, English bass player (d. 1981)

Steve Currie

Greg Dyke, English journalist and academic

Greg Dyke

Robert Morin, Canadian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter

Robert Morin

Michèle Roberts, English author and poet

Michèle Roberts

Dave Thomas, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Dave Thomas (actor)

Andy Johns, English-American engineer and producer (d. 2013)

Andy Johns

Reinaldo Merlo, Argentinian footballer and coach

Reinaldo Merlo

Thomas Akers, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

Thomas Akers

Mike Crapo, American lawyer and politician

Mike Crapo

Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer and manager

Roger Milla

Michael Wills, English politician, British Minister of Justice

Michael Wills · Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)

Robert Doyle, Australian educator and politician, 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne

Robert Doyle · List of mayors and lord mayors of Melbourne

David Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New York

David Paterson · Governor of New York

Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway, Scottish lawyer and judge

Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway

Steve George, American keyboard player and songwriter (Mr. Mister)

Steve George (keyboardist) · Mr. Mister

Zbigniew Preisner, Polish composer and producer

Zbigniew Preisner

Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian-German author and critic

Ingvar Ambjørnsen

Douglas Preston, American journalist and author

Douglas Preston

Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan

Yoshihiko Noda · Prime Minister of Japan

Ron Reagan, American journalist and radio host

Ron Reagan

Jane Wiedlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

Jane Wiedlin

Susan Cowsill, American singer-songwriter

Susan Cowsill

Tony Goldwyn, American actor and director

Tony Goldwyn

Clive Allen, English footballer and manager

Clive Allen

Nick Heyward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Nick Heyward

David Wells, American baseball player and sportscaster

David Wells

Kōichirō Genba, Japanese politician, 80th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs

Kōichirō Genba · Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)

Edin Osmanović, Slovenian footballer, coach, and manager

Edin Osmanović

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, English journalist and author

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer

Ted Allen, American television host and author

Ted Allen

Stu Grimson, Canadian ice hockey player, sportscaster, and lawyer

Stu Grimson

Dan Abrams, American journalist and author

Dan Abrams

Graham Brady, English politician

Graham Brady

Gabriele Muccino, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter

Gabriele Muccino

Timothy Olyphant, American actor and producer

Timothy Olyphant

Road Dogg, American wrestler, producer, and soldier

Road Dogg

Terrell Brandon, American basketball player

Terrell Brandon

Louis Theroux, Singaporean-English journalist and producer

Louis Theroux

Šárka Kašpárková, Czech triple jumper and coach

Šárka Kašpárková

Tony Stewart, American race car driver

Tony Stewart

Michael Diamond, Australian shooter

Michael Diamond (sport shooter)

Christophe Dominici, French rugby player

Christophe Dominici

Busta Rhymes, American rapper, producer, and actor

Busta Rhymes

Nathan Long, Australian rugby league player

Nathan Long (rugby league)

Allison Amend, American novelist and short story writer

Allison Amend

Juan Minujín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter

Juan Minujín

Ramón Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player

Ramón Hernández

Tomoya Satozaki, Japanese baseball player

Tomoya Satozaki

Matt Czuchry, American actor

Matt Czuchry

Leo Franco, Argentinian footballer

Leo Franco

Angela Goethals, American actress

Angela Goethals

Stirling Mortlock, Australian rugby player

Stirling Mortlock

Vesa Toskala, Finnish ice hockey player

Vesa Toskala

Hristos Banikas, Greek chess player

Hristos Banikas

Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová, Czech pole vaulter

Pavla Hamáčková-Rybová

Nils Schumann, German runner

Nils Schumann

Andrew Scheer, Canadian politician, 35th Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons

Andrew Scheer · Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons

Jayson Werth, American baseball player

Jayson Werth

Austin Kearns, American baseball player

Austin Kearns

Kassim Osgood, American football player

Kassim Osgood

Iker Casillas, Spanish footballer

Iker Casillas

Rachel Platten, American singer and songwriter

Rachel Platten

Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player

Lindsay Taylor

Mark Winterbottom, Australian race car driver

Mark Winterbottom

Petr Čech, Czech footballer

Petr Čech

Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer

Imran Farhat

Jessica Raine, English actress

Jessica Raine

Daniel Ribeiro, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter

Daniel Ribeiro

Óscar Cardozo, Paraguayan footballer

Óscar Cardozo

Matt Langridge, English rower

Matt Langridge

Mauro Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballer

Mauro Rafael da Silva

Patrick Ewing, Jr., American basketball player

Patrick Ewing, Jr.

Keith Grennan, American football player

Keith Grennan

Chris Froome, Kenyan-English cyclist

Chris Froome

Brendon Goddard, Australian footballer

Brendon Goddard

Dexter Blackstock, English footballer

Dexter Blackstock

Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian footballer

Stéphane Mbia

Jiřina Svobodová, Czech pole vaulter

Jiřina Svobodová

Mike Havenaar, Japanese footballer

Mike Havenaar

Julian Wright, American basketball player

Julian Wright

Joel Moon, Australian rugby league player

Joel Moon

Siosia Vave, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

Siosia Vave

Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer

Bastian Baker

Emre Colak, Turkish footballer

Emre Colak

Cate Campbell, Australian swimmer

Cate Campbell

Jack Gleeson, Irish actor

Jack Gleeson

Enes Kanter, Turkish basketball player

Enes Kanter

Caroline Zhang, American figure skater

Caroline Zhang

Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player

Brian Kelly (rugby league)

Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver

Jamie Chadwick

Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater

Nam Nguyen

Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)

Ecgfrith of Northumbria

Æthelberht II, king of East Anglia

Æthelberht II of East Anglia · Kingdom of East Anglia

Gero the Great, Saxon ruler (b.c. 900)

Gero · 900

Bao Zheng, Chinese magistrate and mayor of Kaifeng (b. 999)

Bao Zheng · Kaifeng

Pope John XXI (b. 1215)

Pope John XXI

John II of Jerusalem (b. 1259)

John II of Jerusalem

Maria of Calabria, Empress of Constantinople (b. 1329)

Maria of Calabria

Bernardino of Siena, Italian-Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1380)

Bernardino of Siena

Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches

Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches

Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1392)

Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra

Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican tertiary Religious Sister (b. 1467)

Columba of Rieti

Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Italian banker and politician (b. 1463)

Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici

Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer, discovered the Americas (b. 1451)

Christopher Columbus · Americas

Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)

Ashikaga Yoshiharu

Isabella Markham, English courtier (b. 1527)

Isabella Markham

Osman II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1604)

Osman II

Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601)

Shi Kefa

Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (b. 1595)

Władysław IV Vasa · Sigismund III Vasa

George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)

George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol · Secretary of State (England)

Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)

Thomas Sprat

John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)

John Trevor (speaker) · Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)

Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)

Sébastien Vaillant

Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)

Thomas Boston

William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)

William Emerson (mathematician)

Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)

Charles Bonnet

Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)

Count Hieronymus von Colloredo

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)

Joseph Blanco White

George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)

George-Étienne Cartier · List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada

Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)

Ana Néri

Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)

Clara Schumann

Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)

Ernest Hogan

Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)

Valentine Fleming

Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)

Philipp von Ferrary

Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler

Bogd Khan

Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)

Joseph Howard (Prime Minister) · Prime Minister of Malta

Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)

Ernest Noel

Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

Verner von Heidenstam · Nobel Prize in Literature

Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)

Hector Guimard

Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)

Jacob Ellehammer

Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

Philipp Lenard · Nobel Prize in Physics

Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)

Georgios Siantos

Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)

Damaskinos of Athens · List of Prime Ministers of Greece

Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)

Max Beerbohm

Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)

Zoltán Halmay

Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)

Josef Priller

Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)

Rudy Lewis

Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (b. 1904)

Waldo Williams

Renzo Pasolini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1938)

Renzo Pasolini

Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)

Jarno Saarinen

Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)

Barbara Hepworth

Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)

Syd Howe

Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)

Zelmar Michelini

Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)

Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz

John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

John Hicks · Nobel Prize in Economics

Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (b. 1946)

Gilda Radner

Les Cowie, Australian rugby league player (b. 1925)

Les Cowie

Jon Pertwee, English actor, portrayed the Third Doctor (b. 1919)

Jon Pertwee · Third Doctor

Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (b. 1916)

Robert Normann

Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (b. 1922)

Jean-Pierre Rampal

Malik Sealy, American basketball player and actor (b. 1970)

Malik Sealy

Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933)

Yevgeny Khrunov

Renato Carosone, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1920)

Renato Carosone

Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1941)

Stephen Jay Gould

Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (b. 1913)

Paul Ricœur

William Seawell, American general (b. 1918)

William Seawell

Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914)

Norman Von Nida

Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944)

Hamilton Jordan · White House Chief of Staff

Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect and urban planner, designed Roy Thomson Hall (b. 1924)

Arthur Erickson · Roy Thomson Hall

Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)

Pierre Gamarra

Randy Savage, American wrestler and actor (b. 1952)

Randy Savage

Leela Dube, Indian anthropologist and scholar (b. 1923)

Leela Dube

Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)

Robin Gibb

David Littman, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1933)

David Littman (activist)

Ken Lyons, American bass guitarist (b. 1953)

Ken Lyons

Eugene Polley, American engineer, invented the remote control (b. 1915)

Eugene Polley · Remote control

Andrew B. Steinberg, American lawyer (b. 1958)

Andrew B. Steinberg

Flavio Costantini, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1926)

Flavio Costantini

Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1924)

Billie Dawe

Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (b. 1947)

Anders Eliasson

Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball player and coach (b. 1924)

Miloslav Kříž

Ray Manzarek, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1939)

Ray Manzarek

Denys Roberts, English judge and politician (b. 1923)

Denys Roberts

Zach Sobiech, American singer-songwriter (b. 1995)

Zach Sobiech

Sandra Bem, American psychologist and academic (b. 1944)

Sandra Bem

Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1934)

Ross Brown (rugby union)

Robyn Denny, English-French painter (b. 1930)

Robyn Denny

Arthur Gelb, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1924)

Arthur Gelb

Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English businessman (b. 1933)

Prince Rupert Loewenstein

Barbara Murray, English actress (b. 1929)

Barbara Murray

Bob Belden, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1956)

Bob Belden

Femi Robinson, Nigerian actor and playwright (b. 1940)

Femi Robinson