May 22 — On This Day

Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.

Dong Zhuo · Lü Bu

Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

Halley's Comet

A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys the undefended Damietta in Egypt.

Sack of Damietta (853) · Damietta · Egypt

The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo.

Assassins · Saladin · Aleppo

King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet.

John, King of England · Philip II of France · Treaty of Le Goulet

Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany, in opposition to Conrad IV.

Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia · Anti-king · Kingdom of Germany · Conrad IV of Germany

Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty.

Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) · Stefan Uroš I · Republic of Venice

The Brussels massacre: Several Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels.

Brussels massacre · Brussels

Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe.

Pope Gregory XI · Papal bull · Doctrine · Theology · John Wycliffe

Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.

Wars of the Roses · First Battle of St Albans · Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York · Henry VI of England

The first atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, is published with 70 maps.

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck to end the Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.

Holy Roman Emperor · Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor · List of Danish monarchs · Christian IV of Denmark · Treaty of Lübeck

Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg.

Prussia · Treaty of Hamburg (1762)

Trevi Fountain in Rome is officially completed and inaugurated by Pope Clement XIII.

Trevi Fountain · Pope Clement XIII

The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially began as the Corps of Discovery departed from St. Charles, Missouri.

Lewis and Clark Expedition · Corps of Discovery

A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.

Grand jury · Vice President of the United States · Aaron Burr · Treason

On the second and last day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling (near Vienna, Austria), Napoleon I is repelled by an enemy army for the first time.

Battle of Aspern-Essling · Vienna · Napoleon

A mob in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, riots over high unemployment and rising grain costs, which spreads to Ely the next day.

Littleport, Cambridgeshire · Ely and Littleport riots of 1816 · Ely, Cambridgeshire

The SS Savannah leaves port at Savannah, Georgia, United States, on a voyage to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

SS Savannah · Savannah, Georgia · Steamship

HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.

HMS Beagle

The transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.

Penal transportation · Convict · New South Wales · Colony

Slavery is abolished in Martinique.

History of Martinique · Martinique

Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to lift boats, making him the only U.S. President to ever hold a patent.

President of the United States · Abraham Lincoln · Patent · Abraham Lincoln's patent

Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.

United States House of Representatives · Preston Brooks · South Carolina · United States Senate · Charles Sumner

American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.

American Civil War · Union (American Civil War) · Siege of Port Hudson

American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.

Union Army · Red River Campaign

Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.

Reconstruction Era · Ulysses S. Grant · Amnesty Act · Civil and political rights

The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.

Associated Press · New York City

The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".

Wright brothers · Airplane

Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, the only volcano other than Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous U.S. during the 20th century.

Lassen Peak · Mount St. Helens

Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.

Quintinshill rail disaster · Gretna Green

Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Kuomintang China.

Chiang Kai-shek · Kuomintang

Near Xining, China, a 8.3 quake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.

Xining

World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel.

Pact of Steel

During the Anglo-Iraqi War, British troops take Fallujah.

Anglo-Iraqi War · Fallujah

Mexico enters World War II on the side of the Allies.

Allies of World War II

Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.

Joseph Stalin · Comintern

The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece.

Truman Doctrine

South Africa's government approves racial separation in universities.

The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relationship of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.

1958 riots in Ceylon · Tamils

The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.

1960 Valdivia earthquake · Moment magnitude scale · Chile

Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.

Continental Airlines Flight 11

Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt and dies five days later.

Grigoris Lambrakis

Lyndon B. Johnson launches the Great Society.

Lyndon B. Johnson · Great Society

Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping.

Straits of Tiran

The L'Innovation department store in Brussels, Belgium, burns down, resulting in 323 dead or missing and 150 injured, the most devastating fire in Belgian history.

L'Innovation Department Store fire · Brussels

The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion sinks with 99 men aboard, 400 miles southwest of the Azores.

Submarine · USS Scorpion (SSN-589) · Azores

Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.

Apollo 10 · Nautical mile · Moon

Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

Constitution · Republic · Sri Lanka · Commonwealth of Nations

Over 400 women in Derry, Northern Ireland attack the offices of Sinn Féin following the shooting by the Irish Republican Army of a young British soldier on leave.

Derry · Northern Ireland · Sinn Féin · Irish Republican Army

Hashimpura massacre in Meerut, India.

Hashimpura massacre · Meerut

First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.

1987 Rugby World Cup · New Zealand Rugby Union · Italy national rugby union team · Eden Park · Auckland

North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.

Yemen Arab Republic · South Yemen · Yemen

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Croatia · Slovenia · United Nations

A worldwide trade embargo goes into effect against Haiti to punish its military rulers for not reinstating the country's ousted elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Haiti · Jean-Bertrand Aristide

The Burmese military regime jails 71 supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi in a bid to block a pro-democracy meeting.

Aung San Suu Kyi

A U.S. federal judge rules that U.S. Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the Lewinsky scandal involving President Bill Clinton.

United States Secret Service · Grand jury · Lewinsky scandal · Bill Clinton

In Sri Lanka, over 150 Tamil rebels are killed over two days of fighting for control in Jaffna.

Sri Lanka · Sri Lankan Tamil people · Jaffna

Civil Rights Movement: A jury in Birmingham, Alabama, convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of the 1963 murders of four girls in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.

Civil Rights Movement · Birmingham, Alabama · Ku Klux Klan · Bobby Frank Cherry · 1963

An Air India Express Boeing 737 goes over a cliff and crashes upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of the 166 people on board. It is the worst crash involving a Boeing 737.

Air India Express Flight 812 · Boeing 737 · Mangalore

An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 162 people and wreaking $2.8 billion in damage—the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history.

2011 Joplin tornado · Joplin, Missouri

Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world (634 m), and the second tallest man-made structure on Earth, after Burj Khalifa (829.8 m).

Tokyo Skytree · List of tallest towers · Burj Khalifa

General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil.

Prayut Chan-o-cha · 2014 Thai coup d'état

An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, the capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries.

May 2014 Ürümqi attack · Ürümqi · Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

The Republic of Ireland becomes the first nation in the world to legalize gay marriage in a public referendum.

Republic of Ireland · Irish constitutional referendums, 2015

22 people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.

Ariana Grande · Manchester Arena bombing

Itzam K'an Ahk I, Mayan king (d. 686)

Itzam K'an Ahk I

Annamacharya, Hindu saint (d. 1503)

Annamacharya

Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (d. 1621)

Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford

Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and governor (d. 1698)

Louis de Buade de Frontenac

Gabriël Grupello, Flemish Baroque sculptor (d. 1730)

Gabriël Grupello

Richard Brakenburgh, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1702)

Richard Brakenburgh

Daniel Gran, Austrian painter (d. 1757)

Daniel Gran

François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat (d. 1794)

François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis

Hubert Robert, French painter (d. 1808)

Hubert Robert

Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician (d. 1797)

Louis Legendre

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician (d. 1834)

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)

Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom

Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer (d. 1833)

Ram Mohan Roy

Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer (d. 1856)

Hirose Tansō

William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor (d. 1850)

William Sturgeon · Electromagnet · Electric motor

Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (d. 1855)

Gérard de Nerval

Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano (d. 1869)

Giulia Grisi

Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician (d. 1864)

Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle

Richard Wagner, German composer (d. 1883)

Richard Wagner

Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter (d. 1891)

Amalia Lindegren

Worthington Whittredge, American painter (d. 1910)

Worthington Whittredge

Albrecht von Graefe, German ophthalmologist and academic (d. 1870)

Albrecht von Graefe

Henry Vandyke Carter, English anatomist and surgeon (d. 1897)

Henry Vandyke Carter

Félix Bracquemond, French painter and etcher (d. 1914)

Félix Bracquemond

Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Spanish politician; served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1871-73 (d. 1895)

Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla · Prime Minister of Spain

Guillaume Fouace, French painter (d. 1895)

Guillaume Fouace

Catulle Mendès, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1909)

Catulle Mendès

Mary Cassatt, American painter and educator (d. 1926)

Mary Cassatt

Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (d. 1908)

Rita Cetina Gutiérrez

Fritz von Uhde, German painter and educator (d. 1911)

Fritz von Uhde

Aston Webb, English architect and academic (d. 1930)

Aston Webb

Émile Sauret, French violinist and composer (d. 1920)

Émile Sauret

Belmiro de Almeida, Brazilian painter, illustrator, sculptor (d. 1935)

Belmiro de Almeida

Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (d. 1930)

Arthur Conan Doyle

Tsubouchi Shōyō, Japanese author, playwright, and educator (d. 1935)

Tsubouchi Shōyō

Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (d. 1931)

Willy Stöwer

Augusto Pestana, Brazilian engineer and politician (d. 1934)

Augusto Pestana (politician)

Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1959)

Daniel François Malan · Prime Minister of South Africa

Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)

Julius Klinger

Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1947)

Warwick Armstrong

Jean Cras, French admiral and composer (d. 1932)

Jean Cras

Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman and independence leader (d. 1926)

Symon Petliura

Francis de Miomandre, French author and translator (d. 1959)

Francis de Miomandre

Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1924)

Giacomo Matteotti

Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (d. 1957)

Soemu Toyoda

A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter (d. 1938)

A. W. Sandberg

Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet (d. 1958)

Johannes R. Becher

Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1970)

Friedrich Pollock

Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author (d. 1975)

Robert Neumann (writer)

Vina Bovy, Belgian operatic soprano (d. 1983)

Vina Bovy

Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1953)

Maurice J. Tobin · United States Secretary of Labor

Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (d. 1956)

Al Simmons

Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor (d. 1989)

Uno Lamm

Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (d. 1956)

Bodo von Borries · Electron microscope

Tom Driberg, British politician (d. 1976)

Tom Driberg

Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1983)

Hergé

Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (d. 1989)

Laurence Olivier

Horton Smith. American golfer and captain (d. 1963)

Horton Smith

Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator (d. 1988)

Margaret Mee

Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

Herbert C. Brown · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 1986)

Rafael Gil

Dominique Rolin, Belgian author (d. 2012)

Dominique Rolin

Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (d. 2010)

Max Kohnstamm

Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet (d. 1993)

Sun Ra

George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)

George Aratani

Jean-Louis Curtis, French author (d. 1995)

Jean-Louis Curtis

Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2001)

Paul Vanden Boeynants · Prime Minister of Belgium

Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2004)

Thomas Gold

George S. Hammond, American scientist (d. 2005)

George S. Hammond

Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1987)

Quinn Martin

Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor

Charles Aznavour

Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1991)

Jean Tinguely

Michael Constantine, American actor

Michael Constantine

Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (d. 2014)

Peter Matthiessen · The Paris Review

George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)

George Andrew Olah · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author

Serge Doubrovsky

John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer (d. 2011)

John Mackenzie (film director)

T. Boone Pickens, American businessman

T. Boone Pickens

Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist (d. 2013)

Hiroshi Sano

Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet (d. 2013)

Ahmed Fouad Negm

Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader (d. 2013)

Kenny Ball

Marisol Escobar, French-American sculptor (d. 2016)

Marisol Escobar

Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1978)

Harvey Milk

Robert Spitzer, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2015)

Robert Spitzer (psychiatrist)

Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 1996)

Chen Jingrun

Peter Nero, American pianist and conductor

Peter Nero

George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (d. 2014)

George H. Heilmeier

Facundo Cabral, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)

Facundo Cabral

Richard Benjamin, American actor and director

Richard Benjamin

Susan Strasberg, American actress (d. 1999)

Susan Strasberg

Paul Winfield, American actor (d. 2004)

Paul Winfield

Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker

Kieth Merrill

Michael Sarrazin, Canadian actor (d. 2011)

Michael Sarrazin

Bernard Shaw, American journalist

Bernard Shaw (journalist)

Mick Tingelhoff American Pro Football Hall of Famer

Mick Tingelhoff

Menzies Campbell, Scottish sprinter and politician

Menzies Campbell

Ted Kaczynski, American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer (Unabomber)

Ted Kaczynski · Unabomber

Barbara Parkins, Canadian actress

Barbara Parkins

Richard Oakes, Native American civil rights activist (d. 1972)

Richard Oakes (activist)

Betty Williams, Northern Irish peace activist, Nobel Prize laureate

Betty Williams (Nobel laureate) · Nobel Peace Prize

John Flanagan, Australian fantasy author

John Flanagan (author)

George Best, Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 2005)

George Best

Michael Green, English physicist and academic

Michael Green (physicist)

Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)

Howard Kendall

Andrei Marga, Romanian philosopher, political scientist, politician

Andrei Marga

Lyudmila Zhuravleva, Russian-Ukrainian astronomer

Lyudmila Zhuravleva

Tomás Sánchez, Cuban painter and engraver

Tomás Sánchez

Nedumudi Venu, Indian actor and screenwriter

Nedumudi Venu

Cheryl Campbell, English actress

Cheryl Campbell

Valentin Inzko, Austrian diplomat

Valentin Inzko

Alekos Alavanos, Greek lawyer and politician

Alekos Alavanos

Irène Frain, French novelist and journalist

Irène Frain

Bernie Taupin, English singer-songwriter and poet

Bernie Taupin

Bill Whelan, Irish composer and musician

Bill Whelan

Peter Bazalgette, English television producer

Peter Bazalgette

Roger Bellon, French composer

Roger Bellon

François Bon, French writer

François Bon

Cha Bum-kun, South Korean footballer and manager

Cha Bum-kun

Paul Mariner, English footballer, coach, and manager

Paul Mariner

Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate

Shuji Nakamura · Nobel Prize in Physics

Iva Davies, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Iva Davies

Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician

Lisa Murkowski

Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and performer

Morrissey

Kwak Jae-yong, South Korean director and screenwriter

Kwak Jae-yong

Mehbooba Mufti, Indian politician

Mehbooba Mufti

Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter

Hideaki Anno

Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (d. 1997)

Brian Pillman

Jay Carney, American journalist, 29th White House Press Secretary

Jay Carney · White House Press Secretary

Johnny Gill, American singer-songwriter and producer

Johnny Gill

Wang Xiaoshuai, Chinese director and screenwriter

Wang Xiaoshuai

Ma Jun, Chinese environmentalist and journalist

Ma Jun (environmentalist)

Graham Linehan, Irish comedian, actor, and author

Graham Linehan

Cathy McMorris Rodgers, American lawyer and politician

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Naomi Campbell, English model

Naomi Campbell

Max Brooks, American author and screenwriter

Max Brooks

Joana Preiss, French actress

Joana Preiss

Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Danish actor

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Garba Lawal, Nigerian football

Garba Lawal

Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian Olympic gymnast

Henrietta Ónodi

Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukrainian politician

Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Cheyenne Carron, French film director, screenwriter, producer

Cheyenne Carron

Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress

Ginnifer Goodwin

Katie Price, English television personality & glamour model

Katie Price

Maggie Q, American actress

Maggie Q

Nazanin Boniadi, Iranian-American actress

Nazanin Boniadi

Lucy Gordon, British actress and model

Lucy Gordon (actress)

Daniel Bryan, American wrestler

Daniel Bryan

Bassel Khartabil, Syrian computer programmer and engineer

Bassel Khartabil

Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player

Jürgen Melzer

Apolo Ohno, American speed skater

Apolo Ohno

Hong Yong-jo, North Korean footballer

Hong Yong-jo

Natasha Kai, American soccer player and Olympic medalist

Natasha Kai

Karoline Herfurth, German actress

Karoline Herfurth

Didier Ya Konan, Ivorian footballer

Didier Ya Konan

Dustin Moskovitz, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook

Dustin Moskovitz · Facebook

Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer

Tranquillo Barnetta

Tao Okamoto, Japanese model and actress

Tao Okamoto

Matt Jarvis, English footballer

Matt Jarvis

Tatiana Volosozhar, Russian figure skater

Tatiana Volosozhar

Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player

Novak Djokovic

Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer

Arturo Vidal

Joel Obi, Nigerian footballer

Joel Obi

Suho, South Korean singer (EXO) and actor

Suho · EXO (band)

Florian Luger, Austrian male model

Florian Luger

Camren Bicondova, American actress

Camren Bicondova

Dong Zhuo, Chinese warlord and politician (b. 138)

Dong Zhuo

Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (b. 272)

Constantine the Great

Empress Genshō of Japan (b. 683)

Empress Genshō

Constantine X, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1006)

Constantine X Doukas · Byzantine Emperor

Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (b. 1025)

Emperor Go-Reizei

Saint Humility, founder of the Vallumbrosan religious order of nuns (b. c. 1226)

Saint Humility

Blanche of England, sister of King Henry V (b. 1392)

Blanche of England

Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1406)

Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset

Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, Lancastrian commander (b. 1414)

Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford

Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English commander (b. 1393)

Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland

Rita of Cascia, Italian nun and saint (b. 1381)

Rita of Cascia

Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, English administrator, nobleman and magnate (b. 1416)

Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent

John Forest, English friar and martyr (b. 1471)

John Forest

Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (b. 1483)

Francesco Guicciardini

Sher Shah Suri, Indian ruler (b. 1486)

Sher Shah Suri

Giovanni Bernardi, Italian sculptor and engraver (b. 1495)

Giovanni Bernardi

Renata of Lorraine (b. 1544)

Renata of Lorraine

Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff, Dutch captain (b. 1573)

Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff

Gaspar Schott, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)

Gaspar Schott

Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)

Pope Alexander VII

François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)

François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie

Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)

Baal Shem Tov

Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)

Durastante Natalucci

Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)

Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg · List of foreign ministers of Prussia

Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)

Mordecai Manuel Noah

Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)

Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies

Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)

Thornsbury Bailey Brown

Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)

Julius Plücker

Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)

Victor Hugo

Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)

Gaetano Bresci · Umberto I of Italy

Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)

Jules Renard

Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)

Augusta, Lady Gregory · Abbey Theatre

Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)

Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav · List of Prime Ministers of Mongolia

William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)

William Glackens

Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)

Ernst Toller

Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)

Jiří Mahen

Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)

Chief Bender

Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)

Christopher Stone (broadcaster)

Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)

Tom Goddard

Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)

Langston Hughes

Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (b. 1904)

Cecil Day-Lewis

Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)

Margaret Rutherford

Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (b. 1903)

Irmgard Flügge-Lotz

Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)

Lefty Grove

Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (b. 1899)

Cevdet Sunay · President of Turkey

Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

Albert Claude · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (b. 1909)

Wolfgang Reitherman

Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1914)

Giorgio Almirante

Steven De Groote, South African pianist and educator (b. 1953)

Steven De Groote

Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)

Rocky Graziano

Shripad Amrit Dange, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1899)

Shripad Amrit Dange

Stan Mortensen, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)

Stan Mortensen

Zellig Harris, American linguist and academic (b. 1909)

Zellig Harris

Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1892)

Mieczysław Horszowski

Alziro Bergonzo, Italian architect and painter (b. 1906)

Alziro Bergonzo

Alfred Hershey, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)

Alfred Hershey · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

John Derek, American actor, director, and photographer (b. 1926)

John Derek

José Enrique Moyal, Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1910)

José Enrique Moyal

Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1916)

Davie Fulton

Richard Biggs, American actor (b. 1960)

Richard Biggs

Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945)

Mikhail Voronin

Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician (b. 1914)

Charilaos Florakis

Thurl Ravenscroft, American voice actor and singer (b. 1914)

Thurl Ravenscroft

Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (b. 1945)

Lee Jong-wook

Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1970)

Pemba Doma Sherpa

Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (b. 1946)

Robert Asprin

Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (b. 1914)

Martin Gardner

Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (b. 1938)

Joseph Brooks (songwriter)

Muzafar Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1970)

Muzafar Bhutto

Wesley A. Brown, American lieutenant and engineer (b. 1927)

Wesley A. Brown

Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (b. 1922)

Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt

Lee Rigby, British fusilier

Murder of Lee Rigby

Marques Haynes, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)

Marques Haynes

Vladimir Katriuk, Ukrainian-Canadian SS officer (b. 1921)

Vladimir Katriuk · SS

Velimir "Bata" Živojinović, Serbian actor and politician (b. 1933)

Bata Živojinović

Nicky Hayden, American professional motorcycle racer (b. 1981)

Nicky Hayden