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- 0311 Death - Gaius VM Galerius emperor of Rome, dies at about 50
- 0553 The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
- 1028 Death - Alfonso V King of Len/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle
- 1194 Death - Kazimierz II the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies
- 1260 Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
- 1309 Death - Charles II the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies
- 1352 Birth - Ruprecht Roman catholic German king
- 1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army
- 1494 Christopher Columbus discovers the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.
- 1504 Death - Anton of Burgundy the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82
- 1525 Death - Frederik III the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at 62
- 1553 Death - Erasmus Alberus German theologist (Barfsser Mnche), dies at about 52
- 1557 Birth - Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty
- 1582 Death - Charlotte de Bourbon Princess of Orange, dies
- 1604 Death - Claudio Merulo Italian organist/composer, dies at 71
- 1613 Death - Johann Steuerlein composer, dies at 66
- 1635 Birth - Philippe Quinault French playwright (L'amant indiscret)
- 1640 English Short Parliament unites
- 1646 King Charles I surrenders at Scotland
- 1657 Birth - Jacques Danican Philidor composer
- 1665 Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow
- 1678 Death - Anna M van Schurman Dutch poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70
- 1680 Birth - Giuseppe Porsile composer
- 1702 Death - Jacob Hintze composer, dies at 79
- 1705 Death - Leopold I von Hapsburg Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64
- 1715 Birth - Daniel Dal Barba composer
- 1726 Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opéra of Paris France
- 1749 Birth - Jean-Frederic Edelmann composer
- 1749 Pope Benedict XIV proclaims 1750 a Year" [?]
- 1762 Russia & Prussia sign peace treaty
- 1762 Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
- 1764 Smolny-institution forms in St Petersburg for noble girls
- 1780 2nd oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) forms
- 1786 Death - Pedro III King of Portugal, dies
- 1789 In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time in 150 years.
- 1797 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi
- 1800 Birth - Louis Hachette French publisher (Librairie Hachette)
- 1801 Death - Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 74
- 1804 Birth - Jacob Kats Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)
- 1809 Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland
- 1809 Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
- 1809 Mary Kies is first woman issued a US patent (weaving straw)
- 1809 Mary Kies of South Killingly, CT was the first woman to be issued a U.S. patent, she was granted a patent for the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.
- 1809 The Swiss canton of Aargau denies citizenship to Jews.
- 1813 Birth - Sren Kierkegaard Denmark, philosopher (founded Existentialism)
- 1814 British attack Fort Ontario, Oswego NY
- 1815 Birth - Eugne-Marin Labiche French playwright
- 1816 American Bible Society organized
- 1817 Birth - George Washington Julian MC (Union), died in 1899
- 1818 Birth - Karl Marx philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
- 1819 Birth - Stanislaw Moniuszko Polish composer
- 1821 Death - Napoleon I Bonaparte emperor France (1799-1815), dies in St Helena
- 1823 Birth - James Allen Hardie Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1876
- 1826 Birth - Eugnie M de Montijo y de Guzman Empress of France
- 1827 Death - Frederik Augustus I Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at 76
- 1831 Death - Friedrich Ludwig Seidel composer, dies at 65
- 1832 Birth - H H Bancroft historian, publisher (History of the Pacific States)
- 1833 Birth - Ferdinand von Richthofen German geographer/explorer
- 1835 Birth - Leopold II Belgian crown prince, baptized
- 1835 In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
- 1835 King Leopold opens Brussels-Mechelen railway
- 1837 Death - Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85
- 1840 Death - Gottlob Benedikt Bierey composer, dies at 67
- 1840 Death - Matthaus Fischer composer, dies at 76
- 1842 Birth - Johann Nepomuk Fuchs composer
- 1842 City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany)
- 1846 Birth - Federico Chueca Madrid Spain, composer (La Gran Via)
- 1846 Birth - Henryk Sienkiewicz Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)
- 1847 The American Medical Association was organized in Philadelphia, PA.
- 1848 Birth - Adalbert von Goldschmidt composer
- 1849 Birth - Hambletonian Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse
- 1854 Birth - Antonio Smareglia composer
- 1854 English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast
- 1855 NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration
- 1859 Death - Peter G L Dirichlet German mathematician, dies at 53
- 1861 Alexandria VA - CS troops abandon city
- 1862 Birth - Max Elskamp Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)
- 1862 Cinco de Mayo in Mexico: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla.
- 1862 French army intervenes in Puebla México: Cinco de Mayo
- 1862 Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg VA
- 1863 Battle of Tupelo MS
- 1863 Birth - Frederik A Stoett linguist (Dutch Proverbs)
- 1863 Joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for US boxing title in 63rd round
- 1864 Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge
- 1864 Battle between Confederate & Union ships at mouth of Roanoke
- 1864 Battle of Wilderness VA (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)
- 1864 Death - Alexander Hays US Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44
- 1864 Death - John Marshall Jones Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 43
- 1864 Death - Leroy A Stafford US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 42
- 1865 Birth - Felicjan Szopski composer
- 1865 In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
- 1867 Battle of Pueblo; Méxicans defeat Maximilian's forces (Cinco de Mayo)
- 1867 Birth - Nellie Bly [Elizabeth Cochran Seaman] journalist
- 1867 Birth - Thomas Tertius Noble composer
- 1869 Birth - Hans Erich Pfitzner Moscow Russia, composer (Krakquer Begrs)
- 1871 Birth - Alberto Cametti composer
- 1875 Death - Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71
- 1877 Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
- 1879 Birth - Symon Petlyura leader Ukraine (pogroms)
- 1881 Anit-Jewish rioting in Kiev Ukraine
- 1883 Birth - Charles Bender only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame
- 1883 Birth - Leopold Samuel composer
- 1883 Birth - Petar Konjovic composer
- 1884 Birth - Wang Tjing-Wei premier China (1932-35)
- 1885 Birth - Henri Velge 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State)
- 1885 Death - Lauro Rossi composer, dies at 73
- 1886 Birth - Manuel Borguno composer
- 1886 Death - Joseph Albert German photographer (Albertotype), dies at 61
- 1886 The Bay View Tragedy occurs, militia fire upon a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin killing seven.
- 1887 Birth - Estelle Hemsley Boston MA
- 1887 Birth - Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth archbishop of Canterbury
- 1889 Birth - Herbie Taylor cricketer (prolific South African pre- & post-WWI)
- 1890 Birth - Christopher Morley author (Kitty Foil)
- 1891 Carnegie Hall opens in NYC with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor
- 1891 New York City was the site of the dedication of a building called the Music Hall. The structure is not called the Music Hall anymore, it is called Carnegie Hall, named in honor of Andrew Carnegie.
- 1891 The Music Hall in New York (now known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
- 1892 Death - Jan Nepomuk Skroup composer, dies at 80
- 1893 Panic of 1893: Crash on the New York Stock Exchange starts a depression.
- 1893 Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange
- 1893 The worst economic crisis in U.S. history (to that time) happened on this day. Stock prices plummeted, major railroads went into receivership, 15,000 businesses went bankrupt and 15 to 20 percent of the work force was unemployed. Within seven months, over 600 banks had closed. 1900 "The Billboard", a magazine for the music and entertainment industries, began weekly publication after six years as a monthly 1901 The first Catholic mass for night workers was held at the Church of St. Andrew in New York City.
- 1894 Birth - Kit Guard Denmark, actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous)
- 1899 Birth - Freeman Gosden Richmond VA, radio actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy)
- 1900 "The Billboard" began weekly publication
- 1900 Birth - Charles Jewtraw US, 500 meter speed skater (Olympics-gold-1924)
- 1900 Birth - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt)
- 1900 Birth - Mervyn A Ellison British astronomer (spectrohelioscope)
- 1900 Birth - Spencer Tracy actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
- 1902 Commonwealth Public Service Act creates Australian Public Service.
- 1902 Death - Bret Harte writer, dies at 65
- 1903 Birth - James Beard US, culinary expert/author (Delights & Prejudices)
- 1904 Birth - Sir Gordon Richards British jockey (winner of 4,870 races)
- 1904 Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox tossed a perfect game against the Philadelphia Americans
- 1904 Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans threw the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
- 1905 Birth - Arnold Meijer Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front
- 1905 Birth - Robert Houben Belgian CVP-minister of Public health (1958)
- 1905 Robert S Abbott published first issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender"
- 1906 Birth - Ursula Jeans Simla India, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon)
- 1907 Birth - Benny Baker St Joseph MO, actor (18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds)
- 1907 Birth - Kenneth Muir English scholar
- 1907 Birth - Yoritsune Matsudaira composer
- 1908 Birth - Jacques Massu French general (Algeria)
- 1908 Birth - Rex [Reginald Carey] Harrison Huyton Lancashire England, actor (My Fair Lady, Doctor Dolittle, Cleopatra)
- 1908 Great White Fleet arrives in San Fransisco
- 1909 Birth - Mikls Radnti writer
- 1909 Death - Pauline Staegeman German feminist, dies
- 1910 Birth - William I Martin US pilot/Vice-Admiral (WWII)
- 1911 Birth - Giles Grangier film director
- 1911 Birth - Norman Oldfield cricketer (England batsman one Test vs West Indies 1939, 80 & 19)
- 1911 Birth - Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr specialist in tropical medicine
- 1912 5th modern Olympic games opens in Stockholm Sweden
- 1912 Birth - Alice Faye [Ann Jeanne Leppert] New York NY, actress (Barricade, State Fair)
- 1912 Birth - W Fenton Morley preacher
- 1912 Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing
- 1913 Birth - Tyrone Power Cleveland OH, actor (Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band)
- 1915 2nd Australian Brigade and New Zealand Brigade redeployed to Cape Helles, Gallipoli
- 1915 Birth - Richard H Rovere Jersey City, journalist (Goldwater Caper)
- 1915 German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom
- 1916 American marines invade the Dominican Republic.
- 1916 Birth - Mutal' Burkhanov composer
- 1917 Birth - Ron Saggers cricket wicket-keeper (effective New South Wales & Aussie late 40's)
- 1918 Birth - Erbie Bowser pianist
- 1919 Birth - George London Montral Canada, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto)
- 1919 Birth - Tony Canadeo Chicago IL, NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers)
- 1920 Birth - John Hidalgo Moya architect/designer (Skylon)
- 1920 German-Latvian peace treaty signed
- 1920 Polish troops occupy Kiev
- 1920 US President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal
- 1921 Birth - Sonja Oosterman Dutch singer (Marketensters)
- 1921 Death - Alfred H Fried Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies
- 1922 Birth - Jay D Miller record producer
- 1922 Birth - Phil Gordon Meridian MS, actor/singer (Jasper-Bev Hillbillies)
- 1923 Birth - Godfrey Quigley actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney)
- 1924 Birth - Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child)
- 1924 Birth - Theo Olof German/Netherlands violinist/prodigy/concert master
- 1924 Unions terminate Twentse textile strike
- 1925 Afrikaans established as an official language in South Africa.
- 1925 Birth - Monica Lewis actress (Box Office)
- 1925 John T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee
- 1925 Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is served an arrest warrant for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
- 1925 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak
- 1926 Birth - Ann B Davis Schenectady NY, actress (Bob Cummings Show, Brady Bunch)
- 1926 Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"
- 1927 Birth - Charles Rosen New York NY, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms)
- 1927 Birth - Pat Carroll Shreveport LA, comedienne/actress (Make Room for Daddy)
- 1927 Birth - Sid O'Linn cricketer (soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960)
- 1927 Death - Charles Boissevain editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies
- 1929 Birth - John S Ragin Newark NJ, actor (Dr Astin-Quincy ME)
- 1930 Birth - Michael James Adams USAF pilot (X-15)
- 1930 Birth - Richard Schaal Chicago IL, actor (Leo-Phyllis, Trapper John MD)
- 1930 Bradman scores 185 Australia vs Leicestershire, 317 minutes, 16 fours
- 1930 The first woman to fly solo from England to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)
- 1932 Birth - Aurel Stroe composer
- 1932 Birth - Will Hutchins Atwater CA, actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord)
- 1932 Japan & China sign a peace treaty
- 1935 Birth - Douglas Marland West Sand Lake NY, soap opera writer (General Hospital)
- 1935 Jessie Owens of the US, sets then long jump record at 26' 8¼"
- 1936 Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip
- 1936 Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa
- 1937 Birth - Robert O "Rob" van Gennep Dutch publisher (Guevara, Gorz, Mandl)
- 1938 Birth - Jerzy Skolimowski Warsaw Poland, director (Hands Up, Deep End)
- 1938 Birth - Johnnie Taylor US gospel singer (I Believe in You)
- 1938 Birth - Michael Murphy Los Angeles CA, actor (McCabe & Mrs Miller, Unmarried Woman)
- 1939 Birth - James R Jones (Representative-D-OK, 1973- )
- 1939 Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky
- 1940 Birth - Eric Burdon Walker-on-Tyne England, rock singer (Animals-House of Rising Sun, War)
- 1940 Birth - Lance Henriksen New York NY, actor (Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Knights, Hard Target)
- 1940 Norwegian Government in exile forms in London
- 1941 2 Fokker's employees flee Nazi occupied Netherlands to England
- 1941 Birth - Aleksandr Ragulin USSR, ice hockey play (Olympics-gold-1964, 68, 72)
- 1941 Birth - Howie Komives NBA star (New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves)
- 1942 Birth - Amy Hill actress (Grandma-Seinfeld, Pauly Shore)
- 1942 Birth - Tammy Wynette Redbay AL, country singer (Stand by your Man)
- 1942 British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar
- 1942 US begins rationing sugar during WWII
- 1943 Birth - Michael Palin Sheffield Yorkshire England, comedian (Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda)
- 1943 Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System
- 1944 Birth - Jean-Pierre Leaud Paris France, actor (Detective)
- 1944 Birth - John Rhys-Davies Salisbury Wiltshire England, actor (Sir Edward-The Quest, Sliders, Lord of the Rings)
- 1944 Birth - Roger Raised English actor (Nicholas Nickleby)
- 1944 Gandhi freed from prison
- 1944 Mohandas Gandhi is freed from prison.
- 1945 Birth - Jiri Svoboda composer (Accumulator 1)
- 1945 Birth - Raphael Spain, Spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano)
- 1945 Death - Gumundur Jnsson Kamban Icelandic writer (Vi mordere), dies at 56
- 1945 Denmark liberated from Nazi control
- 1945 Germans surrender in Norway
- 1945 Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated
- 1945 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated
- 1945 Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague
- 1945 World War II:Admiral Karl Dnitz, leader of Germany after Hitler's death, orders all U-boats to cease offensive operations and return to their bases.
- 1945 World War II:German troops in the Netherlands and Denmark capitulate to Canadian and British forces, liberating these countries from Nazi occupation.
- 1945 World War II:Mauthausen concentration camp is liberated.
- 1945 World War II:Prague uprising against the Nazis.
- 1946 Visitor posting - Merrill Kyle Moore born at Evangelical Hospital in Marshalltown, IA - USA
- 1946 Birth - Stefania Sandrelli Viareggio Italy, actress (Lie, Conformist, 1900)
- 1947 Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850 million in damage
- 1948 Birth - Bill Ward Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath)
- 1948 Birth - Frank Esier-Smith rocker
- 1948 The first air squadron of jets aboard a carrier
- 1949 Birth - Anna Bergman Stockholm Sweden, actress (Agent 69)
- 1949 Birth - Michael Murphy Los Angeles CA, actor (Dr Art Armstrong-2 Marriages)
- 1949 Council of Europe established
- 1949 Death - Maurice Maeterlinck Belgian playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), dies
- 1949 The Council of Europe in Strasbourg is founded through the Treaty of London as the first European institution working for European integration. Since 1964, May 5 has been designated Europe Day by the Council of Europe and is celebrated since then to commemorate its founding on 5 May 1949.
- 1950 Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King Rama IX of Thailand.
- 1950 Birth - Maggie MacNeal Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star)
- 1950 Visitor posting - Broderick Washington born - USA
- 1950 Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand
- 1951 Birth - Rex Goh rock guitarist (Air Supply)
- 1951 Death - Eddie Dunn comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54
- 1952 Birth - Louis Cortelezzi rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille)
- 1953 Birth - Billy Burnette Memphis TN, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1954 A coup d'tat carries General Alfredo Stroessner to power in Paraguay.
- 1954 Birth - Angelo Kimball Boston MA, rock guitarist (Face To Face)
- 1954 Birth - Dagmar Whrl German Federal Republic, Miss Germany (1977)
- 1954 Birth - John Greg Adams Scottsdale AZ, PGA golfer (1982 Hall of Fame-2nd)
- 1954 Birth - Peter Erskine jazz drummer (Weather Report)
- 1955 "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances
- 1955 Birth - Melinda Culea Western Springs IL, actress (A-Team, Brotherly Love, Glitter)
- 1955 Birth - Robert Feld Nashville TN, National Scrabble Champion (1990)
- 1955 Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce
- 1955 The musical, " Damn Yankees", opened in New York City for a successful run of 1,019 performances.
- 1955 West Germany gains full sovereignty.
- 1955 West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers
- 1956 Birth - Dick Kemper Amsterdam Netherlands, rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg)
- 1956 Death - Charles R Gallas lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88
- 1956 Visitor posting - Jim and Sylvia Rook got married in Chicago Illinois
- 1956 The first runner to break the four-minute mile within the United States was Jim Bailey and he was clocked at a speedy 3:58.6 in Los Angeles, CA.
- 1956 World championships of judo are first held, in Tokyo
- 1957 Adolf Schärf elected President of Austria
- 1957 Birth - Lisa Eilbacher Dharan Saudi Arabia, actress (Beverly Hills Cop, Officer & Gentleman)
- 1957 Birth - Thereza Bazaar rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me)
- 1957 Death - Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin composer, dies at 74
- 1959 Birth - Ian McCullough rocker (Echo & The Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
- 1959 Visitor posting - May 5, 1959 Rebecca Smith was born
- 1960 Death - Sulho Ranta composer, dies at 58
- 1960 Number one hit on UK music charts - Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
- 1961 Alan Shepard becomes first American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
- 1961 Birth - Hiro Hase wrestler (NJPW)
- 1962 "West Side Story" soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
- 1962 Death - Ernest Tyldesley cricketer (990 runs in 14 Tests for England), dies
- 1963 Death - Heinrich Gebhard composer, dies
- 1963 Death - Jacobus JP Old architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73
- 1964 5 May is declared Europe Day on the 25th anniversary of the Council of Europe.
- 1964 Birth - Heike Henkel German Federal Republic, world record indoor high jumper (1992)
- 1964 Birth - Lorraine McIntosh British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums)
- 1964 Birth - Ulrich Wilson soccer player (FC Volendam)
- 1964 Separatists riot in Québec
- 1965 Birth - Paul Frase NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1965 The first large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
- 1966 Birth - Mike Stapleton Sarnia, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
- 1966 Number one hit on UK music charts - Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo
- 1966 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
- 1966 Willie Mays hit his 512th homerun
- 1966 Willie Mays hit home run number 512 of his career
- 1967 Birth - Brad Baxter NFL fullback (New York Jets)
- 1967 Birth - Charles Nagy Fairfield CT, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
- 1967 Visitor posting - William Watson was born in Richmond Va - USA
- 1968 Birth - Craig Hendrickson CFL tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
- 1968 Birth - Michael Titley WLAF TE (London Monarchs)
- 1968 Birth - Robert David Burns Mission Hills CA, PGA golfer (1994 Buick-5th)
- 1968 Birth - Tim Neilsen cricket wicket-keeper (South Australian 1991)
- 1968 Death - Albert Dekker dies of accidental suffocation at 62
- 1969 Birth - Bryan Ivie Torrance CA, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)
- 1969 Death - Ben Alexander actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57
- 1970 Birth - Harold Nash CFL halfback (Montral Alouettes)
- 1970 Birth - LaPhonso Ellis NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
- 1971 Birth - Harold Miner NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
- 1971 Birth - Keith Hamilton defensive end (New York Giants)
- 1971 Birth - Ken Brown NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
- 1971 Birth - Reggie Jones wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs)
- 1971 Death - Alice Tissot actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81
- 1971 Death - Petro Scaglione Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia
- 1971 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)
- 1972 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
- 1972 Birth - Barrett Brooks NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1972 Birth - Brigitta Boccoli Milan Italy, actress (Manhattan Baby)
- 1972 Birth - Janelle Lynn Canady Miss Alaska USA (1996)
- 1972 Birth - Mikael Renberg Pitea Swe, NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers, TB Lightning)
- 1972 Birth - Mike Hollis kicker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- 1972 Birth - Ron Snook Australian rower (Olympics-96)
- 1972 Birth - Rushia Brown WNBA forward/center (Cleveland Rockers)
- 1972 Birth - Travis Jervey NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
- 1972 Birth - Wendy Kaye Memphis TN, playmate (July 1991)
- 1972 Birth - Zigmund Palffy Skalica Slo, NHL right wing (New York Islanders)
- 1972 Death - Reverend Gary David vocalist, dies at 76
- 1973 56,800 fans paid $309,000 to see Led Zeppelin at Tampa Stadium.
- 1973 Birth - Johan Hedberg Nacka Sweden, hockey goalie (Team Sweden, Olympics-1998)
- 1973 Birth - Matt Dubuc CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
- 1973 Birth - Muhsin Muhammad wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
- 1973 Birth - Tina Yothers Whittier CA, actresss (Jennifer-Family Ties)
- 1975 Birth - Christine Buschur Eagle River AK, Miss America-Alaska (1997)
- 1976 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II
- 1976 Birth - Sage Stallone Sylvester's son/actor (Rocky V)
- 1976 Death - Thomas Burnett Swann sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47
- 1976 Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24
- 1977 Birth - Tiffany Roberts Petaluma CA, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
- 1977 Death - Ludwig Erhard German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80
- 1978 Death - Alfred H H Gilligan cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
- 1978 Visitor posting - Andrew Aparicio was born - USA
- 1978 Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds smacked his 3,000th major-league hit.
- 1979 Death - Shirley O'Hara actress (Wild Party), dies at 68
- 1979 Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
- 1979 Visitor posting - Edward and Rosa was married - USA
- 1979 Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
- 1980 Birth - Bonnie Lynn Gagnon Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1997)
- 1980 Constantine Karamanlis is elected for the first time President of Greece.
- 1980 Death - Edmond Vandercammen Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79
- 1980 Operation Nimrod: The Special Air Service storm the Iranian embassy in London after a six day siege.
- 1980 Saipan and other Navy ships provided humanitarian search and rescue support operations for the vast sealift of Cuban refugees heading for the U.S. through the Florida Straits.
- 1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos & police stormed the building
- 1981 Birth - Danielle Christine Fishel Mesa AZ, actress (Topanga-Boy Meets World)
- 1981 Death - Bobby Sands IRA activists dies in his 66th day of his hunger strike
- 1982 Death - Helmut Dantine actor, dies of a heart attack at 63
- 1982 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 0
- 1983 Death - John Williams actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
- 1983 Visitor posting - Jitendra Mahato was born - India
- 1984 Number one hit on UK music charts - Duran Duran - The Reflex
- 1985 The first husband and wife team to win a major marathon, Ken and Lisa Maratin, won over $50,000 for their first-place finishes in the Pittsburgh Marathon.
- 1986 Death - Jon William Haussermann Jr composer, dies at 76
- 1986 Death - Rui Coelho composer, dies at 94
- 1987 Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
- 1987 Iran-Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings.
- 1987 Visitor posting - Francesca Mangrella My Beautiful Daughter was born this was the BEST day of my Life... - USA
- 1988 Death - George Rose actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at 68
- 1988 Death - Tamara Pos Suriname/Dutch activist
- 1988 Eugene Antonio Marino became the first black Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States.
- 1989 Death - Frank Easton cricket wicketkeeper (New South Wales 1933-39), dies
- 1989 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
- 1990 Birth - Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg New York NY, daughter of Caroline
- 1990 Paul Hogan & Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia
- 1990 Visitor posting - May 5 1990 Samantha Rose Leca was born
- 1991 A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, DC after a Salvadoran man is shot by police.
- 1991 Death - William De Acutis dies at 33
- 1992 Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
- 1992 Death - Ben Frommer dies at 78
- 1992 Death - Dick Yarmy dies of lung cancer at 58
- 1992 Death - Jean-Claude Pascal French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at 64
- 1992 Death - Stefano d'Arrigo Siciilian writer, dies at 72
- 1992 The 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified.
- 1993 Death - Balak Brahmachari [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at 73
- 1993 Death - Irving Howe US writer/critic (Dissent), dies at 72
- 1993 Death - Lenore Kingston Jenson dies of cancer at 79
- 1993 Visitor posting - Troy Raco was Born in Altoona, Pa - USA
- 1993 Visitor posting - David Joseph Alexander Waithe was born this day - Canada
- 1994 Death - Hein Salomonson architect, dies at about 83
- 1994 Death - Joe Layton director (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at 63
- 1994 Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections
- 1994 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
- 1995 Death - Anthony Wagner genealogist, dies at 86
- 1995 Death - Bernard Benjamin Gillis judge, dies at 89
- 1995 Death - Esther Waterhouse doctor/methodist, dies at 86
- 1995 Death - James Pack naval officer museum curator, dies at 81
- 1995 Death - Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington engineer, dies at 75
- 1995 Death - Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik world chess champion, dies
- 1995 Death - Thomas Eden Binkley musician, dies at 63
- 1995 Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
- 1995 Official CN opening ceremony for a new tunnel between Sarnia, Ont and Port Huron, MI. The tunnel can handle full height double stack container cars.
- 1996 Death - Ai Qing poet, dies at 86
- 1996 Death - Beryl Burton cyclist, dies at 58
- 1996 Visitor posting - Valentina Gil is born. - Colombia
- 1996 Renette Cruz, Vancouver British Columbia, wins Miss Canadian Universe
- 1996 Visitor posting - Farah Charania was born
- 1996 Visitor posting - Nicholas MacFarlane born. - USA
- 1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV
- 1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful
- 1997 Visitor posting - Macauley Little was born
- 1998 Visitor posting - Marie E. M. was born -Louisiana, USA
- 2005 The United Kingdom general election takes place, in which Tony Blair's Labour Party is re-elected for a third, consecutive term.
- 2006 The government of Sudan signed an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA).
- 2007 Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes in Cameroon.
- 2010 Visitor posting - Nigeria's president died at about 11pm at the presidential villa at Abuja.Becoming the first civilian president to die in office at the age of 58 - Nigeria [email protected]
- 2010 Visitor posting - Alex R was born - Ireland
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