Rated G

Birthdates which occurred on May 05:

1352 Ruprecht Roman catholic German king
1557 Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty
1635 Philippe Quinault French playwright (L'amant indiscret)
1657 Jacques Danican Philidor composer
1680 Giuseppe Porsile composer
1715 Daniel Dal Barba composer
1749 Jean-Frederic Edelmann composer
1800 Louis Hachette French publisher (Librairie Hachette)
1804 Jacob Kats Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise)
1813 Søren Kierkegaard Denmark, philosopher (founded Existentialism)
1815 Eugène-Marin Labiche French playwright
1817 George Washington Julian MC (Union), died in 1899
1818 Karl Marx philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital)
1819 Stanislaw Moniuszko Polish composer
1823 James Allen Hardie Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1876
1826 Eugénie M de Montijo y de Guzman Empress of France
1832 H H Bancroft historian, publisher (History of the Pacific States)
1833 Ferdinand von Richthofen German geographer/explorer
1835 Leopold II Belgian crown prince, baptized
1842 Johann Nepomuk Fuchs composer
1846 Federico Chueca Madrid Spain, composer (La Gran Via)
1846 Henryk Sienkiewicz Poland, author (Quo Vadis, Nobel 1905)
1848 Adalbert von Goldschmidt composer
1849 Hambletonian Chester NY, greatest standardbred horse
1854 Antonio Smareglia composer
1862 Max Elskamp Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya)
1863 Frederik A Stoett linguist (Dutch Proverbs)
1865 Felicjan Szopski composer
1867 Nellie Bly [Elizabeth Cochran Seaman] journalist
1867 Thomas Tertius Noble composer
1869 Hans Erich Pfitzner Moscow Russia, composer (Krakquer Begrüs)
1871 Alberto Cametti composer
1879 Symon Petlyura leader Ukraine (pogroms)
1883 Charles Bender only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame
1883 Leopold Samuel composer
1883 Petar Konjovic composer
1884 Wang Tjing-Wei premier China (1932-35)
1885 Henri Velge 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State)
1886 Manuel Borguno composer
1887 Estelle Hemsley Boston MA
1887 Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth archbishop of Canterbury
1889 Herbie Taylor cricketer (prolific South African pre- & post-WWI)
1890 Christopher Morley author (Kitty Foil)
1894 Kit Guard Denmark, actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous)
1899 Freeman Gosden Richmond VA, radio actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy)
1900 Charles Jewtraw US, 500 meter speed skater (Olympics-gold-1924)
1900 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt)
1900 Mervyn A Ellison British astronomer (spectrohelioscope)
1900 Spencer Tracy actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
1903 James Beard US, culinary expert/author (Delights & Prejudices)
1904 Sir Gordon Richards British jockey (winner of 4,870 races)
1905 Arnold Meijer Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front
1905 Robert Houben Belgian CVP-minister of Public health (1958)
1906 Ursula Jeans Simla India, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon)
1907 Benny Baker St Joseph MO, actor (18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds)
1907 Kenneth Muir English scholar
1907 Yoritsune Matsudaira composer
1908 Jacques Massu French general (Algeria)
1908 Rex [Reginald Carey] Harrison Huyton Lancashire England, actor (My Fair Lady, Doctor Dolittle, Cleopatra)
1909 Miklós Radnóti writer
1910 William I Martin US pilot/Vice-Admiral (WWII)
1911 Giles Grangier film director
1911 Norman Oldfield cricketer (England batsman one Test vs West Indies 1939, 80 & 19)
1911 Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr specialist in tropical medicine
1912 Alice Faye [Ann Jeanne Leppert] New York NY, actress (Barricade, State Fair)
1912 W Fenton Morley preacher
1913 Tyrone Power Cleveland OH, actor (Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band)
1915 Richard H Rovere Jersey City, journalist (Goldwater Caper)
1916 Mutal' Burkhanov composer
1917 Ron Saggers cricket wicket-keeper (effective New South Wales & Aussie late 40's)
1918 Erbie Bowser pianist
1919 George London Montréal Canada, bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto)
1919 Tony Canadeo Chicago IL, NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers)
1920 John Hidalgo Moya architect/designer (Skylon)
1921 Sonja Oosterman Dutch singer (Marketensters)
1922 Jay D Miller record producer
1922 Phil Gordon Meridian MS, actor/singer (Jasper-Bev Hillbillies)
1923 Godfrey Quigley actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney)
1924 Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child)
1924 Theo Olof German/Netherlands violinist/prodigy/concert master
1925 Monica Lewis actress (Box Office)
1926 Ann B Davis Schenectady NY, actress (Bob Cummings Show, Brady Bunch)
1927 Charles Rosen New York NY, pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms)
1927 Pat Carroll Shreveport LA, comedienne/actress (Make Room for Daddy)
1927 Sid O'Linn cricketer (soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960)
1929 John S Ragin Newark NJ, actor (Dr Astin-Quincy ME)
1930 Michael James Adams USAF pilot (X-15)
1930 Richard Schaal Chicago IL, actor (Leo-Phyllis, Trapper John MD)
1932 Aurel Stroe composer
1932 Will Hutchins Atwater CA, actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord)
1935 Douglas Marland West Sand Lake NY, soap opera writer (General Hospital)
1937 Robert O "Rob" van Gennep Dutch publisher (Guevara, Gorz, Mandèl)
1938 Jerzy Skolimowski Warsaw Poland, director (Hands Up, Deep End)
1938 Johnnie Taylor US gospel singer (I Believe in You)
1938 Michael Murphy Los Angeles CA, actor (McCabe & Mrs Miller, Unmarried Woman)
1939 James R Jones (Representative-D-OK, 1973- )
1940 Eric Burdon Walker-on-Tyne England, rock singer (Animals-House of Rising Sun, War)
1940 Lance Henriksen New York NY, actor (Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Knights, Hard Target)
1941 Aleksandr Ragulin USSR, ice hockey play (Olympics-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1941 Howie Komives NBA star (New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves)
1942 Amy Hill actress (Grandma-Seinfeld, Pauly Shore)
1942 Tammy Wynette Redbay AL, country singer (Stand by your Man)
1943 Michael Palin Sheffield Yorkshire England, comedian (Monty Python, Fish Called Wanda)
1944 Jean-Pierre Leaud Paris France, actor (Detective)
1944 John Rhys-Davies Salisbury Wiltshire England, actor (Sir Edward-The Quest, Sliders, Lord of the Rings)
1944 Roger Raised English actor (Nicholas Nickleby)
1945 Jiri Svoboda composer (Accumulator 1)
1945 Raphael Spain, Spanish singer (When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano)
1946 Stefania Sandrelli Viareggio Italy, actress (Lie, Conformist, 1900)
1948 Bill Ward Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath)
1948 Frank Esier-Smith rocker
1949 Anna Bergman Stockholm Sweden, actress (Agent 69)
1949 Michael Murphy Los Angeles CA, actor (Dr Art Armstrong-2 Marriages)
1950 Maggie MacNeal Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star)
1951 Rex Goh rock guitarist (Air Supply)
1952 Louis Cortelezzi rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille)
1953 Billy Burnette Memphis TN, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
1954 Angelo Kimball Boston MA, rock guitarist (Face To Face)
1954 Dagmar Wöhrl German Federal Republic, Miss Germany (1977)
1954 John Greg Adams Scottsdale AZ, PGA golfer (1982 Hall of Fame-2nd)
1954 Peter Erskine jazz drummer (Weather Report)
1955 Melinda Culea Western Springs IL, actress (A-Team, Brotherly Love, Glitter)
1955 Robert Feld Nashville TN, National Scrabble Champion (1990)
1956 Dick Kemper Amsterdam Netherlands, rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg)
1957 Lisa Eilbacher Dharan Saudi Arabia, actress (Beverly Hills Cop, Officer & Gentleman)
1957 Thereza Bazaar rocker (Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me)
1959 Ian McCullough rocker (Echo & The Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
1961 Hiro Hase wrestler (NJPW)
1964 Heike Henkel German Federal Republic, world record indoor high jumper (1992)
1964 Lorraine McIntosh British pop singer (Deacon Blue-Fellow Hoodlums)
1964 Ulrich Wilson soccer player (FC Volendam)
1965 Paul Frase NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1966 Mike Stapleton Sarnia, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
1967 Brad Baxter NFL fullback (New York Jets)
1967 Charles Nagy Fairfield CT, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
1968 Craig Hendrickson CFL tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1968 Michael Titley WLAF TE (London Monarchs)
1968 Robert David Burns Mission Hills CA, PGA golfer (1994 Buick-5th)
1968 Tim Neilsen cricket wicket-keeper (South Australian 1991)
1969 Bryan Ivie Torrance CA, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)
1970 Harold Nash CFL halfback (Montréal Alouettes)
1970 LaPhonso Ellis NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
1971 Harold Miner NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1971 Keith Hamilton defensive end (New York Giants)
1971 Ken Brown NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1971 Reggie Jones wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs)
1972 Barrett Brooks NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 Brigitta Boccoli Milan Italy, actress (Manhattan Baby)
1972 Janelle Lynn Canady Miss Alaska USA (1996)
1972 Mikael Renberg Pitea Swe, NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers, TB Lightning)
1972 Mike Hollis kicker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1972 Ron Snook Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1972 Rushia Brown WNBA forward/center (Cleveland Rockers)
1972 Travis Jervey NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 Wendy Kaye Memphis TN, playmate (July 1991)
1972 Zigmund Palffy Skalica Slo, NHL right wing (New York Islanders)
1973 Johan Hedberg Nacka Sweden, hockey goalie (Team Sweden, Olympics-1998)
1973 Matt Dubuc CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
1973 Muhsin Muhammad wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
1973 Tina Yothers Whittier CA, actresss (Jennifer-Family Ties)
1975 Christine Buschur Eagle River AK, Miss America-Alaska (1997)
1976 Sage Stallone Sylvester's son/actor (Rocky V)
1977 Tiffany Roberts Petaluma CA, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
1980 Bonnie Lynn Gagnon Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1997)
1981 Danielle Christine Fishel Mesa AZ, actress (Topanga-Boy Meets World)
1990 Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg New York NY, daughter of Caroline

Deaths which occurred on May 05:

0311 Gaius VM Galerius emperor of Rome, dies at about 50
1028 Alfonso V King of León/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle
1194 Kazimierz II the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies
1309 Charles II the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies
1504 Anton of Burgundy the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82
1525 Frederik III the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at 62
1553 Erasmus Alberus German theologist (Barfüsser Mönche), dies at about 52
1582 Charlotte de Bourbon Princess of Orange, dies
1604 Claudio Merulo Italian organist/composer, dies at 71
1613 Johann Steuerlein composer, dies at 66
1678 Anna M van Schurman Dutch poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70
1702 Jacob Hintze composer, dies at 79
1705 Leopold I von Hapsburg Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64
1786 Pedro III King of Portugal, dies
1801 Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 74
1821 Napoleon I Bonaparte emperor France (1799-1815), dies in St Helena
1827 Frederik Augustus I Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at 76
1831 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel composer, dies at 65
1837 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85
1840 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey composer, dies at 67
1840 Matthaus Fischer composer, dies at 76
1859 Peter G L Dirichlet German mathematician, dies at 53
1864 Alexander Hays US Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44
1864 John Marshall Jones Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 43
1864 Leroy A Stafford US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 42
1875 Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71
1885 Lauro Rossi composer, dies at 73
1886 Joseph Albert German photographer (Albertotype), dies at 61
1892 Jan Nepomuk Skroup composer, dies at 80
1902 Bret Harte writer, dies at 65
1909 Pauline Staegeman German feminist, dies
1921 Alfred H Fried Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies
1927 Charles Boissevain editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies
1945 Guðmundur Jónsson Kamban Icelandic writer (Vi mordere), dies at 56
1949 Maurice Maeterlinck Belgian playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), dies
1951 Eddie Dunn comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54
1956 Charles R Gallas lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88
1957 Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin composer, dies at 74
1960 Sulho Ranta composer, dies at 58
1962 Ernest Tyldesley cricketer (990 runs in 14 Tests for England), dies
1963 Heinrich Gebhard composer, dies
1963 Jacobus JP Old architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73
1968 Albert Dekker dies of accidental suffocation at 62
1969 Ben Alexander actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57
1971 Alice Tissot actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81
1971 Petro Scaglione Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia
1972 Reverend Gary David vocalist, dies at 76
1976 Thomas Burnett Swann sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47
1977 Ludwig Erhard German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80
1978 Alfred H H Gilligan cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
1979 Shirley O'Hara actress (Wild Party), dies at 68
1980 Edmond Vandercammen Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79
1981 Bobby Sands IRA activists dies in his 66th day of his hunger strike
1982 Helmut Dantine actor, dies of a heart attack at 63
1983 John Williams actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
1986 Jon William Haussermann Jr composer, dies at 76
1986 Rui Coelho composer, dies at 94
1988 George Rose actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at 68
1988 Tamara Pos Suriname/Dutch activist
1989 Frank Easton cricket wicketkeeper (New South Wales 1933-39), dies
1991 William De Acutis dies at 33
1992 Ben Frommer dies at 78
1992 Dick Yarmy dies of lung cancer at 58
1992 Jean-Claude Pascal French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at 64
1992 Stefano d'Arrigo Siciilian writer, dies at 72
1993 Balak Brahmachari [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at 73
1993 Irving Howe US writer/critic (Dissent), dies at 72
1993 Lenore Kingston Jenson dies of cancer at 79
1994 Hein Salomonson architect, dies at about 83
1994 Joe Layton director (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at 63
1995 Anthony Wagner genealogist, dies at 86
1995 Bernard Benjamin Gillis judge, dies at 89
1995 Esther Waterhouse doctor/methodist, dies at 86
1995 James Pack naval officer museum curator, dies at 81
1995 Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington engineer, dies at 75
1995 Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik world chess champion, dies
1995 Thomas Eden Binkley musician, dies at 63
1996 Ai Qing poet, dies at 86
1996 Beryl Burton cyclist, dies at 58

On this day...Events

0553 2nd Council of Constantinople (5th ecumenical council) opens
1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army
1430 Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany
1494 Christopher Columbus 1st sights Jamaica on his 2nd voyage to the New World
1640 English Short Parliament unites
1646 King Charles I surrenders at Scotland
1665 Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow
1726 Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opéra of Paris France
1749 Pope Benedict XIV proclaims 1750 a Year" [?]
1762 Russia & Prussia sign peace treaty
1764 Smolny-institution forms in St Petersburg for noble girls
1780 2nd oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts & Sciences) forms (Boston)
1789 French States-General for It first since 1614 together
1797 Napoleon I's sister Elisa marries Felix Bacciochi
1809 Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland
1809 Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a US patent (weaving straw)
1814 British attack Fort Ontario, Oswego NY
1816 American Bible Society organized (New York)
1834 Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz
1835 King Leopold opens Brussels-Mechelen railway
1842 City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany)
1847 American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)
1854 English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast
1855 NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration
1861 Alexandria VA - CS troops abandon city
1862 French army intervenes in Puebla México: Cinco de Mayo
1862 Peninsular Campaign-Battle of Williamsburg VA
1863 Battle of Tupelo MS
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)
1865 1st US train robbery (North Bend OH)
1867 Battle of Pueblo; Mexicans defeat Maximilian's forces (Cinco de Mayo)
1874 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law
1881 Anit-Jewish rioting in Kiev Ukraine
1891 Carnegie Hall opens in NYC with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor
1893 Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange
1900 "The Billboard" began weekly publication
1904 Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Philadelphia A's (3-0)
1905 Robert S Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender"
1908 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2
1908 Great White Fleet arrives in San Fransisco
1912 5th modern Olympic games opens in Stockholm Sweden
1912 Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing
1915 German U-20 sinks Earl of Lathom
1916 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
1917 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
1917 St Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0
1920 German-Latvian peace treaty signed
1920 Polish troops occupy Kiev
1920 US President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal
1921 1st ranger for Cleveland Metroparks hired
1921 Miniature newspaper published (Brighton Gazette 10 x 13 cm)
1922 Construction begins on Yankee Stadium (Bronx)
1924 Unions terminate Twentse textile strike
1925 John T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee
1925 Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases)
1925 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak
1926 Geldrop soccer team forms
1926 Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"
1927 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony, premieres in Berlin
1930 1st woman to fly solo from England to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)
1930 Bradman scores 185 Australia vs Leicestershire, 317 minutes, 16 fours
1932 Japan & China sign a peace treaty
1934 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04
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
1938 Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are National League records off one hurler in a single inning
1939 Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky
1940 Norwegian Government in exile forms in London
1941 2 Fokker's employees flee Nazi occupied Netherlands to England
1941 Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa
1941 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night)
1942 British assault on Diego Suarez Madagascar
1942 US begins rationing sugar during WWII
1943 Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System
1944 Gandhi freed from prison
1944 Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim
1945 Denmark liberated from Nazi control
1945 Mauthausen Concentration camp liberated
1945 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated
1945 Uprising against SS-occupying troops in Prague
1947 Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850 million in damage
1947 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men)
1948 1st air squadron of jets aboard a carrier
1948 Belgian Government of Spaak resigns
1949 Council of Europe established
1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 Tiger 2nd baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame
1950 Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand
1951 "Out of This World" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 157 performances
1951 77th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Count Turf wins in 2:02.6
1952 Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk (Caine Mutiny)
1952 Ron Necciai of Pittsburgh Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits the Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base
1954 Military coup by General Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay
1955 "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances
1955 Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce
1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
1955 West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers
1956 82nd Kentucky Derby: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:03.4
1956 Broekster Boys soccer team forms in Damwoude
1956 Jim Bailey (US) runs the mile record 3:58.6 in Los Angeles CA
1956 World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo
1957 Adolf Schärf elected President of Austria
1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1958 KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque NM (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for (Death in the Family)
1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1961 Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
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 88th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Decidedly wins in 2:00.4
1962 Los Angeles Angel Bo Belinsky no-hits Baltimore Orioles, 2-0
1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1964 Separatists riot in Québec
1965 1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
1966 Borussia Dortmund wins 6th Europe Cup II
1966 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
1966 Willie Mays hit his 512th homerun
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
1969 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3
1969 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)
1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site
1971 "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 5 performances
1971 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)
1972 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
1973 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4
1974 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1975 A's release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding - He stole 30 bases, & scored 33 runs)
1975 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels)
1976 Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II
1976 Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24
1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes the 14th player to get 3,000 hits
1979 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4
1979 Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting
1979 Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos & police stormed the building
1981 16th & final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge
1982 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 0
1983 Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead
1983 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4
1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational
1986 Hall of Fame & Museum announced to be built in Cleveland
1987 Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
1987 Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in American League, but go on to win the American League East
1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1988 Eugene A Marino installed as 1st black US archbishop
1989 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
1990 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02
1990 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren
1990 Paul Hogan & Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia
1991 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1992 Country singer Tammy Wynette hospitalized with bile duct infection
1994 "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 50 performances
1994 Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections
1994 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen
1995 Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
1996 "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances
1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA Sprint Titleholders Golf Championship
1996 Renette Cruz, Vancouver British Columbia, wins Miss Canadian Universe
1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV
1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful
2000 conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Moon

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Rated G

Birthdates which occurred on May 06:

0973 Henry II Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1002/14-24)
1501 Marcellus II [Marcello Cervini] Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)
1581 Frans Francken the Younger, painter
1606 Lorenzo Lippi [Perlone Zipoli] poet/painter
1758 Maximilien Robespierre Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)
1759 François Andrieux French writer/politician
1769 Ferdinand III archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane
1785 Arvir A Afzelius Swedish story teller
1786 Ludwig Börne writer
1790 Vaclav Vilem Wurfel composer
1800 Ferdinand Marcucci composer
1801 George Sears Greene Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
1802 Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer artist
1806 Chapin Aaron Harris US, founded America Society of Dental Surgeons
1809 William Walker composer
1812 Martin Robinson Delaney Charlestown VA, 1st black major in US Medical Corps
1813 Joseph Tarr Copeland Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
1814 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst composer
1825 Joseph Bailey Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1829 Phoebe Ann Coffin 1st female ordained minister in New England
1830 Guido Gezelle Flemish priest/poet
1838 Alfred Humphreys Pease composer
1843 Grove Karl Gilbert geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville UT
1849 Wyatt Eaton artist
1856 Robert Edwin Peary US, arctic explorer (North Pole-April 6 1909)
1856 Sigmund Freud Freiberg Moravia, cigar smoker, father of psycho-analysis
1858 Georges Adolphe Hue composer
1859 Luis María Drago Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist
1859 Willem J T Kloos Dutch poet (Act of Simple Justice)
1861 Radindranath Tagore Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913)
1868 Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont Poland, novelist (Chiopi, Nobel-1924)
1869 Jan R Slotemaker de Bruïne Dutch clergyman/politician (CHU)
1869 Joseph Cuvelier Belgian historian/archivist
1870 Amedos Peter Giannini San Jose CA, founded Bank of America
1870 John McClutcheon cartoonist (Pulitzer Prize-1931)
1871 August Reusner composer
1871 Ch Morgenstern writer
1875 William Daniel Leahy Iowa, 5 star Admiral/chief of staff (1949)
1879 Johan H T Norlind Swedish musicologist
1880 Baron W Edmund Archangel & Ironside, British fieldmarshal
1880 Ernst L Kirchner German painter (Die Brücke)
1883 José Ortega y Gasset Spanish philosopher/author [or May 9]
1888 Emmanuel Celler (Representative-D-NY, 1923-73)
1889 Arthur Morison typographer
1890 Claire Whitney New York NY, silent film actress (Blind Fools, Haunted Mine)
1894 Filip Lazar composer
1895 Rudolph Valentino Castellaneta Italy, sheik/actor (Eagle)
1897 Paul Alverdes German writer (Pfeiferstube)
1898 Daniel Gerber Freemont MI, beloved by babies at mealtime
19-- Tony King Alliance OH, actor (Sergeant John Webber-Bronk)
1902 Harry Golden Jewish humorist/writer (2¢ Plain, Only in America)
1902 Max Ophüls Saarland, director/writer (Letters From an Unknown Woman)
1902 Walter Dawson British Air Chief marshall
1904 Catherine Lacey London England, actress (Sorcerors)
1904 Harry Martinson Sweden, novelist/poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974)
1905 [Bernard] Toots Shor raconteur/restauranteur (Toots Shor)
1905 Norman De Tar composer
1906 André Weil [Bourbaki] French/US mathematician
1907 Weeb Ewbank NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, New York Jets)
1908 Necil Kazim Akses composer
1910 Antoon Breyne Belgian journalist
1912 Barend Roest Crollius painter/writer (Chronicle Sins of Youth)
1912 Bill Quinn New York NY, actor (Rifleman, Van Ranseleer-All in the Family)
1912 Hugh Martell British Vice Admiral
1913 Carmen Cavallaro New York NY, actor (Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe)
1913 Gyula David composer
1913 Jack [John T] Aitken British anatomist
1913 Kenneth Horne English paper manufacturer/multi-millionaire
1913 Ronald Harris British 1st Church Estates Commissioner
1913 Stewart Granger [James Stewart], London, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
1915 George Perle Bayonne NJ, composer (12 Tone Tonality)
1915 John Arnold British high court judge
1915 May Henriquez-Alvarez Curaçao, sculptor
1915 Orson Welles Kenosha WI, actor (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds)
1915 Theodore H White historian/writer (Making of the President)
1915 Theodore H White historian/writer (Making of the President)
1916 Adriana Caselotti animation voice (Show White)
1918 Godfrey Ridout composer
1918 Sydney Chatton England
1919 Frank Ereaut Balliff of Jersey
1920 John Henderson Lord-Lieutenant (Berkshire England)
1921 Erich Freid writer
1921 Freddy Randall jazz trumpeteer
1921 Robert Fell CEO (British Stock Exchange)
1922 Alan Ross editor (London Magazine)
1922 Carlos J Moorhead (Representative-R-CA, 1973- )
1922 John Ernest constructionist artist
1922 Pat Harder Milwaukee WI, NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions)
1923 Elizabeth Sellars Glasgow Scotland, actress (Chalk Garden)
1923 Guiseppe Martelli physicist
1924 Mimi Benzell Bridgeport CT, operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto)
1925 Patrick Meany CEO (Rank Organization)
1926 [Martin] Ross Hunter Cleveland OH, actor (Ever Since Paris)
1926 John Hamilton-Jones CEO (Richmond Enterprises)/British Major-General
1926 Marguerite Piazza New Orleans LA, operatic soprano (Young Broadway)
1927 Ettore Manni Rome Italy, actor (Fatal Desire, Heroes in Hell)
1927 Michael Frederick cricketer (one Test West Indies vs England 1954, scored 0 & 30)
1929 John Polk Allen Carnegie OK, CEO (Biosphere 2)
1929 John Taylor bishop (St Albans)/Lord High Almoner to Queen
1929 Rosemary Camp president (Council for British Archaeology)
1931 Marvin Leath (Representative-D-TX, 1979- )
1931 Willie Mays Westfield AL, Hall of Fame baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid" (New York Giants, New York Mets, 660 homeruns, National League MVP 1954)
1932 Gunther Hauk composer
1932 John Bond cricket umpire
1932 Viscount Coke English large landowner/art collector
1933 Lord Pender
1934 Richard C Shelby (Representative-D-AL (1979-86)/Senator-D-AL, 1987- )
1936 Joanna Dunham actress (Possession, House the Dripped Blood)
1936 Sylvia Robinson rocker (Mickey & Sylvia-Love is Strange)
1938 Eleanor Platt QC
1939 Anthony Blacker master-general of Ordnance
1939 Herbie Cox rocker (Cleftones)
1939 Zhanna Dmitriyevna Yerkina Russian cosmonaut
1940 Henry Habibe Arubian poet (Kerensentenchi)
1940 Murray Sidlin Baltimore MD, conductor (National Symphony 1973-77)
1941 Fred J Eckert (Representative-D-NY, 1985-87)
1941 Ghena Dimitrova actress (Nabucco)
1942 Colin Earl rocker
1945 Bob Seger Dearborn MI, rocker (Silver Bullet Band-Shake Down)
1945 Richard Eyers Los Angeles CA, actor (My Friend Irma, Stagecoach West)
1945 Victoria Bond composer
1946 Jim Ramstad (Representative-R-MN)
1946 Sydne Rome Akron OH, actress (What?, Candy)
1947 Andy Roberts cricketer (New Zealand batsman 1976)
1947 Ben Masters Corvalis OR, actor (Vic-Another World, Making Mr Right)
1947 Dennis Cowan London, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band)
1947 Richard "Dick" Fosbury Portland OR, high jumper (Olympics-gold-68)
1947 Sandra Fisher painter
1948 Lolita [Abrázame] Spanish singer (Espérame)
1948 Richard Cox New York NY, actor (Mark-Executive Suite)
1949 David Cornell Leestma Muskegon MI, USN/astronaut (STS 41-G, 28, 45)
1950 Robbie McIntosh drummer (Average White Band-Show your Hand)
1952 Chiaki Naito-Mukai Tatebayashi Japan, astronaut (STS 65, 95)
1953 Lynn Whitfield Baton Rouge, actress (Josephine Baker, Equal Justice)
1953 Tony Blair British PM (Labour, 1997- )
1954 Sergei Nikolayevich Tresvyatsky Russia, cosmonaut
1955 Donald A Thomas Cleveland OH, PhD/Astronaut (STS 65, 70, 83, 94)
1955 John Hutton MP
1959 Aidan Quinn actor (Avalon, Crusoe, Desperately Seeking Susan)
1959 Charles Hendry MP
1959 Eric D Fingerhut (Representative-D-OH)
1959 Kate Collins Boston MA, actress (Natalie Hunter-All My Children)
1959 Scott Hood Seattle WA, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Montana Open-2nd)
1960 Bart de Boer Dutch guitarist (Ivy Green)
1960 Julianne Phillips Lake Oswego OR, actress (Frankie Reed-Sisters)
1960 Larry Steinbacheck keyboardist (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy)
1960 Larry Steinbachek rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy)
1961 Clay O'Brien Ray AZ, actor (Weedy-The Cowboys)
1961 George Clooney Lexington KY, actor (Dr Douglas Ross-ER, Batman)
1961 Roma Downey Derry Ire, actress (1 Life to Live, Touched by an Angel)
1962 Neil Foster cricketer (England right-fast medium)
1963 Alessandra Ferri British ballerina (American Ballet Theater)
1964 Dana Hill [Goetz] Van Nuys CA, actress (2 of Us, Shoot the Moon)
1964 Dana Hill Van Nuys CA, actress (2 of Us, Shoot the Moon)
1964 Kim Oden Irvine CA, US Olympic volleyball player (NCAA Play of Decade-80s)
1964 Mike Grob Billings MT, Canadian Tour golfer (1988 Manitoba-3rd)
1964 Mike McGruder NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1964 Roma Downey Derry Ireland, actress (JoAnna-One Life to Live)
1965 Bob Bassen Calgary, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
1965 Ken Harvey NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
1965 Norman Whiteside British soccer player
1965 Paul Frase NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1965 Tim Simpson Atlanta GA, Nike golfer (1985 Southern Open)
1965 Zahid Sadiq cricketer
1967 Patrick F Manning Jr Poughkeepsie NY, rower (Olympics-92)
1968 Andy Kelly WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
1968 Linnea Marie Fayard Shreveport LA, Miss Louisiana-America (1991-5th)
1969 Mark Thomas NFL defensive end (Carolina Panthers, Packers, Bears)
1969 Pascall Davis WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 Emerson Martin NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Packers)
1971 Rob Holmberg NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
1972 Dean Larsson British Columbia Canada, Nike golfer (1994 Monterey Open-46th)
1972 Martin Brodeur Montréal, NHL goalie (New Jersey Devils, Team Canada)
1973 Clay Williams OL (Indianapolis Colts)
1973 Joe Spiteri Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1973 Wendy Ward San Antonio TX, LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Classic-15th)
1976 Lindsay Page Madison WI, figure skater (1997 E Great Lakes Senior-3rd)
1977 Gabriela Aguilar Miss Costa Rica Universe (1997)
1977 Shannon Shakespeare Mission British Columbia, 100 meter swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 Trent Steed Sydney New South Wales Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1980 Brooke Bennett 800 meter freestyle (Olympics-gold-96)
1980 Kasumi Takahashi Tokyo Japan, Australian rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)

Deaths which occurred on May 06:

0523 Thrasamunde king of Vandalen
0988 Dirk II West Frisian count of Holland
1085 King Alfonso VI of León conquered Toledo, dies
1124 Balak Emir of Aleppo, murdered
1475 Dieric Bouts Dutch painter, dies at about 64
1527 Karel van Bourbon military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37
1540 Jean Luis Vives Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48
1638 Cornelius Jansen theologian (Jansenism), dies
1642 Frans Francken the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday
1666 Paul Siefert composer, dies at 79
1667 Johann Jacob Froberger German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50
1678 Joseph de La Barre composer, dies at 44
1727 Catharina I Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42
1739 Bernardus Smijtegelt vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63
1776 James Kent composer, dies at 76
1794 Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier composer, dies at 59
1814 George Joseph Vogler composer, dies at 64
1836 Christian Ignatius Latrobe composer, dies at 78
1841 John Thomson composer, dies at 35
1852 Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens composer, dies at 75
1856 William Hamilton metaphysicist, dies
1859 Friedrich Heinrich Alexander explorer/scientist, dies
1862 Henry David Thoreau US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44
1864 Henry Livermore Abbott US Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle
1864 Micah Jenkins Confederate Brigadier-General (friendly fire), dies at 28
1882 Lord Frederick Cavendish assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
1882 Thomas Henry Burke assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
1890 Hubert Leonard composer, dies at 71
1892 Ernest Guiraud composer, dies at 54
1904 Franz von Lenbach German painter, dies at 67
1908 Jean Réville French vicar (Le Prophétisme Hébreu), dies at 53
1910 Edward VII King of England (1901-10), dies at 68
1916 Dirk Bos Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53
1916 Earl Ross Drake composer, dies at 50
1919 Frank Lyman Baum author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62
1924 Carel S Adama van Scheltema poet/writer (socialism), dies at 47
1936 Hans Jelmoli composer, dies at 59
1948 43 communist rebels executed in Athens
1949 A L Ochse cricketer (10 wickets in 3 Tests for South Africa 1927-29), dies
1949 P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck Belgian philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86
1950 Agnes Smedley writer, dies
1952 Alberto Savinio Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60
1952 Maria Montessori Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81
1960 Paul Abraham Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
1961 Lucian Blaga philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65
1963 Monty Wooley actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74
1964 Harold Morris composer, dies at 74
1971 Helene Weigel Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70
1973 Ernest MacMillan composer, dies at 79
1975 József Mindszenty [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83
1976 Karel Cruysberghs Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at 85
1978 Ethelda Bleibtrey US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920), dies at 76
1978 Ko van Dijk Jr Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at 61
1982 Sam Baker dies
1987 William J Casey director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73
1989 Guy Williams actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies at 65
1990 Charles Farrell actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89
1991 Anthony van Kampen writer (Ketelbinkie, Geschonden Eldorado), dies
1991 Chucky Mullins US soccer player, dies
1991 Thomas A Carlin dies at 62
1991 Wilfrid Hyde-White British actor (Peyton Place/140+ films), dies at 87
1992 Jilly Rizzo restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at 75
1992 Marlene Dietrich [Maria Losch], actress (Angel), dies in Paris at 90
1993 Ann Todd actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at 84
1993 Minnie Gentry actress (Def by Temptation), dies in New York at 77
1994 Fred Sadoff actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67
1994 Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler blues singer/guitarist, dies at 59
1994 Helen Lessore artist, dies at 86
1994 Montague Modlyn broadcaster, dies at 72
1994 Moses Rosen Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81
1995 Dona Maria Pia de Braganca pretender to Port throne, dies at 88
1995 Leanoard "Red" Truss R&B singer, dies at 47
1995 Nicholas Palmer TV writer/producer, dies at 57
1996 Frank Hercules writer, dies at 85
1996 Geoffrey Dawes physiologist, dies at 78
1996 Geoffrey Hodges bomb disposal expert, dies at 87
1996 Joseph Stone lawyer, dies at 79
1996 Leon Joseph Suenens cardinal, dies at 91
1996 Michael Gerzon mathematician, dies at 50

On this day...Events:

1312 Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna
1476 Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg & duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children
1527 Spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending the Renaissance
1529 Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans & Bengals
1536 King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church
1598 Arch duke Albrecht & Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands
1626 Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets
1642 Ville Marie (Montréal) forms
1644 Johan Mauritius resigns as Governor of Brazil
1648 Battle at Zólty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir
1672 Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands
1733 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
1753 French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle
1757 Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army
1787 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African #459) forms at Prince Hall, Boston
1794 Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France
1804 Suriname sold to English (until February 1816)
1833 John Deere makes 1st steel plow
1835 1st edition of New York Herald (price 1¢)
1840 1st postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)
1844 Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote
1848 Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony
1851 Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"
1851 Linus Yale patents Yale-lock
1851 New slave regulations go into effect in Suriname
1851 San Fransisco Chamber of Commerce starts
1853 1st major US rail disaster kills 46 (Norwalk CT)
1860 San Fransisco Olympic Club, 1st US athletic club founded
1861 Arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US
1861 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy
1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction VA
1864 Battle of Wilderness-General Longstreet seriously injured
1864 General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta GA
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act: US Congress ceases Chinese immigration
1882 Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria
1889 Universal Exposition opens in Paris France; Eiffel Tower completed
1890 Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]
1891 Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike
1895 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37½
1896 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75
1902 British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die
1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" (BG)
1902 Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa
1903 Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers
1904 American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting
1906 "Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market St San Fransisco
1907 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6
1910 England replaces King Edward VII stamp series with King George V
1910 King George V ascends to British throne
1913 King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, North-Albania
1914 British House of Lords rejects women suffrage
1915 Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont
1915 German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland
1915 Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st homerun, loses to Yankees 4-3 in 15
1916 Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa
1917 St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0
1919 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain & France, German Southwest Africa to South Africa
1921 American Soccer League formed
1922 48th Preakness: L Morris aboard Pillory wins in 1:51.6
1925 Ty Cobb hits his 5th homerun in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884
1929 American League announces it will discontinue MVP award
1929 New York to San Fransisco footrace begins
1933 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8
1933 Italy & USSR sign trade agreement
1934 Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters
1935 British King George & Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee
1935 KTM-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC)
1935 Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush)
1937 Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst NJ (36 die)
1938 Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler)
1939 1st performance of Honegger/Claudel's "Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher"
1939 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4
1940 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)
1941 Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia
1942 Corregidor & Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies
1943 British 1st army opens assault on Tunis
1944 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2
1944 KJR-AM in Seattle WA swaps calls with KOMO
1945 General J Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands
1946 Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M Schlesinger (Age of Jackson)
1948 "Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 36 performances
1950 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 performances
1950 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
1950 Liz Taylor's 1st marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr)
1951 Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0
1953 Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Philadelphia A's, 6-0
1954 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)
1955 West Germany joins NATO
1956 Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header
1956 WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 Italian Government of Segni resigns
1957 Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV
1957 Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)
1959 Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships
1960 England's Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)
1960 President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
1960 Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta
1960 Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramón Mercader), freed in México
1961 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04
1961 Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party
1962 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen)
1962 Antonio Segni elected President of Italy
1962 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament
1962 Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos
1962 US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1963 Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August)
1964 Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloan" premieres in London
1965 Lawry & Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies
1966 Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin
1966 Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phillies score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7
1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College
1967 93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6
1967 Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
1967 Zakir Hussain elected 1st Moslem President of India
1968 Battle between students & troops in Paris France, 1000 injured
1968 Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets National League record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108 chances consecutively since June 16, 1964)
1968 Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards
1970 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skis down Mount Everest
1972 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8
1973 1st WHA championship, New England Whalers beat Winnipeg Jets, 4 games to 1
1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
1974 A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Baltimore ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games
1974 Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis OR
1974 Smallest attendance at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium (4,149)
1974 Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London
1974 West German chancellor W Brandt resigns
1975 Bundy victim Lynette Culver disappears from Pocatello ID
1975 Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha NE
1977 "Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl" released in UK
1978 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:01.2
1978 South Africa military goes into Angola
1979 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 81.8 kph over 200 meters
1979 Louis LaRusso II's "Knockout" premieres in NYC
1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 "Inacent Black" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 14 performances
1981 Seattle Mariners manager Maury Wills is fired & replaced by Rene Lachemann
1981 US expels Libyan diplomats
1982 Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
1984 Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for the cycle
1984 José Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election
1985 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards Air Force Base
1986 Berlin: Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup
1986 Donald E Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop
1986 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1987 Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
1987 Mario Andretti sets the one-lap speed record at Indianapolis 500 at 218.204 MPH
1987 Niroslav Milhailovic begins 54 hours of telling jokes
1987 PTL's Jim Bakker & Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God
1987 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 Doughnutgate incident: New Jersey Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended
1988 Graeme Hick scores 405 for Worcestershire vs Somerset 35 fours 11 sixes
1989 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05
1990 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1990 Former President PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party
1990 Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in South Carolina
1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
1991 Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9"
1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands
1992 New York Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games
1992 Werder Bremen wins 32nd Europe Cup II
1993 STS-55 (Columbia) lands
1994 Chunnel linking England & France officially opens
1994 Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show
1994 House passes the assault weapons ban
1994 Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 Nelson Mandela & his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa
1995 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2
1995 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby
1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV
1996 Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war
1996 Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of President
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford CT on WCCC 106.9 FM
1997 Army Staff Sergeant Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape
1997 Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1997 NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes
1997 Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics
2012 Transit of Venus

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Birthdates which occurred on May 07:

1530 Louis I Condé French prince/leader of hugenots
1574 Innocent X [Giambattista Pamfili] 236th Roman Catholic pope (1644-55)
1700 Gerard van Swieten Dutch botanist
1704 Carl Heinrich Graun composer
1763 Josef Poniatovski Polish general/marshal of France
1769 Giuseppe Farinelli composer
1774 Sir Francis Beaufort naval officer; devised wind force scale
1776 Dániel Berzsenyi [Hungarian Horatius], Hungarian poet
1795 Gerhard M Roentgen industrialist (founder dockyard Fijenoord)
1803 Johan Peter Cronhamm composer
1812 Robert Browning London England, poet (The Pied Piper)
1826 Varina Howell Davis 1st lady (Confederacy), died in 1905
1827 Charles T H Coster Belgian literary (Légendes Flamandes) [or Aug 20]
1827 Francis Engle Patterson Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1832 Carl G Neumann German mathematician/physicist (Neumann-functions)
1833 Johannes Brahms Hamburg Germany, composer, enjoys a good lullaby
1840 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Votkinsk Russia, composer (The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, 1812 Overture)
1847 Archibald Primrose Earl of Rosebery (Liberal), British PM (1894-95)
1861 Rabindranath Tagore Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel '13)
1866 Cornelis J K van Aalst president (Dutch Trading Company)
1867 Philippine "Pine" Belder [Mary de Klerk], actress (Hope of Blessing)
1873 Clarence Dickinson composer
1882 Willem Elsschot [Alfons J de Ridder] Flemish writer (Mend)
1883 Gino Roncaglia composer
1883 Martin Albertz German theologist (Church Jesus Christ)
1885 George "Gabby" Hayes Wellesvile NY, actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso)
1887 Henri Pourrat French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)
1888 Selmer Jackson Lake Mills IA, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)
1890 Billy House Minnesota, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I)
1892 Archibald MacLeish Glencoe IL, political essayist/poet/dramatist (JB)
1892 Josip Broz Tito WWII partisan, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80)
1897 Kitty McKane England, tennis (Olympics-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24)
1898 Vera Chapman writer
19-- Phil Campbell rocker (Motorhead-No Remorse)
1900 Bauke Tuinstra Dutch/Frisian notary/author (Earste Keur)
1900 Ralph Truman London England, actor (Web of Evidence)
1901 Gary Cooper Helena MT, actor (2 Academy Awards-Sergeant York, High Noon)
1901 L T Coggeshall medical scientist/ US Secretary of HEW (1956-58)
1901 Marcel Poot Belgian baron/composer
1902 Sal Gliatto baseball player
1903 Basil Nield judge/politician
1907 Jef van Durme composer
1908 Ed MacDonald actor (Mysteries of Chinatown)
1908 Wouter Paap composer
1909 Edwin H Land inventor (instant photography (Polaroid))
1912 Paul H F Brenneker Netherlands/Antillian photographer/folklorist
1917 Daniel Gillès Belgian writer
1917 David Tomlinson Scotland, actor (Mary Poppins, Helter Skelter)
1917 William Geoffrey Biddle bomb disposal expert
1918 Argeliers Leon composer
1919 Eva (Evita) [Duarte] Perón Argentina, 1st lady/actress
1922 Darren McGavin Spokane WA, actor (Night Stalker, Tribes, Turk 182)
1922 Gale Robbins Chicago IL, actress/singer (Hollywood House, Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex)
1923 Anne Baxter Michigan City IN, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel)
1923 Pete V Domenici (Senator-R-NM, 1973- )
1926 Val Bisoglio New York NY, actor (Lieutenant Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME)
1927 Jim Lowe Springfield MA, DJ (WNEW) "King of Trivia"
1928 John Ingle actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital)
1928 Marvin Mitchelson attorney
1929 Dick Williams baseball player, manager (including Seattle 1986-87)
1929 Sally L Smith educator/founder (Lab School of Washington)
1930 Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets Russia, cosmonaut
1930 Horst Bienek German poet
1931 Gene [Rodman] Wolfe US, sci-fi author (Soldier of Arete)
1931 Nel J Ginjaar-Maas Dutch under-secretary of Education (VVD)
1931 Teresa Brewer Toledo OH, singer (Put Another Nickel In)
1932 Hans Boskamp [Johan HG Hoelscher] actor/producer (Oh My Papa)
1932 Pete Domeneci (Senator-R-NM)
1933 Johnny Unitas NFL QB (Baltimore Colts, San Diego); one of the greats
1934 Ben Smith Atlanta GA, PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th)
1934 Donald Russell Holler composer
1934 Heinz Marti composer
1934 Willard Scott weatherman (Today)
1936 Cornelius Cardew composer
1938 Johnny Caldwell Ireland, flyweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1956)
1938 Kevin O'Connor Honolulu HI, actor (Bogie, Special Effects)
1939 Jimmy Ruffin soloist (What Becomes of the Broken Hearted)
1939 Johnny Maestro New York NY, rock vocalist (Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge)
1939 Marco St John New Orleans LA, actor (Rayford-Ball Four)
1939 Rudolphus FM "Ruud" Lubbers director Dutch/CDA-premier (1982-94)
1939 Volker Braun writer
1940 Armando Krieger composer
1940 John Irvin actor (Moment in Time)
1941 Grahame Bilby cricketer (two Tests New Zealand vs England 1966)
1943 Christopher Taylor White rocker
1943 Peter Horak jetboat jumper
1943 Rick West [Richard Westwood] rocker (Brian Poole & Tremeloes)
1944 Alison Margaret Bauld composer
1944 John Heard actor (Pelican Brief, CHUD, Radio Flyer, Big)
1944 Sivi Aberg actress (Batman TV show)
1945 Robin Strasser New York NY, actress (Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World)
1945 Wim A Mateman Dutch MP (CDA)
1946 Bill Danoff Springfield MA, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band)
1946 Richard L Brodsky US lawyer/NY State Assemblyman (D) (1983- )
1948 Peter Wingfield Wales, rocker/actor (Methos-Highlander)
1949 Marilyn Cole Portsmouth England, playmate of the year (January 1972)
1949 Stuart Marshall director (Desire)
1950 Janis Ian [Janis Eddy Fink] New York NY, rock vocalist (At 17, Society's Child)
1950 Prairie Prince rocker (Tubes)
1951 David Whitton campaigner
1951 Robert Hegyes Metuchen NJ, actor (Underground Aces, Welcome Back Kotter)
1952 Amy Heckerling Bronx NY, director (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless)
1952 Derek Taylor rocker (Let it Be, Beatles Anthology)
1955 Peter Reckell Elkhart IN, actor (Days of our Lifes)
1957 [Christopher St John] "Sinjin" Smith Los Angeles CA, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1957 Shauna McDonald Brown TV producer
1959 Michael E Knight Princeton NJ, actor (Date with Angel, All My Children)
1959 Robin L Freeman St Charles MO, PGA golfer (1993 Northern Telecom-3rd)
1959 Tamara E Jernigan Chattanooga, PhD/astronaut (STS 40, 52, 67, 80)
1960 Arnon Ohad co-pilot (El Al) plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam
1961 Linda Somers Bitburg Germany, US marathoner (Olympics-31st-96)
1962 Robbie Knievel daredevil, son of Evel (Chips Something Special)
1964 Leslie O'Neal NFL defensive end (San Diego Chargers, St Louis Rams)
1964 Mustapha Zerqti Moroccan/Netherlands writer (Ihtidaar hub fi el-mahd)
1964 Ronnie Harmon NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Oilers)
1965 Reuben Davis NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1966 Anderson Cummins cricketer (in Packer's Valley Barbados & West Indies quickie)
1968 Joe King NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
1968 Traci Lords [Nora Louise Kuzma], Steubenville OH, porn actress (Cry Baby)
1969 Katerina Maleeva Bulgaria, tennis player (US Open Junior 1984)
1969 Melanie Valerio 400 meter freestyle swimmer (Olympics-96)
1970 Edwin Zoetebier Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam)
1970 Mark Smith Pasadena CA, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles)
1970 Sebastien Britten Brossard Québec Canada, figure skater (1995 Canadian Champion)
1971 Cameron McFadzean Melbourne Victoria Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1971 Dave Karpa Regina, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1971 José Munoz WLAF offensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
1971 Rondell Jones NFL safety (Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens)
1972 Chris Hayes safety (New York Jets)
1972 John Holecek NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1972 Vince Stewart WLAF defensive tackle (Barcelona Dragons)
1973 Dameian Jeffries NFL defensive end (New Orleans Saints)
1973 Kristian Lundin record producer
1974 Scott Whittaker center/tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1975 Jason Tunks London Ontario, discus thrower (Olympics-96)
1976 Nicholas Butcher Los Angeles CA, field hockey midfielder/forward (Olympics-96)
1977 Marko Milic NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
1987 Katie Danza daughter of Tony & Tracy Danza

Deaths which occurred on May 07:

0685 Marwan I ibn al-Hakam 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies
0973 Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60
1166 Willem I the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)
1205 Ladislaus III Arpad King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6
1523 Franz von Sickingen German knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42
1617 David Fabricius German astronomer, dies at 53
1667 Johann Jakob Froberger German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50
1671 Edward Montagu English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68
1671 Pieter Stockmans Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62
1673 Johannes Teellinck Dutch vicar, dies at about 58
1736 John Weldon composer, dies at 60
1792 Aert Schouman Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82
1793 Johan A Zoutman Dutch Lieutenant Admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68
1793 Pietro Nardini composer, dies at 71
1800 Laurens P van Spiegel regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64
1800 Niccolò Piccinni Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72
1814 Franz Volrath Buttstett composer, dies at 79
1818 Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh composer, dies at 70
1825 Antonio Salieri Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74
1836 Norbert Burgmuller composer, dies at 26
1863 Amiel Weeks Whipple US Union general-major, dies of injuries at 46
1871 Louis Papineau political reformer, dies
1876 Franz count of Pocci German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69
1884 Judah P Benjamin confederate minister of War, dies at 72
1900 Richard Storrs Willis composer, dies at 81
1904 Peter Hille writer, dies
1914 Edward Mollenhauer composer, dies at 87
1915 Alfred G Vanderbilt US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania
1915 Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr US Lusitania officer, dies
1915 Charles Frohman dies aboard Lusitania
1928 Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan composer, dies at 56
1929 Albert Anselmi US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 John Scalise US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1932 Albert Thomas French social minister of Weapon production, dies
1934 Edward Naylor composer, dies at 67
1941 David Wijnkoop revolutionary socialist, dies
1942 Felix Paul von Weingartner Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
1946 Anton A Mussert engineer/NSB leader, executed
1946 Joe Humphries cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies
1951 Warner Baxter dies at 62
1953 Ormerod Pearse cricketer (55 runs & 3 wickets in 3 Tests for S Af), dies
1958 Nyogen Senzaki 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
1962 Jimmy Conlin dies at 77
1967 Judith Evelyn dies of cancer at 54
1968 Lurleen Burns wife of George Wallace/Governor of Alabama, dies at 41
1970 Carlos Estrada composer, dies at 60
1971 Willem Banning Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83
1977 Irwin Fischer composer, dies at 73
1981 Mieczyslaw Kolinski composer, dies at 79
1982 Alfred Adam dies at 72
1983 Peter Edel writer, dies
1985 Dawn Addams actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54
1986 Gaston Deferre French politician, dies at 75
1987 Colin Blakely dies at 56
1988 Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead] dies of natural causes at 42
1989 Guy Williams actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65
1990 Jessica James actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60
1993 Mary Philbin actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89
1994 Clement Greenberg US art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85
1994 Margaret Skeete oldest American, dies at 115
1995 Ernest H Martin impressario, dies at 75
1995 Lawrence Josset engraver, dies at 84
1995 Maria Luisa Bemberg fil maker, dies at 73
1995 Ray McKinley drummer, dies at 84
1996 Albert Meltzer anarchist, dies at 76
1996 Henry Diamond Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87
1996 Howard Frank Trayton Smith diplomat/head of MI5, dies at 76

On this day...Events

1274 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens
1355 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
1416 Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay
1429 English siege of Orléans broken by Joan of Arc
1579 Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands
1624 Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru
1638 Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)
1660 Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni
1663 Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens
1700 William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation
1727 Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia
1748 French troops conquer Maastricht
1765 Admiral Nelson's sailboat HMS Victory runs aground
1771 Samuel Hearne explores the Copper Mine River of Canada
1775 Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria
1789 1st inaugural ball (for George Washington in New York NY)
1792 Captain Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington)
1800 Indiana Territory organized
1824 Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna
1832 Greece becomes independent republic
1832 Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece
1840 Tornado strikes Natchez MS, kills 317
1847 American Medical Association organizes (Philadelphia)
1848 Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia
1856 Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact
1861 Riot occurs between prosecessionist & Union supporters in Knoxville TN
1862 Battle of West Point VA (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)
1862 Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire
1864 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500)
1864 Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction VA (Drewry's Bluff)
1866 German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt
1867 Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
1873 US marines attack Panamá
1875 German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed
1877 Cincinnati Enquirer, 1st uses the term "Bullpen" to indicate foul territory
1885 John E W Thompson, named minister to Haiti
1888 Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys" premieres in Paris France
1888 George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera"
1891 Battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed
1902 Soufriere volcano on St Vincent kills 2-5,000
1904 Flexible Flyer trademark registered
1907 Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race (38.22 mph)
1909 Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv)
1910 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6
1912 Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer
1913 British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote
1914 US Congress establishes mother's day
1914 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in the White House
1915 Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost
1917 Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washington Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0
1920 USSR recognizes independence of Georgia
1921 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2
1922 Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands, 1-2
1922 New York Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1923 Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad
1924 Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana
1925 Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row
1925 Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play
1927 San Fransisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated
1928 England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21
1928 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey)
1930 Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex vs Northants in 330 minutes
1932 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2
1934 Netherlands Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal
1934 Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autonomous Region
1934 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White)
1934 World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines
1938 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8
1938 Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany "undesired strangers"
1939 Germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis
1941 British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)
1941 Cornerstone of Bank of America building at 300 Montgomery laid
1941 Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA
1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion
1942 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed
1943 British 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia
1943 Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps
1943 Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched
1943 US 1st Armour division occupies Ferryville Tunisia
1943 US 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert Tunisia
1944 German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia
1945 Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League
1945 Formal undertaking of complete German surrender
1945 German General Keitel repeats surrender signing in Berlin for the benefit of the Russians; WWII ends in Europe
1945 Mauthausen Concentration Camp liberated
1945 Nazi Generals Jodl & Von Friedenburg surrender
1945 Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Netherlands
1945 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano)
1945 SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22
1946 William H Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands
1947 "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC
1947 General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution
1947 Paraguayian Government unleashes contra revolt
1948 Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death
1949 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2
1951 International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
1951 Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town)
1953 "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances
1953 Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by L E Marron, in Chile
1954 French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu
1954 US, Great-Britain & France reject Russian membership in NATO
1955 81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8
1955 USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great-Britain
1955 West Europe Union established
1956 Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300
1956 New York Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat
1956 Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
1957 Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit in the face by a line drive off Gil McDougald
1958 Major Howard Johnson, USAF, sets aircraft altitude record in F-104 (Lockheed Starfighter), 27,810 meters
1959 "Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in Los Angeles Coliseum) sees Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition
1959 Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in Los Angeles Coliseum) sees Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition
1960 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
1960 "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances
1960 "From A to Z" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 21 performances
1960 86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4
1960 Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR
1960 Los Angeles Dodger Norm Sherry's 11th homerun wins the game for brother Larry
1960 Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship
1960 USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy
1961 "Young Abe Lincoln" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 27 performances
1961 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1962 Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960)
1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1963 Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champion
1963 SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km))
1965 WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1966 92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02
1966 Mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1
1966 Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene
1967 Carol Mann wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1969 2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1
1969 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, becomes deputy director of CIA
1970 "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
1972 26th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1
1972 Betty Burfeindt wins Sealy LPGA Golf Classic
1973 Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter)
1974 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)
1975 Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
1975 President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"
1975 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays
1977 "Happy End" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 75 performances
1977 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2
1979 5th UNCTAD-conference opens in Manila
1979 Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland)
1980 Josip Tito, Yugoslav President, buried
1980 Samm-Art Williams' "Home" premieres in NYC
1982 "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore NYC for 12 performances
1982 Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders from moving to Los Angeles
1982 IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1
1982 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 109th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Sunny's Halo wins in 2:02.2
1983 August Hoffman perform record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups
1983 August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups
1983 Bruins 4-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles win series 4-2
1984 $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit
1984 Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic
1986 Bucharest wins 31st Europe Cup I
1986 Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires
1987 105º F in Sacramento CA
1987 Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on Cheers
1988 114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2
1988 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1989 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
1989 Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 minutes in Nepal at 21,030 feet
1989 Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency
1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1991 Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs
1992 5 NYC cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine
1992 Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes
1992 Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races
1992 US space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour)
1993 South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections
1994 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6
1994 Denver Nuggets become NBA's 1st #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle)
1994 Edvard Munchs painting "The Scream" recovered 3 months after stolen
1994 Gary Hart's girlfriend Donna Rice (36) weds Jack Hughes (42)
1994 Matlock actor Daniel Roebuck (30) weds Kelly Durst (24)
1995 "On the Waterfront" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC after 8 performances
1995 Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election
1995 Michelle McGann wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1995 Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours & 36 minutes
1996 Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown
1997 Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants
1997 Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8)

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Birthdates which occurred on May 08:

1492 Andreas Alciatus [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer
1521 Peter Canisius [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint
1527 Johann Walter composer
1592 Francis Quarles English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)
1629 Niels Juel Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjögebocht)
1641 Nicolaas Witsen etcher/mayor (Amsterdam)
1668 Alain R Lesage French author (Turcaret ou le Financier)
1673 Johann Valentin Eckelt composer
1703 Gottlob Harrer composer
1737 Edward Gibbon England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
1742 Johann Baptist Krumpholtz composer
1745 Carl Philipp Stamitz composer
1750 Elias Mann composer
1753 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla father of Mexican independence
1763 John Goldberg Dutch patriot/statesman
1778 Johann Gansbacher composer
1786 Thomas Hancock founded British rubber industry
1803 Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova composer
1806 Jan Bedrich Kittl composer
1810 James Cooper Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1814 Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin anarchist
1824 William Walker filibuster/President of Nicaragua (1856-57)
1828 Jean Henri Dunant Switzerland, writer/founder (Red Cross (Nobel Peace Prize 1901))
1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk 1st internationally recognized US pianist
1833 Frank Wheaton Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
1836 Bryan Morel Thomas Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
1839 Francis W Warre-Cornish English vice-provost of Eton/writer
1842 Emil C Hansen Danish physiologist
1844 Hermann Gradener composer
1846 Oscar Hammerstein Germany, opera/playwright (Kohinoor)
1853 Charles Lee Williams composer
1857 Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud Dutch actor/husband of Alida Klein
1858 John Meade Falkner novelist (Moonfleet)
1871 [Émile M] Louis Madelin French historian (French revolutionary)
1873 Henry Leveson-Gower cricketer (England captain 1909-10 later official)
1882 Philips C Visser Dutch explorer/diplomat
1884 Harry S Truman Lamar MO, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953)
1886 Jef van Hoof composer
1891 Chet "Red" Hoff pitcher (New York Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
1892 Ezio Pinza Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show)
1893 Francis Quimet Massachusetts shop assistant who won golf's US Open (1913)
1895 Edmund Wilson American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
1895 Fulton J Sheen El Paso IL, bishop (Life is Worth Living)
1895 José Gómez [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
1899 Friedrich August von Hayek Vienna Austria, author (The Road to Serfdom)/co-recipient of Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1974)
1899 Jan F van Hall Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter
19-- Reid Smith Burbank CA, actor (Chase, Chisholms)
1902 Andre Michel Lwoff physiologist
1902 Milford "Curly" Page cricketer (New Zealand bat early 1930's, All Black half)
1903 Fernandel [Fernand Joseph Desire Contandin] French actor (Paris Holiday)
1904 John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge BBC news announcer/commentator
1905 Inglis Gundry composer
1906 David Van Vactor Plymouth IN, composer (Chaconne)
1906 Roberto Rossellini Rome Italy, director (Open City)
1908 Arturo De Cordova [Rodriguez], Merida México, actor (Medal for Benny)
1910 Mary Lou Williams US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite)
1910 Ronald Russell actor/manager (We are Angels, Little Dorrit)
1911 Robert Johnson blues singer (King of the Delta Blues Singer)
1911 Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman Dutch lawyer/foreign minister
1912 George Woodcock author
1912 Gertrud Fussenegger [Dorn] Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende)
1913 Sidney James [Cohen] Johannesburg, actor (Carry On)
1914 Lord Murton of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords)
1915 John Archer Osceola NE, actor (Destination Moon)
1916 Gordon Scarrott engineer
1919 Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov composer
1920 Maurice Cranston political scientist
1920 Sloan Wilson Norwalk CT, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannel Suit)
1921 Graham Leonard bishop of London
1921 Saul Bass designer
1922 Brian Kellett CEO (Port of London Authority)
1922 Friedrich Döppe writer
1924 Tristan Jones sailor
1925 Ali Hassan Mwinyi President of Tanzania (1985- )
1925 Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle lord of appeal in ordinary
1926 Don Rickles Queens NY, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey)
1926 Erico Menczer Fiume Italy, cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda)
1926 Ronald Waterhouse high court judge
1926 Sir David [Frederick] Attenborough London England, environmentalist/zoologist/TV host (BBC)
1927 Ian Denholm CEO (Murray Investment Trust)
1927 Philip Wilkinson deputy chairman (National Westminster Bank)
1928 Theodore Sorensen presidential advisor (JFK)/author (1000 Days)
1928 William Jay Sydeman composer
1929 V N M Korte-van Hemel Dutch Secretary of Justice (CDA)
1930 Doug Atkins Humbolt TN, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints)
1930 Gary Snyder [Japhy Ryder] beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems)
1930 Heather Harper soprano
1931 Charles M Wilson composer
1933 Alistair Service writer/publisher
1934 Leonard Hoffmann high court judge
1934 Roger Kendrick governor (Dartmoor Prison)
1934 Sonny Liston US heavyweight boxing chmap (1962-64)
1935 Jack Charlton soccer manager (Republic of Ireland)
1935 Salome Jens Milwaukee WI, actress (From Here to Eternity)
1935 Viscount Falkland British peer (Liberal-Democrat)
1936 James Darren actor (Time Tunnel)
1936 Neville Purvis British Vice Admiral (Chief of Fleet Support)
1937 Daniël Robberechts Belgian writer (Labia Majora)
1937 Dennis DeConcini (Senator-D-AZ, 1977- )
1937 Michael Simmons Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense)
1937 Thomas Pynchon novelist (V)
1938 Javed Burki cricketer (Pakistan batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69)
1938 Pierre Lucien Claverie bishop of Oran
1939 Otis Paul Drayton Glen Cove NY, 4x100 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1964)
1940 James Blyth CEO (Boots)
1940 Peter Benchley New York NY, novelist (Jaws, The Deep)
1940 Rick [Eric Hilliard] Nelson Teaneck NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)
1941 James A Traficant Jr (Representative-D-OH, 1985- )
1941 Jim Mitchum Bridgeport CT, actor (Blackout, Invincible 6)
1941 John Fred rocker
1942 Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1942 Norman Lamont MP/Chancellor of Exchequer
1942 Robin Hobbs cricketer (England leg-spinner 1967-71)
1942 Ruth Holland journalist
1943 Paul Samwell-Smith London England, rocker (The Yardbirds-For Your Love)
1943 Toni Tennille Montgomery AL, female Beachboy (Captain & Tennille)
1944 Gary Glitter [Paul Gadd] Banbury Oxfordshire England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II)
1945 Arthur Docters van Leeuwen jurist (Holland's secret service)
1945 Keith Jarrett jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
1947 Felicity Lott English soprano (We come to the river)
1947 Phil Sawyer rocker (Spencer Davis Group)
1947 Rick Zehringer Celina OH, rocker (McCoys)
1948 John Reid MP
1948 Maurizio Nichetti actor (Icicle Thief, Volcano)
1950 Mark Blankfield Pasadena TX, comedian (Fridays, Good & Evil)
1951 Chris Frantz Fort Campbell KY, rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
1951 Deborah Harmon actress (Ted Knight Show, MASH, Just the 10 of Us)
1951 Philip Bailey rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
1952 Beth Henley Jackson MS, actress/playwright (Miss Firecracker)
1952 Charles J Camarda New York NY, PhD/astronaut
1954 David Keith Knoxville TN, actor (Back Roads, Firestarter)
1954 Pat Meyers LPGA golfer
1955 Alex Van Halen Nijmegen Netherlands, rock drummer (Van Halen-1984, Jump)
1955 Stephen Furst Norfolk VA, actor (Animal House, Elliot-St Elsewhere)
1956 Gary Wilmot British? entertainer
1956 Jeff Madrigali Walnut Creek CA, soling yachter (Olympics-bronze-96)
1957 Deana Deardruff US, 4 X 100 meter swimmer (Olympics-gold-1972)
1957 Jeff Wincott Toronto Ontario Canada, actor (Night Heat)
1959 Ronnie Lott Albuquerque NM, NFL defensive back (San Fransisco 49er)
1961 Riaz Poonawalla cricketer (Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy)
1962 Terry Baker CFL kicker (Montréal Alouettes)
1963 Clemens Lothaller Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13 backup)
1964 Cheryl Richardson Palo Alto CA, actress (Jennie-General Hospital)
1964 Eric Brittingham rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
1964 Melissa Gilbert [Boxleitner/Brinkman] Los Angeles CA, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
1964 Peter Gill rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or Mar/Jan 8]
1966 Eddie Brown CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1968 Franklin Langham Augusta GA, Nike golfer (1993 Permian Basin Open)
1968 John Johnson NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints)
1968 Omar Camporese Italy, tennis star
1969 Brad Culpepper NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1969 Duane Forde CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
1969 Swift Burch CFL defensive end (Montréal Alouettes)
1970 Christine Stark Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1970 Marco Heering soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1970 Michael Bevan cricketer (dashing New South Wales & Australian lefty bat)
1971 Carlos Brooks NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 Chris Wolf actor/musician (Guys Next Door)
1971 Stephen Ingram NFL tackle/guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1972 Chris Sanders NFL wide receiver (Tennessee/Houston Oilers)
1972 Keelin Curnuck Miss New York USA (1996)/Ms Venus Swimwear (1994)
1973 Wolf Wigo Abington PA, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
1974 Calvin Branch cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
1974 Colin Daynes Windsor Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympics-96)
1974 Korey Stringer NFL tackle (Minnesota Vikings)
1976 Oleg Tverdovsky Donetsk Ukr, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
1978 Cindy Parlow Memphis TN, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
1978 Sandra Kleinova Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis star (1995 Futures-Turku-Finland)
1979 Jayna Cronin Geneva NY, dance skater (& Dreger-1997 National-13th)

Deaths which occurred on May 08:

0535 John [Mercurius] Italian Pope (533-35), dies
0685 Benedict II Italian Pope (683-85), dies
1319 Haakon V King of Norway (1299-1319), dies
1577 Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies
1684 Henri Dumont composer, dies
1725 John Lovewell US Indian fighter, dies in battle
1773 Ali Bey Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
1785 Pietro Longhi painter, dies
1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined
1809 Augustin Pajou French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa composer, dies at 78
1829 Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani composer, dies at 47
1844 Charles XIV Johan [Jean B Bernadotte] King of Sweden/Norway, dies
1846 Giacomo Cordella composer, dies at 59
1853 Joannes P Roothaan 1st Dutch Lieutenant Colonel-General of Jesuits, dies at 67
1861 Láseló Teleki Hungarian earl/revolutionary, commits suicide
1864 James Samuel Wadsworth General-Major (Union), dies in battle at 56
1873 John Stuart Mill great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
1876 Truganini last originating Tasmanian, dies
1880 Gustave Flaubert French writer (Salammbô), dies
1885 Pavel Krizkovsky composer, dies at 65
1887 Alexander Ulyanov brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar
1891 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky Russian theosophist, dies
1894 Klara Fey German orchestra leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79
1903 Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin French painter (Tahiti), dies
1904 Eadweard Muybridge English photographer (horse trot), dies
1909 Friedrich von Holstein German diplomat, dies
1915 Henry McNeal Turner 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
1924 Lev N Lunts Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23
1930 Lvar Henning Mankell composer, dies at 61
1932 Albert Thomas French socialist politician
1936 Oswald Spengler German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies
1941 Heinrich Zollner composer, dies at 86
1943 Mordicai Anielewicz commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed
1948 Alfred Holy composer, dies at 81
1950 Franklin Dyall dies at 76
1957 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters Dutch painter, dies at 75
1958 Nasni Matni Lebanese journalist, murdered
1959 Renato Caccioppoli Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
1960 Hugo Alfven Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88
1961 James Fairfax actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
1965 H T W Hardinge cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for England), dies
1967 Barbara Payton actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39
1967 Elmer Rice New York playwright/director/novelist, dies at 74
1967 Laverne Andrews singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at 51
1973 Ralph Miller last 19th century baseball player, dies
1974 Graham Bond rocker, dies jumping under a train
1975 Avery Brundage CEO (International Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
1976 Alan Baxter dies at 67
1976 Ulrike Meinhof lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
1979 Talcott Parsons US sociologist, dies at 76
1981 Daniel Gillès Belgian writer, dies at 64
1981 Margaret Lindsay actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies from emphysema at 40
1981 Maurice Fernandes cricket captain (West Indies in 1st Test win, 1930 vs England), dies
1982 Gilles Villeneuve Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
1985 Dolph Sweet actor (Gimme a Break, Gil McGowan-Another World), dies of cancer at 64
1985 Edmond O'Brien actor (Sam Benedict), dies at 69 of Alzheimer's disease
1985 Karl Marx German composer/conductor, dies at 87
1987 Pam Ewing (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
1988 Robert A Heinlein sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80
1990 Tomas O'Fiach [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies
1991 Jean Langlais composer, dies at 84
1991 Lloyd Ford stuntman, dies at 79
1991 Ronnie Brody British actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse), dies at 72
1992 Addeke H Boerma director-general (FAO), dies at 80
1992 Brian Moore writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at 59
1992 Gul Mahomed cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), dies
1992 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink author (Fear on Java), dies
1992 Richard Derr actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer
1993 Kees Deenik singer/conductor
1994 Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar peace activist, dies at 88
1994 George Peppard actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), dies at 65
1994 Rupert Haselden journalist/screenwriter, dies at 36
1994 Steven Keats actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48
1995 Carroll Best bluegrass banjo, dies at 63
1995 Jerry Zipkin socialite, dies at 80
1995 Prem Bhatia journalist, dies at 83
1995 Teresa Teng singer, dies at 41
1996 Jane Cowan cello teacher, dies at 80
1996 Luis Miguel Domiguin bullfighter, dies at 69
1996 Serge Chermayeff architect/designer, dies at 95
1997 Kai-Uwe Von Hassel German President of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72), dies

On this day...Events

0535 John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0615 St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0685 St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1360 Treaty of Brétigny signed by English & French
1429 French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orléans
1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI
1521 Parliament of Worms installs edict against Marten Luther
1541 Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
1624 Hung king Bethlen Gábor & emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna
1639 William Coddington founds Newport RI
1660 English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns
1721 Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII
1741 France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg
1784 Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
1792 British Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier WA
1792 US establishes military draft
1794 US Post Office established
1823 "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
1834 Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle
1834 Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
1840 Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
1842 Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
1846 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto TX
1847 Robert Thompson patents rubber tire
1858 John Brown holds antislavery convention
1861 Richmond VA, is named the capital of the Confederacy
1862 Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell VA
1863 Confederación Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia
1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway Bridge VA (Drewry's Bluff)
1864 Atlanta Campaign: Severe fighting near Dalton
1864 Battle of Antietam VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
1866 Australian Rules Football is created
1871 English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
1877 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1878 Paul Hines makes baseball's 1st unassisted triple play
1879 George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
1882 David Belasco's "La Belle Russe" premieres in NYC
1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-meter jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, England
1886 Atlanta pharmacist (Jacob's Pharmacy) Dr John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola (contained cocaine)
1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
1897 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼
1900 250 grave robbers shot to death
1900 John McGraw & Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals
1901 In their long-delayed American League home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4
1902 Mount Pelée erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000
1906 Philadelphia A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 homeruns
1907 Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0
1907 Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1909 Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)
1915 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4
1916 German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes
1919 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
1919 Appingedam soccer team forms
1920 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09
1921 Sweden abolished capital punishment
1923 Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116 vs Somerset at Bath
1924 Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231" premieres
1924 Memel territories given to Lithuania
1924 Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
1925 51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59
1925 French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco
1926 1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
1926 A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
1929 New York Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0
1931 Operette "Land of Smiles" premieres in London
1935 Cincinnati Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall; His wife fainted when he returned to the track
1937 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2
1938 Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks" premieres in Washington DC
1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
1942 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends; Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack
1942 German summer offensive opens in Crimea
1943 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
1943 Admiral Cunningham of British fleet: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"
1944 1st eye bank opens (NYC)
1944 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death
1944 U-575 sinks Asphodel
1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
1945 General Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov near Berlin
1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WWII ends in Europe
1946 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon
1948 Bradman scores 146 Australia vs Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours
1949 West German constitution approved
1950 Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
1951 Dacron men's suits introduced
1951 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1952 "Of Thee I Sing" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
1952 "Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 4 performances
1952 Mad Magazine debuts
1953 WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 meter)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles CA
1956 John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger" premieres in London
1958 President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
1958 Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
1959 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship; 200 drown just yards from shore
1960 USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
1960 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Golf Open
1961 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX
1961 Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
1962 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 965 performances
1962 1st Atlas Centaur Launch
1962 London trolley buses go out of service
1963 "Dr No" premieres in US
1963 JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
1965 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7")
1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1966 Last game at old Busch Stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to San Fransisco
1966 Only homerun ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Frank Robinson)
1967 Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
1968 Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)
1968 Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)
1969 Cambodia recognizes German Democratic Republic
1969 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation
1970 Beatles release "Let it Be" album
1970 Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
1970 NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99
1971 "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden
1972 Sabena aircraft at Lod International, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
1973 Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs manager Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager
1973 Indians holding South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
1974 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
1974 Canadian Government of Trudeau falls
1974 FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II
1976 "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 performances
1977 David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
1977 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1978 ABC TV airs "The Stars Salute Israel at 30"
1978 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1979 Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
1980 Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
1980 World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated
1981 Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record
1983 Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1984 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
1984 Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
1984 USSR announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics
1985 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win
1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
1988 "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 46 performances
1988 Amateur referees work New Jersey Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by the Devils
1988 François Mitterrand elected President of France
1988 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
1988 Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
1989 Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
1989 US space shuttle STS-30 lands
1990 Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway
1991 CIA director William H Webster resigns
1993 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
1993 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
1993 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 "Rise & Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 9 performances
1994 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
1994 Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
1994 Ernesto Pérez Balladares elected President of Panamá
1994 José Maria Figueres becomes President of Costa Rica
1994 Laura Davies wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1994 President Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
1996 New York Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st American League game beating Tigers 10-3
1996 South Africa's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
1997 Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village

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Birthdates which occurred on May 09:

1265 Dante Alighieri Italian poet (Divina Commedia)
1596 Abraham van Diepenbeeck painter
1738 John Pindar [Peter] physician/poet
1740 Giovanni Paisiello Italian composer (Barber of Seville)
1783 Alexander Ross Canada, pioneer/fur trader
1785 James Pollard Espy Pennsylvania, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)
1793 Johannes C de Jonge Dutch historian/archivist
1796 August Pauly German classicus (Real Encyclopedia)
1800 John Brown abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry
1801 Samuel Cousins mezzotint engraver
1810 Louis Gallait historical painter
1810 WFLC Marianne princess of Orange-Nassau/daughter of king Willem I
1814 Adolph von Henselt composer
1824 William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1829 Ciro Pinsuti pianist/composer
1833 Boleslaw Dembinski composer
1837 Adam Opel German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)
1843 Belle Boyd spy (Confederate)/actress/lecturer
1844 [Maria] Catharina Beersmans Belgian actress (Bad Herders)
1846 Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov composer
1855 Julius Rontgen composer
1860 Sir James Matthew Barrie Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan, The Little Minister)
1865 August de Boeck composer
1873 Howard Carter British archaeologist/Egyptologist (found King Tutankhamen's tomb)
1873 Lilian Mary Baylis manager (Old Vic & Sadler's Wells Theater)
1882 Henry J Kaiser builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam)
1883 José Ortega y Gasset Spain, philosopher (Revolt of the Masses)
1887 Jules Van de Leene Belgian writer
1892 Eric Westberg composer
1892 Zita empress (Austria)/Queen (Hungary)
1895 Lucian Blaga Romaniams philosopher/poet (Dogmatic Aeon)
1895 Richard Barthelmess New York NY, actor (Broken Blossoms, Noose)
1899 Edward Pollock saxophone/clarinet
19-- Jeanna Michaels New London CT, actress (Connie-Dallas, General Hospital)
1901 Fuzzy Knight Fairmont WV, actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowby & the Lady)
1901 George Duckworth cricket wicket-keeper (England late 20's early 30's)
1903 Walter Dehmel writer
1906 Eleanor Estes author (Ginger Pye, Moffats)
1907 Baldur von Schirach German writer/Nazi politician (Frame)
1910 Barbara Woodhouse dog training expert
1910 P E Palia cricketer (appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932)
1911 Harry Simeone Newark NJ, choral director (Kate Smith Show)
1912 Pedro Armendariz México, actor (From Russia With Love)
1913 John Hayes Admiral
1913 Victor Smith Admiral (Australian Chiefs of Staff)
1914 Carlo Maria Giulini conductor
1914 Frank Chacksfield arranger/orchestra leader
1914 Hank Snow Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding)
1914 Josef Muller-Brockmann graphic designer/writer
1914 Theodore Kheel labor negotiator (Fair Employment Practices)
1915 Richard Janvrin British Vice Admiral
1916 Bernard William George Rose composer/organist
1916 Cyril Bowles bishop of Derby
1916 Douglas Guest organist
1917 George Fleming cyclist
1917 John Arnatt actor (Circumstantial Evidence)
1918 Mike Wallace Brookline MA, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes)
1918 Orville Freeman Minneapolis MN, (Senator-D-MN)/Secretary of Agriculture (1961-69)
1919 Arthur English comedian/actor (Malachi's Cove)
1920 Richard Adams author (Day Gone By)
1922 Sheila Burrell actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark)
1924 Bulat S Okudzjava Russian author (Student!)
1924 Connie Russell New York NY, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large)
1924 Gerard Wernars Dutch graphic designer (Library stamps 1991)
1924 Jean J A Girault French director/screenwriter (l'Amour)
1925 Peter Leng Master General of the Ordnance
1926 Alistair MacFarlane principal (Heriot-Watt University England)
1926 Francis Kennedy British diplomat
1926 Joshua Hassan chief minister (Gibralter)
1926 Robin Cooke president (New Zealand Court of Appeal)
1927 John McDermott Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
1927 Manfred Eigen German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1967)
1927 Ray Katt baseball player
1928 Barbara Ann Scott Ottawa Ontario Canada, figure skater (Olympics-gold-1948)
1928 Pall Pampichier Palsson composer
1928 Richard A "Pancho" Gonzalez Los Angeles CA, tennis star (US 1948-49)
1929 Anthony Lloyd Lord Justice of Appeal
1930 Joan Sims actress (Carry on Behind, Carry on Cleo)
1931 Vance DeVoe Brand Longmont CO, astronaut (Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35)
1932 Conrad Hunte cricketer (great West Indian opener 1958-66)
1932 David Plastow CEO (Medical Research Council)
1932 Gavin Lyall author (Conduct of Major Maxim)
1932 Geraldine McEwan actress (Henry V)
1932 J Alex McMillan (Representative-R-NC, 1985- )
1933 Johnny Grant unofficial mayor of Hollywood
1934 Alan Bennett England, playwright/actor (Secret Policeman's Other Ball)
1934 John Robertson deputy chairman (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1934 Roy Massey Master of Choristers (Hereford Cathedral)
1936 Albert Finney Salford UK, actor (Dresser, Under the Volcano)
1936 Floyd Robinson baseball player (White Sox, Reds, A's)
1936 Glenda Jackson Cheshire England, actress (Women in Love)
1936 Terry Downes middleweight boxing champion (1961-62)
1936 Terry Drinkwater TV newsman (CBS)
1937 Dave Prater Ocilla GA, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave)
1937 Sonny Curtis Meadow TX, guitarist (Crickets)
1938 Geoffrey Holland civil servant
1938 Nokie Edwards rocker (Ventures)
1939 Bruce Mather composer
1939 Herbert Hippauf baseball player
1939 Jim Dent Augusta GA, PGA golfer (1989 MONY Syracuse Senior)
1939 Kenneth Warby fastest man on water at 300 knots (345 mph)
1939 Nokle Edwards rocker
1939 Ralph Boston Laurel MS, long jumper (Olympics-gold/silver/bronze-60, 64, 68)
1940 Dick Morrissey saxophonist
1940 James L Brooks producer/director (Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic)
1941 Dorothy Hyman England, sprinter (Olympics-silver-60)
1941 Jan Dibbets sculptor/artist (Dutch Mountains)
1941 Pete Birrell rock bassist (Freddie & The Dreamers)
1942 John D Ashcroft (Governor-MO)
1942 Mike Millward rocker
1942 Tommy Roe Atlanta, rocker (Hooray for Hazel)
1942 William Olner MP
1943 Bruce Milner rocker (Every Mother's Son)
1943 Maurice Foster cricketer (West Indies batsman of 70's)
1944 Don Dannemann rocker (Cyrkle)
1944 Richard [Richie] Furay Yellow Springs OH, rock vocalist (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)
1945 Steve Katz New York NY, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1946 Candice Bergen Beverly Hills, actress (Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown)
1947 Anthony Corlan Cork City Ireland, actor (Something for Everyone)
1948 John Drayton Mahaffey Kerrville TX, PGA golfer (1978 PGA Champion)
1949 Billy Joel Hicksville Long Island NY, singer/songwriter/piano player (Pianoman, Captain Jack, Bridge)
1949 Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10)
1950 James A Butts Los Angeles CA, triple jumper (Olympics-silver-1976)
1950 Matthew Kelly actor/TV host (Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers)
1950 Tom Petersson Rockford IL, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
1951 Alley Mills Chicago IL, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years)
1952 Patrick Ryecart actor (Silas Mariner)
1953 Daniel Talbot Montréal Québec, golfer (Québec Open-1979, 81, 84)
1953 Gregory Beecroft Corpus Christi TX, actor (Guiding Light)
1953 Ron Jackson baseball player
1953 Scott McInnis (Representative-R-CO)
1954 Balazs Taroczy Hungary, tennis star
1955 Kevin Peter Hall Pittsburgh PA, actor (Misfits of Science)
1955 Myra Blackwelder LPGA golfer
1957 Fred Markham 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph
1957 John Stuper baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1958 Esko Rechardt Finland, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1980)
1959 Andrew Jones cricketer (highly consistent for New Zealand at 1st drop)
1959 Asantha De Mel cricketer (pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler)
1960 Iain Butchart cricket all-rounder (Zimbabwe, Test vs Pakistan 1995)
1960 Jim Reilly rocker (Red Rockers)
1960 Tony Gwynn Los Angeles CA, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
1961 Rene Capo Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1962 David Gahan Epping Essex England, rock vocalist (Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me)
1962 John Corbett actor/singer (Chris-Northern Exposure)
1962 Paul Heaton rocker (The Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
1964 Miloslav Mecir Czechoslovakia, tennis player (Olympics-gold-1988)
1965 Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance)
1965 Marc Logan NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
1965 Steve Yzerman Cranbrook British Columbia, NHL forward (Team Canada, Detroit)
1966 Mark Tinordi Red Deer, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1968 Bruce Pickens NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
1968 David Benoit NBA forward (Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets)
1968 Marie-José Pérec Guadeloupe, French 200 meter/400 meter runner (Olympics-2 gold-96)
1968 Vince Workman NFL running back (Packers, Panthers, Colts)
1969 Carla Overbeck Pasadena CA, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1969 Renn Crichlow Ottawa Ontario, canoeist (Olympics-92, 96)
1970 Doug Christie NBA guard/forward (Toronto Raptors)
1972 Dan Hollander Royal Oak MI, figure skater (1996 Great Lakes champion)
1972 Dave Barr WLAF quarterback (Scotland Claymores)
1972 Simon Hollingsworth Australian 400 meter hurdler (Olympics-92, 96)
1974 Pete Kelley 218¼ lbs (99 kg) US weightlifter (Olympics-14th-1996)
1974 Shin Yahata hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1974 Stephane Yelle Ottawa, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
1976 Faye Johnstone Auckland New Zealand, archer (Olympics-96)
1980 Angela Nikodinov Spartanburg SC, figure skater (1997 Pacific Senior champion)
1980 Tatewin Means Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1996)

Deaths which occurred on May 09:

1079 Stanislaus Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered
1280 Magnus VI Lagaboeter King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42
1443 Niccoló d'Albergati Italian cardinal, dies
1460 Jean Lavite Atrechts painter, dies
1474 Peter van Hagenbach Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded
1590 Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66
1657 William Bradford Governor (Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts), dies
1667 Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers French Queen of Poland (1645-48)
1688 Frederick William Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68
1707 Dietrich Buxtehude German organist/composer, dies at about 69
1745 Tomaso Antonio Vitali composer, dies at 82
1760 Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf Austrian composer, dies at 59
1770 Charles Avison composer, dies at 61
1785 Franz Xaver Schnitzer composer, dies at 44
1791 Francis Hopkinson US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53
1799 Claude-Benigne Balbastre composer, dies at 72
1805 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller poet/playwright, dies at 45
1822 Charles Duquesnoy composer, dies at 62
1850 Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac chemist/physicist, dies
1853 Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt composer, dies at 73
1864 "Uncle" John Sedgwick US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50
1864 Thomas Donnely Doubleday US Union Colonel, dies in an accident
1880 Johann Hermann Berens composer, dies at 54
1884 Hermanus W Witteveen theologist, dies at 69
1903 Rudolf Serkin Bohemian/US pianist, dies
1905 Ernst Pauer composer, dies at 78
1926 Joseph Mallaby Dent publisher, dies
1927 Tommy Routledge cricketer (4 Tests for South Africa 1892-96), dies
1928 Constantin Dimitrescu composer, dies at 81
1931 A[lbert] A[braham] Michelson US physicist (1907 Nobel), dies at 78
1937 Walter Mittelholzer Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43
1944 Ethel Mary Smyth composer, dies at 86
1945 Clem Hill cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies
1949 Louis II Prince of Monaco, dies
1951 Marie Ault dies at 80
1952 Canada Lee black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in New York NY at 45
1957 Ezio F Pinza Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Metropolitan Opera), dies
1957 Heinrich Campendonk Ger

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Birthdates which occurred on May 10:

1536 Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall
1697 Jean Marie I'aine Leclair composer
1705 Gallus Zeiler composer
1724 Johan A Zoutman Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
1727 Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot French minister of Finance (17.. -76)
1730 George Ross US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
1741 Johann Michael Schmidt composer
1754 Asmus Jakob Carstens painter
1760 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)
1760 J P Hebel writer
1769 Jean Lannes duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
1770 Louis Nicholas Davout French field marshall (defeated Prussians)
1776 George Thomas Smart composer
1780 Peter Lichtenthal composer
1783 Niccola Benvenuti composer
1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel optics pioneer/physicist
1795 Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry historian
1800 Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov composer
1810 James Shields Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1813 Montgomery Blair Franklin County KY, lawyer (Dred Scot v Sandford)
1822 August Ritter von Pettenkofen painter
1823 John Sherman MC (Union), died in 1900
1824 Charles Henry Van Wyck Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1825 Rudolf Viole composer
1830 François M Raoult French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)
1837 Pinckney B S Pinchback Lieutenant Governor (Louisiana)
1838 James 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
1838 John Wilkes Booth assassin of Abraham Lincoln
1843 Benito Pérez Galdós Spain, novelist (Fountain of Gold, Nazáarin)
1843 Kaufmann Kohler reform rabbi/theologian
1850 Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton Glasgow Scotland, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea)
1855 Anatol Konstantinovich Liadov St Petersburg Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake)
1857 Hendrik Zwaardemaker Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)
1858 Frederick Zech Jr composer
1867 Jim Kelly cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905)
1873 Carl J Eldh Swedish sculptor
1873 Jan Kalf literary/art historian (Preservation of museums)
1876 Ivan Cankar Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica)
1877 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar composer
1878 Gustav Stresemann German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)
1882 Thurston Hall Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society)
1885 Fritz v Unruh writer
1885 Mae Murray [Girl with bee-stung lips] Portsmouth VA, actress (High Stakes)
1885 Marie Benavente [Maria Wissink] actress (Scapegoat)
1886 Karl Barth Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)
1886 Olaf Stapleton British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)
1887 Jacobus C Bloem Dutch poet (Sintels)
1888 Max(imilian Raoul Walter) Steiner Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)
1894 Dimitri Tiomkin Russia, composer (Academy Award 1954-High & Mighty)
1897 Dalton Parry Conyngham cricketer (one Test South Africa vs England 1923)
1897 Ewart Levy
1898 Ariel Durant writer (Story of Civilization)
1898 Herbert Elwell Minneapolis MN, composer (Happy Hypocrite)
1899 Fred Astaire Omaha NE, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime)
19-- Larry Flash Jenkins Long Island NY, actor (White Shadow, Fletch)
1901 Albert Dondeyne Belgian philosopher/theologist
1902 David O Selznick Pittsburgh PA, producer (Gone With the Wind)
1902 Joachim Prinz author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
1903 Kay Petre early racing driver
1904 David Brown CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda)
1905 Angus Paton civil engineer
1907 Harilaos Perpessas composer
1908 Carl Albert (D) speaker of the House
1908 Henry Diamond Irish Nationalist MP
1909 Lord Harold Francis Collison British union leader (agriculture workers)
1909 Maybelle Carter Nickelsville VA, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
1910 Jimmy Demaret winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open
1910 Margot Turner matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
1912 Edward Gardner Queen's Court/MP
1912 Erik Jorgensen composer
1912 Harold Myers film journalist
1914 Charles McGraw New York NY, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family)
1914 Lord Smith British surgeon
1915 Bert van Dongen [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor
1915 Christian Beyers Naudé South African anti-apartheid fighter
1915 Denis Thatcher husband of British PM Margaret (1979-90)
1915 Duke of Sutherland
1915 Monica Dickens author/founder (US Samaritians)
1915 Salah Abou Seif director
1916 Milton Babbitt US mathematician/composer (Widow's Lament)
1918 Margo singer (Golden Irish Favorites)
1918 T Berry Brazelton doctor (On Being a Father)
1919 Ella Grasso (Governor-D-CT)
1919 Louis Sen A Kaw Surinam dam builder
1919 Tibor Sarai composer
1920 Basil Kelly Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland)
1921 Bert Weedon rocker
1921 Nancy Walker Philadelphia PA, Bounty ads/actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife)
1922 David Orr deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council, Unilever)
1923 John Dugdal Lord-Lieutenant (Salop)
1925 Edward Fursdon British Major-General (defense council)
1926 Duncan Watson president (World Blind Union)
1929 Brian Corby CEO (Prudential)
1929 Fats Domino rocker (Blueberry Hill)
1929 Marquess of Downshire
1930 June Knox-Mawer British radio host/novelist (World of Islands)
1930 Pat Summerall NFLer (New York Giants)/Sportscaster (CBS)
1931 Lord Michael Mustill of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
1932 Earl of Rothes
1932 Francoise Fabian Hussein Dey Algeria, actress (Happy New Year)
1933 Barbara Taylor Bradford author
1934 Cliff Wilson snooker player
1934 William Lithgow Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire
1935 Henry Fambrough US singer (Spinners)
1935 Larry Williams rocker
1936 Anthony Mullens British Lieutenant-General (Deputy chief of defense)
1936 Gary Owens Mitchell SD, disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show)
1936 Michael Stone English broker/multi-millionaire (Man Group)
1936 Trevor Clay General-Secretary (Royal College of Nursing)
1937 Arthur Kopit US, playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis)
1937 Jim Hickman baseball player (Mets, Dodgers, Cubs)
1937 Tamara Press USSR, shot putter/discus thrower (Olympics-gold-60)
1938 Manuel Santana tennis player (US Open 1965)
1938 Maxim Shostakovich Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symphony)
1938 Merritt Ranew baseball player
1938 Michael Shea director (Hanson Trust)/Queen's press secretary
1938 Peter Davies Major-General/Director-General (RSPCA)
1938 Philip Gordon Winsor composer
1940 Arthur Alexander US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
1940 Taurean Blacque actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues)
1940 William Cash MP
1941 Danny Rapp Philadelphia PA, rocker (Danny & Juniors)
1941 Ken Berry baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians)
1941 Win Bischoff CEO (Schroders)
1942 Bill Coday US singer (You're Gonna Then Me)
1942 Ingram Douglas Marshall composer
1943 Bruce Raymond jockey
1943 Donovan [Leitch] Glasgow Scotland, guitarist/folk singer (Mellow Yellow)
1943 James Earl Chaney US civil rights activist
1944 Abdul Kadir cricketer (Pakistan batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
1944 Jackie Lomax Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want)
1944 Jim Abrahams Shorewood WI, director (Hot Shots, Top Secret)
1944 Kathy Farrer LPGA golfer
1944 Marie-France Pisier Daclat Vietnam, actress (Scruples, Midnight)
1945 Justice Laws
1945 Pamelo Mounk'a musician
1946 Graham Gouldman Manchester England, bassist (10cc-No Milk Today)
1946 Maureen Lipman actress (Educating Rita, Wonderworks)
1947 Dave Mason Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree)
1947 Jay Ferguson Burbank CA, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
1947 Paul Nicholas Young architect
1948 Christopher Gent CEO (Vodafone Group)
1948 Meg Foster Reading PA, actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey)
1951 Ron Banks US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get)
1951 Steve Gunderson (Representative-R-WI, 1981- )
1952 Sly Dunbar Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer (Sly & Robbie)
1953 Barbara Moxness LPGA golfer
1953 Lawrence Lau actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
1953 Steve Thomas rocker (Shooting Star)
1954 Jeff Apple Miami FL, producer (In the Line of Fire)
1955 Bruce Hartzler Washington DC, canoe (alternate-Olympics-96)
1955 Chris Berman sportscaster (ESPN)
1955 Homer Simpson animation (Simpsons)
1955 Laurence Lau actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
1955 Mark David Chapman assassin of John Lennon
1957 Phil Mahre Yakima WA, twin alpine slalom skier (Olympics-gold/silver-80, 84)
1957 Sid Vicious [John Beverly], London England, punk rocker (Sex Pistols)
1957 Steve Mahre Yakima WA, twin alpine slalom skier (Olympics-silver-80, 84)
1958 Ellen Ochoa Los Angeles CA, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56, 66)
1958 Jeannette Kohlhaas LPGA golfer
1958 Margaret Ward LPGA golfer
1958 Rick Santorum (Representative-R-PA)
1959 Dan Schayes NBA center/forward (Miami Heat, Orlando Magic)
1960 Bono Vox [Paul Hauson] Dublin Ireland, rocker (U2-Joshua Tree)
1960 Merlene Ottey Jamaican/Italian running star (Olympics)
1960 Tauseef Ahmed cricketer (leading Pakistan off-spinner of 80's)
1960 Victoria Rowell Portland ME, actress (Dr Amanda Bentley-Diagnosis Murder, Drucilla-Young and Restless)
1961 Blyth Tait England, New Zealand equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-gold-96)
1961 Randy Cunneyworth Etobicoke, NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators)
1961 Teri Copley Arcadia CA, actress (Mickey-We've Got it Made)
1962 Garry Daley keyboard (China Crisis-Christian)
1962 Joey Meyer baseball player
1962 Robby Thompson W Palm Beach FL, infielder (San Fransisco Giants)
1963 Lisa M Nowak Washington DC, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut
1964 Dean Spriddle Plymouth England, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Oak Valley)
1965 Jim Schreiner Kailua HI, kayak (alternate-Olympics-96)
1965 Linda Evangelista St Catherines Canada, model (Elite)
1965 Mike Butcher baseball player
1965 Rony Seikaly NBA center (Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors)
1965 Todd Kalis NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
1966 Jonathan Edwards Britain, triple jumper (Olympics-gold/silver-92, 96)
1966 Mikael Andersson Malmo Swe, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1968 Julie Smith Glendora CA, softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1969 Curtis Whitley NFL center (Panthers, Packers, Raiders)
1969 Dennis Bergkamp Amsterdam Netherlands, soccer player (Ajax)
1969 Judson Mills Purcellville VA, actor (Hutch-As The World Turns)
1969 Martin Driever WLAF tight end (Rhein Fire)
1969 Pete Schourek Austin TX, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
1970 Andre Stolz Brisbane Queensland, Australasia golfer
1971 Andrei Kravtsov Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1971 Eric Stock soccer player (NEC)
1971 Ronnie Dixon NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets)
1972 Akili Johnson NFL defensive back (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 Emma Ridley Hanpstead England, actress (Return to Oz)
1972 Farrell Duclair CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 Stuart Carlisle cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1995-)
1973 Jerome Williams NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
1974 Grant Williams NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 Janet Reasons Port Orchard WA, Miss America-Washington (1997)
1975 Adam Deadmarsh Trail British Columbia, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Olympics-98)
1977 Amanda Borden Cincinnati OH, gymnast (World-silver-94, Olympics-gold-96)
1991 Emily McEnroe daughter of Tatum O'Neal & John McEnroe

Deaths which occurred on May 10:

0238 Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered
0995 Boudouin bishop of Utrecht
1566 Leonhard Fuchs German botanist, dies at 65
1569 Juan the Avila Spanish minister/writer
1637 Susanna van Baerle Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37
1653 John Bicker ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
1696 Jean de La Bruyère French author, dies at 50
1710 Georg Dietrich Leiding composer, dies at 46
1760 Johann Christoph Graupner composer, dies at 77
1764 Picander [Christian Henrici] German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies
1770 Charles Avison composer, dies at 61
1774 Louis XV king of France (1715-74), dies at 64
1784 Antoine Court de Gébelin French vicar/writer, dies at 56
1785 Etienne Joseph Floquet composer, dies at 36
1789 Guillaume Gommaire Kennis composer, dies at 72
1794 Elisabeth princess of France, beheaded at 30
1798 George Vancouver British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40
1818 Paul Revere American patriot, dies
1820 Matthaus Stegmayer composer, dies at 49
1826 Giuseppe Sigismondo composer, dies at 86
1829 Thomas Young physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies
1833 François Andrieux French writer/politician, dies at 74
1849 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese painter, dies at 89
1859 Johan archduke of Austria (Firechief & Housewife), dies
1863 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson Confederate General (Civil War), dies from wounds received at Chancellorsville
1864 James Clay Rice lawyer/Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 34
1864 Thomas Greeley Stevenson Union Brigadier-General, dies at about 27
1869 Wilhelm Bernard Molique composer, dies at 66
1880 John Goss composer/organist, dies at 79
1885 Edward Stephen composer, dies at 62
1885 Ferdinand Hiller composer, dies at 73
1897 William Thomas Best composer, dies at 70
1904 Henry M Stanley [John Rowlands] British explorer, dies
1909 Johannes de Koo journalist/playwright, dies
1910 Stanislao Cannizzaro Italian chemist, dies at 85
1910 William Huggins discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies
1915 Albert Weisgerber German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle
1920 John Wesley Hyatt inventor/plastics pioneer, dies
1923 Vaslav Vorovsky Russian delegate, assassinated
1924 Adolfo Albertazzi Italian writer (L'ave), dies at 58
1937 Johannes Walter German geologist (Die Denudation in Wüste), dies
1938 Percy McAlister cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies
1940 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56
1942 Joseph M Weber comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74
1943 André Bertulot Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
1943 Arnaud/Armand Fraiteur Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
1943 Maurice-Albert Raskin Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
1950 John G Fletcher US poet (Burning Mountain), dies
1954 George Hirst cricketer (36,323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies
1960 Juri Olescha writer, dies at 61
1964 Carol Haney dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35
1964 Ignace Lilien composer, dies at 66
1965 Hubertus J van Mook Dutch minister of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70
1968 Maurie Sievers cricket medium-pacer (Australia vs England 1936-37), dies
1968 Philippa Bevans dies at 55
1968 Scotty Beckett dies at 38
1971 Mihail Jora composer, dies at 79
1971 Shukichi Mitsukuri composer, dies at 75
1973 Jack E Leonard Chicago IL, comedian, dies at 62
1973 Loren Tindall dies of heart attack at 51
1976 George Curzon dies at 77
1977 Joan Crawford actress (Mildred Pierce), dies at 69
1979 John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton satirist (Beachcomber), dies
1979 Louis Paul Boon Flemish writer (Eros & the Lonely Man), dies at 67
1982 Jean C M Picart le Doux French designer, dies
1982 Peter Weiss German playwright (Marat-Sade), dies at 65
1983 John P Strijbos writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92
1984 Joaquin Agostinho Portuguese cyclist, dies at 41
1984 Robert Moore actor (Marshall-Diana), dies at 56
1990 Susan Oliver actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at 61
1990 Walker Percy physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at 73
1991 Armand Boni [Armand the Good], Flemish poet/writer, dies
1992 Joan Merrill vocalist, dies of a stroke at 74
1992 John Lund actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at 81
1992 Liesbeth Saijers sculptor, dies
1992 Sylvia Sims singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74
1994 John Wayne Gacy mass murderer, executed in Illinois at 52
1994 Lucebert [J Swaanswijk] poet/cartoonist (PC Hooft 1967), dies at 69
1994 Phyllis Flowerdew school Reading text author, dies at 81
1995 Harold Berens comedian, dies at 92
1995 Hilde Jarecki educationist, dies at 83
1995 Jimmy Raney jazz guitarist, dies at 67
1997 Joanie Weston roller derby queen (Bay Bombers), dies at 61

On this day...Events:

1267 Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
1278 Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I
1427 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World
1503 Columbus discovers Cayman Islands
1525 Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague
1534 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
1559 Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary
1570 Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant
1624 Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist
1652 John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA
1655 Jamaica captured by English
1676 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia Government begins
1752 Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod
1774 Louis XVI ascends to throne of France
1775 2nd Continental Congress convened in Pennsylvania; issues paper currency for 1st time
1775 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander
1775 Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga NY-American Revolution
1787 Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings
1796 French Government arrest 10 utopists
1796 Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge
1796 Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam
1797 1st Navy ship, the "United States" is launched
1816 English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor
1823 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling
1849 Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)
1857 Indian Mutiny begins with revolt of Sepoys of Meerutkazerne, Delhi
1861 Union troops march on state militia in St Louis MI
1862 Battle of Plum Run Bend TN (Plum Point Bend)
1864 Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
1864 Skirmish at Ny River VA
1865 President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Irwinsville GA
1865 Surrender of Sam Jones
1869 Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Point UT-Transcontinental RR
1870 Jem Mace defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champion Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hour & 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch
1871 Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France & Germany; France cedes Elzas
1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for US president
1876 Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia
1879 Meteor falls near Estherville IA
1880 General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
1881 Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation
1889 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17½
1893 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39¼
1893 Imperial Institute in London opens
1905 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75
1906 Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time
1907 Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue" premieres in Paris France
1908 1st Mother's Day observed (Philadelphia)
1909 Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 innings
1910 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
1910 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4
1910 Halley's Comet closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
1913 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8
1913 Yankees commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings
1915 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea
1916 Disastrous fire in Ellendale ND
1916 Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam
1917 Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks
1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor
1919 45th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:09.8
1919 Race riot in Charleston SC, 2 blacks killed
1921 Luigi Pirandello's "Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore" premieres
1922 Dr Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar
1922 WHB-AM in Kansas City MO begins radio transmissions
1924 J Edgar Hoover appointed head of the FBI
1926 52nd Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8
1928 WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
1929 55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6
1929 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane
1930 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)
1930 Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs Yorkshire at Sheffield
1931 Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ
1932 Government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem
1932 Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes President of France
1933 Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms
1933 Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany
1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia
1933 Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands
1936 Manuel Azaña elected President of Spain
1936 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt
1937 Busmen strike in London
1938 Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam
1940 British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms
1940 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks
1940 Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege
1940 French marines stationed on Aruba
1940 French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands
1940 Nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg
1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM
1941 67th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 1:58.8
1941 Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland
1941 England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz
1941 Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason
1944 Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan
1944 Smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal
1945 Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese
1945 Russian troops occupy Prague
1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yankees 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
1946 Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy
1947 "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater NYC after 69 performances
1947 73rd Preakness: Doug Dodson aboard Faultless wins in 1:59
1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
1948 Winston Churchill visits The Hague
1950 1st Netherlands-US telex sent
1951 Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council
1952 "Shuffle Along" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 4 performances
1953 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open
1953 KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris France
1956 French Government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno CA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 1st meeting of legislature of Cameroon
1957 Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow
1959 Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released & charged with loss 2 months after his retirement
1959 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Howard Johnson Golf Invitational
1959 Soviet forces arrive in Afghánistán
1960 John F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
1960 US atomic sub USS Triton completes 1st circumnavigation of globe under water
1961 "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London
1963 Decca signs the Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Squirt Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
1966 25ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
1967 Foundation AZ soccer team forms in Alkmaar
1967 Hank Aaron only inside the park homerun (vs Jim Bunning)
1967 Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges
1967 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia
1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US & North Vietnam
1969 Apollo 10 transmit 1st color pictures of Earth from space
1969 Turtles play the White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
1969 US troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill
1970 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1970 Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cardinals 6-5
1970 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
1971 US special delivery rates go from 45¢ to 60¢
1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77
1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 27th NBA Championship: New York Knicks beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1
1973 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 8-4
1973 Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania
1973 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
1974 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1
1975 Brian Oldfield of the US put the shotput 75', an unofficial record
1978 "Angel" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
1978 Liverpool wins 23rd Europe Cup I
1979 Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing
1979 John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros
1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hours, 28 minutes, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
1980 "Happy New Year" closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 17 performances
1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1981 François Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for President of France
1981 Montréal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits San Fransisco Giants, 4-0
1982 WABC-NYC plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine) and joins ABC's All Talk radio network
1983 "Laverne & Shirley" last airs on ABC-TV
1983 Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
1984 International Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
1985 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly Air Force Base
1986 "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco hit #1 on UK pop chart
1986 Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Crüe marries Heather Locklear
1987 Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1988 Edgar Degas' "Danseresje of 14" sold for $10,120,000
1989 FC Barcelona wins 29th Europe Cup II
1989 General Manuel Noriega's Government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin
1990 "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Square Theater NYC for 45 performances
1990 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
1990 Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella
1991 Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt
1992 "Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
1992 Bible Land Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel
1992 Jennifer Wyatt wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
1993 Fire in clothing factory at Bangkok, kills 145
1993 Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman
1993 Paul Cézannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in NYC
1993 Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol
1994 "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font NYC for 16 per
1994 Barbra Streisand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years
1994 Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31)
1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president
1994 Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian Government with 5 neo-fascists
1995 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins
1995 Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein
1995 In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident
1996 "Twister" premieres
1996 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US & British war games
1997 Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs San Fransisco Giants)

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Birthdates which occurred on May 11:

1568 Christian I ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)
1654 Cornelis van Alkemade Dutch historian
1722 Peter Camper Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)
1731 Johann Gottfried Seyfert composer
1772 Henri-Jean Rigel composer
1791 Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek composer
1807 Ira Aldridge Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)
1811 Chang & Eng Bunker Chinese Siamese twins
1821 [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1823 Alfred Stevens Belgian painter
1830 John Converse Starkweather Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1840 Filippo Capocci composer
1841 Ernst von Possart German actor/stage manager/reciter
1847 Godefroid Kurth Belgian historian (La cité de Liège au moyen âge)
1852 Charles Warren Fairbanks (R) 26th US Vice President (1905-09)
1854 John Blackham cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper)
1854 Ottmar Mergenthaler Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)
1855 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)
1858 Carl Hauptmann writer
1869 Francisco Lacerda composer
1878 Mr Reyskens oldest male resident of Netherlands, ever
1881 Jan van Gilse composer/resistance fighter (Frau Helga von Staveren)
1881 Pascual Rogatis composer
1882 Joseph Marx Austrian composer/critic
1888 Irving Berlin [Isadore Balin] Temum Siberia, composer (White Xmas)
1888 P A J Losecaat Vermeer leader of Dutch High Council
1891 Henry Morgenthau Jr US Secretary of the Treasury (1934-45)
1892 Dame Margaret Rutherford Balham London England, actress (Murder Most Foul, Murder She Said, Arabella)
1894 Anton A Mussert Dutch Nazi leader (NSB)
1894 Florimond Cornellie Belgium, yachting (Olympics-gold-1920)
1894 Martha Graham Allegheny PA, choreographer (Appalachian Spring)
1895 Jan Parandowski writer
1895 Jiddu Krishnamurti India, spiritual philosopher (Songs of Life)
1895 William Grant Still Woodville MS, composer (Africao-American)
1896 Josip Slavenski composer
1896 Mari Sandoz Nebraska, author (Cheyenne Autumn)
1896 Philippo de Pisis Italian painter
1897 Izak W van der Merwe [Boerneef], South African writer (Tweetalige Woordeboek)
1902 Bidú Sayao Niteroi Brazil, soprano (Mimia-La Bohéme)
1902 Kaarlo Sarkia Finnish poet (Unen Kaivo)
1903 Charlie Gehringer Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman (1924-42)
1904 Guus Weitzel Dutch radio-announcer
1904 Salvador Dali Figueras Spain, surrealist artist (Crucifixion)
1905 Marjorie Sykes peace campaigner
1907 Kent Taylor [Louis Weiss] Nashua IA, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders)
1907 Rose Ausländer writer
1909 Herbert Murrill composer
1910 Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos composer
1911 Doodles Weaver Los Angeles CA, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers, Doodles Weaver)
1911 Edgar Beck president (John Mowlem)
1911 Roy James Alfred Kaulback soldier
1912 Foster Brooks Louisville KY, comedian/actor (Miles-Mork & Mindy)
1912 Phil Silvers Brooklyn NY, comedian (Sergeant Bilko-Phil Silvers Show)
1913 Clare Grundman composer
1913 Tutti Camarata Glen Ridge NJ, orchestra leader (Vic Damone Show)
1916 Camilo José Cela Spain, author (La Colmena-1951)
1917 Hon Montague Woodhouse Greek resistance organiser
1918 Richard P Feynman physicist (Feynman-diagrams/Nobel prize 1965)
1918 Robert Hunt CEO (Dowty Group)
1920 Beryl Bryden jazz singer
1920 Denver Pyle Bethune CO, actor (Dukes of Hazzard, Code 3, Tammy, Doris Day Show)
1921 Ian Percival QC/MP
1923 Joan Moriarty Brigadier matron-in-chief/director (Army Nursing Services)
1923 Lord Vincent Gordon "Gordy" Lindsay White English industrialist/multi-millionaire
1924 Antony Hewish radio astronomer
1924 Jackie Milburn English soccer star (Newcastle United)
1925 Rhodes Boyson MP
1926 Ernest Harrison CEO (Racal Electronics)
1926 Frank Thring Melbourne Australia, actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur)
1927 Justice Hollis
1927 Mort Sahl Montréal Canada, comedian/political satirist/beatnik (Big Party)
1927 Zilpha Keatly Snyder US, sci-fi author (Headless Cupid)
1928 Yaacov Agam Israeli sculptor
1929 Edward Anson British Vice-Admiral
1930 M J Hamlin Principal/Vice-Chancellor (Dundee University)
1930 Stanley L Elkin Brooklyn NY, writer/professor (The Living End)
1931 Stephen Smalley rev/dean (Chester)
1932 Henriette Santer clinical Psychologist
1932 Valentino [Garavani] Milan Italy, fashion designer
1933 Louis Farrakhan minister (black islam nation, million man march)
1934 James M Jeffords (Representative-R-VT, 1975- )
1935 Doug McClure Glendale CA, actor (Checkmate, Virginian, Roots)
1936 Ulrich Berkes writer
1937 David Allan cricketer (West Indian wicketkeeper 1962-66)
1938 Carla Bley [Carla Borg] Oakland CA, musician (Escalator Over the Hill)
1938 Harvey Sollberger Cedar Rapids IA, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Troping)
1939 Milt Pappas baseball pitcher
1940 Ronald Anthony Pellegrino composer
1941 Eric Burdon Walker-on-Tyne England, rock vocalist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1941 Ian Redpath cricketer (dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76)
1942 Rachel Billington British writer
1942 Terry McGovern Berkley CA, actor (Jim-Charlie & Company, Nine Months)
1943 Arnie Satin rocker
1943 George Edwards composer
1943 Les Chadwick Liverpool England, bassist (Gerry & the Pacemakers-Ferry Cross the Mersey)
1943 Nancy Greene Canada, giant slalom (Olympics-gold-1968)
1944 John Benaud cricketer (brother of Richie; Australian bat 1972-73)
1947 Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks drummer (Allman Brothers)
1948 Alfred Matt Austria, slalom (Olympics-bronze-1968)
1949 Joâo Botelho Lamego Portugal, director (Trafico, Hard Times)
1950 Dane Iorg baseball player (Phillies, Cardinals)
1950 Jeremy Paxman broadcaster
1951 Mike Sleman rugby player
1952 Darrow Igus Newark NJ, comedian (Fridays, Roll Out)
1953 Boyd Gaines Atlanta GA, actor (Mark-One Day at a Time, Sure Thing)
1954 Edgar Riley Jr rocker (Axe K)
1954 Judith Weir composer
1955 Jos Haagmans Dutch singer (Frank Boeijen Group)
1955 Mark Herndon Springfield MA, drummer (Alabama-Take Me Down)
1957 Luca Urbani Rome Italy, MD/astronaut (STS 78-alternate)
1958 Peter Antonie Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1958 Walt Terrell baseball player
1959 Martha Quinn Albany NY, MTV VJ/actress (Tracey-Bradys)
1960 Jürgen Schult German Federal Republic, discus thrower (world record 1986)
1961 Cecile Licad Manila Philippines, pianist (Leventritt Award-1981)
1961 Diana Lee[-Hsu] Seattle WA, playmate (May 1988)
1962 Steve Bono NFL quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1963 Blair Piercy Vancouver British Columbia, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Cordova Bay Open)
1963 Mark Breland Brooklyn NY, welterweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1984)
1963 Natasha Richardson London England, actress (Gothic, Handmaid's Tale)
1964 Bobby Witt Arlington VA, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1964 Drew Story San Clemente CA, canoe (alternate-Olympics-96)
1964 Floyd Youmans baseball pitcher (Expos)
1964 Jeff Sellers baseball pitcher (Red Sox)
1964 John Parrott snooker player
1964 Katie Wagner daughter of Robert Wagner/model/guest VJ (MTV)
1966 Chris Mohr NFL punter (Buffalo Bills)
1966 Trenidad Hubbard Chicago IL, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
1967 Eric Young New Brunswick NJ, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
1967 Jamie Brayshaw cricketer (son of Ian; Western Australia & South Africa right-handed batsman)
1967 Kenneth Gould Chicago IL, Welterweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1988)
1969 Amy Legacki Terrytown NY, 10k runner
1970 Dean Capobianco Australian 200 meter/400 meter (Olympics-92, 96)
1970 Michael Joubert Australian 400 meter/800 meter (Olympics-96)
1971 Corey Fuller NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
1971 Yo Murphy WLAF receiver (Scottish Claymores)
1972 Andrew Bonhomme Melbourne Victoria, Australasia golfer
1972 Hicham El-Mashtoub NFL center (Houston Oilers)
1972 Stefen Reid CFL linebacker (Montréal Alouettes)
1973 Dean Pullar Cobram Victoria Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
1973 Michelle Venturella US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 Patrick Sapp NFL offensive linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1974 Roger Juffing soccer player (Fortuna Sittard
1980 Matthew Lawrence Philadelphia PA, actor (Dynasty, Matthew-Brotherly Love)
1981 Austin O'Brien actor (Apollo 13, My Girl 2, Lawnmower Man)
1982 Jonathan Jackson Orlando FL, actor (Lucky-General Hospital)

Deaths which occurred on May 11:[/b]

1610 Matteo Ricci Italian missionary (China), dies
1631 Christoph Buel composer, dies at 57
1742 Francesco Stradivari Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70
1772 Joseph Kerckhoff Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged
1778 William Pitt Sr English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69
1779 John Heart US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at about 68
1819 Caspar Furstenau composer, dies at 47
1845 Karoly Filtsch composer, dies at 14
1849 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai composer/conductor, dies at 38
1857 E François Vidocq French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81
1871 John Herschel cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79
1881 Henri-Frédéric Amiel Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59
1885 Ferdinand Hiller German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73
1895 Feliks Jaronski composer, dies at 71
1907 John Albert Delany composer, dies at 54
1916 Karl Schwarzschild German astronomer (s-effect), dies
1916 Max [Johann] Reger German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43
1917 Otto Adolf Klauwell composer, dies at 66
1920 William D Howells US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83
1927 General Henry Martyn Robert (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90
1927 Juan Gris Spanish cubist painter, dies at 40
1935 Edward H Thompson US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78
1937 Viliam Figus composer, dies at 62
1938 Alfonsina Storni Argentine poet (El dulce daño/suicide), dies at 45
1938 Arnold Sauwen Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81
1944 Henk Hos resistance fighter, executed at 37
1947 Else JT Rangstrøm Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies at 62
1949 Adrianus de Kleyn throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor), dies at 65
1952 Giovanni Tebaldini composer, dies at 87
1953 Jean Adair dies at 80
1955 G L Jessop cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies
1956 Walter S Adams US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
1960 John D Rockefeller Jr philanthropist, dies at 86
1965 Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans Flemish playwright, dies at 86
1965 Roger Vailland French author, dies at 57
1973 Grigory M Kosinzev Russian director, dies
1976 Alvar Aalto architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
1976 Camille Schmit composer, dies at 68
1976 J Anaya Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered
1978 John Clinge Doorenbos Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93
1979 Joan Chandler dies at 55
1979 Lester Raymond Flatt musician (Flatt & Scruggs-Ballad of Jed Clampett), dies at 64
1981 Bob Marley reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36
1981 Hoyt J Fuller editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57
1982 Leigh Snowden actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies of cancer at 51
1982 Piet van Egmond organist/conductor, dies at 70
1983 Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson author (Anything Box), dies at 65
1985 Chester Gould cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84
1985 Garmt Stuiveling literatrary (Ego & Echo), dies at 77
1985 Jorja Curtright actress (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack
1985 Samuel Frith English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies
1988 H A R (Kim) Philby British double agent, dies
1991 Filip J Field dies at 67
1991 Ho Dam foreign minister North-Korea (1970-83), dies
1992 Carlos Herrera drink inventor (Margarita), dies at 90
1992 Elizabeth McDonald inventor (Spic & Span), dies at 98
1994 Alfred James Broomhall methodist Missionary, dies at 82
1994 Danny Overbea blues singer/guitarist, dies at 68
1994 Leonard Friedman violinist, dies at 63
1994 Lewis B Puller US writer (Pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at 48
1994 Timothy Carey dies of stroke at 64
1995 Arthur Lubin director (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr Ed), dies at 96
1995 David Avidan poet/writer, dies at 62
1995 William John Phillips actor (Nothing but a Man), dies at 80
1996 Bruce Boyce singer/teacher, dies at 85
1996 Joan Thirkettle journalist, dies at 48
1996 Malcolm MacEwen writer, dies at 84
1996 Nnamdi Azikiwe President of Nigeria (1963-66), dies
1996 Walter Hyatt Musician, dies at 46
1997 Brenda Carlin TV producer/wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57

On this day...Events:

1189 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa & 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg
1330 Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire
1421 Jews are expelled from Styria Austria
1502 Columbus begins 4th & last trip to "Indies"
1548 Great fire in Brielle
1625 Boers besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper-Austria
1674 Netherlands & Cologne sign peace treaty
1678 French Admiral Jean d'Estrées' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaçao
1689 Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle
1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
1745 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war
1749 British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization
1751 1st US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)
1752 1st US fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia)
1772 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed
1784 England & Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty
1792 Columbia River discovered & named by US Captain Robert Gray
1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms - Most observers consider it disgusting & immoral. No wonder it caught on!
1814 Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh
1816 American Bible Society forms (New York)
1818 Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 6-0
1833 "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215
1850 Work starts on 1st brick building in San Fransisco
1858 Minnesota admitted as 32nd US state
1862 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk VA
1864 General J E B Stuart is mortally wounded in Battle of Yellow Tavern VA (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge)
1865 Jeff Thompson surrenders
1867 Treaty of London drawn, concerning Luxembourg
1875 George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout
1881 Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa" premieres in Prague
1887 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39¼
1888 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49
1892 18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra wins in 2:41½
1893 Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
1897 Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
1900 James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title
1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5 million to build a peace palace
1907 Bank of San Fransisco incorporated
1910 Montana's Glacier National Park forms
1912 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4
1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented
1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand
1918 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8
1919 Yankees' Jack Quinn & Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie
1921 Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality
1923 10 homeruns hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cardinals
1924 Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election
1924 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)
1925 Communist Party of Holland splits
1925 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR
1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean
1927 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer
1927 Louis B Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
1928 56th Preakness: Raymond Sonny Workman aboard Victorian wins in 2:00.2
1928 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St George's
1928 General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady NY)
1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)
1929 Dr Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin TX
1931 Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe
1935 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4
1940 66th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6
1940 New York World's Fair reopens
1941 1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England
1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa
1943 Hermann Goering-division in Tunisia surrenders
1943 US 7th division lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st US territory recaptured)
1944 Opposition group surprise attack post office washer
1944 Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison
1945 US marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa
1946 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
1946 72nd Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4
1947 BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire, Akron OH
1947 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
1948 Haganah takes control of Safed & port of Haifa
1948 Luigi Einaudi elected President of Italy
1949 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
1949 Siam renames itself Thailand
1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
1950 Eugène Ionesco's "La Cantatrice Chauve" premieres in Paris France
1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory
1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco TX ($39 million damage)
1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory
1955 Israel attacks Gaza
1956 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1957 Gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia
1958 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open
1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4
1959 Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"
1959 Rodgers & Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in NYC
1959 Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends
1960 French liner "France" launched
1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
1962 Antonio Segni becomes President of Italy
1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 US sends troops to Thailand
1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2
1963 Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats New York Giants, 8-0
1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL
1965 "Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 87 performances
1965 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India)
1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
1965 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1965 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1966 Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I
1967 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances
1967 100,000,000th US phone connected
1967 Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership
1968 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park"
1968 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
1968 Students & police battle in Paris, 100s injured
1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms
1970 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise
1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last American League pitcher to hit grand slam
1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by the FBI on Dick Cavett Show
1972 San Francisco Giants trade Willie Mays to New York Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams & cash
1972 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2
1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 Dutch Government of Uyl forms
1974 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83
1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7
1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"
1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1975 Flyers 1-Isles 2-Semifinals-Series tied at 3 games
1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market
1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation
1976 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV
1977 Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II
1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
1978 Margaret A Brewer is 1st female general in the US Marine Corps
1980 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies
1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot's musical "Cats" premieres in London
1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks
1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC
1983 Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II
1983 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth
1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer
1984 Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4)
1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars
1985 40 die & 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground
1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India
1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, the others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno
1985 Madonna's "Crazy For You" single goes #1
1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands
1986 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1987 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
1987 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines
1988 France performs nuclear test
1988 KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II
1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
1989 217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds
1989 President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panamá
1990 New York Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
1993 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
1994 "Grease" opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater NYC for 1,503 performances
1994 "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" released in France
1994 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa
1994 Inter Milan wins 23rd UEFA Cup
1996 Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0
1996 Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die
1997 "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances
1997 New York Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1997 Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational
1997 Sara Lee LPGA Classic
1997 Scott McCarron wins Bellsouth Golf Classic
1997 Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic

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Birthdates which occurred on May 12:

1662 Jan F van Bloom [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized
1670 August II the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)
1679 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri composer
1700 Luigi Vanvitelli Italian architect
1729 Michaël F B Freiherr von Melas Austrian general (7 Year Wars)
1739 Jan Krtitel Vanhal composer
1739 Johann Baptist Wanhal composer
1751 Gaetano Manna composer
1754 Franz Anton Hoffmeister composer
1776 Juan Bros y Bertomel composer
1790 [Johannes] Carsten Hauch Danish writer
1797 Johann Hermann Kufferath composer
1803 Justus Freiherr von Liebig German chemist (agricultural chemics)
1804 Robert Baldwin (L) helped establish cabinet government in Canada
1806 Amos Beebe Eaton Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1877
1806 J V Snellman Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist
1812 Edward Lear England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
1812 Louis Ludwig Blenker Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1813 Johann Czerski German chaplin
1820 Florence Nightingale Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)
1828 Gabriel Dante Rossetti England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite
1829 Paul Karrer composer
1842 Jules Emile Fred Massenet Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)
1845 Gabriel Urbain Fauré Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)
1861 Ivan Caryll English composer (Pink Lady)
1863 Charles Bordes composer
1867 Hugh Trumble cricket off-spinner (great Australian at turn of century)
1868 Halsey William Wilson US, publisher of reference books
1874 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)
1876 Harold grandson of English queen Victoria
1880 Lincoln Ellsworth led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights
1880 W Hupkes engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)
1886 Albert Saverys Flemish painter
1886 Hermann Grabner composer
1886 Piotr F Scharoff Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov)
1887 Nandor Zsolt composer
1889 Otto Frank father of Anne Frank
1894 Cleo Ridgely New York NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama, The Love Mask)
19-- Lisa Raggio New York NY, actress (Pvt Maria Gianelli-Pvt Benjamin)
1900 Helene Weigel Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage)
1901 Hyam Greenbaum composer
1902 Heinrich Kirchner German sculptor
1903 Lennox R F Berkeley British composer (Castaway)
1903 Wilfrid Hyde-White England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place)
1906 William M Ewing US geologist/geophysicist
1907 Katharine Hepburn Hartford CT, actress (African Queen, Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond)
1907 Leslie Charteris English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)
1910 Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)
1910 Gordon Jenkins Webster Grove MO, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
1912 Marshall Royal jazz sax/clarinet
1914 Bertus Aafjes Dutch poet/writer
1914 Dan Daniel (Representative-D-VA, 1969- )
1914 Howard K Smith Los Angeles CA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)
1916 Ellis Bonoff Kohs composer
1917 André A Rieu Dutch conductor
1918 Oscar Beregi Jr Hungary, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City)
1921 Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan composer
1921 Giovanni Benelli archbishop (Florence)/Papal candidate
1921 Henry Mackie designer of the Belfast Calorimeter
1921 Joseph Beuys Germany, avant-garde painter/politician
1922 Barend Busnac office clerk/resistance fighter
1923 Ewart G Abner record company executive
1923 Giovanni Testori Italian writer (Rocco e i suoi fratelli)
1923 Lord Laing English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire
1925 John Simon theater critic (New York Times)
1925 Lawrence "Yogi" Berra New York Yankee catcher/coach/manager, Mets, Astros
1925 Tony Hancock Birmingham England, actor (Rebel, Wrong Box)
1926 Earl Hutto Panama City FL, (Representative-D-FL, 1979- )
1926 Mervyn M Dymally (Representative-D-CA, 1981- )
1928 Manuel Lujan Jr (Representative-R-NM, 1969- )
1929 Burt Bacharach Kansas City MO, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)
1930 Pat McCormick-Keller Lakewood CA, platform/springboard diver (Olympics-4 gold-1952, 56)
1931 Johan Fleerackers Flemish vice-president of Dutch One
1936 Tom Snyder Milwaukee WI, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)
1937 Beryl Burton UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles
1937 George Carlin Bronx NY, comedian (7 words you can't say on television, AM & FM, Carwash)
1937 Gerry E Studds (Representative-D-MA, 1973- )
1938 Andrei Amalrik Russian writer/dissident
1938 Millie Perkins Passaic NJ, actress (Jane-Knots Landings)
1938 Susan Hampshire London England, actress (Vanity Fair, Living Free)
1939 Ronald Ziegler press secretary (Nixon)
1941 Anthony Newman Los Angeles CA, harpsichordist/organist (Bhajeb)
1941 Little Jayotis Washington US R&B singer (Persuasions)
1941 Ruud de Wolff singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds)
1942 Barry B[rookes] Longyear US, sci-fi author (City of Baraboo)
1942 Dumitru Dediu Romania, cosmonaut (Soyuz 40 backup)
1942 Ian Dury Upminster Essex, rocker (Blockheads)/actor (Judge Dredd)
1942 Susan Hampshire London, actress (David Copperfield)
1942 Timothy Hugh Brown theatre critic
1943 Billy Swan Cape Giradeau LA, rocker (I Can Help)
1943 David Walker rock keyboardist (Gary Lewis & Playboys-Diamond Ring)
1943 Linda Dano Los Angeles CA, actress (Felicia Gallant-Another World)
1944 Eva Demski writer
1944 James Purify US singer (I'm Your Puppet)
1945 Jayotis Washington rocker
1945 Linda Carlson Knoxville TN, actress (Bev-Newhart, Katie-Kaz)
1945 Willie Parnell US singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
1946 Ian McLagen rocker (Faces)
1946 Leonard Baichan cricketer (West Indies opener, 103 vs Pakistan on debut 1975)
1948 Lindsay Ann Crouse New York NY, actress (Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart)
1948 Steve Winwood Birmingham England, singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist (Higher Love, Roll With It)
1950 Billy Squier Wellesley Hills MA, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No)
1950 Bruce Boxleitner Elgin IL, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King, Babylon 5)
1950 Gabriel Byrne Dublin Ireland, actor (Hello Again, Cool World)
1950 Jocko Marcellino rocker (Sha Na Na)
1950 Renate Stecher-Meissner German Democratic Republic, sprinter (Olympics-gold-72)
1950 Shozo Fujii judo champion
1951 Gunnar Larrson Sweden, 200 meter/400 meter swimmer (Olympics-gold-1972)
1951 Kid Creole [August Darnell], rocker/actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear)
1955 Kix Brooks Shreveport LA, singer (Brooks & Dunn-Brand New Man)
1957 Lou[is Rodman] Whitaker 2nd baseman (Detroit Tigers)
1958 Beth Maitland actress (Traci-Young & Restless)
1958 Christian Brando son of Marlon/killed sister's boyfriend
1958 Kim Greist Stamford CT, actress (CHUD, Brazil, Payoff, Manhunter)
1959 Dave Christian Minnesota, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals, Olympics-gold-1980)
196- Jamie Luner Palo Alto CA, actress (Cindy-Just the 10 of Us)
1960 Lisa Martin Australian marathoner (Olympics-silver 1988)
1960 Lisa Ondieki Australian marathoner (Olympics-84, 88, 96)
1961 Billy Duffy rocker (The Cult-Hell's Kitchen)
1961 Ray Gillen Cliffside Park NJ, rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark)
1962 Amy Benz Rochester NY, LPGA golfer (1994 Oldsmobile Classic-3rd)
1962 Emilio Estevez New York NY, actor (Breakfast Club, Young Guns, Mighty Ducks)
1962 Mark Bradshaw Happy Camp CA, diver (Olympics-96)
1963 Vanessa Williams Brooklyn NY, actress (Rhonda Blair-Melrose Place)
1964 Joy Ellen Kitzmiller Los Angeles CA, US badminton player (Olympics-92)
1965 Stacy Wilson ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-98)
1965 Steve Finley Union City TN, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
1966 Rafael Bournigal Azua Dominican Republic, infielder (Oakland A's)
1966 Stephen Baldwin actor (Beast, Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects)
1966 Steven Conran Lithgow New South Wales, Australasia golfer
1967 Cara Coughenour Sioux City IA, female pitcher (Colorado Silver Bullets)
1967 Lawrence Rucchin hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
1967 Robert Blackmon defensive back (Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks)
1967 Warren Rychel Tecumseh, NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche)
1968 Mark Clark Bath IL, pitcher (New York Mets)
1969 Kim Fields Freeman Los Angeles CA, actress (Tootie-Facts of Life, Regine-Living Single)
1970 Andreas Hestler Victoria British Columbia, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1970 Andrew Coltart Dumfries Scotland, Australasia golfer
1970 James Michael Furyk West Chester PA, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas-5th)
1970 Mike Malizia Utica NY, Nike golfer (1993 Doral-Ryder Open-61st)
1970 Mike Weir Sarnia Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer (Ontario Amateur-1990, 92)
1970 Stevie Anderson NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
1970 Todd Hallett Shelburne Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-92, 96)
1971 Craig Novitsky NFL tackle (New Orleans Saints)
1971 Jamie Luner Palo Alto CA, actress (Cindy-Just the 10 of Us)
1971 Tommy Johnson WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 Annette Albertson Reno NV, Miss America-Nevada (1997)
1972 David Oaks 100 meter/200 meter runner
1972 Jason Kyle NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 Michelle Kahn Miss Universe-Trinidad & Tobago (1996)
1972 Paul Stout Saugus CA, actor (Phillip-Scarecrow & Mrs King)
1973 MacKenzie Astin Los Angeles CA, actor (Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids)
1973 Stefano Margoni hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1974 Anna Ozolins Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1974 Tiffany Stoker Clovis CA, Miss America (California-4th-1996)
1975 Lawrence Phillips running back (St Louis Rams)
1976 Matthew P Newmark actor (Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise)
1977 Iva Majoli Yugoslavia, tennis star
1977 Monique de Bruin Porland OR, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1978 Amy Wheaton actress (Curse)
1978 Thomas Odoyo cricketer (Kenyan all-rounder 1996 World Cup)

Deaths which occurred on May 12:

0912 Leo VI Sophos Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45
1003 Gerbert French scholar, dies in Rome
1003 Sylvester II [Gerbert van Aurillac], 1st Fren Pope (999-1003), dies
1012 Sergius IV [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies
1382 Johanna I Queen of Naples/Provence, dies
1634 George Chapman English dramatist/interpreter, dies
1641 Thomas Wentworth English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48
1649 Isaac Doreslaer English lawyer/diplomat, murdered
1737 Cornelis van Alkemade historian, dies at 83
1788 Louis E van Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Austrian duke, dies at 69
1796 Johann P Uz German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75
1811 Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey composer, dies at 52
1814 Robert Treat Paine US judge (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 83
1825 Elias Mann composer, dies at 75
1825 Stanislao Mattei composer, dies at 75
1843 Johann Georg Lickl composer, dies at 74
1845 August Wilhelm Schlegel German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77
1852 John Richardson Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies
1861 Christian Heinrich Hohmann composer, dies at 50
1864 Abner Monroe Perrin Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 37
1864 J E B Stuart Confederate General, dies at 31
1864 J.E.B. Stuart Confederate General, dies at 31
1871 Daniel-François-Esprit Auber French opera composer, dies at 89
1871 John F W Herschel British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies
1876 Henri A Esquiros French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63
1884 Bedrich Friedrich Smetana Czechoslovakia, composer (2 Widows), dies at 60
1896 Juan Morel Campos composer, dies at 38
1897 Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown Finnish playwright, dies at 53
1897 Willem Roelofs painter/lithographer, dies
1900 Wilhelm Steinitz Prague, chess champion (1866-1894)
1907 J K Huysmans writer, dies at 59
1908 Melesio Morales composer, dies at 69
1921 Emilia Pardo Bazan Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies
1924 Charles Henri Marechal composer, dies at 82
1925 Alfred Milner British Governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71
1925 Amy Lowell writer, dies at 51
1925 Artur Napoleao dos Santos composer, dies at 82
1930 Pieter Jelles Troelstra Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70
1931 Eugene-Auguste Ysaye composer, dies at 72
1932 Lindbergh baby found dead
1935 Josef Pilsudski Polish dictator (1926-35), dies
1943 Albert Stoessel composer, dies at 48
1944 Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q] British author/critic, dies at 80
1948 Isidor Achron composer, dies at 55
1951 Oscar DePriest (Representative-D-IL), dies at 80
1956 Hendrik P Marchant Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87
1956 Louis Calhern dies at 61
1956 Vladimir Ambros composer, dies at 65
1957 Erich von Stroheim Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71
1960 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs composer, dies at 70
1962 Dick Calkins co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67
1963 Stanislaw Wiechowicz composer, dies at 69
1965 Roger Vailland French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57
1967 Julius Kalas composer, dies at 64
1970 Leonie "Nelly" Sachs German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78
1970 Wladyslaw Anders Polish general (WWI, WWII), dies at 78
1971 J M Taylor cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies
1973 Frances Marion screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85
1980 Lillian Roth actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies
1981 Benjamin H Sheares President of Singapore, dies
1982 Humphrey Searle writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66
1984 Doris May actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies of heart failure at 81
1985 Jean Debuffet French painter/sculptor, dies
1986 Elisabeth Bergner dies at 85
1986 Lee Bonnell dies
1987 Victor Feldman pianist/drummer, dies at 53
1989 Joe Valdez Caballero creator of hard taco shell, dies at 81
1989 Marcelle de Manziarly composer, dies at 89
1992 Joe Burke president (Kansas City Royals), dies at 68, dies
1992 Robert Reed actor (Brady Bunch), dies of AIDs at 59
1994 Alfred Lane Beit connoisseur, dies at 91
1994 David Brooks psychologist, dies at 91
1994 Helen Lee Mai Hong Kong actress, dies at 63
1994 John Smith British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55
1994 Xenophon Balaskas cricketer (9 Tests for South Africa, 22 wickets), dies
1995 Arthur Lubin film director, dies at 95
1995 Giorgio Belladonna bridge champion, dies at 71
1995 Reza Abdoh theatre Director, dies at 32
1996 Hubert William Dean air armaments specialist, dies at 84
1996 Robert Edwin Hall mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35

On this day...Events

0254 St Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope
0919 Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich
1082 Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austria
1215 English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country
1328 Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V
1459 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur
1525 Battle at Böblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Württembergse farmers
1534 Württemberg becomes Lutheran
1551 San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
1588 Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris France
1604 Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius
1640 Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV
1641 Prince Willem II (14) marries English princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9)
1689 England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg
1695 English king Willem III departs to Netherlands
1701 Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)
1733 Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague
1776 Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns
1777 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)
1780 Charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War)
1789 Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers - It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses
1792 Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented
1832 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'Elisir D'amore" premieres in Milan
1835 Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile
1849 Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam
1862 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge LA
1863 Battle of Raymond MS
1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
1864 Battle of Todd's Tavern VA (Sheridan's Raid)
1864 Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River (Fort Darling)
1864 US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to Brigadier-General
1865 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
1870 Manitoba becomes a province of Canada
1871 Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville KY
1874 US Assay Office in Helena MT authorized
1875 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
1877 Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia
1881 Treaty of Bardo, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate
1885 Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada
1888 Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
1890 Louisiana legalized prize fighting
1891 Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname
1894 Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show" premieres in NYC
1897 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Netherlands
1897 Battle at Thessalië: Turkish army beats Greece
1898 Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters
1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed
1900 Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
1901 President McKinley visits San Fransisco
1908 George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married" premieres in London
1908 Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield
1909 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8
1910 2nd NAACP conference (NYC)
1910 Philadelphia A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0
1913 Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)
1915 Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250
1915 Franklin K Mathiews, presents the idea of "Book Week"
1917 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6
1919 Yankees & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15
1921 National Hospital Day 1st observed
1923 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6
1924 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2
1924 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Indiana
1925 Uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics
1925 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
1926 British general strike ends
1926 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
1926 General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared
1926 Umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over the North Pole
1928 Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy
1928 Opium laws enforced
1929 Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)
1930 Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)
1932 Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ
1932 Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
1933 Federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers
1934 "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1
1934 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2
1936 Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss" premieres in London
1937 King George VI's coronation in Great Britain
1937 St Louis Cardinalss beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3
1938 Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
1940 French mariners occupy St Maarten
1940 German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug
1940 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River
1941 Great British convoy marches into Alexandria
1942 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz
1942 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
1942 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River
1942 Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943
1943 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in US
1943 German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender
1944 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brüx
1944 Krim purged of Nazi troops
1944 Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat
1948 Queen Wilhelmina resigns
1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India)
1949 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
1950 Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar" premieres in Paris France
1951 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll
1952 Charlton Playground named in the Bronx
1953 KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0)
1956 Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Giants, 3-0
1956 East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves
1957 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open
1958 "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40
1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1959 "Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater NYC for 23 performances
1959 Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)
1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special
1961 Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
1962 Grevelingendam closes
1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1963 Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open
1963 Race riot in Birmingham AL
1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO
1965 Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations
1966 Busch Stadium (St Louis MO) opens, Braves lose to Cardinals 4-3 in 12 innings
1967 H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
1968 "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington DC
1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1968 WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 Kenneth H Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH
1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
1970 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on the Supreme Court
1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1970 Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall
1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13)
1972 Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
1973 "Dueling Tubas" by Martin Mull hits #92
1973 6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3
1974 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 3
1974 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
1975 US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
1976 Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1
1977 1st quadraphonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
1977 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation
1978 Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female
1979 Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end
1980 1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)
1981 "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander NYC for 333 performances
1982 FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II
1982 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II
1982 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)
1982 US Football League forms
1983 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA
1983 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0
1984 "White Horse" by Laid Back hits #26
1984 Discovery (OV-103) from Orbiter Processing Facility to Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC, for mating for 41-D (STS-14)" for the first use of this Shuttle (OV-103)
1984 France performs nuclear test
1984 Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole
1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
1984 World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
1985 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
1985 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1986 Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat CA
1986 President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator
1988 "Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 5 performances
1989 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance
1989 Last graffiti covered NYC subway car retired
1989 Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists
1990 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)
1990 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
1990 Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting
1991 A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
1991 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
1992 1st Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest
1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
1993 Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
1993 Last broadcast of "Knots Landing" on CBS
1993 Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II
1994 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan
1995 Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59)
1995 Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves
1995 Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4
1996 "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances
1996 "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
1996 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies
1996 Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8
1997 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea
1997 Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox
1997 Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
1997 Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
1997 Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami

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Birthdates which occurred on May 13:

1314 Sergius of Radonesh Russian saint
1592 John Cloppenburg vicar/theologist
1655 Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti] Italy, 244th Roman Catholic Pope (1721-24)
1717 Maria Theresa Empress of Austria (Wife of emperor Franz I)
1729 Henry William (Baron) Stiegel early American glassmaker
1730 Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham (Whig) British PM (1765-66, 1782)
1735 Horace Coignet composer
1746 Oliver Brownson composer
1756 Wojciech Zywny composer
1761 Adrian Loosjes Pzn publisher/writer (Mauritius Lijnslager)
1769 Joâo VI King of Portugal (1816-26)
1776 Charles Ots composer
1776 Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa composer
1792 Pius IX "Pio Nono" [Giovanni-Maria Mastai-Ferretti], Pope (1846-78)
1795 Joshua Ratoon Sands Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
1828 Josephine Elizabeth Butler social reformer
1830 Zebulon Baird Vance Governor (Confederacy), died in 1894
1831 Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller Dutch minister of Colonies
1840 Alphonse Daudet French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon)
1842 Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan London England, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan)
1843 Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer Belgian politician
1847 Johannes Haarklou composer
1854 Louis H Chrispijn Dutch director (Lost & Found, Silvia Silombra)
1854 Paul Klengel composer
1856 Peter Henry Emerson 1st to promote photography as an independent art
1857 Ronald Ross England, pathologist (Nobel 1902)
1857 Sir Ronald Ross England, pathologist (Nobel 1902)
1859 Eugust Enna composer
1866 Ottokar Eugen Novacek composer
1867 Sir Frank Brangwyn Wales, painter/muralist/cartoonist (Willam Morris)
1868 Paolo Gallico composer
1874 Henry Clough-Leiter composer
1876 Raoul Laparra composer
1881 Ilona Durigo Hungarian singer
1882 Georges F Braque French cubist painter (The Bike)
1883 Henk JFM Sneevliet leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies)
1886 Joseph Achron Latvia/US violinist/composer (Golem suite)
1891 Fritz Rasp Bayreuth Germany, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl)
1896 Charles F Pahud de Mortanges Dutch equestrian (Olympics-gold-1928, 32)
19-- Leslie Winston Austin TX, actress (Cindy-Waltons)
1900 Jos Panhuysen author (Pornographer)
1903 Alfred Pugsley civil engineer
1903 Paul Page Birmingham AL, actor (Girl From Havana, Moth)
1904 Alfred Earle Birney poet
1904 Tim Wall cricketer (18 Tests for Australia 1928-34)
1906 Thomas Mitchell architect/engineer
1907 Austin Whitaker schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist
1907 Daphne du Maurier English writer (Rebecca, Parasites)
1907 Laurence Kirwan archaeologist
1908 Michael Richardson commandant (Home for Disabled Sailors)
1911 Maxine Sullivan [Marietta Williams], US singer/actress (Going Places)
1911 Robert Middleman Cincinnati OH, actor (Barney-The Monroes)
1912 Helen Craig San Antonio TX, actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night)
1913 Sanjiva Reddy President (India)
1913 William R Tolbert President of Liberia (1971-80)
1914 Joe Louis world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49)
1915 John Habakkuk principal (Jesus College in Oxford)
1917 Paul Osmond British senior civil servant
1917 Wilhelmus C Wijen [Broeder Pius] social worker (Curaçao)
1918 John Johnston British diplomat (Rhodesia, Malaysia)
1920 Ratu Kasmisere Mara PM of Fiji (1960-70, 70- )/President (1994- )
1921 Syd[ney G] Vincent British mine workers leader
1926 Beatrice Arthur [Frankel] New York NY, actress (Maude, Dorothy-Golden Girls)
1927 Clive Barnes New York Times drama critic (New York Times, New York Post)
1927 Herbert Ross director/choreographer (Footloose)
1930 Mike Gravel (Senator-R-AK)
1931 Eileen Diss theatrical designer (August, Secret Places, Betrayal)
1931 Jim Jones reverend, poisoned over 900 in Guyana (Jonestown Massacre)
1931 Sydney Lipworth CEO (Monopolies & Mergers Commission)
1931 William Utting chief inspector (British Social Services)
1933 Alden Ashforth composer
1933 Sid Morrison (Representative-R-WA, 1981- )
1933 Stig Gustav Schonberg composer
1934 Adolf Muschg writer
1935 Nigel Butterley composer
1935 Yizhak Sadai composer
1936 Alan Rayfield governor (Long Latin Prison)
1936 Rafael Campos Santiago Dominican Republic, actor (Tonka)
1937 John Cope MP/Paymaster General
1937 Judith Somogi New York NY, conductor (Frankfurt Opera-1982)
1937 Roger [Joseph] Zelazny sci-fi author (6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber)
1937 Zohra Lampert New York NY, actress (Doctor's Hospital)
1938 Buck Taylor Hollywood CA, actor (Monroes, Gunsmoke)
1939 Anthony Hide racehorse trainer
1939 Harvey Keitel Brooklyn NY, actor (Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs)
1939 Terry Dill Forth Worth TX, PGA golfer (1992 Bank One Senior Classic)
1939 William W Cobey Jr (Representative-R-NC, 1985-87)
1940 Bruce Chatwin England, writer (On the Black Hill)
1940 Richard Brooks singer (Impressions)
1941 Imca Marina [Bijl], singer (Viva España, Bella Italia, Oh Brazil)
1941 Joe Brown singer/guitarist
1941 Ritchie Valens singer (Donna, La Bamba)
1941 Senta Berger Vienna Austria, actress (Cast a Giant Shadow)
1942 Jim Douglas jazz guitarist
1942 Vladimir A Dzhanibekov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 27, 39, T-6, T-12, T-13)
1943 Mary Wells Detroit MI, singer (My Guy)
1944 Betsy Finley Ashton broadcast journalist/author/lecturer
1944 Carolyn Franklin US singer/songwriter (Baby Baby Baby, Angel)
1944 Clive Radley cricketer (England batsman in 8 Tests 1978)
1944 Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw British explorer/genealogist
1945 Magic Dick [Richard secondalwitz], harmonicaist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
1946 Danny Klein New York NY, rock bassist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
1946 Tim Pigott-Smith actor (Sweet William, Jewel in Crown)
1947 David Hughes cricketer
1947 Overend Pete Watts rock bassist (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes)
1947 Stephen R Donaldson US, secondci-fi author (Lord Foul's Bane)
1949 Franklin Ajaye Brooklyn NY, comedian/actor (Jazz Singer, Car Wash)
1949 John Glover conductor
1949 Zoe Wanamaker actress (Raggedy Rawney)
1950 Danny Kirwan rocker (Fleetwood Mac)
1950 John "Jocko" Marcellino rocker/actor (Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man)
1950 Peter Gabriel London England, rocker (Sledgehammer, Shock the Monkey, Solsbury Hill, Genesis-The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
1950 Stevie Wonder [Steveland Morris] Saginaw MI, singer/songwriter (I Just Called To Say I Love You, Superstition, You are The Sunshine of My Life, My Cherie Amour)
1951 Paul Thompson rock drummer (Roxy Music)
1951 Selina Scott TV newscaster (West 57th)
1952 John R Kasich (Representative-R-OH, 1983- )
1952 Manfred Langer Austrian/Dutch disco builder
1952 Sew Shivnarine cricketer (3 Tests for West Indies 1978, later USA captain)
1956 Aleksandr Yuriyevich Kaleri Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14)
1956 Darius Rucker lead vocalist (Hootie & the Blowfish-Let Her Cry)
1957 Claudie André-Deshays France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-24)
1957 Eloise Broady Houston TX, playmate (April 1988)
1958 Frances Barber Wolverhampton England, actress (Castaway)
1959 Robert Earnshaw racehorse trainer
1960 Richard M "Dick" van de Toorn actor (Pastorale)
1960 Shannon Vessup-Millen Los Angeles CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1991)
1961 Dennis Rodman NBA forward (Chicago Bulls)
1963 Julian Brookhouse rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance)
1963 Wally Masur England, tennis star
1964 Jose Rijo pitcher (New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds)
1964 Sam Randolph Santa Barbara CA, Nike golfer (1993 New England-2nd)
1964 Sara Gomer England, tennis star
1965 Chris Washburn NBAer
1968 Annette DeLuca North Bergen NJ, LPGA golfer
1968 James Harris NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings)
1969 Lyle Mouton Lafayette LA, outfielder (Chicago White Sox)
1970 Doug Evans NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1970 Giuseppe Busillo hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1970 Mark Beaufait Royal Oak MI, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
1970 Mitch Lyons NFL tight end (Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1970 Selwyn Jones NFL defensive back (Seahawks, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1971 Hamish Pepper Auckland New Zealand, laser single handed yachter (Olympics-96)
1971 Michael Sirotka Chicago IL, pitcher (Chicago White Sox)
1971 Rob Fredrickson NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
1971 Tom Nalen NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1972 Darryl Sydor Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
1972 Josh Heinrich NFL/WLAF defensive end (Lions, Barcelona Dragons)
1973 Brooke Jennifer Gambrell Boise ID, Miss America-Idaho (1996)
1973 Michelle Mouser Miss USA-Ohio (1997)
1974 Albert Connell wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
1974 Lisa Jacob 800 meter freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
1975 Chris Crawford NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks)
1977 Diane Halber Torrance CA, figure skater (1996 National Collegiate champion)
1977 Sara DeCosta ice hockey goalie (USA, Olympics-98)

On this day...Events

0535 St Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0609 Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church
0641 Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon
1106 Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Netherlands-Lutherans
1110 Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
1364 Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven
1497 Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola
1559 Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel
1568 Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside
1588 King Henri III flees Paris
1607 English colonists (John Smith) land near James River in Virginia
1624 Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru
1637 Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
1643 Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists
1643 Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population
1652 Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki
1654 Venetian fleet under Admiral Adeler beats Turkish
1767 Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus" premieres in Salzburg
1777 University library at Vienna opens
1779 War of Bavarian Succession ends
1787 Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay
1820 The opera "Die Jäearsbraut" is completed
1828 US passes Tariff of Abominations
1830 Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
1835 1st foreign embassy in Hawaii is established
1846 US declares war on México, 2 months after fighting begins
1861 Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality
1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca GA
1865 South Brownsville TX (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed
1874 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Greek-Ruthenian rite"
1876 Amersfoort-Zutphen railway opens
1877 César Franck's "Lesson Eolides" premieres
1882 Toba-Indians killed 20 members of French expedition
1884 Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is founded
1887 15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39½
1888 Brazil abolishes slavery
1888 DeWolf Hopper 1st recited "Casey at the Bat"
1888 Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Auréa" abolishing slavery
1890 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75
1890 Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria
1891 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52¼
1905 James J Jeffries retires as boxing champion
1906 Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem
1909 Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands
1911 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05
1911 New York Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
1912 Royal Flying Corps is established in England
1913 1st 4 engine aircraft built & flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia)
1916 1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day
1916 42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04
1917 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
1917 Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo" premieres
1918 1st US airmail stamps issued (24¢)
1922 48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6
1923 Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours)
1926 German Government of Luther falls
1927 "Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange
1927 VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk
1930 Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock TX; this is the only known fatality due to hail
1931 Paul Doumer elected President of France
1932 Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich marries Nina Varsar
1933 59th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02
1934 Great dustbowl storm
1936 Quiroga Government takes office in Spain
1939 65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8
1939 SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives
1940 British bomb factory at Breda
1940 Churchill says I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat
1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England
1940 German breakthrough at Grebbelinie
1941 Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany
1941 Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins
1941 Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland
1942 Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
1942 Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 homeruns in a game
1943 German & Italian forces in Africa surrender
1943 German occupiers confiscate all radios
1944 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2
1945 US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa
1946 Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wicket for Indians vs Surrey
1946 US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death
1946 Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam
1947 Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions
1949 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight
1950 Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
1952 Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings
1952 Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India
1953 New York Giants Willie Mays & Darryl Spencer each hit 2 homeruns & a triple
1954 "Pajama Game" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1063 performances
1954 Labour Party wins British municipal elections
1954 Robin Roberts gives up a homerun then retires the next 27 men in a row
1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1955 Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive homeruns of at least 463'
1956 Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1958 French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
1958 Jordan & Iraq form the Arab Federation
1958 Pierre Pflimlin forms French Government
1958 Rioters attack US Vice President Nixon in Venezuala
1958 Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV
1960 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
1960 Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game
1960 WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo Puerto Rico
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1965 Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"
1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1966 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
1966 Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
1967 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career homerun #500 off Stu Miller
1967 Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
1968 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle & Pompidou
1970 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
1972 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka Japan)
1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
1973 "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances
1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1973 Tennis hustler Bobby Riggs beats Margaret Smith Court in a Mother's Day match in California
1975 "Rodgers & Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances
1975 Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville TN
1975 Stanley Cup ; Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Islanders 4-3
1976 9th & final ABA championship: New York Nets beat Denver Nuggets, 4 games to 2
1977 Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor NY
1978 "Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
1978 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 meter steeplechase (8:05.4)
1978 Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels
1978 Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres at Plymouth Theater NYC for 199 performances
1979 "The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall" opens & closes at Mark Hellinger NYC
1979 Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1979 Shah & family sentenced to death in Teheran
1980 Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 homeruns in 5th inning vs New York Mets
1981 Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II
1981 Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square
1982 Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy
1982 Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
1982 Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi & Lebedev for 211 days in space
1982 Terri Lea Utley, (20), from Arkansas, crowned 31st Miss USA
1983 Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
1984 "Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 17 performances
1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1984 Johan Cruyffs last competitive match
1985 Carlton Fisk becomes the 5th catcher to steal 100 bases
1985 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
1985 Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move", kills 11
1987 Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II
1989 Approximately 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
1989 Minnesota Twin Kirby Puckett becomes the 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
1989 Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1990 "Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 16 performances
1990 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
1991 "Michael Jackson: The Magic & the Madness" goes on sale
1991 Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0
1991 South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks
1991 Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco
1992 3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time
1992 Ajax wins 21st UEFA Cup
1992 Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured
1992 Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV
1992 Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show
1993 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street
1993 Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands
1993 CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands
1993 Kansas City Royal George Brett hits his 300th homerun
1993 Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50
1994 Indians, begin a 18 home game win streak at Jacobs Field
1995 6.5 earthquake hits Greece
1995 Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe; Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-New York), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA
1995 New Zealand beats US for the America's Cup
1996 OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict
1997 Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games

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Birthdates which occurred on May 14:

1316 Charles IV king of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)
1652 Johann Philipp Fortsch composer
1679 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow Danish astronomer
1686 Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit Germany, inventor (thermometer)
1707 Antonio Teixeira composer
1710 Adolf Frederik king of Sweden (1751-70)
1727 Thomas Gainsborough England, baptized, artist (The Blue Boy)
1771 Robert Owen England, factory owner/socialist
1780 Auguste De Polignac premier France (Réponse à mes adversaires)
1781 Friedrich von Raumer German historian/parliamentarian
1798 Frantisek Palacky Czechoslovakia, historian
1805 Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann composer
1816 Gualtiero Sanelli composer
1830 George Pierce Doles Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1836 James Patrick Major Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
1846 Arnold Kerdijk Dutch liberal politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)
1846 Pieter W A Cort van de Linden Dutch premier (1913-18)
1864 Eleanor Everest Freer composer
1867 Kurt Eisner German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)
1870 Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski composer
1881 Ed Walsh pitcher, whose lifetime ERA of 1.82 is the lowest ever
1881 Julian Eltinge [William Dalton] Newtonville MA, vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator
1883 Jan Olieslagers Belgian aviation pioneer (Antwerp Devil)
1885 Otto Klemperer Breslau Germany, conductor/composer (Das Ziel)
1888 Miles Mander Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London)
1891 Egon Kornauth composer
1892 Arthur Vincent Lourie composer
1892 Felix Petyrek composer
1893 Ivan Alexandrovich Vishnegradsky composer
1895 Lew Lehr Philadelphia PA, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One)
1895 Renato Lunelli composer
1897 Sidney Bechet US, jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader
1898 Bonifacio Gil Garcia composer
1898 Zutty Singleton US jazz drummer
19-- Eric Peterson rocker (Testament-Souls of Black)
1900 Billie Dove [Lilian Bohny] New York NY, actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride)
1900 Leo Smit composer
1906 Hastings Kamuzu Banda President of Malawi (1964-94)
1906 James Flavin Portland ME, actor (Man With a Camera)
1907 Dick Bentley entertainer
1907 Mohammed Ayub Khan general/premier/President (Pakistan)
1909 Vladimir Alatortsev USSR, International Chess Master (1950)
1911 Hans Vogt composer
1911 J Borremans Belgian politician (communist)/MP
1912 Marguerite Fawdry museum curator
1915 Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers)
1917 Herta Ryder literary agent
1917 Lou Harrison Portland OR, composer (Rapunzel)
1918 Arthur McIntyre cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's)
1919 Heloise columnist (Heloise & her helpful hints)
1919 Maarten Vrolijk Dutch socialist-democrat party minister (CRM 1965-66)
1922 Agha Hasan Abedi banker
1922 Richard Deacon actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show)
1923 Diane Arbus [Nemerov] New York NY, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar, Nudists)
1924 Joly Braga Santos composer
1925 Patrice Munsel Spokane WA, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show)
1925 Tristram Ogilvie Cary composer
1926 Cestmir Gregor composer
1926 Eric Morecambe London, comedian (Morecambe & Wise, Picadilly Palace)
1927 Shirley Spork LPGA golfer
1929 Vladimir Antoshin USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1964)
1930 Edward V "Ned" Regan Planfield NJ, (Controller-R-NY, 1978- )
1930 Phillipo Seed social work academic
1931 Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr composer
1933 John Mortimore cricketer (England off-spinner 1959-64)
1933 Lajos Kovacs Hungary, actor (Wings of Desire)
1934 Frederik von Pallandt singer
1936 Bobby Darin [Walden Waldo Cassotto] Bronx NY, singer (Mack the Knife)
1937 Dick Howser shortstop (Kansas City A's), manager (Kansas City Royals)
1937 Eric Herfst Dutch cabaret performer/actor (Floris)
1937 Peter Frederic Williams composer
1939 M N Fathulin cosmonaut
1940 Chay Blyth English sailor (Alone in Order to the World)
1941 Nasim-ul-Ghani cricketer (Pakistan left-handed all-rounder 1958-73)
1942 Byron L Dorgan (Representative-D-ND, 1981- )
1942 Gerald Mark Shapiro composer
1942 Lord McAlpine English contractor/multi-millionaire
1942 Tony Perez baseball player
1943 Alan B Mollohan (Representative-D-WV, 1983- )
1943 Dereck "Lek" Leckenby Leeds England, guitarist (Herman's Hermits-There's a Kind of Hush, Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter)
1943 Elizabeth Ray Marshall NC, congressman Wilbur Mills' lover
1943 Jack Bruce Lanarkshire Scotland, bassist (Cream-White Room)
1944 Francesca Annis London England, actress (Madame Bovary, Dune, Cleopatra, Flipper's New Adventures)
1944 Gene Cornish Ottawa, rock bassist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Rascals)
1944 George Lucas Modesto CA, director (Star Wars, Indiana Jones)
1944 Troy Shondell rocker (Many Sides of Troy Shondell)
1946 Alan David Marks pianist/composer
1946 Robert Jarvik surgeon/inventor (Jarvik 7 artificial heart)
1947 Al Ciner Chicago IL, rock guitarist (American Breed)
1947 Dick "Dirt" Tidrow baseball pitcher (New York Yankees)
1947 Karin Struck writer
1947 Tamara Dobson Baltimore MD, actress (Amazons, Cleopatra Jones)
1948 Bob Woolmer cricketer (England batsman mid-70's)
1948 Dave LaRoche baseball pitcher (New York Yankees)
1948 Robert Zemeckis director (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future)
1948 Walter Olkewicz Bayonne NJ, actor (Last Resort, Wizards & Warriors)
1950 Mark Blum Newark NJ, actor (Worth Winning, Blind Date, Presidio)
1951 Jay Beckenstein saxophonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1951 Season (Susan) Hubley New York NY, actress (PrettyKill, Vice Squad, Hardcore)
1952 David Byrne Dunbartin Scotand, rock guitarist/singer (Talking Heads-Psycho Killer)
1952 Donald R McMonagle Flint MI, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 39, 54, 66)
1952 M J Smith LPGA golfer
1953 Bill Meek Upland PA, prone rifle (Olympics-1996)
1953 Tom Cochrane Toronto Canada, rock vocalist/guitarist (Red Rider)
1955 [Jose] Dennis Martinez Nicaragua, pitcher (Orioles, Expos, Indians)
1955 Peter Kirsten cricketer (South African middle-order batsman)
1956 Gillian [Marucha] Bradshaw US, sci-fi author (Hawk of May)
1956 Steve Hogarth Kendal England, vocals (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
1957 William G Gregory Lockport NY, Major USAF/Astronaut (STS 67)
1959 Connie Brighton Wichita Falls TX, playmate (Sept, 1982)
1959 Mike Quick NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
1959 Patrick Bruel Algerian/French actor/rock vocalist (Coup of Sirocco)
1960 Carlyle Best cricketer (West Indies batsman late 80's)
1960 Frank Nobilo Auckland New Zealand, Australasia golfer
1961 Tim Roth London England, actor (Reservoir Dogs, Vincent & Theo)
1962 C C Deville rocker (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me)
1962 Ian Astbury Heswall Merseyside England, rock vocalist (Cult-Fire Woman)
1962 Martin Rongen Dutch pop drummer (Rowwen Hèze-Boem)
1963 Pat Borders Columbus OH, catcher (California Angels)
1964 James M Kelly Burlington IA, Captain USAF/astronaut
1964 Nancy Sorel actress (Generations, Black Foix)
1965 Curt Harnett Toronto Ontario, sprint cyclist (Olympics-bronze-92/96)
1965 Dave Widell NFL center/guard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1965 Joey Cora Caguas Puerto Rico, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
1965 Kelvin Martin NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
1966 Fab[rice] Marvan France, Lip Syncher (Milli Vanilli)
1966 Leroy Blugh CFL defensive end (Edmonton Eskimos)
1966 Mark Jackson NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
1966 Pooh Richardson NBA guard (Los Angeles Clippers)
1967 Natasha Elaine Kaiser-Brown Des Moines IA, 400 meter runner
1967 Shaun Creighton Australian distance runner (Olympics-96)
1967 Tony Siragusa NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens)
1967 Valeria Marini Rome Italy, sports commentator (Italian Soccer)
1968 Hiroshi Matsuura hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1969 David William Wood Boston MA, rocker (New Kids-Lovin' You Forever)
1970 Natasha Ryan Los Angeles CA, actress (Amy-Ladies' Man)
1970 Sylvester Stanley WLAF defensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
1971 Raphael Wiggins Oakland CA, rapper (Lifelines)
1972 Chad Cascadden NFL linebacker (New York Jets)
1973 John Davis WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1973 Shanice [Wilson] Pittsburgh PA, vocalist (Discovery, Loving You)
1973 Voshon Lenard NBA guard (Miami Heat)
1974 Ken Belanger Sault-Ste-Marie CA, NHL left wing (New York Islanders)
1974 Keram Malichi-Sanchez actor (No Contest, Catwalk, Boulevard)
1975 Carmen Klomp Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1976 Terrance Cauthen Trenton NJ, lightweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-96)
1977 Anca Barna Cluj Romania, tennis star (semifinals 1995 ITF Poland)
1977 Cesarina Mejia Miss Dominican Republic Universe (1997)
1977 Jayna Hefford ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-98)
1978 Heather Brink Lincoln NE, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1983 Amber Tamblyn Santa Monica CA, actress (Emily Bowen-General Hospital)

Deaths which occurred on May 14:

0347 Pachomius Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies
0649 Theodore Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies
0964 John XII [Octavianus] Pope (955-64), dies
1565 Nicolaus von Amsdorf German reform theologist, dies
1610 Henry IV 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56
1643 Louis XIII king of France (1610-43), dies at 41
1667 Georges de Scudéry French writer (Alaric ou Rome Vaincue), dies at 65
1726 John B Wellekens poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies
1726 Moshe Darshan Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies
1742 Dominique Marie Valet French Roman Catholic/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64
1761 Thomas Simpson English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50
1801 Johann Ernst Altenburg composer, dies at 66
1820 Paul Friedrich Struck composer, dies at 43
1832 John van Speijk Dutch heroic sailor, buried
1833 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow composer, dies at 88
1847 Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel composer, dies at 41
1863 Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent composer, dies at 46
1864 William N Green Jr Union Brigadier-General, dies
1870 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera composer, dies at 69
1877 John Roberts composer, dies at 54
1893 Earnest E Kummer German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83
1893 Johan T Buys Dutch lawyer, dies at 65
1904 Richard Hol Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78
1912 August Strindberg Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
1912 Frederik VIII King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
1925 Henry Rider Haggard English writer (Dawn, She), dies
1936 Edmond Allenby English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74
1936 Samuel Pl'h Naber spy/librarian, dies at 71
1938 Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
1940 Eddy [Charles E] du Platform writer/poet, dies
1940 Emma Goldman US anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies
1940 Jacob van Gelderen economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49
1940 Menno ter Braak Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), suicide at 38
1947 John Ray Sinnock US chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59
1953 Yasuo Kuniyoshi Japans/US painter/etcher, dies at 59
1955 Betty Ann Davies dies at 44
1959 Sidney Bechet US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
1965 Frances Perkins US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83
1966 Georgia Camp Johnson US poet/playwright, dies at 88
1966 Megan Lloyd George English politician, dies at 64
1968 Husband Edward Kimmel commandant US Ocean fleet WWII, dies at 86
1969 Enid Bennett silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75
1970 Billie Burke comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84
1976 Keith Relf rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted while tuning his guitarat 33
1978 William Powell Lear inventor of Lear Jet, dies in Reno NV
1979 Paul van 't Veeer Dutch journalist/writer (Vrije Volk), dies at 57
1980 Hugh Griffith actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67
1980 Wilhelm Weismann composer, dies at 79

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Birthdates which occurred on May 15:

1565 Henrick de Keyser architect/master builder of Amsterdam
1567 Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)
1754 Pierre Dutillieu composer
1759 Maria Theresia von Paradis composer
1764 Johann Nepomuk Kalcher composer
1773 Clemens L Metternich Austrian prince
1791 Baron Floris A van Hall Dutch minister of Justice/Finance
1795 Adolf B Marx German music theorist
1802 Isaac Ridgeway Trimble Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
1807 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata composer
1808 Gottfried Herrmann composer
1808 Michael William Balfe composer
1810 Jacob Thompson (Confederacy), died in 1885
1813 Stephen Heller composer
1819 Thomas Leonidas Crittenden Major General (Union volunteers)
1830 Laurence Simmons Baker Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
1830 Martinus W van der Aa author/Dutch head-editor (The Time)
1841 Giovanni Bolzoni composer
1845 Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)
1855 Eduard earl of Keyserling German writer (Dritte Stiege)
1856 Lyman Frank Baum Chittenango NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)
1859 Pierre Curie France, physicist (Nobel 1903)
1860 Ellen Louise Axson Wilson 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson
1862 Arthur Schnitzler Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)
1865 Albert Verwey Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion)
1873 Nikolay N Tcherepnin St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs
1878 Francisco Pujol composer
1880 Otto Dibelius German theologist/bishop (Confessional Church)
1883 Stanley Robert Marchant composer
1888 Jean Wahl French philosopher
1889 Bessie Hillman founder (Almalgamated Clothing Workers of America)
1890 Katherine Anne Porter US, novelist (Ship of Fools)
1891 Chief Nipo T Strongheart Yakima WA, US Indian actor (Pony Soldier)
1891 David Vogel Ukraine, author (Huwelijksleven)
1891 Fritz Feigl Austria, chemist (spot tests)
1891 Mikhail Bulgakov Russia, playwright/novelist (Black Snow)
1893 Michel Gusikoff composer
1893 Stanley Lupino English comic (Cheer Up, Over She Goes)
1894 Jean Renoir French director (La Béte Humane) [or Sept 15]
1895 Charles Lamont San Fransisco CA, director (Abbott & Costello Go to Mars)
1897 Casper Höweler Dutch music critic
1898 Arlette-Leonie Arletty [Bathiat], Courbevoie France, actress (Maxime)
19-- Jim Phipps rock drummer (Every Mother's Nightmare-Hard to Hold)
1902 Richard J Daley (Mayor-D-Chicago)
1903 Anny Ondra Czechoslovakia, actress (Blackmail, Manxman)
1904 Clifton Fadiman Brooklyn NY, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids)
1904 Gustav-Adolf Boltenstein Sweden, equest dressage (Olympics-gold-1952, 56)
1905 Joseph Cotten Petersburg VA, actor (3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse)
1907 Josef Alexander composer
1907 Phillip Piratin communist
1908 Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden)
1909 James Mason England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil)
1909 Rodolfo Cornejo composer
1910 Constance [Halverstadt] Cummings Seattle WA, actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour)
1910 Robert F Wagner (Mayor-D-NYC, 1949-65)
1911 Leo Fuchs Polish/US Yiddish actor (Galitzianer Cowboy)
1911 Max Frisch Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann)
1912 Alexis Kagame Rwanda, priest/writer
1912 Alexis Nihon Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968)
1912 Arthur Victor Berger New York NY, composer (Ideas of Order)
1914 Jack Pepys immunologist
1914 Pierre Froidebise composer
1915 Maurice B Latey commentator (BBC World Service)
1915 Paul A Samuelson economist (1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal)
1916 Bill Williams Brooklyn NY, actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels)
1917 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus filmmaker/naturalist
1918 Eddy Arnold Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime)
1918 Joseph Wiseman Montréal, actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables)
1919 Charles Palmer cricketer (one Test 1955, later MCC president)
1920 Hugh Henry Home Popham aviator/writer/poet
1921 Erroll Garner Pittsburgh PA, jazz pianist (Misty)
1922 Enrico Berlinguer Italian communist/secretary-general (CPI)
1923 Richard Avedon US, photographer (1957 ASMP award)
1924 Andrea Gyarmati Hungary water polo player (Olympics, 1948-60)
1924 Don Kenyon cricketer (England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55)
1924 Jaime Garcia Terre poet/essayist
1924 Ursula Thiess Hamburg, actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano)
1925 Andrey Yakoulevich Eshpay composer
1925 Emmanuel Ghent composer
1925 Jos Jacobs Flemish director (Madonna of Nedermunster)
1926 Anthony Shaffer twin brother playwright (Sleuth)
1926 Clermont Pepin composer
1926 Peter Shaffer twin brother playwright (5 Finger Exercise, Equus)
1929 Jack Flavell cricketer (England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64)
1929 Peggy Pope Montclair NJ, actress (Billy, Mrs David-Soap)
1930 Jasper Johns Augusta GA, painter/sculptor (Green Target)
1931 David Healy actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton, Be My Guest)
1931 F Korthals Altes Dutch minister of Justice (VVD)
1932 John Glen Thames England, actor (Spy Who Loves Me, Backfire)
1934 David Robin Francis Guy Greville 8th Duke of Warwick
1935 Ted Dexter cricketer (in Milan Superb England batsman of 60's)
1936 Anna Maria Alberghetti Italy, actress/singer (Cinderfella)
1936 Donald [Anthony] Moffitt US, sci-fi author (Jupiter Theft)
1936 Jean Balissat composer
1936 Paul Zindel playwright (Effects of Gamma Rays on Marigolds)
1937 Trini Lopez Trinidad, singer/guitarist (If I Had a Hammer)
1938 Lenny Welch Asbury Park NJ, (Breaking up is Hard to Do)
1939 Brian Hartley mathematician
1940 Beth Stone LPGA golfer
1940 Mireille Darc Toulon France, actor (Week End, Hurried Man)
1940 Paul Rudd Boston MA, actor (Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court)
1941 Cyril Cooray cricketer (Sri Lankan Test umpire on international panel)
1941 K T Oslin Crossett AR, country singer (80's Ladies)
1941 Lainie Kazan Brooklyn NY, singer/actress (Lust in the Dust, Beaches)
1941 Richard Edward Wilson composer
1942 Anthony Wayne England Indianapolis IN, PhD/astronaut (STS 51-F)
1943 Harve Brosten comedy writer/producer/director (All in the Family)
1944 Gunilla Hutton Goteborg Sweden, actress (Petticoat Junction)
1944 Miruts Yifter Ethiopia, 5K/10K runner (Olympics-gold-1980)
1944 Tich rocker
1946 Chazz Palminteri Bronx NY, actor (Jade, Diabolique, Bronx Tale)
1947 Graham Goble Adelaide Australia, rock guitarist (Little River Band)
1948 Brian Eno Woodbridge England, rock keyboardist/singer (On Land)
1949 Eric J Beekes actor/singer (Hunk)
1949 Frank L Culbertson Jr Charleston SC, Commander USN/astronaut (STS-38)
1949 Wendy Pritchard Australian women's field hockey team manager (Olympics-96)
1951 Dennis Frederiksen rocker (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
1952 Rick Waits baseball pitcher (Rangers, Indians, Twins)
1953 George Brett Wheeling WV, Kansas City Royal 3rd baseman (1980 American League MVP)
1953 Mike Oldfield England, composer (Tubular Bells)
1954 Andrea Gyarmati Hungary, water polo player (Olympics-1948-60)
1954 Bob Beauchemin Winnipeg Canada, golfer (West Coast Open-1982, 83)
1955 Lee Horsley Muleshoe TX, actor (Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston)
1956 Alice Miller Marysville CA, LPGA golfer (1985 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
1959 Andrew Eldritch rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)
1961 Anne Kelly LPGA golfer
1963 George Heidweiler Suriname, Dutch painter
1963 Grant Herslov Los Angeles CA, actor (Wayne-Spencer, Under One Roof)
1964 Pamela Dukes Bronx NY, discus thrower
1964 Pierre Trentin France, 1K time trials (Olympics-gold-1968)
1965 Dan Stryzinski NFL punter (Atlanta Falcons)
1965 Glen Hnatiuk Selkirk Manitoba, Nike golfer (1992 Mississippi Gulf)
1965 Jeff Rochlin Brooklyn NY, actor (Cutting Class, Splitz, Taps)
1966 Paul Ysebaert Sarnia, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1967 John Smoltz Detroit MI, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young)
1967 Omar Vizquel Caracas Venezuela, shortstop (Seattle Mariners, Indians)
1968 James "Jim" Neil Buffalo NY, rower (Olympics-1996)
1968 Leroy Hoard NFL running back (Cleveland Browns, Minnesota Vikings)
1968 Todd Porter Montclair NJ, actor (Hamilton-Whiz Kids)
1969 Emmitt Smith running back (Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader)
1969 Holly McPeak Manhattan Beach CA, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1970 Artie Smith NFL defensive end (Cincinnati Bengals)
1970 Cory Philpot CFL running back (British Columbia Lions)
1970 Desmond Howard NFL receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders)
1970 Frank de Boer Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
1970 Keith Tower NBA center (Los Angeles Clippers)
1970 Prince Be rapper (PM Dawn)
1970 Rod Smith NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1970 Ronald de Boer Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1970 Tony Brown NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 Scott Shipley Bremerton WA, slalom single kayak (Olympics-96)
1972 David Charvet actor (Melrose Place)
1972 Patrick Pothuizen soccer player (Vitesse)
1972 Tirrell Greene WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 Troy Drake NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 Suzannah Bianco San Jose CA, synchronized swimmer (alternate-Olympics-96)
1973 Vic"Tori"a Davey Spelling Los Angeles CA, actress (Donna-Beverly Hills 90210)
1974 A J Hinch Wavely IA, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1974 Addilson dos Santos soccer player (Sparta)
1974 Ahmet Rodan Zappa son of Frank/rocker (Z, 2 Hip 4 TV)
1975 Ray Lewis linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
1976 Eric DuBose Bradenton FL, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1978 Amy Chow San Jose CA, gymnast (Olympics-gold/silver-96)
1978 David Krumholtz New York NY, actor (Billy Kulchak-Chicago Sons)
1978 Krissy Taylor model
1981 Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips daughter of Princess Anne-10th in succession to British throne

Deaths which occurred on May 15:

0392 Valentinianus II emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21
0884 Marinus I [Martinus II] Pope (882-84), dies
1174 Nur ad-Din Mahmud King of Syria, dies
1470 Charles VIII Knutsson Bonde, king of Sweden (14??-70), dies
1482 Paolo Toscanelli Italian physician & mapmaker, dies
1591 Dimitri Ivanovitch Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9
1621 Henrick de Keyser Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56
1622 Peter Plancius Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69
1685 Henri Otto Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies
1746 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri composer, dies at 67
1761 Jacob Mossel Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56
1785 Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, dies at 29
1801 Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso Austrian diplomat, dies at 73
1821 John Wall Calcott composer, dies at 54
1822 Christian Ludwig Dieter composer, dies at 64
1823 Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky composer, dies at 69
1824 Alexander Campbell composer, dies at 60
1832 Carl Friedrich Zelter composer, dies at 73
1833 Edmund Kean English actor (Shylock), dies at 46
1842 Emanuel Count de las Cases French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76
1845 Samuel I Wiselius Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76
1855 Jan Mazereeuw Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75
1872 Thomas Hastings composer, dies at 87
1873 Alexander J Cuza monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53
1886 Emily Dickinson US poet, dies at 55
1889 Alfred Potocki premier Austrian/Governor/Viceroy of Galicia, dies
1892 Arthur Hodister British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered
1895 Joseph Whitaker British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75
1899 Francisque Sarcey French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70
1924 Paul d'Estornelles de Constant French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71
1926 Mohammed VI Vahideddin last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies
1932 Ki Inukai premier Japan (1931-32), murdered
1933 Ernest Torrence actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54
1940 Joseph Limburg liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75
1940 Willem A Bonger Dutch criminologist (Race & Crime), suicide at 63
1945 Major Courtney US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf
1952 Albert Basserman actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84
1952 Italo Montemezzi composer, dies at 76
1958 Michael G the Boer historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91
1959 Berend van den Amstel [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56
1964 Cornelis H Edelman Dutch geologist, dies at 61
1965 Adrian Schoevers Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies
1967 Edward Hopper US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84
1967 Jaromir Fiala composer, dies at 74
1972 Nigel Green actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47
1973 Willem H Rassers Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95
1976 Samuel Eliot Morison US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88
1984 Lionel Charles Robbins British economist, dies at 85
1985 Jackie Curtis playwright/actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38
1986 Theodore H White US journalist (Making of President, Pulitzer), dies at 71
1987 John Baur museum director, dies at 78
1987 Wynne Gibson actor (Night After Night, Aggie Appleby), dies
1988 Andrew Duggan actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64
1988 Greta Nissen actress (Ambassador Bill), dies
1989 John Waldo Green composer, dies at 80
1991 Bud Freeman jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84
1991 Freddie Paris dies
1991 Reno Brown dies
1991 Ronald Lacey actor (Raiders of Lost Ark, Next Victim), dies at 55
1992 Bruce Hopkins performer/director, dies at 44
1992 Robert Morris Page US physicist (radar), dies at 88
1994 [Henry] John Baker resistance fighter/journalist (Slogan), dies at 79
1994 Frederik baron van Pallandt Danish singer (Nina & F), murdered at 61
1994 Gilbert Roland Mexican/US actor (Armand in Camille), dies at 88
1994 Ronnie Potsdammer singer/song/text writer/programmer, dies at 71
1994 Royal Dano actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71
1995 Edouard Dermit actor (Testament of Orpheus), dies at 69
1995 Eric Richard Porter actor (Crucible, Hennessy), dies at 67
1995 Johnny Van Derrick jazz violinist, dies at 68
1995 Perry Lederman folk singer, dies at 52
1996 George M Tindley songwriter/vocalist, dies at 57

On this day...Events:

0756 Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain
0884 Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1004 Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy
1213 English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury
1248 Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Köln cathedral
1492 Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse
1525 German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war
1536 Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest
1567 Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
1572 Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes
1602 Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
1610 Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king
1618 Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law
1625 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vöcklamarkt Upper-Austria
1648 Treaty of Münster: Spain & Netherlands ratified
1665 Pope Alexander VII convicts Jansenisme
1672 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
1702 War of Spanish Succession, 1st American conflict between England & France
1718 James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun
1730 Robert Walpole becomes England 1st prime minister (was chief minister)
1796 France & Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris
1796 French troops occupy Milan
1800 King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt
1800 Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles
1817 Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority, under T Matulesia
1829 Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith
1836 Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse
1849 Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded
1851 Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned
1856 2nd San Fransisco Vigilance Committee organized
1858 Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London
1862 Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling) VA
1862 Battle of Princeton WV
1862 Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London
1862 Department of Agriculture created
1862 General Benjamin F Butler issues "Woman's Order" - women of New Orleans to be treated as whores as a result of their treatment of Union soldiers
1862 Union Grounds, Brooklyn NY, 1st baseball enclosure, opens
1864 Battle of New Market VA
1864 Battle of Resaca GA (3rd day)
1864 Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)
1868 Dutch Government of Zuylen van Nijevelt falls
1869 National Woman Suffrage Association forms
1876 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38¼
1882 May Laws-Czar Alexander III bans Jews from living in rural Romania
1883 Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary & Germany
1885 Canadian Méti insurgent Louis Riel captured, Saskatchewan
1891 British Central African Protectorate (now Malawi) is established
1891 Jules Massenets opera "Griselde" premieres in Paris France
1891 Operations begin at Philips & Company in Holland
1891 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Rerum novarum
1894 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41
1896 Tornado kills 78 in Texas
1902 Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft
1902 Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola
1905 Las Vegas NV founded
1905 Pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville
1906 New York Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning
1911 British house of commons accept Parliament Bill
1911 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates
1911 Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)
1912 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6
1912 Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game & is suspended
1914 Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire" premieres in Paris France
1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front
1918 1st regular airmail service (between New York, Philadelphia & Washington DC) inaugurated
1918 43rd Preakness (1st Division): Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6
1918 44th Preakness (2nd Dividion): Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare Jr wins in 1:53.4
1918 Greek troops lands at Smyrna
1918 Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game
1919 Brooklyn Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0
1920 Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk
1923 Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms
1926 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8
1926 British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike
1928 Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance
1929 Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland OH)
1930 Ellen Church becomes 1st airline stewardess, United (San Fransisco to Cheyenne)
1931 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quadragesimo anno
1933 1st voice amplification system to be used in US Senate
1934 Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive
1934 Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia
1935 Pirates beat Phillies 20-5
1936 Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4 days 16 hours
1937 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4
1938 Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium
1940 1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300
1940 German armour division moves into Northern France
1940 German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders
1940 Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP)
1940 Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (US)
1940 Winston Churchill flies to Paris France
1941 1st British turbojet flies
1941 British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya
1941 Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yankees win 13-1
1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music
1942 Gasoline 1st rationed in US (17 Eastern States)
1942 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers
1943 Halifax bombers sinks U-463
1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction
1944 14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz
1944 Cincinnati Reds' Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0
1944 Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan
1944 Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne
1948 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends
1948 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4
1948 Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs Essex, world record
1948 Bradman scores 187 Australia vs Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five
1948 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel
1951 AT&T becomes 1st corporation to have one million stockholders
1952 Detroit Tiger Virgil Trucks no-hits Washington Senators, 1-0
1952 Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners
1953 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago for heavyweight boxing title
1953 Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam
1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1955 Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins
1955 KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1955 Vienna Treaty: Britain, France, US & USSR restores Austria's independence
1957 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade
1957 1st British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)
1958 USSR launches Sputnik III
1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst & Williams Teams reenact the original contest
1960 Chicago Cub Don Cardwell no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 4-0
1960 Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
1960 KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo HI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1960 Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed
1960 Taxes took 25% of earnings in US
1961 "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
1961 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1961 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra
1962 US marines arrive in Laos
1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
1963 Peter, Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
1963 Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1964 Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp
1964 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2
1965 Canadian Football Players Association organizes
1965 Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion
1966 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex vs Somerset
1966 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational
1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die
1967 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1967 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman
1968 "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival
1968 1st American League game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 California win against Chicago
1968 A tornado strikes Jonesboro AR at 10 PM, killing 36
1968 Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is the substitute host
1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court
1970 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be" is released in US
1970 Elizabeth Hoisington & Anna Mae Mays named 1st female US generals
1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1970 South-Africa excluded from Olympic play
1971 "70, Girls, 70" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 35 performances
1971 97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54
1971 Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed
1972 "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 6 performances
1972 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims (Minia Egypt)
1972 George Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel MD
1972 Ryukyu Island & Daito Island returned to Japan after 27 years of US control
1973 California Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats Kansas City Royals, 3-0
1974 Mail truck terrorists take school in Maälot, 30 killed
1974 Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president
1975 11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 9-4
1975 Emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1976 "Fonz Song" by Heyettes hits #91
1976 "Kentucky Moonrunner" by Cledus Maggard hits #85
1976 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55
1976 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1980 1st trans-US balloon crossing
1980 Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
1980 Shawn Weatherly, Sumter SC, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980
1981 "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs
1981 George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK
1981 Len Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto
1981 Leonard Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto
1981 SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television debut on NBC
1981 Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6
1982 108th Preakness: 16-year-old Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4
1983 Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1983 Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion
1985 Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1986 Argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years
1987 1st Energiya Launch (USSR)
1987 Record archery score for a pair over 24 hours, is set
1988 "Carrie" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 5 performances
1988 "Gospel at Colonus" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 61 performances
1988 2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams & Tracey Ullman
1988 Moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghánistán
1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1988 Soviets begin withdrawl in Afghánistán
1989 "Chu Chem" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 44 performances
1989 Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams & replace him with Cito Gaston
1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers
1989 Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years
1989 US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
1990 "Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 56 performances
1990 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million
1990 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,822.45
1990 Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period
1990 Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe
1991 Defense releases docs claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panamá"
1991 Edith Cresson becomes France's 1st female premier
1991 Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1991 Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns
1991 President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game
1991 Red Sox & White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11)
1992 Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy
1992 New York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores
1992 Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue
1993 119th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6
1993 Alamodome in San Antonio TX opens
1993 Jane Seymour & James Kesch marry
1993 Montréal Expos retire their 1st number, #10 for Rusty Staub
1994 40th McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies
1995 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
1997 ABC News & Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com
1997 STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission
1999 125th Preakness: Chris Antley on Charismatic wins in 1:55.2

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Birthdates which occurred on May 16:

1558 Andreas of Austria Bohemia cardinal/Governor of Netherlands (1598-1600)
1609 Ferdinand Austria, cardinal of Spain/Governor of Netherlands
1641 Dudley North financier/economist
1659 Campegius Vitringa Dutch theologist
1718 Maria G Agnesi Italy mathematician curves= x²y=a²(a-y)
1748 Antonius van Alphen apostolic vicar of De Bosch
1761 John Opie artist
1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
1782 John Sell Cotman water color artist
1788 Friedrich Rückert poet
1801 William Henry Seward Secretary of State (1861-69, buys Alaska at 2¢/acre)
1804 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody educator/founder (1st US kindergarten)
1806 George C Cadwalader Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1816 Henry Hopkins Sibley Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1886
1819 Daniel Ammen Captain (Union Navy), died in 1898
1822 Eduard Hille Dutch composer/conductor
1824 Edmund Kirby-Smith Florida, West Point graduate/educator/General (Confederate Army)
1824 Levi Parsons Morton (R) 22nd US Vice President (1889-93)
1827 Petrus J H Cuypers architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)
1831 David Edward Hughes inventor (microphone, teleprinter)
1832 Philip Danforth Armour founder (Armour Foods)
1845 Dietrich Schäfer German historian (Deutsche Hanse)
1850 Arthur Henry Mann organist/composer
1857 Juan Morel Campos composer
1858 Frank Lynes composer
1858 Hanus Trnecek composer
1866 Ernest Watson Burgess US sociologist (ecological school)
1878 Taylor Holmes Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)
1880 Julius Tannen NY, comedian (Great Moment, House of Frankenstein)
1887 Bull Montana Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)
1887 J van Hoddis writer
1889 Joan Collette Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft)
1892 Coenraad B van Haeringen linguist/etymologist (Dutch Dictionary)
1892 Richard Tauber [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor
1893 José Calvo Sotelo Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30)
1893 Paul Amadeus Pisk composer
1897 Walther Geiser composer
1898 August de Schrijver Belgian politician/founder (CVP)
19-- Carolyn Conwell Chicago IL, actress (Mary-Young & Restless)
1902 Jan Kiepura Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie)
1904 Hugh Plaxton Canada, ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1928)
1904 Lily Pons opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris)
1905 H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates novelist (Feast for July, Love for Lydia)
1905 Henry Fonda Grand Island NE, actor (Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond)
1906 Arturo Uslar Pietri Venezuela, writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas)
1906 Ernie McCormick cricketer (Australian quickie of late 30's)
1906 Nicholas Beriozoff ballet master
1907 Robert Tisdall Ireland, 400 meter hurdles (Olympics-gold-1932)
1908 Hilary Preston editor
1908 Mohammed Roem Indonesian foreign minister (Linggadjati)
1909 Charles Wislon principal (Glasgow University)
1911 Margaret Sullavan Norfolk VA, actress (Back Street)
1911 Olaff J de Landell [JB Wemmerslager van Sparwoude], writer
1912 Studs Terkel New York NY, author/host (Stud's Place, Working)
1913 Woody Herman jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds)
1916 Adriana Caselotti cartoon voice
1916 Bernard Braden broadcaster/actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment)
1916 Ephraim Katzir biophysicist/President (Israel)
1916 Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro doctor/social reformer
1917 George Gaynes Helsinki Finland, actor (Henry-Punky Brewster)
1917 Geraint Jones conductor/organist
1918 Edward Thomas historian/intelligence expert
1918 Juan Rulfo Mexican writer (Pedro Páramo)
1918 Kevin Skelton Bishop (Lichfield)
1919 [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace West Allis WI, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman)
1919 Richard Mason author
1920 Martine Carol [Maryse Mopurer] Saint-Mande France, actress (Nana)
1921 Harry Carey Jr Saugus CA, actor (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
1921 Robert Croften Brown politician
1922 Colin Cole Principal King of Arms
1922 Russell Wood treasurer (Queen Elizabeth)
1924 Dawda Kairaba Jawara President (Gambia, 1970-94)
1924 Frank F Mankiewicz New York NY, columnist (Perfectly Clear)
1926 Jan Zimmer composer
1927 John Walford solicitor
1928 Billy Martin baseball 2nd baseman/manager (New York Yankees, Oakland A's)
1928 Reginald Askew dean (King's College London)
1929 Adrienne Cecile Rich Baltimore MD, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters)
1929 John Conyers Jr (Representative-D-MI, 1965- )
1929 Osmo Uolevi Lindeman composer
1930 Desmond Langley Governor (Bermuda)
1930 Don Conicannon government minister
1930 Friedrich Gulda Austrian pianist/composer (Hangman's Songs)
1931 Donald James Martino Plainfield NJ, composer (Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974)
1931 Donald Martino Plainfield NJ, composer (Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974)
1931 Jack Dodson Pittsburgh PA, actor (Howard Sprage-Andy Griffith Show)
1931 Lowell P Weicker (Senator-R-CT, 1971-88/Governor-D-CT)
1931 Peter Levi poet/writer
1932 Isaac "Redd" Holt US drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd)
1934 Anthony Walker commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
1934 Nicholas Goodison CEO (TSB Group)
1936 Philippe de Montebello Paris France, art exhibitionist (Treasures of Tut)
1936 Roy Hudd comedian (Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood)
1937 James Hunt Jr (Governor-NC)
1937 Yvonne Craig Taylorville IL, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin)
1938 Anthony Walker commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
1938 Stuart Bell MP
1940 Bernardo Bertolucci Parma Italy, director (1900, Last Emperor)
1940 Gareth Roberts chancellor (Sheffield University)
1941 John McWilliams MP
1941 Maurice Henry Weddington composer
1943 Dan Coats (Representative-R-IN, 1981- )
1943 Jon Jost director (All the Vermeers in New York)
1944 Billy Cobham Panamá, jazz artist (Same Ole Love)
1945 Brewster H Shaw Jr Cass City MI, Colonel USAF/astronaut (STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28)
1945 James Moran (Representative-D-VA)
1945 Nicky Chinn English songwriter/producer (Chinn & Chapman)
1946 Jessi B Wilson Mississippi, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1946 Roger Earl rocker (Foghat)
1947 Barbara Lee US singer (Chiffons, He's So Fine)
1947 Bill Smitrovich actor (Crime Story, Miami Vice)
1947 Rosie Barnes MP
1949 Jimmy Hood MP
1949 Rick Reuschel pitcher (New York Yankees)
1949 William Sputnik Spooner rock guitarist (Grateful Dead, Tubes)
1950 Jock Bartley rocker (Firefall)
1950 Johannes Bednorz German superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
1951 Jonathan Richman rocker (Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae)
1952 Pierce Brosnan Navan County Meath Ireland, actor (Remington Steele, James Bond-Golden Eye)
1953 David Maclean British minister of state
1953 Richard Page Los Angeles CA, rocker (Mr Mister)
1953 Rick Rhoden pitcher (New York Yankees)
1954 [Dafydd] Rhys Williams Saskatoon Canada, MD/astronaut (STS 90)
1954 Janet Maw actress (Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge)
1955 Debra Winger Columbus OH, actress (Officer & Gentleman)
1955 Hazel O'Connor Coventry England, singer/actress (Breaking Glass)
1955 Jack Morris St Paul MN, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1955 Olga Korbut Grodno Belorussia, gymnast (Olympics-2 gold-1972)
1957 Joan Benoit Samuelson Cape Elizabeth ME, marathoner (Olympics-gold-1984)
1958 Glenn Gregory rock vocalist (Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams)
1959 Bob Patterson Jacksonville FL, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1959 Mare Winningham Phoenix AZ, actress (St Elmo's Fire, Turner & Hooch)
1959 Ty Armstrong Waxahachie TX, Nike golfer (1993 Anheuser-Busch-19th)
1960 Anne Parillaud Paris France, actress (Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood)
1961 Nina Arvesen White Plains NY, actress (Cassandra-Young & Restless)
1962 Gary Crocker cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman)
1963 Jimmy Osmond rocker (Osmond Brothers)
1964 John Salley NBA star (Detroit Pistons)
1965 Brent Jasmer Portland OR, actor (Sly-Bold & Beautiful)
1965 Lori Sippel Stratford Ontario, softball pitcher (Olympics-96)
1966 Janet Jackson Gary IN, singer, Michael's sister (Control)
1966 Scott Reeves Santa Monica CA, actor (Ryan-Young & Restless)
1966 Sean Quilty Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966 Thurman Thomas NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
1968 Ralph Tresvant Boston MA, singer (New Editon)
1969 Marcel Schewe cricketer (Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup)
1969 Steven Earl Lewis Los Angeles CA, 4X100/400 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1988)
1969 Tracey Gold New York NY, actress (Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday)
1969 Tricia Cast actress (Nina-The Young and Restless)
1970 Eric Lynch NFL running back (Detroit Lions)
1970 Gabriela Sabatini Argentina, tennis player (Olympics-silver-1988)
1971 Khari Jones CFL/WLAF quarterback (British Columbia Lions, Scottish Claymores)
1972 Keith Burns NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1972 Matthew Hart cricketer (New Zealand lefty spinner 1994- )
1974 Conal Groom Northford CT, rower (Olympics-1996)
1974 Keith Thibodeaux cornerback (Washington Redskins)
1978 Vincent Larusso Livingston NJ, actor (Adam-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3)
1979 Evan Ferrante actor (Owen-Swan's Crossing)
1981 Jessica Ponzo Miss New Jersey Teen USA (1996)

Deaths which occurred on May 16:

0942 Saadiah Gaon head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies
1434 Pieter Appelmans Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60
1669 Pietro da Cortona [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies
1669 Reyer Anslo writer/poet, dies at about 42
1691 Jacob Leisler becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
1703 Charles Perrault author/fairy tale writer, dies
1754 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari composer, dies at 76
1762 Ernst Chreistian Hesse composer, dies at 86
1768 Cornelis Writer fleet supervisor, dies at about 81
1777 Button Gwinnet US revolutionary leader, dies from wounds
1782 Daniuel Charles Solander botanist, dies
1805 Christian Brunings hydraulic engineer, dies at 68
1819 Alexander van Bylandt military, dies at 75
1829 William Congreve English officer, dies at 56
1830 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier mathematician, dies
1835 Felicia Dorothea Hemans poet/hymn writer, dies
1847 Kaspar Ett German organist/composer, dies at 59
1862 Lev A Ms Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40
1863 Lloyd Tilghman Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 47
1864 Lean Bear Cheyenne chief, murdered
1880 Karl August Krebs composer, dies at 76
1892 John Banvard painted world's largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies
1892 Theodoor J Canneel Flemish painter, dies at 74
1903 Eduard Rappoldi composer, dies at 72
1904 N I Bobrikov Russian Governor-General in Finland, dies
1910 Henri E Cross [Delacroix] French painter, dies at 53
1918 Eusapia Palladino Napolitan, dies at 64
1926 Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman) last sultan of Turkey, dies
1928 Edmund William Grosse poet/author, dies
1929 Lilli Lehmann soprano, dies
1932 Ki Imukai premier of Japan (1931-32), murdered
1932 William Pember Reeves politician/poet, dies
1938 Stephen Fairbairn oarsman/coach, dies
1942 Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski anthropologist, dies
1944 George Ade US novelist/playwright (Counsel Widow), dies at 78
1944 Leone Sinigaglia composer, dies at 75
1944 Max Brand [Frederick Schiller Faust] western author, dies
1949 William Newzam Prior Nicholson painter/engraver, dies
1952 Alec Hearne cricketer (scored 9 in Test for England vs South Africa 1892), dies
1954 Clemens Krauss Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61
1954 Werner Bischof Swiss photographer, dies accidentally at 38
1955 James Agee US critic/writer (Death in Family), dies in New York
1958 Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten] Flemish playwright, dies at 49
1959 Joe Cook Stage comedian, dies at 69
1966 Randolph Turpin boxer, shot dead in his home
1969 Johnny Jordan cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44
1972 Maxime Dumoulin composer, dies at 79
1973 A P Gütersloh writer, dies at 86
1975 Michael X [Abdul Malik] hanged in Trinidad, for murder
1979 Asa Philip Randolph labor leader & civil rights pioneer, dies at 90
1983 Carel Brons composer, dies at 52
1984 Andy Kaufman comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer at 35
1984 Irwin Shaw US writer (Rich Man, Poor Man), dies at 71
1985 Margaret Hamilton actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies from a heart attack at 82
1988 Kay Baxter Best Bodybuilder in the World (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42
1988 Louise Wood director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at 78
1989 Hassan Khaled sheik of Lebanon, murdered
1990 Dag Drollet Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian
1990 Jim Henson muppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show), dies of pneumonia at 53
1990 Sammy Davis Jr entertainer (Golden Boy), dies from throat cancer at 64
1991 Prudence Nesbitt British actress/TV producer, dies
1992 Marisa Mell actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53
1993 Marv Johnson US soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54
1994 Alain Cuny actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies
1994 Barbara Jean Jones fictional character on General Hospital, dies at 7
1994 Phani Majumdar film director, dies at 82
1994 Vasek Simek Czechoslovakia/US, actor (Green Card, Mistress), dies at 66
1995 Lola Flores singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70
1995 Ragnhild Marie Hatton historian, dies at 82
1996 Edward McInnes German scholar, dies at 60
1996 Mike Jeremy Boorda Chief of Naval Operations (US Navy), commits suicide at 57
1996 Pierre Debizet resistance fighter/special agent, dies at 72

On this day...Events:

0955 Alberich II, illegitimate son of Octavianus elected pope
1165 Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine
1527 Florence becomes a republic
1532 Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor
1547 Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg
1568 Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England
1571 Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM
1584 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal
1605 Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V
1606 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia
1648 Battle at Zólty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir
1747 Prince Willem V sworn in as Admiral-General of Netherlands
1763 Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London
1770 Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France
1792 Denmark abolishes slave trade
1795 Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state
1796 Lombardije Republic forms
1803 Peace of Amiens ends
1804 Senate & Tribune declare Napolean leader of France
1811 Peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera
1817 Mississippi River steamboat service begins
1860 Republican convention (Chicago) selects Abraham Lincoln candidate
1861 Confederate Government offers war volunteers $10 premium
1861 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality
1862 Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile
1863 Battle of Champion's Hill MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign
1864 Atlanta Campaign-battle of Resaca, ends (since May 13)
1864 Battle of Bermuda Hundred VA
1864 Last battles at Drewry's Bluff VA (6,666 casualties)
1866 Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer
1866 Congress authorizes nickel 5¢ piece (replaces silver half-dime)
1868 Bedrich Smetana's opera "Dalibor" premieres in Prague
1868 President Andrew Johnson acquitted during Senate impeachment, by 1 vote
1869 Cincinnati Reds play their 1st baseball game, win 41-7
1872 Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time
1874 1st recorded dam disaster in US (Williamsburg MA)
1875 Quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000
1879 Antonin Dvorák's "Slavic Dancing" premieres
1879 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia & English
1881 World's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin)
1882 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40¼
1884 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40¼
1888 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver British Columbia
1891 George A Hormel & Company introduce Spam
1894 Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings
1901 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Priory School" (BG)
1902 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3
1903 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at San Fransisco (George Wymann)
1910 US Bureau of Mines forms
1911 Remains of a neanderthal man found in Jersey UK
1911 Zeppelin "Deutscheland" wrecked at Dusseldorf
1914 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
1914 Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens
1916 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8
1920 Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) canonized a saint in Rome
1920 Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull
1921 47th Preakness: F Coltiletti aboard Broomspun wins in 1:54.2
1922 White Star Line Majestic completes 5½ day maiden voyage
1924 108ºF (42ºC) in Blitzen OR
1925 1st network radiocast (WHAS) of Kentucky Derby
1925 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6
1927 New York Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home
1927 Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax
1929 1st Academy Awards - "Wings", Emil Jennings & Janet Gaynor win
1930 6th Walker Cup: US 10-Great Britain/Ireland 2
1931 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins in 2:01.8
1932 Yankees 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland & Boston
1933 Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game
1936 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France
1936 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59
1938 1st animal breeding society forms (New Jersey)
1938 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta GA)
1938 In cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six
1939 1st American League night game, Philadelphia Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10)
1939 Food stamps are 1st issued
1940 Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers
1940 Prime Minister Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris
1941 1st US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers"
1941 Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia
1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)
1941 Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT)
1942 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma
1943 German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw
1943 Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting
1943 RAF bombs Möhne & Eder (Battle of Ruhr)
1944 1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz
1944 Military police attack gypsies
1945 Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa
1946 Musical "Annie Get Your Gun" starring Ethel Merman premieres in NYC
1948 Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion
1948 CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece
1948 Chaim Weizmann elected 1st President of Israel
1948 Egyptians enter the Gaza
1948 Israel issues its 1st postage stamps
1952 "New Faces (of 1952)" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 365 performances
1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row
1954 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open
1954 Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone
1954 WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast
1955 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in 9 (San Fransisco) for heavyweight boxing title
1955 King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo
1955 Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown
1956 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia
1956 Kraft Theatre presents an act from "Profiles in Courage"
1956 Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey vs Australia at the Oval
1957 Major Irwin, USAF flies a Lockheed Starfighter to a record 1,404.18 MPH
1957 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Invicti Athletae
1957 US launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton CT
1957 Yankees involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade
1958 Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mexico
1958 Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter
1959 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57
1959 WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1960 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as USSR levels spy charges against US
1961 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
1963 "Beast in Me" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 4 performances
1963 Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury
1964 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8
1964 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1964 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion
1965 "Roar of the Greasepaint" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
1965 Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats Yankees 7-5 & homers
1965 Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam
1965 Spaghetti-O's 1st sold
1965 Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
1965 WNJU TV channel 47 in Linden NY (TEL) begins broadcasting
1966 Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" is released
1966 National Welfare Rights Organization begins
1966 Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
1967 Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium
1968 Earthquake kills 47 in Japan
1969 Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute
1969 Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam
1969 The Who's Pete Townsend & Roger Daltrey charged with assault
1969 US sub Guitarro sinks at the pier at San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA
1969 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere
1970 "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" by Bill Cosby hits #70
1970 96th Preakness: Eddie Belmonte aboard Personality wins in 1:56.2
1971 1st class postage now costs 8¢ (was 6¢)
1971 Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave" premieres in Aldwych
1971 Bulgaria adopts it's constitution
1972 "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 164 performances
1972 Greg Luzinski's 500' homerun hits the Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium
1972 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationale
1973 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar
1973 AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki
1974 Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor
1974 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 India annexes Principality of Sikkim
1975 Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK
1976 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens sweep Philadelphia Flyers in 4 games
1976 Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic
1977 5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on the Pan Am Building in NYC
1977 Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1979 FC Barcelona wins 19th Europe Cup II in Basel
1979 National League approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19 million
1980 34th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2
1980 Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis
1980 Former Buggles members Geoff Downes & Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman in Yes
1980 Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album
1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
1981 107th Preakness: Jorge Velasquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6
1981 Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1
1981 Pretenders' Martin Chambers weds Tracy Atkinson
1982 "Barnum" closes at St James Theater NYC after 854 performances
1982 "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances
1982 Columbia moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base for mating in preparation for STS-4
1982 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1982 Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Republic
1983 Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel
1984 Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution
1984 Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel
1984 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota; Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game
1984 Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer
1984 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1985 Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year
1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium
1986 "Top Gun" premieres
1986 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas
1986 Joaquín Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Republic parliamentary election
1986 South African President P W Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela
1987 "Bobro 400", a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from New York, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site
1987 "Mystery of Edwin Drood" closes at Imperial NYC after 608 performances
1987 113th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8
1987 Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles
1987 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show
1988 Surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin
1988 US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant
1989 Soviet President Mikhail S Gorbachev & Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing
1990 Dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected
1990 Juventus wins 19th UEFA Cup in Avellino
1991 Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson (Superman character)
1991 Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address US congress
1992 "Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35
1992 118th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Pine Bluff wins in 1:55.6
1992 Polls show Perot, Bush & Clinton could be in a deadlock
1992 US space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour)
1993 "3 Men on a Horse" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 40 performances
1993 "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" closes at Circle in Square NYC after 30 performances
1993 Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull
1993 Judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head
1993 Laura Davies wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1993 Süleyman Demirel elected President of Turkey
1994 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Orlando FL on WTKS 104.1 FM
1994 Jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment
1994 Joaquín Balaguer (86) elected President of Dominican Republic
1994 Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana
1995 Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier
1996 Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 homeruns in 1 inning
1997 Atlanta Braves beat St Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings
1997 Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA
1997 Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of US crowned 46th Miss Universe
1997 Expos trailing San Fransisco Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13
1997 St Louis Cardinals Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hits
1998 124th Preakness: Kent Desormeaux on Real Quiet wins in 1:54.8

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Birthdates which occurred on May 17:

1444 Sandro Botticelli Italian painter (Birth of Venus)
1451 Engelbert II earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg
1490 Albrecht von Hohenzollern 1st duke of Prussia
1551 Martinus A del Rio Spanish/South Netherlands lawyer/historian/theologist
1568 Christoph Thomas Walliser composer
1576 Ferdinand van Apshoven the Older, Flemish painter, baptized
1673 Jozef LD von Königsegg Austria, military minister of Austrian Netherlands
1691 Antoine Court French reformed theologist
1732 Francesco Pasquale Ricci composer
1741 John Penn US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence)
1749 Edward Jenner England, physician, discovered vaccination
1768 Caroline Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV
1794 Anna Brownell Jameson Dublin, writer
1796 Martinus J Niewindt bishop of Curaçao (christen slaves)
1800 Carl Friedrich Zollner composer
1803 Robert Smith Surtees novelist
1804 Ottho G Heldring Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)
1808 Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel composer
1812 Joseph Warren Revere Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1880
1819 Johann Nepomuk Kafka composer
1823 Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby contralto/composer
1836 Joseph Norman Lockyer discovered Helium/founded Nature magazine
1846 Edmund Bishop English secretary of Thomas Carlyle
1850 Antonio Scontrino composer
1866 Erik Alfred Satie Honfleur France, composer (Mémoirs d'un Ambésique)
1867 Gerrit Mannoury Dutch mathematician/philosopher
1871 Henricus P Bremmer art historian (Modern Kunstwerken)
1873 Dorothy Miller Richardson Abingdon Berkshire, novelist
1873 Henri Barbusse Asnieres France, novelist (Le Feu)
1876 Alban Collignon Belgian sport journalist
1878 Conway Tearle US actor (Klondike Annie, Should Ladies Behave?)
1886 Alfonso XIII Borbón King of Spain (1902-31)
1888 A P "Tich" Freeman cricket leg-spinner (legend for Kent & England)
1889 Alfonso Reyes Mexican poet/historian/diplomat (Higenia Cruel)
1889 Marcel Moyse Saint-Amour, France, flutist (20 Exercises et études)
1890 Philip James composer
1896 Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere composer
1896 Hannah Tillich writer
1899 Ralf Harolde Pittsburgh PA, actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off)
19-- Audie Desbrow rocker (Great White-Twice Shy)
1900 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Iran's spiritual leader (1979-89)
1900 Nicolai Berezowsky composer
1901 Werner Egk Auchsesheim Germany, composer (Die Zaubergeige)
1902 John Vincent composer
1903 Douglas Packard British Lieutenant General
1904 Jean Gabin [Alexis Moncorgé] actor (Stormy Waters, French Can Can)
1905 John Patrick screenwriter
1906 Eric Mensforth president (Westland Aircraft)
1907 Charles Cawley British chief scientist/minister of power
1907 Horace McMahon South Norwalk CT, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)
1907 Ilona Schacherer Elek Budapest Hungary, fencer (Olympics-gold-1936, 48)
1908 Sigismund Toduta composer
1908 Zinka Milanov Zagreb Yugoslavia, soprano (Ljublama Opera 1927)
1909 Edward Playfair British senior civil servant
1909 Magda Schneider actress (Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight)
1911 Knut Anders Haukfield SOE Operative
1911 Maureen O'Sullivan Boyle Ireland, actress (Tarzan, Pride & Prejudice)
1912 Archibald Cox 1st Watergate special prosecutor
1912 Clarence "Ace" Parker NFL QB (Brooklyn, Boston Yanks)
1912 Sandor Vegh violinist teacher conductor
1913 Alec Ogilvie CEO (Powell Duffryn)
1913 Lord Hirshfield chartered accountant
1914 Guido Masanetz composer
1915 Joseph D Craggs electrical engineer
1916 Cornelis A Eman Aruban politician
1916 John Hinde photographer/circus promoter
1918 Birgit Nilsson Karup Sweden, operatic soprano (Elektra, Salome)
1920 Harriet Van Horne Syracuse NY, columnist/panelist (Leave it to Girls)
1920 Lydia Wideman Finland, 10K cross country skier (Olympics-gold-1952)
1921 Dennis Brain London England, french-hornist (Serenade)
1921 John Garlick British senior civil servant
1923 Michael Beetham Marshal (RAF)
1923 Miles Wingate deputy master (Trinity House)
1923 Peter Mennin[i] Erie PA, composer (Moby Dick)
1924 Frantisek Kovaricek composer
1924 Lord Tombs CEO (Rolls Royce)
1924 Thomas Baird Vice-Admiral
1926 Cicely Berry voice director (Royal Shakespeare Company)
1926 David Young Lieutenant-General/CEO (Cairn Tech)
1926 Earl of Airlie KT
1926 Geoffrey Caston vice chancellor (U of South Pacific)
1926 Lord Chamberlain Earl of Airilet
1926 Tenniel Evans rev/actor (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper)
1927 Ronald Halstead deputy CEO (British Steel)
1928 Donald Cameron Watt historian
1928 Ian Griggs bishop (Ludlow)
1928 Vivian Moses biotechnologist
1929 Raymond Hide geophysicist
1931 Dewey Redman jazz musician
1932 Arthur Jones principal (Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester)
1932 Colin Hope CEO (T/N)
1932 Peter Burge cricketer (dashing Australian batsman of 50's & 60's)
1932 Rodric Braithwaite British ambassador to USSR
1934 Earl Morrall NFL QB (Lions, Giants, Colts)
1935 Dennis Christopher George Potter playwright (Karaoke, Midnight Movie)
1935 Ivan Slone world-famous watchmaker
1936 Dennis Hopper Dodge City KS, actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider)
1936 Lars Gustafsson writer
1936 Philippe Boesmans composer
1938 Don Dolan Staten Island NY, actor (Guy Lewis- General Hospital)
1938 Jason Bernard actor (Judge-Liar Liar)
1938 Pervis Jackson rocker (Spinners)
1938 Trinus Riemersma Dutch-Frisian writer (Conquest of Leeuwarden)
1939 Hugh Dykes MP
1939 Wim de Bie CEO (Simplistic Covenant)
1941 David Howell Cope composer
1941 Malcom Hale trumpeter
1941 Miriam Margolyes actress (Will Be)
1942 Caroline Charles fashion designer
1942 Taj Mahal New York NY, singer/songwriter (The Real Thing)
1944 Arif Butt cricketer (pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65)
1944 Canon P B Price General Secretary, USPG
1944 Jesse Winchester Shreveport LA, singer/songwriter (Learn to Love it)
1944 Paul Crossley concert pianist
1945 D A S Pennefather Major-General/Commandant (General Royal Marines)
1945 George Miller (Representative-D-CA, 1975- )
1946 Sinaida Turchina USSR, team handball (Olympics-gold-1976)
1947 John Traicos cricketer (in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93)
1948 Bill Bruford Sevenoaks Kent England, drummer (Yes, King Crimson, Genesis)
1949 Timothy Cordy British director (Town/Country Planning Association)
1950 A A Johnson MP
1950 Christian Lacroix French couturier (Chic Frills)
1950 Keith Bradley MP
1951 I R Evans CEO (Hyder, Welsh Water)
1951 Simon Hughes MP
1952 Jody Pijper Dutch (background) singer
1953 George Johnson Los Angeles CA, rocker (Brothers Johnson)
1953 Kathleen Sullivan Pasadena CA, newscaster (ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show)
1953 Nicholas Bacon premier baronet of England
1953 Yoko Shimada Kumamota Japan, author (Kir Royal)/actress (Shogun)
1954 John Iles dolby supervisor (Elephant Man, Richard III)
1954 Michael Roberts jockey
1955 Bill Paxton actor (Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies)
1956 "Sugar" Ray [Charles] Leonard Palmer Park MD, welter/middle/light-heavyweight boxing champion (Olympics-gold-76)
1956 Bob Saget Philadelphia PA, comedian/actor (Danny-Full House, America's Funniest Home Videos)
1956 Sue Carpenter TV presenter/journalist
1958 Vincent Henar Surinam, bassist (Fra Fra Sound)
1959 Paul Di'Anno Chingford London, rocker (Iron Maiden-Run To The Hills)
1960 Fiona Hutchison Miami FL, actress (One Life to Live, Guiding Light)
1961 Enya [Eithne Ní Bhraonáin] Gweedore Ireland, vocalist (Watermark)
1962 Scott Case NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
1962 Tracey Bryn rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee)
1963 Brigitte Nielsen actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV, Domino)
1963 Jon Koncak NBA center (Orlando Magic)
1965 Paige Turco Springfield MA, actress (Dinah-Guiding Light)
1965 Trent Reznor musician (9 Inch Nails)
1966 Danny Manning NBA forward/center (Phoenix Suns)
1966 Mark Kratzmann Australia, tennis star
1966 Mark Schmocker Interlaken Switzerland, US team handball goalie (Olympics-96)
1967 Cameron Bancroft actor (Beverly Hills 90210)
1967 Debbie Dutch Titusville NJ, actress (Hell's Paradox)
1968 Tim Grunhard NFL center (Kansas City Chiefs)
1969 Aaron Ruffin CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1969 Craig Erickson NFL quarterback (Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins)
1969 Ujesh Ranchod cricketer (Zimbabwe off-spinner 1993)
1970 Alan Wetmore CFL fullback (Montréal Alouettes)
1970 Derrick Deese NFL guard (San Fransisco 49ers)
1970 Hubert Davis NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks)
1970 Jim Cummins Dearborn, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks)
1970 Jodie Rogers Melbourne Victoria Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
1970 John Karelse soccer player (NAC)
1970 Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight Worcester MA, rocker (New Kids on the Block-Hangin' Tough)
1970 Renzo Furlan Italy, tennis star
1970 Stefania Croce Bergamo Italy, golfer (95 State Farm Rail Classic-11)
1970 Todd Mundt NBA center (Atlanta Hawks)
1971 Bill Lindsay Big Fork, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
1971 Mark Williams NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1972 Elena Wagner Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star (1996 ITF/Redbridge-Great Britain)
1972 John Burrough NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 Jay Riemersma tight end (Buffalo Bills)
1974 Marcia Turner Cambridge MA, Miss America (Massachusetts-Top 10-1996)
1976 Anna Windsor Sydney New South Wales Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1976 Daniel Komen Nyaru Kenya, 5k runner
1976 Peter Devine New York NY, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1977 Jere Michael Aspen CO, figure skater (1994 National Jr champion)

Deaths which occurred on May 17:

1050 Guido van Arezzo Italian music theorist, dies
1510 Sandro Botticelli [Alessandro di Mariano del Filpepi] painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65
1575 Matthew Parker archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68
1591 Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51
1606 Forges Dimitri czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered
1695 Cornelis de Heem painter, dies
1727 Catherine I Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies
1729 Samuel Clarke theologian, dies
1796 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig composer, dies at 89
1809 Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg physician, dies
1838 Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Périgord French bishop, dies at 84
1840 Niccolo Paganini composer, dies at 57
1851 Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde journalist (Treason), dies at 31
1864 N Hawthorne writer, dies at 59
1866 Adolf Bernhard Marx composer, dies at 70
1872 Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski composer, dies at 63
1883 Lydia Estes Pinklham patent-medicine manufacturer, dies
1884 Louis Brassin composer, dies at 43
1889 William Roxby Beverly artist, dies
1892 György Klapka Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72
1914 Peter Leyten bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79
1916 Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre composer, dies at 68
1919 Bohumil Pazdirek composer, dies at 80
1920 Maitland Hathorn cricketer (325 runs in 12 Tests South Africa 1901-11), dies
1926 Lucien Herr French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies
1930 Herbert David Croly US founder (New Republic), dies at 61
1931 Johan [Eliza J] de Master art critic/writer, dies
1931 Timothy Cole wood engraver, dies
1935 Paul A Dukas French composer/tutor of Messiaen (Velléda), dies at 69
1943 Montagu Love actor (Wind), dies at 65
1945 Jan van Geenen resistance fighter, dies
1945 Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an founder 1st Zen Institute of America, dies
1950 Eduardo Fabini composer, dies at 67
1951 Karl Heinrich David composer, dies at 66
1953 Eric De Lamarter composer, dies at 73
1955 Alan Fairfax cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies
1955 Francesco Balilla Pratella composer, dies at 75
1955 Leslie Hylton cricketer (West Indies quickie 1939), hung for murder
1957 Shalva Azmayparashvili composer, dies at 54
1961 French of Cauwelaert Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81
1961 Henri Gagnon composer, dies at 74
1964 Otto V Kuusinen President of Karelo-Finnish Soviet Republic (1940-56), dies 82
1967 John Wesley Work composer, dies at 65
1969 Joseph Beran Czechoslovakia, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80
1970 Nigel Martin Balchin English author (My Executioner), dies at 61
1973 Alexander J Kropholler Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91
1974 Charles Braswell actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49
1978 John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd speaker of house of commons, dies
1980 Joseph M "Joop" Lücker Dutch editor-in-chief (Volkskrant), dies at 65
1981 Hugo Freidhofer composer, dies at 80
1981 Jeannette Ridlon Piccard 1st US woman free balloon pilot, dies
1985 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas
1985 Hugh Burden actor (The House in Nightmare Park), dies at 72
1987 Gunnar Myrdal Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88
1989 Robert Webber actor (Nuts, Assassin, 10), dies at 74
1992 George Hurrell Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87
1992 Lawrence Welk conductor/accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 89
1992 Leonardo del Ferro [Keyser] US epic tenor, dies
1992 Warren Neal Boxer dies of AIDS at 34
1993 Harry Elstrøm Danish/Belgian sculptor, dies at 86
1994 Alain Cuny [René X Marie] French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at 85
1994 Andrew Brown film Producer, dies at 55
1994 Donald Keith Falkner singer, dies at 94
1994 Willian Noel Moffat architect, dies at 82
1995 Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle singer, dies at 72
1996 Rusi Modi cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), dies
1996 Scott Evans Brayton racing car driver, dies at 37
1996 Willi Daume Olympic organiser, dies at 82
1996 Willis Conover broadcaster, dies at 75

On this day...Events

0218 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
0352 Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Julius I
0884 St Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1525 Battle at Zabern: duke of Lutherans beats rebels
1527 Pánfilo de Narvaéz departs to explore Florida
1536 Anne Boleyn's 4 "lovers" executed
1544 Scottish Earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII
1579 Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian
1620 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey)
1630 Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi, 1st to see 2 belts on Jupiter surface
1631 Earl Johann Tilly attacks Maagdenburg
1648 Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria
1672 Frontenac becomes Governor of New France (Canada)
1673 Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi
1678 King Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty
1712 Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands"
1733 England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions
1742 Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians
1744 French army takes Austrian Netherlands
1750 Tax revolt in Gorinchem
1756 Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War)
1787 English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes
1792 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street
1794 Hard frost in southern New England
1803 John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine
1804 Lewis & Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase
1809 Papal States annexed by France
1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (National Day)
1814 Norwegian constitution passed by constituent assembly at Eidsvoll
1837 Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly)
1845 Rubber band patents
1846 Saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax
1848 Premier Earl Schimmelpenninck resigns
1849 Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis MO
1853 Thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election
1862 Battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities
1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
1864 Battle of Adairsville GA, Union forces Confederates to retreat
1871 Indians fighter General Sherman escapes in ambulance vs Comanches
1872 Bohemian Club incorporated
1875 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75
1876 7th US Cavalry under Custer leaves Fort Lincoln
1877 Edwin T Holmes installs 1st telephone switchboard burglar alarm
1881 7th Kentucky Derby: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hindoo wins in 2:40
1881 Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington DC
1881 Revised version of New Testament
1883 Buffalo Bill Cody's 1st wild west show premieres in Omaha
1884 Alaska becomes a US territory
1890 Clyde Fitch's "Beau Brummel" premieres in NYC
1890 Comic Cuts, 1st weekly comic paper, published in London
1890 Pietro Costanzi's opera "Rustic Chivalry" premieres in Rome
1894 19th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Assignee wins in 1:49¼
1895 W G Grace completes his 100th 100 vs Somerset at Bristol
1899 Victoria & Albert Museum foundation laid England
1900 British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony)
1903 Cleveland Indians beat New York Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus OH
1904 Maurice Ravel's "Shéhérazade" premieres in Paris France
1905 Waseda University of Tokyo defeats Los Angeles High School 5-3 in baseball
1909 White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks
1910 Canada sets the designs for the 1¢-50¢ coins
1911 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51
1915 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58
1915 Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st & winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever
1915 Last liberal British Government of Asquith falls
1915 National Baptist Convention chartered
1916 British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), 1st introduced
1920 1st De Havilland double-decker flight (London) lands in Schiphol
1920 1st flight by Dutch airlines KLM (Koninklijke-Luchtvaart-Maatschappij)
1921 Belgian-Luxembourg sign customs union
1921 President Harding opens (via telephone) 1st Valencia Orange Show
1923 Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (South Carolina)
1924 50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2
1925 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit
1926 Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton
1926 German Government of Marx takes power
1927 Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings
1928 9th modern Olympic games open in Amsterdam
1930 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6
1932 Congress changes the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico"
1937 Juan Negrin succeeds Largo Caballero as Spain's premier
1938 Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy
1938 Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network
1939 1st sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball
1940 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium & begins invasion of France
1940 Nazis bombs Middelburg/B IJzerdrat begins illegal defiance
1941 Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack
1942 Dutch SS vows loyalty to Hitler
1944 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
1944 Chinese/US arm forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma
1944 General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th
1944 Operation Straightline: Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea
1945 2 US P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu
1946 KVP Labor/Communists win 1st post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections
1946 President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike
1947 "Street Scene" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 148 performances
1948 Israel liberates Acre, Nebi Yusha & Telel-Kadi
1948 Soviet Union recognized Israel
1949 British government recognizes Republic of Ireland
1952 78th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4
1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open
1953 Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game
1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision
1955 Dutch Government of Drees resigns
1957 Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date (District of Columbia)
1958 84th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2
1958 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria
1959 Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122
1960 1st atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA
1961 Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers
1962 Marin County withdraws from BART district
1963 Bruno Sammartino beats Buddy Rogers in New York, to become WWF champion
1963 Houston Colt .45's Don Notterbart no-hits Phillies, 4-1
1963 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational
1964 Phillies triple play Houston Colt .45s
1966 KFDO (now KVIJ) TV channel 8 in Sayre OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back"
1968 European Space Research Organization launches 1st satellite
1968 Frank Howard belts record 8th homerun in 5th straight game
1968 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1969 "My Wife, My Dog, My Cat" by Maskman & The Agents hits #92
1969 95th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Majestic Prince wins in 1:55.6
1969 Baltimore, Cleveland & Pittsburgh agree to go from NFC to the AFC in the NFL
1969 Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus
1970 Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
1970 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Golf Tournament
1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra
1971 Stephen Schwartz' musical "Godspell" premieres off-Broadway
1971 Washington State bans sex discrimination
1972 Netherlands & China People's Republic exchange ambassadors
1972 Tottenham Hotspur wins 1st UEFA Cup in London
1973 "Nash at Nine" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 21 performances
1973 Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green homerun during a 5-4 loss to the A's
1973 Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger homerun
1973 Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings
1973 Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life"
1973 US performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle CO
1974 Bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels
1974 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 15th String quartet
1975 "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79
1975 101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4
1975 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love"
1975 Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches
1975 NBC paid $5 million for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time
1976 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win
1976 Earthquake in Uzbekistan: 1000's killed
1977 Menahem Begins Likoed-party wins election in Israel
1978 Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit homerun
1979 -12ºF (-11ºC), on top of Mauna Kea HI (state record)
1979 Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation
1979 Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 homeruns
1980 (Vivekananda Selva) Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on 1 foot for 33 hours
1980 106th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Codex wins in 1:54.2
1980 Major race riot in Miami FL - 16 killed, 300 injured
1980 Paul & Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live
1981 "Inacent Black" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 14 performances
1981 Islanders score 5 power play goals against Flyers in a playoff
1981 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
1983 Israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty
1983 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders sweep Edmonton Oilers in 4 games
1984 Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto throws 4 strikeouts in one inning
1984 Mai Shanley, 21, (New Mexico), crowned 33rd Miss USA
1985 Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska
1986 "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the UK pop chart
1986 112th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8
1987 "Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances
1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
1989 Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000!
1989 Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart
1989 Nelson Mandela receives a BA degree from University of South Africa
1989 Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825 million
1990 Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI
1990 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,831.71
1990 European court rules pension rights for both men & women
1990 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann
1991 Lupita Jones, 23, of México, crowned 40th Miss Universe
1992 38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King
1992 Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone & Fisk)
1993 Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled
1994 Bakili Muluzi's UDF wins Malawi presidents/parliamentary election
1996 Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe
1996 Habib & Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wicket, Leicestershire vs Worcestershire
1997 123rd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54
1997 Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London
1997 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom
1998 44th McDonald's LPGA Championship

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Birthdates which occurred on May 18:

1692 Joseph Butler Wantage Berkshire, theologian
1711 Ruggiero G Boscovich [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer
1744 Joseph Beer Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap)
1759 Charles Duquesnoy composer
1788 Hugh Clapperton Annan Scotland, African explorer
1797 Frederik Augustus II King of Saxon (1836-54)
1798 Ethan Allen Hitchcock Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870
1815 Thomas Stanhope Bocock representative (Confederacy), died in 1891
1817 James William Denver Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1819 Julius Hopp composer
1830 Karl Goldmark Keszthely Hungary, composer (Sakuhtala)
1836 Isidor Vorobchievici composer
1836 Wilhelm Steinitz Austria, world chess champion (1866-94)
1850 Oliver Heaviside physicist predicted existence of ionosphere
1854 Bernard Zweers Dutch composer (To My Fatherland)
1862 Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing German para-psychologist
1864 Jan P Veth Bayern, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer/art historian
1865 William Heinemann England, publisher (Chemical Instrumental)
1868 Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj last tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
1869 Ruprecht crown prince of Bavaria/general-fieldmarshall
1871 Franiska zu Reventlow writer
1872 Bertrand Russell England, mathematician/philosopher (Nobel 1950)
1875 Guido Alberto Fano composer
1881 Georgi Atanasov composer
1882 Eduardo Fabini composer
1883 Walter Gropius Berlin Germany, architect (founded Bauhaus school of design)
1885 Eurico Gaspar Dutra President of Brazil (1945-50)
1886 Ole Windingstad composer
1887 Ernst Wiechert writer
1889 G Gunnarson writer
1891 Rudolf Carnap philosopher (German Logical Positivist)
1892 Ezio Pinza Rome Italy, bass (New York Metropolitan-South Pacific)
1896 Walter Fitzgerald Keyhan Devonport England
1897 Frank Capra Palermo Sicily Italy, movie director (It's a Wonderful Life, Arsenic & Old Lace)
1897 Jack Raine London England, actor (Quartet)
1898 Juan J Domenchina Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada)
19-- Gail Strickland Birmingham AL, actress (Alice West-Insiders)
19-- Steven David Delong rocker (Sweet F.A.-Stick To Your Guns)
1900 Sarah Miriam Peale US, portrait painter (General Lafayette-1825)
1901 Harry Robert Wilson composer
1901 Henri-Pierre Sauguet Bordeaux France, composer (La Chotte)
1901 Vincent du Vigneaud US biochemist
1902 [Robert] Meredith Willson Mason City IA, composer (Music Man)
1903 George E Stone Lodz Poland, actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile)
1904 Jacob K Javits (Senator-R-NY)
1905 Eric Zeisl composer
1905 Hedley Verity cricketer (terrific slow lefty for England pre-WWII)
1907 Clifford Curzon London England, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal)
1907 Robley D Evans nuclear physicist
1909 Fred Perry Stockport England, tennis star/commentator (Wimbledon 1934-36)
1910 Arthur van Schendel Dutch art historian
1911 Big Joe Turner Kansas City MO, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle & Roll)
1911 Lord Hartwell
1911 Sigrid Gurie Brooklyn NY, actor (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee)
1912 Georg von Opel German auto manufacturer
1912 Perry [Pierino] Como Canonsburg PA, singer/TV host (Perry Como Show)
1912 Richard Brooks Philadelphia PA, director (Blackboard Jungle, In Cold Blood)
1914 Anthony Fell British MP
1914 Boris Christoff Bulgaria/Italian bass (Boris Godunov)
1914 Pierre A Balmain France, fashion designer (1940's "New Look")
1915 Leon Shenandoah native American leader
1917 Charles Wintour journalist
1917 James Donald Aberdeen Scotland, actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings)
1918 Pope John Paul II [Karol Wojtyla] 264th Roman Catholic pope (1978- )
1919 Dame Margot Fonteyn Surrey England, ballerina (Giselle/partner of Nureyev)
1921 Anthony Epstein FRS/pathologist
1922 Bill Macy Revere MA, actor (Walter-Maude, Oh! Calcutta)
1922 GMcC Kitson British principal (Central School of Speech/Drama)
1923 Liam Sullivan Jacksonville IL, actor (Mapoy-Monroes)
1924 Jack Whitaker Philadelphia PA, sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
1924 Priscilla Pointer New York NY, actress (Rebecca-Dallas, Call to Glory)
1927 Richard Body MP
1928 G R Hall nuclear scientist
1928 P G Hammersley British Rear-Admiral
1928 Pernell Roberts Waycross GA, actor (Adam Cartwright-Bonanza, Trapper John MD)
1929 Johan N Block aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland)
1929 Lord St John of Fawsley
1929 Roger Matton composer
1930 Barbara Goldsmith New Rochelle, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last)
1930 Don Leslie Lind Midvale UT, astronaut (STS 51-B)
1930 Fred[erick Thomas] Saberhagen US, sci-fi author (Book of Swords)
1930 Geoffrey Littler CEO (County NatWest Group)
1930 Warren B Rudman (Senator-R-NH, 1980- )
1931 Robert Morse Newton MA, actor (That's Life, Jack Frost)
1932 John Clement chairman (Unigate Group)
1934 Dwayne Hickman Los Angeles CA, actor (Dobie Gillis, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini)
1937 Brooks Robinson Baltimore Oriole 3rd baseman (1955-77)
1937 Ildikó Sagi-Retjö Hung, foils (Olympics-2 gold/3 silver/2 bronze-1960-76)
1937 Jacques Santer President (European Commission)
1939 Glen Hardin Texas, rocker (Crickets)
1939 Patrick Cormack MP
1940 A Marshall Stoneham FRS, physicist
1940 Pat Trimborn cricket pace bowler (South African in 4 Tests 1966-70)
1941 Diane McBain Cleveland OH, actress (Surfside Six, Spinout, Donner Pass)
1941 M S Longair astronomer
1942 Albert Hammond rocker
1942 Keith Hellawell Chief Constable (West Yorkshire)
1942 Marquess of Reading
1942 N P (Nobby) Stiles footballer
1942 Rodney Dillard rocker (Glittergrass)
1944 Peter Ryan British national director (Police Training)
1945 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79)
1945 John Richard Patterson businessman
1945 Maarten van Traa Dutch MP (PvdA)
1946 George Alexander rocker
1946 Reggie Jackson "Mr October" baseball rightfielder (Yankees, A's)
1947 Candice Azzara Brooklyn NY, actress (Fatso)
1947 John Bruton Prime Minister (Republic of Ireland)
1948 Felix MH Troch Flemish actor/director (Gekkenbriefje)
1948 Joe Bonsall Philadelphia PA, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)
1949 Bill Wallace rocker (Guess Who)
1949 Rick Wakeman rock keyboardist (Yes-Fish Out of Water)
1949 Stuart Gannes Detroit MI, writer (Fortune)
1950 Rodney Milburn Jr USA, hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)
1950 Thomas Gottschalk Bamberg Germany, (Telespiele)
1951 Angela Voigt German Democratic Republic, long jumper (Olympics-gold-76)
1951 Denny Dillon comedian (Saturday Night Live, Dream On)
1951 James Stephens Mount Kisko NY, actor (Paper Chase, Devil's Island)
1951 Rodger Davis Sydney New South Wales, Australasia golfer
1952 Diane E[lizabeth] Duane US, sci-fi author (Door into Fire)
1952 George Strait Pearsall TX, country singer (All My Ex's Live in Texas, Beyond the Blue Neon)
1952 Martin R Hoke (Representative-R-OH)
1953 [Feliciano] Butch Tavares rocker (Tavares)
1953 Helen Chadwick artist
1954 Martyn Wiley writer/broadcaster
1954 Wreckless Eric rocker (Waxworks, Be Stiff)
1955 Yun Fat Chow Nam Nga Island Hong Kong, actor (Better Tomorrow)
1956 Joe [Naomichi] Ozaki Tekushima Japan, golfer (1995 Phoenix Open-8th)
1957 Michael Cretu rocker (Enigma)
1958 Ray Donaldson NFL center (Dallas Cowboys)
1958 Toyah Wilcox Birmingham England, rocker (I Want to Be Free)
1959 Graham Dilley cricketer (England wicket-taker of 80's)
1960 Jari Kurri Helsinki Finland, NHL left wing (New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Colorado Avalanche)
1960 Tom Jackson Oakville Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 CPGA Winter)
1960 Yannick Noah France, tennis player (French 1983)
1962 Mike Whitmarsh San Diego CA, beach volleyballer (Olympics-silver-96)
1963 Marty McSorley Hamilton, NHL defenseman (Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers)
1964 Will Wolford NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1965 Erik Hanson Kinnelon NJ, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1965 Rufus Porter NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1966 Mike Inez US rock bassist (Alice in Chains-Facelift)
1967 Jaime Gomez Arlington TX, Nike golfer (1992 Boise Open)
1967 Karl Dunbar NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
1968 Ernie Logan NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets)
1969 Jean-Chris Filippin hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
1969 Martika [Marta Marrero] Whittier CA, singer (Toy Soldiers)
1970 Clemens Zwijnenberg soccer player (FC Twente)
1970 Vicky Sunohara ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-98)
1971 Ben Coleman guard/offensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 Clifton Sunada Honolulu HI, extra-lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1971 Craig Hentrich NFL punter (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1971 Daniel Gowing Germany, New Zealand judoka (Olympics-96)
1971 Karen Bye ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98)
1971 Lael Perlstrom Laguna Beach CA, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25-1995)
1971 Rich Garces Maracay Aragua Venezuela, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1972 Turner Stevenson Prince George, NHL right wing (Montréal Canadiens)
1973 Darren Van Impe Saskatoon, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1973 David Bailey WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1973 Donyell Marshall NBA forward (Golden State Warriors)
1973 Markus Brunner hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1973 Tory James NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1973 Walter Scott NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1976 Ron Mercer NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
1978 Jennifer Streblow Oshkosh WI, Miss America-Wisconsin (1997)
1979 Kaci Thompson Miss Nevada Teen USA (1997)

Deaths which occurred on May 18:

0323 Alexander III the Great king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 32
0526 John I Pope (523-26), dies
1160 Erik IX Helgi [The Saint] King of Sweden, dies
1410 Ruprecht Roman catholics German king, dies
1587 Felix van Cantalice Italian saint, dies
1625 Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas Spanish marquis of Denia, dies
1653 Carel Reyniersz Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at 48
1675 Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago) dies at 37
1692 Elias Ashmole antiquary, dies
1724 Johann K Amman Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54
1733 Georg Bohm German organist/composer, dies at 71
1767 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer, dies at 28
1799 Pierre de Beaumarchais dramatist, dies
1808 Jacob Albright [Albrecht] German/US preacher, dies at 49
1829 Bernardo Bittoni composer, dies at 72
1832 Bonafacio Asioli composer, dies at 62
1839 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona) dies at 57
1848 William A Leidesdorf black, dies at 38 in San Fransisco
1862 William H Keim US Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 48
1864 James Byron Gordon Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 41
1884 Heinrich R Göppert German paleo-botanist, dies
1909 George Meredith English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81
1909 Isaac M F Albéniz Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48
1910 Flor van Duyse composer, dies at 66
1911 Gustav Mahler Austrian composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50
1913 Otto Reubke composer, dies at 70
1918 Toivo Kuula composer, dies at 34
1930 Joao Marcellino Arroyo composer, dies at 68
1936 Alick Maclean composer, dies at 63
1949 James T Adams US historian (Pulitzer 1921)
1952 Rossetter Gleason Cole composer, dies at 86
1953 Tom Killick cricketer (at the crease 2 Tests for England 1929), dies
1955 Edwin Scharff German painter/sculptor (Rossebändiger), dies at 68
1955 Mary McLeod Bethune educator & civil rights leader, dies at 79
1956 Maurice Tate cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies
1961 Henry O'Neill actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
1965 Eduard J Dijksterhuis mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72
1966 Paul Althaus German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78
1967 Andy Clyde Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75
1967 Richard Ainley actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56
1972 Eero Aukusti Sipila composer, dies at 53
1973 Jeannette Rankin 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92
1974 Daniel R Topping US owner (New York Yankees), dies at 61
1975 Leroy Anderson composer, dies at 66
1980 Ian Curtis English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commits suicide at 23
1981 Arthur O'Connell actor (Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years), dies at 73
1981 William Saroyan US stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72
1985 Tex Terry actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82
1986 John Bubbles Sublett tap dancer (Black & Bubbles), dies at 84
1987 Wilbur J Cohen 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73
1988 Daws Butler cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71
1990 Jill Ireland actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54
1991 Edwina Booth actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86
1992 Lawrence Welk bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89
1992 Marshall Thompson actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65
1992 Skip Stephenson comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52
1993 Heinrich Albertz theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78
1993 Pamela M Cunnington English architect/writer, dies at 67
1995 Alexander Gudonov Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45
1995 Elisha Cook Jr actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at 91
1995 Elizabeth Montgomery actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at 62
1995 Gordon Reynolds musician, dies at 74
1995 Robert Harris actor (Werewolf of London), dies at 95
1996 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb prison governor, dies at 76
1996 Simon Weinstock businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44

On this day...Events

0526 St John I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
1291 Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre
1302 Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten)
1385 Peace of Doornik: Gent & Louis van Thoughts
1596 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya
1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right
1631 John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachusetts
1642 Montréal Canada founded
1652 Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
1703 Dutch & English troops occupy Cologne
1756 England declares war on France
1794 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria)
1803 Britain declares war on France after General Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland
1804 Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France
1828 Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay & Brazil
1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower - Saturdays are destroyed forever
1843 United Free Church of Scotland forms
1846 US troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros
1851 Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked
1852 Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school
1860 Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president
1861 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South
1861 Friedrich Hebbels "Kriemhildes Rache" premieres in Weimar
1863 Siege of Vicksburg MS
1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou LA (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks)
1866 French Government of De Putte resigns
1880 6th Kentucky Derby: George Lewis aboard Fonso wins in 2:37½
1887 Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgré Luis" premieres in Paris France
1889 Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde" premieres in Paris France
1896 US Supreme court affirms "separate but equal" policy (Plessy v Ferguson)
1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
1897 New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game
1897 Paul Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market" premieres
1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga
1904 American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco
1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic
1911 President/dictator José Porfirio Diaz of México term ends
1912 Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies
1912 Philadelphia A's beat Detroit Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension
1916 US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft
1917 Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade" premieres in Paris France
1917 US passes Selective Service act
1918 Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia
1918 TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale PA kills 200
1920 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6
1922 Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours)
1926 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice CA; She showed up a month later & said she had been kidnapped
1927 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre WY collapses
1927 Grauman's Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood CA
1927 Ritz Hotel opens in Boston
1929 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8
1929 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies 20-16 & lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs)
1933 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair
1933 Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams
1934 Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky)
1934 Congress approves "Lindbergh Act", makes kidnapping a capital offense
1934 Jimmie Foxx hits 1st homerun in Comiskey Park center field bleachers
1934 TWA begins commercial service
1935 Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 minutes on debut for Somerset
1940 German troops conquer Brussels
1941 An Egyptian steamer sinks
1941 Italian army under General Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia
1941 Jewish veterans honor their dead
1942 NYC ends night baseball games for the rest of WWII
1943 Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea
1944 Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans
1944 Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino Italy
1945 Tigers & A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain
1947 A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error
1948 "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 62 performances
1948 Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus
1948 Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel
1949 Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America incorporates
1950 "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances
1950 Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
1951 UN moves HQ to NYC
1951 US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea
1952 Professor WF Libby said Stonehedge dates back to 1848 BC
1953 1st woman to break the sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)
1954 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect
1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya NM (state record)
1955 Atkinson & Depeiaza take West Indies from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs Australia
1955 Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam
1956 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rákosi enforces his own policy
1956 Mickey Mantle hits homerun from both sides of plate for record 3rd time
1956 Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam
1957 83rd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold Ruler wins in 1:56.2
1958 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
1959 "Castin' My Spell" by Johnny Otis Show hits #52
1959 "Judy" by David Seville hits #86
1959 "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer & Spencer hits #91
1960 Eileen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turns (for > 30 years)
1960 Jean Genets "Le Balcon" premieres in Paris France
1961 "Donnybrook!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 68 performances
1963 "Beast in Me" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 4 performances
1963 "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1
1963 89th Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Candy Spots wins in 1:56.2
1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on the BBC
1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Captain
1965 WTAF TV channel 29 in Philadelphia PA (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London
1967 Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law", upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial
1968 94th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 1:56.8
1968 Al Kaline hits his 307th homerun, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger
1968 Frank Howard ties American League record with homerun in his 6th consecutive game his 10 homeruns in the most in 6 games
1969 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 122 performances
1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit
1969 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA St Louis Women's Golf Invitational
1971 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3
1971 Bulgarian constitution goes into effect
1971 President Nixon rejects the 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus
1971 Stanley Cup: Montréal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3
1971 Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found
1972 "Me & The Chimp" last airs on CBS-TV
1972 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded
1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany
1973 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Dotty Fothergill
1974 "The Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
1974 100th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6
1974 India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb
1977 A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164
1977 Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao
1977 Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister
1978 Italy legalizes abortion
1978 Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work
1980 Belgium 3rd Government of Martens forms
1980 China People's Republic launch 1st intercontinental rocket
1980 Donna White wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
1980 Fernando Belaunde Terry elected President of Peru
1980 Mount St Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
1982 Detroit Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive homeruns
1982 Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion
1983 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
1985 "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
1985 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4
1985 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
1986 "Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 367 performances
1986 Becky Pearson wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1986 Chung Kwung Ying does 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
1986 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia
1988 Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen
1988 In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16
1989 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl
1990 "Return To Green Acres" TV movie airs
1990 Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak
1990 East and West Germany sign a monetary union treaty
1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant
1991 117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54
1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1991 USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station
1992 Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs
1993 Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola
1994 AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona
1994 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip
1994 Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
1995 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma
1996 122nd Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2
1996 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner
1997 "King David" opens at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
1997 43rd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Chris Johnson
1997 Cadillac NFL Senior Golf Classic
1997 Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic

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Birthdates which occurred on May 19:

1469 Giovanni della Robbia Italian sculptor
1611 Innocent XI [Benedetto Odescalchi] Italy, 240th Roman Catholic Pope (1676-89)
1616 Johann Jacob Froberger German singer/organist/composer
1746 Johann Friedrich Peter composer
1755 Gabriele Prota composer
1762 Johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre)
1770 Antoine-Charles Glachant composer
1795 Johns Hopkins philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University
1808 Samuel Jameson Gholson Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1812 Felix Kirk Zollicoffer Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1815 John Gross Barnard Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1882
1828 Adin Ballou Underwood Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)
1839 Alice Mary Smith composer
1858 Roland Napoleon Bonaparte French officer/traveller (Surinam)
1859 Nellie Melba [Heal Mitchell] Australian soprano (Peach Melba)
1860 Victor E Orlando Italy's premier (1917-19)
1864 Carl Ethan Akeley US, naturalist, developed animal mount process
1869 Jules Poncelet Belgian minister of State
1873 Federico Gerdes Tacna Perú, orchestraestra director
1874 Gilbert Laird Jessop cricketer (The Croucher)
1876 Saint-Georges de Bouchélier French author (Le Rois Sans Couronne)
1878 Adam von Ahn Carse composer
1879 Lord Waldorf Astor England, 2nd viscount (C)/publisher (London Observer)
1879 Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor US/England's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor
1880 Allard R Hulshoff architect of Amsterdam (1924)
1883 Henricus Keuls Dutch lawyer/poet (Dancing Lamp)
1884 Arthur Meulemans Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10)
1890 Ho Chi Minh trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969)
1892 Konstatin G Paustovski Russian author (Povestj Zjizni)
1895 Albert Hay Malotte composer
1895 Cecil Gray composer
1896 Michael Balcon Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon
1899 Leonid Maksimovich Leonov novelist/playwright
19-- Tim Waldrip Spokane WA, actor (Casey-American Dream)
1901 Ivo Cruz composer
1904 Anthony Bushell Kent England, actor (Journey's End)
1904 Sven Thofelt Sweden, pentathlete (Olympics-gold-1928)
1909 Bruce Bennett Tacoma WA, actor (Before I Hang, Sahara)
1909 Schlomo Joffe composer
1910 Alan Melville cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49)
1913 Albert Hardy photographer
1913 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy President of India
1915 Pol Pot dictator/mass murderer
1918 Florence Chadwick swimmer (1st to swim English Channel both ways)
1919 Betty Jameson Norman OK, LPGA golfer (1947 US Women's Open)
1921 Charles van de Reve slavic (Belief of Kameraden)
1921 Daniel Gelin Angers France, Maria Schneider's dad, actor (Obsession)
1921 Karel van het Reve Dutch Slavist (Comrade's Religion)
1922 David McLean Akron OH, actor (Tate-Tate)
1924 Sandy Galbraith Wilson composer
1925 Malcolm X [Little] Omaha NE, assassinated leader of black muslims
1926 Paul Cooper composer
1928 Anthony C B Chapman England, sports car builder/autoracer (Formula 1)
1929 Harvey Cox US theologist (Secular City)
1929 Michael Adamis composer
1930 Hans Kox composer
1930 Lorraine Hansberry playwright (Raisin in the Sun)
1931 Eric Davidson comedy scriptwriter
1931 Ruben Radica composer
1934 David Sinclair actor (Love & Hate)
1934 James Charles Lehrer Wichita KS, news anchor (McNeil-Lehrer Report)
1934 Jan Wijn Dutch pianist
1935 David Hartman Pawtucket RI, TV personality (Good Morning America)
1935 F R Fries writer
1936 Elisabeth Schwartz Austria, pairs figure skater (Olympics-gold-1956)
1937 Sanne Sannes Dutch photographer
1938 James H Bilbray (Representative-D-NV)
1938 Marilyn Chris Brooklyn NY, actress (Wanda Wolek-One Life to Live)
1939 17th Earl of Pembroke English landowner/director (Emily)
1939 Francis R Scobee Cle Elum WA, USAF/astronaut (STS 41C, 51L-Chal disaster)
1939 James Fox England, actor (Greystoke)
1939 James Fox London England, actor (Greystoke)
1939 Nancy Kwan Hong Kong, actress (Flower Drum Song, World of Suzie Wong)
1939 Richard Lowe Teitelbaum composer
1939 Tomasz Sikorski composer
1940 Carlos Diegues actor (Xica)
1940 Frank Lorenzo airline executive (Continental, Texas Air, Eastern)
1940 Joan Staley playmate (November 1958)
1940 Mickey Newbury rocker
1941 Jane Brody writer/nutritionist
1941 Jimmy Hoffa Jr son of Jimmy Hoffa/Teamster union leader
1941 Marc-Antonio Consoli composer
1941 Nora Ephron New York NY, novelist/screenwriter/director (Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, Michael, Heartburn)
1942 Gary Kildall creator of CP/M
1942 James Topping author of CP/M
1945 Peter Townshend England, rock guitarist/vocalist/composer (The Who-Tommy)
1946 Diedre Lenihan Atlanta GA, actress (Wendy-Needles & Pins)
1946 Mary Bryan LPGA golfer
1946 Michele Placido Foggia Italy, actor (La Lupa, Poliziotti)
1946 Phillip Rudd Melbourne Australia, rock drummer (AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation)
1947 Jerry Hyman Brooklyn NY, rock singer/trombonist (Blood Sweat & Tears)
1948 Grace Jones [Mendoza] Spanishtown Jamaica, singer/actress (Vamp)
1948 Jean-Pierre Haignere France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-17)
1948 Tom Scott Los Angeles CA, saxophonist/bandleader (Pat Sajak Show)
1949 Dusty Hill rocker (ZZ Top)
1951 Joey Ramone [Jeffrey Hyman] Forest Hills NY, punk rocker (Ramones-Baby I Love You)
1952 Barbara Loomis rocker (BT Express)
1953 Henry Lascelles English grandson of princess Mary
1954 Rick Cerone Newark NJ, catcher (Yankees/Red Sox/Mets/Expos)
1955 Ed Whitson pitcher (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres)
1955 Pierre J Thuot Groton CT, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut (STS 36, 49, 62)
1956 Althea Gwyn WBL center (New York Stars)
1956 Martyn Ware rocker (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams)
1956 Steven Ford East Grand Rapids MI, actor (When Harry Met Sally, Young & Restless)/son of President Gerald Ford
1957 Bill Laimbeer NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons)
1957 Sophia Crawford London England, actress (Power Rangers)
1959 Nicole Brown Simpson Frankford Germany, Mrs OJ Simpson (murdered in 1994)
1961 Lisa Rathgber Hillsboro IL, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1980)
1961 Lisa Wagner bowler (3-time LPBT Player of Year, Bowler of Decade)
1962 Iain Harvie Scottish rock guitarist (Nothing Ever Happens)
1963 Rebecca Bradley LPGA golfer
1963 Yazz [Yasmin Evans] Mrs Simon La Bon/rocker (Fine Time, The One Way is Up)
1964 Michael Dean Standly Abilene TX, PGA golfer (1993 Freeport-McMoRan)
1965 Edward Odumbe cricketer (Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
1965 Joshua Rifkind actor (Marshall Chronicles)
1966 Keith Jennings NFL tight end (Chicago Bears)
1966 Marc Bureau Trois Rivieres, NHL center (Montréal Canadiens)
1967 John Friesz NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
1967 Turk Wendell Pittsfield MA, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1968 James Parrish NFL outside linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1968 Jeanne Basone Brubank CA, wrestler (Hollywood-GLOW)
1968 Mark Janssens Surrey, NHL center (Hartford Whalers)
1968 Paul Justin NFL quarterback (Indianapolis Colts)
1969 Cecile Ulbrich Tucker Warren ME, rower (Olympics-96)
1969 David Wharton Warminster PA, US Olympic swimmer (Olympics-silver-88)
1969 Kevin Scott WLAF cornerback (Scotland Claymores)
1969 Richard Dumas NBA forward (Philadelphia 76ers)
1971 Darryl Morrison NFL safety (Washington Redskins)
1971 Lori Ann Mundt Yorkton Saskatchawan, volleyball player (Olympics-96)
1972 Ronald Williams CFL running back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1972 Willie Brown NFL/WLAF linebacker (Seattle Seahawks. Rhein Fire)
1973 Andreas Johansson Hofors Sweden, NHL forward (Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Islanders)
1976 Kevin Garnett NBA forward (Minnesota Timberwolves)

Deaths which occurred on May 19:
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0804 Alcuin of York English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69
0988 Dunstan[us] English archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1296 Celestine V [Pietro del Murrone] Pope (1294), dies
1536 Anne Boleyn Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
1536 Lord Rochford English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded
1647 Sebastian Vrancx Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies
1653 Carel Reyniersz Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, dies at 48
1786 John Stanley composer, dies at 74
1795 Josiah Bartlett US physician/judge (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 65
1800 French Bosbeeck veterinarian/robber, hanged
1801 Herman H Vitringa politician (National Meetings), dies
1845 Maria EJ Versfelt mistress of General Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68
1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies
1872 Johan van Dale schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44
1876 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74
1887 Pieter Blussé van Alblas liberal minister of Finance, dies at 75
1890 Gus Kempis cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24
1895 José J Marti y Perez Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies
1901 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius 1st President Republic South-Africa, dies at 81
1903 Arthur Shrewsbury cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies
1922 Heinrich I Quincke German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79
1924 Billy Zulch cricketer (South Africa batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies
1928 Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert composer, dies at 59
1928 Max Scheler German philosopher, dies at 53
1935 Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler French composer, dies at 74
1935 Thomas E Lawrence (of Arabia) dies in a motorcycle crash
1941 Werner Sombart Marxist economist (Händler und Heroes), dies at 78
1942 [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69
1953 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste Spanish general/minister of War, dies at 79
1954 Aart A van Schelven church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73
1954 Charles Edward Ives US composer (Unanswered Question), dies at 79
1958 Bruno Sturmer composer, dies at 65
1958 Ronald Colman British actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 67
1961 Joe Howard singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94
1965 Maria Dabrowska Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies
1966 Tortoise reportedly given to Tonga's king by Captain Cook (1773), dies
1969 Coleman Hawkins US jazz musician/composer, dies
1971 Bernard Wagenaar Netherlands/US composer, dies at 76
1971 Ogden Nash poet/TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 68
1978 George Gladstone cricketer (one Test West Indies vs England 1930), dies
1983 Jean Rey Belgian minister, dies
1987 Alice B[radley] Sheldon sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71
1988 Virginia Farmer actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90
1989 Able J Herzberg Russian/Netherlands lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies
1989 E Galgóczi writer, dies
1989 Robert Webber actor (Alex-Moonlighting), dies of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/Lou Gehrig's disease) at 64
1989 Robert Weber character actor, dies of Lou Gehrig Disease at 64
1991 Douglas L Mays cartoonist (Punch), dies
1991 Rini Otte Dutch actress (Ergens in Nederland), dies at 74
1993 Nemesio Antunes Chilean painter, dies at 75
1993 Richard Murphy director (3 Stripes in the Sun), dies of stroke at 81
1993 S W Sohoni cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
1994 Henry Morgan TV panalist (To Tell the Truth), dies of cancer at 74
1994 Jacqueline [Lee Bouvier] Kennedy Onassis 1st lady (1961-63), dies of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at 64
1994 Jacques Cesar Ellul writer, dies at 82
1994 Luis Ocana Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48
1996 Johnny "Guitar" Watson musician, dies at 61
1996 Margaret Rawlings actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89
1997 Millie dog of President Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12

On this day...

715 St Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1506 Columbus selects his son Diego as sole heir
1515 George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles
1517 Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht
1547 Monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel
1568 English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary
1571 Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines
1585 Spain confisquates English ships
1588 Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England
1608 Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague
1635 France declares war on Spain
1643 Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army
1643 Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut & New Harbor form United Colonies of New England
1652 Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen
1662 Uniformity Act of England goes into effect
1749 George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley
1780 About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day its cause is still unexplained
1792 Russian army enters Poland
1793 Netherlands captures French island of St Maarten (held until 1795)
1796 Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds
1802 French Order of Légion d'Honneur forms
1848 México gives Texas to US, ending the war
1853 Dutch prince Henry marries princess Amalia of Saxony-Weimar
1856 Senator Charles Sumner, Massachusetts, spoke out against slavery
1857 William Francis Channing & Moses G Farmer patents electric fire alarm
1862 Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West
1863 Siege of Vicksburg, investment of city complete
1864 Battle of Port Walthall Junction VA (Bermuda Hundred)
1864 Last engagement in series of battles known as Spotsylvania
1864 Skirmish at Cassville GA
1878 Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by President Garfield
1884 Ringling Brothers circus premieres
1885 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn MA)
1885 German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon & Togoland
1886 Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres
1891 Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered
1892 Charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer
1892 National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded
1893 Heavy rain washes "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)
1896 1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands
1898 Post Office authorizes use of postcards
1900 Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago
1902 Great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria
1905 Italian King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss President open world's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Iselle Italy & Brig Switzerland
1905 Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champion
1906 Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes
1906 Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier
1909 Jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title
1910 Cleveland Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Washington 5-4 in 11 innings
1911 Maurice Ravel's opera "L'Heure Espagnole" premieres in Paris France
1911 Philadelphia Athletics are 12½ games back in American League, & win the World Series
1912 American League president Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball
1913 Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land
1916 Escadrille Américaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun
1918 Washington's 1st Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings
1921 Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system
1923 49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:05.4
1923 KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies
1926 French air force bombs Damascus Syria
1928 "Firedamp" explodes in Mather PA coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners
1928 51 frogs enter 1st annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp CA)
1928 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4
1929 Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium; 2 people crushed to death
1929 General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek Government
1930 White woman win voting rights in South-Africa
1931 Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel
1934 Military coup by Colonel Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria
1934 Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Saturday Review of Literature"; Males who solved puzzle become members of Baker Street Irregulars
1935 NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936
1937 John Murray/Allen Boretz' "Room Service" premieres in NYC
1939 Churchill signs British-Russian anti-Nazi pact
1940 Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)
1940 French counter attack at Péronne under General De Gaulle
1941 German occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis
1941 New Nazi battleship Bismarck leaves Gdynia, Poland
1942 Atlanta Braves' Paul Waner is 3rd National League-er to get 3,000 hits (Anson & Wagner)
1943 Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews)
1943 Churchill pledges England's full support to US against Japan
1944 240 gypsies transported to Auschwitz from Westerbork Netherlands
1944 German defense line in Italy collapsed
1945 Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England & Australia Services
1946 Dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam
1950 New York Times reports of world's smallest & dumbest mechanical brain
1951 77th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold wins in 1:56.4
1951 UN begins counter offensive in Korea
1953 Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St George UT)
1954 Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project
1955 Atkinson & Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt West Indies vs Australia
1956 82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4
1956 Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning homerun, 1st homerun in 8 straight games
1957 Adone Zoli forms Italian Government
1958 "South Pacific" soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
1958 Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party" in London
1958 US & Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
1959 Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands
1960 Alan Freed & eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola
1960 Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed
1960 Juan Marichal debuts as San Fransisco Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter
1960 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222mph
1961 New pier opens in Scheveningen
1962 "Bravo, Giovanni" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 76 performances
1962 "John Birch Society" by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99
1962 88th Preakness: John Rotz aboard Greek Money wins in 1:56.2
1962 Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea
1962 Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's National League hit record with 3,431
1962 US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
1964 US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy
1965 Patricia R Harris named 1st US black female ambassador (Luxembourg)
1965 West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II
1967 US bombs Hanoi
1967 USSR ratifies treaty with England & US banning nuclear weapons in space
1968 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible & Barbara Bain
1968 Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games
1968 Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England 1st heard
1971 USSR launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 "Daisy" A Day by Jud Strunk hits #14
1973 "Smith" opens at Eden Theater NYC for 17 performances
1973 99th Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:54.4
1974 Joanne Carner Golf Invitational wins LPGA Bluegrass
1974 Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
1974 Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election
1975 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake & Jean Marsh
1975 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona India
1975 Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest
1976 Gold ownership legalized in Australia
1976 Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge
1976 Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
1976 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 "Smokey & the Bandit" premieres
1979 "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3
1979 105th Preakness: Ron Franklin aboard Spectacular Bid wins in 1:54.2
1979 Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd
1980 "Blackstone" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 104 performances
1980 Ringo & Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash
1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires the next 27 batters
1982 IFK Göteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Göteborg
1982 Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion
1983 NASA launches Intelsat V
1983 Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington DC
1984 "King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
1984 110th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Gate Dancer wins in 1:53.6
1984 Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 seconds in an NHL playoff game
1984 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat New York Islanders, 4 games to 1
1984 STS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1986 Anti-apartheid activist Hélène Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa
1987 1st American Comedy Award
1988 "Red Sox" retire Bobby Doerr's #1
1988 Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellín drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US
1989 Dow Jones average passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1
1989 Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
1990 "General Elvis", TV Drama last airs on ABC
1990 116th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6
1991 "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" closes at Shubert NYC after 225 performances
1991 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic
1991 Sandra Palme100000