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[[Image:The Crystal Palace.jpg|thumb|right|200px|In [[1851]] [[The Great Exhibition]], also known as [[the Crystal Palace]] Exhibition opens in [[London]].]] [[Image:The Crystal Palace.jpg|thumb|right|200px|In [[1851]] [[The Great Exhibition]], also known as [[the Crystal Palace]] Exhibition opens in [[London]].]]
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==Events== ==Events==
 +*[[Northern Europe]] &ndash; [[Walpurgis Night]].
*[[Labour Day]], [[Work]]ers' Day, Day of the International Solidarity of Workers. *[[Labour Day]], [[Work]]ers' Day, Day of the International Solidarity of Workers.
*[[1851]] - [[The Great Exhibition]], also known as the Crystal Palace Exhibition opens in [[London]] *[[1851]] - [[The Great Exhibition]], also known as the Crystal Palace Exhibition opens in [[London]]
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*[[1931]] - The [[Empire State Building]] is dedicated in [[New York City]]. *[[1931]] - The [[Empire State Building]] is dedicated in [[New York City]].
*[[1941]] - [[Orson Welles]]'s ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' premieres in [[New York City]] *[[1941]] - [[Orson Welles]]'s ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' premieres in [[New York City]]
- +*[[1947]] - [[Evelyn McHale]] leaps to her death.
-== Births ==+
-*[[1830]] - [[Mother Jones]], American labor activist+
-*[[1923]] - [[Joseph Heller]], American novelist+
-*[[1924]] - [[Terry Southern]], American short story writer, novelist, essayist, screenwriter+
- +
-== Deaths ==+
-*[[1965]] - [[Spike Jones]], American band leader, musician, and comedian+
-*[[1973]] - [[Asger Jorn]], Danish member of the Situationist International, and a prolific artist and essayist.+
- +
-==Events==+
-*[[305]] &ndash; [[Diocletian]] and [[Maximian]] retire from the office of [[Roman Emperors|Roman Emperor]].+
-*[[880]] &ndash; The [[Nea Ekklesia]] is inaugurated in [[Constantinople]], setting the model for all later [[cross-in-square]] Orthodox churches.+
-*[[1328]] &ndash; [[Wars of Scottish Independence]] end: [[Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton]] &ndash; the [[Kingdom of England]] recognises the [[Kingdom of Scotland]] as an independent state.+
-*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Stefan Batory]], the reigning [[Prince of Transylvania]], marries [[Anna Jagiellon]] and they become the co-rulers of the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]].+
-*[[1707]] &ndash; The [[Act of Union 1707|Act of Union]] joins the [[Kingdom of England]] and [[Kingdom of Scotland]] to form the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]].+
-*[[1751]] &ndash; The first [[cricket]] match is played in [[North America|America]].+
-*[[1753]] &ndash; Publication of ''Species Plantarum'' by [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], and the formal start date of [[plant]] [[taxonomy]] adopted by the [[International Code of Botanical Nomenclature]].+
-*[[1776]] &ndash; Establishment of the [[Illuminati]] in Ingolstadt (Upper Bavaria), by [[Jesuit]]-taught [[Adam Weishaupt]].+
-*[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: The [[Battle of Crooked Billet]] begins in [[Hatboro, Pennsylvania]].+
-*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Kamehameha]], the king of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawai{{okina}}i]] defeats [[Kalanikupule]] and establishes the Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i.+
-*[[1786]] &ndash; Opening night of the [[opera]] ''[[Le Nozze di Figaro|The Marriage of Figaro]]'' by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].+
-*[[1834]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom|British]] colonies abolish [[slavery]].+
-*[[1840]] &ndash; The [[Penny Black]], the first official adhesive [[postage stamp]], is issued in the United Kingdom.+
-*[[1846]] &ndash; The few remaining [[Mormons]] left in [[Nauvoo, Illinois]], formally dedicated the Nauvoo [[Temple (Latter Day Saints)|Temple]].+
-*[[1848]] &ndash; The [[Fraternities and sororities|Fraternity]] of [[Phi Gamma Delta]] is founded at [[Washington & Jefferson College|Jefferson College]] in [[Canonsburg]], [[Pennsylvania]].+
-*[[1851]] &ndash; The [[Great Exhibition]] opens in [[London]] by [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]].+
-*[[1852]] &ndash; The [[Philippine peso]] is introduced into circulation.+
-*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Chancellorsville]] begins.+
-*[[1869]] &ndash; The [[Folies Bergère]] opens in [[Paris]].+
-*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Alexandra Palace]] reopens after the 1873 fire burnt it down.+
-*[[1884]] &ndash; Proclamation of the demand for [[Eight hour day|eight-hour workday]] in the [[United States]].+
-*[[1886]] &ndash; The [[Haymarket affair|Haymarket riots]] in Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois are the start of the [[general strike]] which eventually wins the eight-hour workday in the United States. These events are today commemorated as [[May Day]] or [[Labour Day]] in most industrialized countries.+
-*[[1893]] &ndash; The [[World's Columbian Exposition]] opens in [[Chicago]].+
-*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Coxey's Army]], the first significant American [[Demonstration (people)|protest march]], arrives in [[Washington, D.C.]]+
-*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Spanish-American War]]: The [[Battle of Manila Bay (1898)|Battle of Manila Bay]] &ndash; the [[United States Navy]] destroys the [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] fleet in the first battle of the war.+
-*[[1900]] &ndash; The [[Scofield mine disaster]] kills 200 in [[Scofield, Utah]] in what is to date the fifth-worst [[mining accident]] in [[United States history]].+
-*[[1901]] &ndash; The [[Pan-American Exposition]] opens in [[Buffalo, New York]].+
-*[[1915]] &ndash; The [[RMS Lusitania]] departs from [[New York City]] on her two hundred and second and final crossing of the [[North Atlantic]]. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of [[Ireland]] with the loss of 1,198 lives, including 128 Americans, rousing American sentiment against [[Germany]].+
-*[[1925]] &ndash; The [[All-China Federation of Trade Unions]] is officially founded. Today it is the largest [[trade union]] in the world, with 134 million members.+
-*[[1927]] &ndash; The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an [[Imperial Airways]] flight from London to Paris.+
-* 1927 &ndash; The [[Union Labor Life Insurance Company]] is founded by the [[American Federation of Labor]].+
-*[[1930]] &ndash; The dwarf planet [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] is officially named.+
-*[[1931]] &ndash; The [[Empire State Building]] is dedicated in New York City.+
-*[[1940]] &ndash; The [[1940 Summer Olympics]] are cancelled due to war.+
-*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Nazi Germany|German]] forces launch [[Battle of Crete|Operation Mercury]] the largest airborne invasion to date in their bid to capture [[Crete]].+
-* 1941 &ndash; World War II: German forces launch a major attack on [[Tobruk]].+
-* 1945 &ndash; World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that [[Adolf Hitler]] has "fallen at his command post in the [[Reich Chancellery]] fighting to the last breath against [[Bolshevism]] and for Germany".+
-*[[1946]] &ndash; Start of 3 year [[1946 Pilbara strike|Pilbara strike]] of [[Indigenous Australians]].+
-* 1946 &ndash; The [[Paris Peace Conference]] concludes that the islands of the [[Dodecanese]] should be returned to [[Greece]] by [[Italy]].+
-*[[1948]] &ndash; The Democratic People's Republic of Korea ([[North Korea]]) is established, with [[Kim Il-sung]] as president.+
-*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Guam]] is organized as a United States [[Commonwealth (U.S. insular area)|commonwealth]].+
-*[[1956]] &ndash; The [[polio vaccine]] developed by [[Jonas Salk]] is made available to the public.+
-* 1956 &ndash; A doctor in [[Japan]] reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of [[Minamata disease]].+
-*[[1960]] &ndash; Formation of the western [[India]]n states of [[Gujarat]] and [[Maharashtra]].+
-* 1960 &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[1960 U-2 incident|U-2 incident]] &ndash; [[Francis Gary Powers]], in a [[Lockheed U-2]] [[spyplane]], is shot down over the [[Soviet Union]], sparking a diplomatic crisis.+
-*[[1961]] &ndash; The Prime Minister of [[Cuba]], [[Fidel Castro]], proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.+
-*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dong-Yin]], a naval conflict between ROC and PRC, takes place.+
-*[[1970]] &ndash; Protests erupt in [[Seattle, Washington]], following the announcement by [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]] that [[U.S. Forces]] in [[Vietnam]] would pursue enemy troops into [[Cambodia]], a neutral country.+
-*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Amtrak]] (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) is formed to take over U.S. passenger rail service.+
-*[[1977]] &ndash; 36 people are killed in [[Taksim Square]], [[Istanbul]], during the Labour Day celebrations.+
-*[[1978]] &ndash; Japan's [[Naomi Uemura]], travelling by [[dog sled]], becomes the first person to reach the [[North Pole]] alone.+
-*[[1982]] &ndash; The [[1982 World's Fair]] opens in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]].+
-* 1982 &ndash; [[Operation Black Buck]] begins. The [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] attack on the [[Argentine Air Force]] during [[Falklands War]].+
-*[[1983]] &ndash; Greek composer [[Mikis Theodorakis]] is awarded the [[Lenin Peace Prize]].+
-*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] beatifies [[Edith Stein]], a Jewish-born [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]].+
-*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Disney's Hollywood Studios|Disney-MGM Studios]] opens at [[Walt Disney World]] near [[Orlando, Florida]], United States.+
-*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Rickey Henderson]] of the [[Oakland Athletics]] steals his 939th base, making him the all-time leader in this category. However, his accomplishment is overshadowed later that evening by [[Nolan Ryan]] of the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], when he pitches his seventh career [[no-hitter]] (breaking his own record).+
-*[[1992]] &ndash; On the third day of the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]], African-American activist, criminal, and victim of police beating [[Rodney King]] appears in public before television news cameras to appeal for calm and plead for peace, asking, "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?".+
-*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Croatia]]n forces launch [[Operation Flash]] during the [[Croatian War of Independence]].+
-*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Tasmania]] becomes the last state in [[Australia]] to decriminalize [[homosexuality]].+
-*[[2000]] &ndash; [[President of the Philippines|Philippine President]] [[Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]] declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, [[Joseph Estrada]], storm towards the [[Malacañang Palace|presidential palace]] at the height of the [[EDSA III|EDSA III rebellion]].+
-*[[2003]] &ndash; [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]: In what becomes known as the "[[Mission Accomplished]]" speech, U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] declares that "major combat operations in [[Iraq]] have ended" on board the [[USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)|USS Abraham Lincoln]] off the coast of [[California]].+
-*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Cyprus]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Estonia]], [[Hungary]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Malta]], [[Poland]], [[Slovakia]], and [[Slovenia]] join the [[European Union]], celebrated at the residence of the [[President of Ireland|Irish President]] in [[Dublin]].+
-*[[2006]] &ndash; The [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] government closes the Department of Education and 42 other government agencies due to significant shortages in cash flow.+
-*[[2007]] &ndash; [[The Los Angeles May Day mêlée]] occurs, in which the [[Los Angeles Police Department]]'s response to a [[May Day]] pro-immigration rally become a matter of controversy.+
-*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[London Agreement (2000)|London Agreement on translation of European patents]], concluded in 2000, enters into force in 14 of the 34 Contracting States to the [[European Patent Convention]].+
==Births== ==Births==
-*[[1218]] &ndash; [[John I, Count of Hainaut]] (d. 1257) 
-* 1218 &ndash; [[Rudolph I of Germany]], Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) 
-*[[1285]] &ndash; [[Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel]], English politician (d. 1326) 
-*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Marco da Gagliano]], Italian composer (d. 1643) 
-*[[1594]] &ndash; [[John Haynes]], Massachusetts colonial magistrate 
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Joseph Addison]], English politician and writer (d. 1719) *[[1672]] &ndash; [[Joseph Addison]], English politician and writer (d. 1719)
-*[[1738]] &ndash; [[King Kamehameha I]], King of Hawaii (d. 1819)+*[[1837]] - [[Mother Jones]], American labor activist (d. 1930)
-*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]], Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852)+
-*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Aleksey Khomyakov]], Russian poet (d. 1860)+
-*[[1829]] &ndash; [[José de Alencar]], Brazilian novelist (d. 1877)+
-*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Emily Stowe]], Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)+
-*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]], Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)+
-*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Laza Lazarević]], Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)+
-*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Calamity Jane]], American Wild West performer (d. 1903)+
-* 1852 &ndash; [[Santiago Ramón y Cajal]], Spanish neuroscientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel]] laureate (d. 1934)+
-*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Theo Van Gogh (art dealer)|Theo Van Gogh]], Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)+
-*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Sidónio Pais]], Portuguese military and politician (d. 1918)+
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]], French palaeontologist and philosopher (d. 1955) *[[1881]] &ndash; [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]], French palaeontologist and philosopher (d. 1955)
-*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe]], British politician, naval officer and racing driver (d. 1964)+*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Danielle Darrieux]], French singer and actress (d. 2017)
-*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Ralph Stackpole]], American sculptor, painter (d. 1973)+
-*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Alan Gordon Cunningham]], British army officer (d. 1983)+
-*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Herbert Backe]], German Nazi politician (d. 1947)+
-* 1896 &ndash; [[Mark Wayne Clark]], American general (d. 1984)+
-* 1896 &ndash; [[J. Lawton Collins]], American general (d. 1987)+
-*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Heinz Eric Roemheld]], American film composer (d. 1985)+
-*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Antal Szerb]], Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945)+
-*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Henry Koster]], German film director (d. 1988)+
-* 1905 &ndash; [[Paul Desruisseaux]], French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (d. 1982)+
-*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Horst Schumann]], Nazi physician (d. 1983)+
-*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Oliver Hill]], civil rights attorney (d. 2007)+
-* 1907 &ndash; [[Kate Smith]], American singer (d. 1986)+
-*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Guareschi]], Italian journalist (d. 1968)+
-*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Yiannis Ritsos]], Greek poet, winner of the [[Lenin Peace Prize]], 9 times candidate for the [[Nobel Prize]] (d. 1990)+
-*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Dr. J. Allen Hynek]], Astronomer/Astro-physicist. Noted UFO investigator. (d. 1986)+
-*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Otto Kretschmer]], German [[U-Boat]] commander (d. 1998)+
-*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Louis Nye]], American comedian and actor (d. 2005)+
-* 1913 &ndash; [[Walter Susskind]], Czech conductor (d. 1980)+
-*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Archie Williams]], American athlete (d. 1993)+
-*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Glenn Ford]], Canadian actor (d. 2006)+
-*[[1917]] &ndash; [[John Beradino]], American actor and baseball player (d. 1996)+
-* 1917 &ndash; [[Danielle Darrieux]], French singer and actress+
-* 1917 &ndash; [[Ahron Soloveichik]], Orthodox Jewish [[rabbi]] (d. 2001)+
-*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Gersh Budker]], Russian physicist (d. 1977)+
-* 1918 &ndash; [[Jack Paar]], American television host (d. 2004)+
-*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Lewis Hill]], American pacifist and founder of [[Pacifica Radio]] (d. 1957)+
-* 1919 &ndash; [[Dan O'Herlihy]], Irish film actor (d. 2005)+
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Joseph Heller]], American novelist (d. 1999) *[[1923]] &ndash; [[Joseph Heller]], American novelist (d. 1999)
-*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Art Fleming]], American game show host (d. 1995)+*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Karel Kachyňa]], Czech film director (d. 2004)
-* 1924 &ndash; [[Karel Kachyňa]], Czech film director (d. 2004)+
* 1924 &ndash; [[Terry Southern]], American screenwriter (d. 1995) * 1924 &ndash; [[Terry Southern]], American screenwriter (d. 1995)
-*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Chuck Bednarik]], American football player 
-* 1925 &ndash; [[Scott Carpenter]], American astronaut 
-*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Peter Lax]], Hungarian Mathematician 
-*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Desmond Titterington]], Northern Irish racer (d. 2002) 
-*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Ralf Dahrendorf]], German-born sociologist and politician 
-* 1929 &ndash; [[Sonny James]], American country music singer and songwriter 
-*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Richard Riordan]], American politician, former mayor of Los Angeles 
-* 1930 &ndash; [[Little Walter]], American blues singer (d. 1995) 
-*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas]], Mexican politician 
-* 1934 &ndash; [[Joan Hackett]], American actress (d. 1983) 
-* 1934 &ndash; [[Shirley Horn]], American jazz singer and pianist (d. 2005) 
-*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Ann Robinson]], American actress 
-*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Una Stubbs]], English actress 
-*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Judy Collins]], American folk singer 
-* 1939 &ndash; [[Max Robinson]], American broadcast journalist (d. 1988) 
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Elsa Peretti]], Italian jewelry designer *[[1940]] &ndash; [[Elsa Peretti]], Italian jewelry designer
-*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Vassal Gadoengin]], Nauruan poltician (d. 2004) 
-*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Suresh Kalmadi]], Indian politician 
-*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Rita Coolidge]], American singer <!--not 1944--> 
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Joanna Lumley]], English actress *[[1946]] &ndash; [[Joanna Lumley]], English actress
* 1946 &ndash; [[John Woo]], Hong Kong director * 1946 &ndash; [[John Woo]], Hong Kong director
-*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Sergio Infante]], Chilean poet and writer 
-*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Tim Hodgkinson]], English composer and musician ([[Henry Cow]]) 
-* 1949 &ndash; [[Paul Teutul, Sr.]], founder of [[Orange County Choppers]] 
-*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Dann Florek]], American actor 
-* 1950 &ndash; [[Danny McGrain]], Scottish footballer 
-*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Antony Worrall Thompson]], English celebrity chef 
-*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Glen Ballard]], American songwriter and record producer 
-*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Ray Parker Jr.]], American singer and songwriter 
-* 1954 &ndash; [[Joel Rosenberg (science fiction author)|Joel Rosenberg]], science fiction author 
-*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Nick Feldman]], English musician 
-*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Catherine Frot]], French actress 
-*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Ko Otani]], Japanese composer 
-*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Seeff]], South African cricketer 
-*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Steve Cauthen]], American jockey 
-*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Marilyn Milian]], current judge on ''[[The People's Court]]'' 
-*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Maia Morgenstern]], Romanian actress 
-* 1962 &ndash; [[Ted Sundquist]], General Manager of the [[Denver Broncos]] 
-*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Yvonne van Gennip]], Dutch speed skater 
-*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Olaf Thon]], German football player 
-*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Tim McGraw]], American musician 
-*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Oliver Bierhoff]], German footballer 
-* 1968 &ndash; [[Sol Kyung-gu]], South Korean actor 
-* 1968 &ndash; [[Denise Masino]], American Female Bodybuilder 
-* 1968 &ndash; [[D'arcy Wretzky]], American musician ([[The Smashing Pumpkins]]) 
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Wes Anderson]], American director and writer *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Wes Anderson]], American director and writer
-* 1969 &ndash; [[Billy Owens]], American basketball player 
-*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Ajith Kumar]], Indian film actor 
-*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Julie Benz]], American actress 
-*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Curtis Martin]], American football player 
-* 1973 &ndash; [[Oliver Neuville]], German footballer 
-*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Darius McCrary]], American actor 
-*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Austin Croshere]], American basketball player 
-* 1975 &ndash; [[Marc-Vivien Foé]], Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003) 
-* 1975 &ndash; [[Jodhi May]], British actress 
-* 1975 &ndash; [[Alexei Smertin]], Russian footballer 
-*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Vera Lischka]], Austrian swimmer 
-*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Sachie Hara]], Japanese actress 
-* 1978 &ndash; [[Nick Traina]], American singer, [[Link 80]] (d. 1997) 
-*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Mauro Bergamasco]], Italian rugby player 
-* 1979 &ndash; [[Ben Easter]], American actor 
-* 1979 &ndash; [[Michael Harvey|MC Harvey (Michael Harvey)]], British musical artist 
-*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Jan Heylen]], Belgian racing driver 
-* 1980 &ndash; [[Jay Reatard]], American musician 
-* 1980 &ndash; [[Ana Claudia Talancón]], Mexican actress 
-*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Derek Asamoah]], Ghanaian Footballer 
-* 1981 &ndash; [[Aliaksandr Hleb]], Belarusian footballer 
-* 1981 &ndash; [[Wes Welker]], American football player 
-*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Tommy Robredo]], Spanish tennis player 
-*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Human Tornado|The Human Tornado (Craig Williams)]], American professional wrestler 
-*[[1984]] &ndash; [[David Backes (ice hockey)|David Backes]], American ice hockey player 
-* 1984 &ndash; [[Patrick Eaves]], American ice hockey player 
-* 1984 &ndash; [[Alexander Farnerud]], Swedish footballer 
-* 1984 &ndash; [[Farah Fath]], American actress 
-* 1984 &ndash; [[Keiichiro Koyama]], Japanese musician ([[NEWS (band)|NEWS]]) 
-* 1984 &ndash; [[Mark Seaby]], Australian Rules footballer 
-*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Drew Sidora]], American actress 
-*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Adam Casey]], Australian footballer 
-* 1986 &ndash; [[Cristian Benítez]], Ecuadorian footballer 
-*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Marcus Drum]], Australian Rules Football 
-*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Matt Di Angelo]], English Actor 
-* 1987 &ndash; [[Shahar Pe'er]], Israeli tennis player 
-*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Graeme Owens]], English footballer 
-* 1988 &ndash; [[Anushka Sharma]], Indian Actress and Model 
-* 1988 &ndash; [[Nicholas Braun]], American actor 
-*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Caitlin Stasey]], Australian actress 
-*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Creagen Dow]], American actor 
-*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Ariel Gade]], American actress 
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==Deaths== ==Deaths==
-*[[408]] &ndash; [[Arcadius]], Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338) 
-*[[1118]] &ndash; [[Edith of Scotland]], first wife of [[Henry I of England]] (b. c.1080) 
-*[[1240]] &ndash; [[Jacques de Vitry]], [[Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati]] and [[dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals]] 
-*[[1308]] &ndash; [[Albert I of Habsburg]] (murdered) (b. 1255) 
-*[[1539]] &ndash; [[Isabella of Portugal]], queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503) 
-*[[1555]] &ndash; [[Pope Marcellus II]] (b. 1501) 
-*[[1572]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius V]] (b. 1504) 
-*[[1731]] &ndash; [[Johann Ludwig Bach]], German composer (b. 1677) 
-*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle]], English statesman (b. c.1669) 
-*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Gottfried Achenwall]], German statistician (b. 1719) 
-*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Bessières]], French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768) 
-*[[1873]] &ndash; [[David Livingstone]], Scottish missionary (b. 1813) 
-*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Büchner]], German philosopher and physician (b. 1824) 
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Antonín Dvořák]], Czech composer (b. 1841) *[[1904]] &ndash; [[Antonín Dvořák]], Czech composer (b. 1841)
-*[[1913]] &ndash; [[John Barclay Armstrong]], Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850) 
-*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Henri Pélissier]], French cyclist (b. 1889) 
-*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Snitz Edwards]], American actor (b. 1868) 
-*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Johan Oscar Smith]], Norweigian Christian leader and founder of [[Brunstad Christian Church]] (b. 1871) 
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Joseph Goebbels]], [[Nazi]] Minister of Propaganda (suicide with his wife [[Magda Goebbels]]) (b. 1897) *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Joseph Goebbels]], [[Nazi]] Minister of Propaganda (suicide with his wife [[Magda Goebbels]]) (b. 1897)
-*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Lope K. Santos]], Filipino writer, Father of the [[Filipino language|Philippine National Language and Grammar]] (b. 1879) 
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Spike Jones]], American band leader, musician, and comedian (b. 1911) *[[1965]] &ndash; [[Spike Jones]], American band leader, musician, and comedian (b. 1911)
-*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Harold Nicolson]], British diplomat, author and politician (b. 1886)+*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Asger Jorn]], Danish member of the Situationist International, and a prolific artist and essayist.
-* 1968 &ndash; [[Jack Adams (coach)|Jack Adams]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1895) +
-*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Crown Prince Euimin]], Crown Prince Korea (b. 1897)+
-*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Alexandros Panagoulis]], Greek poet who fought the military junta in [[Greece]] (b. 1939)+
-* 1976 &ndash; [[T.R.M. Howard]], civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (b. 1908)+
-*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Aram Khachaturian]], Armenian composer (b. 1903)+
-*[[1982]] &ndash; [[William Primrose]], Scottish violist (b. 1903)+
-*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Denise Robins]] (aka Francesca Wright, Ashley French, Harriet Gray, Julia Kane) British romance novelist (b. 1897)+
-*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Hylda Baker]], English comedy actress (b. 1905)+
-* 1986 &ndash; [[Hugo Peretti]], American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)+
-*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Sally Kirkland (editor)|Sally Kirkland]], fashion editor at ''LIFE'' (b. 1912)+
-* 1989 &ndash; [[Douglass Watson]], American actor (b. 1921)+
-*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Sergio Franchi]], Italian tenor (b. 1926)+
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Sharon Redd]], American house music and urban contemporary singer (b. 1945) *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Sharon Redd]], American house music and urban contemporary singer (b. 1945)
-*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Pierre Bérégovoy]], French Prime Minister (b. 1925) 
-* 1993 &ndash; [[Ranasinghe Premadasa]], [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]] (b. 1924) 
-*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Ayrton Senna]], Brazilian race car driver and three-time [[F1]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world champion]] (b. 1960) 
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Eldridge Cleaver]], American activist (b. 1935) *[[1998]] &ndash; [[Eldridge Cleaver]], American activist (b. 1935)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Steve Reeves]], American actor (b. 1926) *[[2000]] &ndash; [[Steve Reeves]], American actor (b. 1926)
-*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Miss Elizabeth]], American wrestler (b. 1960) 
-*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Big Hawk]], American rapper (b. 1969) 
-* 2006 &ndash; [[Johnny Paris]], American saxophonist ([[Johnny and the Hurricanes]]) (b. 1940) 
-* 2006 &ndash; [[Rob Lacey]], Christian Author. (b. 1962) 
-*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Anthony Mamo]], Malta's first President (b. 1909) 
-* 2008 &ndash; [[Deborah Jeane Palfrey]], [[Washington, D.C.]] [[prostitution]] service owner (b. 1956) 
-* 2008 &ndash; [[Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager]], last surviving member of the July 20 Plot to assassinate [[Adolf Hitler]] in 1944 (b. 1917) 
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-==Holidays and observances== 
-*[[May Day]], [[Labour Day]], [[International Workers' Day]], Day of the International Solidarity of Workers. 
-*[[Czech Republic]] &ndash; "National Love Day" &ndash; couples tend to flock to the memorial of the poet [[Karel Hynek Mácha]] in [[Prague]] and kiss. 
-*Lei Day &ndash; [[Hawaii]]an holiday for the [[Lei (Hawaii)|Lei]]. 
-*[[Beltane]], Lá Bealtaine, the first day of [[Summer]] in modern [[Ireland]] was celebrated by the [[Celt]]s, and is now also celebrated by [[Neopaganism|Neopagans]] and [[Wicca]]ns. 
-*[[Kazakhstan]] - [[Unity Day]].  
-*[[Maharashtra Day]] (Maharashtra Divas) &ndash; [[Maharastra]], [[India]]. 
-*[[Marshall Islands]] - [[Constitution Day]].  
-*[[Northern Europe]] &ndash; [[Walpurgis Night]]. 
-*[[Roman Empire]] &ndash; all-female festival in honour of [[Bona Dea]]. 
-*Roman Empire &ndash; fourth and last day of the [[Floralia]] in honour of [[Chloris|Flora]]. 
-*[[United States]] &ndash; [[Law Day, U.S.A.]], [[Loyalty Day]]. 
-*[[Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker]] 
-*[[James, son of Alphaeus|Saint James the Less]]. 
-*[[Saint Philip the Apostle]]. 
-*[[Saint Andeol]]. 
-*[[Saint Asaph]] 
-*[[Saint Brieuc]]. 
-*[[Saint Sigismund of Burgundy]]. 
-*[[Theodulphus|Saint Theodulf]]. 
-*[[Augustin Schoeffer|Saint Augustin Schoeffer]] 
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