Events
Pre-1600
*
328
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–
Athanasius
Athanasius I of Alexandria, ; cop, ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲡⲓⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ or Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲁ̅; (c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, ...
is elected
Patriarch of Alexandria
The Patriarch of Alexandria is the archbishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation "pope" (etymologically "Father", like "Abbot").
The Alexandrian episcopate was revered as one of the three major epis ...
.
*
1009 –
Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by
Melus revolt in
Bari against the Byzantine
Catepanate of Italy.
*
1386
Year 1386 ( MCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February 24 – Elizabeth of Bosnia, the mother of the overthrown Queen Mary of ...
–
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
and
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
:* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
formally ratify
their alliance with the signing of the
Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.
*
1450
Year 1450 ( MCDL) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February 7 – John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, marries Lady Margaret Beaufort ...
–
'Abd al-Latif (
Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
*
1540 –
Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the
Gulf of California.
1601–1900
*
1662
Events
January–March
* January 4 – Dziaddin Mukarram Shah becomes the new Sultan of Kedah, an independent kingdom on the Malay Peninsula, upon the death of his father, Sultan Muhyiddin Mansur.
* January 10 – At the ...
– The figure who later became
Mr. Punch
Punch and Judy is a traditional puppet show featuring Mr. Punch and his wife Judy. The performance consists of a sequence of short scenes, each depicting an interaction between two characters, most typically Mr. Punch and one other character w ...
makes his first recorded appearance in England.
*
1671
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Criminal Ordinance of 1670, the first attempt at a uniform code of criminal procedure in France, goes into effect after having been passed on August 26, 1670.
* January 5 – The B ...
–
Thomas Blood, disguised as a
clergyman
Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...
, attempts to steal England's
Crown Jewels from the
Tower of London
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is sepa ...
.
*
1726 – Five men arrested during a raid on
Mother Clap's
molly house in London are executed at
Tyburn.
*
1864 –
Second Schleswig War
The Second Schleswig War ( da, Krigen i 1864; german: Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg) also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War was the second military conflict over the Schleswig-Holstein Question of the nineteenth century. T ...
: The Danish navy defeats the
Austrian and
Prussian fleets in the
Battle of Heligoland.
*
1865 –
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by state ...
:
Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at
Gainesville, Alabama
Gainesville is a town in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1832, it was incorporated in 1835. At the 2010 census the population was 208, down from 220. Confederate Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest surrendered his men ne ...
.
* 1865 – American Civil War:
President Andrew Johnson issues a
proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
*
1873
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.
** The California Penal Code goes into effect.
* January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat ...
– ''
Der Krach'': The
Vienna stock exchange crash heralds the
Long Depression.
*
1877
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
* January 8 – Great Sio ...
–
Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the
Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures.
Description
Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon ...
, the Declaration of Independence of
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...
. The date will become recognised as the Independence Day of Romania.
1901–present
*
1901 – Australia opens its first
national parliament in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...
.
*
1915 –
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
:
Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
– World War I: Germany repels Britain's
second attempt to blockade the port of
Ostend
Ostend ( nl, Oostende, ; french: link=no, Ostende ; german: link=no, Ostende ; vls, Ostende) is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariake ...
, Belgium.
*
1920 –
Polish–Soviet War
The Polish–Soviet War (Polish–Bolshevik War, Polish–Soviet War, Polish–Russian War 1919–1921)
* russian: Советско-польская война (''Sovetsko-polskaya voyna'', Soviet-Polish War), Польский фронт (' ...
: The Polish army under General
Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its
capture of Kiev with a
victory parade on
Khreshchatyk
Khreshchatyk ( uk, Хрещатик, ) is the main street of Kyiv, Ukraine. The street has a length of . It stretches from the European Square (northeast) through the Maidan and to Bessarabska Square (southwest) where the Besarabsky Market ...
.
*
1926 – Admiral
Richard E. Byrd and
Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the
North Pole
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's rotation, Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distingu ...
(later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
*
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
* ...
– The
Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens.
*
1936 – Italy formally annexes
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...
after taking the capital
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, ...
on
May 5.
*
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
–
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
: The German submarine
''U-110'' is captured by the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
. On board is the latest
Enigma machine which
Allied cryptographer
Cryptography, or cryptology (from grc, , translit=kryptós "hidden, secret"; and ''graphein'', "to write", or '' -logia'', "study", respectively), is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of adv ...
s later use to break coded German messages.
*
1942 –
The Holocaust in Ukraine: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the
Podolia
Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...
n town of
Zinkiv (
Khmelnytska oblast. The
Zoludek Ghetto (in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported.
*
1945 – World War II: The final
German Instrument of Surrender
The German Instrument of Surrender (german: Bedingungslose Kapitulation der Wehrmacht, lit=Unconditional Capitulation of the " Wehrmacht"; russian: Акт о капитуляции Германии, Akt o kapitulyatsii Germanii, lit=Act of capi ...
is signed at the Soviet headquarters in
Berlin-Karlshorst.
*
1946 – King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by
Umberto II.
*
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
–
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
's
Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
*
1950 –
Robert Schuman presents the "
Schuman Declaration
The Schuman Declaration, or Schuman Plan, was a proposal to place French and West German production of coal and steel under a single authority that later became the European Coal and Steel Community, made by the French foreign minister, Robe ...
", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
*
1955 –
Cold War:
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
joins
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
.
*
1960 – The
Food and Drug Administration
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food ...
announces it will approve
birth control as an additional
indication
Indication may refer to:
* A synonym for sign
* Human interface, highlighting the single object pointed to as a cursor is moved, without any other user action such as clicking, is indication
* Indication (medicine). A valid reason to use a certain ...
for
Searle's
Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved
oral contraceptive pill.
*
1969 –
Carlos Lamarca
Carlos Lamarca (; October 23, 1937 – September 17, 1971) was a Brazilian Army Captain who deserted to become a member of the armed resistance to the Brazilian dictatorship. He was a part of the Popular Revolutionary Vanguard (''Vanguarda ...
leads the first urban guerrilla action against the
military dictatorship of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
, by robbing two banks.
*
1974 –
Watergate scandal
The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continual ...
: The
United States House Committee on the Judiciary
The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, also called the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is charged with overseeing the administration of justice within the federal courts, ...
opens formal and public
impeachment
Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. It may be understood as a unique process involving both political and legal elements.
I ...
hearings against President
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was t ...
.
*
1979 –
Iranian Jewish businessman
Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
*
1980 – In
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...
, United States,
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It ...
n freighter collides with the
Sunshine Skyway Bridge over
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and shallow estuary connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west-central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay. The largest freshwater ...
, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a
Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die.
* 1980 – In
Norco, California, United States, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to
a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in
California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
*
1987 –
LOT Flight 5055 ''Tadeusz Kościuszko'' crashes after takeoff in
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...
, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
*
1988 –
New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
[
* 1992 – ]Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
n forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
* 1992 – Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native En ...
, Canada.
*2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...
– In Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...
, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
* 2002 – The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital ...
comes to an end when the Palestinians
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
* 2018 – The historic defeat for Barisan Nasional
The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...
, the governing coalition of Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957 in 2018 Malaysian general election
The 2018 Malaysian General Election, formally known as the 14th Malaysian General Election (), was held on Wednesday, 9 May 2018, for members of the 14th Parliament of Malaysia. At stake were all 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat (the legislature ...
.
*2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...
– The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.
* 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since February 2014. Following Ukraine's Rev ...
: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-era policy expediting American equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.
Births
Pre-1600
*1147
Year 1147 ( MCXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Second Crusade
* Late spring – An expedition of Crusaders, Englishmen together with force ...
– Minamoto no Yoritomo
was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1192 until 1199.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Minamoto no Yoriie" in . He was the husband of Hōjō Masako who acted as regent ('' shikken'') after h ...
, Japanese shōgun (d. 1199)
*1151
Year 1151 ( MCLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
* September 7 – Geoffrey of Anjou dies, and is succeeded by his son Henry, aged 18.
* After the Battle of Ghazni ...
– al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (d. 1171)
* 1540 – Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (d. 1597)
*1555
Year 1555 ( MDLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 22 – The Kingdom of Ava in Upper Burma falls.
* February 2 – The Diet o ...
– Jerónima de la Asunción
Jerónima de la Asunción, O.S.C. ( es, Jerónima de la Asunción García Yánez y De La Fuente; May 9, 1555 – October 22, 1630) was a Spanish Catholic nun and abbess who founded the ''Real Monasterio de Santa Clara'' (Royal Monastery of Sain ...
, Spanish Catholic nun and founder of the first monastery in Manila (d. 1630)
*1594
Events
January–June
* March 21 – Henry IV enters his capital of Paris for the first time.
* April 17 – Hyacinth of Poland is canonized.
* May
** Uprising in Banat of Serbs against Ottoman rule ends with the public ...
– Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, military leader in the Thirty Years' War (d. 1662)
1601–1900
* 1617 – Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (d. 1655)
*1740
Events
January–March
* January 8 – All 237 crewmen on the Dutch East India Company ship ''Rooswijk'' are drowned, when the vessel strikes the shoals of Goodwin Sands, off of the coast of England, as it is beginning its secon ...
– Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; d. 1816)
*1746
Events
January–March
* January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland.
* January 17 – Battle of Falkirk Muir: British Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces.
* Februa ...
– Gaspard Monge
Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse (9 May 1746 – 28 July 1818) was a French mathematician, commonly presented as the inventor of descriptive geometry, (the mathematical basis of) technical drawing, and the father of differential geometry. Duri ...
, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1818)
* 1763 – János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1845)
*1800
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 16), ...
– John Brown, American activist (d. 1859)
*1801
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the abolition of the Parliament of I ...
– Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood (d. 1866)
* 1814 – John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright (d. 1880)
* 1823 – Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand
The prime minister of New Zealand ( mi, Te pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand. The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, took office on 26 October 2017.
The prime minister (inform ...
(d. 1891)
*1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) , Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, ...
– Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author (d. 1896)
* 1825 – James Collinson
James Collinson (9 May 1825 – 24 January 1881) was a Victorian painter who was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from 1848 to 1850.
Life
He was born at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and was the son of a bookseller. He entered th ...
, Victorian painter (d. 1881)
* 1836 – Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart (d. 1912)
* 1837 – Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company (d. 1895)
*1845
Events
January–March
* January 10 – Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning; on May 20, they meet for the first time in London. She begins writing her ''Sonnets from the Portuguese''.
* January ...
– Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman (d. 1913)
* 1850 – Edward Weston, English-American chemist (d. 1936)
* 1855 – Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer (d. 1932)
* 1860 – J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (d. 1937)
* 1866 – Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Gopal Krishna Gokhale ( ɡoːpaːl ˈkrɪʂɳə ˈɡoːkʰleː9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915) was an Indian 'moderate' political leader and a social reformer during the Indian independence movement. Gokhale was a senior leader of the India ...
, Indian economist and politician (d. 1915)
*1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Broo ...
– Harry Vardon, British golfer (d. 1937)
*1873
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.
** The California Penal Code goes into effect.
* January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat ...
– Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
* 1874 – Howard Carter
Howard Carter (9 May 18742 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the ...
, English archaeologist and historian (d. 1939)
* 1882 – George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
* 1882 – Henry J. Kaiser
Henry John Kaiser (May 9, 1882 – August 24, 1967) was an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding. Prior to World War II, Kaiser was involved in the construction industry; his company was one of ...
, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards
The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located on the United States west coast during World War II. Kaiser ranked 20th among U.S. corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. The shipyards were owned by the Kais ...
(d. 1967)
*1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Janua ...
– José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (d. 1955)
* 1884 – Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor (d. 1917)
* 1885 – Gianni Vella, Maltese artist (d. 1977)
*1888
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...
– Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (d. 1918)
* 1888 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (d. 1964)
* 1892 – Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with t ...
(d. 1989)
* 1893 – William Moulton Marston
William Moulton Marston (May 9, 1893 – May 2, 1947), also known by the pen name Charles Moulton (), was an American psychologist who, with his wife Elizabeth Holloway, invented an early prototype of the lie detector. He was also known as a se ...
, American psychologist and author (d. 1947)
*1894
Events January–March
* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
* January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...
– Benjamin Graham, British-American economist, professor, and investor (d. 1976)
* 1895 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963)
* 1895 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
* 1895 – Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)
* 1896 – Richard Day, Canadian-American art director and set decorator (d. 1972)
*1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), ...
– Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (d. 1992)
1901–present
* 1904 – Conrad Bernier, Canadian-American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1988)
* 1905 – Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (d. 1998)
* 1906 – Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (d. 1988)
* 1907 – Jackie Grant
George Copeland Grant (9 May 1907 – 26 October 1978), known as Jackie Grant, was a West Indian cricketer who captained the Test side from 1930 to 1935. He was later a missionary in South Africa and Rhodesia.
Appointed to the Test captain ...
, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1978)
* 1907 – Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist and author (d. 1976)
* 1907 – Baldur von Schirach
Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (9 May 1907 – 8 August 1974) was a German politician who is best known for his role as the Nazi Party national youth leader and head of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940. He later served as '' Gauleiter'' and '' ...
, German politician (d. 1974)
* 1909 – Don Messer
Donald Charles Frederick Messer (May 9, 1909 – March 26, 1973) was a Canadian musician, band leader, radio broadcaster, and defining icon of folk music during the 1960s. His CBC Television series '' Don Messer’s Jubilee'' (1959–69) feature ...
, Canadian violinist (d. 1973)
* 1909 – Gordon Bunshaft, American architect, designed the Solow Building (d. 1990)
* 1911 – Harry Simeone, American music arranger, conductor, and composer (d. 2005)
* 1912 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963)
* 1912 – Per Imerslund
Nils Per Imerslund (9 May 1912 – 7 December 1943), born in Kristiania, Norway, was one of the most prominent figures of the Nazi scene in pre-World War II Norway. He first gained prominence at home and abroad with the publication in 1936 of his d ...
, Norwegian-German soldier and author (d. 1943)
* 1912 – Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990)
* 1914 – Patricia Swift Blalock
Patricia Swift Blalock (May 9, 1914 – September 7, 2011) was an American librarian, social worker, and civil rights activist born in Gadsden, Alabama.
Blalock graduated from the University of Montevallo and studied social work at the University ...
, American librarian (d.2011)
* 1914 – Denham Fouts
Denham "Denny" Fouts (May 9, 1914 – December 16, 1948) was an American male prostitute, socialite, and literary muse. He served as the inspiration for characters by Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, Christopher Isherwood, and Gavin Lambert. He wa ...
, American prostitute (d. 1948)
* 1914 – Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat (d. 2016)
* 1914 – Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini (; 9 May 1914 – 14 June 2005) was an Italian conductor.
From the age of five, when he began to play the violin, Giulini's musical education was expanded when he began to study at Italy's foremost conservatory, the Conserva ...
, Italian conductor and director (d. 2005)
* 1914 – Hank Snow, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
* 1916 – William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (d. 1993)
* 1917 – Fay Kanin
Fay Kanin (née Mitchell; May 9, 1917March 27, 2013) was an American screenwriter, playwright and producer. Kanin was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1983.
Biography
Born Fay Mitchell in New York City t ...
, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
*1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
– Moisis Michail Bourlas Moisis Michail Bourlas ( el, Μωυσής Μιχαήλ Μπουρλάς; May 9, 1918 – March 17, 2011) was a Greek Jewish member of the World War II resistance.
Biography
He was born Moisis Bourlas on May 9, 1918 in Cairo. His parents were b ...
, Greek soldier and educator (d. 2011)
* 1918 – Orville Freeman
Orville Lothrop Freeman (May 9, 1918February 20, 2003) was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1955, to January 2, 1961, and as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under ...
, American soldier and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture (d. 2003)
* 1918 – Mike Wallace, American journalist, media personality and one-time game show host (d. 2012)
*1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the ...
– Clifford Chadderton, Canadian soldier and journalist (d. 2013)
* 1920 – William Tenn, English-American author and academic (d. 2010)
* 1920 – Richard Adams
Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist and writer of the books '' Watership Down'', '' Maia'', '' Shardik'' and '' The Plague Dogs''. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British ...
, English novelist (d. 2016)
* 1921 – Daniel Berrigan, American priest, poet, and activist (d. 2016)
* 1921 – Sophie Scholl, German activist (d. 1943)
* 1921 – Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (d. 2004)
*1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
– Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (d. 2008)
* 1924 – Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (d. 1997)
* 1926 – John Middleton Murry, Jr., English soldier, pilot, and author (d. 2002)
*1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General.
* January 7
* ...
– Manfred Eigen, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
laureate (d. 2019)
* 1928 – Ralph Goings, American painter (d. 2016)
* 1928 – Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (d. 1995)
* 1928 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater (d. 2012)
*1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...
– Joan Sims, English actress (d. 2001)
* 1930 – Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan historian and linguist (d. 2010)
*1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
– Vance D. Brand
Vance DeVoe Brand (born May 9, 1931) is an American naval officer, aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He served as command module pilot during the first U.S.-Soviet joint spaceflight in 1975, and as commander of t ...
, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
* 1932 – Conrad Hunte, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1999)
* 1932 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress (d. 2015)
* 1934 – Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. Over his distinguished entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two ...
, English screenwriter, playwright, and novelist
* 1935 – Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (d. 2018)
* 1935 – Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (d. 1988)
* 1936 – Terry Downes, British boxer and former world middle-weight champion (d. 2017)
* 1936 – Albert Finney, English actor (d. 2019)
* 1936 – Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
* 1937 – Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1937 – Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect, designed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and Valladolid Science Museum
* 1937 – Dave Prater, American singer (d. 1988)
* 1938 – Charles Simić
Dušan Simić ( sr-cyr, Душан Симић, ; born May 9, 1938), known as Charles Simic, is a Serbian American poet and former co-poetry editor of the ''Paris Review''. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 for ''The World Doesn't ...
, Serbian-American poet and editor
*1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidde ...
– Ralph Boston, American long jumper
* 1939 – Ion Țiriac, Romanian tennis player and manager
* 1939 – Ken Warby
Ken Warby (born 9 May 1939) is an Australian motorboat racer, who currently holds the water speed record of , set on Blowering Dam on 8 October 1978.
As a child, Warby's hero was Donald Campbell, who died attempting to break the record in 196 ...
, Australian motorboat racer
* 1939 – Giorgio Zancanaro, Italian baritone
* 1939 – John Ogbu, Nigerian-American anthropologist and professor (d. 2003)
* 1940 – James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter
*1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...
– Dorothy Hyman
Dorothy Hyman (born 9 May 1941) is a retired English sprinter. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events, winning three medals. She also won individual 100 m gold and 200 m silver at the 196 ...
, English sprinter
* 1941 – Danny Rapp
Daniel Earl Rapp (May 9, 1941 – April 3, 1983) was an American singer and the frontman for the group Danny & the Juniors. The group is best known for their 1958 hit "At the Hop".
Career
Rapp's musical career began in 1955 with the formation ...
, American musician (d. 1983)
* 1942 – John Ashcroft
John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and former politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration from 2001 to 2005. A former U.S. Senator from Missouri and the 50t ...
, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the p ...
* 1942 – Tommy Roe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 – ...
– Vince Cable, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
* 1943 – Anders Isaksson
Rolf Anders Isaksson (9 May 1943 – 17 January 2009) was a Swedish journalist, writer, and historian, possibly best known for his four-volume biography of Swedish social democratic politics and Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson's life.
Isakss ...
, Swedish historian and journalist (d. 2009)
* 1943 – Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (d. 2014)
* 1944 – Richie Furay, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1945 – Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (d. 2015)
* 1945 – Jupp Heynckes, German footballer and manager
* 1945 – Steve Katz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
* 1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress and producer
* 1946 – Ayşe Nur Zarakolu
Ayşe Nur Zarakolu (née Sarısözen) (9 May 1946 – 28 January 2002) was a Turkish author, publisher and human rights advocate. She was co-founder, with her husband Ragıp Zarakolu, of notable Turkish publishing house Belge and, in the 1980s, ...
, Turkish author and activist (d. 2002)
*1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January– February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the count ...
– Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat (d. 2019)
*1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
– Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic
* 1948 – John Mahaffey, American golfer
* 1948 – Steven W. Mosher, American social scientist and author
* 1948 – Calvin Murphy
Calvin Jerome Murphy (born May 9, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player who after a prolific collegiate career at Niagara, where he averaged 33.1 points per game over his three years, played in the National Basketball Associa ...
, American basketball player and radio host
* 1949 – Billy Joel
William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, pianist and songwriter. Commonly nicknamed the " Piano Man" after his album and signature song of the same name, he has led a commercially successful career as a solo artist since th ...
, American singer-songwriter and pianist
* 1949 – Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat, 17th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (d. 2013)
*1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
– Alley Mills, American actress
*1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
– Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo ( ; born May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She served as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor. She was also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetr ...
, American poet, musician, playwright and author, 23rd United States Poet Laureate
* 1953 – Bruno Brokken
Bruno Brokken (born 9 May 1953 in Wilrijk) is a former Belgian high jumper. In 1976 he got the bronze medal at the European Indoor Championships with a jump of 2.19 meter.
Biography
Bruno Brokken was the 1975 Belgian Sportsman of the year, ending ...
, Belgian high jumper
* 1955 – Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia is the head of government and Chief Executive of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a parliamentary republic with a Prime Minister as head of the government and the Commander-in-Chief of the Ethiopian Armed Forces. The Pri ...
(d. 2012)
* 1955 – Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano and actress
* 1956 – Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
* 1956 – Jana Wendt, Australian television host
* 1958 – Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer
* 1959 – Andrew Jones, New Zealand cricketer
* 1960 – Tony Gwynn
Anthony Keith Gwynn Sr. (May 9, 1960 – June 16, 2014), nicknamed "Mr. Padre", was an American professional baseball right fielder, who played 20 seasons (1982–2001) in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres. The left-handed h ...
, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
* 1961 – Sean Altman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1961 – John Corbett, American actor
* 1962 – Dave Gahan Dave may refer to:
Film, television, and theater
* ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver
* ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the film
* Dave (TV channel), a digital television channel in the ...
, English singer-songwriter
* 1962 – Paul Heaton, English singer-songwriter
*1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...
– Joe Cirella, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
* 1965 – Ken Nomura, Japanese race car driver and sportscaster
* 1965 – Steve Yzerman
Stephen Gregory Yzerman (; born May 9, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player currently serving as executive vice president and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, with whom he spent all 22 seasons of his NHL playing c ...
, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
* 1966 – Mark Tinordi, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*1968
The year was highlighted by Protests of 1968, protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechos ...
– Masahiko Harada, Japanese ski jumper
* 1968 – Graham Harman, American philosopher and academic
* 1968 – Ruth Kelly, British economist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
* 1968 – Marie-José Pérec, French sprinter
* 1968 – Neil Ruddock, English international footballer and television personality
* 1970 – Doug Christie, American basketball player
* 1970 – Hao Haidong, Chinese footballer
* 1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor
*1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
– Jason Lee, English footballer and manager
* 1971 – Dan Chiasson, American poet and critic
* 1972 – Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and singer
*1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
– Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan runner
* 1973 – Leonard Myles-Mills, Ghanaian sprinter
*1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– Tamia, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
* 1975 – Brian Deegan, American motocross rider
*1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...
– Averno, Mexican wrestler
* 1977 – Marek Jankulovski, Czech footballer
* 1977 – Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
* 1978 – Leandro Cufré
Leandro Damián Cufré (born 9 May 1978) is an Argentine football coach and former player who played as a defender. As of 2021, he has been the assistant coach of the Venezuela national football team.
Cufré started his professional playing c ...
, Argentinian footballer
* 1978 – Santiago Dellapè
Santiago Dellapè (born 9 May 1978) is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position is at lock. He plays for Italy, and was included their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad to Australia. He has played for the French Top 14 side Ra ...
, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
* 1978 – Aaron Harang
Aaron Michael Harang (born May 9, 1978) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Marin ...
, American baseball player
* 1978 – Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati terrorist (d. 2001)
* 1979 – Pierre Bouvier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1979 – Rosario Dawson, American actress
* 1979 – Andrew W.K., American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, motivational speaker, and music producer
* 1980 – Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
* 1980 – Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater
* 1980 – Tony Schmidt, German race car driver
* 1980 – Jo Hyun-jae, South Korean actor
*1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...
– Bill Murphy, American baseball player
* 1981 – Evangelos Tsiolis, Greek footballer
* 1983 – Giacomo Brichetto, Italian footballer
* 1983 – Alan Campbell, British sculler
* 1983 – Christos Marangos
Christos Marangos (Greek language, Greek: Χρίστος Μαραγκός; born May 9, 1983) is a Cypriot retired professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
He began his career in 2000, playing for Apollon L ...
, Cypriot footballer
* 1983 – Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor
* 1983 – Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
* 1983 – Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
* 1983 – Leandro Rinaudo
Leandro Rinaudo (born 9 May 1983) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender, and a current sports director.
Early years
He comes from the Kalsa neighbourhood of Palermo.
Club career Palermo
A youth product of Palermo, Rinaudo wa ...
, Italian footballer
* 1984 – Prince Fielder, American baseball player
* 1984 – Chase Headley, American baseball player
* 1985 – Jake Long
Jake Edward Long (born May 9, 1985) is a former American football offensive tackle. He played college football at Michigan, where he was a two-time consensus All-American, and was drafted by the Miami Dolphins first overall in the 2008 NFL Dr ...
, American football player
* 1985 – Henrique Andrade Silva, Brazilian footballer
* 1987 – Scott Bolton, Australian rugby league player
* 1987 – Kevin Gameiro
Kevin Dominique Gameiro (born 9 May 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg. He is a strong striker who is known for his clinical finishing, which compensates for his relatively light frame.
...
, French footballer
* 1987 – Vitaliy Pushkar
Vitaliy Pushkar ( ua, Пушкар Віталій Олексійович; born May 9, 1987) is a Ukrainian rally driver, Ukrainian rally vice-champion, European rally champion in ERC Production Cup category, and The Boar ProRacing team driver.
...
, Ukrainian race car driver
* 1988 – J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian race car driver
* 1989 – Ellen White, English footballer
*1991
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the ...
– Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka
* 1992 – Dan Burn
Daniel Johnson Burn (born 9 May 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Newcastle United.
Burn made his debut in the Football League for Darlington in 2009 and joined Fulham at the end of the 2010–11 sea ...
, English footballer
*1995
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...
– Tommy Edman
Thomas Hyunsu Edman (born May 9, 1995) is an American professional baseball second baseman and shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (Major League Baseball, MLB).
Born in Pontiac, Michigan, and raised in San Diego, Edman ...
, American baseball player
* 1996 – Saron Läänmäe
Saron Läänmäe (born 9 May 1996) is an Estonian former footballer, who has played as a defender for Naiste Meistriliiga club Flora Tallinn and the Estonia women's national football team.
In 2015 Läänmäe enrolled at the University of Cent ...
, Estonian footballer
* 1996 – Grace Reid, Scottish diver
Deaths
Pre-1600
* 480 – Julius Nepos, Western Roman Emperor
* 729 – Osric, king of Northumbria
la, Regnum Northanhymbrorum
, conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Northumbria
, common_name = Northumbria
, status = State
, status_text = Unified Anglian kingdom (before 876)North: Anglian kingdom (af ...
* 893 – Shi Pu, warlord of the Tang Dynasty
* 909 – Adalgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
* 934
Year 934 ( CMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring and Summer – The Hungarians make an alliance with the Pechenegs ...
– Wang Sitong, Chinese general and governor (b. 892)
*1280
1280 ( MCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) in the Julian calendar.
Events
* June 23 – Reconquista – Battle of Moclín: Troops of the Emirate of Granada defeat those of the Kingdom of ...
– Magnus VI of Norway
Magnus Haakonsson ( non, Magnús Hákonarson, no, Magnus Håkonsson, label= Modern Norwegian; 1 (or 3) May 1238 – 9 May 1280) was King of Norway (as Magnus VI) from 1263 to 1280 (junior king from 1257). One of his greatest achievements was the ...
* 1315 – Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)
*1329
Year 1329 ( MCCCXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February 1 – King John of Bohemia (of the Teutonic Order) captures Medvėgalis, ...
– John Drokensford
John Droxford (sometimes John Drokensford; died 9 May 1329), was a Bishop of Bath and Wells. He was elected 5 February 1309 and consecrated 9 November 1309.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 228
Early life
Droxford, born probabl ...
, Bishop of Bath and Wells
*1443
Year 1443 ( MCDXLIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* July 22 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl (Old Zürich War): The forces of the ...
– Niccolò Albergati, Italian Cardinal and diplomat (b. 1373)
*1446
Year 1446 (Roman numerals, MCDXLVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+(-100(C)+500(D))+(-10(X)+50(L))+5( ...
– Mary of Enghien (b. 1368)
*1590
Events
January–June
* January 4 – The Cortes of Castile approves a new subsidy, the '' millones''.
* March 4 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, takes Breda, by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat, to ge ...
– Charles de Bourbon French cardinal and pretender to the throne (b. 1523)
1601–1900
*1657
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Miles Sindercombe and his group of disaffected Levellers are betrayed, in their attempt to assassinate Oliver Cromwell, by blowing up the Palace of Whitehall in London, and arrested.
* F ...
– William Bradford, English-American politician, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
*1707
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal and the Algarv ...
– Dieterich Buxtehude
Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal ...
, German-Danish organist and composer (b. 1637)
*1736
Events
January–March
* January 12 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain.
* January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed in Sweden.
* January 26 – Stanislaus I of Pol ...
– Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (b. 1658)
* 1745 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
*1747
Events
January–March
* January 31 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
* February 11 – King George's War: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coul ...
– John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1673)
* 1760 – Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (b. 1700)
* 1789 – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (b. 1715)
*1790
Events
January–March
* January 8 – United States President George Washington gives the first State of the Union address, in New York City.
* January 11 – The 11 minor states of the Austrian Netherlands, which took p ...
– William Clingan
William Clingan (c.1721 – May 9, 1790) was a Founding Father of the United States, lawyer, and jurist. As a delegate in the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1779, he signed the Articles of Confederation. Upon his death he was ...
, American politician (b. 1721)
* 1791 – Francis Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson (October 2,Hopkinson was born on September 21, 1737, according to the then-used Julian calendar (old style). In 1752, however, Great Britain and all its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar (new style) which moved Hopkinson's ...
, American judge and politician (b. 1737)
*1805
After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished the French Republican Calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 11 – The Michigan Territory is created.
* February 7 – King Anouvong become ...
– Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (b. 1759)
* 1850 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
* 1850 – Garlieb Merkel, Estonian author and activist (b. 1769)
* 1861 – Ernst von Lasaulx
Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, known as Ernst von Lasaulx (; 16 March 1805 – 9 May 1861) was a German philologist and politician.
Life
Lasaulx was born in Koblenz, and died in Munich. He was the eldest son of well-known architect, Johann Claudius ...
, German philologist and politician (b. 1805)
* 1864 – John Sedgwick, American general and educator (b. 1813)
* 1889 – William S. Harney
William Selby Harney (August 22, 1800 – May 9, 1889) was a Tennessee-born cavalry officer in the US Army, who became known during the Indian Wars and the Mexican–American War for his brutality and ruthlessness. One of four general officers ...
, American general (b. 1800)
1901–present
*
* 1906 – Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (b. 1844)
* 1914 – C. W. Post
Charles William Post (October 26, 1854 – May 9, 1914) was an American innovator, breakfast cereal and foods manufacturer and a pioneer in the prepared-food industry. He was the founder of what is now Post Consumer Brands.
Early life
Char ...
, American businessman, founded Post Foods
Post Consumer Brands (previously Post Cereals and Postum Cereals; also known as simply "Post") is an American breakfast cereal manufacturer headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota.
The company, founded in 1895 by C. W. Post, owns a large portfol ...
(b. 1854)
* 1915 – François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (b. 1887)
* 1915 – Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (b. 1883)
*1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
– George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (b. 1866)
*1931
Events
January
* January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics.
* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
* January 22 – Sir I ...
– Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
laureate (b. 1852)
* 1933 – John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (b. 1872)
* 1935 – Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)
* 1938 – Thomas B. Thrige Thomas Barfoed Thrige (5 May 1866 – 9 May 1938) was a Danish entrepreneur, industrialist and businessman. In 1894, he started the company ''Thomas B. Thrige'', a manufacturer of electric motors, now known as T-T Electric (formerly ''Thrige Elect ...
, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
* 1942 – Józef Cebula
Józef Cebula (23 March 1902 – 9 May 1941) was a Polish priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI).
Born on 23 March 1902 into a modest family in Malnia, Poland, Joseph Cebula was the eldest of three children. He suffered tube ...
, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)
* 1944 – Han Yong-un
Han Yong-un ( ko, 한용운; August 29, 1879 – June 29, 1944) was a twentieth century Korean Buddhist reformer and poet. This name was his religious name, given by his meditation instructor in 1905, and Manhae (만해) was his pen name; his ...
, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)
* 1949 – Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
* 1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
*1957
1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...
– Ernest de Silva
Sir Albert Ernest de Silva (26 November 1887 – 9 May 1957) was a Ceylonese business magnate, banker, barrister and public figure, considered to be the most prominent Ceylonese philanthropist of the 20th century. A wealthy and influential poly ...
, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
* 1957 – Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (b. 1892)
* 1959 – Bhaurao Patil
Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil (22 September 1887 – 9 May 1959), born in Kumbhoj, Kolhapur, was a social activist and educator in Maharashtra, India. A strong advocate of mass education, he founded the Rayat Education Society. Bhaurao played an i ...
, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)
* 1965 – Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria
The chancellor of the Republic of Austria () is the head of government of the Republic of Austria. The position corresponds to that of Prime Minister in several other parliamentary democracies.
Current officeholder is Karl Nehammer of the A ...
(b. 1902)
*1968
The year was highlighted by Protests of 1968, protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechos ...
– Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
* 1968 – Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created '' Little Orphan Annie'' (b. 1894)
* 1968 – Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1883)
* 1968 – Finlay Currie, British actor (b. 1878)
* 1970 – Walter Reuther, American union leader (b. 1907)
* 1976 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
* 1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1934)
*1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...
– James Jones James Jones may refer to:
Sports Association football
*James Jones (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1955), British Olympic footballer
* James Jones (footballer, born 1996), Scottish footballer for Wrexham
*James Jones (footballer, born 1997), Wel ...
, American novelist (b. 1921)
* 1978 – Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1948)
* 1978 – Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
* 1979 – Cyrus S. Eaton
Cyrus Stephen Eaton Sr. (December 27, 1883 – May 9, 1979) was a Canadian-American investment banker, businessman and philanthropist, with a career that spanned seventy years.
For decades Eaton was one of the most powerful financiers in the ...
, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1883)
* 1979 – Eddie Jefferson
Eddie Jefferson (August 3, 1918 – May 9, 1979) was an American jazz vocalist and lyricist. He is credited as an innovator of vocalese, a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo. Jefferson himself claims ...
, American singer and lyricist (b. 1918)
* 1980 – Kate Molale
Kate Molale (22 January 1928 – 9 May 1980) was a South African political activist, between 1970 and 1975 she represented the ANC Women's League/Women's Section in the Women's International Democratic Federation.
She joined the African ...
, South African activist (b. 1928)
*1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...
– Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)
* 1983 – Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (b. 1891)
* 1985 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor and director (b. 1915)
* 1986 – Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay (; ''tendzin norgyé''; perhaps 29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa people, Sherpa mountaineering, mountaineer. He was one of the first tw ...
, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1914)
* 1987 – Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
*1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...
– Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932)
*1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...
– Elias Motsoaledi, South African activist (b. 1924)
* 1997 – Rawya Ateya
Rawya Ateya (, 19 April 1926 – 9 May 1997) was an Egyptian woman who became the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world in 1957. Goldschmidt 2000, p. 26 Karam 1998, p. 44
Early life
Rawya Ateya was born in Giza Governorate on 19 April ...
, Egyptian captain and politician (b. 1926)
* 1997 – Marco Ferreri
Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films before his death in 1997. He is considered one of t ...
, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
*1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
– Alice Faye, American actress and singer (b. 1915)
* 1998 – Talat Mahmood
Talat Mahmood (24 February 1924 – 9 May 1998) was an Indian playback singer who is considered one of the popular male Indian film song and ghazal singers. Although he tried his luck as a film actor, he did not succeed a great deal in act ...
, Indian singer and actor (b. 1924)
*2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...
– Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1918)
*2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
– Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (b. 1951)
* 2004 – Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
* 2004 – Brenda Fassie, South African singer (b. 1964)
*2007
File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...
– Dwight Wilson, Canadian soldier (b. 1901)
*2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...
– Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1929)
* 2008 – Baptiste Manzini, American football player (b. 1920)
* 2008 – Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist and producer (b. 1942)
* 2008 – Pascal Sevran, French singer, television host, and author (b. 1945)
* 2009 – Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
* 2010 – Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and activist (b. 1917)
* 2010 – Otakar Motejl, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
* 2011 – Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (b. 1984)
*2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
– Bertram Cohler
Bertram Joseph Cohler (3 December 1938 – 9 May 2012) was an American psychologist, psychoanalyst, and educator primarily associated with the University of Chicago, the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, and Harvard University. He advocated ...
, American psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic (b. 1938)
* 2012 – Geoffrey Henry, Cook Islander lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1940)
* 2012 – Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (b. 1928)
*2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...
– Ramón Blanco Rodríguez Ramón or Ramon may refer to:
People Given name
*Ramon (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer
*Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer
*Ramón (singer), Spanish singer who represented Spain in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest
* ...
, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1952)
* 2013 – George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
(b. 1918)
* 2013 – Humberto Lugo Gil
Humberto Alejandro Lugo Gil (May 4, 1934 Huichapan, Hidalgo - Mexico City, May 9, 2013) was a Mexican politician, and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which held the positions of Federal Deputy, Senator and Governor Substitute ...
, Mexican lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Hidalgo (b. 1933)
* 2013 – Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (b. 1921)
*2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
– Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (b. 1938)
* 2014 – Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
* 2014 – Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1935)
* 2014 – Mary Stewart, British author and poet (b. 1916)
* 2015 – Edward W. Estlow
Edward Walker Estlow (March 20, 1920 – May 9, 2015) was a journalist and businessman, best known as CEO at the E. W. Scripps Company from 1976 to 1985. The Edward W. and Charlotte A. Estlow International Center for Journalism and New Media at t ...
, American football player and journalist (b. 1920)
* 2015 – Kenan Evren
Ahmet Kenan Evren (; 17 July 1917 – 9 May 2015) was a Turkish politician and military officer, who served as the seventh President of Turkey from 1980 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup.
On 18 June 2014, a Turkis ...
, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (b. 1917)
* 2015 – Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (b. 1921)
*2017
File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...
– Robert Miles, a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (b. 1969)
* 2018 – Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor (b. 1938)
*2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
– Freddie Starr, English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor (1943)
*2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...
– Little Richard, American singer, songwriter, and pianist (b. 1932)
* 2022 – John Leo
John Patrick Leo (June 16, 1935 – May 9, 2022) was an American writer and journalist. He was noted for authoring columns in the '' National Catholic Reporter'' and '' U.S. News & World Report'', as well as for his reporting with '' The New Y ...
, American a writer and journalist (b. 1935)
*2022 – Rieko Kodama, Japanese game developer (b. 1963)
Holidays and observances
*Christian feast day:
**Beatus of Lungern
Beatus of Lungern, known also by the honorific Apostle of Switzerland or as Beatus of Beatenberg or Beatus of Thun, was probably a legendary monk and hermit of early Christianity, and is revered as a saint. Though his legend states that he died in ...
** Beatus of Vendome
** Christopher (Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops vi ...
)
** George Preca
** Gerontius of Cervia
**Gregory of Nazianzen
Gregory of Nazianzus ( el, Γρηγόριος ὁ Ναζιανζηνός, ''Grēgorios ho Nazianzēnos''; ''Liturgy of the Hours'' Volume I, Proper of Saints, 2 January. – 25 January 390,), also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory N ...
( The Episcopal Church (US) and traditional Roman Catholic calendar)
** Nicolaus Zinzendorf (Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...
)
** Pachomius the Great
** Tudy of Landevennec
** May 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands
The military occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany lasted for most of the Second World War, from 30 June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945. The Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey are two island countries and Briti ...
related observances:
** Liberation Day, commemorating the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands
The military occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany lasted for most of the Second World War, from 30 June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945. The Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey are two island countries and Briti ...
during World War II. ( Guernsey and Jersey
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...
)
** National Day (Alderney
Alderney (; french: Aurigny ; Auregnais: ) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide.
The island's area is , making it the third-larges ...
)
* Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration
The Schuman Declaration, or Schuman Plan, was a proposal to place French and West German production of coal and steel under a single authority that later became the European Coal and Steel Community, made by the French foreign minister, Robe ...
. (European Union
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)
* Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union
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victory over Nazi Germany
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(Soviet Union
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, Azerbaijan
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, Belarus
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, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and ...
, Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to t ...
, Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...
, Kyrgyzstan
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, Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnist ...
, Russia
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, Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...
, Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...
, Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
)
**Victory and Peace Day
The term victory (from Latin ''victoria'') originally applied to warfare, and denotes success achieved in personal combat, after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition. Success in a military campaign constitutes ...
, marks the capture of Shusha (1992) in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, and the end of World War II. (Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
)
** Victory Day over Nazism in World War II (Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
)
References
External links
BBC: On This Day
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