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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1096]] &ndash; [[Count Emicho]] enters [[Mainz]], where his followers [[Rhineland massacres#Emicho|massacre Jewish citizens]].<ref name="Golb">{{Cite book|title=The Jews in Medieval Normandy: a social and intellectual history|author=Norman Golb|year=1998|location=Cambridge, United Kingdom|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> At least 600 Jews are killed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/this-day-massacre-in-mainz-1.5249699|title = This Day in Jewish History / Crusaders massacre the Jews of Mainz|newspaper = Haaretz}}</ref>
*[[1120]] &ndash; [[Richard III of Capua]] is anointed as [[Prince of Capua|Prince]] two weeks before his untimely death.
*[[1153]] &ndash; [[Malcolm IV of Scotland|Malcolm IV]] becomes King of Scotland.
*[[1199]] &ndash; [[John, King of England|John]] is crowned King of England.
*[[1257]] &ndash; [[Richard of Cornwall]], and his wife, [[Sanchia of Provence]], are crowned King and Queen of the Germans at [[Aachen Cathedral]].<ref>Goldstone, Nancy (2008). ''Four Queens; The Provençal Sisters who ruled Europe.'' Penguin Books, London, p. 213.</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1644]] &ndash; [[Manchu]] regent [[Dorgon]] defeats rebel leader [[Li Zicheng]] of the [[Shun dynasty]] at the [[Battle of Shanhai Pass]], allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
*[[1703]] &ndash; Tsar [[Peter the Great]] founds the city of [[Saint Petersburg]].
*[[1798]] &ndash; The [[Pitt–Tierney duel]] takes place on [[Putney Heath]] outside [[London]]. A bloodless [[duel]] between the [[prime minister of Great Britain]] [[William Pitt the Younger]] and his political opponent [[George Tierney]].<ref>Nester, William. ''The Coalitions Against Napoleon: How British Money, Manufacturing and Military Power Forged the Alliances that Achieved Victory''. Frontline Books, 2023. p.103</ref>
*  1798   &ndash; The [[Battle of Oulart Hill]] takes place in [[Wexford]], Ireland; Irish rebel leaders defeat and kill a detachment of militia.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Derek|last1=Warfield|author-link1=Derek Warfield|first2=Raymond|last2=Daly|title=Celtic & Ireland in Song and Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzVdDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT118|date=17 April 2012|publisher=BookBaby|isbn=978-1-62095-764-6|page=118}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[War of the Second Coalition]]: [[Habsburg monarchy|Austrian]] forces defeat the [[French First Republic|French]] at [[Battle of Winterthur (1799)|Winterthur]], Switzerland.
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: In Canada, American forces capture [[Battle of Fort George|Fort George]].
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]] begins the [[Siege of Palermo]], part of the wars of [[Italian unification]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The first Union infantry assault of the [[Siege of Port Hudson]] occurs.
*[[1874]] &ndash; The first group of [[Dorsland Trek|Dorsland trekkers]] under the leadership of [[Gert Alberts]] leaves [[Pretoria]].
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]] is crowned Tsar of Russia.
*[[1896]] &ndash; The [[Fujita scale|F4]]-strength [[1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado|St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado]] hits in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], and [[East St. Louis, Illinois]], killing at least 255 people and causing over $10 million in damage.

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Battle of Tsushima]] begins.
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[HMS Princess Irene|HMS ''Princess Irene'']] explodes and sinks off [[Sheerness]], [[Kent]], with the loss of 352 lives.
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XV]] promulgates the [[1917 Code of Canon Law|1917 ''Code of Canon Law'']], the first comprehensive [[Codification (law)|codification]] of [[Catholic canon law]] in the [[legal history of the Catholic Church]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; The [[NC-4]] aircraft arrives in [[Lisbon]] after completing the first [[transatlantic flight]].
*[[1927]] &ndash; The [[Ford Motor Company]] ceases manufacture of the [[Ford Model T]] and begins to retool plants to make the [[Ford Model A (1927–1931)|Ford Model A]].
*[[1930]] &ndash; The {{convert|1046|ft|m}} [[Chrysler Building]] in [[New York City]], the [[List of tallest buildings in the world|tallest man-made structure]] at the time, opens to the public.
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[New Deal]]: The U.S. [[Federal Securities Act]] is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the [[Federal Trade Commission]].
*[[1935]] &ndash; New Deal: The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] declares the [[National Industrial Recovery Act]] to be unconstitutional in ''[[A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States]]'', (295 U.S. 495).<ref>{{cite book|last=Schlesinger|first=Arthur M. Jr.|title=The Age of Roosevelt. Vol. 3: The Politics of Upheaval, 1935–1936|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|date=2003|isbn=978-0-547-52425-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wa_qDwAAQBAJ|pages=279–280}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; In [[California]], the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between [[San Francisco]] and [[Marin County, California]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: In the [[Le Paradis massacre]], 99 soldiers from a [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]] unit are shot after surrendering to [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops; two survive.
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
*  1941   &ndash; World War II: The {{warship|German battleship|Bismarck}} is sunk in the North Atlantic, killing almost 2,100 men.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: In [[Operation Anthropoid]], [[Reinhard Heydrich]] is fatally wounded in [[Prague]]; he dies of his injuries eight days later.
*[[1950]] &ndash; The [[Linnanmäki]] amusement park is opened for the first time in [[Helsinki]].<ref>[http://greennorth.fi/linnanmaki-amusement-park Linnanmäki Amusement Park – Green North GSA]</ref><ref>[https://finlandabroad.fi/web/grc/current-affairs/-/asset_publisher/h5w4iTUJhNne/content/linnanmaki-60-vuotta/384951 Linnanmäki turns 60 – Greece]</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; First flight of the [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; In [[Turkey]], a [[1960 Turkish coup d'état|military coup]] removes President [[Celâl Bayar]] and the rest of the democratic government from office.
*[[1962]] &ndash; The [[Centralia mine fire]] is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: American warships begin the first bombardment of [[National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam|National Liberation Front]] targets within [[South Vietnam]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; Australians vote in favor of a [[Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals)|constitutional referendum]] granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit [[Indigenous Australians]] and to count them in the national census.
*  1967   &ndash; The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CV-67|6}} is [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] by [[Jacqueline Kennedy]] and her daughter [[Caroline Kennedy|Caroline]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[Dahlerau train disaster]], the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near [[Wuppertal]].
*  1971   &ndash; Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly [[Bengali Hindus]], in the [[Bagbati massacre]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[1975 Dibbles Bridge coach crash|Dibbles Bridge coach crash]] near [[Grassington]], in [[North Yorkshire]], England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
*[[1977]] &ndash; A [[Aeroflot Flight 331|plane crash]] at [[José Martí International Airport]] in [[Havana]], Cuba, kills 67.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M CCCP-86614 Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770527-0 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; The [[Gwangju Massacre]]: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of [[Gwangju]] from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
*[[1984]] &ndash; The [[Danube–Black Sea Canal]] is opened, in a ceremony attended by the [[Nicolae Ceaușescu|Ceaușescu]]s. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Somaliland War of Independence]]: The [[Somali National Movement]] launches a [[1988 Hargeisa-Burao offensive|major offensive]] against Somali government forces in [[Hargeisa]] and [[Burao]], then the second- and third-largest cities of [[Somalia]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Binet|first=Laurence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LboiAQAAQBAJ|title=Somalia 1991-1993: Civil War, Famine Alert and a UN "Military-Humanitarian" Intervention|date=2013-10-03|publisher=Médecins Sans Frontières|page=214|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":21">{{Cite book|last=Tekle|first=Amare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xbQTEF0rd7wC&pg=PA152|title=Eritrea and Ethiopia: From Conflict to Cooperation|date=1 January 1994|publisher=The Red Sea Press|isbn=978-0-932415-97-4|page=152}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[First Chechen War]]: Russian President [[Boris Yeltsin]] meets with [[Chechnya|Chechen]] rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
*[[1997]] &ndash; The [[1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak]] occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including [[1997 Prairie Dell-Jarrell tornado|the F5 that killed 27]] in [[Jarrell, Texas|Jarrell]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Oklahoma City bombing]]: [[Michael Fortier (American)|Michael Fortier]] is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the [[terrorism|terrorist]] plot.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] is launched on [[STS-96]], the first shuttle mission to dock with the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="mission page">{{Cite web |last=Warnock |first=Lynda |title=STS-96 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-96.html |access-date=2020-06-15 |publisher=NASA |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; Members of [[Abu Sayyaf]], an [[Islamism|Islamist]] separatist group, [[Dos Palmas kidnappings|seize twenty hostages]] from an affluent island resort on [[Palawan]] in the [[Philippines]]; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
*[[2006]] &ndash; The 6.4 {{M|w}} [[2006 Yogyakarta earthquake|Yogyakarta earthquake]] shakes central [[Java]] with an [[Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale|MSK]] intensity of VIII (''Damaging''), leaving more than 5,700 dead and 37,000 injured.
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Barack Obama]] is the first president of the United States to visit [[Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park]] and meet ''[[Hibakusha]]''.
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Andrew Scheer]] takes over after [[Rona Ambrose]] as the leader of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]].
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[2018 Maryland flood|Maryland Flood Event]]: A flood occurs throughout the [[Patapsco Valley]], causing one death, destroying the entire first floors of buildings on Main Street in [[Ellicott City]], and causing cars to overturn.

==Births==

===Pre-1600===
* [[742]] &ndash; [[Emperor Dezong of Tang]] (died 805)
*[[1332]] &ndash; [[Ibn Khaldun]], Tunisian historian and theologian (died 1406)<ref>{{cite book|author=Larbi Sadiki|title=The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and Counter-discourses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GhRRAa-Ux0cC&pg=PA150|year=2004|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|isbn=978-1-85065-494-0|page=150}}</ref>
*[[1378]] &ndash; [[Zhu Quan]], Chinese military commander, historian and playwright (died 1448){{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Girolamo Mei]], Italian historian and theorist (died 1594)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Musical quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJxRAQAAIAAJ|year=1954| last1=Sonneck | first1=Oscar George }}</ref>
*[[1537]] &ndash; [[Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg]] (died 1604)
*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Caspar Schoppe]], German author and scholar (died 1649)
*[[1584]] &ndash; [[Michael Altenburg]], German theologian and composer (died 1640)

===1601–1900===
*[[1601]] &ndash; [[Antoine Daniel]], French-Canadian missionary and saint (died 1648)
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[William II, Prince of Orange]] (died 1650)
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Louis Antoine de Noailles]], French cardinal (died 1729)
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine]] of Germany (died 1722)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Nathaniel Gorham]], American merchant and politician, 14th [[President of the Continental Congress]] (died 1796)
*[[1756]] &ndash; [[Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria]] (died 1825) 
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Francis Beaufort]], Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (died 1857)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], American businessman and philanthropist (died 1877)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[George K. Teulon]], English-Texian journalist and freemason (died 1846)<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Bannerman|editor-first=W. Bruce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1xIAAAAYAAJ|title=Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica|volume=II|series=4th series|year=1908|publisher=Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 140 Wardour Street W.|publication-place=London|page=204|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[John Rudolph Niernsee]], Viennese-born American architect (died 1885)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Henry Parkes]], English-Australian politician, 7th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (died 1896) 
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Amelia Bloomer]], American journalist and activist (died 1894)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Julia Ward Howe]], American poet and songwriter (died 1910)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Samuel F. Miller (U.S. politician)|Samuel F. Miller]], American lawyer and politician (died 1892)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Zenas Ferry Moody]], American surveyor and politician, 7th [[Governor of Oregon]] (died 1917)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Jay Gould]], American businessman and financier (died 1892)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Wild Bill Hickok]], American police officer (died 1876)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Billy Barnes (cricketer)|Billy Barnes]], English cricketer (died 1899)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Theodor Curtius]], German chemist (died 1928)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Manuel Teixeira Gomes]], Portuguese politician, 7th [[President of Portugal]] (died 1941)
*  1860   &ndash; [[Margrethe Munthe]], Norwegian songwriter (died 1931)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Margrethe Munthe |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Margrethe_Munthe |language=no|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Arthur Mold]], English cricketer (died 1921)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Arnold Bennett]], English author and playwright (died 1931)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Aleksa Šantić]], Bosnian poet and author (died 1924)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Georges Rouault]], French painter and illustrator (died 1958)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Frederick Cuming (cricketer)|Frederick Cuming]], English cricketer (died 1942)
*  1875    &ndash; [[Jorge Newbery]], Argentine aviator (died 1914)<ref>{{cite news|title=Un nuevo aniversario del natalicio de Jorge Newbery|url=https://www.losandes.com.ar/columnistas/un-nuevo-aniversario-del-natalicio-jorge-newbery-n5949744|website=Diario Los Andes|language=es|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski]], Polish journalist and author (died 1945)
*  1876   &ndash; [[William Stanier]], English engineer (died 1965)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Anna Cervin]], Swedish artist (died 1972)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Karl Bühler]], German-American linguist and psychologist (died 1963)
*  1879   &ndash; [[Hans Lammers]], German judge and politician (died 1962)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Jessie Arms Botke]], American painter (died 1971)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Max Brod]], Czech journalist, author, and composer (died 1968)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Frank Woolley]], English cricketer (died 1978)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Louis Durey]], French composer (died 1979)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Claude Champagne]], Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (died 1965)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Jaan Kärner]], Estonian poet and author (died 1958)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Louis-Ferdinand Céline]], French physician and author (died 1961)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Dashiell Hammett]], American detective novelist and screenwriter (died 1961)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Douglas Lloyd Campbell]], Canadian educator and politician, 13th [[Premier of Manitoba]] (died 1995)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[John Cockcroft]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1967)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Dink Templeton]], American rugby player and coach (died 1962)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[David Crosthwait]], American engineer, inventor and writer (died 1976)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Johannes Türn]], Estonian chess and [[draughts]] player (died 1993)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Lotte Toberentz]], German overseer of the Nazi [[Uckermark concentration camp]] (died 1964)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Uładzimir Žyłka]], Belarusian poet and translator (died 1933)

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Buddhadasa]], Thai monk and philosopher (died 1993)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Harry Hibbs (footballer)|Harry Hibbs]], English footballer (died 1984)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Antonio Rosario Mennonna]], Italian bishop (died 2009)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Calas]], Greek-American poet and critic (died 1988)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Rachel Carson]], American biologist, environmentalist, and author (died 1964)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Dolores Hope]], American singer and philanthropist (died 2011)
*1909 &ndash; [[Juan Vicente Pérez]], Venezuelan supercentenarian, [[oldest living man]], last man born in 1900s decade (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-04 |title=Oldest man living |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/67479-oldest-person-living-male |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Hubert Humphrey]], American journalist and politician, 38th [[Vice President of the United States]] (died 1978)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Teddy Kollek]], Hungarian-Israeli politician, [[Mayor of Jerusalem]] (died 2007)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Vincent Price]], American actor (died 1993)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[John Cheever]], American novelist and short story writer (died 1982)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Sam Snead]], American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Terry Moore (baseball)|Terry Moore]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1995)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Ester Soré]], Chilean singer-songwriter (died 1996)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Herman Wouk]], American novelist (died 2019)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Harry Webster]], English engineer (died 2007)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Yasuhiro Nakasone]], Japanese commander and politician, 45th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (died 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Japanese PM and Reagan confidant, dies at 101 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/29/yasuhiro-nakasone-japanese-pm-and-reagan-confidant-dies-at-101 |website=The Guardian |access-date=23 January 2020 |date=29 November 2019}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Bob Godfrey]], Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (died 2013)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Otto Carius]], German lieutenant and pharmacist (died 2015)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Christopher Lee]], English actor (died 2015)
*  1922   &ndash; [[John D. Vanderhoof]], American banker and politician, 37th [[Governor of Colorado]] (died 2013)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Henry Kissinger]], German-American political scientist and politician, 56th [[United States Secretary of State]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pengelly |first=Martin |date=2023-11-30 |title=Henry Kissinger, secretary of state to Richard Nixon, dies at 100 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/29/henry-kissinger-dies-secretary-of-state-richard-nixon |access-date=2023-11-30 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*  1923   &ndash; [[Sumner Redstone]], American businessman and philanthropist (died 2020)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Jaime Lusinchi]], Venezuelan physician and politician, [[President of Venezuela]] (died 2014)
*  1924   &ndash; [[John Sumner (director)|John Sumner]], English-Australian director, founded the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] (died 2013)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Tony Hillerman]], American journalist and author (died 2008)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Jüri Randviir]], Estonian chess player and journalist (died 1996)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Thea Musgrave]], Scottish-American composer and educator
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[John Barth]], American novelist and short story writer (died 2024)
*  1930   &ndash; [[William S. Sessions]], American civil servant and judge, 8th [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (died 2020)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Eino Tamberg]], Estonian composer and educator (died 2010)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[André Barbeau]], French-Canadian neurologist (died 1986)
*  1931   &ndash; [[John Chapple (British Army officer)|John Chapple]], English field marshal and politician, [[Governor of Gibraltar]] (died 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Field Marshal Sir John Chapple obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/field-marshal-sir-john-chapple-obituary-q03zzzspw |date=26 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-26|work=The Times |issn=0140-0460 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220326200205/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/field-marshal-sir-john-chapple-obituary-q03zzzspw#selection-973.72-973.580 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1931   &ndash; [[Bernard Fresson]], French actor (died 2002)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Faten Hamama]], Egyptian actress and producer (died 2015)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Philip Kotler]], American author and professor
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Edward Samuel Rogers]], Canadian businessman (died 2008)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Manfred Sommer]], Spanish author and illustrator (died 2007)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Ray Daviault]], Canadian-American baseball player (died 2020)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Harlan Ellison]], American author and screenwriter (died 2018)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Daniel Colchico]], American football player and coach (died 2014)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Mal Evans]], British road manager of [[The Beatles]] (died 1976)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Jerry Kindall]], American baseball player and coach (died 2017)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Ramsey Lewis]], American jazz pianist and composer (died 2022)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Lee Meriwether]], American model and actress, [[Miss America 1955]] 
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Bathurst (Royal Navy officer)|Benjamin Bathurst]], English admiral (died 2025)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Louis Gossett Jr.]], American actor and producer (died 2024)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Marcel Masse]], Canadian educator and politician, 29th [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Canadian Minister of National Defence]] (died 2014)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Allan Carr]], American playwright and producer (died 1999)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns]], English courtier and businessman
*  1939   &ndash; [[Yves Duhaime]], Canadian captain and politician
*  1939   &ndash; [[Sokratis Kokkalis]], Greek businessman
*  1939   &ndash; [[Gerald Ronson]], English businessman and philanthropist
*  1939   &ndash; [[Lionel Sosa]], Mexican-American advertising and marketing executive<ref name="expressnews">{{cite news |url=https://www.expressnews.com/150years/leaders/article/San-Antonio-s-Lionel-Sosa-is-a-legend-in-the-6114992.php |title=Sosa a legend in Hispanic marketing: Ad guru says partners didn't realize they were making history |last=Hendricks |first=David |date=March 5, 2015 |newspaper= [[San Antonio Express-News]]|access-date= 7 February 2019}}</ref> 
*  1939   &ndash; [[Don Williams]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017) 
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Mike Gibson (sports journalist)|Mike Gibson]], Australian journalist and sportscaster (died 2015)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Lee Baca]], American police officer
*  1942   &ndash; [[Piers Courage]], English racing driver (died 1970)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman]], English accountant and politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]]
*  1942   &ndash; [[Robin Widdows]], English racing driver
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Cilla Black]], English singer and actress (died 2015)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Bruce Weitz]], American actor
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Christopher Dodd]], American lawyer and politician
*  1944   &ndash; [[Karen Fladset]], Norwegian handball player<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Karen Fladset |first1=Rolf |last1=Bryhn |first2=Thomas |last2=Aune |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Karen_Fladset |language=no|access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Ingrid Roscoe]], English historian and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire]] (died 2020)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Alain Souchon]], French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Bruce Cockburn]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]], Danish bassist and composer (died 2005)
*  1946   &ndash; [[John Williams (motorcyclist)|John Williams]], English motorcycle racer (died 1978)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Peter DeFazio]], American politician
*  1947   &ndash; [[Marty Kristian]], German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 
*  1947   &ndash; [[Branko Oblak]], Slovenian footballer and coach
*  1947   &ndash; [[Riivo Sinijärv]], Estonian politician, 19th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Wubbo de Boer]], Dutch civil servant (died 2017)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Pete Sears]], English bass player 
*  1948   &ndash; [[Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart]], American occultist and author (died 2014)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale]], English politician (died 2021)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Christa Vahlensieck]], German runner
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Dee Dee Bridgewater]], American singer-songwriter and actress 
*  1950   &ndash; [[Makis Dendrinos]], Greek basketball player and coach (died 2015)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[John Conteh]], English boxer
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Pauline Hanson]], Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician
*  1954   &ndash; [[Jackie Slater]], American football player and coach
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Eric Bischoff]], American wrestler, manager, and producer
*  1955   &ndash; [[Richard Schiff]], American actor, director, and producer
*  1955   &ndash; [[Ian Tracey (organist)|Ian Tracey]], English organist and conductor
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Cynthia McFadden]], American journalist
*  1956   &ndash; [[Rosemary Squire]], English producer and manager, co-founded [[Ambassador Theatre Group]]
*  1956   &ndash; [[Giuseppe Tornatore]], Italian director and screenwriter
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Dag Terje Andersen]], Norwegian politician, [[Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion|Norwegian Minister of Labour]]
*  1957   &ndash; [[Nitin Gadkari]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|Indian Minister of Transport]]
*  1957   &ndash; [[Eddie Harsch]], Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (died 2016)
*  1957   &ndash; [[Siouxsie Sioux]], English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Nick Anstee]], English accountant and politician, 682nd [[Lord Mayor of London]]
*  1958   &ndash; [[Neil Finn]], New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
*  1958   &ndash; [[Jesse Robredo]], Filipino politician, 23rd [[Secretary of the Interior and Local Government]] (died 2012)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Gaston Therrien]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[José Luíz Barbosa]], Brazilian runner and coach
*  1961   &ndash; [[Peri Gilpin]], American actress
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Marcelino Bernal]], Mexican footballer 
*  1962   &ndash; [[Ray Borner]], Australian basketball player
*  1962   &ndash; [[Steven Brill (scriptwriter)|Steven Brill]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1962   &ndash; [[Anthony A. Hyman]], Israeli-English biologist and academic
*  1962   &ndash; [[David Mundell]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for Scotland]]
*  1962   &ndash; [[Ravi Shastri]], Indian cricketer, coach and sportscaster
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Gonzalo Rubalcaba]], Cuban pianist and composer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Maria Walliser]], Swiss skier
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Adam Carolla]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Todd Bridges]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Todd Bridges |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/22212%7C0/Todd-Bridges#overview |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Pat Cash]], Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Heston Blumenthal]], English chef and author
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Paul Gascoigne]], English international footballer, coach, and manager<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Gascoigne |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2775 |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Eddie McClintock]], American actor
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Jeff Bagwell]], American baseball player and coach
*  1968   &ndash; [[Rebekah Brooks]], English journalist 
*  1968   &ndash; [[Harun Erdenay]], Turkish basketball player and coach
*  1968   &ndash; [[Frank Thomas]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Todd Hundley]], American baseball player
*  1969   &ndash; [[Jeremy Mayfield]], American race car driver
*  1969   &ndash; [[Craig Federighi]], American computer scientist and engineer 
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Michele Bartoli]], Italian cyclist
*  1970   &ndash; [[Tim Farron]], English educator and politician
*  1970   &ndash; [[Joseph Fiennes]], English actor
*  1970   &ndash; [[Alex Archer (musician)|Alex Archer]], American-born Australian musician
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Mathew Batsiua]], Nauruan politician
*  1971   &ndash; [[Paul Bettany]], English actor
*  1971   &ndash; [[Wayne Carey]], Australian footballer and coach
*  1971   &ndash; [[Kaur Kender]], Estonian author
*  1971   &ndash; [[Lisa Lopes]], American rapper and dancer (died 2002)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Lee Sharpe]], English footballer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Grant Stafford]], South African tennis player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Sophie Walker]], British politician, leader of the [[Women's Equality Party]]
*  1971   &ndash; [[Petroc Trelawny]], British radio and television broadcaster
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Todd Demsey]], American golfer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Antonio Freeman]], American football player
*  1972   &ndash; [[Maxim Sokolov]], Russian ice hockey player
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jack McBrayer]], American actor and comedian
*  1973   &ndash; [[Tana Umaga]], New Zealand rugby player and coach
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Skye Edwards]], British singer-songwriter 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Denise van Outen]], English actress, singer, and television host
*  1974   &ndash; [[Derek Webb]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Danny Wuerffel]], American football player
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[André 3000]], American rapper
*  1975   &ndash; [[Michael Hussey]], Australian cricketer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Jadakiss]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=J. |first1=Miranda |title=Happy Birthday, Jadakiss! |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-jadakiss/ |publisher=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |access-date=23 May 2023 |date=27 May 2015}}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Jamie Oliver]], English chef and author
*  1975   &ndash; [[Feryal Özel]], Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Marcel Fässler (racing driver)|Marcel Fässler]], Swiss racing driver
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Abderrahmane Hammad]], Algerian high jumper
*  1977   &ndash; [[Mahela Jayawardene]], Sri Lankan cricketer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Adin Brown]], American soccer player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Michael Buonauro]], American author and illustrator (died 2004)
*  1979   &ndash; [[Mile Sterjovski]], Australian footballer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Craig Buntin]], Canadian figure skater
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Alina Cojocaru]], Romanian ballerina
*  1981   &ndash; [[Johan Elmander]], Swedish footballer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Natalie Neidhart|Natalya]], Canadian professional wrestler<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/n/natalya-neidhart.html|title=Natalya Neidhart|access-date=April 26, 2008|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301202822/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/n/natalya-neidhart/|archive-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref>
*  1982    &ndash; [[Mariano Pavone]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mariano Pavone|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/hugo-mariano-pavone/18096/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Blake Ahearn]], American basketball player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Miguel González (pitcher)|Miguel González]], Mexican baseball pitcher
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Chiang Chien-ming]], Taiwanese baseball player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Roberto Soldado]], Spanish footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Conor Cummins]], Manx motorcycle racer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Bamba Fall]], Senegalese basketball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Lasse Schöne]], Danish footballer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Gervinho]], Ivorian footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Bella Heathcote]], Australian actress
*  1987   &ndash; [[Bora Paçun]], Turkish basketball player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Matt Prior (rugby league)|Matt Prior]], Australian rugby league player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Martina Sáblíková]], Czech speed skater and cyclist
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Celso Borges]], Costa Rican footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Celso Borges|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/celso-borges/42678/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  1988 &ndash; [[Vontae Davis]], American football player (died 2024)
*  1988   &ndash; [[Irina Davydova]], Russian hurdler<ref>{{cite web |title=Irina KOLESNICHENKO {{!}} Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/russia/irina-davydova-227237 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Garrett Richards]], American baseball pitcher
*  1988   &ndash; [[Tyler Sash]], American football player (died 2015)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Igor Morozov (footballer)|Igor Morozov]], Estonian footballer
* 1989    &ndash; [[Peakboy]], South Korean rapper, record producer, and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|last=Seong|first=Ji-su|script-title=ko:[영상] [톱스타 리턴즈] #반말인터뷰/같이 작업하고 싶은 천재만재 가수 픽보이 (Peakboy)|url=http://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=864928|website=Top Star News|access-date=November 5, 2021|language=ko|date=March 11, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Yenew Alamirew]], Ethiopian runner
*  1990   &ndash; [[Chris Colfer]], American actor and singer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Jonas Hector]], German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonas Hector|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jonas-hector/141580/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Marcus Kruger]], Swedish ice hockey player
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Sebastien Dewaest]], Belgian footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Tim Lafai]], Samoan rugby league player
*  1991   &ndash; [[Ksenia Pervak]], Russian tennis player
*  1991   &ndash; [[Mário Rui]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mário Rui|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mario-rui-silva-duarte/134609/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Armando Sadiku]], Albanian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Armando Sadiku|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/armando-sadiku/96491/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Eneli Vals]], Estonian footballer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Aaron Brown (sprinter)|Aaron Brown]], Canadian sprinter
*  1992   &ndash; [[Jeison Murillo]], Colombian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jeison Murillo|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jeison-murillo/102859/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Laurence Vincent-Lapointe]], Canadian canoer<ref>{{cite web|title=Laurence Vincent-Lapointe|date=4 August 2016|url=https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/laurence-vincent-lapointe|publisher=International Canoe Federation|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Maximilian Arnold]], German footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maximilian Arnold|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/maximilian-arnold|website=[[Bundesliga]]|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
* 1994 &ndash; [[João Cancelo]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=João Cancelo|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5051/Jo%C3%A3o-Cancelo/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*   1994    &ndash; [[Aymeric Laporte]], French-Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aymeric Laporte|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/11044/Aymeric-Laporte/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Yoán Moncada]], Cuban baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Yoán Moncada |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/yoan-moncada-660162 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Kim Jae-hwan (singer)|Kim Jae-hwan]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title=김재환, 5월의 가수 선정…풍부한 성량+장르 무관 소화력[TEN차트]|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/article/2024052527634|work=TenAsia|date=27 May 2024|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Anna Bondar]], Hungarian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/322942/anna-bondar|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Anna Bondar|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Daniel Jones (American football)|Daniel Jones]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Jones |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3917792/daniel-jones |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>
*  1997     &ndash; [[Konrad Laimer]], Austrian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Konrad Laimer|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/konrad-laimer|website=[[Bundesliga]]|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[1998]]  &ndash; [[Josep Martínez]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Josep Martínez|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/josep-martinez-riera/451057/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[1999]]  &ndash; [[Matheus Cunha]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Matheus Cunha|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/51202/Matheus-Cunha/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*   1999    &ndash; [[Lily-Rose Depp]], French-American actress and model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Juneau |first1=Jen |title=Lily-Rose Depp Marks 23rd Birthday as Dad Johnny Depp Nears End of Legal Battle with Amber Heard |url=https://people.com/movies/lily-rose-depp-23rd-birthday-dad-johnny-depp-nears-end-of-legal-battle/ |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=23 May 2023 |date=30 May 2022}}</ref>
*[[2000]]  &ndash; [[Abner Vinícius]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Abner Vinícius|url=https://ligue1.fr/player-sheet/l1_championship_player_2024_159_103734|website=[[Ligue 1]]|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[2002]]  &ndash; [[Jérémy Doku]], Belgian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jérémy Doku|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/54156/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-Doku/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*  2002    &ndash; [[Gabri Veiga]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gabri Veiga|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/gabriel-veiga-novas/627646/|website=Soccerway|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[2003]]  &ndash; [[Franco Colapinto]], Formula 1 driver<ref>{{Cite web|title=Franco Colapinto|url=https://www.fiaformula3.com/Latest/AzcVh6RBeWrYzsEaq29Jh/in-profile-franco-colapinto|website=FiaFormula3|access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[366]] &ndash; [[Procopius (usurper)|Procopius]], Roman usurper (born 325)
* [[398]] &ndash; [[Murong Bao]], emperor of the [[Xianbei]] state [[Later Yan]] (born 355)
* [[475]] &ndash; [[Eutropius of Orange|Eutropius]], [[Ancient Diocese of Orange|bishop of Orange]] 
* [[866]] &ndash; [[Ordoño I of Asturias]] (born 831)
* [[927]] &ndash; [[Simeon I of Bulgaria]] first Bulgarian Emperor (born 864)
*[[1039]] &ndash; [[Dirk III, Count of Holland]] (born 981)
*[[1045]] &ndash; [[Bruno of Würzburg]], imperial chancellor of Italy (born c. 1005)
*[[1178]] &ndash; [[Godfrey van Rhenen]], bishop of Utrecht
*[[1240]] &ndash; [[William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey]] (born 1166)
*[[1444]] &ndash; [[John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset]], English commander (born 1404)
*[[1508]] &ndash; [[Ludovico Sforza]], Duke of Milan (born 1452)
*[[1525]] &ndash; [[Thomas Müntzer]], German mystic and theologian (born 1488)
*[[1541]] &ndash; [[Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury]] (born 1473)
*[[1564]] &ndash; [[John Calvin]], French pastor and theologian (born 1509)

===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; [[François Ravaillac]], French assassin of [[Henry IV of France]] (born 1578)
*[[1624]] &ndash; [[Diego Ramírez de Arellano]], Spanish sailor and cosmographer (born c. 1580)
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield]], English politician (born c. 1566)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll]], Scottish general and politician (born 1607)
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Gaspard Dughet]], Italian-French painter (born 1613)
*[[1690]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Legrenzi]], Italian organist and composer (born 1626)
*[[1702]] &ndash; [[Dominique Bouhours]], French priest and critic (born 1628)
*[[1707]] &ndash; [[Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan]], French mistress of [[Louis XIV]] of France (born 1640)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Beccaria]], Italian physicist and academic (born 1716)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[François-Noël Babeuf]], French journalist (born 1760)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Jedediah Smith]], American hunter, explorer, and author (born 1799)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Niccolò Paganini]], Italian violinist and composer (born 1782)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Thomas Bulfinch]] American mythologist (born 1796)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Stoletov]], Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1839)

===1901–present===
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Robert Koch]], German physician and microbiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1843)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Ōzutsu Man'emon]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (born 1869)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Kandukuri Veeresalingam]], Indian author and activist (born 1848)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Achille Paroche]], French target shooter (born 1868)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Joseph Roth]], Austrian-French journalist and author (born 1894)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Ernst Lindemann]], German captain (born 1894)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Günther Lütjens]], German admiral (born 1889)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Muhammed Hamdi Yazır]], Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (born 1878)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Gordon Coates]], New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (born 1878)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Enno Lolling]], German physician (born 1888)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Ed Konetchy]], American baseball player and manager (born 1885)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Robert Ripley]], American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]'' (born 1890)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Jesse Burkett]], American baseball player and manager (born 1868)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[James Montgomery Flagg]], American painter and illustrator (born 1877)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Grigoris Lambrakis]], Greek physician and politician (born 1912)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of India]] (born 1889)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[John Rinehart Blue]], American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (born 1905)<ref name="Cumberland Evening Times 6">{{cite news| title =John R. Blue| newspaper =[[Cumberland Times-News|Cumberland Evening Times]]| location =[[Cumberland, Maryland]]| date =May 28, 1965| page =20| url =https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66807954/john-r-blue/| access-date =January 3, 2021| url-status =live| via =Newspapers.com| archive-date =January 3, 2021| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210103224402/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66807954/john-r-blue/}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[W. Otto Miessner]], American composer and educator (born 1880)
*  1967   &ndash; [[Ernst Niekisch]], German academic and politician (born 1889)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Jeffrey Hunter]], American actor and producer (born 1926)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Béla Juhos]], Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1901)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Armando Picchi]], Italian footballer and coach (born 1935)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Gün Sazak]], Turkish agronomist and politician (born 1932)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Vasilije Mokranjac]], Serbian composer (born 1923)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Murder of the Faruqis]]:<ref name="NST">{{cite news |title=Assassination motive behind al-Faruqi killings |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19860820&id=MNRHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vo4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5815,1095948 |work=New Straits Times |date=August 20, 1986 |location=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |access-date=June 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name="NYT1986">{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=AROUND THE NATION; Islamic Scholar and Wife Slain in Pennsylvania |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/28/us/around-the-nation-islamic-scholar-and-wife-slain-in-pennsylvania.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 28, 1986 |access-date=July 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123000000/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/28/us/around-the-nation-islamic-scholar-and-wife-slain-in-pennsylvania.html |archive-date=January 23, 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**                [[Ismail al-Faruqi]], Palestinian-American Muslim philosopher and scholar (born 1921)
**                [[Lois Lamya al-Faruqi]], American scholar of ethnomusicology, wife of Ismail al-Faruqi (born 1926)
*  1986   &ndash; [[Ajoy Mukherjee]], Indian politician, [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (born 1901)
*  1986   &ndash; [[Giorgos Tzifos]], Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1918)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[John Howard Northrop]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1891)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Hjördis Petterson]], Swedish actress (born 1908) 
*  1988   &ndash; [[Ernst Ruska]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1906)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Arseny Tarkovsky]], Russian poet and translator (born 1907)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Robert B. Meyner]], American lawyer and politician, 44th [[Governor of New Jersey]] (born 1908)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Leopold Nowak]], Austrian musicologist and theorist (born 1904)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Uncle Charlie Osborne]], American fiddler (born 1890)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Minoo Masani]], Indian lawyer and politician (born 1905)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Kazimierz Leski]], Polish engineer and pilot (born 1912)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch]], Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th [[Governor of Hong Kong]] (born 1917)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Maurice Richard]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1921)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson]], Scottish historian (born 1909)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ewan |first1=Elizabeth L. |last2=Innes |first2=Sue |last3=Reynolds |first3=Sian |last4=Pipes |first4=Rose |title=Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen |date=27 June 2007 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-0-7486-2660-1 |page=13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zs6qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Luciano Berio]], Italian composer and educator (born 1925)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Rob Borsellino]], American journalist (born 1949)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Paul Gleason]], American actor (born 1939)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Craig Heyward]], American football player (born 1966)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Izumi Sakai]], Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1967)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Gretchen Wyler]], American actress and dancer (born 1932)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Ed Yost]], American inventor, created the modern [[hot air balloon]] (born 1919)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Franz Künstler]], Hungarian soldier (born 1900)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Thomas M. Franck]], American lawyer and academic (born 1931)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Clive Granger]], Welsh-American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1934)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Mona Grey]], British nursing administrator; Northern Ireland's first Chief Nursing Officer (born 1910)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Abram Hoffer]], Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist (born 1917)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Gérard Jean-Juste]], Haitian-American priest and theologian (born 1946)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Carol Anne O'Marie]], American nun and author (born 1933)
*  2009   &ndash; [[William Refshauge]], Australian soldier and physician (born 1913)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Paul Sharratt]], English-American television host (born 1933)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Payut Ngaokrachang]], Thai animator and director (born 1929)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Jeff Conaway]], American actor and singer (born 1950)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Margo Dydek]], Polish-American basketball player (born 1974)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Gil Scott-Heron]], American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1949)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Simeon Daniel]], Nevisian educator and politician, 1st [[Premier of Nevis]] (born 1934)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Friedrich Hirzebruch]], German mathematician and academic (born 1927)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Anahit Perikhanian]], Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (born 1928)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = PERIKHANIAN, ANAHIT | last = Ambartsumian | first = Arthur | url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/perikhanian-anahit | encyclopedia  = Encyclopaedia Iranica | year = 2014 }}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[David Rimoin]], Canadian-American geneticist and academic (born 1936)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri]], Indian politician (born 1917)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Bill Pertwee]], English actor (born 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Abdoulaye Sékou Sow]], Malian politician, [[List of heads of government of Mali|Prime Minister of Mali]] (born 1931)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Robert Genn]], Canadian painter and author (born 1936)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Helma Sanders-Brahms]], German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Roberto Vargas]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Massimo Vignelli]], Italian-American graphic designer (born 1931)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Erik Carlsson]], Swedish rally driver (born 1929)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11651975/Erik-Carlsson-rally-driver-obituary.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11651975/Erik-Carlsson-rally-driver-obituary.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Erik Carlsson, rally driver – obituary|date=4 June 2015|website=The Telegraph|access-date=14 June 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Nils Christie]], Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (born 1928)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Andy King (footballer, born 1956)|Andy King]], English footballer and manager (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hunter |first=Andy |date=2015-05-27 |title=Everton hero Andy King dies at the age of 58 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/27/andy-king-everton-dies-mk-dons-west-bromwich |access-date=2023-08-01 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Michael Martin (philosopher)|Michael Martin]], American philosopher and academic (born 1932)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Gregg Allman]], American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/people-news/gregg-allman-dies-dead-69-southern-rock-1202446640|title=Gregg Allman, Southern Rock Pioneer, Dies at 69|last=Morris|first=Chris|date=May 27, 2017|work=Variety|access-date=May 27, 2017}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Gardner Dozois]], American science fiction author and editor (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/gardner-dozois-70-acclaimed-science-fiction-editor-20180529.html|title=Gardner Dozois, 70, acclaimed science fiction editor|last=Graham|first=Kristen A.|date=29 May 2018|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Larry Kramer]], American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (born 1935)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/larry-kramer-dead.html |title=Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84 |first=Daniel |last=Lewis |work=The New York Times |date=May 27, 2020 |access-date=May 27, 2020 }}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Poul Schlüter]], former Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2021-05-28-poul-schluter-er-doed|title=Poul Schlüter er død – TV 2|date=28 May 2021}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth MacRae]], American actress (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-30 |title=Elizabeth MacRae, 'General Hospital' and 'Gomer Pyle' actor, dies at 88 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-05-29/elizabeth-macrae-actor-general-hospital-gomer-pyle-dies-88 |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Bill Walton]], American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=2024-05-27 |title=Bill Walton, N.B.A. Hall of Famer and Broadcasting Star, Dies at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/sports/basketball/bill-walton-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Freddie Aguilar]], Filipino musician and singer-songwriter (born 1953)<ref>{{cite news |title=Filipino music icon Freddie Aguilar dies at 72, leaves behind a legacy that touched the world |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/filipino-music-icon-freddie-aguilar-dies-at-72-leaves-behind-a-legacy-that-touched-the-world/articleshow/121428614.cms?from=mdr |website=[[The Economic Times]] |date=2025-05-27 |access-date=2025-05-27}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* [[Armed Forces Day (Nicaragua)]]
* [[Children's Day (Nigeria)]]
* Christian [[feast day]]: 
** [[Augustine of Canterbury]]
** [[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Lojze Grozde]]
** [[Bruno (Bishop of Würzburg)|Bruno of Würzburg]]
** [[Eutropius of Orange]]
** [[Hildebert]]
** [[Julius the Veteran]]
** [[May 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Mother's Day (Bolivia)]]
* [[Navy Day (Japan)]]
* [[Politics of Guadeloupe|Slavery Abolition Day]] ([[Guadeloupe]], [[Saint Barthélemy]], [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]])
* Start of [[National Reconciliation Week]] (Australia)

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/27 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=5|day=27}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/may/27 Historical Events on May 27]

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[[Category:Days of May]]