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What happened in history on this day: May 5?
On May 5 in ...
- 311 - Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about age 50.
- 553 - Second Council of Constantinople (fifth ecumenical council) opens.
- 1028 - Alfonso V King of León/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle.
- 1194 - Kazimierz II the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies.
- 1309 - Charles II the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies.
- 1352 - Birth of Rupert in Amberg [Germany], an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1382 - Battle of Beverhoutsveld - population beats drunken army.
- 1430 - Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany.
- 1504 - Anton of Burgundy the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about age 82.
- 1525 - Death of Friederich III (the Wise), Elector of Saxony in Lochau, Germany, protector of Martin Luther after the imperial ban of 1521, patron of Albrecht Dürer, and Luchas Cranach the Elder, founder of the University of Wittenberg in 1502.
- 1553 - Erasmus Alberus German theologist (Barfüsser Mönche), dies at about age 52.
- 1557 - Birth of Emmanuel-Philibert van Lalaing baron of Montigny/marquis of Renty.
- 1582 - Charlotte de Bourbon Princess of Orange, dies.
- 1635 - Birth of Philippe Quinault French playwright (L'amant indiscret).
- 1640 - English Short Parliament unites.
- 1646 - King Charles of England surrenders at Newark, Scotland.
- 1665 - Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow.
- 1678 - Anna M van Schurman Dutch poet/spoke ten languages, dies at about age 70.
- 1680 - Birth of Giuseppe Porsile composer.
- 1705 - Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at age 64.
- 1726 - Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opéra of Paris France.
- 1762 - Russia and Prussia sign peace treaty.
- 1764 - Smolny-institution forms in Saint Petersburg for noble girls.
- 1780 - Second oldest learned society in US (American Academy of Arts and Sciences) forms (Boston).
- 1786 - Death of King Pedro III of Portugal.
- 1800 - Birth of Louis Hachette; French publisher (Librairie Hachette).
- 1804 - Birth of Jacob Kats; Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise).
- 1808 - Former king Charles IV of Spain relinquishes his rights to rule.
- 1809 - Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau, Switzerland.
- 1813 - Birth of Søren Kierkegaard in Denmark; philosopher (founded Existentialism).
- 1814 - British attack Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York.
- 1818 - Birth of Karl Marx; philosopher (Communist Manifesto, Das Kapital).
- 1821 - Death of Napoleon Bonaparte (emperor of France, 1799-1815) on Saint Helena island, at age 52, of stomach cancer or poisoning.
- 1823 - Birth of James Allen Hardie; US Brevet Major General (Union Army) (dies 1876).
- 1826 - Birth of Eugénie M de Montijo y de Guzman; Empress of France, wife of Napoleon III.
- 1827 - Frederik Augustus I Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at age 76.
- 1832 - Birth of H H Bancroft; historian, publisher (History of the Pacific States).
- 1835 - King Leopold opens Brussels-Mechelen railway.
- 1842 - City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg, Germany).
- 1846 - Birth of Federico Chueca in Madrid, Spain; composer (La Gran Via).
- 1846 - Birth of Henryk Sienkiewicz in Poland; author (Quo Vadis, Nobel Prize 1905).
- 1849 - Birth of Hambletonian in Chester, New York, USA; greatest standardbred horse.
- 1854 - English pirate Plumridge robs along pro-English Finnish coast.
- 1855 - New York City regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration.
- 1861 - Confederate troops abandon Alexandria, Virginia.
- 1862 - Birth of Max Elskamp; Belgian author/poet (Lesson Joies Blondes, Maya).
- 1862 - French army of 6000 men attack Puebla, México. They are defeated by the Mexican army.
- 1863 - Birth of Frederik A Stoett; linguist (Dutch Proverbs).
- 1863 - Joe Coburn knocks out Mike McCoole for US boxing title in 63rd round.
- 1864 - Empress Maria Teresia of Austria-Hungary establishes the Order of Saint Stephen.
- 1864 - Alexander Hays, USA-general-major, dies in battle at age 44.
- 1864 - John Marshall Jones, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 43.
- 1864 - Leroy A Stafford, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at age 42.
- 1865 - First US train robbery (in North Bend, Ohio).
- 1867 - Battle of Pueblo; Mexicans defeat Maximilian's forces (Cinco de Mayo).
- 1869 - Birth of Hans Erich Pfitzner in Moscow, Russia; composer (Krakquer Begrüs).
- 1874 - Dutch second Chamber passes child labor law.
- 1875 - Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch Member of Parliament (1848-75), dies at age 71.
- 1879 - Birth of Symon Petlyura; leader Ukraine (pogroms).
- 1881 - Anti-Jewish rioting in Kiev, Ukraine.
- 1884 - Birth of Wang Tjing-Wei; premier of China (1932-35).
- 1885 - Birth of Henri Velge; first chairman (Belgian Council of State).
- 1886 - Joseph Albert, German photographer (Albertotype), dies at age 61.
- 1887 - Birth of Lord Geoffrey Fisher of Lambeth; archbishop of Canterbury.
- 1889 - Birth of Herbie Taylor; cricket player (prolific South African pre- and post-WWI).
- 1890 - Birth of Christopher Morley; author (Kitty Foil).
- 1891 - Carnegie Hall opens in New York City with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor.
- 1893 - Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange.
- 1894 - Birth of Kit Guard in Denmark; actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous).
- 1899 - Birth of Freeman Gosden in Richmond, Virginia, USA; radio actor (Amos - Amos 'n' Andy).
- 1900 - The Billboard magazine for music and entertainment industries begins weekly publication after six years as a monthly.
- 1900 - Birth of Charles Jewtraw; US 500m speed skater (Olympics-gold-1924).
- 1900 - Birth of Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt; German composer/conductor (Hassan gewinnt).
- 1900 - Birth of Mervyn A Ellison; British astronomer (spectrohelioscope).
- 1903 - Birth of James Beard; US culinary expert/author (Delights and Prejudices).
- 1904 - Birth of Gordon Richards; British jockey (winner of 4,870 races).
- 1905 - Birth of Arnold Meijer; Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front.
- 1905 - Birth of Robert Houben; Belgian CVP-minister of Public health (1958).
- 1906 - Birth of Ursula Jeans in Simla, India; actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon).
- 1907 - Birth of Benny Baker in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; actor (18 Again, Sting II, Thunderbirds).
- 1908 - 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2.
- 1908 - Birth of Jacques Massu; French general (Algeria).
- 1908 - Birth of Reginald Carey Harrison AKA Rex Harrison in Huyton, Lancashire, England; actor (My Fair Lady, Doctor Dolittle, Cleopatra, Ed Sullivan Show, The US Steel Hour, The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries, Omnibus).
- 1910 - Birth of William I Martin; US pilot/Vice-Admiral (WWII).
- 1911 - Birth of Norman Oldfield; cricket player (England batsman one Test versus West Indies 1939, 80 and 19).
- 1912 - (to July 22) The Games of the V Olympiad are held in Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1912 - Birth of Alice Faye [Ann Jeanne Leppert] in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Barricade, State Fair).
- 1912 - Soviet Communist Party newspaper Pravda begins publishing.
- 1913 - Birth of Tyrone Power in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Mark of Zorro, Alexander's Ragtime Band).
- 1915 - Birth of Alice Faye AKA Alice Jeanne Leppert in New York City, New York, USA; actress/singer (NBC Radio's Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, The Dean Martin Show TV show, Hollywood Palace TV show).
- 1915 - Birth of Richard H Rovere in Jersey City, USA; journalist (Goldwater Caper).
- 1915 - German U-20 submarine sinks Earl of Lathom.
- 1916 - US marines invade Dominican Republic.
- 1917 - 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4.
- 1917 - Birth of Ron Saggers; cricket wicket-keeper (effective New South Wales and Aussie late 1940s).
- 1917 - Saint Louis Browns' Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0.
- 1919 - Birth of George London in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; bass-baritone (Monterone-Rigoleto).
- 1919 - Birth of Tony Canadeo in Chicago, Illinois, USA; NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers).
- 1920 - Birth of John Hidalgo Moya; architect/designer (Skylon).
- 1920 - German-Latvian peace treaty signed.
- 1920 - Polish troops occupy Kiev, Ukraine.
- 1920 - US President Woodrow Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal.
- 1921 - Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel Prize 1911), dies.
- 1921 - Birth of Sonja Oosterman; Dutch singer (Marketensters).
- 1921 - Miniature newspaper first published (Brighton Gazette, 10 x 13 cm).
- 1922 - Birth of Phil Gordon in Meridian, Mississippi, USA; actor/singer (Jasper - The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres).
- 1922 - Construction begins on Yankee Stadium (The Bronx, New York).
- 1923 - Birth of Godfrey Quigley; actor (Barry Lyndon, Educating Rita, Rooney).
- 1924 - Birth of Leopoldo Torre Nilsson in Buenos Aires, Argentina; director (Monday's Child).
- 1925 - Birth of Monica Lewis; actress (Box Office).
- 1925 - John T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee.
- 1925 - New York Yankees' player Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak.
- 1926 - Birth of Ann B Davis in Schenectady, New York, USA; actress (Bob Cummings Show, The Brady Bunch).
- 1926 - Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for Arrowsmith.
- 1927 - Birth of Charles Rosen in New York City, New York, USA; pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms).
- 1927 - Birth of Pat Carroll in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; comedienne/actress (Make Room for Daddy, Laverne and Shirley, She's the Sheriff, Red Buttons Show).
- 1927 - Birth of Sid O'Linn; cricket player (soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960).
- 1927 - Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies.
- 1929 - Birth of John S Ragin in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Dr Astin - Quincy ME).
- 1930 - Birth of Michael James Adams; US Air Force pilot (X-15).
- 1930 - Birth of Richard Schaal in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Leo - Phyllis, Trapper John MD).
- 1930 - Donald Bradman scores 185 in cricket for Australia versus Leicestershire, 317 minutes, 16 fours.
- 1931 - Ismet Inönü forms new (7th) government in Turkey.
- 1932 - Birth of Will Hutchins in Atwater, California, USA; actor (Sugarfoot, Hey Landlord, Blondie).
- 1932 - Japan and China sign a peace treaty.
- 1934 - The 1932 non-aggression pact betwen the Soviet Union and Poland is extended to the end of 1945.
- 1934 - 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04.
- 1935 - Birth of Douglas Marland in West Sand Lake, New York, USA; soap opera writer (General Hospital).
- 1935 - Jessie Owens of the US sets long jump record at 26 feet 8.25 inches.
- 1936 - Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip.
- 1936 - Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- 1937 - Birth of Robert O "Rob" van Gennep; Dutch publisher (Guevara, Gorz, Mandèl).
- 1938 - Birth of Jerzy Skolimowski in Warsaw, Poland; film director (Hands Up, Deep End).
- 1938 - Birth of Johnnie Taylor; US gospel singer ("I Believe in You").
- 1938 - Birth of Michael Murphy in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (McCabe and Mrs Miller, Unmarried Woman, The Bridge, This is Wonderland, Tanner '88, Tilt).
- 1938 - Philadelphia Phillies' Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th inning, as Chicago Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are National League records off one pitcher in a single inning.
- 1939 - Birth of James R Jones; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Oklahoma, 1973-).
- 1939 - Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky, USA.
- 1939 - Birth of Lance Henriksen; actor (Millennium, B.A.D. Cats).
- 1940 - Birth of Lance Henriksen in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Aliens, Pumpkinhead, Knights, Hard Target).
- 1940 - Norwegian Government in exile forms in London, England.
- 1941 - Two Fokker airplane employees flee German-occupied Netherlands to England.
- 1941 - Birth of Aleksandr Ragulin in USSR; ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1964, 1968, 1972).
- 1941 - Birth of Howie Komives; NBA star (New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves).
- 1941 - Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to reclaim his throne.
- 1941 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night).
- 1942 - Haile Selassie re-enters Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- 1942 - Birth of Amy Hill; actress (Grandma - Seinfeld, Pauly Shore).
- 1942 - Birth of Tammy Wynette AKA Virginia Wynette Pugh in Mississippi, USA; country singer ("Stand By Your Man").
- 1942 - British assault on Diego Suarez, Madagascar.
- 1942 - US begins rationing sugar.
- 1943 - Birth of Michael Palin in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus, A Fish Called Wanda).
- 1943 - Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System.
- 1944 - Birth of Jean-Pierre Leaud in Paris, France; actor (Detective).
- 1944 - Birth of John Rhys-Davies in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; actor (Sir Edward - The Quest, Sliders, Lord of the Rings, The Untouchables).
- 1944 - Birth of Roger Raised; English actor (Nicholas Nickleby).
- 1944 - Gandhi freed from prison.
- 1944 - Russian offensive against Sebastopol Krim.
- 1944 - Birth of Roger Rees; actor (The West Wing, Boston Common, Cheers).
- 1945 - Birth of Jiri Svoboda; composer (Accumulator 1).
- 1945 - Birth of Raphael Spain; Spanish singer ("When the Sun Sets", "Lo Meyur de Ano").
- 1945 - Denmark liberated from German control.
- 1945 - Guðmundur Jónsson Kamban; Icelandic writer (Vi mordere), dies at age 56.
- 1945 - Mauthausen Concentration camp is liberated.
- 1945 - Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated.
- 1945 - Uprising against German SS-occupying troops in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- 1945 - In Wageningen, Netherlands, German General Johannes Blaskowitz surrenders the troops of the 25th German Army in Netherlands to Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes, commander of 1st Canadian Corps.
- 1945 - (1430 hours) German Army Group G of 200-400,000 men surrenders to General Jacob Devers and the US 6th Army Group. Lieutenant General Foertsch signs for Germany. The official cease-fire and surrender is to take effect at noon May 6.
- 1946 - Birth of Stefania Sandrelli in Viareggio, Italy; actress (Lie, Conformist, 1900).
- 1947 - Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 and causes $850 million in damage.
- 1947 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men).
- 1948 - Belgian Government of Spaak resigns.
- 1948 - Birth of Bill Ward in Birmingham, England; heavy metal drummer (Black Sabbath).
- 1949 - Birth of Anna Bergman in Stockholm, Sweden; actress (Agent 69).
- 1949 - Birth of Michael Murphy in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Dr Art Armstrong - Two Marriages).
- 1949 - In London, England, the Statute of the Council of Europe is signed by representatives of ten countries. The Council is set up to create greater unity in Europe.
- 1949 - Detroit Tigers' second baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame.
- 1950 - Birth of Maggie MacNeal; Dutch singer ("Mouth and MacNeal", "I See a Star").
- 1950 - Phumiphon Abundet crowned as King Rama IX of Thailand.
- 1951 - 77th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Count Turf wins in 2:02.6.
- 1951 - Birth of Rex Goh; rock guitarist (Air Supply).
- 1951 - Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at age 54.
- 1952 - Birth of Louis Cortelezzi; rock saxophonist (Mink DeVille).
- 1952 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk (The Caine Mutiny).
- 1952 - Ron Necciai of Pittsburgh Pirates' Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits the Welch Minors, four Minors do reach base.
- 1953 - Birth of Billy Burnette in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac).
- 1953 - City of Chemnitz, German Democratic Republic, changed to Karl-Marx-Stadt in honor of the 135th birthday of Karl Marx.
- 1954 - Birth of Angelo Kimball in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rock guitarist (Face To Face).
- 1954 - Birth of Dagmar Wöhrl in the German Federal Republic; Miss Germany (1977).
- 1954 - Birth of John Greg Adams in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; PGA golfer (1982 Hall of Fame-second).
- 1954 - Birth of Peter Erskine; jazz drummer (Weather Report).
- 1954 - Military coup by General Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay.
- 1955 - Damn Yankees opens at 46th Steet Theater in New York City for 1022 performances.
- 1955 - Birth of Melinda Culea in Western Springs, Illinois, USA; actress (The A-Team, Brotherly Love, Glitter).
- 1955 - Birth of Robert Feld in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; National Scrabble Champion (1990).
- 1955 - India's parliament accepts hindu-divorce.
- 1955 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site.
- 1955 - The Western Allied occupation of Germany ends. The Federal Republic of Germany becomes an independent sovereign state with the ratification of Paris agreements in Bonn, Germany.
- 1956 - 82nd Kentucky Derby: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:03.4.
- 1956 - Birth of Dick Kemper in Amsterdam, Netherlands; rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg).
- 1956 - Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at age 88.
- 1956 - Jim Bailey (US) runs the mile record 3:58.6 in Los Angeles, California.
- 1956 - World championships of judo are first held, in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1957 - Adolf Schärf elected President of Austria.
- 1957 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open.
- 1957 - Birth of Lisa Eilbacher in Dharan, Saudi Arabia; actress (Beverly Hills Cop, An Officer and a Gentleman).
- 1957 - Birth of Thereza Bazaar; rocker (Dollar - "Love's Gotta Hold on Me").
- 1958 - Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for Death in the Family.
- 1958 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.
- 1959 - Birth of Ian McCullough; rocker (Echo and The Bunnymen - "Heaven Up Here").
- 1961 - American NASA space program launches Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7 toward space, becomes first American in space, lasting 15 minutes, landing 302.5 miles downrange.
- 1961 - Birth of Hiro Hase; wrestler (NJPW).
- 1962 - 88th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Decidedly wins in 2:00.4.
- 1962 - Ernest Tyldesley, cricket player (990 runs in 14 Tests for England), dies.
- 1962 - Los Angeles Angels' Bo Belinsky no-hits Baltimore Orioles, 2-0.
- 1963 - Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at age 73.
- 1963 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open.
- 1964 - Birth of Heike Henkel in German Federal Republic; world record indoor high jumper (1992).
- 1964 - Birth of Lorraine McIntosh; British pop singer (Deacon Blue - "Fellow Hoodlums").
- 1964 - Birth of Ulrich Wilson; soccer player (FC Volendam).
- 1964 - Separatists riot in Québec, Canada.
- 1965 - First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam.
- 1966 - Birth of Mike Stapleton in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; NHL center (Winnipeg Jets).
- 1966 - Borussia Dortmund wins 6th Europe Cup II.
- 1966 - NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2.
- 1966 - Willie Mays hit his 512th homerun.
- 1967 - Birth of Brad Baxter; NFL fullback (New York Jets).
- 1967 - Birth of Charles Nagy in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; pitcher (Cleveland Indians).
- 1968 - Birth of Craig Hendrickson; Canadian Football League tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1968 - Birth of Michael Titley; WLAF tight end (London Monarchs).
- 1968 - Birth of Robert David Burns in Mission Hills, California, USA; PGA golfer (1994 Buick-5th).
- 1968 - Birth of Tim Neilsen; cricket wicket-keeper (South Australian 1991).
- 1968 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational.
- 1969 - 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3.
- 1969 - Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith - Dragnet), dies at age 57.
- 1969 - Birth of Bryan Ivie in Torrance, California, USA; volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-bronze-1992, 1996).
- 1969 - NBC airs "The Best On Record: The GRAMMY Awards Show", the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 11th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the year: Simon And Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson";
- Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Dionne Warwick for "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?";
- Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Jose Feliciano for "Light My Fire";
- Best Contemporary Pop Performance - Vocal Duo or Group: Simon And Garfunkel for "Mrs. Robinson";
- Best Contemporary Pop Performance, Instrumental: Mason Williams for "Classical Gas";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Chain Of Fools";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Otis Redding for "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Jeannie C. Riley for "Harper Valley P.T.A.";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Johnny Cash for "Folsom Prison Blues".
- 1969 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night).
- 1970 - Birth of Harold Nash; Canadian Football League halfback (Montreal Alouettes).
- 1970 - Birth of LaPhonso Ellis; NBA forward (Denver Nuggets).
- 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site.
- 1970 - Birth of Kyan Douglas; TV personality (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy).
- 1971 - Alice Tissot, actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at age 81.
- 1971 - Birth of Harold Miner; NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers).
- 1971 - Birth of Keith Hamilton; defensive end (New York Giants).
- 1971 - Birth of Ken Brown; NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos).
- 1971 - Birth of Reggie Jones; wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1971 - Petro Scaglione, Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia.
- 1971 - Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (New York City).
- 1972 - Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo, Sicily, killing 115.
- 1972 - Birth of Barrett Brooks; NFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1972 - Birth of Brigitta Boccoli in Milan, Italy; actress (Manhattan Baby).
- 1972 - Birth of Janelle Lynn Canady; Miss Alaska USA (1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Mikael Renberg in Pitea, Sweden; NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1972 - Birth of Mike Hollis; kicker (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1972 - Birth of Ron Snook; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Rushia Brown; WNBA forward/center (Cleveland Rockers).
- 1972 - Birth of Travis Jervey; NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1972 - Birth of Zigmund Palffy in Skalica, Czechoslovakia; NHL right wing (New York Islanders).
- 1973 - 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4.
- 1973 - Birth of Johan Hedberg in Nacka, Sweden; hockey goalie (Team Sweden, Olympics-1998).
- 1973 - Birth of Matt Dubuc; Canadian Football League running back (Toronto Argonauts).
- 1973 - Birth of Muhsin Muhammad; wide receiver (Carolina Panthers).
- 1973 - Birth of Tina Yothers in Whittier, California, USA; actress (Jennifer - Family Ties).
- 1973 - Largest paid crowd ever assembled in US to see a single musical act: 56,800 fans pay US$309,000 to see Led Zeppelin at Tampa Stadium, Florida.
- 1974 - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic.
- 1975 - Oakland Athletics release pinch runner Herb Washington (played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding - He stole 30 bases, and scored 33 runs).
- 1975 - Birth of Christine Buschur in Eagle River Alaska; Miss America-Alaska (1997).
- 1975 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Shaara (Killer Angels).
- 1976 - Anderlecht wins 16th soccer Europe Cup II.
- 1976 - Birth of Sage, Stallone Sylvester's son/actor (Rocky V).
- 1976 - Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at age 47.
- 1976 - Train collision at Schiedam, Netherlands, kills 24.
- 1977 - Birth of Tiffany Roberts in Petaluma, California; soccer midfielder (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Death of Ludwig Erhard at age 80 in Fürth, Germany; the "Father of the Economic Miracle", minister of Economic Affairs (1949), chancellor of Federal Republic of Germany (1963).
- 1978 - Alfred H H Gilligan, cricket player (4 Tests for England), dies.
- 1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds gets his 3,000th major league hit (14th player to do so).
- 1979 - The 300 episode of the Soul Train TV show airs in the US.
- 1979 - 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4.
- 1979 - Masterpiece Radio Theater begins broadcasting.
- 1979 - Shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at age 68.
- 1979 - Voyager 1 passes Jupiter.
- 1980 - Birth of Bonnie Lynn Gagnon; Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1997).
- 1980 - Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at age 79.
- 1980 - Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos and police storm the building.
- 1981 - 16th and final Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Mets beat New York Yankees 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge.
- 1981 - Birth of Danielle Christine Fishel in Mesa, Arizona; American actress (Topanga - Boy Meets World).
- 1981 - Bobby Sands, Irish Republican Army activist, dies in his 66th day of hunger strike (born 1954).
- 1982 - Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 0.
- 1982 - A Unabomber bomb explodes in the computer science department at Vanderbilt University; secretary Janet Smith is injured.
- 1983 - Death of John Williams at age 80 of an aneurism; actor (French - Family Affair TV show, Dial M for Murder).
- 1983 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1984 - 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Junior aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4.
- 1984 - The Herreys win the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 for Sweden, with the song "Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Ley".
- 1985 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational.
- 1986 - Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced to be built in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1986 - In Turkey, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurs. Fifteen people killed, 100 injured and approximately 4,000 houses damaged.
- 1987 - Disneyland debuts "Disney Dollars". Mickey Mouse and Sleeping Beauty's Castle are on the $1 bill, Goofy and the Mark Twain Riverboat are on the $5 bill.
- 1987 - US Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings.
- 1987 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
- 1987 - The Assemblies of God defrocks PTL's Jim Bakker.
- 1988 - George Rose, actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at age 68.
- 1988 - NBC airs the 100th episode of Night Court TV show.
- 1988 - Death of Frank Gallop at age 87; announcer (Amanda of Honeymoon Hill TV show, Hilltop House TV show, When A Girl Marries TV show, Stella Dallas TV show, Gangbusters TV show, The Perry Como Show, The Ballad of Irving record).
- 1989 - Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (New South Wales 1933-39), dies.
- 1990 - 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02.
- 1990 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren.
- 1990 - The 35th Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
- 1991 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic.
- 1992 - Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at age 64.
- 1992 - Alabama ratifies a 202-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a midterm or retroactive pay raise.
- 1992 - Russian leaders in Crimea declare their separation from Ukraine as a new republic.
- 1993 - Balak Brahmachari [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at age 73.
- 1993 - Irving Howe, US writer/critic (Dissent), dies at age 72.
- 1993 - NBC airs the final episode of Quantum Leap TV show.
- 1994 - Joe Layton, director (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at age 63.
- 1994 - Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections.
- 1994 - North-Yemen air force bombs Aden, South Yemen.
- 1995 - Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Orlando Magic beats Boston Celtics).
- 1995 - Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, Russian world chess champion, dies (born 1911).
- 1996 - Karrie Webb wins LPGA Sprint Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1996 - Renette Cruz, Vancouver, British Columbia, wins Miss Canadian Universe.
- 1996 - In Germany, voters turn down a proposed merger of Berlin and Brandenburg.
- 1997 - Fox TV airs the final episode of sitcom Married With Children.
- 1997 - Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, successful.
- 2000 - ABC airs the final episode of TV show Boy Meets World.
- 2000 - DreamWorks releases the film Gladiator to theaters.
- 2001 - Death of Clifton Hillegass, American author and creator of Cliff Notes (born 1918).
- 2001 - CBS airs the 200th episode of Walker, Texas Ranger TV show.
- 2002 - In the second round of the French presidential election, Jacques Chirac is re-elected.
- 2002 - Death of Hugo Bánzer Suarez, President of Bolivia (born 1926).
- 2004 - Mike Piazza of the New York Mets hits his 352nd home run, passing Carlton Fisk for most home runs hit by a catcher.
- 2004 - After pitching his 4136th strikeout, Roger Clemens moves ahead of Steve Carlton into second place on the career strikeouts list.
- 2005 - United Kingdom general election: the Labour Party is re-elected with a substantially-reduced majority.
- 2006 - NASA astronomers announce the discovery of a storm system in the Jovian atmosphere, dubbed the Red Spot Junior.
- 2006 - Paramount releases the film Mission: Impossible III to theaters.
- 2006 - Fiat chairman Sergio Marchionne announces that the Alfa Romeo automobile brand will return to the United States in 2008, after a 13-year hiatus.
- 2007 - Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes in Cameroon.
- 2008 - Crude oil prices for June delivery in the US hit a record US$120.36 per barrel.
- 2008 - Death of Jerry Wallace at age 79 of congestive heart failure; singer ("How the Time Flies" (1958), "Primrose Lane" (1959), "In the Misty Moonlight" (1964)).
- 2009 - Masked attackers wielding automatic rifles and grenades raid a wedding party in south-eastern Turkey, killing 44 people.
- 2010 - Death of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, age 58 after a long battle with kidney and heart ailments.
- 2012 - The last of Japan's 54 nuclear power reactors is switched off, first time in half century, for routine maintenance or permanently disabled in the Fukushima disaster in 2011.
- 2014 - The World Health Organization identifies the spread of poliomyelitis in at least 10 countries as a major worldwide health emergency.
- 2014 - Boko Haram militants kill approximately 300 people in a night attack on Gamboru Ngala.
- 2016 - London, England votes in Sadiq Khan as new mayor, 57 percent to 43 percent for Tory party's Zac Goldsmith.
- 2017 - Death of Adolph Kiefer, American Olympic swimmer (born 1918).
- 2017 - Death of Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, 6th President of Mauritania (born 1953).
- 2018 - NASA's unmanned spaceprobe InSight is launched. It is expected to land on Mars in November and use a drill to conduct geological science.
- 2019 - Aeroflot Flight 1492 crash-lands and bursts into flames at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, killing 41 of the 78 people on board.
- 2020 - The Philippines' National Telecommunications Commission issues a cease and desist order to the broadcasting operations of ABS-CBN, the country's largest media network, as Congress fails to renew its franchise.
- 2021 - SpaceX successfully flies, lands, and recovers a Starship prototype for the first time, after four unsuccessful previous attempts.
- 2023 - The World Health Organization declares an end to the Covid-19 public-health emergency. An estimated 21.5 million people died worldwide due to covid.
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