May 10th
Holidays and Festivals
Mother's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Belize) * CLICK HEREClean up Your Room Day
Armed Forces Day Military-Amateur Crossband Communications
Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina, South Carolina)
Constitution Day (Federated States of Micronesia)
Lupus Day
Windmill Day
Christian Feast Day of Alphius
Christian Feast Day of Aurelian of Limoges
Christian Feast Day of Calepodius
Christian Feast Day of Catald
Christian Feast Day of Comgall
Christian Feast Day of Damien of Molokai (Canonized October 11, 2009)
Christian Feast Day of Gordianus and Epimachus
Christian Feast Day of John of Avila
Christian Feast Day of Solange
* All Tomorrow's Parties - Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead, England, UK May 08 – 10 (3of3) (2010)
* Lawndale Spring Carnival 5/6/2010 - 5/10/2010 Lawndale, California, USA (5of5)(2010)
Toast of The Day
"To friends...
as long as we are able,
To lift our glasses from the table."
- Anonymous
Drink of The Day
Bronx Cocktail
6 parts Gin
3 parts Sweet Red Vermouth
2 part Dry Vermouth
3 parts Orange juice
Shake all ingredients with Ice in a Cocktail Strain in chilled cocktail or martini glass.
Wine of The Day
Ledson (2009) Chardonnay
Style - Chardonnay
Russian River Valley
$45
Beer of The Day
Trappistes Rochefort 10 (Belgium)
Brewer - Brasserie de Rochefort
Style- Quadrupel
ABV - 11.3%
Flavor - Light and spicy, Rich.
Joke of The Day
Dear Deisel,
I have been unable to sleep since I forced my daughter
to break off her engagement to you. Will you forgive and forget?
I was much too sensitive about your Mohawk, tattoo, and pierced nose.
I now realize motorcycles aren't really that dangerous, and I really
should not have reacted the way I did to the fact that you have never
held a job.
I am sure, too, that some other very nice people live under the
bridge in the park.
Sure, my daughter is only 17 and wants to marry you instead of going
to Harvard on a full ride scholarship. After all, you can't learn
everything about life from books. I sometimes forget how backward I
can be. I was wrong. I was a fool. I have now come to my senses and
you have my full blessing to marry my daughter.
Sincerely,
Your future father-in-law....
P. S. Congratulations on winning the Powerball lottery
Quote of The Day
"Friendship is like peeing on yourself, everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings."
- Unknown
Whiskey of The Day
$30
May Observances
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease) Awareness Month
APS (Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome) Awareness Month
American Wetlands Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
Bicycle Safety Month
Borderline Personality Disorder Month
Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Carrots and Cauliflower Month
Celiac Awareness Month
Clean Air Month
Community Living Month (Ontario, Canada)
Creative Beginnings Month
Date Your Mate Month
EcoDriving Month
Family Wellness Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Freedom Shrine Month
Gardening for Wildlife Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Gifts From The Garden Month
Go Fetch! Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month
Good Car-Keeping Month, Natl
Grapefruit and Kiwi Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Heal the Children Month
Healthy Vision Month
High Blood Pressure Education Mont
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
Internal Audit Awareness Month, Intl
International Audit Month
International Business Image Improvement Month
International Civility Awareness Month
International Multiple Sclerosis Month
International Victorious Woman Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
(World) Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month
National Arthritis Month
National Barbecue Month
National Better Hearing and Speach Month
National Bike Month
National Blood Pressure Month
National Cancer Research Month
National Correct Posture Month
National Egg Month
National Electric Safety Month
National Family Month (5/12 to 6/16)
National Foster Care Month
National Good Car Keeping Month
National Hamburger Month
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National Inventors Month
National Lupus Awareness Month
National Meditation Month
National Mediterranean Diet Month
National Mental Health Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Motorcycle Safety Month
National Moving Month
National Neurofibromatosis (NF) Awareness Month
National Older Americans Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Photo Month
National Photograph Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Physiotherapy Month
National Prepare To Buy a Home Month
National Preservation Month
National Recommitment Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa (Food) Month
National Smile Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
National Teen Self-Esteem Month
National Tuberous Sclerosis Month
National Vinegar Month
National Week of The Ocean Festival Sea-son Thursday before the Second Saturday in March through Second Saturday in June
National Youth Traffic Safety Month
Personal History Month
Potatoes and Limes Month
Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month (5/12-6/16)
REACT Month
Revise Your Work Schedule Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Strike Out Strokes Month
Sweet Vidalia Month, Natl
Tay-Sachs and Canavan Diseases Awareness Month
Teen CEO Month
Teen Self Esteem Month
Tennis Month
Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month (5/15 - 6/15)
Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month
Ultra-violet Awareness Month
Women's Health Care Month
Young Achiever Month
Young Achievers of Tomorrow Month
Observances this Week
Salvation Army Week, Second Week of May
National Stuttering Awareness Week, Second Week in May
National Hospital And Healthcare Week, Second Week in May
National Running and Fitness Week, Second Week in May
National Nursing Home Week, Second Week in May or Starts Mother's Day to Saturday
Be Kind To Animals Week, First Full Week in May
Children's Mental Health Week, First Full Week in May
Drinking Water Week, First Full Week in May
Flexible Work Arrangement Week, First Full Week in May
Goodwill Industries Week, First Full Week in May
Kids Win Week, First Full Week in May
National Alcohol & Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness Week, First Full Week in May
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week, First Full Week in May
National Family Week, First Full Week in May
National Hug Holiday Week, First Full Week in May
National Pet Week, First Full Week in May
National Raisin Week, First Full Week in May
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week, First Full Week in May
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week, First Full Week in May
Public Service Recognition Week, First Full Week in May (publicservicerecognitionweek.org)
Update Your References Week, First Full Week in May
National Correctional Officer's Week, First Full week in May
NAOSH Week, First Full week in May
National Hospital Week Usually, First Full Week of May
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week, First Full Week in May (Also see September)
National Wildflower Week, 7 Days Usually Starting Monday of the First Full Week (2013 May 4-12, 2014 May 5-11, 2015 May 4-10)
International Wildlife Film Week, 8 Days Usually Starting First Saturday in May
Dystonia Awareness Week (UK), May 5th through May 13th
Intimate Apparel Week, Feb. 4-8, May 6-10, Aug. 5-9, Nov. 4-8
National Nurses Week, May 6th through May 12th
Historical Events on May 10th
1267 Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
1278 Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
1291 Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.
1427 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
1503 Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
1525 Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague
1534 French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland
1559 Scottish Protestants under John Knox uprise against queen-mother Mary
1570 Czar Ivan IV becomes Protestant
1624 Jacob Willekens & Piet Heyn conquer Salvador, Civil rights activist
1652 John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va
1655 England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
1676 Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen vs Virginia government begins
1752 Benjamin Franklins 1st tests the lightning rod
1768 John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
1774 Louis XVI ascends to throne of France
1775 2nd Cont Congress convenes in Pa issues paper currency for 1st time
1775 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander
1775 Fort Ticonderoga is captured by a small Colonial militia (Green Mountain Boys) led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold, American Revolutionary War.
1775 Representatives from the 13 colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, American Revolutionary War.
1787 Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings
1796 Napoleon I of France wins a decisive victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men, First Coalition.
1796 French government arrest 10 utopists
1796 Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam
1797 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched
1801 The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America, First Barbary War.
1816 English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor
1823 1st steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Ft Snelling
1824 The National Gallery in London opens to the public in its temporary home in a townhouse on Pall Mall St
1837 Panic of 1837, New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
1849 Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in NYC (22 killed)
1857 Indian Mutiny begins. In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys revolt against their commanding officers at Meerut.
1857 Sepoy-revolt in Meerutkazerne, Delhi
1861 Union troops march on state militia in St Louis, MI
1862 Battle of Plum Run Bend, TN (Plum Point Bend)
1863 Confederate General Stonewall Jackson dies eight days after he is accidentally shot by his own troops during the American Civil War.
1864 Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is wounded slightly but immediately is promoted to Brigadier general, American Civil War.
1864 Skirmish at Ny River Virginia
1865 In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6, American Civil War.
1865 Jefferson Davis is captured by Union troops near Irwinville, Georgia, American Civil War.
1865 Surrender of Sam Jones
1869 The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah (not Promontory Point, Utah) with the golden spike.
1870 Jem Mace & defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr & 17 minutes, & neither is struck by a punch
1871 German-French peace treaty signed: France cedes Elzas
1871 Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France & Germany
1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
1876 Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia
1877 Romania declares itself independent from Turkey, following the Senate adoption of Mihail Kogalniceanu's Declaration of Independence. This act is recognized on March 26, 1881 after the end of the Romanian War of Independence.
1879 Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa
1880 General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria
1881 Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation
1889 17th Preakness, W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17.5
1893 19th Kentucky Derby, Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25
1893 Imperial Institute in London opens
1893 The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.
1905 31st Kentucky Derby, Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75
1906 Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for 1st time
1907 Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue," premieres in Paris
1908 Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
1909 Winchester's Fred Toney no-hits Lexington for 17 inning
1910 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
1910 36th Kentucky Derby, Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4
1910 Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
1913 39th Kentucky Derby, Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8
1913 Yanks commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings
1915 Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea
1916 Disastrous fire in Ellendale, ND
1916 Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam
1917 Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks
1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor
1919 45th Kentucky Derby, Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:09.8
1919 Race riot in Charleston SC, 2 blacks killed
1921 Luigi Pirandello's "Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore," premieres
1922 Dr Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar
1922 The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
1922 WHB-AM in Kansas City MO begins radio transmissions
1924 J. Edgar Hoover is appointed the Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation, and remains so until his death in 1972.
1926 52nd Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8
1928 WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming
1929 55th Preakness, Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6
1929 64th British Golf Open, Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane
1930 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)
1930 Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 v Yorkshire at Sheffield
1931 Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ
1932 Government declares "Wilhelmus" Neth national anthem
1932 Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France
1933 In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
1933 Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms
1933 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia
1933 Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands
1936 Manuel Azaña elected president of Spain
1936 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt
1937 Busmen strike in London
1938 Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam
1940 British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms
1940 Dutch-Indies Gov Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege
1940 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks
1940 French marines stationed on Aruba
1940 French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands
1940 Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, World War II.
1940 Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom, World War II.
1940 The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent, World War II.
1940 Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeds Neville Chamberlain.
1941 67th Preakness, Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 1:58.8
1941 Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland
1941 England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz
1941 Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason
1941 Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland in order to try and negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Germany, WWII.
1941 The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid, World War II.
1942 The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign, World War II.
1944 Chinese offensive in West-Yunnan
1944 Smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal
1945 Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese
1945 Russian troops occupied Prague
1946 First successful launch of a V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam
1946 Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy
1947 "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater NYC after 69 perfs
1947 73rd Preakness, Doug Dodson aboard Faultless wins in 1:59
1948 1st attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel
1948 Winston Churchill visits The Hague
1950 1st Neth-US telex sent
1951 Z Alexander Looby elected to Nashville City Council
1952 "Shuffle Along" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 4 performances
1953 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open
1953 KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954 Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
1954 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris
1956 French government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 1st meeting of legislative of Cameroon
1957 Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow
1959 Giants Jim Hearn allows 2 runs against Pirates, game is suspended, Hearn is released & charged with loss 2 months after his retirement
1959 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Howard Johnson Golf Invitational
1959 Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan
1960 John F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
1960 The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
1961 "Beyond the Fringe," premieres in London
1963 Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Squirt Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
1966 25°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
1967 Foundation AZ soccer team forms in Alkmaar
1967 Hank Aaron only inside the park HR (vs Jim Bunning)
1967 Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges
1967 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia
1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US & North Vietnam
1969 Apollo 10 transmit 1st color pictures of Earth from space
1969 Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
1969 The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill, Vietnam War.
1970 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1970 Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5
1970 Stanley Cup, Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
1971 US special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60 cents
1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77
1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 9th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 8-4
1973 27th NBA Championship, NY Knicks beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
1973 Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania
1973 Stanley Cup, Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
1974 7th ABA championship, NY Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1
1975 Brian Oldfield of US put shot 75', an unofficial record
1978 "Angel" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 5 performances
1978 Liverpool wins 23rd Europe Cup
1979 Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing
1979 John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros
1979 The Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing.
1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]
1980 "Happy New Year" closes at Morosco Theater NYC after 17 performances
1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1981 François Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang and wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French 5th republic.
1981 Montreal Expo Charlie Lee no-hits SF Giants, 4-0
1982 WABC NYC plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine), WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network
1983 "Laverne & Shirley," last airs on ABC-TV
1983 Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
1983 Oilers 0-Isles 2-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1984 Intl Court of Justice rules on US blockade of Nicaragua
1985 Challenger transports back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1986 "Rock Me Amadeus," by Falco hit #1 on UK pop chart
1986 Tommy Lee drummer of Motley Crue marries Heather Locklear
1987 Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1988 Edgar Degas' "Danseresje of 14" sold for $10,120,000
1989 FC Barcelona wins 29th Europe Cup II
1989 Gen Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin
1990 "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 45 perfs
1990 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
1990 Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella
1991 Oakland A's Jose Canseco is seen leaving Madonna's apt
1992 "Hamlet" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
1992 Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel
1992 Jennifer Wyatt wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
1993 In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 188 workers.
1993 Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman
1993 Paul Cezannes still life sells for $28,600,000 in NYC
1993 Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol
1994 "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font NYC for 16 per
1994 Barbra Striesand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years
1994 Drew Barrymore (19) files for divorce from Jeremy Thomas (31)
1994 Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
1994 Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian government with 5 neo-fascists
1995 30th Academy of Country Music Awards, Reba McEntire wins
1995 Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein
1995 In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident
1996 "Twister" premieres
1996 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint US & British war games
1996 A "rogue storm" near the summit of Mount Everest kills eight climbers, making this the deadliest day in the mountain's history. Among the dead are experienced climbers Rob Hall and Scott Fischer, both of whom were leading paid expeditions to the summit.
1996 Excel Communications, Inc. becomes the youngest company ever to join the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), trading under the symbol (ECI).
1997 Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs SF Giants)
2001 In Ghana, a stampede at a football game kills over 120 spectators.
2002 Anaheim Angels crush the Chicago White Sox 19-0. The Angels join the 1923 Indians, 1939 Yankees and 1950 Red Sox as the only teams to beat two opponents by 19 or more runs in the same season
2002 F.B.I. agent Robert Hanssen is given a life sentence without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
2003 The May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence takes place.
2005 A hand grenade which is thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
2012 The Red Cross suspends all humanitarian work in Pakistan after a worker was kidnapped and killed
2012 Two bombings in Damascus, Syria, kill 55 people and injure 370
2013 Agnetha Faltskog releases a new album called "A"
2013 Joe Sakic is hired by his former team, the Colorado Avalanche, as Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations
2014 Conchita Wurst for Austria wins singing "Rise Like a Phoenix" in Copenhagen at the 59th Eurovision Song Contest
2014 The African National Congress wins the 2014 South African General Election
2015 "The Graham Norton Show" Best Comedy, "Happy Valley" Best Drama at the 61st British Academy Television Awards
2016 Indian fertility clinic announces that a 70 year old woman has successfully gave birth to a baby boy
Born on May 10th
213 Claudius Gothicus, Roman emperor (d. 270)
1265 Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1536 Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall
1604 Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)
1641 Dudley North, English economist (d. 1691)
1697 Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
1705 Gallus Zeiler, composer
1724 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
1727 Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman, minister of Finance (d. 1781)
1730 George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
1741 Johann Michael Schmidt, composer
1746 Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818)
1754 Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter
1760 Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (d. 1836)
1760 J(ohann( P(eter) Hebel, German poet (d. 1826)
1769 Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
1770 Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians) (d. 1823)
1775 Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (d. 1809)
1775 Robert Gray, Sea Captain (d. 1806)
1776 George Thomas Smart, composer
1780 Peter Lichtenthal, composer
1783 Niccola Benvenuti, composer
1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (d. 1827)
1788 Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen (d. 1819)
1795 Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
1800 Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer
1810 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, British lexicographer (d. 1897)
1810 James Shields, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
1813 Montgomery Blair, American politician (Dred Scot V Sandford) (d. 1883)
1822 August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter
1823 John Sherman, MC (Union) (d. 1900)
1824 Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1895)
1825 Rudolf Viole, composer
1830 Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)
1837 Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)
1838 James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
1838 John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
1840 Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)
1841 James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918)
1843 Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish novelist (d. 1920)
1843 Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian
1847 Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923)
1850 Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea)
1855 Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake)
1857 Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)
1858 Frederick Zech Jr, composer
1863 Upendrakishore Ray, Indian writer, painter and composer (d. 1915)
1866 Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924)
1867 Jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905)
1868 Ed Barrow, American baseball manager (d. 1953)
1872 Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950)
1873 Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor
1873 Jan Kalf, literary/art historian (Preservation of museums)
1874 Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, senator, historian and orientalist (d. 1941)
1876 Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica) (d. 1918)
1877 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer
1878 Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany (1923) (recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 1926) (d. 1929)
1879 Symon Petlura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926)
1882 Thurston Hall, Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society)
1885 Fritz v Unruh, writer
1885 Mae Murray (Girl with bee-stung lips), VA, actress (High Stakes)
1885 Marie Benavente (Maria Wissink), actress (Scapegoat)
1886 Felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
1886 Karl Barth, Swiss Protestant theologian (Action in Waiting) (d. 1968)
1886 Olaf Stapledon, British author and philosopher, religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker) (d. 1950)
1887 Jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels)
1888 Max(imilian Raoul Walter) Steiner, Austrian composer (Gone With Wind) (d. 1971)
1889 Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965)
1890 Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
1894 Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty)
1895 Kama Chinen, Japanese super centenarian
1897 Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1923)
1897 Einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987)
1897 Ewart Levy
1898 Ariel Durant, American historian (Story of Civilization) (d. 1981)
1898 Herbert Elwell, Minneapolis Minnesota, composer (Happy Hypocrite)
1899 Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (d. 1979)
1899 Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (d. 1987)
1901 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist
1901 J.D. Bernal, British crystallographer (d. 1971)
1902 Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)
1902 David O. Selznick, American film producer (Gone With the Wind) (d. 1965)
1902 Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
1903 Kay Petre, early racing driver
1903 Otto Bradfisch, Nazi leader (d. 1994)
1904 David Brown, CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda)
1905 Angus Paton, civil engineer
1905 Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter (d. 1972)
1907 Freddie Spencer Chapman, British army officer (d. 1971)
1907 Harilaos Perpessas, composer
1908 Carl Albert, American politician, (D) speaker of the House (d. 2000)
1908 Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP
1909 Harold Francis Collison, trade Unionist
1909 Lord Collison, British union leader (agriculture workers)
1909 Maybelle Carter (Mother Maybelle), American musician, country singer (Johnny Cash Show) (d. 1978)
1910 Jimmy Demaret, winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open
1910 Margot Turner, matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
1911 Bel Kaufman, American author
1912 Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP
1912 Erik Jorgensen, composer
1912 Harold Myers, film journalist
1914 Charles McGraw, NYC, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family)
1914 Lord Smith, British surgeon
1915 Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor
1915 Denis Thatcher, British businessman and husband of Margaret Thatcher, First Gentleman (1979-90) (d. 2003)
1915 Duke of Sutherland
1915 Monica Dickens, author/founder (US Samaritians)
1915 Salah Abou Seif, director
1916 Milton Babbitt, American composer (Widow's Lament)
1918 George Welch, American pilot (d. 1954)
1918 Margo, singer (Golden Irish Favorites)
1918 T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician (On Being a Father)
1919 Ella Grasso, (Gov-D-Ct)
1919 Louis Sen A Kaw, Surinam dam builder
1919 Tibor Sarai, composer
1920 Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland)
1921 Bert Weedon, rocker
1921 Nancy Walker, Phila, Bounty ads/actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife)
1922 David Orr, deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council, Unilever)
1922 Nancy Walker, American actress (d. 1992)
1923 Clifford Wilson, Australian archaeologist, educator, academician, author
1923 Heydar Aliyev, Ex-President and Leader of Azerbaijan Republic (d. 2003)
1923 John Dugdal, Lord-Lt (Salop)
1925 Edward Fursdon, British Maj-Gen (defense council)
1926 Duncan Watson, president (World Blind Union)
1926 Hugo Banzer, Bolivian dictator (d. 2002)
1927 Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
1928 Arnold Rüütel, Estonian president
1929 Antonine Maillet, French Canadian novelist and playwright
1929 Brian Corby, CEO (Prudential)
1929 Marquess of Downshire
1930 June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist (World of Islands)
1930 Pat Summerall, American football player and broadcaster, NFL (NY Giants), sportscaster (CBS)
1930 Scott Muni, American radio DJ (d. 2004)
1931 Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter
1931 Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
1932 Earl of Rothes
1932 Francoise Fabian, Hussein Dey Algeria, actress (Happy New Year)
1933 Barbara Taylor Bradford, English writer
1934 Cliff Wilson, Welsh snooker player (d. 1994)
1934 Jeanine Basinger, American film scholar
1934 William Lithgow, Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire
1935 Larry Williams, American singer and songwriter (Spinners) (d. 1980)
1936 Anthony Mullens, British Lt-Gen (Deputy chief of defense)
1936 Gary Owens, American actor and announcer (Laugh In, Gong Show)
1936 Michael Stone, English broker/multi-millionaire (Man Group)
1936 Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (d. 1963)
1936 Trevor Clay, Gen-Sec (Royal College of Nursing)
1937 Arthur Kopit, US, playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis)
1937 Jim Hickman, American baseball player (Mets, Dodgers, Cubs)
1937 Tamara Press, Soviet athlete, shot putter and discus thrower (Oly-gold-60)
1938 Jean Becker, French director, screenwriter and actor
1938 Manuel Santana, tennis player (US Open 1965)
1938 Marina Vlady, French actress
1938 Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symph)
1938 Merritt Ranew, baseball player
1938 Michael Shea, director (Hanson Trust)/Queen's press sect
1938 Peter Davies, Major-General/Director-General (RSPCA)
1938 Philip Gordon Winsor, composer
1940 Arthur Alexander, US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
1940 Taurean Blacque, actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues)
1940 Wayne A. Downing, retired United States Army general
1940 William Cash, MP
1941 Danny Rapp, Phila, rocker (Danny & Juniors)
1941 Ken Berry, baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians)
1941 Win Bischoff, CEO (Schroders)
1942 Bill Coday, US singer (You're Gonna Then Me)
1942 Ingram Douglas Marshall, composer
1942 Jim Calhoun, American college basketball coach
1942 Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Burkinabé politician
1943 Bruce Raymond, jockey
1943 David Clennon, American actor
1943 James Earl Chaney, US civil rights activist
1943 Richard Darman, American economist
1944 Abdul Kadir, cricketer (Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
1944 Anne-Marie Pisier
1944 Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want)
1944 Jim Abrahams, American film director (Hot Shots, Top Secret)
1944 Kathy Farrer, LPGA golfer
1944 Marie-France Pisier, French actress (Scruples, Midnight)
1944 Maureen Lipman, English actress
1945 Justice Laws
1945 Pamelo Mounk'a, musician
1946 Dave Mason, English musician (Traffic)
1946 Diderik Wagenaar, Dutch composer and musical theorist
1946 Donovan Leitch, Scottish musician
1946 Graham Gouldman, British musician, bassist and songwriter (10cc)
1946 Maureen Lipman, actress (Educating Rita, Wonderworks)
1947 Caroline Cooney, American author
1947 Jay Ferguson, American musician and composer (Spirit)
1947 Meg Foster, Conn, actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey)
1947 Paul Nicholas Young, architect
1947 Thomas Tessier, American author
1948 Christopher Gent, CEO (Vodafone Group)
1951 Ron Banks, US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get)
1951 Steve Gunderson, (Rep-R-WI, 1981)
1952 Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer
1952 Manuel Mora Morales, Spanish director and writer
1952 Sly Dunbar, Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer (Sly & Robbie)
1953 Barbara Moxness, LPGA golfer
1953 John Diamond, English journalist (d. 2001)
1953 Lawrence Lau, actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
1953 Steve Thomas, rocker (Shooting Star)
1953 Tito Santana, Mexican-American professional wrestler
1954 F. Charles Brunicardi, American surgeon
1954 Jeff Apple, Miami Florida, producer (In the Line of Fire)
1955 Bruce Hartzler, Wash DC, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1955 Chris Berman, American sportscaster (ESPN)
1955 Mark David Chapman, American murderer (John Lennon)
1956 Vladislav Listyev, Russian television anchor and journalist (d. 1995)
1957 Phil Mahre, Yakima Wash, alpine slalom skier (Oly-gold/silver-80, 84)
1957 Sid Vicious (John Simon Ritchie), English bassist (The Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
1957 Steve Mahre, Yakima Wash, twin alpine slalom skier (Oly-Silver-80, 84)
1958 Ellen Ochoa, LA California, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56, 66)
1958 Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
1958 Jeannette Kohlhaas, LPGA golfer
1958 Margaret Ward, LPGA golfer
1958 Rick Santorum, American politician (Rep-R-Penn)
1958 Yu Suzuki, Japanese creator of Virtua Fighter series
1959 Danny Schayes, American basketball player, NBA center/forward (Miami Heat, Orlando Magic)
1959 Victoria Rowell, American actress
1960 Bono (Paul Hewson), Irish singer (U2)r
1960 Merlene Ottey, Jamaican/Slovenian track athlete (Olympics)
1960 Tauseef Ahmed, cricketer (leading Pakistani off-spinner of 80's)
1960 Victoria Rowell, Portland ME, actress (Drucilla-Young & Restless)
1961 Blyth Tait, England, NZ equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-gold-96)
1961 Danny Carey, American drummer (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus)
1961 Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress
1961 Randy Cunneyworth, Etobicoke, NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators)
1961 Teri Copley, Arcadia California, actress (Mickey-We've Got it Made)
1962 Brad Soderberg, American college basketball head coach
1962 Garry Daley, keyboard (China Crisis-Christian)
1962 Joey Meyer, baseball player
1962 Robby Thompson, W Palm Beach FL, infielder (SF Giants)
1963 Lisa M Nowak, American astronaut
1964 Dean Spriddle, Plymouth Engld, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Oak Valley)
1965 Jim Schreiner, Kailua Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1965 Linda Evangelista, Canadian supermodel (Elite)
1965 Mike Butcher, baseball player
1965 Rony Seikaly, Lebanese basketball player, NBA center (Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors)
1965 Todd Kalis, NFL guard (Cin Bengals)
1966 Jonathan Edwards, English athlete, triple jumper (Olympics-gold/silver-92, 96)
1966 Mikael Andersson, Malmo Swe, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1967 Jon Ronson, British journalist and author
1967 Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
1967 Scott Brison, Canadian politician
1967 Young MC, American rapper
1968 Al Murray, British comedian
1968 Darren Matthews, English professional wrestler
1968 Ed Sanders, British actor and television personality
1968 Erik Palladino, American actor
1968 Julie Smith, Glendora California, softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1969 Curtis Whitley, NFL center (Panthers, Packers, Raiders)
1969 Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1969 John Scalzi, American writer
1969 Judson Mills, Purcellville Va, actor (Hutch-As The World Turns)
1969 Martin Driever, WLAF tight end (Rhein Fire)
1969 Pete Schourek, Austin TX, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1970 Andre Stolz, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
1970 Dallas Roberts, American actor
1970 David Weir, Scottish footballer
1970 Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan-American pianist
1970 Gina Philips, American actress
1970 Perry Blake, Irish singer/songwriter
1971 Adriano Giannini, Italian actor
1971 Andrei Kravtsov, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1971 Craig Mack, American rapper
1971 Eric Stock, soccer player (NEC)
1971 Leslie Stefanson, American actress
1971 Ronnie Dixon, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, NY Jets)
1971 Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater
1972 Akili Johnson, NFL defensive back (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 Emma Ridley, Hanpstead England, actress (Return to Oz)
1972 Farrell Duclair, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 Radoslaw Majdan, Polish footballer
1972 Stuart Carlisle, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1995-)
1973 Aviv Geffen, Israeli singer/songwriter (Blackfield)
1973 Jerome Williams, American basketball player, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
1973 Joshua Eagle, Australian tennis player
1973 Ollie le Roux, South African rugby player
1974 Grant Williams, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1974 Janet Reasons, Port Orchard Washington, Miss America-Washington (1997)
1974 Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
1975 Adam Deadmarsh, American ice hockey player, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Oly-98)
1975 Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
1975 Shin Jung-hwan, Korean singer
1975 Torbjørn Brundtland, Norwegian musician (Röyksopp)
1976 Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greek javelin thrower
1976 Rachel Gordon, Australian actress
1976 Rob Malda, American internet writer/editor (Slashdot)
1976 Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
1976 Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
1977 Amanda Borden, Cincinnati Ohio, gymnast (World-silv-94, Oly-gold-96)
1977 Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser
1977 Denise Ho, Hong Kong singer
1977 Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
1977 Keith Murray, American singer (We Are Scientists)
1977 Nick Heidfeld, German Formula One driver
1978 Kenan Thompson, American actor
1979 Lee Hyori, South Korean singer
1980 Namitha Kapoor, Indian actress
1981 Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
1981 Samuel Dalembert, Haitian basketball player
1982 Daniel Harris, Australian rules footballer
1982 Despina Caldis, Greek-Australian actress
1982 Jeremy Gable, American playwright
1983 Gustav Fridolin, Swedish politician
1983 Natalia Zabala, Spanish beauty pageant contestant (Miss Spain 2007)
1984 Edward Mujica. Venezuelan baseball player
1985 Odette Yustman, American actress
1985 Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 Anej Lovrecic, Slovenian football (soccer) player
1987 Wilson Chandler, American basketball player
1989 Lindsey Shaw, American actress
1990 Josh Dugan, Australian rugby league player
1991 Emily McEnroe, daughter of Tatum O'Neal & John McEnroe
1992 Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer
1992 Zia Marquez, Filipina actress
1993 Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer
1993 Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
2000 Shyann McClure, American actress and model
2004 The Gosselin Sextuplets
Died on May 10th
238 Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered
995 Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht
1034 Mieszko II of Poland (b. 990)
1290 Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271)
1424 Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan
1482 Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
1493 Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician
1521 Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457)
1566 Leonhart Fuchs, German botanist (b. 1501)
1569 Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer
1637 Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens
1641 Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)
1653 John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent
1657 Gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)
1691 Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615)
1692 Sarah Osborne one of the first accused in the Salem witch trials (b. circa 1643)
1696 Jean de La Bruyère, French writer (b. 1645)
1710 Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer
1717 John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641)
1726 Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670)
1733 Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681)
1737 Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (b. 1702)
1760 Johann Christoph Graupner, composer
1764 Picanderb (Christian Henrici), German writer (Die Weiberprobe)
1770 Charles Avison, composer
1774 Louis XV, King of France (1715-74) (b. 1710)
1785 Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer
1787 William Watson, English physician and scientist (b. 1715)
1789 Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer
1792 John Stevens, American delegate to the Continental Congress
1794 Elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded
1798 George Vancouver, British navy officer and explorer (Voyage of Discovery) (b. 1757)
1807 Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (b. 1725)
1818 Paul Revere, American patriot (b. 1735)
1820 Matthaus Stegmayer, composer
1826 Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer
1829 Thomas Young, English physician and linguist, decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics (b. 1773)
1833 Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician
1849 Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter
1850 Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (b. 1778)
1859 Johan BJFS, archduke of Austria (Firechief & Housewife)
1863 Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Confederate general (Civil War) (b. 1824)
1864 James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union brig-general, dies in battle
1864 Thomas Greeley Stevenson, Union brig-general
1868 Henry Bennett, American politician (b. 1808)
1869 Wilhelm Bernard Molique, composer
1880 John Goss, composer/organist
1885 Edward Stephen, composer
1885 Ferdinand Hiller, composer
1889 Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian satirist (b. 1826)
1897 Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary leader (b. 1863)
1897 William Thomas Best, composer
1904 Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
1904 Henry M Stanley (John Rowlands), British explorer
1909 Johannes de Koo, journalist/playwright
1910 Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist
1910 William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda
1915 Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle
1920 John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer
1923 Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated
1924 Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (L'ave)
1937 William Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (b. 1876)
1938 Percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912)
1940 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist
1942 Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields)
1943 Andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
1943 Arnaud Armand Fraiteur, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
1943 Maurice-Albert Raskin, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
1945 Konrad Henlein, pro-Nazi Czechoslovakian politician (b. 1898)
1945 Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
1950 Belle da Costa Greene, librarian, bibliographer, archivist (b. 1883)
1950 John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain)
1954 George Hirst, cricketer (36,323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets)
1955 John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (b. 1865)
1955 Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (b. 1881)
1960 Yury Olesha, Russian novelist (b. 1899)
1963 Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, American football player (b. 1931)
1964 Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz)
1964 Ignace Lilien, composer
1964 Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (b. 1881)
1965 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch min of Colonization (1942-45)
1967 Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racing driver, (b. 1935)
1968 Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral v England 1936-37)
1968 Philippa Bevans
1968 Scotty Beckett, American actor (b. 1929)
1971 Mihail Jora, composer
1971 Shukichi Mitsukuri, composer
1973 Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian
1973 Loren Tindall
1974 Hal Mohr, Cinematographer, Husband of Evelyn Venable (b. 1894)
1976 Elias Aslaksen, Leader of Brunstad Christian Church, Smith's Friends (b. 1888)
1976 George Curzon
1977 Joan Crawford, American actress (Mildred Pierce) (b. 1905)
1979 John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, satirist (Beachcomber)
1979 Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Eros & the Lonely Man)
1982 Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer
1982 Peter Weiss, German writer (Marat-Sade) and artist (b. 1916)
1983 John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird)
1984 Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist
1984 Robert Moore, actor (Marshall-Diana)
1988 Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (b. 1902)
1989 Woody Shaw, American jazz musician (b. 1944)
1990 Susan Oliver, American actress (Disorderly Orderly) (b. 1922)
1990 Walker Percy, American author (Lancelot) (b. 1916)
1991 Armand HF Boni, [Armand the Good], Flemish poet/writer
1992 Joan Merrill, vocalist
1992 John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline)
1992 Liesbeth Saijers, sculptor
1992 Sylvia Syms, American jazz singer (Flower Drum Song) (b. 1917)
1993 Stephen Ross, English Politician (b. 1926)
1994 John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (executed) (b. 1942)
1994 Lucebert [J Swaanswijk], poet/cartoonist (PC Hooft 1967)
1994 Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author
1995 Harold Berens, comedian,
1995 Hilde Jarecki, educationist
1995 Jimmy Raney, jazz guitarist
1997 Joan Weston, Roller Derby Queen (Bay Bombers) (b. 1935)
1999 Shel Silverstein, American poet and composer (b. 1930)
2000 Dédé Fortin, Quebec singer and songwriter (Les Colocs) (b. 1962)
2000 Jules Deschênes, Quebec superior court judge (b. 1923)
2001 Deborah Walley, American actress (b. 1943)
2001 Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician (b. 1934)
2002 Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)
2002 Lynda Lyon Block, convicted murderer (b. 1948)
2002 Yves Robert, French actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1920)
2003 Milan Vukcevich, Yugoslavian chemist and chess problem composer (b. 1937)
2005 David Wayne, American singer (Metal Church) (b. 1958)
2006 A. M. Rosenthal, American newspaper editor (b. 1922)
2006 Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (b. 1917)
2006 Soraya, Colombian-American singer (b. 1969)
2006 Val Guest, British film director (b. 1911)
2008 Jessie Jacobs, Australian Actress (b. 1990)
2008 Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
2010 Frank Frazetta, American artist (b. 1928)
2011 Michael Baze, American horse racing jockey (b. 1987)
2012 Carroll Shelby, American automobile designer
2012 Evelyn Johnson, American pilot