May 15

## Events 
### Up to 1900 
* 495 BC &ndash; A newly built temple in honour of the god Mercury is dedicated in Ancient Rome on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine Hills.
* 392 &ndash; Roman Emperor Valentinian II mysteriously dies while advancing into Gaul (present–day France) against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. It is not clear if he was murdered or committed suicide.
* 1252 &ndash; Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which allows, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
* 1464 &ndash; Wars of the Roses: Battle of Hexham – York defeats Lancaster.
* 1536 &ndash; Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is put on trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest. It will result in her execution four days later.
* 1567 &ndash; Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
* 1602 &ndash; Bartholomew Gosnold becomes the first European to sight Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
* 1618 &ndash; Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion.
* 1648 &ndash; The Treaty of Westphalia is signed.
* 1701 &ndash; The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
* 1718 &ndash; James Buckle, a London lawyer, patents the first machine gun.
* 1776 &ndash; American Revolutionary War: The Virginia Convention tells its Continental Congress delegation to propose resolution of independence from Great Britain.
* 1792 &ndash; War of the First Coalition: France declares war on the Kingdom of Sardinia.
* 1793 &ndash; Diego Marin Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters" at a height of 5–6 meters.
* 1796 &ndash; First Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte enters Milan in triumph.
* 1800 &ndash; King George III of the United Kingdom survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield.
* 1811 &ndash; Paraguay declares itself independent from Spain.
* 1849 &ndash; Troops of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily.
* 1850 &ndash; The Bloody Island Massacre takes place in Lake County, California. A large number of Pomo Native Americans are slaughtered by the regiment of the United States Cavalry.
* 1851 &ndash; The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the gold was discovered three months earlier. 
* 1858 &ndash; Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
* 1860 &ndash; Battle of Calatafilmi in Sicily: Giuseppe Garibaldi's "Red Shirts" defeat the Army of the Kingdom of Naples.
* 1869 &ndash; In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.

### 1901 &ndash; 1950 
* 1904 &ndash; Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer *Amur* lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur, China, and sinks Japanese ships *Hatsuse* and *Yashima*.
* 1904 &ndash; The cruiser "Yoshino" collides with armored cruiser "Kasaga" to the east of China and sinks, killing 329 out of the 419 people on board.
* 1905 &ndash; Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45 square kilometers), in what later becomes the downtown area, are auctioned off.
* 1910 &ndash; The German football club FC St. Pauli is founded. It is based in Hamburg.
* 1919 &ndash; The Winnipeg Strike begins. By 11:00am, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, had walked off the job.
* 1919 &ndash; The Greek invasion of Smyrna (now Izmir, Turkey) occurs, in which the Greek army kills over 350 Turks. Those responsible are punishes by Greek commander Aristiades Stergiades.
* 1926 &ndash; The New York Rangers ice hockey team is founded.
* 1928 &ndash; Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in the cartoon "Plane Crazy".
* 1929 &ndash; A fire at a clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, kills 123 people.
* 1932 &ndash; Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed in a coup attempt.
* 1934 &ndash; Karlis Ulmanis creates an authoritarian government in Latvia.
* 1935 &ndash; The Moscow Metro is opened to the public.
* 1940 &ndash; World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly–trained and equipped Dutch surrender to Germany, beginning five years of occupation.
* 1940 &ndash; McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
* 1945 &ndash; World War II: The Battle of Poljana is fought in Slovenia, as the last battle in Europe during the war.
* 1948 &ndash; The Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia all declare war on the newly declared State of Israel.

### 1951 &ndash; 2000 
* 1951 &ndash; Polish writer Czeslaw Milosz asks the government of France for political asylum.
* 1955 &ndash; Austria regains its independence.
* 1955 &ndash; Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy of France climb Makalu in the Himalayas. It is the world's 5th–highest mountain.
* 1957 &ndash; At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, the United Kingdom tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
* 1958 &ndash; The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
* 1960 &ndash; The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
* 1963 &ndash; Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury–Atlas 9, with L. Gordon Cooper on board, is successful. He is the first American to spend more than a day in space.
* 1966 &ndash; After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam's ruling junta, launches a military attack on the forces of General Ton That Dinh, forcing him to abandon his command.
* 1970 &ndash; US President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington as the first female United States Army generals.
* 1972 &ndash; The US returns Okinawa to Japanese control.
* 1972 &ndash; Governor George Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur H. Bremer at a Laurel, Maryland political rally.
* 1974 &ndash; Ma'a lot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school, killing 31 people, including 22 schoolchildren.
* 1974 &ndash; Walter Scheel is elected President of the Federal Republic of Germany, a post he takes up on July 1.
* 1980 &ndash; West Germany's National Olympic Committee decides to join the United States in boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
* 1988 &ndash; The Soviet Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. 
* 1990 &ndash; The Vincent van Gogh painting *A Portrait of Dr. Gachet* sells for 82.5 million US Dollars, a then–record for a work of art sold at auction.
* 1991 &ndash; Edith Cresson becomes the first female Prime Minister of France.
* 1997 &ndash; The US acknowledges a "Secret War" in Laos.

### From 2001 
* 2004 &ndash; South Africa is announced as the host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
* 2004 &ndash; Ruslana, representing Ukraine, wins the 49th Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, Turkey.
* 2008 &ndash; California legalizes same-sex marriage.
* 2010 &ndash; Jessica Watson becomes the then–youngest person to sail single–handedly around the world.
* 2012 &ndash; François Hollande becomes President of France, replacing Nicolas Sarkozy.
* 2013 &ndash; An upsurge in violence in Iraq kills 389 people in three days.
* 2014 &ndash; US President Barack Obama opens a 9/11 memorial museum.
* 2016 &ndash; Max Verstappen becomes the youngest–ever driver to win a Formula One race.
* 2017 &ndash; French President Emmanuel Macron names Edouard Philippe as Prime Minister of France.

## Births 
### Up to 1900 
* 1397 &ndash; Sejong the Great, Korean King (d. 1450)
* 1567 &ndash; Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (d. 1643)
* 1689 &ndash; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
* 1720 &ndash; Maximilian Hell, Hungarian astronomer (d. 1792)
* 1749 &ndash; Levi Lincoln, Sr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1820)
* 1764 &ndash; Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, German organist and composer (d. 1827)
* 1767 &ndash; Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1843)
* 1773 &ndash; Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, German–Austrian statesman (d. 1859)
* 1817 &ndash; Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (d. 1905)
* 1827 &ndash; Knud Bergslien, Norwegian painter (d. 1908)
* 1838 &ndash; Nicolae Grigorescu, Romanian painter (d. 1907)
* 1841 &ndash; James Henderson Berry, American politician, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1913)
* 1842 &ndash; Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (d. 1919)
* 1845 &ndash; Jan Czerski, Polish–Russian scientist (d. 1892)
* 1845 &ndash; Ilya Mechnikov, Russian zoologist and immunologist (d. 1916)
* 1848 &ndash; Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
* 1854 &ndash; Ioannes Psycharis, Ukrainian–French philologist and writer (d. 1929)
* 1856 &ndash; L. Frank Baum, American writer (d. 1919)
* 1856 &ndash; Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1917)
* 1857 &ndash; Williamina Fleming, Scottish–American astronomer (d. 1911)
* 1859 &ndash; Pierre Curie, French physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1906)
* 1860 &ndash; Ellen Louise Wilson, American First Lady, wife of Woodrow Wilson (d. 1914)
* 1862 &ndash; Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist (d. 1931)
* 1863 &ndash; Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, inventor of Meccano (d. 1936)
* 1867 &ndash; Hjalmar Johansen, Norwegian explorer (d. 1913)
* 1867 &ndash; Henry Stuart Jones, British classical philologist and historian (d. 1939)
* 1869 &ndash; Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter (d. 1945)
* 1873 &ndash; Pavlo Skoropadskiy, Ukrainian politician (d. 1945)
* 1873 &ndash; Nikolai Tcherepnin, Russian composer (d. 1945)
* 1890 &ndash; Katherine-Anne Porter, American journalist and writer (d. 1980)
* 1891 &ndash; Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (d. 1940)
* 1891 &ndash; Fritz Feigl, Austrian–Brazilian chemist (d. 1971)
* 1892 &ndash; Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral (d. 1977)
* 1892 &ndash; Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (d. 1969)
* 1895 &ndash; Astrid Zachrison, Swedish supercentenarian, oldest Swedish person on record (d. 2008)
* 1895 &ndash; Prescott Bush, American politician (d. 1972)
* 1895 &ndash; William D. Byron, American politician (d. 1941)
* 1898 &ndash; Arletty, French actress, model and singer (d. 1992)
* 1898 &ndash; Richard W. Leche, American politician, Governor of Louisiana (d. 1965)

### 1901 &ndash; 1950 
* 1901 &ndash; Luis Monti, Argentine–Italian footballer (d. 1983)
* 1902 &ndash; Richard J. Daley, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
* 1903 &ndash; Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
* 1904 &ndash; Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and writer (d. 1999)
* 1905 &ndash; Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
* 1905 &ndash; Abraham Zapruder, American businessman (d. 1970)
* 1907 &ndash; Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (d. 1931)
* 1908 &ndash; Joe Grant, American writer and animator (d. 2005)
* 1909 &ndash; James Mason, English actor, producer and screenwriter (d. 1984)
* 1909 &ndash; Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
* 1910 &ndash; Constance Cummings, English actress (d. 2005)
* 1911 &ndash; Max Frisch, Swiss writer (d. 1991)
* 1911 &ndash; Herta Oberheuser, German Nazi physician (d. 1978)
* 1914 &ndash; Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1972)
* 1914 &ndash; Angus MacLean, Canadian politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (d. 2000)
* 1915 &ndash; Paul Samuelson, American economist (d. 2009)
* 1915 &ndash; Gus Viseur, Belgian–French accordion player (d. 1974)
* 1915 &ndash; William Witney, American director (d. 2002)
* 1918 &ndash; Eddy Arnold, American singer (d. 2008)
* 1918 &ndash; Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (d. 2009)
* 1920 &ndash; Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Lebanese religious leader
* 1923 &ndash; Richard Avedon, American photographer (d. 2004)
* 1923 &ndash; John Lanchbery, English–Australian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
* 1924 &ndash; Maria Koepcke, German–Peruvian ornithologist (d. 1971)
* 1925 &ndash; Horacio Guarany, Argentine singer and writer (d. 2017)
* 1925 &ndash; Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist (d. 2014)
* 1925 &ndash; Carl Sanders, American politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (d. 2014)
* 1925 &ndash; Andrei Eshpai, Russian composer (d. 2015)
* 1926 &ndash; Anthony Shaffer, British screenwriter (d. 2001)
* 1926 &ndash; Peter Shaffer, British dramatist (d. 2016)
* 1929 &ndash; Frank Heart, American computer engineer (d. 2018)
* 1930 &ndash; Jasper Johns, American artist
* 1932 &ndash; John Glen, British director
* 1932 &ndash; Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, former Prime Minister of Thailand
* 1935 &ndash; Don Bragg, American pole vaulter
* 1935 &ndash; Akihiro Miwa, Japanese singer, actor, director and composer
* 1935 &ndash; Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
* 1936 &ndash; Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian–American actress and singer
* 1936 &ndash; Wavy Gravy, American activist
* 1936 &ndash; Ralph Steadman, British caricaturist, cartoonist and illustrator
* 1937 &ndash; Madeleine Albright, 64th United States Secretary of State (d. 2022)
* 1937 &ndash; Ted Dabney, American electrical engineer (d. 2018)
* 1937 &ndash; Trini Lopez, American singer and actor
* 1938 &ndash; Mireille Darc, French actress (d. 2017)
* 1940 &ndash; Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach
* 1940 &ndash; Roger Ailes, American television executive (Fox News) (d. 2017)
* 1942 &ndash; Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland
* 1942 &ndash; Lois Johnson, American country music singer (d. 2014)
* 1942 &ndash; Jusuf Kalla, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
* 1942 &ndash; Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania
* 1943 &ndash; Pierre Bégin, Canadian politician 
* 1944 &ndash; Ulrich Beck, German sociologist (d. 2015)
* 1945 &ndash; Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Portuguese nobleman
* 1946 &ndash; Aly Bain, Scottish fiddler
* 1947 &ndash; Paulo de Carvalho, Portuguese singer
* 1948 &ndash; Valentina Gerasimova, Kazakhstani middle–distance runner
* 1948 &ndash; Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
* 1948 &ndash; Kathleen Sebelius, American politician

### 1951 &ndash; 1975 
* 1951 &ndash; Frank Wilczek, American mathematician and physicist
* 1951 &ndash; Dennis Frederiksen, American musician (d. 2014)
* 1952 &ndash; Chazz Palminteri, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
* 1952 &ndash; Phil Seymour, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1993)
* 1953 &ndash; Mike Oldfield, British musician
* 1953 &ndash; Franco Selvaggi, Italian footballer
* 1953 &ndash; Amy Holland, American actress
* 1953 &ndash; George Brett, American baseball player
* 1955 &ndash; Claudia Roth, German politician
* 1955 &ndash; El Gran Wyoming, Spanish humorist, actor, musician, writer and presenter
* 1955 &ndash; Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (d. 2013)
* 1955 &ndash; Lia Vissi, Greek singer
* 1957 &ndash; Meg Gardiner, American crime fiction writer
* 1957 &ndash; Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque politician
* 1957 &ndash; John Mason, Scottish politician
* 1959 &ndash; Beverly Jo Scott, American–Belgian singer-songwriter
* 1959 &ndash; Ronald Pofalla, German politician
* 1961 &ndash; Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (d. 2002)
* 1963 &ndash; Brenda Bakke, American actress
* 1963 &ndash; Grant Heslov, American actor and producer
* 1964 &ndash; Lars Lokke Rasmussen, 40th Prime Minister of Denmark
* 1966 &ndash; Gianluca Buonanno, Italian politician (d. 2016)
* 1966 &ndash; Orla Guerin, Irish journalist
* 1966 &ndash; Greg Wise, English actor and producer
* 1967 &ndash; Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
* 1967 &ndash; Orlando Zapata, Cuban activist (d. 2010)
* 1968 &ndash; Seth Putnam, American musician (d. 2011)
* 1968 &ndash; Sophie Raworth, British journalist and broadcaster
* 1968 &ndash; Cecilia Malmström, Swedish politician
* 1970 &ndash; Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer
* 1970 &ndash; Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer
* 1970 &ndash; Saira Khan, English businesswoman
* 1972 &ndash; Danny Alexander, Scottish politician
* 1972 &ndash; David Charvet, French actor and singer
* 1972 &ndash; André Segatti, Brazilian actor and model
* 1974 &ndash; Vassilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player and politician

### From 1976 
* 1976 &ndash; Jacek Krzynowek, Polish footballer
* 1978 &ndash; Eduardo César Gaspar, Brazilian footballer
* 1978 &ndash; David Krumholtz, American actor
* 1979 &ndash; Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
* 1979 &ndash; Li Yanfeng, Chinese discus thrower
* 1979 &ndash; Dominic Scott, Irish guitarist
* 1979 &ndash; Renato Dirnei Florencio, Brazilian footballer
* 1980 &ndash; Josh Beckett, American baseball player
* 1981 &ndash; Patrice Evra, French footballer
* 1981 &ndash; Zara Phillips, British royal and equestrian
* 1981 &ndash; Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
* 1981 &ndash; Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
* 1982 &ndash; Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter
* 1982 &ndash; Jessica Sutta, American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress (Pussycat Dolls)
* 1984 &ndash; Alex Brooker, English comedian and television presenter
* 1985 &ndash; Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
* 1986 &ndash; Matias Fernandez, Chilean footballer
* 1986 &ndash; Adam Moffat, Scottish footballer 
* 1987 &ndash; Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
* 1987 &ndash; Leonardo Mayer, Argentine tennis player
* 1988 &ndash; Jessica Falkholt, Australian actress (d. 2018)
* 1989 &ndash; James Holland, Australian footballer
* 1989 &ndash; Sunny, American–South Korean singer, dancer and actress (Girls' Generation)
* 1990 &ndash; Lee Jong-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor
* 1991 &ndash; Jennifer Hof, German model
* 1993 &ndash; Mahfizur Rahman Sagor, Bangladeshi swimmer
* 1995 &ndash; Ksenia Sitnik, Belarussian singer
* 1996 &ndash; Birdy, English singer
* 1997 &ndash; Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer

## Deaths 
### Up to 1900 
* 392 &ndash; Valentinian II, Roman emperor (b. 371)
* 1036 &ndash; Emperor Go-Ichijo of Japan
* 1157 &ndash; Yuri Dolgorukiy, Russian prince (b. 1099)
* 1470 &ndash; Charles VIII of Sweden
* 1585 &ndash; Niwa Nagahide, Japanese retainer, samurai, and daimyo (b. 1535)
* 1609 &ndash; Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)
* 1634 &ndash; Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
* 1700 &ndash; John Hale, American minister (b. 1636)
* 1740 &ndash; Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
* 1782 &ndash; Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
* 1845 &ndash; Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican statesman (b. 1800)
* 1879 &ndash; Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator (b. 1803)
* 1886 &ndash; Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)

### 1901 &ndash; 2000 
* 1919 &ndash; Hasan Tahsan, Turkish nationalist journalist (b. 1888)
* 1924 &ndash; Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician (b. 1852)
* 1928 &ndash; Umegatani Totaro, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1845)
* 1932 &ndash; Inukai Tsuyoshi, Prime Minister of Japan
* 1935 &ndash; Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian–Russian painter (b. 1878)
* 1937 &ndash; Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
* 1945 &ndash; Charles Williams, British writer, poet and critic (b. 1886)
* 1945 &ndash; Kenneth J. Alford, British composer (b. 1881)
* 1948 &ndash; Father Edward Flanagan, priest, founder of Boys Town
* 1956 &ndash; Austin Osman Spare, magician (b. 1886)
* 1967 &ndash; Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
* 1969 &ndash; Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
* 1971 &ndash; Sir Tyrone Guthrie, director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
* 1978 &ndash; Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
* 1980 &ndash; Johann Hafstein, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1915)
* 1984 &ndash; Francis Schaeffer, American theologian, philosopher and pastor (b. 1912)
* 1986 &ndash; Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (b. 1958)
* 1986 &ndash; Theodore H. White, writer (b. 1915)
* 1991 &ndash; Ronald Lacey, English actor (b. 1935)
* 1993 &ndash; Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)
* 1994 &ndash; Gilbert Roland, Mexican actor (b. 1904)
* 1995 &ndash; Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928)
* 1996 &ndash; Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)
* 1998 &ndash; Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
* 1998 &ndash; Naim Talu, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)

### From 2001 
* 2003 &ndash; June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)
* 2003 &ndash; George Francis, British mobster
* 2003 &ndash; Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist
* 2005 &ndash; Les Bartley, National Lacrosse League coach (b. 1954)
* 2007 &ndash; Jerry Falwell, American pastor (b. 1933)
* 2007 &ndash; Yolanda King, American activist (b. 1955)
* 2008 &ndash; Astrid Zachrison, Swedish supercentenarian, oldest Swedish person on record (b. 1895)
* 2008 &ndash; Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
* 2009 &ndash; Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player (b. 1964)
* 2010 &ndash; Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Vice President of India (b. 1923)
* 2010 &ndash; John Shepherd-Barron, Scottish inventor (b. 1925)
* 2010 &ndash; Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
* 2011 &ndash; Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan runner (b. 1986)
* 2012 &ndash; Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer (b. 1928)
* 2012 &ndash; Zakaria Mohieddin, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1918)
* 2013 &ndash; Henrique Rosa, acting President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1946)
* 2014 &ndash; Jean-Luc Dehaene, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
* 2015 &ndash; Corey Hill, American mixed martial artist (b. 1978)
* 2015 &ndash; Carlos Maggi, Uruguayan writer (b. 1922)
* 2015 &ndash; John Stephenson, American actor (b. 1923)
* 2015 &ndash; Garo Yepremian, Cypriot–born American football player (b. 1944)
* 2015 &ndash; Donald Wrye, American film director (b. 1934)
* 2015 &ndash; Jackie Brookner, American artist (b. 1945)
* 2016 &ndash; Erika Berger, German television presenter and writer (b. 1930)
* 2016 &ndash; Clovis Maksoud, American diplomat, journalist and educator (b. 1926)
* 2016 &ndash; Cauby Peixoto, Brazilian singer and actor (b. 1931)
* 2016 &ndash; Michael Roberds, Canadian actor (b. 1964)
* 2016 &ndash; Marion Tournon-Branly, French architect (b. 1924)
* 2017 &ndash; Karl-Otto Apel, German philosopher (b. 1922)
* 2017 &ndash; Chu Ke-liang, Taiwanese actor (b. 1946)
* 2017 &ndash; Nasser Givehchi, Iranian wrestler (b. 1932)
* 2017 &ndash; Neil Rolde, American historian and politician (b. 1931)
* 2017 &ndash; Oleg Vidov, Russian–American actor (b. 1943)
* 2017 &ndash; Ian Brady, British serial killer (Moors murders) (b. 1938)
* 2017 &ndash; Thomas James Kinsman, American soldier (b. 1945)
* 2017 &ndash; Bob Kuzava, American baseball player (b. 1923)
* 2018 &ndash; Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer (b. 1981)
* 2018 &ndash; Ray Wilson, English footballer (b. 1934)

## Observances 
* International Day of conscientious objectors
* Independence Day (Paraguay)
* Nakba Day (Palestinian Community)
* Army Day (Slovenia)
* Teacher's Day (Mexico and South Korea)
* Constituent Assembly Day (Lithuania)