May 17

## Events 
### Up to 1900 
* 1395 &ndash; In the Battle of Rovine, Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman Empire army.
* 1521 &ndash; Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham is executed for treason.
* 1536 &ndash; George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason in England.
* 1590 &ndash; Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
* 1642 &ndash; Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (1612 – 1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
* 1673 &ndash; Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
* 1697 &ndash; The Tre Kronor castle in Stockholm is almost completely destroyed by fire.
* 1724 &ndash; The Krafla volcano in Iceland erupts, creating the Viti crater.
* 1775 &ndash; American Revolutionary War: The Continental Congress bans trade with Canada.
* 1792 &ndash; The New York Stock Exchange is formed.
* 1808 &ndash; Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
* 1814 &ndash; Norway gets its own Constitution.
* 1814 &ndash; Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian.
* 1846 &ndash; The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax.
* 1849 &ndash; A large fire almost completely destroys Saint Louis, Missouri.
* 1861 &ndash; Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell demonstrates the first color photograph, an image of a tartan ribbon.
* 1863 &ndash; Rosalía de Castro publishes *Cantares Gallegos,* her first book in the Galician language.
* 1865 &ndash; The International Telegraph Union (the later International Telecommunication Union) is established.
* 1875 &ndash; Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby.
* 1884 &ndash; The "Department of Alaska" is renamed "District of Alaska".
* 1900 &ndash; Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.

### 1901 &ndash; 2000 
* 1902 &ndash; Archaeologist Spyridon Stais finds the Antikythera mechanism.
* 1914 &ndash; The Protocol of Corfu is signed.
* 1915 &ndash; The last British Liberal Party government (Herbert Henry Asquith) falls.
* 1919 &ndash; Committee of One Thousand forms to oppose Winnipeg General Strike.
* 1928 &ndash; The 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam begin.
* 1933 &ndash; Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national–socialist party of Norway.
* 1940 &ndash; World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
* 1940 &ndash; World War II: The German Luftwaffe bombs the city of Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands.
* 1943 &ndash; World War II: Surviving RAF Dam Busters return.
* 1943 &ndash; The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the ENIAC.
* 1944 &ndash; Type IX U-boat: *U-884* is launched.
* 1954 &ndash; The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in *Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas*.
* 1967 &ndash; Six-Day War: President Abdul Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace–keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
* 1969 &ndash; Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
* 1970 &ndash; Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat *Ra II* to sail the Atlantic Ocean.
* 1973 &ndash; Watergate scandal: Hearings begin in the United States Senate and are televised.
* 1974 &ndash; Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
* 1974 &ndash; Thirty–three people are killed by terrorist bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland.
* 1980 &ndash; General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
* 1980 &ndash; On the eve of Presidential elections, Maoist Guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in the town of Chuschi, Ayacucho, Peru, beginning the internal conflict in Peru.
* 1983 &ndash; Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
* 1984 &ndash; Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.
* 1987 &ndash; Iran-Iraq War: The USS *Stark* (FFG-31) is struck by a missile from an Iraqi Mirage fighter killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
* 1990 &ndash; The World Health Organization removed homosexuality from ICD – the origin of the International Day Against Homophobia.
* 1992 &ndash; In Thailand, the so–called Black May begins. Thai police and protestors start attacking one another. By midnight, the current Thai government declares a state of emergency, and military troops with M–16 rifles open fire.
* 1994 &ndash; The first multi–party elections in Malawi are held.
* 1995 &ndash; After 18 years as the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac takes office as President of France.
* 1997 &ndash; Troops of Laurent Kabila enter Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
* 1999 &ndash; Ehud Barak is elected Prime Minister of Israel.
* 2000 &ndash; Arsenal FC and Galatasaray fans clash before the UEFA Cup final in Copenhagen. Galatasaray wins 4–1 to become the first Turkish football team to win a major European trophy.

### From 2001 
* 2002 &ndash; Legoland Germany opens in Günzburg, Germany.
* 2003 &ndash; Mozilla Firefox. Browser renamed from *Phoenix* to *Firebird*.
* 2004 &ndash; Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Massachusetts.
* 2005 &ndash; Reverend Clarence Silva of Oakland is appointed fifth Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii.
* 2006 &ndash; Aircraft carrier "USS Oriskany" is sunk off the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
* 2007 &ndash; Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test–run agreed by both governments.
* 2010 &ndash; Portugal legalizes same-sex marriage.
* 2011 &ndash; Elizabeth II makes a historic state visit to the Republic of Ireland.
* 2014 &ndash; Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia both declare a State of Emergency after experiencing their worst flooding in over 100 years, killing at least 25 people.
* 2014 &ndash; A plane crash in Northern Laos kills 17 people.
* 2015 &ndash; Nine people are killed in a shoot–out between two biker gangs in Waco, Texas.
* 2016 &ndash; Christian Kern succeeds Werner Faymann as Chancellor of Austria.
* 2018 &ndash; Quim Torra is sworn in as President of Catalonia.

## Births 
### Up to 1900 
* 1155 &ndash; Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)
* 1443 &ndash; Edmund, Earl of Rutland (d. 1460)
* 1550 &ndash; Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Italian nobleman (d. 1540)
* 1628 &ndash; Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol and Further Austria
* 1682 &ndash; Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
* 1732 &ndash; Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1817)
* 1743 &ndash; Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784)
* 1749 &ndash; Edward Jenner, British inventor of the vaccine (d. 1823)
* 1758 &ndash; John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839)
* 1763 &ndash; Pierre Adet, French physician and chemist (d. 1834)
* 1768 &ndash; Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales (d. 1821)
* 1791 &ndash; Silas H. Jennison, Governor of Vermont (d. 1849)
* 1794 &ndash; Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (d. 1860)
* 1821 &ndash; Sebastian Kneipp, naturopathist (d. 1897)
* 1836 &ndash; Wilhelm Steinitz, chess player (d. 1900)
* 1836 &ndash; Norman Lockyer, British scientist and astronomer (d. 1920)
* 1842 &ndash; August Thyssen, German industrialist (d. 1926)
* 1844 &ndash; Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)
* 1845 &ndash; Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (d. 1902)
* 1860 &ndash; Austin Lane Crothers, Governor of Maryland (d. 1912)
* 1866 &ndash; Erik Satie, French composer (d. 1925)
* 1868 &ndash; Horace Elgin Dodge, American automobile manufacturer (d. 1920)
* 1873 &ndash; Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (d. 1935)
* 1873 &ndash; Dorothy Richardson, English feminist writer (d. 1957)
* 1879 &ndash; Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (d. 1926)
* 1886 &ndash; King Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941)
* 1888 &ndash; Tich Freeman, record–breaking Kent leg–spinner (d. 1965)
* 1889 &ndash; Dorothy Gibson, American actress (d. 1946)
* 1891 &ndash; Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (d. 1959)
* 1895 &ndash; Mary Josephine Ray, Canadian–American supercentenarian (d. 2010)
* 1897 &ndash; Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist (d. 1981)
* 1898 &ndash; Alfred Joseph Casson, painter (d. 1992)
* 1900 &ndash; Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (d. 1989)

### 1901 &ndash; 1950 
* 1901 &ndash; Werner Egk, German composer (d. 1983)
* 1902 &ndash; Khuang Abhaiwongse, Thai politician (d. 1968)
* 1903 &ndash; Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player (d. 1991)
* 1904 &ndash; Jean Gabin, actor (d. 1976)
* 1906 &ndash; Zinka Milanov, Croatian opera soprano (d. 1989)
* 1911 &ndash; Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish–born supermodel (d. 1992)
* 1911 &ndash; Maureen O'Sullivan, actress (d. 1998)
* 1912 &ndash; Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
* 1912 &ndash; Ace Parker, American football player (d. 2013)
* 1912 &ndash; Percy Young, British composer (d. 2004)
* 1913 &ndash; Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver (d. 2007)
* 1913 &ndash; Waldemar de Brito, Brazilian footballer (d. 1979)
* 1914 &ndash; Chang Ch'ung-ho, Chinese–American poet, educator and singer (d. 2015)
* 1917 &ndash; Boris Schnaiderman, Ukrainian–Brazilian translator, writer and essayist (d. 2016)
* 1918 &ndash; Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (d. 2005)
* 1919 &ndash; Merle Miller, Presidential biographer (d. 1986)
* 1919 &ndash; Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer, actor, movie producer and screenwriter (d. 2007)
* 1921 &ndash; Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (d. 2003)
* 1921 &ndash; Dennis Brain, English French horn player (d. 1957)
* 1922 &ndash; Antje Weisgerber, German actress (d. 2004)
* 1924 &ndash; Hannes Messemer, actor (d. 1991)
* 1925 &ndash; Michel de Certeau, French Jesuit and scholar (d. 1986)
* 1926 &ndash; David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer
* 1926 &ndash; Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian actor (d. 2014)
* 1931 &ndash; Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader, Heaven's Gate (d. 1997)
* 1932 &ndash; Rodric Braithwaite, English diplomat
* 1932 &ndash; Miloslav Vlk, Czech cardinal (d. 2017)
* 1933 &ndash; Thérèse Steinmetz, Dutch singer and painter
* 1934 &ndash; Ronald Wayne, American Apple Inc. co–founder
* 1934 &ndash; Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel, German politician
* 1934 &ndash; Earl Morrall, American baseball player (d. 2014)
* 1935 &ndash; Dennis Potter, English writer (d. 1994)
* 1936 &ndash; Dennis Hopper, American actor, director (d. 2010)
* 1936 &ndash; Philippe Boesmans, Belgian composer
* 1936 &ndash; Lars Gustafsson, Swedish writer and philosopher (d. 2016)
* 1937 &ndash; Hazel R. O'Leary, United States Secretary of Energy
* 1940 &ndash; Alan Kay, American computer scientist
* 1941 &ndash; Ben Nelson, 40th Governor of Nebraska
* 1941 &ndash; Grace Zabriskie, American actress
* 1942 &ndash; Taj Mahal, American singer and guitarist
* 1943 &ndash; Alexander Lenkov, Russian actor (d. 2014)
* 1944 &ndash; Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
* 1944 &ndash; David Kelly, British weapons expert (d. 2003)
* 1945 &ndash; Tony Roche, Australian tennis player
* 1945 &ndash; B. S. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer
* 1946 &ndash; Udo Lindenberg, German  musician
* 1948 &ndash; Dick Gaughan, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer
* 1948 &ndash; Winfried Kretschmann, German politician
* 1949 &ndash; Andrew Latimer, British musician
* 1949 &ndash; Bill Bruford, British drummer and songwriter
* 1950 &ndash; Janez Drnovšek, Slovene politician (d. 2008)
* 1950 &ndash; Alan Johnson, British politician
* 1950 &ndash; Howard Ashman, American playwright and lyricist (d. 1991)
* 1950 &ndash; Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian politician (d. 2014)

### 1951 &ndash; 1975 
* 1951 &ndash; Simon Hughes, British politician
* 1953 &ndash; Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan
* 1953 &ndash; Luca Prodan, Italian–Argentine singer-songwriter
* 1954 &ndash; Dame Patsy Reddy, 21st Governor-General of New Zealand
* 1954 &ndash; David Zippel, American lyricist
* 1955 &ndash; Bill Paxton, American actor (d. 2017)
* 1956 &ndash; Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
* 1956 &ndash; Annise Parker, American politician
* 1956 &ndash; Bob Saget, actor (d. 2022)
* 1957 &ndash; Peter Hoeg, Danish writer
* 1958 &ndash; Paul Di'Anno, English singer
* 1958 &ndash; Paul Whitehouse, Welsh actor, writer and comedian
* 1958 &ndash; Ivor Bolton, British conductor
* 1959 &ndash; Jim Nantz, American broadcaster
* 1960 &ndash; Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter, actor and producer
* 1960 &ndash; Simon Fuller, Cypriot–English talent manager and producer
* 1961 &ndash; Enya, Irish singer
* 1962 &ndash; Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer
* 1962 &ndash; Craig Ferguson, Scottish–American comedian, actor and television host
* 1962 &ndash; Alan Johnston, Scottish journalist
* 1963 &ndash; Jon Koncak, American basketball player
* 1963 &ndash; Taimo Toonast, Estonian opera singer
* 1965 &ndash; Jeremy Vine, British broadcaster
* 1965 &ndash; Trent Reznor, American singer, songwriter ("Nine Inch Nails")
* 1966 &ndash; Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (d. 2003)
* 1966 &ndash; Hill Harper, American actor
* 1967 &ndash; Joseph M. Acaba, American astronaut
* 1967 &ndash; Paul D'Amour, American bass player and author
* 1967 &ndash; Mohamed Nasheed, former President of the Maldives
* 1970 &ndash; Jordan Knight, American singer-songwriter
* 1970 &ndash; Angelica Agurbash, Belarussian singer
* 1970 &ndash; Jeremy Browne, English politician
* 1971 &ndash; Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, Queen Consort of the Netherlands
* 1971 &ndash; Shaun Hart, Australian rules footballer
* 1971 &ndash; Gina Raimondo, American politician, 75th Governor of Rhode Island
* 1973 &ndash; Sasha Alexander, American actress
* 1974 &ndash; Andrea Corr, Irish singer (The Corrs)
* 1974 &ndash; Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor
* 1975 &ndash; Jonti Picking, internet cartoonist
* 1975 &ndash; Laura Voutilainen, Finnish singer

### From 1976 
* 1976 &ndash; Leehom Wang, American–Taiwanese singer–songwriter, actor, producer and director
* 1978 &ndash; Paddy Kenny, Irish footballer
* 1979 &ndash; David Jarolim, Czech footballer
* 1979 &ndash; Jimmie Akesson, Swedish politician
* 1980 &ndash; Juan Arango, Venezuelan footballer
* 1980 &ndash; Dallas Taylor, American singer, songwriter and musician
* 1981 &ndash; Cosma Shiva Hagen, German actress
* 1981 &ndash; Leon Osman, English footballer
* 1982 &ndash; Tony Parker, French–American basketball player
* 1982 &ndash; Clarence Goodson, American soccer player
* 1982 &ndash; Chloe Smith, British politician
* 1982 &ndash; Matt Cassel, American football player
* 1982 &ndash; Reiko Nakamura, Japanese swimmer
* 1983 &ndash; Channing Frye, American basketball player
* 1984 &ndash; Christine Ohuruogu, English athlete
* 1984 &ndash; Passenger, English singer and composer
* 1984 &ndash; Igor Denisov, Russian footballer
* 1984 &ndash; Teófilo Gutiérrez, Colombian footballer
* 1986 &ndash; Amy Gumenick, Swedish–born American actress
* 1986 &ndash; Bojan Jokic, Slovenian footballer
* 1986 &ndash; Jodie Taylor, English footballer
* 1987 &ndash; Evald Boasson Hagen, Norwegian cyclist
* 1987 &ndash; Ott Lepland, Estonian singer
* 1988 &ndash; Nikki Reed, American actress
* 1989 &ndash; Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer
* 1989 &ndash; Sarah Hargreaves, Danish–British handball player
* 1990 &ndash; Leven Rambin, American actress
* 1991 &ndash; Johanna Konta, Australian–born British tennis player
* 1991 &ndash; Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor
* 1996 &ndash; Ryan Ochoa, American actor

## Deaths 
### Up to 1900 
* 290 &ndash; Emperor Wu of Jin of China (b. 236)
* 1189 &ndash; Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)
* 1336 &ndash; Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)
* 1365 &ndash; Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)
* 1510 &ndash; Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445)
* 1521 &ndash; Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1748)
* 1536 &ndash; George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford
* 1551 &ndash; Shin Saimdang, Korean writer, artist and poet (b. 1504)
* 1575 &ndash; Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1504)
* 1626 &ndash; Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570)
* 1643 &ndash; Giovanni Picchi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1571)
* 1727 &ndash; Catherine I of Russia (b. 1683 or 1684)
* 1729 &ndash; Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (b. 1675)
* 1765 &ndash; Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713)
* 1809 &ndash; Leon Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
* 1822 &ndash; Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French–Russian statesman (b. 1766)
* 1829 &ndash; John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
* 1838 &ndash; Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754)
* 1838 &ndash; René Caillié, French explorer (b. 1799)
* 1839 &ndash; Archibald Alison, Scottish writer (b. 1757)
* 1860 &ndash; Martin Kukučín, Slovak writer (b. 1757)
* 1870 &ndash; David Octavius Hill, Scottish artist and photographer (b. 1802)
* 1875 &ndash; John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)
* 1880 &ndash; Ziya Pasha, Ottoman writer and translator (b. 1826)
* 1886 &ndash; John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804)
* 1888 &ndash; Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820)

### 1901 &ndash; 2000 
* 1911 &ndash; Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German–American businessman (b. 1836)
* 1916 &ndash; Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (b. 1862)
* 1917 &ndash; Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829)
* 1919 &ndash; Guido von List, German occultist and writer (b. 1848)
* 1923 &ndash; Thomas Scott Baldwin, American balloonist and aviation pioneer (b. 1854)
* 1935 &ndash; Paul Dukas, French composer (b.1865)
* 1936 &ndash; Panagis Tsaldaris, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868)
* 1943 &ndash; Johanna Elberskirchen, German activist (b. 1864)
* 1946 &ndash; William Jefferson Blythe III, father of U.S. President Bill Clinton (b. 1918)
* 1947 &ndash; George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
* 1947 &ndash; Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
* 1963 &ndash; John Wilce, American football player (b. 1888)
* 1966 &ndash; Randy Turpin, English boxer (b. 1928)
* 1969 &ndash; Josef Beran, Czech cardinal (b. 1888)
* 1985 &ndash; Abe Burrows, songwriter, composer, and writer
* 1987 &ndash; Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist (b. 1898)
* 1992 &ndash; Lawrence Welk, American musician (b. 1903)
* 1995 &ndash; Joe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912)
* 1999 &ndash; Lembit Oll, Estonian chess player (b. 1966)
* 2000 &ndash; Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909)

### From 2001 
* 2002 &ndash; Dave Berg, cartoonist (b. 1920)
* 2002 &ndash; Sharon Sheeley, songwriter (b. 1940)
* 2002 &ndash; Davey Boy Smith, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
* 2004 &ndash; Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920)
* 2004 &ndash; Jørgen Nash, artist (b. 1920)
* 2004 &ndash; Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council
* 2005 &ndash; Frank Gorshin, actor (b. 1934)
* 2007 &ndash; Lloyd Alexander, American writer (b. 1924)
* 2009 &ndash; Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer (b. 1920)
* 2010 &ndash; Khattiya Sawasdipol, Thai general (b. 1951)
* 2010 &ndash; Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian singer (b. 1925)
* 2010 &ndash; Yvonne Loriod, French pianist (b. 1924)
* 2011 &ndash; Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (b. 1936)
* 2012 &ndash; Gideon Ezra, Israeli politician (b. 1937)
* 2012 &ndash; Donna Summer, American disco singer (b. 1948)
* 2013 &ndash; Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentine military leader (b. 1925)
* 2013 &ndash; Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
* 2013 &ndash; Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (b. 1973)
* 2013 &ndash; Peter Schulz, German politician, Mayor of Hamburg (b. 1930)
* 2014 &ndash; Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist (b. 1929)
* 2014 &ndash; Miss Beazley, pet dog of George W. Bush (b. 2004)
* 2015 &ndash; Chinx, American rapper (b. 1983)
* 2015 &ndash; Margaret Dunning, American philanthropist (b. 1910)
* 2015 &ndash; Michael Alfred Peszke, Polish–born American psychiatrist and historian (b. 1932)
* 2016 &ndash; Guy Clark, American folk singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
* 2016 &ndash; Benjamin de Roo, Dutch–Australian gymnast (b. 1940)
* 2017 &ndash; Viktor Gorbatko, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1934)
* 2017 &ndash; Roxcy Bolton, American activist (b. 1926)
* 2017 &ndash; Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician, First Minister of Wales (b. 1939)
* 2017 &ndash; Chris Cornell, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (b. 1964)
* 2018 &ndash; Nicole Fontaine, French lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
* 2018 &ndash; Richard Pipes, Polish–American academic and political expert (b. 1923)
* 2018 &ndash; Mehdi Tabatabaei, Iranian politician (b. 1936)
* 2019 &ndash; Rallapalli, Indian actor (b. 1945)
* 2019 &ndash; Eduardo A. Roca, Argentine diplomat (b. 1921)
* 2019 &ndash; Kadavoor Sivadasan, Indian politician and trade unionist (b. 1932)
* 2019 &ndash; Herman Wouk, American author (b. 1915)

## Observances 
* Constitution Day, National Day of Norway
* Constitution Day (Nauru)
* Liberation Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* Navy Day (Argentina)
* International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
* National Famine Memorial Day (Republic of Ireland)
* World Information Society Day
* Galician Literature Day