May 16

## Events 
### Up to 1900 
* 218 &ndash; Elagabalus is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
* 1204 &ndash; Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
* 1527 &ndash; The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re–establishes a republic.
* 1532 &ndash; Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
* 1568 &ndash; Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
* 1584 &ndash; Santiago de Vera becomes the 6th Governor–General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
* 1605 &ndash; Paul V becomes Pope.
* 1702 &ndash; The city of Uppsala in Sweden is destroyed by fire.
* 1770 &ndash; 14–year old Marie Antoinette marries 15–year–old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
* 1771 &ndash; Battle of Alamance, a pre–American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called the "Regulators" occurs in present–day Alamance County, North Carolina.
* 1777 &ndash; Lachlan McIntosh and Button Gwinnett shoot each other during a duel near Savannah, Georgia. Gwinnett, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, dies three days later.
* 1811 &ndash; Peninsular War: Spain, the UK and Portugal defeat France in the Battle of Albuera.
* 1812 &ndash; Russian field marshal Mikhail Kutuzov signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. Bessarabia, mainly covering present–day Moldova, is annexed by Imperial Russia.
* 1843 &ndash; The first major wagon train heading for the Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.
* 1863 &ndash; American Civil War: Battle of Champion Hill – Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant defeat Confederate forces under John C. Pemberton.
* 1866 &ndash; The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel (coin).
* 1866 &ndash; Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.
* 1868 &ndash; President Andrew Johnson is acquitted during his impeachment trial, by one vote in the United States Senate.
* 1874 &ndash; A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys most of four villages, killing 139 people.
* 1887 &ndash; In Washington, DC, Emil Berliner demonstrates the gramophone.
* 1888 &ndash; Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electrical power over long distances.

### 1901 &ndash; 2000 
* 1910 &ndash; The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
* 1918 &ndash; The Sedition Act is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government a jailable offense.
* 1919 &ndash; United States Navy Naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
* 1920 &ndash; In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint.
* 1929 &ndash; In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.
* 1932 &ndash; On the return from its first voyage, French luxury steamer *Georges Philippar* catches fire in the Gulf of Aden, killing 54 people.
* 1938 &ndash; A fire at the Terminal Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, kills 35 people.
* 1943 &ndash; The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
* 1943 &ndash; World War II: The Dambuster Raids by RAF 617 Squadron on German dams.
* 1948 &ndash; Chaim Weizmann is elected as the first President of Israel.
* 1960 &ndash; Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from US President Dwight D. Eisenhower for U-2 spy plane flights over the Soviet Union thus ending a Big Four summit in Paris.
* 1960 &ndash; Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser.
* 1961 &ndash; Park Chung-hee leads a coup in South Korea.
* 1966 &ndash; Two extremely influential rock albums are released on the same day: Bob Dylan's *Blonde on Blonde *and The Beach Boys' *Pet Sounds.*
* 1969 &ndash; Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
* 1974 &ndash; Helmut Schmidt is chosen to succeed Willy Brandt as Chancellor of Germany.
* 1975 &ndash; India annexes Sikkim after the mountain state held a referendum where popular vote was in favour of merging with India.
* 1975 &ndash; Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
* 1983 &ndash; The Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
* 1988 &ndash; A report by American Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
* 1991 &ndash; Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom becomes the first monarch to speak in front of the United States Congress.
* 1992 &ndash; STS-49: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands safely after a successful maiden voyage.
* 1995 &ndash; The leader of Aum Shinrikyo, Shoko Asahara, is arrested for his role in the Sarin Gas Attack on the Tokyo subway.
* 1997 &ndash; Zaire leader Mobutu Sese Seko flees the country. Soon after, the country is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

### From 2001 
* 2002 &ndash; *Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones* opens in cinemas.
* 2003 &ndash; Four suicide bombs explode in Casablanca, Morocco, killing over 40 people.
* 2005 &ndash; *Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith* premieres in London.
* 2005 &ndash; Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
* 2005 &ndash; Sony's *PlayStation 3* video game console is shown at a press conference (E3).
* 2007 &ndash; Nicolas Sarkozy becomes President of France, succeeding Jacques Chirac.
* 2007 &ndash; Alex Salmond becomes First Minister of Scotland. He is the first leader of the Scottish National Party to take this post.
* 2009 &ndash; In Moscow, Alexander Rybak wins the 54th Eurovision Song Contest for Norway, scoring a record number of points under the then–existing scoring system, 387.
* 2011 &ndash; The final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour begins.
* 2013 &ndash; The Spanish language Wikipedia passes the milestone of a million articles.
* 2014 &ndash; The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, under Narendra Modi, wins India's elections, achieving an overall parliamentary majority and defeating the ruling Indian National Congress.

## Births 
### Up to 1900 
* 1418 &ndash; John II of Cyprus (died 1458)
* 1490 &ndash; Albert of Prussia, first duke of Prussia (died 1568)
* 1540 &ndash; Paschal Baylon, Spanish friar and saint (died 1592)
* 1578 &ndash; Everard Digby, English conspirator (died 1606)
* 1611 &ndash; Pope Innocent XI (died 1689)
* 1641 &ndash; Dudley North, English economist and politician (died 1691)
* 1678 &ndash; Andreas Silbermann, organ builder (died 1734)
* 1710 &ndash; William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (died 1782)
* 1718 &ndash; Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (died 1799)
* 1763 &ndash; Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French chemist (died 1829)
* 1776 &ndash; Luigi Lambruschini, Italian cardinal (died 1854)
* 1788 &ndash; Friedrich Rückert, German poet, translator and orientalist (died 1866)
* 1801 &ndash; William H. Seward, 24th United States Secretary of State and 12th Governor of New York (died 1872)
* 1805 &ndash; Alexander Burnes, Scottish explorer (died 1841)
* 1819 &ndash; Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (died 1890)
* 1821 &ndash; Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (died 1894)
* 1824 &ndash; Levi P. Morton, 22nd Vice President of the United States and 31st Governor of New York (died 1920)
* 1827 &ndash; Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect (died 1921)
* 1827 &ndash; Norman Jay Coleman, American politician (died 1911)
* 1831 &ndash; David Edward Hughes, British inventor and musician (died 1900)
* 1834 &ndash; Hobart B. Bigelow, Governor of Connecticut (died 1891)
* 1845 &ndash; Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian biologist, won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1916)
* 1849 &ndash; Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, British statesman (died 1917)
* 1882 &ndash; Anne McCormick, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner (died 1954)
* 1883 &ndash; Celal Bayar, President of Turkey (died 1986)
* 1886 &ndash; Ernest Burgess, sociologist (died 1966)
* 1887 &ndash; Jakob van Hoddis, German poet (died 1942)
* 1888 &ndash; Royal Raymond Rife, American inventor (died 1971)
* 1891 &ndash; Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (died 1948)
* 1897 &ndash; Zvi Ziternik, Israeli entomologist (died 1994)
* 1898 &ndash; Tamara de Lempicka, Polish painter (died 1980)
* 1898 &ndash; Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese movie director (died 1956)

### 1901 &ndash; 1950 
* 1905 &ndash; Henry Fonda, American actor (died 1982)
* 1906 &ndash; Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer, diplomat and politician (died 2001)
* 1909 &ndash; Margaret Sullavan, American actress (died 1960)
* 1910 &ndash; Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (died 1972)
* 1910 &ndash; Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator, uncle of Emperor Akihito (died 2014)
* 1910 &ndash; Luigi Villoresi, Italian racing driver (died 1997)
* 1912 &ndash; Studs Terkel, American writer (died 2008)
* 1913 &ndash; Woody Herman, American musician and band leader (died 1987)
* 1913 &ndash; Sebastiano Baggio, Italian cardinal (died 1993)
* 1914 &ndash; Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009)
* 1915 &ndash; Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2010)
* 1916 &ndash; Ephraim Katzir, Israeli President and scientist (died 2009)
* 1917 &ndash; Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (died 1986)
* 1917 &ndash; George Gaynes, Finnish–American actor (died 2016)
* 1919 &ndash; Liberace, American pianist (died 1987)
* 1919 &ndash; Sik Kok Kwong, Hong Kong Buddhist monk (died 2014)
* 1919 &ndash; Gisela Uhlen, German actress (died 2007)
* 1920 &ndash; Martine Carol, French actress (died 1967)
* 1921 &ndash; Harry Carey, Jr., American actor (died 2012)
* 1923 &ndash; Merton Miller, American economist (died 2000)
* 1924 &ndash; Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (died 2019)
* 1925 &ndash; Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgian singer (died 2010)
* 1925 &ndash; Robert Pierpoint, American journalist (died 2011)
* 1925 &ndash; Nancy Roman, American astronomer (died 2018)
* 1925 &ndash; Nilton Santos, Brazilian footballer (died 2013)
* 1928 &ndash; Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (died 1989)
* 1929 &ndash; John Conyers, American politician (died 2019)
* 1929 &ndash; Adrienne Rich, American poet, writer and feminist (died 2012)
* 1929 &ndash; Friedrich Nowottny, German journalist
* 1929 &ndash; Alberto Terry, Peruvian footballer (died 2006)
* 1929 &ndash; Betty Carter, American singer (died 1998)
* 1931 &ndash; Vujadin Boskov, Serbian footballer (died 2014)
* 1931 &ndash; K. Natwar Singh, Indian politician
* 1931 &ndash; Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut
* 1936 &ndash; Karl Lehmann, German cardinal and theologian (d. 2018)
* 1936 &ndash; Roy Hudd, British radio and television actor
* 1936 &ndash; Manfred Stolpe, German politician
* 1937 &ndash; Yvonne Craig, American actress (d. 2015)
* 1937 &ndash; Antonio Rattin, Argentine footballer
* 1938 &ndash; Edmond Classen, Dutch actor (d. 2014)
* 1940 &ndash; Ole Ernst, Danish actor (d. 2013)
* 1943 &ndash; Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, English politician
* 1943 &ndash; Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany
* 1944 &ndash; Danny Trejo, American actor
* 1944 &ndash; Billy Cobham, American drummer and bandleader
* 1945 &ndash; Carlos Osoro, Archbishop of Valencia
* 1946 &ndash; Robert Fripp, British guitarist
* 1948 &ndash; Emma Georgina Rothschild, British historian
* 1948 &ndash; Judy Finnigan, British TV presenter
* 1948 &ndash; Mariano Gago, Portuguese engineer and politician (d. 2015)
* 1948 &ndash; Jimmy Hood, Scottish politician (d. 2017)
* 1949 &ndash; Karlheinz Hackl, Austrian actor (d. 2014)
* 1950 &ndash; J. Georg Bednorz, German physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1987

### 1951 &ndash; 1975 
* 1951 &ndash; Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
* 1953 &ndash; Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2015)
* 1953 &ndash; Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
* 1954 &ndash; Jónína Leósdóttir, Icelandic writer
* 1954 &ndash; Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
* 1955 &ndash; Olga Korbut, Belarussian gymnast
* 1955 &ndash; Jack Morris, American baseball pitcher
* 1955 &ndash; Hazel O'Connor, British singer
* 1955 &ndash; Debra Winger, American actress
* 1957 &ndash; Bob Suter, American ice hockey player (d. 2014)
* 1957 &ndash; Nigel Twiston-Davies, English horse trainer
* 1958 &ndash; Amp Fiddler, musician (P Funk)
* 1961 &ndash; Sarah Boyack, Scottish politician
* 1961 &ndash; Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor
* 1963 &ndash; Rosie Perez, American actress
* 1964 &ndash; John Salley, American basketball player and actor
* 1964 &ndash; Milton Jones, English comedian
* 1965 &ndash; Danel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist and politician
* 1965 &ndash; Krist Novoselic, American musician, former bassist for Nirvana
* 1966 &ndash; Janet Jackson, American singer
* 1966 &ndash; Thurman Thomas, American football player
* 1969 &ndash; David Boreanaz, American actor
* 1969 &ndash; Steve Lewis, American athlete
* 1969 &ndash; Tucker Carlson, American print and television commentator
* 1969 &ndash; Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Finnish ski jumper
* 1970 &ndash; Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player
* 1972 &ndash; Andrzej Duda, President of Poland
* 1973 &ndash; Tori Spelling, American actress
* 1973 &ndash; Jason Acuña "Wee-Man", American television personality
* 1974 &ndash; Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer
* 1974 &ndash; Adam Richman, American actor and TV presenter (Man v. Food)
* 1974 &ndash; Sonny Sandoval, American singer (P.O.D.)
* 1975 &ndash; Tony Kakko, Finnish singer (Sonata Arctica)
* 1975 &ndash; Tonéx, American singer

### From 1976 
* 1976 &ndash; Christian Califano, French rugby player
* 1977 &ndash; Dolcenera, Italian singer
* 1977 &ndash; Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer
* 1977 &ndash; Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1978 &ndash; David Ford, English singer/songwriter
* 1978 &ndash; Olga Zaitseva, Russian athlete
* 1978 &ndash; Lionel Scaloni, Argentine footballer
* 1979 &ndash; McKenzie Lee, English pornographic actress
* 1980 &ndash; Mikel Alonso, Spanish footballer
* 1980 &ndash; Michael Ryan, American ice hockey player
* 1980 &ndash; Jens Spahn, German politician
* 1981 &ndash; Jim Sturgess, English actor
* 1982 &ndash; Joo Ji Hoon, Korean actor and model
* 1982 &ndash; Łukasz Kubot, Polish tennis player
* 1983 &ndash; Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
* 1983 &ndash; Gordon McRory, Scottish Drummer (The Fratellis)
* 1983 &ndash; Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1984 &ndash; Mickie Knuckles, American female professional wrestler
* 1984 &ndash; Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
* 1984 &ndash; Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2011)
* 1985 &ndash; Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
* 1985 &ndash; Anja Mittag, German footballer
* 1985 &ndash; Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1985 &ndash; Tadayoshi Okura, Japanese singer-songwriter, dancer and actor
* 1986 &ndash; Megan Fox, American actress
* 1986 &ndash; Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
* 1987 &ndash; Olena Khomrova, Ukrainian fencer
* 1990 &ndash; Thomas Sangster, English actor
* 1991 &ndash; Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
* 1993 &ndash; IU, South Korean singer
* 1994 &ndash; Aaron Moores, British Paralympic swimmer
* 1998 &ndash; Ariel Waller, Canadian actress
* 2002 &ndash; Ryan Gravenberch, Dutch footballer

## Deaths 
### Up to 1950 
* 583 &ndash; Saint Brendan, Irish navigator (b. 484)
* 1265 &ndash; Simon Stock, English–French saint (b. 1165)
* 1620 &ndash; William Adams, English navigator and Japanese samurai (born 1564)
* 1669 &ndash; Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect (born 1596)
* 1703 &ndash; Charles Perrault, French writer (born 1628)
* 1782 &ndash; Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (born 1736)
* 1830 &ndash; Joseph Fourier, French scientist (born 1768)
* 1882 &ndash; Reuben Chapman, 13th Governor of Alabama (born 1799)
* 1891 &ndash; Ion C. Bratianu, Romanian statesman (born 1821)
* 1913 &ndash; Louis Perrier, Swiss Federal Councillor (born 1849)
* 1920 &ndash; Levi P. Morton, 22nd Vice President of the United States and 31st Governor of New York (born 1824)
* 1920 &ndash; Joselito, Spanish bullfighter (born 1895)
* 1926 &ndash; Mehmed VI, last Ottoman Sultan (born 1861)
* 1931 &ndash; Emiliano Figueroa, President of Chile (born 1866)
* 1942 &ndash; Bronislaw Malinowski, Polish anthropologist (born 1884)
* 1944 &ndash; George Ade, writer (born 1866)
* 1947 &ndash; Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English chemist, won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1861)
* 1947 &ndash; Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (born 1903)

### 1951 &ndash; 2000 
* 1953 &ndash; Django Reinhardt, Belgian jazz musician (born 1910)
* 1954 &ndash; Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (born 1893)
* 1955 &ndash; James Agee, American writer (born 1909)
* 1957 &ndash; Eliot Ness, American federal agent (born 1903)
* 1963 &ndash; Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet–Russian agent (born 1919)
* 1971 &ndash; Gregoire-Pierre Agagianian, Armenian cardinal (born 1895)
* 1977 &ndash; Modibo Keita, 1st President of Mali (born 1915)
* 1981 &ndash; Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer and bandleader (born 1922)
* 1984 &ndash; Andy Kaufman, American comedian (born 1949)
* 1984 &ndash; Irwin Shaw, American writer (born 1913)
* 1985 &ndash; Margaret Hamilton, American actress (born 1902)
* 1988 &ndash; Charles Keeping, illustrator (born 1924)
* 1989 &ndash; Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and lyricist (born 1939)
* 1990 &ndash; Jim Henson, American puppeteer, creator of the Muppets (born 1936)
* 1990 &ndash; Sammy Davis, Jr., American singer, actor and comedian (born 1925)
* 1993 &ndash; Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1938)
* 1994 &ndash; Alain Cuny, French actor (born 1908)

### From 2001 
* 2002 &ndash; Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (born 1968)
* 2003 &ndash; Mark McCormack, American sports business pioneer, founder of IMG (born 1930)
* 2008 &ndash; Robert Mondavi, pioneer California winemaker (born 1913)
* 2008 &ndash; David Mitton, English model–maker (born 1938)
* 2010 &ndash; Oswaldo López Arellano, President of Honduras (born 1921)
* 2010 &ndash; Hank Jones, American jazz pianist (born 1918)
* 2010 &ndash; Ronnie James Dio, American musician (born 1942)
* 2011 &ndash; Edward Hardwicke, British actor (born 1932)
* 2013 &ndash; Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist (born 1933)
* 2013 &ndash; Paul Shane, British actor (born 1940)
* 2013 &ndash; Dick Trickle, racing driver (born 1941)
* 2014 &ndash; Viktor Sukhodrev, Russian interpreter (born 1932)
* 2015 &ndash; Yeung Kwong, Hong Kong Communist activist (born 1926)
* 2015 &ndash; Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi (born 1935)
* 2015 &ndash; Flora MacNeil, Scottish singer (born 1928)
* 2015 &ndash; Dean Potter, American rock climber and BASE jumper (born 1972)
* 2015 &ndash; John Templeton Jr., American physician (born 1940)
* 2015 &ndash; Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi (born 1935)
* 2015 &ndash; Elias Gleizer, Brazilian actor (born 1934)
* 2016 &ndash; Bobby Freeman, American politician (born 1934)
* 2016 &ndash; Romaldo Giurgola, Italian–born American–Australian architect (born 1920)
* 2016 &ndash; Emilio Navaria, American country and Tejano singer (born 1962)
* 2016 &ndash; Gavyn Farr Arthur, British judge (born 1951)
* 2016 &ndash; Giovanni Coppa, Italian cardinal (born 1925)
* 2016 &ndash; Lino Toffolo, Italian actor (born 1934)
* 2016 &ndash; Aar de Goede, Dutch politician (born 1928)
* 2016 &ndash; Jim McMillian, American basketball player (born 1948)
* 2016 &ndash; David Rendel, British politician (born 1949)
* 2016 &ndash; François Maistre, French actor (born 1925)
* 2016 &ndash; Huguette Dreyfus, French harpsichordist (born 1928)
* 2017 &ndash; Bernard Bosson, French politician (born 1948)
* 2017 &ndash; Outi Ojala, Finnish politician (born 1946)
* 2017 &ndash; Doug Somers, American professional wrestler (born 1951)
* 2017 &ndash; Gunnar Möller, German actor (born 1928)
* 2018 &ndash; François Bréda, Romanian writer and literary critic (born 1956)
* 2018 &ndash; Joseph Campanella, American actor (born 1924)
* 2018 &ndash; Diana E. Murphy, American judge (born 1934)
* 2018 &ndash; Michael Slive, American college sports executive (born 1940)
* 2018 &ndash; Gérard Jouannest, French pianist (born 1933)
* 2018 &ndash; Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress (born 1924)
* 2018 &ndash; Lucian Pintilie, Romanian film director (born 1933)
* 2019 &ndash; David Cervinski, Australian footballer (born 1970)
* 2019 &ndash; Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1929)
* 2019 &ndash; Ashley Massaro, American professional wrestler and television personality (born 1979)
* 2019 &ndash; I. M. Pei, Chinese–American architect (born 1917)
* 2019 &ndash; Sol Yaged, American jazz clarinetist (born 1922)
* 2021 &ndash; Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1980)
* 2021 &ndash; Rildo da Costa Menezes, Brazilian footballer (born 1942)
* 2021 &ndash; M. S. Narasimhan, Indian mathematician (born 1932)

## Holidays and observances 
* In the Irish Calendar – Feast of Saint Brendan the Navigator
* The feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
** Ubaldus
** Saint Honoré
** John of Ponuk or John Nepomucene (1330 – 1393)
** Andrew Bobola
** Simon Stock
* National Day of South Sudan
* Teachers' Day (Malaysia)