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- Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany (Soviet Union, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)
Victory and Peace Day, mark the capture of Shusha in the Karabakh War and the end of World War II. (Armenia)
- Anniversary of Dianetics (Church of Scientology)
- Christian Feast Day
- Europe Day, commemorating the Schuman Declaration. (European Union)
- Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Romania from the Ottoman Empire in 1877.
- Liberation Day, commemorating the end of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II). (Guernsey, Jersey)
- One of the three days of the Feast of the Lemures. (Roman Empire)
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- 2006 - Estonia ratifies the European Constitution.
- 2004 - Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed in a land mine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya.
- 2002 - The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
- 2002 - In Kaspiysk, Russia, a remote-controlled bomb explodes during a holiday parade killing 43 and injuring at least 130.
- 2001 - In Ghana 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
- 1992 - Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War.
- 1987 - A Polish LOT Ilyushin IL-62M "Tadeusz Ko?ciuszko" (SP-LBG) crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing 183 people.
- 1980 - In Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. 35 people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150 ft. into the water and die.
- 1980 - In Norco, California, five masked gunman hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
- 1974 - Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
- 1969 - Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
- 1964 - Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, is executed.
- 1961 - Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the first player in baseball history to hit grand slams in consecutive innings.
- 1960 - The FDA announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
- 1955 - Sam and Friends debuts on a local United States television channel, marking the first television appearance of both Jim Henson and what would become Kermit the Frog and The Muppets.
- 1955 - Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
- 1950 - Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
- 1950 - L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health is released.
- 1949 - Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco.
- 1946 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Humbert II.
- 1945 - World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower’s deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief
- 1945 - World War II: The Channel Islands are liberated by the British after five years of German occupation.
- 1942 - Holocaust: The SS murder 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto is destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or deported.
- 1941 - World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
- 1940 - World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
- 1937 - Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy took to the airwaves becoming an overnight radio sensation.
- 1936 - Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
- 1927 - The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.
- 1926 - Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).
- 1920 - Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-?mig?y celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk.
- 1915 - World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
- 1911 - The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio placed by the Vatican in the Index of Forbidden Books.
- 1904 - The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h).
- 1901 - Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
- 1887 - Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.
- 1877 - Mihail Kog?lniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania.
- 1874 - The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
- 1873 - Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
- 1868 - The city of Reno, Nevada, is founded.
- 1726 - Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
- 1671 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
- 1502 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final journey to the New World.
- 1457 - 1457 BC – Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
- 1450 - 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
- 1092 - Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated.
- 328 - Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria.
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- 1997 - Zane Huett, American actor
- 1993 - Ryosuke Yamada, Japanese actor and singer
- 1992 - Chris Gutierrez, Filipino actor
- 1988 - John Ryan Fitzpatrick, Canadian race truck driver
- 1985 - Jake Long, American football player
- 1985 - Audrina Patridge, American actress
- 1984 - Prince Fielder, American baseball player
- 1983 - Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
- 1983 - Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor
- 1983 - Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
- 1982 - Rachel Boston, American actress
- 1981 - Bill Murphy, American baseball player
- 1981 - Yu Yokoyama, Japanese actor and singer
- 1980 - Jo Hyeon-jae, South Korean actor
- 1980 - Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
- 1980 - Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater
- 1980 - Tony Schmidt, German racing driver
- 1979 - Dionysis Boukouvalas, Greek composer, pianist and musicologist
- 1979 - Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
- 1979 - Rosario Dawson, American actress
- 1979 - Matt Morris, American singer-songwriter
- 1979 - Andrew W.K., American musician
- 1979 - Brandon Webb, American baseball player
- 1978 - Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine footballer
- 1978 - Santiago Dellapè, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
- 1978 - Aaron Harang, American baseball player
- 1977 - Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress
- 1977 - Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (d. 2006)
- 1977 - Iñigo Landaluze, Spanish cyclist
- 1975 - Brian Deegan, freestyle motocross innovator
- 1975 - Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor
- 1975 - Lane Kiffin, American football coach
- 1975 - Tamia, Canadian singer
- 1974 - Dylan Lauren,American businesswoman & daughter of fashion designer Ralph Lauren
- 1973 - Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress
- 1972 - Daniela Siliva?, Romanian gymnast and Olympic Champion
- 1972 - Dana Perino, former White House press secretary
- 1972 - Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist
- 1971 - Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis)
- 1970 - Doug Christie, American basketball player
- 1970 - Ghostface Killah, American rapper
- 1969 - Amber, Dutch musician
- 1969 - Hudson Leick, American actress
- 1968 - David Benoit, American basketball player
- 1968 - Marie-José Pérec, French athlete
- 1965 - Ken Nomura, Japanese racing driver
- 1965 - Janu Tornell, American model and Survivor contestant
- 1965 - Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 - Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili)
- 1962 - John Corbett, American actor
- 1962 - Dave Gahan, English singer (Depeche Mode)
- 1962 - Paul Heaton, English singer/songwriter (Beautiful South)
- 1961 - Sean Altman , singer (Rockapella)
- 1960 - Tony Gwynn, American baseball player
- 1956 - Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress
- 1955 - Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1955 - Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano
- 1953 - Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper
- 1951 - Alley Mills, American actress
- 1949 - Billy Joel, American musician
- 1948 - Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician
- 1948 - Calvin Murphy, American basketball player
- 1946 - Candice Bergen, American actress
- 1946 - Clint Holmes, English-born American singer and songwriter
- 1945 - Steve Katz, American musician (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
- 1944 - Richie Furay, American musician (Poco and Buffalo Springfield)
- 1944 - Laurence Owen, American figure skater (d. 1961)
- 1943 - Vince Cable, British politician
- 1943 - Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (d. 2009)
- 1942 - John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General
- 1942 - Tommy Roe, American singer and songwriter
- 1940 - James L. Brooks, American film producer and writer
- 1939 - Ralph Boston, American athlete
- 1939 - Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988)
- 1939 - Ion ?iriac, Romanian tennis manager
- 1938 - Charles Simic, Yugoslavian-born poet, 15th Poet Laureate of the United States
- 1937 - José Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect
- 1937 - David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (d. 1988)
- 1936 - Albert Finney, British actor
- 1936 - Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician
- 1935 - Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (The Ventures)
- 1935 - Roger Hargreaves, English children's author (Mr. Men) (d. 1988)
- 1934 - Alan Bennett, British author
- 1933 - Jessica Steele, English romance novelist
- 1932 - Geraldine McEwan, English actress
- 1931 - Vance Brand, American astronaut
- 1930 - Joan Sims, British actress (d. 2001)
- 1930 - Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan writer and linguist
- 1929 - Kay Dotrice, British actress (d. 2007)
- 1928 - Ralph Goings, American painter
- 1928 - Pancho Gonzalez, American tennis player (d. 1995)
- 1928 - Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater
- 1927 - Manfred Eigen, German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1924 - Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (d. 1997)
- 1923 - Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (d. 2008)
- 1921 - Daniel Berrigan, American peace activist
- 1921 - Sophie Scholl, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. 1943)
- 1921 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Richard Adams, English author
- 1920 - William Tenn, American author (d. 2010)
- 1919 - Arthur English, English actor and comedian (d. 1995)
- 1918 - Moisis Michail Bourlas, Greek member of the World War II resistance
- 1918 - Orville L. Freeman, American politician (d. 2003)
- 1918 - Mike Wallace, American journalist
- 1914 - Denham Fouts, American male prostitute and socialite (d. 1948)
- 1914 - Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian musician and conductor (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Hank Snow, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 1999)
- 1912 - Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (d. 1963)
- 1912 - Per Imerslund, Norwegian writer (d. 1943)
- 1909 - Don Messer, Canadian country musician (d. 1973)
- 1908 - Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (d. 2007)
- 1907 - Kathryn Kuhlman, famed evangelist (d. 1976)
- 1907 - Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (d. 1974)
- 1907 - Fred Warngård, Swedish athlete (d. 1950)
- 1895 - Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963)
- 1895 - Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
- 1893 - William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman) (d. 1947)
- 1892 - Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
- 1888 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964)
- 1886 - Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
- 1883 - José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)
- 1882 - George Barker, American painter (d. 1965)
- 1882 - Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder (d. 1967)
- 1874 - Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. 1939)
- 1873 - Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
- 1866 - Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915)
- 1860 - J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (d. 1937)
- 1837 - Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (d. 1895)
- 1800 - John Brown, American abolitionist (d. 1859)
- 1741 - Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (d. 1816)
- 1147 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)