May 1

history

Events

Births

  • 1218 – John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)
  • 1218 – Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291)
  • 1225 – Jean de Joinville, French writer (d. 1317)
  • 1285 – Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)
  • 1582 – Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d. 1643)
  • 1594 – John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate
  • 1672 – Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719)
  • 1738 – King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)
  • 1769 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852)
  • 1804 – Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860)
  • 1829 – José de Alencar, Brazilian novelist (d. 1877)
  • 1831 – Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)
  • 1850 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)
  • 1851 – Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)
  • 1852 – Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)
  • 1852 – Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1934)
  • 1857 – Theo Van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)
  • 1872 – Sidónio Pais, Portuguese military and politician (d. 1918)
  • 1881 – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French palaeontologist and philosopher (d. 1955)
  • 1884 – Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and racing driver (d. 1964)
  • 1885 – Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor, painter (d. 1973)
  • 1887 – Alan Gordon Cunningham, British army officer (d. 1983)
  • 1896 – Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (d. 1947)
  • 1896 – Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984)
  • 1896 – J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)
  • 1901 – Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d. 1985)
  • 1901 – Antal Szerb, Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945)
  • 1905 – Henry Koster, German film director (d. 1988)
  • 1905 – Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (d. 1982)
  • 1906 – Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (d. 1983)
  • 1907 – Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney (d. 2007)
  • 1907 – Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986)
  • 1908 – Giovanni Guareschi, Italian journalist (d. 1968)
  • 1909 – Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet, winner of the Lenin Peace Prize, 9 times candidate for the Nobel Prize (d. 1990)
  • 1910 – Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Astronomer/Astro-physicist. Noted UFO investigator (d. 1986)
  • 1912 – Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander (d. 1998)
  • 1913 – Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
  • 1913 – Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (d. 1980)
  • 1915 – Archie Williams, American athlete (d. 1993)
  • 1916 – Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (d. 2006)
  • 1917 – John Beradino, American actor and baseball player (d. 1996)
  • 1917 – Danielle Darrieux, French singer and actress
  • 1917 – Ahron Soloveichik, Orthodox Jewish rabbi (d. 2001)
  • 1918 – Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d. 1977)
  • 1918 – Jack Paar, American television host (d. 2004)
  • 1919 – Lewis Hill, American pacifist and founder of Pacifica Radio (d. 1957)
  • 1919 – Manna Dey, Indian singer
  • 1919 – Dan O'Herlihy, Irish film actor (d. 2005)
  • 1923 – Joseph Heller, American novelist (d. 1999)
  • 1924 – Art Fleming, American game show host (d. 1995)
  • 1924 – Karel Kachyňa, Czech film director (d. 2004)
  • 1924 – Terry Southern, American screenwriter (d. 1995)
  • 1925 – Chuck Bednarik, American football player
  • 1925 – Scott Carpenter, American astronaut
  • 1926 – Peter Lax, Hungarian Mathematician
  • 1928 – Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racer (d. 2002)
  • 1929 – Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician (d. 2009)
  • 1929 – Sonny James, American country music singer and songwriter
  • 1930 – Richard Riordan, American politician, former mayor of Los Angeles
  • 1930 – Little Walter, American blues singer (d. 1995)
  • 1934 – Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
  • 1934 – Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983)
  • 1934 – Shirley Horn, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 2005)
  • 1935 – Ann Robinson, American actress
  • 1937 – Una Stubbs, English actress
  • 1939 – Judy Collins, American folk singer
  • 1939 – Max Robinson, American broadcast journalist (d. 1988)
  • 1939 – Victor Davies, Canadian composer
  • 1940 – Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer
  • 1943 – Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician (d. 2004)
  • 1944 – Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician
  • 1945 – Rita Coolidge, American singer
  • 1946 – Joanna Lumley, English actress
  • 1946 – John Woo, Hong Kong director
  • 1947 – Sergio Infante, Chilean poet and writer
  • 1949 – Tim Hodgkinson, English composer and musician (Henry Cow)
  • 1949 – Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers
  • 1950 – Dann Florek, American actor
  • 1950 – Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer
  • 1951 – Antony Worrall Thompson, English celebrity chef
  • 1953 – Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer
  • 1954 – Ray Parker Jr., American singer and songwriter
  • 1954 – Joel Rosenberg, science fiction author
  • 1955 – Martin O'Donnell, American composer
  • 1955 – Nick Feldman, English musician
  • 1956 – Catherine Frot, French actress
  • 1957 – Kō Ōtani, Japanese composer
  • 1959 – Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer
  • 1960 – Steve Cauthen, American jockey
  • 1961 – Marilyn Milian, current judge on The People's Court
  • 1962 – Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress
  • 1962 – Ted Sundquist, General Manager of the Denver Broncos
  • 1964 – Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
  • 1966 – Olaf Thon, German football player
  • 1967 – Tim McGraw, American musician
  • 1968 – Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer
  • 1968 – Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor
  • 1968 – Denise Masino, American Female Bodybuilder
  • 1968 – D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
  • 1969 – Wes Anderson, American director and writer
  • 1969 – Billy Owens, American basketball player
  • 1971 – Ethan Albright, American football player
  • 1971 – Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
  • 1972 – Julie Benz, American actress
  • 1973 – Curtis Martin, American football player
  • 1973 – Oliver Neuville, German footballer
  • 1974 – Kellie Crawford, Australian singer (Hi-5)
  • 1975 – Austin Croshere, American basketball player
  • 1975 – Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
  • 1975 – Jodhi May, British actress
  • 1975 – Alexei Smertin, Russian footballer
  • 1976 – Darius McCrary, American actor
  • 1977 – Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer, politician
  • 1978 – Sachie Hara, Japanese actress
  • 1978 – Nick Traina, American singer, Link 80 (d. 1997)
  • 1979 – Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
  • 1979 – Ben Easter, American actor
  • 1979 – Michael Harvey, British musical artist
  • 1980 – Jan Heylen, Belgian racing driver
  • 1980 – Jay Reatard, American musician
  • 1980 – Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress
  • 1981 – Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian Footballer
  • 1981 – Aliaksandr Hleb, Belarusian footballer
  • 1981 – Wes Welker, American football player
  • 1982 – Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
  • 1982 – Darijo Srna, Croatian football player
  • 1983 – The Human Tornado (Craig Williams), American professional wrestler
  • 1984 – David Backes, American ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Patrick Eaves, American ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer
  • 1984 – Farah Fath, American actress
  • 1984 – Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese musician (NEWS)
  • 1984 – Mark Seaby, Australian Rules footballer
  • 1985 – Drew Sidora, American actress
  • 1986 – Adam Casey, Australian footballer
  • 1986 – Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer
  • 1987 – Marcus Drum, Australian Rules Football
  • 1987 – Matt Di Angelo, English Actor
  • 1987 – Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
  • 1987 – Glen Coffee, American football player
  • 1988 – Anushka Sharma, Indian Actress and Model
  • 1988 – Nicholas Braun, American actor
  • 1991 – Katie Griffin, Amazing friend and musician
  • 1991 – Creagen Dow, American actor
  • 1997 – Ariel Gade, American actress

Deaths

  • 408 – Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)
  • 1118 – Edith of Scotland, first wife of Henry I of England (b. c.1080)
  • 1308 – Albert I of Habsburg (murdered) (b. 1255)
  • 1539 – Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (b. 1503)
  • 1555 – Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
  • 1572 – Pope Pius V (b. 1504)
  • 1731 – Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (b. 1677)
  • 1738 – Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c.1669)
  • 1772 – Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (b. 1719)
  • 1813 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (killed in combat) (b. 1768)
  • 1873 – David Livingstone, Scottish missionary (b. 1813)
  • 1899 – Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (b. 1824)
  • 1904 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)
  • 1913 – John Barclay Armstrong, Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal (b. 1850)
  • 1920 – Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
  • 1935 – Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
  • 1937 – Snitz Edwards, American actor (b. 1868)
  • 1943 – Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian Christian leader and founder of Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
  • 1945 – Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (suicide with his wife Magda Goebbels) (b. 1897)
  • 1963 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar (b. 1879)
  • 1965 – Spike Jones, American band leader, musician, and comedian (b. 1911)
  • 1968 – Harold Nicolson, British diplomat, author and politician (b. 1886)
  • 1968 – Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1895)
  • 1970 – Crown Prince Euimin, Crown Prince Korea (b. 1897)
  • 1976 – Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet who fought the military junta in Greece (b. 1939)
  • 1976 – T.R.M. Howard, civil rights leader, entrepreneur, surgeon (b. 1908)
  • 1978 – Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (b. 1903)
  • 1982 – William Primrose, Scottish violist (b. 1903)
  • 1985 – Denise Robins (aka Francesca Wright, Ashley French, Harriet Gray, Julia Kane) British romance novelist (b. 1897)
  • 1986 – Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (b. 1905)
  • 1986 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)
  • 1989 – Sally Kirkland, fashion editor at LIFE (b. 1912)
  • 1989 – Douglass Watson, American actor (b. 1921)
  • 1990 – Sergio Franchi, Italian tenor (b. 1926)
  • 1992 – Sharon Redd, American house music and urban contemporary singer (b. 1945)
  • 1993 – Pierre Bérégovoy, French Prime Minister (b. 1925)
  • 1993 – Ranasinghe Premadasa, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1924)
  • 1994 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver and three-time F1 world champion (b. 1960)
  • 1996 – Luana Patten, American Actress (b. 1938)
  • 1998 – Eldridge Cleaver, American activist (b. 1935)
  • 2000 – Steve Reeves, American actor (b. 1926)
  • 2003 – Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler (b. 1960)
  • 2006 – Big Hawk, American rapper (b. 1969)
  • 2006 – Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (b. 1940)
  • 2006 – Rob Lacey, Christian Author. (b. 1962)
  • 2008 – Anthony Mamo, Malta's first President (b. 1909)
  • 2008 – Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Washington, D.C. prostitution service owner (b. 1956)
  • 2008 – Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, last surviving member of the July 20 Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 (b. 1917)
  • 2009 – Danny Gans, Canadian-born Las Vegas entertainer (b. 1956)

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