- 0451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place. The Armenians are defeated militarily but are guaranteed freedom to openly practice Christianity.
- 0604 - Augustine of Canterbury dies.
- 0818 - Ali ar-Rida dies (b. 0766). Shia Imam.
- 0946 - King Edmund I of England dies (b. 0921).
- 1055 - Margrave Adalbert of Austria dies.
- 1182 - Portugal: D.Afonso Henriques concede o primeiro foral à vila de Coruche.
- 1421 - Mehmed I dies (b. 1389). Ottoman Sultan.
- 1478 - Pope Clement VII was born (d. 1534).
- 1512 - Bayezid II dies. Ottoman Sultan
- 1521 - Martin Luther was declared a heretic by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings.
- 1536 - Francesco Berni dies. Italian poet.
- 1538 - Geneva expels John Calvin.
- 1566 - Mehmed III was born (d. 1603). Ottoman Emperor.
- 1595 - Philip Neri dies (b. 1515). Italian churchman / Morre Filipe Néri, padre italiano, fundador da Congregação do Oratório.
- 1602 - Philippe de Champaigne was born (d. 1674). French painter.
- 1637 - Pequot War: an allied Puritan and Mohegan force under English Captain John Mason attacks a Pequot village in Connecticut, killing approximately 500 inhabitants.
- 1647 - Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1648 - Vincent Voiture dies (b. 1597). French poet.
- 1650 - John Churchill was born (d. 1722). British generak, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- 1653 - Robert Filmer dies (b. 1588). English writer.
- 1667 - Abraham de Moivre was born (d. 1754). French mathematician.
- 1669 - Sébastien Vaillant was born (d. 1722). French botanist.
- 1670 - In Dover, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, ending hostilities between their kingdoms.
- 1679 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria dies (b. 1636).
- 1685 - Karl II, Elector Palatine dies (b. 1651).
- 1689 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu dies (b. 1762). English writer.
- 1700 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf was born (d. 1760). German religious and social reformer.
- 1703 - Samuel Pepys dies (b. 1633). English civil servant famous for his diary.
- 1742 - Pylyp Orlyk dies (b. 1672). Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat.
- 1762 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten dies (b. 1714). German philosopher.
- 1764 - Edward Livingston was born (d. 1836). Jurist and statesman.
- 1770 - The Orlov Revolt, a first attempt to revolt against the Turks before the Greek War of Independence ends in disaster for the Greeks.
- 1771 - Rahel Varnhagen von Ense was born ( † 07 Mar 1833). Gerrman writer.
- 1799 - Aleksandr Pushkin was born (d. 1837). Russian author.
- 1799 - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo dies (b. 1714). Scottish judge.
- 1805 - Napoléon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Duomo di Milano gothic cathedral in Milan.
- 1814 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin dies (b. 1789). French physician who officially named the Guillotine.
- 1822 - Edmond de Goncourt was born (d. 1896). French writer.
- 1824 - Capel Lofft dies (b. 1751). English writer.
- 1828 - Mysterious foundling Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg, Germany.
- 1830 - The Indian Removal Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
- 1831 - Ciro Menotti dies (b. 1798). Italian patriot.
- 1834 - Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates / Concessão de Évora-Monte. Conhecida por Convenção de Évora-Monte este acordo tenta, com base na deposição das armas por parte dos miguelistas, uma pacificação geral da sociedade portuguesa. A D. Miguel era concedida uma pensão, não podendo regressar a Portugal.
- 1840 - Sidney Smith dies (b. 1764). British admiral.
- 1857 - Dred Scott is emancipated by the Blow family, his original owners.
- 1862 - Juana Azurduy dies (b. 12 Jul 1780). Argentine revolutionary.
- 1863 - Robert Fitzsimmons was born (d. 1917). Boxing champion.
- 1864 - Montana is organized as a United States territory.
- 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
- 1865 - Robert W. Chambers was born (d. 1933). American artist.
- 1867 - Mary of Teck was born (d. 1953). Queen Consort of King George V of the United Kingdom.
- 1868 - The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.
- 1869 - Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- 1873 - Olaf Gulbransson was born (d. 1958). Norwegian painter.
- 1874 - Henri Farman was born. French aviator and aircraft builder.
- 1874 - Joaquim António de Aguiar dies. Portuguese politician.
- 1878 - Isadora Duncan was born (d. 1927). American dancer.
- 1881 - Jakob Bernays dies (b. 1824). German philologist.
- 1882 - Ide Schloenbach Blumemenschein was born in São Paulo (d. 14 Mar 1963). Brazilian poet.
- 1883 - Mamie Smith was born (d. 1946). American singer.
- 1883 - Edward Sabine dies (b. 1788). Irish astronomer.
- 1883 - Abd al-Qadir dies (b. 1808). Algerian political and military leader.
- 1886 - Al Jolson was born (d. 1950). American singer.
- 1887 - É assinado o tratado de amizade e comércio com a China, que atribui a Portugal o direito de ocupação e governo de Macau.
- 1887 - Paul Lukas was born (d. 1971). Actor.
- 1889 - Opening of the first Eiffel Tower elevator to the public
- 1892 - Francisco Maria de Sousa Brandão dies. Portuguese general and politician.
- 1893 - Eugène Aynsley Goossens was born (d. 1962). English conductor and composer.
- 1893 - Norma Talmadge was born (d. 1957). American actress.
- 1894 - Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player
- 1895 - Dorothea Lange was born (d. 1965). American photographer.
- 1895 - Paul Lukas was born (d. 1971). Hungarian actor.
- 1895 - Gervásio Lobato dies (b. 23 May 1850). Portuguese author ("Lisboa em Camisa").
- 1896 - Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
- 1896 - James Dunham murders six people in Campbell, California.
- 1899 - Antonio Barrette was born (d. 1968). Quebec politician.
- 1902 - Almon Strowger dies (b. 1839). Developed the Strowger switch.
- 1904 - George Formby was born (d. 1961). English singer and comedian.
- 1904 - Vlado Perlemuter was born (d. 2002). Polish pianist.
- 1904 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette dies (b. 1857). French neurologist.
- 1906 - Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
- 1907 - Jean Bernard was born (d. 2006). French physician.
- 1907 - Rachel Carson was born (d. 1964). American environmental write.
- 1907 - John Wayne was born (d. 1979). American actor.
- 1907 - Ida McKinley dies (b. 1847). First Lady of the United States.
- 1908 - At Masjid-al-Salaman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
- 1908 - Robert Morley was born (d. 1992). English actor.
- 1908 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad dies (b. 1835). Founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam.
- 1909 - Adolfo López Mateos was born (d. 1969). President of Mexico.
- 1909 - Sir Matt Busby was born (d. 1994). Scottish footballer and manager.
- 1909 - Nikolay Guryanov was born (d. 2002). Russian Orthodox Christian mystic and priest.
- 1911 - 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run
- 1911 - Ben Alexander was born (d. 1969). American actor.
- 1911 - A Câmara de Deputados do México elege como presidente interino Francisco León de la Barra.
- 1912 - János Kádár was born (d. 1989). Prime minister of Hungary.
- 1912 - Jay Silverheels was born (d. 1980). American actor.
- 1913 - Emily Duncan becomes the Britain's first woman magistrate.
- 1913 - Actors' Equity Association was organized in New York.
- 1913 - Peter Cushing was born (d. 1994). English actor.
- 1914 - Frankie Manning was born. American Lindy Hop dancer.
- 1915 - Sam Edwards was born (d. 2004). American actor.
- 1915 - Antonia Forest was born (d. 2003). British children's author.
- 1916 - Henriette Roosenburg was born (d. 1972). Dutch journalist.
- 1916 - Moondog was born (d. 1999). American composer, musician and poet.
- 1917 - A powerful F4 tornado rips Mattoon, Illinois apart, killing 101 persons and injuring 689. It was the world´s longest-lasting tornado, lasting for over 7 hours and traveling 293 miles, spreading death and destruction along its path.
- 1917 - Eva Szorenyi was born. Hungarian actress, freedom activist for Hungary
- 1918 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
- 1918 - Anton Christoforidis was born (d. 1985). Greek boxer.
- 1920 - Peggy Lee was born (d. 2002). American singer.
- 1920 - Rúben A. was born. Portuguese writer.
- 1922 - Ernest Solvay dies. Belgium chemist.
- 1923 - James Arness was born. American actor.
- 1923 - Roy Dotrice was born. British actor.
- 1924 - Victor Herbert dies (b. 1859). Irish Operetta composer.
- 1926 - Lebanon adopts constitution.
- 1926 - Maria de Lourdes Martins was born. Portuguese composer and pianist.
- 1926 - Miles Davis was born (d. 1991). American musician.
- 1926 - Simon Petlyura dies b. 187). Ukrainian independence fighter.
- 1928 - Jack Kevorkian was born. American physician.
- 1930 - Sivuca was born on Itabaiana, Paraíba (d. 14 Dec 2006). Brazilian musician.
- 1930 - Tony Tornado (António Vianna Gomes) was born in Mirante do Paranapanema, São Paulo. Brazilian singer and actor.
- 1932 - Grigor Vachkov was born († 1980). Bulgarian actor.
- 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers dies (b. 1897). American singer.
- 1933 - Horatio Bottomley dies (b. 1860). British financier and politician.
- 1934 - Portugal - Tem início o 1.º Congresso da União Nacional (decorreu até 28 de Maio), que se realiza na Sociedade de Geografia. No seu decurso, cimenta-se a ideologia conservadora e autoritária do partido único do Estado Novo que orientará, durante quatro décadas, o destino de Portugal.
- 1935 - Sheila Steafel was born. South African-born British actress.
- 1936 - In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sat down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.
- 1937 - A Exposição Universal é inaugurada em Paris.
- 1938 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
- 1938 - William Bolcom was born. American composer
- 1938 - Teresa Stratas was born. Canadian soprano
- 1938 - Lyudmila Petrushevskaya was born. Russian playwright and novelist
- 1939 - Merab Kostava was born. Georgian anti-Soviet leader
- 1939 - Brent Musburger was born. American sports broadcaster.
- 1940 - World War II: Battle of Dunkirk - In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk.
- 1940 - Monique Gagnon-Tremblay was born. Quebec politician
- 1940 - Levon Helm was born. American musician (The Band)
- 1941 - Cliff Drysdale was born. South African tennis player
- 1941 - John Kaufman was born. English sculptor.
- 1941 - Reg Bundy was born (d. 2003). British performer.
- 1942 - World War II: Battle of Bir Hakeim.
- 1942 - Levon Helm was born. Musician (The Band) .
- 1943 - Erica Terpstra was born. President of the Dutch Olympic Committee
- 1943 - Edsel Ford dies (b. 1893). President of the Ford Motor Company .
- 1944 - Sam Posey was born. American race car driver
- 1945 - Garry Peterson was born. Canadian drummer (The Guess Who)
- 1946 - Na Checoslováquia, os comunistas ganham as eleições para a Assembléia Constituinte.
- 1946 - Neshka Robeva was born. Bulgarian Rhythmic gymnas and coach.
- 1946 - Mick Ronson was born (d. 1993). English musician.
- 1948 - Stevie Nicks was born. Amwerican songwriter and actress.
- 1948 - The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 557 which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
- 1948 - Theodore Morell dies (b. 1886). Hitler's personal physician.
- 1949 - Philip Michael Thomas was born. American actor.
- 1949 - Hank Williams Jr. was born. American singer.
- 1949 - Ward Cunningham was born. American inventor of Wiki.
- 1949 - Pam Grier was born. American actress.
- 1951 - Madeleine Taylor-Quinn was born. Irish politician.
- 1951 - Sally Ride was born. American astronaut.
- 1951 - Lincoln Ellsworth dies (b. 1880). American scientist and polar explorer.
- 1952 - David Meece was born. Christian musician.
- 1953 - Michael Portillo was born. British politician.
- 1954 - Alan Hollinghurst was born. British novelist.
- 1954 - Danny Rolling was born (d. 2006). American murderer.
- 1954 - Lionel Conacher dies (b. 1900). Canadian athlete.
- 1955 - Masaharu Morimoto was born. Japanese chef.
- 1955 - Wesley Walker was born. American football player.
- 1955 - Alberto Ascari dies (b. 1918). Italian race car driver.
- 1955 - Morimoto Masaharu was born. Japanese chef.
- 1955 - Alberto Ascari dies (b. 1918). Italian race car driver.
- 1956 - Frédéric Dutoit was born. French politician.
- 1957 - Margaret Colin was born. American actress.
- 1957 - Kristina Olsen was born. American musician.
- 1957 - Roberto Ravaglia was born. Italian racing driver.
- 1957 - Pontso S.M. Sekatle was born. Lesotho academic and politician.
- 1957 - François Legault was born. Quebec politician.
- 1958 - Pete Michaels was born. Actor, comedian, and ventriloquist.
- 1960 - UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge accused the Soviets of hiding a microphone inside a wood carving of the Great Seal of the United States that had been presented to the U.S. embassy in Moscow
- 1960 - Masahiro Matsunaga was born. Japanese racing driver.
- 1960 - Rob Murphy was born. American baseball player.
- 1962 - Bobcat Goldthwait was born. American actor and comedian.
- 1962 - Colin Vearncombe was brn. English singer (Black).
- 1962 - Genie Francis was born. American actress.
- 1963 - The Organisation of African Unity is formed.
- 1963 - 15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall and Shirley Booth win.
- 1964 - Caitlín R. Kiernan was born. Irish-American writer.
- 1964 - Lenny Kravitz was born. American guitarist and singer.
- 1965 - Os generais Alfredo Ovando e René Barrientos assumem a presidência da Bolívia.
- 1965 - Hazel Irvine was born. British television presenter.
- 1966 - British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
- 1966 - Helena Bonham Carter was born. English actress.
- 1966 - Zola Budd was born. South African athlete.
- 1967 - Phil Doyle was born. Australian writer.
- 1968 - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark was born.
- 1968 - Pat Kenney was born. American wrestler.
- 1968 - Steve Sedgley was born. English footballer.
- 1968 - Little Willie John dies (b. 1937). American singer.
- 1969 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their second Bed-In for Peace at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
- 1969 - O Pacto Andino, programa de integração econômica para criar em onze anos um mercado comum, é firmado em Caracas entre os representantes da Bolívia, Colômbia, Chile, Equador e Peru.
- 1969 - Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
- 1969 - John Baird was born. Canadian politician.
- 1969 - Musetta Vander was born. South African actress.
- 1969 - Allan H. Loughead was born (d. 1889). American aviation pioneer (Lockheed Corporation).
- 1969 - Paul Hawkins dies (b. 1937). Australian racing driver.
- 1970 - Nobuhiro Watsuki was born. Japanese cartoonist, Manga-ka
- 1971 - Matt Stone was born. American television produver, Co-creator of South Park
- 1972 - The British state-owned travel firm Thomas Cook & Son is sold to a consortium of private businesses headed by the Midland Bank.
- 1972 - Willandra National Park is established in Australia.
- 1972 - Patsy Palmer was born. British actress.
- 1973 - Bahrain adopts it's constitution.
- 1973 - The Beatles '1967-1970' album went to No.1 on the US chart.
- 1974 - The first mimimum wage is defined in Portugal / O I Governo provisório fixa o primeiro Salário Mínimo Nacional em 3.300 escudos mensais, um mês após o 25 de Abril, entrando em vigor a 27 de Maio.
- 1974 - Lars Frölander was born. Swedish swimmer.
- 1974 - Silvio Moser dies (b. 24 Apr 1941). Swiss racing driver.
- 1975 - Travis Lee was born. American baseball player.
- 1976 - Justin Pierre was born. American singer (Motion City Soundtrack)
- 1976 - Juan Maino dies, "disappeared". Chilean leader of MAPU.
- 1976 - Martin Heidegger dies (b. 1889). German philosopher.
- 1977 - George Willig climbs the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
- 1977 - Mark Hunter was born. American musician (Chimaira).
- 1977 - Misaki Ito was born. Japanese actress.
- 1977 - Luca Toni was born. Italian soccer player.
- 1977 - William Powell dies (b. 1942). American singer (The O'Jays).
- 1978 - In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Resorts International, the first legal casino in the eastern United States, opens.
- 1978 - Phil Elverum was born. American singer-songwriter.
- 1978 - Cybele dies (b. 1887). Greek actress
- 1979 - Ashley Massaro was born. American wrestler.
- 1979 - Elisabeth Harnois was born. American actress.
- 1979 - Mehmet Okur (Memo) was born. Turkish basketball player
- 1979 - George Brent dies (b. 1899). British actor.
- 1981 - 14 people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.
- 1981 - The Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
- 1981 - Eda-Ines Etti was born. Estonian singer.
- 1981 - Irini Merkouri was born. Greek singer.
- 1982 - Yoko Matsugane was born. Japanese model.
- 1982 - Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Champions Cup in Rotterdam
- 1983 - Strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggers a tsunami that kills at least 104 people, injures thousands. Many missing people and thousands of buildings destroyed.
- 1985 - O Iraque bombardeia seis cidades iranianas.
- 1986 - The European Community adopts the European flag.
- 1986 - Flávio Cavalcanti dies (b. 1923). Brazilian journalist and TV presenter.
- 1987 - Cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe.
- 1988 - O escritor português Vergílio Ferreira vence o Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela da APE.
- 1988 - Joel Selwood was born. Australian footballer.
- 1989 - The first woman is admited in the Portuguese Army / É admitida a primeira mulher nos quadros de oficiais do exército português.
- 1989 - Don Revie dies (b. 1927). Former footballer and England and Leeds United Manager.
- 1990 - For the first time ever the Top five positions on the US singles chart were held by female artists; Madonna was at No.1 with 'Vogue', Heart were at No.2, Sinead O'Connor No.3, Wilson Phillips at No.4 and Janet Jackson was at No.5
- 1991 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
- 1991 - Lauda Air Flight 004 explodes over rural Thailand, killing 223.
- 1991 - Julianna Rose Mauriello was born. American actress.
- 1992 - Charles Geschke, co-founder of Adobe Systems, Inc. was kidnapped at gunpoint from the Adobe parking lot in Mountain View, California for $650,000 and is held hostage in a rented house in Hollister, California. The FBI rescues him four days later.
- 1993 - Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Champions Cup in Munich
- 1994 - Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)
- 1994 - A cidade mexicana de Zacatecas é declarada Património Cultural da Humanidade.
- 1995 - Friz Freleng dies (b. 1889). American animator, Pink Panther's creator / Morre o cineasta norte-americano Friz Freeleng, 89 anos, criador da Pantera Cor-de-rosa.
- 1996 - George Michael went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Older.'
- 1996 - Attilio Veronese dies. Italian painter.
- 1997 - France's deeply unpopular prime minister, Alain Juppe, announced he would resign, a day after the country's governing center-right coalition suffered major losses in first-round parliamentary elections.
- 1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
- 1998 - Veterans reject Japanese 'sorrow': Emperor Akihito of Japan speaks of his "pain" over the suffering inflicted by his country during World War II, but war veterans feel he does not go far enough.
- 1999 - Manchester United FC defeat FC Bayern Munich of Germany 2-1 in the final of the UEFA Champions League, becoming the first English team to win The Treble.
- 1999 - Paul Sacher dies (b. 1906). Swiss conductor.
- 1999 - Waldo Semon dies (b. 1898). American inventor.
- 2000 - Hezbollah celebrates Israeli retreat : The Hezbollah leader is greeted by thousands of supporters during a victory rally to celebrate the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon.
- 2001 - Anne Haney dies (b. 1934). American actress.
- 2001 - Vittorio Brambilla dies (b. 1937). Italian racing driver.
- 2002 - Álvaro Uribe becomes President of Colombia.
- 2002 - The Mars Odyssey finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet Mars.
- 2002 - Fourteen people were killed when barges being pushed by a towboat crashed into the piers of the Interstate 40 bridge in Oklahoma, causing part of the structure to fall into the Arkansas River.
- 2002 - The Pianist by Toman Polanski wins La Palme D'Ór in Cannes / O realizador Roman Polanski recebe a Palma de Ouro do Festival de Cannes pelo filme "O Pianista".
- 2002 - The first episode of 'At Home With The Osbournes' was shown on MTV in the UK.
- 2002 - Eminem scored his third UK No.1 single with 'Without Me.'
- 2002 - Ronan Keating scored his second UK No.1 album with ‘Destination.’
- 2002 - Mamo Wolde dies (b. 1932). Ethiopian marathon runner.
- 2003 - Kathleen Winsor dies (b. 1919). American writer.
- 2003 - Only three days after a previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes. The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year.
- 2003 - Carlos Eduardo Dolabella dies (b. 11 Jun 1937). Brazilian actor.
- 2004 - The U.S. Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
- 2004 - The New York Times publishes an admission of journalistic failings, claiming that its flawed reporting and lack of skeptism towards sources during the buildup to the 2003 war in Iraq helped promote the belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.
- 2004 - FC Porto won their second European Champions Clubs' Cup beating Monaco 3-0 / Porto vence o Mónaco por 3-0 e conquista a Liga dos Campeões Europeus em Futebol, a 2ª. da sua história, depois de na época anterior já ter vencido a Taça Uefa.
- 2004 - Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh dies (b. 1931). Russian astronomer.
- 2004 - Dullah Omar dies (b. 1934). South African lawyer and politician.
- 2005 - Eddie Albert dies (b. 1906). American actor.
- 2005 - Chico Carrasquel dies (b. 1928). Venezuelan Major League Baseball player.
- 2006 - Europe's Biggest Station to Open in Berlin in Time for World Cup. Chancellor Angela Merkel is opening Europe's largest train station in Berlin.
- 2006 - Lisbon : Rock in Rio (II Edition) in Lisbon begins.
- 2006 - Portuguese Telma Monteiro becomes European Champion in Judo (less than 52 Kg) in Tampere, Finland.
- 2006 - The 2006 Java earthquake kills over 5,700 people, leaves 200,000 homeless.
- 2006 - José Marinho dies at 42. Portuguese pianist, composer and conductor. - A judoca portuguesa Telma Monteiro, líder da hierarquia mundial da categoria até 52 kg, sagra-se campeã da Europa, em Tampere, Finlândia.
- 2006 - Édouard Michelin dies (b. 1963). CEO of Michelin
- 2006 - Kevin O'Flanagan dies (b. 1919). Irish athlete and physician.
- 2007 - J Edward Oliver dies (b. 1942). Cartoonist and composer.
- Brasil - Dia de Nossa Senhora de Caravaggio.
- Cherry Dessert Day.
- Roman Catholic Church: Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Saint Lambert (d. 1154), Saint Philip Neri (died 1595)
Amor, morte, poesia, política, actualidade, futebol, efemérides, solidão, paz, humor, musica...tudo e nada; Here we talk about life, love, death,
On this day in History, poetry, politics, football (soccer), solitude, peace, humour, music ... nothing and all.
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