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Template:Linked-title is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years ). There are 215 days remaining.
Events 1416 - The Roman Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy .1431 - Hundred Years' War : In Rouen , France , 19-year-old Joan of Arc burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.1434 - Hussite Wars (Bohemian Wars) : Battle of Lipany - Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilated Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great .1536 - King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour , a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.1539 - In Florida , Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold .1574 - Henry III becomes King of France .1588 - The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel .1635 - Thirty Years' War : Peace of Prague (1635) signed.1806 - Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after the man had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy .1814 - Napoleonic Wars : War of the Sixth Coalition - Treaty of Paris (1814) signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent.1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas .1868 - Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day ") observed in the United States for the first time (By "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic " John A. Logan 's proclaimation on May 5).1871 - The Paris Commune falls.1876 - Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V .1879 - New York City 's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue .1879 - An F4 tornado strikes Irving , Kansas , killing 18 and injuring 60.
1883 - In New York City , a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede which crushes twelve people.1911 - At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway , the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race in his Marmon Wasp 1913 - First Balkan War : Treaty of London, 1913 signed ending the war. Albania becomes an independent nation.1914 - New & then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania , 45,647 tons, sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City .1922 - In Washington, D.C. , the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.1935 - Babe Ruth plays in his last baseball game, in the uniform of the Boston Braves .1941 - World War II : Germany captures Crete .1942 - World War II : 1000 British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany. 1948 - A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.1958 - Memorial Day : The bodies of several unidentified soldiers killed in action during World War II and the Korean War are buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery .1966 - Former Congolese Prime Minister Evariste Kimba and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of dictator Joseph Mobutu .1967 - At the Ascot Park in Gardena, California , daredevil Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined-up in a row.1967 - The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra , sparking a civil war .
1969 - Riots on the Caribbean island of Curaçao 1970 - Jimi Hendrix plays at Berkeley Community Theatre one of the last live performances before his death.1971 - Mariner program : Mariner 9 launched to Map 70% of the surface and study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface of Mars .1972 - The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain .1972 - In Tel Aviv , members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre , killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
1975 - Bob Watson , of the Houston Astros scores the 1,000,000th run in baseball history.1982 - Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany 's admission in 1955 .1989 - Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 : The 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy " statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.1997 - The Norway national football team beats Brazil 4-0. They still have never lost to Brazil and are the only team that hasn't.1998 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan , killing up to 5,000.2003 - The final flight of an Air France Concorde .Births 1010 - Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063 )1423 - Georg Purbach , German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461 )1623 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater , English politician (d. 1686 )1672 (O.S. ) - Peter the Great , Tsar of Russia (d. 1725 )1718 - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire , English politician (d. 1793 )1719 - Roger Newdigate , English politician (d. 1806 )1757 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1844 )1814 - Mikhail Bakunin , Russian anarchist (d. 1876 )1814 - Eugène Charles Catalan , Belgian mathematician (d. 1894 )
1858 - Siegfried Alkan , German composer (d. 1941 )1875 - Giovanni Gentile , Italian philosopher (d. 1944 )1878 - Mike Donlin , baseball player (d. 1933 )1879 - Colin Blythe , English cricketer (d. 1917 )1881 - Georg von Küchler , German field marshal (d. 1968 )1882 - Wyndham Halswelle , Scottish runner (d. 1915 )1886 - Randolph Bourne , American writer (d. 1918 )1895 - Maurice Tate , English cricketer (d. 1956 )1896 - Howard Hawks , American film director (d. 1977 )1899 - Irving Thalberg , American film producer (d. 1936 )1901 - Cornelia Otis Skinner , American writer and actress (d. 1979 )1902 - Stepin Fetchit , American dancer and actor (d. 1985 )1906 - Bruno Gröning , German faith healer (d. 1959 )1907 - Elly Beinhorn , German pilot1908 - Hannes Alfvén , Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995 )1908 - Mel Blanc , American voice actor (d. 1989 )
1909 - Benny Goodman , American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 1986 )1910 - Inge Meysel , German actress (d. 2004 )1912 - Julius Axelrod , American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004 )1912 - Erich Bagge , German physicist
1912 - Hugh Griffith , Welsh actor (d. 1980 )
1918 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor , Mexican poet (d. 2000 )1920 - Ralph Metcalfe , American athlete (d. 1978 )1920 - Franklin Schaffner , American film director (d. 1989 )
1922 - Hal Clement , American writer (d. 2003 )1926 - Christine Jorgensen , American transsexual activist (d. 1989 )1927 - Clint Walker , American actor1928 - Agnès Varda , French director1934 - Aleksei Leonov , Russian cosmonaut1936 - Keir Dullea , American actor1939 - Michael J. Pollard , American actor1943 - James Chaney , American civil rights activist (d. 1964 )1943 - Gale Sayers , American football player
1944 - Meredith MacRae , American actress (d. 2000 )1947 - Vashti Murphy McKenzie , African Methodist Episcopal Church bishop1950 - Bertrand Delanoë , French politician1951 - Stephen Tobolowsky , American actor1951 - Zdravko Čolić , Bosnian singer
1953 - Colm Meaney , Irish actor1955 - Topper Headon , British musician (The Clash )1958 - Marie Fredriksson , Swedish singer and songwriter (Roxette )1961 - Harry Enfield , British comedian1962 - Kevin Eastman American comic book creator1964 - Wynonna Judd , American singer1964 - Tom Morello , American guitarist (Audioslave , Rage Against the Machine )
1964 - Andrea Montermini , Italian racing driver
1966 - Stephen Malkmus , American musician (Pavement )1970 - Flora Chan , Hong Kong television actress1970 - Ness Wadia , Indian industrialist
1971 - Idina Menzel , American actress and singer1972 - Manny Ramirez , Dominican Major League Baseball player1973 - Leigh Francis , British comedian1974 - Cee-Lo , American musician1974 - Big L , American rap artist
1974 - Shin Ha-kyun , South Korean actor
1976 - Radoslav Nesterovič , Slovenian basketball player1977 - Rachael Stirling , British actress1977 - Fabrice Akwa , Angolan footballer
1979 - Mike Bishai , Canadian ice hockey player1979 - Rie Kugimiya , Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
1980 - Steven Gerrard , English footballer1981 - Devendra Banhart , American singer and songwriter1981 - Gianmaria Bruni , Italian racing driver
1990 - Theo Siegers , Pretty fly guyDeaths 1159 - Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105 )1252 - King Ferdinand III of Castile 1416 - Jerome of Prague , Czech theologian (executed) (b. 1379 )1431 - Joan of Arc , French peasant girl that joined the French royal army, heroine and saint (burned at the stake) (b. 1412 )1434 - Prokop the Great , Hussite general1469 - Lope de Barrientos —a powerful bishop in Castile 1574 - King Charles IX of France (b. 1550 )1576 - Harada Naomasa , Japanese retainer and samurai1593 - Christopher Marlowe , English playwright (b. 1564 )1640 - Peter Paul Rubens , Flemish painter (b. 1577 )1696 - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell , First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1638 )1718 - Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle , Dutch favorite of William III of England (b. 1670 )1730 - Arabella Churchill , English mistress of James II of England (b. 1648 )1744 - Alexander Pope , English writer (b. 1688 )1770 - François Boucher , French painter (b. 1703 )1778 - Voltaire , French philosopher and author (b. 1694 )1865 - John Catron , United States Supreme Court Justice1868 - Souji Okita , 1st Captain of the Shinsengumi (b. 1823 1901 - Victor D'Hondt , Belgian mathematician (b. 1841 )1912 - Wilbur Wright , aviation pioneer (Wright Brothers ) (b. 1867 )1925 - Arthur Moeller van den Bruck , German historian (b. 1876 )1926 - Vladimir Steklov , Russian physicist (b. 1864 )1934 - Togo Heihachiro , Japanese admiral (b. 1848 )1941 - Prajadhipok , Rama VII, king of Thailand (b. 1893 )1951 - Hermann Broch , Austrian author (b. 1886 )1953 - Dooley Wilson , American musician and actor (b. 1886 )1955 - Bill Vukovich , Auto racer, killed during 1955 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1918 )1960 - Boris Pasternak , Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (b. 1890 )1961 - Rafael Leónidas Trujillo , dictator of the Dominican Republic (b. 1891 )1964 - Leó Szilárd , Hungarian-born nuclear physicist (b. 1898 )1964 - Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald , American auto racers, killed during 1964 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1927 )
1967 - Claude Rains , English actor (b. 1889 )1971 - Marcel Dupré , French organist and composer (b. 1886 )1975 - Steve Prefontaine , American runner (b. 1951 )1975 - Michel Simon , French actor (b. 1895 )
1980 - Carl Radle , American bass guitarist (b. 1942 )1981 - Don Ashby , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955 )1981 - Ziaur Rahman , President of Bangladesh (b. 1936 )
1986 - Perry Ellis , American fashion designer (b. 1940 )1993 - Sun Ra , American musician (b. 1914 )2000 - Tex Beneke , American bandleader, singer, and saxophone player (b. 1914 )2003 - Mickie Most , English record producer (b. 1938 )2005 - Tomasz Pacyński , Polish writer (b. 1958 )2006 - Shohei Imamura , Japanese film director (b. 1926 )Holidays and observances Liturgical feasts External links
