May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 221 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
- 1276 – Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
- 1487 – The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
- 1595 – Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
- 1607 – 100 English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first English colony in America.
- 1621 – The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
- 1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
- 1667 – The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
- 1689 – The Parliament of EnglandEnglish Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded.
- 1738 – John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
- 1798 – The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
- 1822 – Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
- 1830 – Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
- 1830 – The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland.
- 1832 – The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
- 1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
- 1846 – Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
- 1856 – John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
- 1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
- 1895 – Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
- 1901 – Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
- 1915 – World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
- 1921 – The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens.
- 1930 – Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
- 1935 – The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 at Crosley Field.
- 1940 – Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
- 1941 – World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks the then pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
- 1943 – Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- 1948 – Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
- 1956 – Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha's Parinibbāna.
- 1956 – The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland
- 1958 – United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
- 1960 – Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
- 1961 – American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
- 1961 – Cyprus joins the Council of Europe.
- 1962 – Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
- 1967 – Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
- 1968 – FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
- 1970 – The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union.
- 1976 – The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.
- 1976 – The Judgement of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
- 1981 – Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee died in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
- 1982 – Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
- 1988 – Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
- 1991 – Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
- 1991 – Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
- 1992 – The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
- 1994 – Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
- 2000 – Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
- 2001 – Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
- 2001 – The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel, kills 23 and injures over 200
- 2002 – Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
Births
- 15 BC – Germanicus, Roman commander (d. 19)
- 1494 – Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
- 1522 – John Jewel, English Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1571)
- 1544 – William Gilbert, English astronomer and philosopher (d. 1603)
- 1616 – John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)
- 1671 – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)
- 1686 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist, engineer, and glass blower, developed the Fahrenheit scale (d. 1736)
- 1689 – Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769)
- 1743 – Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (d. 1793)
- 1794 – William Whewell, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1866)
- 1803 – Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist (d. 1866)
- 1810 – Charles Clark, American politician, 24th Governor of Mississippi (d. 1877)
- 1810 – Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar (d. 1874)
- 1816 – Emanuel Leutze, German painter (d. 1868)
- 1819 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)
- 1830 – Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (d. 1897)
- 1836 – Joseph Rowntree, English Philanthropist (d. 1925)
- 1854 – John Riley Banister, American law officer and cowboy (d. 1918)
- 1855 – Arthur Wing Pinero, English playwright (d. 1934)
- 1863 – George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)
- 1868 – Charlie Taylor, American mechanic (d. 1956)
- 1870 – Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (d. 1938)
- 1870 – Jan Christiaan Smuts, South African statesman, 4th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950)
- 1874 – Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1878)
- 1878 – Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (d. 1972)
- 1879 – H. B. Reese, American candymaker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (d. 1956)
- 1885 – Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist (d. 1948)
- 1886 – Paul Paray, French conductor and composer (d. 1979)
- 1887 – Edward Mannock, Irish pilot (d. 1918)
- 1891 – William F. Albright, American archeologist and scholar (d. 1971)
- 1895 – Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications (d. 1979)
- 1899 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi poet (d. 1976)
- 1899 – Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (d. 1938)
- 1899 – Henri Michaux, French poet (d. 1984)
- 1900 – Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)
- 1901 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1968)
- 1902 – Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete and politician (d. 1954)
- 1902 – Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (d. 2004)
- 1903 – Milo Burcham, American pilot (d. 1944)
- 1905 – Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- 1909 – Wilbur Mills, American politician (d. 1992)
- 1911 – Barbara West, English survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking (d. 2007)
- 1913 – Peter Ellenshaw, American artist (d. 2007)
- 1913 – Joe Abreu, Portuguese-American baseball player (d. 1993)
- 1913 – Audrey Brown, English athlete (d. 2005)
- 1914 – Lilli Palmer, German actress (d. 1986)
- 1914 – Giuseppe Valdengo, Italian baritone (d. 2007)
- 1916 – Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat (d. 2002)
- 1923 – Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (d. 1986)
- 1925 – Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director (d. 1994)
- 1926 – Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor
- 1928 – William Trevor, Irish writer
- 1930 – Hans-Martin Linde, German conductor and author
- 1931 – Michael Lonsdale, French actor
- 1932 – Arnold Wesker, English dramatist
- 1933 – Aharon Lichtenstein, French-American rabbi and rosh yeshiva
- 1934 – Jane Byrne, Americian politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago
- 1934 – Barry Rose, English conductor and organist
- 1935 – Joan Micklin Silver, American director
- 1936 – Harold Budd, American composer and poet
- 1937 – Archie Shepp, American saxophonist, composer, and pianist
- 1937 – Roger Peterson, American pilot (d. 1959)
- 1938 – Tommy Chong, Canadian actor and comedian
- 1938 – David Viscott, American psychiatrist (d. 1996)
- 1940 – Joseph Brodsky, Russian poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
- 1941 – Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Traveling Wilburys)
- 1941 – George Lakoff, American linguist and activist
- 1942 – Ali Bacher, South African cricketer and administrator
- 1942 – Ichirō Ozawa, Japanese politician
- 1943 – Gary Burghoff, American actor
- 1944 – Patti LaBelle, American singer-songwriter, actress, and author (Labelle)
- 1945 – Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman
- 1945 – Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter guitarist
- 1946 – Irena Szewińska, Russian-Polish sprinter
- 1947 – Martin Winterkorn, German businessman
- 1947 – Mike De Leon, Filipino director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and producer
- 1947 – Waddy Wachtel, American composer, musician, bandleader, and producer
- 1948 – Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1949 – Hubert Birkenmeier, German footballer
- 1949 – Jim Broadbent, English actor
- 1949 – Tomaž Pisanski, Slovenian mathematician
- 1950 – Larry Seidlin, American judge
- 1950 – Terry Scott Taylor, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Daniel Amos, Swirling Eddies, and Lost Dogs)
- 1952 – Sybil Danning, Austrian actress
- 1953 – Nell Campbell, American actress and singer
- 1953 – Alfred Molina, English actor
- 1953 – Klaus-Günter Stade, German footballer
- 1955 – Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author
- 1955 – Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer-songwriter
- 1955 – David Leonard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956 – Michael Jackson, Irish clergyman, Archbishop of Dublin
- 1956 – Richard B. Bernstein, American historian
- 1956 – Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor (Cameo)
- 1959 – Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1985)
- 1960 – Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress
- 1960 – Guy Fletcher, English musician and producer (Dire Straits and The Notting Hillbillies)
- 1960 – Doug Jones, American actor
- 1961 – Alain Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1962 – Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer
- 1963 – Ivan Capelli, Italian race car driver
- 1963 – Michael Chabon, American author
- 1963 – Joe Dumars, American basketball player
- 1963 – Kathy Leander, Swiss singer
- 1963 – Rich Rodriguez, American football player and coach
- 1964 – Liz McColgan, English runner
- 1964 – Adrian Moorhouse, English swimmer
- 1964 – Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 – Jens Becker, German bassist (Grave Digger, Running Wild, and X-Wild)
- 1965 – John C. Reilly, American actor
- 1965 – Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese director, screenwriter, and producer
- 1966 – Eric Cantona, French footballer
- 1966 – Ricky Craven, American race car driver
- 1966 – Russell Kun, Nauruan politician
- 1967 – Dana Ashbrook, American actor
- 1967 – Andrey Borodin, Russian economist and businessman
- 1967 – Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1967 – Eric Close, American actor
- 1967 – Steven Shane McDonald, American bassist and actor (Redd Kross, Off!, and Green and Yellow TV)
- 1967 – Bruno Putzulu, French actor
- 1968 – Mo Willems, American author and illustrator
- 1969 – Rich Robinson, American guitarist and songwriter (The Black Crowes)
- 1970 – Tommy Page, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1971 – Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1972 – Greg Berlanti, American writer and producer
- 1972 – Joanna Wiśniewska, Polish discus thrower
- 1973 – Bartolo Colón, Dominican baseball player
- 1973 – Dermot O'Leary, English comedian and television host
- 1973 – Ruslana, Ukrainian singer, musician, dancer, producer, and actress
- 1973 – Vladimír Šmicer, Czech footballer
- 1973 – Shirish Kunder, Indian editor and film director
- 1974 – Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian
- 1974 – Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player
- 1974 – Sébastien Foucan, French runner and actor, founder of free running
- 1975 – Marc Gagnon, Canadian speed skater
- 1975 – Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer
- 1975 – Maria Lawson, English singer
- 1976 – Alessandro Cortini, Italian musician (Modwheelmood SONOIO, Blindoldfreak, and Nine Inch Nails)
- 1976 – Catherine Cox, Australian netball player
- 1976 – Bob Maesen, Belgian sprint canoer
- 1977 – Kym Valentine, Australian actress
- 1978 – Elijah Burke, American wrestler
- 1978 – Brian Ching, American soccer player
- 1978 – Bryan Greenberg, American actor
- 1978 – Johan Holmqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1978 – Brad Penny, American baseball player
- 1979 – Amelia Cooke, American actress
- 1979 – Manuel Cortez, German-Portuguese actor and photographer
- 1979 – Tracy McGrady, American basketball player
- 1979 – Kareem McKenzie, American football player
- 1979 – Frank Mir, American mixed martial artist
- 1980 – Jason Babin, American football player
- 1980 – Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer
- 1980 – Jennifer Korbee, American singer and actress (Hi-5)
- 1980 – Anthony Minichiello, Australian rugby player
- 1980 – Billy L. Sullivan, American actor
- 1981 – Sayaka Ando, Japanese model
- 1981 – Nic Hill, American director and producer
- 1981 – Marketa Janska, Czech model
- 1981 – Andy Lee, Australian comedian
- 1981 – Jerod Mixon, American actor
- 1982 – Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer
- 1982 – DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player
- 1982 – Kim Frank, German singer and actress (Echt)
- 1982 – Rian Wallace, American football player and agent
- 1983 – Ricky Mabe, Canadian actor
- 1983 – Custódio Castro, Portuguese footballer
- 1983 – Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (d. 2009)
- 1984 – Sarah Hagan, American actress
- 1984 – Brodney Pool, American football player
- 1984 – Ryan Wieber, American filmmaker
- 1985 – Tim Bridgman, English race car driver
- 1985 – Giannis Kondoes, Greek footballer
- 1986 – Mark Ballas, American actor, singer, dancer, and guitarist (Ballas Hough Band)
- 1986 – Jordan Metcalfe, English actor
- 1987 – Jimena Barón, Argentine actress and singer
- 1987 – Déborah François, Belgian actress
- 1987 – Guillaume Latendresse, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 – Matt Prior, Australian rugby player
- 1988 – Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1988 – Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant and soldier
- 1988 – Kimberley Crossman, New Zealand actress, dancer, and cheerleader
- 1988 – Billy Gilman, American singer
- 1988 – Jonathan Platero, American dancer
- 1989 – Mohammed Fellah, Norwegian footballer
- 1989 – Andrew Jordan, English race car driver
- 1989 – Sam Kessel, Swedish actor
- 1989 – Adel Taarabt, Moroccan footballer
- 1990 – Catalina Artusi, Argentine actress
- 1990 – Joey Logano, American race car driver
- 1991 – Erika Umeda, Japanese singer (Cute and ZYX)
- 1992 – Travis T. Flory, American actor
- 1992 – Rachel Victoria, Canadian actress
- 1993 – Oliver Davis, American actor
- 1993 – Bobby Lockwood, English actor, dancer, and model
- 1994 – Cayden Boyd, American actor
- 1995 – Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein
- 2007 – Maru (cat), Japanese cat and internet celebrity
Deaths
- 1153 – David I of Scotland (b. 1083)
- 1351 – Abu Al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Moroccan sultan (b. 1297)
- 1408 – Taejo of Joseon, Korean ruler (b. 1335)
- 1425 – Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
- 1456 – Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)
- 1543 – Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer (b. 1473)
- 1612 – Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English administrator and politician (b. 1563)
- 1627 – Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (b. 1561)
- 1632 – Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)
- 1725 – Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1682)
- 1734 – Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
- 1792 – George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English naval officer (b. 1718)
- 1806 – John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, English field marshal (b. 1723)
- 1843 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765)
- 1861 – Elmer E. Ellsworth, American soldier (b. 1837)
- 1872 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (b. 1794)
- 1876 – Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1843)
- 1879 – William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist and publisher (b. 1805)
- 1881 – Samuel Palmer, English painter (b. 1805)
- 1901 – Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
- 1908 – Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821)
- 1915 – John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
- 1919 – Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (b. 1870)
- 1941 – Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
- 1945 – Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (b. 1892)
- 1947 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (b. 1878)
- 1948 – Jacques Feyder, Belgian director and screenwriter (b. 1885)
- 1949 – Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (b. 1873)
- 1950 – Archibald Wavell, English field marshal (b. 1883)
- 1959 – John Foster Dulles, American politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
- 1960 – Avraham Arnon, Israeli educator, recipient of the Israel Prize (b. 1887)
- 1963 – Elmore James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1918)
- 1969 – Willy Ley, German-American scientist and writer (b. 1906)
- 1972 – Ismail Yasin, Egyptian actor and comedian (b. 1915)
- 1974 – Duke Ellington, American composer, pianist, and bandleader (b. 1899)
- 1979 – Ernest Bullock, English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890)
- 1984 – Vince McMahon, Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman, founder of WWE (b. 1914)
- 1991 – Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Byrds and Dillard & Clark) (b. 1944)
- 1991 – Miriam di San Servolo, Italian actress (b. 1912)
- 1992 – Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (b. 1956)
- 1995 – Harold Wilson, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
- 1996 – Joseph Mitchell, American journalist (b. 1908)
- 1996 – Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934)
- 1997 – Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923)
- 2000 – Kurt Schork, American reporter (b. 1947)
- 2000 – Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and lyricist (b. 1919)
- 2002 – Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926)
- 2003 – Rachel Kempson, English actress (b. 1910)
- 2004 – Henry Ries, American photographer (b. 1917)
- 2004 – Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (b. 1913)
- 2004 – Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (b. 1900)
- 2005 – Carl Amery, German writer (b. 1922)
- 2005 – Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Vivian Liberto, American author, first wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934)
- 2005 – Guy Tardif, Canadian politician (b. 1935)
- 2006 – Henry Bumstead, American artist and designer (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, Mexican convicted murder (b. 1963)
- 2006 – Claude Piéplu, French actor (b. 1923)
- 2006 – Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician and educator (b. 1930)
- 2007 – Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer (b. 1922)
- 2008 – Rob Knox, English actor (b. 1989)
- 2008 – Dick Martin, American comedian (b. 1922)
- 2008 – Jimmy McGriff, American jazz musician and bandleader (b. 1936)
- 2009 – Jay Bennett, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Wilco) (b. 1963)
- 2010 – Ray Alan, English ventriloquist (b. 1930)
- 2010 – Virendra Bhatia, Indian politician (b. 1947)
- 2010 – Tapen Chatterjee, Indian-Bengali actor (b. 1937)
- 2010 – Paul Gray, American musician and songwriter (Slipknot and Unida) (b. 1972)
- 2010 – Raymond V. Haysbert, American businessman and civil rights activist (b. 1920)
- 2010 – Morrie Martin, American baseball player (b. 1922)
- 2010 – Petr Muk, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer (b. 1965)
- 2010 – Anneliese Rothenberger, German soprano (b. 1926)
- 2011 – Huguette M. Clark, French-American heiress and philanthropist (b. 1906)
- 2011 – Hakim Ali Zardari Pakistani politician (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Klaas Carel Faber Dutch-German war criminal (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Kathi Kamen Goldmark, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and author (Rock Bottom Remainders) (b. 1948)
- 2012 – Jacqueline Harpman, Belgian psychoanalyst and writer (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Juan Francisco Lombardo, Argentine footballer (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Mark McConnell, American drummer (Madam X and Blackfoot)
- 2012 – Steve Michalik, American bodybuilder (b. 1949)
- 2012 – Ndombe Opetum, Congolese singer and composer (TPOK Jazz) (b. 1947)
- 2012 – Lee Rich, American producer (b. 1918)
- 2012 – Lou Watson, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
Holidays and observances
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