Historical Anniversaries this Week

April 30

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 - Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (died 1937)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Shrinivas Khale, Indian composer (died 2011)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian (died 2021)^[30]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Victor Glover, American astronaut

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 - Bessie Coleman, American pilot (born 1892)^[60]

Commemorations:
International Jazz Day

May 1

 Births (700 years ago today): 1326 - Rinchinbal Khan, Mongolian emperor (died 1332)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (died 2025)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - James Murray, American comedian^[53]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 - T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (born 1908)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 - Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (born 1939)

May 2

 Events (150 years ago today): 1876 - The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.

 Births (550 years ago today): 1476 - Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Count of Kladsko, Governor of Bohemia and Silesia (died 1536)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Jeff Gutt, American singer-songwriter

May 3

 Births (750 years ago today): 1276 - Louis, Count of Évreux, son of King Philip III of France (died 1319)

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 - Charles XV of Sweden (died 1872)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach

May 4

 Events (400 years ago today): 1626 - Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.^[6]

 Events (250 years ago today): 1776 - Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.^[8]

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 - The United Kingdom general strike begins.

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 - Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (died 1900)

 Deaths (400 years ago today): 1626 - Arthur Lake, English bishop and scholar (born 1569)

 Deaths (250 years ago today): 1776 - Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (born 1717)

 Deaths (200 years ago today): 1826 - Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (born 1757)^[46]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 - Frank Strahan, Australian public servant (born 1886)

May 5

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 - Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III (died 1920)^[16]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Dieter Brummer, Australian actor (died 2021)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster

May 6

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 - The 6.5 M_w? Friuli earthquake affected Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900-978 dead and 1,700-2,400 injured.

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer