Historical Anniversaries this Week

May 21

 Events (50 years ago today)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2005)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Stuart Bingham, English snooker player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Abderrahim Goumri, Moroccan runner (died 2013)^[69]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Deron Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[70]

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 - Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (born 1886)

Commemorations:
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

May 22

 Events (850 years ago today)

 Events (200 years ago today): 1826 - HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage.

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 - Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.^[vague]

 Births (1400 years ago today): 626 - Itzam K'an Ahk I, Mayan king (died 686)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 - Julius Klinger, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1942)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Christian Vande Velde, American cyclist

Commemorations:
International Day for Biological Diversity

May 23

 Births (100 years ago today)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African activist and politician (died 1995)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Aileen Hernandez, American union organizer and civil rights activist (died 2017)^[30]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Andy Selva, Sammarinese footballer and manager^[39]

May 24

 Events (750 years ago today)

 Events (400 years ago today): 1626 - Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1976 - The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.

 Births (450 years ago today): 1576 - Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley, English courtier (died 1635)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter (died 2025)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Alessandro Cortini, Italian-American singer and keyboard player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Catherine Cox, New Zealand-Australian netball player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Silje Vige, Norwegian singer

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 - Denise Pelletier, Canadian actress (born 1923)

May 25

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 - Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Claude Akins, American actor (died 1994)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - William Bowyer, English painter and academic (died 2015)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author and poet (died 2009)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - David Wynne, English sculptor and painter (died 2014)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Stefan Holm, Swedish high jumper

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Erki Pütsep, Estonian cyclist

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Ethan Suplee, American actor

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Cillian Murphy, Irish actor^[34]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Miguel Zepeda, Mexican footballer

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 - Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (born 1879)

May 26

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 - Abd el-Krim ends surrenders to the French, bringing an end to the Rif War.^[13]

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 - Percy Perrin, English cricketer (died 1945)^[36]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 - Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1991)^[44]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Paul Collingwood, English cricketer and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Stephen Curry, Australian comedian and actor

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Kenny Florian, American mixed martial artist and sportscaster

 Deaths (1100 years ago today): 926 - Yuan Xingqin, Chinese general and governor

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1926 - Sre?ko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (born 1904)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (born 1889)

May 27

 Births (450 years ago today): 1576 - Caspar Schoppe, German author and scholar (died 1649)

 Births (400 years ago today): 1626 - William II, Prince of Orange (died 1650)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and author (died 1945)

 Births (150 years ago today): 1876 - William Stanier, English engineer (died 1965)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 - Marcel Fässler, Swiss racing driver