Historical Anniversaries this Week

May 21

 Events (300 years ago today): 1725 – The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.

 Events (100 years ago today): 1925 – The opera Doktor Faust, unfinished when composer Ferruccio Busoni died, is premiered in Dresden.^[8]

 Births (250 years ago today): 1775 – Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician (d. 1840)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Anthony Mundine, Australian rugby league player and boxer

 Deaths (950 years ago today): 1075 – Richeza of Poland, queen of Hungary (b. 1013)

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 – Hidesabur? Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachik? (b. 1871)

 Deaths (0 years ago today): 2025 – Gerry Connolly, American politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia's 11th congressional district (b. 1950)^[110]

Commemorations:
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

May 22

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1991)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Salva Ballesta, Spanish footballer and manager

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)

Commemorations:
International Day for Biological Diversity

May 23

 Births (1350 years ago today): 675 – Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II, King of Mutharaiyar dynasty, Tamil Nadu, India

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1966)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)

 Deaths (900 years ago today): 1125 – Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1086)^[38]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)

May 24

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1961)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Carmine Infantino, American illustrator and educator (d. 2013)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and director (d. 1994)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Marc Gagnon, Canadian speed skater

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Giannis Goumas, Greek footballer and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Maria Lawson, English singer-songwriter

 Deaths (600 years ago today): 1425 – Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)

May 25

 Events (100 years ago today): 1925 – Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.^[8]

 Births (300 years ago today): 1725 – Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (d. 1776)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (d. 1974)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Eldon Griffiths, English journalist and politician (d. 2014)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Don Liddle, American baseball player (d. 2000)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Claude Pinoteau, French film director and screenwriter (d. 2012)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Blaise Nkufo, Congolese-Swiss footballer

 Deaths (1350 years ago today): 675 – Li Hong, Chinese prince (b. 652)

May 26

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Carmen Montejo, Cuban-Mexican actress (d. 2013)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Alec McCowen, English actor^[36] (d. 2017)^[37]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

 Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 – William H. Shockley, American mining engineer, amateur photographer, and hobbyist botanist (b. 1855)^[70]

May 27

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 – Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 - the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (d. 1942)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author (d. 2008)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – André 3000, American rapper

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jadakiss, American rapper^[25]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jamie Oliver, English chef and author

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Feryal Özel, Turkish astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic

 Deaths (1550 years ago today): 475 – Eutropius, bishop of Orange

 Deaths (500 years ago today): 1525 – Thomas Müntzer, German mystic and theologian (b. 1488)

 Deaths (350 years ago today): 1675 – Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (b. 1613)

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