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3 Deaths

1791 - Francis Hopkinson, American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737)
1805 - Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759)
1889 - William S. Harney, US general (b. 1800)
1903 - Paul Gauguin, painter (b. 1848)
1905 - Anna Jarvis, the model for Mother's Day (b. 1832)
1949 - Prince Louis II of Monaco (b. 1870)
1957 - Ezio Pinza, opera singer (b. 1892)
1968 - Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893)
1970 - Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers (b. 1907)
1976 - Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author
1978 - Aldo Moro, former Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916)
1985 - Edmond O'Brien, actor
1986 - Tenzing Norgay, mountaineer (b. 1914)
1998 - Alice Faye, actress
2004 - Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen president (b. 1951)
2004 - Alan King, comedian (b. 1927)

4 Holidays and observances

Russia and some other parts of the former Soviet Union - Victory Day as the end of the " Great Patriotic War"
European Union - Europe day, commemorating the "Schuman declaration"
Roman Empire - Feast of the Lemures (See Larvae)
Mother's Day - 1999, 2004, 2010

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