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May 27

Births: • Branciaroli, Franco (1947) • Fiennes, Joseph (1970) • Lee, Christopher (1922-2015) • Nelson, Portia (1920-2001) • Price, Vincent (1911-1993) Deaths: • Sforza, Ludovico il Moro, Duke of Milan (1452-1508)

May 26

Births: • Bergès-Frisbey, Àstrid (1986) • Bonham Carter, Helena (1966) • Dall, John (1920-1971) • Dotrice, Roy (1923-2017) • Duncan, Isadora (1877-1927) • Goncourt, Edmond de (1822-1896) • Lukas, Paul (1891-1971) • Morley, Robert (1908-1992) Deaths: • Albert, Eddie (1906-2005) • Liotta,…

May 25

Births: • Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (1803-1873) • Harrison, Cathryn (1959-2018) • Murphy, Cillian (1976) • Oz, Frank (1944) Deaths: • Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) • Calderón de la Barca, Pedro (1600-1681) • Clay, Nicholas (1946-2000) • Primavesi, Mäda (1903-2000)

May 24

Births: • Davis, Desmond (1926-2021) • François, Déborah (1987) • Lonsdale, Michael (1931-2020) • Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793) • Molina, Alfred (1953) • Palmer, Lilli (1914-1986) • Pontormo (1494-1557) • Rosas, Manuelita (1817-1898) • Scott Thomas, Kristin (1960) Deaths: • Astruc, Zacharie (1833-1907) • Kempson, Rachel (1910-2003)…

May 23

Births: • Charigot, Aline (1859-1915) • Davenport, Nigel (1928-2013) • Jacobsson, Ulla (1929-1982) • Marshall, Herbert (1890-1966) Deaths: • Góngora, Luis de (1561-1627) • Ibsen, Henrik (1828-1906) • Moore, Roger (1927-2017) • Yanne, Jean (1933-2003)

May 22

Births: • Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) • Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) • Mendès, Catulle (1841-1909) • Olivier, Laurence (1907-1989) • Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) Deaths: • Derek, John (1926-1998) • Gabel, Martin (1912-1986) • Hugo, Victor (1802-1885)

May 21

Events: • 1851: Anna Carbentus marries Theodorus van Gogh. Births: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) • Burr, Raymond (1917-1993) • Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) • Pisu, Mario (1910-1976) • Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Deaths: • Fancelli, Chiara (c.1470-1541) • Fowley, Douglas (1911-1998) • Gielgud, John (1904-2000)

May 20

Births: • Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850) • Coluzzi, Francesca Romana (1943-2009) • Hedison, David (1927-2019) • Lunghini, Elsa (1973) • McCoy, Matt (1958) • Montañés y Pérez, Bernardino (1825-1893) • Murer, Eugène (1841-1906) • Stewart, James (1908-1997) Deaths: • Colombo, Cristoforo (1451-1506)

May 19

Events: • 1935: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) is canonized. Births: • Elliott, Alison (1970) • Ephron, Nora (1941-2012) • Fox, James (1939) • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539) • Jones, Grace (1948) • Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) • Sánchez, Carmen (2001) Deaths: • Anne Boleyn,…

May 18

Births: • Courtois, Gustave (1853-1923) • Donald, James (1917-1993) • Girotti, Massimo (1918-2003) Deaths: • Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-1799) • Berger, Helmut (1944-2023) • Grodin, Charles (1935-2021) • Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)