1250 – William II Longespee, dies as a martyr at the battle of Al Mansurah, Egypt (7th Crusade)
1296 – Przemysł II, King of Poland (1295-96), dies at 38
1640 – Murad IV, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1623-40) who conquered Baghdad, dies from cirrhosis in Istanbul at 27
1924 – Gee John, Chinese-American gangster (1st person in US to be executed by lethal gas in Nevada), executed at 29
1942 – Fritz Todt, German construction engineer, Reich Minister for Armaments and Munitions Reichs minister and Head of the Organization Todt, dies in a plane crash at 50
1968 – J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56
1987 – Bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha], Polish-Romani writer, dies at 78
1993 – Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
1996 – Del Ennis, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1946, 51, 55; NL RBI leader 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), dies from complications of diabetes at 70
2021 – David Egerton, English rugby union #8 (7 caps; Bath Rugby) and broadcaster (BBC), dies from COVID-19 at 59