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Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.

A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.

Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others are taken ill.

Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.

Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.

The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa, Nigeria. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2.

President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.

Panamanian general election: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.

The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.

American politician

American soccer defender (134 caps; D.C. United

Japanese voice actor (My Hero Academia

American talk show host on MSNBC's Morning Joe

Canadian businesswoman and politician

British classical

American actor (Dr Alan Poe-St Elsewhere

American actress (Amadeus

English professional snooker player

Australian professional tennis player

English celebrity chef (This Morning)

Sri Lankan cricketer (Sri Lankan pace bowler & opening batsman)

English film director (Billy Elliot; The Hours)

Canadian animation director and producer

British neofolk musician performing as Sol Invictus