August 4
On This Day in History: August 4 August 4 is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 149 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day 2016 New Mexico lottery players now able to buy tickets at gas pumps . A state lawmaker is concerned over a new program that allows people to purchase lottery tickets at gasoline pumps in New Mexico.2016 New York Governor signs bill to allow daily fantasy sports . Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law Wednesday to allow the resumption of daily fantasy sports in New York.2015 Ga. man throws away -- then recovers -- $10,000 in winning Cash 4 lottery tickets . Imagine having lottery tickets worth $10,000, and then realizing you had thrown them away.2015 California Lottery begins offering tickets at gas pumps . Play at the Pump, the California Lottery's latest expansion of the lotto market, is both convenient and controversial.2015 NY man claims friend broke deal to split lottery prize, files lawsuit . A Queens, New York, man claims one of his best friends is bilking him out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, after improbably striking the jackpot on a lottery ticket the two had agreed to split — and refusing to share the million dollar bounty.2015 Suspected lottery ticket thief causes major wreck in getaway . A suspect is in a Houston-area hospital after fleeing the scene of a daring robbery in Conroe and causing a serious traffic accident as he was attempting to make his getaway.2015 $1 million hasn't changed Iowa lottery winner . Five years since winning $1 million, Bob Boehm stands in roughly the same place.2015 N.J. lottery drawing games offline across the state over the weekend . Half of all lottery retailers across New Jersey were not been able to issue any tickets from Friday night through Monday as a result of a "technical issue," a state Treasury spokesman confirmed Monday.2013 $400 MILLION: Powerball jackpot skyrockets . For only the 4th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $400 million or more.2011 Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $180 million . The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing took place last night without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $180 million, with a cash option of $100.3 million.2010 Playing same lottery numbers for 15 years paid off . The five numbers Chris Hoffman played in the Maryland lottery for 15 years never meant anything special to him -- until he won.2010 Iowa Lottery to look at online options . The 25-year-old Iowa Lottery is an "offline business in an online world," but Director Terry Rich is out to change that.2009 CT Lottery partners with Giants for new scratch game . Monday the New York Giants announced a partnership with the Connecticut Lottery Corporation to launch a Giants-branded scratch-off ticket game later this month.2009 Texas Lottery launches Dallas Cowboys scratch-off game this month . The Texas Lottery Commission announced Monday that it will start a Dallas Cowboys scratch-off game Aug. 17. The $5 tickets will have cash prizes of up to $100,000 as well as chances to win packages that include a stadium suite, private tours, and airfare and tickets to an away game.2009 Ohio Lottery director resigns . Ohio's lottery director resigned Tuesday from a rocky tenure serving in Gov. Ted Strickland's cabinet, as the state tries to expand the lottery to include video slot machines at horse racing tracks.2009 All four PA Lottery raffle jackpots claimed . All four of the $1 million top-prize winners from the Pennsylvania Lottery's July 4 Millionaire Raffle drawing have claimed their prizes.2009 Maryland Lottery's Green Ball promotion adds bonus drawings . The Maryland Lottery's Green Ball Double Draw promotion was triggered three times this past weekend, paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars in extra prize money to players of the Pick 3 game.2007 Largest Texas Lottery jackpot claimed by trust . The winners of the largest Mega Millions jackpot ever won on a ticket sold in Texas have stepped forward to collect their prize money.2006 $204 Million: Saturday Powerball Jackpot . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $204 million, with a cash option of $92.7 million.2005 Brothers sharing $11 million lottery win return to work . Thirteen years after James and John Daly split an $11 million lottery prize, the twin brothers have returned to their old jobs as maintenance workers in the Brockton, Massachusetts, schools.2005 Euro Millions lottery winner wants 'normality' . Irish housewife Dolores McNamara wants to return to normality as soon as possible, her solicitor said today as she collected the biggest jackpot in European Lottery history.2005 Maryland Lottery to replace classic Lotto game . The first Maryland lottery game to offer $1 million prizes seems likely to become extinct, a victim of players who opt to gamble instead on mega-jackpots.2004 Mega Millions jackpot increases to $20 million . The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $20 million Wednesday.2003 Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $42 Million . There were no Mega Millions jackpot winners Friday but 271,367 players across the nation won a total of almost $1.5 million in prizes.2003 Powerball Jackpot Grows To $42 Million . There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 369,986 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.6 million in prizes in America's Game.2003 Canadians Face Lottery Fraud Charges . Seven Canadians face criminal charges that they ran a phony lottery scheme that sought to defraud consumers in the United States using telemarketing, the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston said Friday.2003 Poll: Lottery finds favor for raising revenue in Nevada . Most Nevadans favor a state lottery as an alternative means of funding education and are happy that state lawmakers didn't impose any more taxes than it did, according to a new statewide poll.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $448.4 Million Draw Date
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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2007 NASA 's Phoenix 2006 A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF). 1995 Operation Storm begins in Croatia .1993 A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King 's civil rights . 1987 The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly". 1984 The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso . 1977 U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy .1975 The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires . The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya . 1974 A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro , Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22. 1969 Vietnam War : At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.1965 The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand. 1964 Civil rights movement : Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner , Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21 .1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident : U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin .1947 The Supreme Court of Japan is established. 1946 An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic . One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless. 1944 The Holocaust : A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank , her family, and four others.1936 Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime .1924 Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.1915 World War I : The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915 .1914 In response to the German invasion of Belgium , Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality. 1892 The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later. 1889 The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.1873 American Indian Wars : While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana , the United States 7th Cavalry , under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River ; only one man on each side is killed.1863 Matica slovenská , Slovakia 's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation , is established in Martin .1854 The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships. 1824 The Battle of Kos is fought between Turkish and Greek forces. 1821 The Saturday Evening Post 1796 French Revolutionary Wars : Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato .1791 The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars . 1790 A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service United States Coast Guard ). 1789 France : members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges .1783 Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine , which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.1704 War of the Spanish Succession : Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles .1701 Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.1693 Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon 's invention of champagne ; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne , however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine . 1578 Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir : The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry , as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.1327 First War of Scottish Independence : James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England .1265 Second Barons' War : Battle of Evesham : The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England ) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester , killing de Montfort and many of his allies.598 Goguryeo-Sui War : Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong ), to conquer Goguryeo (Korea ) during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.367 Gratian receives the title of Augustus Valentinian I .🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1995 Bruna Marquezine , Brazilian actress1994 Pauli Pauli , Australian rugby league player1992 Daniele Garozzo , Italian fencer1992 Dylan Sprouse , American actor1992 Cole Sprouse , American actor1991 Thiago Cardoso , Brazilian footballer1991 Izet Hajrović , Bosnian footballer1990 Hikmet Balioğlu , Turkish footballer1990 Siim Tenno , Estonian footballer1989 Wang Hao , Chinese chess player1989 Jessica Mauboy , Australian singer-songwriter and actress1988 Carly Foulkes , Canadian model and actress1987 Jang Keun-suk , South Korean actor and singer1987 Marreese Speights American basketball player1987 Tomoya Warabino , Japanese actor1986 Nick Augusto , American drummer1986 Leon Camier , English motorcycle racer1986 Cicinho , Brazilian footballer1986 Iosia Soliola , New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player1986 David Williams , Australian rugby league player1985 Crystal Bowersox , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1985 Robbie Findley , American soccer player1985 Mark Milligan , Australian footballer1985 Ha Seung-jin , South Korean basketball player1985 Antonio Valencia , Ecuadorean footballer1984 Terry Campese , Australian rugby league player1984 Mardy Collins , American basketball player1983 Greta Gerwig , American actress, producer, and screenwriter1981 Erica Carlson , Swedish actress1981 Marques Houston , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor1981 Benjamin Lauth , German footballer1981 Abigail Spencer , American actress1981 Meghan Markle , American actress and humanitarian, and member of British Royal Family 1980 Richard Dawson , English cricketer and coach1979 Robin Peterson , South African cricketer1978 Jeremy Adduono , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1978 Luke Allen , American baseball player1978 Kurt Busch , American race car driver1978 Agnė Eggerth , Lithuanian sprinter1978 Ibán Espadas , Spanish footballer1978 Jon Knott , American baseball player1978 Karine Legault , Canadian swimmer1978 Sandeep Naik , Indian politician1978 Siri Nordby , Norwegian footballer1978 Ricardo Serrano , Spanish cyclist1978 Per-Åge Skrøder , Norwegian ice hockey player1978 Satoshi Hino , Japanese voice actor1977 Frankie Kazarian , American wrestler1977 Luís Boa Morte , Portuguese footballer and manager1976 Andrew McLeod , Australian footballer1976 Trevor Woodman , English rugby player and coach1975 Andy Hallett , American actor and singer (d. 2009)1975 Nikos Liberopoulos , Greek footballer1975 Jutta Urpilainen , Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland 1975 Daniella van Graas , Dutch model and actress1974 Kily González , Argentine footballer1973 Eva Amaral , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist1973 Xavier Marchand , French swimmer1973 Marek Penksa , Slovak footballer1973 Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis , Brazilian footballer1972 Stefan Brogren , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1971 Bethan Benwell , English linguist, author, and academic1971 Jeff Gordon , American race car driver and actor1970 John August , American director and screenwriter1970 Bret Baier , American journalist1970 Steve House , American mountaineer1970 Steven Jack , South African cricketer1970 Kate Silverton , English journalist1969 Mark Bickley , Australian footballer and coach1969 Max Cavalera , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist1969 Troy O'Leary , American baseball player1968 Daniel Dae Kim , South Korean-American actor1968 Lee Mack , English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter1967 Michael Marsh , American sprinter1965 Adam Afriyie , English businessman and politician1965 Dennis Lehane , American author, screenwriter, and producer1965 Fredrik Reinfeldt , Swedish soldier and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Sweden 1965 Michael Skibbe , German footballer and manager1964 Andrew Bartlett , Australian social worker and politician1963 Keith Maurice Ellison , 30th Attorney General of Minnesota1962 Roger Clemens , American baseball player and actor1962 Paul Reynolds , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls )1961 Barack Obama , American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States , Nobel Prize laureate1960 Chuck C. Lopez , American jockey1960 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , Spanish academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Spain 1960 Bernard Rose , English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer1960 Tim Winton , Australian author and playwright1959 Robbin Crosby , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2002)1959 John Gormley , Irish politician, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 1958 Allison Hedge Coke , American-Canadian poet and academic1958 Mary Decker , American runner1958 Silvan Shalom , Tunisian-Israeli sergeant and politician, 30th Deputy Prime Minister of Israel 1957 Rupert Farley , British actor and voice actor1957 Brooks D. Simpson , American historian and author1957 Valdis Valters , Latvian basketball player and coach1957 John Wark , Scottish footballer and sportscaster1955 Alberto Gonzales , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th United States Attorney General 1955 Billy Bob Thornton , American actor, director, and screenwriter1954 Anatoliy Kinakh , Ukrainian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Ukraine 1954 Steve Phillips , English footballer1954 François Valéry , Algerian-French singer-songwriter1953 Hiroyuki Usui , Japanese footballer and manager1952 James Arbuthnot , English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 1952 Moya Brennan , Irish singer-songwriter and harp player1952 Gábor Demszky , Hungarian sociologist, lawyer, and politician1951 Peter Goodfellow , English geneticist and academic1950 Caldwell Jones , American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)1950 N. Rangaswamy , Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry 1949 John Riggins , American football player, sportscaster, and actor1948 Johnny Grubb , American baseball player and coach1947 Klaus Schulze , German keyboard player and songwriter1946 Aleksei Turovski , Estonian zoologist and ethologist1945 Paul McCarthy , American painter and sculptor1945 Alan Mulally , American engineer and businessman1944 Richard Belzer , American actor1944 Doudou Ndoye , Senegalese lawyer and politician1943 Vicente Álvarez Areces , Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias 1943 Barbara Saß-Viehweger , German politician, lawyer and civil law notary1943 Bjørn Wirkola , Norwegian ski jumper and footballer1942 Don S. Davis , American actor (d. 2008)1942 Cleon Jones , American baseball player1942 David Lange , New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2005)1941 Martin Jarvis , English actor1941 Andy Smillie , English footballer1941 Ted Strickland , American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio 1940 Robin Harper , Scottish academic and politician1940 Larry Knechtel , American bass player and pianist (d. 2009)1940 Frances Stewart , English economist and academic1940 Timi Yuro , American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)1939 Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling , English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office 1939 Frankie Ford , American R&B/rock & roll singer (d. 2015)1938 Ellen Schrecker , American historian and academic1937 David Bedford , English keyboard player, composer, and conductor (d. 2011)1936 Giorgos Zographos , Greek singer and actor (d. 2005)1935 Carol Arthur , American actress and producer1935 Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt , German footballer and coach (d. 1997)1935 Michael J. Noonan , Irish farmer and politician, 25th Minister of Defence for Ireland (d. 2013)1934 Dallas Green , American baseball player and manager (d. 2017)1932 Frances E. Allen , American computer scientist and academic1932 Liang Congjie , Chinese environmentalist, founded Friends of Nature (d. 2010)1931 Naren Tamhane , Indian cricketer (d. 2002)1930 Ali al-Sistani , Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar1929 Kishore Kumar , Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1987)1929 Vellore G. Ramabhadran , Mridangam artiste from Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2012)1928 Christian Goethals , Belgian race car driver (d. 2003)1928 Gerard Damiano , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)1928 Nadežka Mosusova , Serbian composer1926 George Irving Bell , American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (d. 2000)1926 Perry Moss , American football player and coach (d. 2014)1922 Mayme Agnew Clayton , American librarian (d.2006)1922 Luis Aponte Martínez , Puerto Rican cardinal (d. 2012)1921 Herb Ellis , American guitarist (d. 2010)1921 Maurice Richard , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2000)1920 Helen Thomas , American journalist and author (d. 2013)1919 Michel Déon , French novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 2016)1918 Brian Crozier , Australian-English historian and journalist (d. 2012)1917 John Fitch , American race car driver and engineer (d. 2012)1915 Warren Avis , American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System (d. 2007)1913 Wesley Addy , American actor (d. 1996)1913 Robert Hayden , American poet and educator (d. 1980)1913 Johann Niemann , German lieutenant (d. 1943)1912 Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov , Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999)1912 David Raksin , American composer and educator (d. 2004)1912 Raoul Wallenberg , Swedish architect and diplomat (d. 1947)1910 Anita Page , American actress (d. 2008)1910 William Schuman , American composer and educator (d. 1992)1910 Hedda Sterne , Romanian-American painter and photographer (d. 2011)1909 Glenn Cunningham , American runner and academic (d. 1988)1908 Kurt Eichhorn , German conductor (d. 1994)1906 Eugen Schuhmacher , German zoologist, director, and producer (d. 1973)1905 Abeid Karume , 1st President of Zanzibar (d. 1972)1904 Witold Gombrowicz , Polish author and playwright (d. 1969)1904 Helen Kane , American singer and actress (d. 1966)1904 Joe Tate , English footballer and manager (d. 1973)1902 Bill Hallahan , American baseball player (d. 1981)1901 Louis Armstrong , American trumpet player and singer (d. 1971)1901 Clarence Passailaigue , Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)1900 Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)1900 Nabi Tajima , Japanese supercentenarian, oldest Japanese and Asian person ever, last verified living person born in the 19th century (d. 2018)1899 Ezra Taft Benson , American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994)1898 Ernesto Maserati , Italian race car driver and engineer (d. 1975)1893 Fritz Gause , German historian and curator (d. 1973)1890 Dolf Luque , Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1957)1888 Taher Saifuddin , Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 1965)1887 Albert M. Greenfield , Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1967)1884 Béla Balázs , Hungarian poet and critic (d. 1949)1884 Henri Cornet , French cyclist (d. 1941)1876 Giovanni Giuriati , Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1970)1876 John Scaddan , Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1934)1871 William Holman , English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1934)1870 Harry Lauder , Scottish actor and singer (d. 1950)1867 Jake Beckley , American baseball player and coach (d. 1918)1859 Knut Hamsun , Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)1853 John Henry Twachtman , American painter, etcher, and academic (d. 1902)1844 Henri Berger , German composer and bandleader (d. 1929)1839 Walter Pater , English author, critic, and academic (d. 1894)1836 Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup , Danish architect (d. 1907)1834 John Venn , English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1923)1821 Louis Vuitton , French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (d. 1892)1821 James Springer White , American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1881)1805 William Rowan Hamilton , Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1865)1792 Percy Bysshe Shelley , English poet and playwright (d. 1822)1755 Nicolas-Jacques Conté , French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor (d. 1805)1721 Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford , English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1803)1719 Johann Gottlob Lehmann , German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767)1704 Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (d. 1752)1701 Thomas Blackwell , Scottish historian and scholar (d. 1757)1623 Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1641-1680) and Hanau-Münzenberg (1642-1680) (d. 1685)1611 Jan van den Hoecke , Flemish painter (d. 1651)1604 François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac , French cleric and author (d. 1676)1522 Udai Singh II , King of Mewar (d. 1572)1521 Pope Urban VII (d. 1590)1470 Bernardo Dovizi , Italian cardinal (d. 1520)1470 Lucrezia de' Medici , Italian noblewoman (d. 1553)1469 Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1528)1463 Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici , Florentine patron of the arts (d. 1503)1290 Leopold I, Duke of Austria (d. 1326)1281 Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan (d. 1311)1222 Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester , English soldier (d. 1262)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2015 Elsie Hillman , American philanthropist and politician (b. 1925)2015 Les Munro , New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1919)2015 John Rudometkin , American basketball player (b. 1940)2015 Billy Sherrill , American songwriter and producer (b. 1936)2015 Alfred C. Williams , American lawyer and politician (b. 1951)2014 James Brady , American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940)2014 Chester Crandell , American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)2014 Jake Hooker , Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1953)2013 Keith H. Basso , American anthropologist and academic (b. 1940)2013 Art Donovan , American football player and radio host (b. 1925)2013 Olavi J. Mattila , Finnish engineer and politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)2013 Renato Ruggiero , Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1930)2013 Tony Snell , English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1922)2013 Sandy Woodward , English admiral (b. 1932)2012 Johnnie Bassett , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)2012 Brian Crozier , Australian-English journalist and historian (b. 1918)2012 Bud Riley , American football player and coach (b. 1925)2011 Naoki Matsuda , Japanese footballer (b. 1977)2009 Blake Snyder , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1957)2008 Craig Jones , English motorcycle racer (b. 1985)2007 Lee Hazlewood , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)2007 Raul Hilberg , Austrian-American political scientist and historian (b. 1926)2005 Anatoly Larkin , Russian-American physicist and theorist (b. 1932)2005 Iván Szabó , Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (b. 1934)2004 Mary Sherman Morgan , American chemist and engineer (b. 1921)2004 Hossein Panahi (Persian: حسین پناهی), Iranian actor and poet (b. 1956)2003 Frederick Chapman Robbins , American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)1999 Victor Mature , American actor (b. 1913)1998 Yury Artyukhin , Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)1997 Jeanne Calment , French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (b. 1875)1996 Geoff Hamilton , English gardener, author, and television host (b. 1936)1992 Seichō Matsumoto , Japanese author (b. 1909)1990 Ettore Maserati , Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1894)1985 Don Whillans , English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933)1982 Bruce Goff , American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)1981 Melvyn Douglas , American actor (b. 1901)1977 Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian , English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)1976 Enrique Angelelli , Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)1976 Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet , Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)1967 Peter Smith , English cricketer (b. 1908)1962 Marilyn Monroe , American model and actress (b. 1926)1959 József Révai , Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)1958 Ethel Anderson , Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)1957 John Cain Sr. , Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)1957 Washington Luís , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)1944 Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński , Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)1942 Alberto Franchetti , Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)1941 Mihály Babits , Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)1940 Ze'ev Jabotinsky , Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)1938 Pearl White , American actress (b. 1889)1932 Alfred Henry Maurer , American painter (b. 1868)1922 Enver Pasha , Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)1919 Dave Gregory , Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)1914 Jules Lemaître , French playwright and critic (b. 1853)1900 Isaac Levitan , Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)1886 Samuel J. Tilden , American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)1875 Hans Christian Andersen , Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)1873 Viktor Hartmann , Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)1859 John Vianney , French priest and saint (b. 1786)1844 Jacob Aall , Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)1822 Kristjan Jaak Peterson , Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)1804 Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan , Scottish admiral (b. 1731)1795 Timothy Ruggles , American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)1792 John Burgoyne , English general and politician (b. 1723)1778 Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial , Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)1741 Andrew Hamilton , Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)1727 Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie , French general (b. 1647)1718 René Lepage de Sainte-Claire , French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)1639 Juan Ruiz de Alarcón , Mexican actor and playwright (b. 1581)1612 Hugh Broughton , English scholar and theologian (b. 1549)1598 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1520)1578 Sebastian of Portugal (b. 1554)1526 Juan Sebastián Elcano , Spanish explorer and navigator (b. 1476)1430 Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)1378 Galeazzo II Visconti , Lord of Milan (b. c. 1320)1345 As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt (b. 1326)1338 Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk (b. 1300)1306 Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)1266 Eudes of Burgundy , Count of Nevers (b. 1230)1265 Peter de Montfort , English politician (b. 1215)1265 Henry de Montfort (b. 1238)1265 Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester , French-English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1208)1265 Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer , English politician (b. 1223)1113 Gertrude of Saxony , countess and regent of Holland (b. c. 1030)1060 Henry I of France (b. 1008)966 Berengar II of Italy (b. 900)221 Lady Zhen , Chinese empress (b. 183)🔽 Show All 
