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April 1

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April 1

April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 274 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: New Jersey Lottery making several changes to Pick 6 draw game. The New Jersey Lottery announced that it will be making several changes to its Pick 6 draw game starting next week.
2020: Ireland Lottery releasing €16 million in unclaimed funds to help battle against COVID-19. Unclaimed Ireland Lottery funds of €16 million (US$17.5 million) are being rapidly released to help battle coronavirus.
2019: Florida Lottery will go offline for systems upgrade on April 15. Florida Lottery officials say they don't anticipate problems as a multimillion-dollar upgrade of a vending system goes into place this month.
2019: Washington Lotto ticket generated with two identical quick picks. Mitch Tracy beat the odds with a recent lottery ticket, but it didn't turn him into a millionaire.
2016: MUSL seeks to dismiss lawsuit over rigged jackpot. A group of state lotteries has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a jackpot winner who argues he was shortchanged by millions of dollars because the prior drawing was rigged by one of its employees.
2015: Texas couple both dead after argument over $500 lottery ticket win. A winning scratch-off lottery ticket worth $500 prompted an argument between a couple in their Fort Worth, Texas, home that ended with both dying of gunshot wounds, officials said on Tuesday.
2011: Canada lotteries hold nationwide raffle draw. Lottery players across Canada this morning are checking their Millionaire Life raffle tickets to see if they will be set for life, or perhaps win a new set of wheels.
2010: Lottery winner gives away millions. Cynthia Stafford, an active practitioner of?visualization and meditation techniques, won a $112 million lottery jackpot, and then set out to help others.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot leaps to $138 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $138 million, the largest Mega Millions jackpot in a month.
2005: Store owners sell themselves $25.5 million Powerball lottery ticket. The Hubbard family is not only the first to buy a ticket in Tennessee and win the Powerball lottery jackpot, but also were rewarded for selling themselves the ticket.
2005: Fortune cookie fuels record Powerball wins. A record 110 players won $500,000 and $100,000 prizes in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, most of whom apparently used the numbers included in a fortune-cookie message.
2004: Record Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed by retired truck driver. Retired truck driver J.R. Triplett is on Easy Street: He stepped forward Thursday to claim a $239 million Mega Millions lottery prize, the second-biggest undivided jackpot in U.S. history.
2004: Virginia hoping the joke's not on them. Virginia Lottery officials said yesterday that they believe that the winner of last month's $239 million prize has finally, through a lawyer, come forward and is expected to provide the winning Mega Millions ticket for confirmation today. On the other hand, maybe someone is playing the ultimate April Fools' joke.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.03 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2024
2.$385 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 4, 2023
3.$223 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2022
4.€181.59 Million US$200.64 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2022
5.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2011
6.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2020
7.€144 Million US$169.44 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2021
8.$168 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2021
9.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 1999
10.€129.96 Million
US$152.82 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2021
11.$152 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2006
12.€122.93 Million
US$151.04 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2018
13.$150.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2023
14.€129.21 Million
US$144.75 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2019
15.$138 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 4, 2006
16.$135 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2008
16.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2016
18.$121 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2020
19.$109 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2009
20.$103 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2010
21.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2020
22.CA$125 Million
US$95.65 Million: Multi-Province
Canada Super 7
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2004
23.$92 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2002
24.€83.74 Million
US$90.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2024
25.$88 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: kota4d
Sunday, Apr 1, 1990
34 years old
1989: Ceecee216
Saturday, Apr 1, 1989
35 years old
1986: SweetIslandGal
Tuesday, Apr 1, 1986
38 years old
1986: echoreigna
Tuesday, Apr 1, 1986
38 years old
1986: Eleuthera Pinea
Tuesday, Apr 1, 1986
38 years old
1981: Andy Winn
Wednesday, Apr 1, 1981
43 years old
1977: Daroom44
Friday, Apr 1, 1977
47 years old
1976: Godsangel76
Thursday, Apr 1, 1976
48 years old
1975: RUSWILAH
Tuesday, Apr 1, 1975
49 years old
1973: ohioloon
Sunday, Apr 1, 1973
51 years old
1973: kathyskreations
Sunday, Apr 1, 1973
51 years old
1973: Saeed99
Sunday, Apr 1, 1973
51 years old
1971: greeneyedbandet
Thursday, Apr 1, 1971
53 years old
1970: greenemill
Wednesday, Apr 1, 1970
54 years old
1968: ru4nd2
Monday, Apr 1, 1968
56 years old
1960: april60
Friday, Apr 1, 1960
64 years old
1960: aprilbcn
Friday, Apr 1, 1960
64 years old
1958: fbellflo
Tuesday, Apr 1, 1958
66 years old
: hakim$
(year not provided)
: LendaL
(year not provided)
: mary4162
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2016: The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict begins along the Nagorno-Karabakh Line of Contact.
2011: After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
2006: Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) of the Government of the United Kingdom is enforced, but later merged into National Crime Agency on 7 October 2013.
2004: Google launches its Email service Gmail.
2001: An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Chinese pilot ejected but is subsequently lost. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained.
2001: Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
2001: Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
1999: Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
1997: Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
1993: NASCAR racer Alan Kulwicki is killed in a plane crash near the Tri-Cities Regional Airport in Blountville, Tennessee.
1989: Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
1986: Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
1984: Singer Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father in his home in Arlington Heights, Los Angeles, California.
1979: Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
1976: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc.
1974: The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
1973: Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
1971: Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre more than a thousand people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
1970: President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.
1970: A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid, Morocco, killing 61.
1969: The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
1964: The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
1960: The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
1955: The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
1954: United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1949: Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
1949: The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
1948: Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
1948: Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
1947: The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
1946: The 8.6 M_w Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
1946: The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
1945: World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
1944: World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
1941: Fântâna Albă massacre: Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
1941: A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
1939: Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
1937: Aden becomes a British crown colony.
1937: The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
1935: India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
1933: The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
1924: Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
1924: The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
1922: In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings.
1918: The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
1908: The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
1900: Prince George becomes absolute monarch of the Cretan State.
1873: The White Star steamer SS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
1867: Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
1865: American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line during the Siege of Petersburg.
1833: The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin.
1789: In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
1572: In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
1081: Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4.
527: Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.

Births On This Day

1997: Asa Butterfield, English actor
1997: Álex Palou, Spanish racing driver
1995: Jofra Archer, Barbadian-English cricketer
1995: Logan Paul, American Youtuber, actor and wrestler
1992: Deng Linlin, Chinese gymnast
1990: Julia Fischer, German discus thrower
1989: Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater
1989: David N'Gog, French footballer
1989: Christian Vietoris, German racing driver
1988: Brook Lopez, American basketball player
1988: Robin Lopez, American basketball player
1987: Ding Junhui, Chinese professional snooker player
1987: Gianluca Musacci, Italian footballer
1987: Oliver Turvey, English racing driver
1986: Nikolaos Kourtidis, Greek weightlifter
1986: Hillary Scott, American country singer-songwriter
1985: Daniel Murphy, American baseball player
1985: Beth Tweddle, English gymnast
1984: Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer
1983: Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
1983: Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007)
1982: Taran Killam, American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer
1982: Andreas Thorkildsen, Norwegian javelin thrower
1981: Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player
1981: Bjørn Einar Romøren, Norwegian ski jumper
1980: Dennis Kruppke, German footballer
1980: Randy Orton, American wrestler
1980: Bijou Phillips, American actress and model
1979: Ruth Beitia, Spanish high jumper
1978: Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (d. 2009)
1978: Mirka Federer, Slovak-Swiss tennis player
1978: Anamaria Marinca, Romanian-English actress
1978: Etan Thomas, American basketball player
1977: Vitor Belfort, Brazilian-American boxer and mixed martial artist
1977: Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist
1976: Hazem El Masri, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator
1976: David Gilliland, American race car driver
1976: David Oyelowo, English actor
1976: Clarence Seedorf, Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager
1976: Yuka Yoshida, Japanese tennis player
1975: John Butler, American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1975: Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
1974: Hugo Ibarra, Argentinian footballer and manager
1973: Christian Finnegan, American comedian and actor
1973: Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer and coach
1973: Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author
1972: Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1972: Jesse Tobias, American guitarist and songwriter
1971: Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower
1971: Shinji Nakano, Japanese racing driver
1970: Brad Meltzer, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1969: Lev Lobodin, Ukrainian-Russian decathlete
1969: Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball player
1969: Dean Windass, English footballer and manager
1968: Mike Baird, Australian politician, 44th Premier of New South Wales
1968: Andreas Schnaas, German actor and director
1968: Alexander Stubb, Finnish academic and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Finland and 13th President of Finland
1967: Nicola Roxon, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Attorney-General for Australia
1966: Chris Evans, English radio and television host
1966: Mehmet Özdilek, Turkish footballer and manager
1965: Jane Adams, American film, television, and stage actress
1965: Mark Jackson, American basketball player and coach
1964: Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
1964: Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (d. 2008)
1964: John Morris, English cricketer
1964: José Rodrigues dos Santos, Portuguese journalist, author, and educator
1963: Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (d. 1988)
1963: Aprille Ericsson-Jackson, American aerospace engineer
1962: Mark Shulman, American author
1962: Chris Grayling, English journalist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1962: Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player and manager
1962: Phillip Schofield, English television host
1961: Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
1961: Sergio Scariolo, Italian professional basketball head coach
1961: Mark White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959: Helmuth Duckadam, Romanian footballer
1958: D. Boon, American singer and musician (d. 1985)
1957: David Gower, English cricketer and sportscaster
1957: Denise Nickerson, American actress (d. 2019)
1955: Don Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster
1955: Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani politician, 5th Commerce Minister of Pakistan
1954: Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
1953: Barry Sonnenfeld, American cinematographer, director, and producer
1953: Alberto Zaccheroni, Italian footballer and manager
1952: Annette O'Toole, American actress
1952: Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher and academic (d. 2020)
1951: John Abizaid, American general
1950: Samuel Alito, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1950: Loris Kessel, Swiss racing driver (d. 2010)
1950: Daniel Paillé, Canadian academic and politician
1949: Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
1949: Paul Manafort, American lobbyist, political consultant, and convicted felon
1949: Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer and coach
1949: Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and author (d. 2011)
1948: Javier Irureta, Spanish footballer and manager
1948: Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent Member of Parliament (d. 2006)
1947: Alain Connes, French mathematician and academic
1946: Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Health and Social Security
1946: Ronnie Lane, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1997)
1946: Arrigo Sacchi, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
1943: Dafydd Wigley, Welsh academic and politician
1943: Titina Silá, Bissau-Guinean revolutionary (d. 1973)
1942: Samuel R. Delany, American author and critic
1942: Richard D. Wolff, American economist and academic
1941: Gideon Gadot, Israeli journalist and politician (d. 2012)
1941: Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer, coach, and manager (d. 2018)
1940: Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1939: Ali MacGraw, American model and actress
1939: Phil Niekro, American baseball player and manager (d. 2020)
1937: Jordan Charney, American actor
1936: Peter Collinson, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
1936: Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1998)
1936: Tarun Gogoi, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Assam (d. 2020)
1936: Abdul Qadeer Khan, Indian-Pakistani physicist, chemist, and engineer (d. 2021)
1935: Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (d. 1983)
1934: Vladimir Posner, French-American journalist and radio host
1933: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Algerian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933: Dan Flavin, American sculptor and educator (d. 1996)
1933: Bengt Holbek, Danish folklorist (d. 1992)
1932: Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2016)
1931: George Baker, Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1931: Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright (d. 2020)
1930: Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1929: Jonathan Haze, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager
1929: Milan Kundera, Czech-French novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 2023)
1929: Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (d. 2010)
1929: Jane Powell, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2021)
1927: Walter Bahr, American soccer player, coach, and manager (d. 2018)
1927: Amos Milburn, American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1980)
1927: Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2006)
1926: Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author (d. 2011)
1924: Brendan Byrne, American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th Governor of New Jersey (d. 2018)
1922: Duke Jordan, American pianist and composer (d. 2006)
1922: William Manchester, American historian and author (d. 2004)
1921: William Bergsma, American composer and educator (d. 1994)
1921: Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (d. 2014)
1920: Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
1919: Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
1917: Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997)
1917: Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1916: Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician (d. 2002)
1915: O. W. Fischer, Austrian-Swiss actor and director (d. 2004)
1913: Memos Makris, Greek sculptor (d. 1993)
1911: Augusta Braxton Baker, African American librarian (d. 1998)
1910: Harry Carney, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1974)
1910: Bob Van Osdel, American high jumper and soldier (d. 1987)
1909: Abner Biberman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1909: Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1951)
1908: Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (d. 1970)
1908: Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic (d. 1997)
1907: Shivakumara Swami, Indian religious leader and philanthropist (d. 2019)
1906: Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau (d. 1989)
1905: Gaston Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1988)
1905: Paul Hasluck, Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1993)
1902: Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (d. 1930)
1901: Whittaker Chambers, American journalist and spy (d. 1961)
1900: Stefanie Clausen, Danish Olympic diver (d. 1981)
1899: Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian academic and politician (d. 1968)
1898: William James Sidis, Ukrainian-Russian Jewish American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian (d. 1944)
1895: Alberta Hunter, African-American singer-songwriter and nurse (d. 1984)
1893: Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-English actress (d. 1980)
1889: K. B. Hedgewar, Indian physician and activist (d. 1940)
1885: Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
1885: Clementine Churchill, English wife of Winston Churchill (d. 1977)
1883: Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1930)
1883: Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (d. 1976)
1883: Laurette Taylor, Irish-American actress (d. 1946)
1881: Octavian Goga, Romanian Prime Minister (d. 1938)
1879: Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (d. 1967)
1878: C. Ganesha Iyer, Ceylon Tamil philologist (d. 1958)
1875: Edgar Wallace, English journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1932)
1874: Ernest Barnes, English mathematician and theologian (d. 1953)
1874: Prince Karl of Bavaria (d. 1927)
1873: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1943)
1871: F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1955)
1868: Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (d. 1918)
1868: Walter Mead, English cricketer (d. 1954)
1866: William Blomfield, New Zealand cartoonist and politician (d. 1938)
1866: Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)
1866: Ève Lavallière, French actress (d. 1929)
1865: Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
1858: Columba Marmion, Irish Benedictine abbot (d. 1923)
1852: Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (d. 1911)
1834: James Fisk, American businessman (d. 1872)
1824: Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (d. 1901)
1823: Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1891)
1815: Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1898)
1815: Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
1786: William Mulready, Irish genre painter (d. 1863)
1776: Sophie Germain, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1831)
1765: Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1810)
1755: Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician (d. 1826)
1753: Joseph de Maistre, French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 1821)
1741: George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (d. 1825)
1721: Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer (d. 1799)
1697: Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (d. 1763)
1647: John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (d. 1680)
1640: Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1697)
1629: Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, French organist and composer (d. 1691)
1610: Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier and critic (d. 1703)
1578: William Harvey, English physician and academic (d. 1657)
1543: François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières (d. 1626)
1328: Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (d. 1382)
1282: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1347)
1220: Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)

Deaths On This Day

2019: Vonda N. McIntyre, American science fiction author (b. 1948)
2018: Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (b. 1943)
2017: Lonnie Brooks, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
2017: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Soviet and Russian poet and writer (b. 1932)
2015: Nicolae Rainea, Romanian footballer and referee (b. 1933)
2014: King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1922)
2014: Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (b. 1924)
2014: Rolf Rendtorff, German theologian and academic (b. 1925)
2013: Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (b. 1947)
2013: Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (b. 1952)
2012: Lionel Bowen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1922)
2012: Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian-American soccer player and radio host (b. 1947)
2012: Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (b. 1934)
2010: John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918)
2010: Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1927)
2006: In Tam, Cambodian general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1916)
2005: Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b 1925)
2005: Robert Coldwell Wood, American political scientist and academic (b. 1923)
2004: Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2004: Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1945)
2003: Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1956)
2002: Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (b. 1905)
2001: Trịnh Công Sơn, Vietnamese guitarist and composer (b. 1939)
1999: Jesse Stone, American pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1901)
1998: Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1963)
1997: Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1912)
1995: H. Adams Carter, American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (b. 1914)
1995: Francisco Moncion, Dominican American ballet dancer, choreographer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1918)
1995: Lucie Rie, Austrian-English potter (b. 1902)
1994: Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912)
1993: Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954)
1992: Michael Havers, Baron Havers, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1923)
1991: Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
1991: Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
1987: Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)
1986: Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
1986: Edwin Boston, English clergyman, author, and railway preservationist
1984: Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
1984: Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
1981: Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
1976: Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
1971: Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and prison reformer (b. 1903)
1968: Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
1966: Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
1965: Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
1963: Agnes Mowinckel, Norwegian actress (b. 1875)
1962: Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
1950: Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
1950: Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
1947: George II, king of Greece (b. 1890)
1946: Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
1924: Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
1924: Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)
1924: Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876)
1922: Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887)
1920: Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
1917: Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
1914: Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
1914: Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
1890: David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
1890: Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
1878: John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
1872: Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
1865: Antonios Kriezis, Greek Navy officer and Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1796)
1865: Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
1839: Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757)
1787: Floyer Sydenham, English scholar and academic (b. 1710)
1682: Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian bishop (b. 1625)
1621: Cristofano Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1577)
1580: Alonso Mudarra, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1510)
1548: Sigismund I, king of Poland (b. 1467)
1528: Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer (b. 1470)
1455: Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (b. 1389).
1441: Blanche I, queen of Navarre and Sicily (b. 1387)
1431: Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general (b. 1360)
1282: Abaqa Khan, ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate (b. 1234)
1205: Amalric II, king of Cyprus and Jerusalem
1204: Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France and England (b. 1122)
1132: Hugh of Châteauneuf, French bishop (b. 1053)
1085: Shen Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1048)
996: John XV, pope of the Catholic Church

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