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April 12

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April 12

April 12 is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 263 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Arkansas Lottery Natural State Jackpot to move to daily drawings. The Arkansas Lottery announced today that it will change the draw format of the Natural State Jackpot (NSJ) game to daily drawings, starting this month.
2023: Lotto America to switch to computerized drawings. The Powerball Group announced yesterday that the multi-state Lotto America game will move to digital drawings, starting next week.
2022: €200 million EuroMillions lottery winner donates nearly entire prize to save the planet. An anonymous Frenchman who won the second-largest EuroMillions jackpot in history back in December 2020 has already given away most of his fortune in a bid to protect the environment.
2021: Anonymous UK winner claims £122 million EuroMillions jackpot. An anonymous EuroMillions ticket holder has become the United Kingdom's fifth-biggest National Lottery winner after their £122 million (US$168 million) jackpot prize was paid out.
2019: Man rescues lotto ticket from garbage, wins $25,000 a year for life. A Michigan man will be making $25,000 a year for life after rescuing his lotto ticket from the garbage.
2017: Maryland man wins lottery twice at same convenience store. A Silver Spring, Maryland, man won a state lottery game twice at the same convenience store — a rare occurrence, lottery officials said.
2015: Director of DC Lottery dies after suffering an aneurysm. Buddy Roogow, the director of the DC Lottery since 2009, died Saturday after suffering an aneurysm.
2012: Four golfers score $30M Lotto Max win. Four golfers from Langley, British Columbia, have scored their best ever round -- a $30 million Lotto Max jackpot.
2011: Colorado newspaper prints wrong lottery results; couple thought they won. It pays to doublecheck those lottery numbers -- if you want to avoid heartache.
2011: D.C. first in USA to offer Internet gambling. The District of Columbia is becoming the first U.S. jurisdiction to allow Internet gambling, trying to raise millions of dollars from the habits of online poker buffs and acting ahead of traditional gambling meccas like New Jersey and Nevada.
2011: Just-released Indians prospect cashes $1M lottery ticket. Joel Torres' dreams of becoming a professional baseball player were dashed last month when he was cut from the Cleveland Indians' farm team. But a dream of a different sort came true when he won $1 million on a New York lottery ticket.
2011: Pair arrested for allegedly stealing lottery tickets. Two Glendale, California, residents were arrested Sunday for allegedly stealing dozens of lottery scratchers after distracting a store clerk, police said.
2010: Multi-state lottery jackpots offer multiple $100M+ chances. This weekend the two biggest USA multi-state lottery games remained unbeaten, each offering a jackpot of greater than $100 million.
2006: $220 Million: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls again. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $220 million Wednesday.
2006: Powerball Back-to-Back Jackpots Set Record. Just when it seemed as if the Powerball game had broken all records, yet another milestone has been set with the current jackpot of $220 million: It's the first time two consecutive jackpots have surpassed $200 million.
2006: Wisconsin Lottery Posts Record Quarter. The Wisconsin Lottery posted sales of just more than $142 million from January through March, the third quarter of the state's fiscal year.
2006: S.C. woman scratches $1 million lottery jackpot. A Spartanburg, South Carolina, woman won $1 million Monday after purchasing a ticket from a convenience store in Simpsonville, lottery officials said.
2005: N.C. newspapers ignore law banning lottery results. For years, North Carolina newspapers have routinely broken state law that prohibits the publishing of lottery results.
2004: UK player wins record Euro Millions lottery jackpot. The biggest ever EuroMillions jackpot has been won by a British ticketholder for the first time, Camelot said today.
2004: Man bets all on roulette and wins. A British man who sold all his possessions, including his clothes, stood in a rented tuxedo on Sunday surrounded by family and friends and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel -- and won.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$476 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2023
2.$303.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2022
3.$220 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2021
3.$220 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2006
3.$220 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2002
3.$220 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2006
7.€186.66 Million US$202.51 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2022
8.$202.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2023
9.$184 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2016
10.$175 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2010
11.€136.2 Million
US$162.08 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2021
12.€127.55 Million
US$157.32 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2018
13.€135.47 Million
US$153.17 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2019
14.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2020
15.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2019
16.$125 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2024
17.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2005
18.$113 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2012
19.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2022
19.$106 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2018
21.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2010
22.€95 Million
US$101.24 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2024
23.$101 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2019
24.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2020
25.€88.66 Million
US$94.49 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2024

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: Winninggame12
Tuesday, Apr 12, 1994
30 years old
1990: tcurgentcare
Thursday, Apr 12, 1990
34 years old
1988: TySmith88
Tuesday, Apr 12, 1988
36 years old
1981: Denita0412
Sunday, Apr 12, 1981
43 years old
1980: Bigheadnick
Saturday, Apr 12, 1980
44 years old
1980: mada50
Saturday, Apr 12, 1980
44 years old
1979: rtssenthil
Thursday, Apr 12, 1979
45 years old
1977: strdoutmomma
Tuesday, Apr 12, 1977
47 years old
1969: benjmauldin
Saturday, Apr 12, 1969
55 years old
1969: reggie1816
Saturday, Apr 12, 1969
55 years old
1968: Richie cash
Friday, Apr 12, 1968
56 years old
1960: hockeytown
Tuesday, Apr 12, 1960
64 years old
1955: Hart
Tuesday, Apr 12, 1955
69 years old
1951: Wheeler
Thursday, Apr 12, 1951
73 years old
1948: FlLotto
Monday, Apr 12, 1948
76 years old
1936: JbetheaF
Sunday, Apr 12, 1936
88 years old
1936: Jonathan Bethea
Sunday, Apr 12, 1936
88 years old
: Halle99
(year not provided)
: jbarksdaleus
(year not provided)
: larvanda
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2014: The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.
2013: Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
2010: Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.
2009: Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.
2007: A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.
2002: A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, killing seven people and wounding 104.
1999: United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
1999: During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, an American McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle shoots a passenger train, killing between 20 and 60 people.
1992: The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.
1990: Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
1990: Widerøe Flight 839 crashes after takeoff from Værøy Airport in Norway, killing five people.
1985: Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-51D to deploy two communications satellites.
1983: Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
1981: The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
1980: The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
1980: Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
1980: Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
1970: Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
1963: The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
1961: Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1.
1955: The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
1945: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.
1945: World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde-only 50 miles from Berlin.
1937: Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
1934: The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
1934: The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
1928: The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
1927: Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
1927: Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
1917: World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
1910: SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
1900: One day after its enactment by the Congress, President William McKinley signs the Foraker Act into law, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
1877: The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
1865: American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
1862: American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
1861: American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
1831: Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse.
1820: Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
1807: The Froberg mutiny on Malta ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli.
1776: American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
1606: The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
1204: The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.
1012: Duke Oldřich of Bohemia deposes and blinds his brother Jaromír, who flees to Poland.
627: King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York.
467: Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
240: Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.

Births On This Day

1996: Matteo Berrettini, Italian tennis player
1996: Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russian tennis player
1995: Pedro Cachin, Argentine tennis player
1994: Isabelle Drummond, Brazilian actress and singer
1994: Saoirse Ronan, American-born Irish actress
1994: Oh Sehun, South Korean musician
1994: Eric Bailly, Ivorian professional footballer
1994: Guido Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
1993: Robin Anderson, American tennis player
1993: Jordan Archer, English-Scottish footballer
1993: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player
1992: Chad le Clos, South African swimmer
1991: Torey Krug, American ice hockey player
1991: Lionel Carole, French professional footballer
1991: Oliver Norwood, English born Northern Irish international footballer
1991: Magnus Pääjärvi, Swedish ice hockey player
1991: Jazz Richards, Welsh international footballer
1990: Francesca Halsall, English swimmer
1990: Hiroki Sakai, Japanese footballer
1989: Bethan Dainton, Welsh rugby union player
1989: Miguel Ángel Ponce, American-Mexican footballer
1989: Ádám Hanga, Hungarian basketball player
1989: Kaitlyn Weaver, Canadian-American ice dancer
1989: Valentin Stocker, Swiss footballer
1988: Ricky Álvarez, Argentinian footballer
1988: Stephen Brogan, English footballer
1988: Amedeo Calliari, Italian footballer
1988: Jessie James Decker, American singer-songwriter
1988: Moamen Zakaria, Egyptian footballer
1987: Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress
1987: Shawn Gore, Canadian football player
1987: Josh McCrone, Australian rugby league player
1987: Luiz Adriano, Brazilian professional footballer
1987: Brendon Urie, American singer, songwriter, musician and multi-instrumentalist
1986: Brad Brach, American baseball pitcher
1986: Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer
1986: Marcel Granollers, Spanish tennis player
1986: Jonathan Pitroipa, Burkinabé footballer
1985: Brennan Boesch, American baseball player
1985: Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer
1984: Aleksey Dmitrik, Russian high jumper
1983: Jelena Dokic, Serbian-Australian tennis player
1983: Luke Kibet, Kenyan runner
1981: Yuriy Borzakovskiy, Russian runner
1981: Nicolás Burdisso, Argentinian footballer
1981: Tulsi Gabbard, American politician
1981: Grant Holt, English footballer and professional wrestler
1981: Hisashi Iwakuma, Japanese baseball pitcher
1980: Sara Head, Welsh Paralympic table tennis champion
1980: Brian McFadden, Irish singer-songwriter
1979: Claire Danes, American actress
1979: Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast
1979: Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer
1979: Jennifer Morrison, American actress
1979: Cristian Ranalli, Italian footballer
1979: Lee Soo-young, South Korean singer
1978: Guy Berryman, Scottish bassist (Coldplay)
1978: Scott Crary, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1978: Svetlana Lapina, Russian high jumper
1978: Robin Walker, English businessman and politician
1977: Giovanny Espinoza, Ecuadorian footballer
1977: Sarah Monahan, Australian actress
1977: Jason Price, Welsh footballer
1977: Glenn Rogers, Australian-Scottish cricketer
1976: Olga Kotlyarova, Russian runner
1976: Brad Miller, American basketball player
1974: Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (d. 2006)
1974: Bryan Fletcher, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1974: Roman Hamrlík, Czech ice hockey player
1974: Marley Shelton, American actress
1974: Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
1973: J. Scott Campbell, American author and illustrator
1973: Ryan Kisor, American trumpet player and composer
1973: Antonio Osuna, Mexican-American baseball player
1973: Christian Panucci, Italian footballer and manager
1972: Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player and sportscaster
1971: Nicholas Brendon, American actor
1971: Shannen Doherty, American actress, director, and producer
1970: Sylvain Bouchard, Canadian speed skater
1969: Jörn Lenz, German footballer and manager
1969: Lucas Radebe, South African footballer and sportscaster
1969: Michael Jackson, American football player and politician (d. 2017)
1968: Alicia Coppola, American actress
1968: Toby Gad, German songwriter and producer
1968: Adam Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
1967: Sarah Cracknell, English singer-songwriter
1966: Nils-Olav Johansen, Norwegian guitarist and singer
1966: Lorenzo White, American football player
1965: Kim Bodnia, Danish actor and director
1965: Chi Onwurah, English politician
1965: Gervais Rufyikiri, Burundian politician
1965: Mihai Stoica, Romanian footballer and manager
1964: Chris Fairclough, English footballer and coach
1964: Amy Ray, American folk-rock singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer
1963: Lydia Cacho, Mexican journalist and author
1962: Art Alexakis, American singer-songwriter and musician
1962: Carlos Sainz, Spanish racing driver
1962: Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler, founded Hustle
1961: Corrado Fabi, Italian racing driver
1961: Charles Mann, American football player and sportscaster
1961: Magda Szubanski, English-Australian actress, comedian and writer
1960: David Thirdkill, American basketball player
1958: Will Sergeant, English guitarist
1958: Klaus Tafelmeier, German javelin thrower
1958: Ginka Zagorcheva, Bulgarian hurdler
1957: Greg Child, Australian mountaineer and author
1957: Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957: Tama Janowitz, American novelist and short story writer
1956: Andy Garcia, Cuban-American actor, director, and producer
1956: Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer-songwriter and actor
1955: Fabian Hamilton, English graphic designer, engineer, and politician
1954: John Faulkner, Australian educator and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Defence
1954: Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician (d. 2015)
1954: Pat Travers, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: Tanino Liberatore, Italian author and illustrator
1952: Reuben Gant, American football player
1952: Leicester Rutledge, New Zealand rugby player
1952: Gary Soto, American poet, novelist, and memoirist
1952: Ralph Wiley, American journalist (d. 2004)
1951: Tom Noonan, American actor
1950: Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman
1950: David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1950: Joyce Banda, Malawian politician, 4th president of Malawi
1950: Nicholas Sackman, English composer and educator
1949: Scott Turow, American lawyer and author
1948: Jeremy Beadle, English television host and producer (d. 2008)
1948: Joschka Fischer, German academic and politician
1948: Christos Iakovou, Greek weightlifter
1948: Marcello Lippi, Italian footballer, manager, and coach
1947: Roy M. Anderson, English epidemiologist, zoologist, and academic
1947: Martin Brasier, English palaeontologist, biologist, and academic (d. 2014)
1947: Tom Clancy, American historian and author (d. 2013)
1947: David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host
1946: John Dunsworth, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 2017)
1946: Ed O'Neill, American actor and comedian
1946: George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th Secretary General of NATO
1945: Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician and diplomat (d. 2006)
1944: Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1944: John Kay, German-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1943: Sumitra Mahajan, Indian politician, 16th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
1942: Bill Bryden, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
1942: Carlos Reutemann, Argentinian race car driver and politician (d. 2021)
1942: Jacob Zuma, South African politician, 4th President of South Africa
1941: Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (d. 1993)
1940: Woodie Fryman, American baseball player (d. 2011)
1940: Herbie Hancock, American pianist, composer, and bandleader
1939: Alan Ayckbourn, English director and playwright
1939: Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2022)
1937: Dennis Banks, American author and activist (d. 2017)
1937: Igor Volk, Ukrainian-Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2017)
1936: Tony Earl, American politician, 40th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 2023)
1936: Charles Napier, American actor (d. 2011)
1936: Kennedy Simmonds, Kittitian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
1935: Jimmy Makulis, Greek singer (d. 2007)
1934: Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer and manager (d. 2017)
1933: Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 2018)
1932: Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 5th Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2005)
1932: Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor (d. 2019)
1932: Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (d. 1996)
1931: Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (d. 1995)
1930: John Landy, Australian runner and politician, 26th Governor of Victoria (d. 2022)
1930: Bryan Magee, English philosopher and politician (d. 2019)
1930: Manuel Neri, American sculptor and painter (d. 2021)
1930: Pythagoras Papastamatiou, Greek lyricist and playwright (d. 1979)
1930: Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician and educator (d. 2006)
1929: Elspet Gray, Scottish actress (d. 2013)
1929: Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet and educator (d. 2010)
1928: Hardy Krüger, German actor (d. 2022)
1928: Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (d. 2013)
1927: Thomas Hemsley, English baritone (d. 2013)
1927: Alvin Sargent, American screenwriter (d. 2019)
1926: Jane Withers, American actress (d. 2021)
1925: Evelyn Berezin, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2018)
1925: Ned Miller, American country music singer and songwriter (d. 2016)
1925: Oliver Postgate, English animator, puppeteer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1924: Raymond Barre, French economist and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2007)
1924: Peter Safar, Austrian physician and academic (d. 2003)
1924: Curtis Turner, American race car driver (d. 1970)
1923: Ann Miller, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2004)
1922: Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia (d. 1980)
1921: Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1978)
1919: István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer and educator (d. 2012)
1919: Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader (d. 1991)
1917: Helen Forrest, American singer and actress (d. 1999)
1917: Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (d. 1978)
1917: Robert Manzon, French racing driver (d. 2015)
1916: Beverly Cleary, American author (d. 2021)
1916: Russell Garcia, American-New Zealand composer and conductor (d. 2011)
1916: Benjamin Libet, American neuropsychologist and academic (d. 2007)
1914: Armen Alchian, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
1913: Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist (d. 2013)
1912: Frank Dilio, Canadian businessman (d. 1997)
1912: Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988)
1912: Hound Dog Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
1911: Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer (d. 1976)
1910: Gillo Dorfles, Italian art critic, painter and philosopher (d. 2018)
1910: Irma Rapuzzi, French politician (d. 2018)
1908: Ida Pollock, English author and painter (d. 2013)
1908: Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot and general (d. 2006)
1907: Zawgyi, Burmese poet, author, literary historian, critic, scholar and academic (d. 1990)
1907: Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial (d. 2003)
1903: Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1902: Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, 36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
1901: Lowell Stockman, American farmer and politician (d. 1962)
1898: Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (d. 1976)
1894: Dorothy Cumming, Australian-American actress (d. 1983)
1894: Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 13th President of Portugal (d. 1964)
1892: Henry Darger, American writer and artist (d. 1973)
1888: Dan Ahearn, Irish-American long jumper and police officer (d. 1942)
1888: Cecil Kimber, English automobile engineer (d. 1945)
1887: Harold Lockwood, American actor and director (d. 1918)
1885: Robert Delaunay, French painter (d. 1941)
1884: Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (d. 1932)
1884: Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
1883: Imogen Cunningham, American photographer and educator (d. 1976)
1883: Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (d. 1959)
1880: Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist (d. 1911)
1874: William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1940)
1871: Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1941)
1869: Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (d. 1922)
1868: Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral (d. 1918)
1863: Raul Pompeia, Brazilian writer (d. 1895)
1856: Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English mountaineer, cartographer, and politician (d. 1937)
1852: Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (d. 1939)
1851: José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican soldier and poet (d. 1880)
1851: Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer and author (d. 1928)
1845: Gustaf Cederström, Swedish painter (d. 1933)
1839: Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (d. 1888)
1823: Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright and translator (d. 1886)
1816: Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (d. 1903)
1801: Joseph Lanner, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1843)
1799: Henri Druey, Swiss lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1855)
1796: George N. Briggs, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1861)
1794: Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (d. 1847)
1792: John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English soldier and politician, Lord Privy Seal (d. 1840)
1777: Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (d. 1852)
1748: Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (d. 1836)
1724: Lyman Hall, American physician, clergyman, and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (d. 1790)
1722: Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1793)
1716: Felice Giardini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1796)
1713: Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (d. 1796)
1710: Caffarelli, Italian actor and singer (d. 1783)
1705: William Cookworthy, English minister and pharmacist (d. 1780)
1656: Benoît de Maillet, French diplomat and natural historian (d. 1738)
1639: Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician (d. 1712)
1612: Simone Cantarini, Italian painter and engraver (d. 1648)
1577: Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)
1550: Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (d. 1604)
1526: Muretus, French philosopher and author (d. 1585)
1500: Joachim Camerarius, German scholar and translator (d. 1574)
1484: Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace and St. Peter's Basilica (d. 1546)
1484: Maharana Sangram Singh, Rana of Mewar (d. 1527)
1432: Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (d. 1462)
1116: Richeza of Poland, queen of Sweden and Grand Princess of Minsk (d. 1156)
959: En'yū, emperor of Japan (d. 991)
811: Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth Imam of Shia Islam (d. 835)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1955)
2021: Joseph Siravo, American actor and producer (b. 1955)
2020: Tarvaris Jackson, American football player (b. 1983)
2017: Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (b. 1959)
2016: Anne Jackson, American actress (b. 1925)
2016: Mohammad Al Gaz, Emirati politician & diplomat (b. 1930)
2015: Paulo Brossard, Brazilian jurist and politician (b. 1924)
2015: Patrice Dominguez, Algerian-French tennis player and trainer (b. 1950)
2015: Alfred Eick, German commander (b. 1916)
2015: André Mba Obame, Gabonese politician (b. 1957)
2014: Pierre Autin-Grenier, French author and poet (b. 1947)
2014: Pierre-Henri Menthéour, French cyclist (b. 1960)
2014: Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (b. 1990)
2014: Hal Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
2014: Billy Standridge, American race car driver (b. 1953)
2013: Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (b. 1928)
2013: Johnny du Plooy, South African boxer (b. 1964)
2013: Michael France, American screenwriter (b. 1962)
2013: Brennan Manning, American priest and author (b. 1934)
2013: Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1961)
2013: Ya'akov Yosef, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1946)
2012: Mohit Chattopadhyay, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1934)
2012: Rodgers Grant, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
2011: Karim Fakhrawi, Bahraini journalist, co-founded Al-Wasat (b. 1962)
2010: Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader (b. 1916)
2010: Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
2008: Cecilia Colledge, English-American figure skater and coach (b. 1920)
2008: Patrick Hillery, Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (b. 1923)
2008: Jerry Zucker, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1949)
2007: Kevin Crease, Australian journalist (b. 1936)
2006: William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (b. 1924)
2004: Moran Campbell, Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (b. 1925)
2002: George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908)
2001: Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the smiley (b. 1921)
1999: Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
1998: Robert Ford, Canadian poet and diplomat (b. 1915)
1997: George Wald, American neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1992: Ilario Bandini, Italian racing driver and businessman (b. 1911)
1989: Abbie Hoffman, American activist, co-founded Youth International Party (b. 1936)
1989: Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (b. 1921)
1988: Colette Deréal, French singer and actress (b. 1927)
1988: Alan Paton, South African historian and author (b. 1903)
1986: Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1897)
1984: Edwin T. Layton, American admiral and cryptanalyst (b. 1903)
1983: Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (b. 1906)
1983: Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
1981: Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)
1981: Joe Louis, American boxer and wrestler (b. 1914)
1980: William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)
1977: Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)
1976: Christos Kakkalos, Greek mountain guide (b. 1882)
1975: Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)
1973: Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
1971: Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
1968: Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
1966: Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
1962: Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
1953: Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
1943: Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
1938: Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
1937: Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
1933: Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
1912: Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
1906: Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
1902: Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
1898: Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
1885: William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
1879: Richard Taylor, Confederate general (b. 1826)
1878: William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
1872: Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
1866: Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
1850: Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
1817: Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)
1814: Charles Burney, English composer and historian (b. 1726)
1795: Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
1788: Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (b. 1719)
1782: Metastasio, Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698)
1748: William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)
1704: Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)
1687: Ambrose Dixon, English-American soldier (b. 1619)
1684: Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (b. 1596)
1675: Richard Bennett, English politician, colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
1555: Joanna, Queen of Castile and Aragon (b. 1479)
1550: Claude, Duke of Guise (b. 1496)
1530: Joanna La Beltraneja, Princess of Castile (b. 1462)
1500: Leonhard of Gorizia, Count of Gorz (b. 1440)
1443: Henry Chichele, English archbishop (b. 1364)
1256: Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre, regent of Navarre (b. c. 1217)
1167: Charles VII, king of Sweden (b. c. 1130)
1125: Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1065)
901: Eudokia Baïana, Byzantine empress and wife of Leo VI
434: Maximianus, archbishop of Constantinople
352: Julius I, pope of the Catholic Church
45 BC: Gnaeus Pompeius, Roman general and politician (b. 75 BC)

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