On This Day in History

April 20

April 20 is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 255 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023
Hoosier Lottery to launch new Cash Pop game. The Hoosier Lottery announced yesterday that it will be adding Cash Pop to its portfolio of draw games.
2022
Multi-state lottery game Powerball celebrates its 30th birthday. Powerball, one of the largest draw-based lottery games in the United States, is turning 30 years old this week.
2021
Idaho lottery players get a new game and more drawings starting this week. This week the Idaho Lottery began offering the multi-state 2by2 game for the first time and expanded its in-state Weekly Grand game to daily drawings.
2021
Missouri man who won multiple $1,000 lottery prizes finally nabs the $100,000 top prize. As if he wasn't lucky already, one Missouri man stuck with his favorite lottery game to finally bring home a $100,000 top prize after winning multiple $1,000 prizes in the past.
2021
Triple zeroes — Virginia Lottery players cash in on 0-0-0. Yesterday, the Virginia Lottery announced the results and prize payouts of the Pick 3 afternoon drawing in which players broke the bank after the combination 0-0-0 was drawn.
2018
Iowa Lottery CEO announces retirement. Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich announced Thursday that he intends to retire in late 2018 or early 2019. Rich has led the Iowa Lottery since February 2009 and is just the second person to serve as its CEO since the lottery's start in 1985.
2015
A state lottery could help Alabama get its financial house in order. Alabama might be the next hold-out state to break down and start a lottery -- and it might do the state some good.
2015
Texas man charged in Iowa lottery case contests extradition. A Texas businessman accused of helping a lottery security official to try to claim a rigged $14 million jackpot is out of jail while he fights extradition to Iowa.
2013
Canadian lottery winner donates $1 million for marijuana legalization. In Canada, the annual nationwide 420 celebrations are entirely sponsored by lottery winner Bob Erb.
2013
EuroMillions lottery winners to build unusual home. EuroMillions winners Matt and Cassey Topham plan to build an unusual eight-bedroom mansion with waterfall-screened garage and grotto swimming pool.
2012
Maryland Lottery Director says online sales coming. The Maryland Lottery hopes to have its online lottery sales platform up and running by January 1, 2013.
2011
Toronto janitor claims share of $50M lottery jackpot. A Toronto man has claimed his share of a massive $50 million lottery jackpot, four days after the ticket he purchased at a downtown newsstand was declared a winner.
2011
Millionaire janitor buys school new track. Five years after his big lottery win, a janitor made good on a decade-old promise to install a track at his school if he came into money.
2010
Nick of time: N.Z. man claims lottery prize 1 day before expiration. A man in Auckland, New Zealand claimed his lottery prize of $391,581 just 24 hours before the ticket would have expired.
2007
B.C. Lottery shuts down retailer as probe continues. The British Columbia Lottery Corp. has yanked its ticketing terminals from a North Shore kiosk -- the fifth such shutdown this year, the company says.
2007
Legal opinion sinks sale of Colorado Lottery. Dreams of selling off the Colorado Lottery for a fat payoff were discarded like a losing scratch ticket Thursday after state legal experts gave an adverse opinion on the plan.
2005
$205 Million:" Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot. Lottery mania is spreading across the United States as the Mega Millions lottery reaches a jackpot of $205 million.
2004
Maryland Couple Claims $109 Million Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot. Maryland State Lottery officials today announced the winners of the $109 million, multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot, the second-largest award ever in Maryland.
2004
Powerball lottery sales strong in Tennessee. Lured by tomorrow night's $90 million jackpot in the multistate game, thousands of Tennesseans bought a chance to win the big money yesterday on the first day of Powerball sales in this state.
2004
Lottery winner gives away £12 million in one week. Generous Marion Richardson is giving her family £12 million (US$21.5 million) of her £17 million (US$30.5 million) Euro Millions lottery jackpot - because she reckons she won too much.
2004
Law firm cuts lottery bill by 15% after scrutiny. A Nashville law firm has agreed to reduce its $892,000 bill for legal services to the Tennessee lottery by 15 percent, or more than $100,000 legislators said Monday.
2004
Kentucky Lottery works to counter revenue loss. Even as they celebrated the 15th anniversary of the start-up of the Kentucky Lottery - and predicted a strong finish to the fiscal year - lottery officials acknowledged an uncertain future yesterday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$372.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2022
2.$258.5 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2010
3.$257 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2021
4.$227 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2016
5.€190.89 Million
US$207.32 Million
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2022
6.$205 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 22, 2005
7.$192 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 23, 2019
8.€139.9 Million
US$166.48 Million
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2021
9.$164 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2020
10.€130 Million
US$159.91 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2018
11.€139.49 Million
US$156.84 Million
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2019
12.$152 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2012
13.$150 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 23, 2014
14.$143 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2010
15.$142 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2018
16.$136 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2019
17.€124 Million
US$133.96 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 22, 2022
18.$130 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2009
19.$125 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 23, 2008
20.€100 Million
US$110 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2023
21.€75 Million
US$99.27 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2009
22.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2020
23.$97 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 22, 2016
24.$95 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2013
24.$95 Million
Draw Date
Apr 22, 2023

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990
Friday, Apr 20, 1990
33 years old
1989
Thursday, Apr 20, 1989
34 years old
1988
Wednesday, Apr 20, 1988
35 years old
1987
Monday, Apr 20, 1987
36 years old
1985
Saturday, Apr 20, 1985
38 years old
1985
Saturday, Apr 20, 1985
38 years old
1984
Friday, Apr 20, 1984
39 years old
1980
Sunday, Apr 20, 1980
43 years old
1976
Tuesday, Apr 20, 1976
47 years old
1976
Tuesday, Apr 20, 1976
47 years old
1971
Tuesday, Apr 20, 1971
52 years old
1971
Tuesday, Apr 20, 1971
52 years old
1971
Tuesday, Apr 20, 1971
52 years old
1971
Tuesday, Apr 20, 1971
52 years old
1971
Tuesday, Apr 20, 1971
52 years old
1967
Thursday, Apr 20, 1967
56 years old
1965
Tuesday, Apr 20, 1965
58 years old
1957
Saturday, Apr 20, 1957
66 years old
1953
Monday, Apr 20, 1953
70 years old
1940
Saturday, Apr 20, 1940
83 years old

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021
State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin: Derek Chauvin is found guilty of all charges in the murder of George Floyd by the Fourth Judicial District Court of Minnesota.
2020
For the first time in history, oil prices drop below zero, an effect of the 2020 Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war.
2015
Ten people are killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the Somali region of Puntland.
2013
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.
2012
One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad, Pakistan.
2010
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
2008
Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.
2007
Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
1999
Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
1998
Air France Flight 422 crashes after taking off from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, killing all 53 people on board.
1972
Apollo program: Apollo 16 lunar module, commanded by John Young and piloted by Charles Duke, lands on the moon.
1968
English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
1968
South African Airways Flight 228 crashes near the Hosea Kutako International Airport in South West Africa (now Namibia), killing 123 people.
1961
Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
1946
The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
1945
World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
1945
World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
1945
Twenty Jewish children used in medical experiments at Neuengamme are killed in the basement of the Bullenhuser Damm school.
1922
The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
1918
Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
1914
Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the Ludlow Massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War.
1908
Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
1902
Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
1898
U.S. President William McKinley signs a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish-American War.
1884
Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus, condemning Freemasonry.
1876
The April Uprising begins. Its suppression shocks European opinion, and Bulgarian independence becomes a condition for ending the Russo-Turkish War.
1865
Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
1862
Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment disproving the theory of spontaneous generation.
1861
American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
1861
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, attempting to display the value of balloons, makes record journey, flying 900 miles from Cincinnati to South Carolina.
1836
U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
1828
René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu, following Major Gordon Laing. He would also be the first to return alive.
1809
Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
1800
The Septinsular Republic is established.
1792
France declares war against the "King of Hungary and Bohemia", the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.
1789
George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia, while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
1775
American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord.
1770
The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza.
1752
Start of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740-57).
1657
English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet, under heavy fire from the shore, at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
1657
Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
1653
Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament.
1303
The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.

Births On This Day

1997
Alexander Zverev, German tennis player
1991
Luke Kuechly, American football player
1990
Jason Behrendorff, Australian cricketer
1988
Brandon Belt, American baseball player
1983
Miranda Kerr, Australian model
1980
Emma Husar, Australian politician
1978
Carl Greenidge, English cricketer
1975
Killer Mike, American rapper
1973
Julie Powell, American food writer and memoirist (d. 2022)
1972
Carmen Electra, American model and actress
1972
Stephen Marley, Jamaican-American musician
1971
Allan Houston, American basketball player
1970
Shemar Moore, American actor
1969
Felix Baumgartner, Austrian daredevil
1969
Will Hodgman, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Tasmania
1968
Julia Morris, Australian entertainer
1967
Mike Portnoy, American drummer and songwriter
1966
David Chalmers, Australian philosopher and academic
1966
David Filo, American businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
1965
Kostis Chatzidakis, Greek politician, Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism
1965
Léa Fazer, Swiss film director, screenwriter and actress
1964
John Carney, American football player
1964
Crispin Glover, American actor and filmmaker
1964
Andy Serkis, English actor and director
1964
Rosalynn Sumners, American figure skater
1963
Rachel Whiteread, English sculptor
1961
Don Mattingly, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1961
Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor
1960
Debbie Flintoff-King, Australian hurdler and coach
1958
Viacheslav Fetisov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
1956
Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Justice
1956
Peter Chelsom, English film director, writer, and actor
1956
Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician (d. 2014)
1955
Donald Pettit, American engineer and astronaut
1955
Svante Pääbo, Swedish geneticist and Nobel Laureate
1953
Sebastian Faulks, English journalist and author
1952
Louka Katseli, Greek economist and politician
1951
Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1950
Steve Erickson, American author and critic
1950
Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (d. 2002)
1950
N. Chandrababu Naidu, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
1949
Veronica Cartwright, English-American actress
1949
Toller Cranston, Canadian-Mexican figure skater and painter (d. 2015)
1949
Massimo D'Alema, Italian journalist and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Italy
1949
Jessica Lange, American actress
1948
Gregory Itzin, American actor (d. 2022)
1948
Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (d. 2015)
1947
Rita Dionne-Marsolais, Canadian economist and politician
1947
Viktor Suvorov, Russian intelligence officer, historian, and author
1946
Sandro Chia, Italian painter and sculptor
1945
Michael Brandon, American actor and director
1945
Olga Karlatos, Greek actress and Bermudian lawyer
1945
Thein Sein, Burmese general and politician, 8th President of Burma
1945
Naftali Temu, Kenyan runner (d. 2003)
1945
Steve Spurrier, American football player and coach
1944
Toivo Aare, Estonian journalist and author (d. 1999)
1943
Alan Beith, English academic and politician
1943
John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor and director
1941
Ryan O'Neal, American actor
1940
James Gammon, American actor (d. 2010)
1939
Peter S. Beagle, American author and screenwriter
1939
Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway
1939
Johnny Tillotson, American singer-songwriter
1938
Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (d. 2017)
1938
Manfred Kinder, German runner
1938
Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
1937
Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2011)
1937
Harvey Quaytman, American painter and educator (d. 2002)
1937
George Takei, American actor
1936
Lisa Davis, English-American actress
1936
Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese technician, surveyor, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2012)
1936
Pat Roberts, American captain, journalist, and politician
1933
Kristaq Dhamo, Albanian actor and film director (d. 2022)
1932
Myriam Bru, French actress
1931
Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby, English lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)
1931
John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician
1930
Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
1930
Antony Jay, English director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1929
Harry Agganis, American baseball and football player (d. 1955)
1929
Bobby Hollander, American film director, actor, and magazine publisher (d. 2002)
1928
Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (d. 2013)
1928
Johnny Gavin, Irish international footballer (d. 2007)
1927
Bud Cullen, Canadian judge and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Employment and Immigration (d. 2005)
1927
Phil Hill, American race car driver (d. 2008)
1927
K. Alex Müller, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)
1925
Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach (d. 2006)
1925
Elena Verdugo, American actress (d. 2017)
1924
Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (d. 2008)
1924
Leslie Phillips, English actor and producer (d. 2022)
1924
Guy Rocher, Canadian sociologist and academic
1923
Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster, founded Eternal Word Television Network (d. 2016)
1923
Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (d. 2008)
1923
Tito Puente, American drummer and producer (d. 2000)
1920
Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist (d. 2002)
1920
Clement Isong, Nigerian banker and politician, Governor of Cross River State (d. 2000)
1920
John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 2019)
1919
Richard Hillary, Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943)
1918
Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1916
Nasiba Zeynalova, Azerbaijani actress (d. 2004)
1915
Joseph Wolpe, South African psychotherapist and physician (d. 1997)
1914
Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (d. 1999)
1913
Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor and poet (d. 1986)
1913
Willi Hennig, German biologist and entomologist (d. 1976)
1910
Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician (d. 1961)
1908
Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor (d. 2002)
1907
Miran Bakhsh, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1991)
1907
Augoustinos Kantiotes, Greek bishop (d. 2010)
1904
Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972)
1899
Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
1896
Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1952)
1895
Emile Christian, American trombonist and composer (d. 1973)
1895
Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist (d. 1972)
1893
Harold Lloyd, American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1971)
1893
Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1983)
1891
Dave Bancroft, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)
1890
Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (d. 1959)
1890
Adolf Schärf, Austrian soldier and politician, 6th President of Austria (d. 1965)
1889
Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist (d. 1996)
1889
Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (d. 1918)
1889
Marie-Antoinette de Geuser, French mystic (d. 1918)
1889
Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born German politician, Führer of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)
1889
Tonny Kessler, Dutch footballer (d. 1960)
1884
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1966)
1884
Oliver Kirk, American boxer (d. 1960)
1884
Daniel Varoujan, Armenian poet and educator (d. 1915)
1882
Holland Smith, American general (d. 1967)
1879
Paul Poiret, French fashion designer (d. 1944)
1875
Vladimir Vidrić, Croatian poet and lawyer (d. 1909)
1873
James Harcourt, English character actor (d. 1951)
1871
Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (d. 1951)
1860
Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (d. 1933)
1851
Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (d. 1918)
1851
Siegmund Lubin, Polish-American businessman, founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (d. 1923)
1850
Daniel Chester French, American sculptor, designed the Lincoln statue (d. 1931)
1840
Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (d. 1916)
1839
Carol I of Romania, King of Romania (d. 1914)
1836
Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American scientist and academic (d. 1895)
1826
Dinah Craik, English author and poet (d. 1887)
1818
Heinrich Göbel, German-American mechanic and engineer (d. 1893)
1816
Bogoslav Šulek, Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer (d. 1895)
1808
Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (d. 1873)
1748
Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and theologian (d. 1831)
1745
Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (d. 1826)
1727
Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian minister and diplomat (d. 1794)
1723
Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (d. 1781)
1718
David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747)
1650
William Bedloe, English spy (d. 1680)
1646
Charles Plumier, French botanist and author (d. 1704)
1633
Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (d. 1654)
1586
Rose of Lima, Peruvian mystic and saint (d. 1617)
1544
Renata of Lorraine, Duchess consort of Bavaria (d. 1602)
1494
Johannes Agricola, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)

Deaths On This Day

2022
Gavin Millar, Scottish film director (b. 1938)
2021
Idriss Déby, Chadian politician and military officer (b. 1952)
2021
Monte Hellman, American film director (b.1929)
2021
Les McKeown, Scottish pop singer (b. 1955)
2018
Avicii, Swedish DJ and musician (b. 1989)
2016
Victoria Wood, British comedian, actress and writer (b. 1953)
2014
Neville Wran, Australian politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1926)
2012
Bert Weedon, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1920)
2011
Tim Hetherington, English photographer and journalist (b. 1970)
2010
Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (b. 1912)
2008
Monica Lovinescu, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1923)
2007
Andrew Hill, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)
2007
Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
2005
Fumio Niwa, Japanese journalist and author (b. 1904)
2004
Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (b. 1956)
2003
Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
2002
Alan Dale, American singer (b. 1925)
2001
Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1946)
1999
Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
1996
Trần Văn Trà, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918)
1995
Milovan Đilas, Yugoslav communist, politician, theorist and author (b. 1911)
1993
Cantinflas, Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1992
Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (b. 1922)
1992
Benny Hill, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1991
Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
1991
Don Siegel, American director and producer (b. 1912)
1986
Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (b. 1916)
1982
Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (b. 1892)
1980
M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1924)
1969
Vjekoslav Luburić, Croatian Ustaše official and concentration camp administrator (b. 1914)
1968
Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (b. 1877)
1967
Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896)
1961
Ado Vabbe, Estonian painter (b. 1892)
1951
Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
1947
Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
1946
Mae Busch, Australian actress (b. 1891)
1945
Erwin Bumke, Polish-German jurist and politician (b. 1874)
1944
Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)
1942
Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)
1935
John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
1935
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)
1932
Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)
1931
Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
1929
Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
1927
Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
1918
Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
1912
Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
1902
Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
1899
Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
1887
Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
1886
Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
1881
William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
1874
Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
1873
William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
1831
John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764)
1769
Chief Pontiac, American tribal leader (b. 1720)
1703
Lancelot Addison, English clergyman and educator (b. 1632)
1643
Christoph Demantius, German composer and poet (b. 1567)
1558
Johannes Bugenhagen, German priest and theologian (b. 1485)
1534
Elizabeth Barton, English nun and martyr (b. 1506)
1521
Zhengde, Chinese emperor (b. 1491)
1502
Mary of Looz-Heinsberg, Dutch noble (b. 1424)
1322
Simon Rinalducci, Italian Augustinian friar
1314
Pope Clement V (b. 1264)
1284
Hōjō Tokimune, regent of Japan (b. 1251)
1248
Güyük Khan, Mongol ruler, 3rd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (b. 1206)
1176
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English-Irish politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (b. 1130)
1164
Antipope Victor IV
1099
Peter Bartholomew (b. 1061)
888
Xi Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 862)
689
Cædwalla, king of Wessex (b. 659)