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April 28

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April 28

April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 247 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Texas Legislature proposes bill to block online lottery courier services. Lawmakers are discussing a bill that would prohibit the sale of lottery tickets online in Texas, effectively banning online lottery courier services.
2021: New Jersey Lottery suspends Fast Play sales due to software issue. The New Jersey Lottery announced last night that ticket sales for the Fast Play family of games was suspended due to a vendor software issue.
2020: Colorado man wins two $1 million lottery prizes on the same day. They say persistence is key, and after 30 years of playing the same numbers in the Colorado Lottery, a man in Pueblo, Colorado, found that to be true and finally got his big reward.
2018: Amid delay in new lottery policy, repeat winners keep on winning. Last August, the Massachusetts Lottery executive director said a new policy to stop the lottery from making massive payouts to frequent winners would be in place on Oct. 1, 2017. However, more than half a year later, no policy is in effect.
2017: 2 found guilty, 1 acquitted in $2 million Hoosier Lottery scam. A Marion County jury has found two of the three persons accused in a $2 million scam involving a bogus winning Hoosier Lottery ticket guilty on multiple counts, while a third defendant was found not guilty.
2016: Third suspect surrenders in national lottery rigging scandal. A third man charged in a still-unfolding, multi-million dollar lottery rigging scandal investigation surrendered to authorities in Iowa on Thursday, his attorney said.
2016: $314 million jackpot puts Powerball back in spotlight. Big lottery jackpot hunters will have a jumbo-sized target this weekend, as the multi-state Powerball jackpot has crossed the $300 million mark.
2016: Oregon Lottery director abruptly replaced. Gov. Kate Brown abruptly fired Oregon Lottery Director Jack Roberts on Tuesday and replaced him with an administrator from the Department of Administrative Services.
2011: Maryland Lottery used to launder drug money, federal authorities say. The Maryland Lottery's slogan may be "Let Yourself Play," but the feds are saying it's the lottery that got played. Authorities are saying a suspected drug dealer laundered money through winning tickets.
2009: Bill limiting lottery prizes of people on public aid fails. A proposal that would limit Tennessee lottery winners on state or federal assistance to $600 failed in the House State Government Subcommittee.
2009: N.C. Lottery snatches back some prizes. Since the first lottery ticket went on sale in North Carolina in March 2006, the lottery has collected $1.3 million in back taxes, delinquent child support, overdue student loans and other debts.
2009: Proposition 1C changes how California Lottery funds are used. Like the lottery games it promises to change, Proposition 1C looks to be a bit of a gamble.
2007: $75M Texas Lotto jackpot claimed by business partnership. The $75 million Lotto Texas jackpot won earlier this month was claimed by a business partnership, which can help protect the privacy of the winner.
2007: Michigan Lottery to debut $50 'Super Raffle' tickets. The most expensive ticket in the Michigan Lottery's 35-year history goes on sale May 7, offering the best odds ever of winning a $2 million top prize.
2006: California Channel snared in fake lottery scheme. The California Channel, which broadcasts Legislative meetings on cable TV, on Wednesday became the second local entity to reveal that it is the victim of the British International Lottery scam.
2006: Couple wins $800,000 Missouri scratch-off lottery jackpot. Scott and Candace Pritchett of Houston, Missouri, have won $800,000 in the new Missouri Lottery Lifetime Riches scratch-off game.
2004: UK lottery players soon to buy tickets at the grocery checkout. Shoppers will be able to buy UK National Lottery tickets from supermarket check-outs under plans announced today.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $45 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $45 million Wednesday.
2004: Store clerk accused of stealing lottery winnings. Port Washington, Wisconsin police have cited a convenience store clerk for theft after he allegedly pocketed a customer's $250 in lottery winnings.
2004: Georgia lottery sales continue setting records. Georgia lottery sales continued to set records during the first quarter of this year, easing worries that the lottery-funded HOPE scholarship may run dry.
2004: N.D. Powerball lottery sales reach $2 million. In the first month since North Dakota joined the Powerball lottery, more than $2 million worth of Powerball tickets have been sold at the state's 400-plus participating retailers, the state lottery director says.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$319 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2021
2.$314 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2016
3.$229 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2019
4.$224 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2010
5.€194.68 Million US$204.61 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2022
6.$186 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2020
7.$181 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2019
7.$181 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2009
9.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2018
10.€144.89 Million
US$172.42 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2021
11.€158 Million
US$166.67 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2022
12.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2013
13.$162 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2008
14.€143.21 Million
US$159.98 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2019
15.€128 Million
US$141.32 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2023
16.€98 Million
US$130.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
17.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2018
18.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2004
19.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2016
20.$116.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2021
21.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2013
22.$113 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2017
23.$110 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2000
24.€75 Million
US$103.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2014
25.$102 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2012

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1977: Koinking66
Thursday, Apr 28, 1977
46 years old
1976: rivers29
Wednesday, Apr 28, 1976
47 years old
1974: MrCash4
Sunday, Apr 28, 1974
49 years old
1974: Lynguyen331
Sunday, Apr 28, 1974
49 years old
1971: Brian Chr
Wednesday, Apr 28, 1971
52 years old
1971: intensewickedly
Wednesday, Apr 28, 1971
52 years old
1956: kaykar
Saturday, Apr 28, 1956
67 years old
1945: baloo59
Saturday, Apr 28, 1945
78 years old
1939: ajg315
Friday, Apr 28, 1939
84 years old
: rubyred
(year not provided)
: Hamlet727
(year not provided)
: Dance4U85
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2004: CBS News released evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.
1996: Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
1996: Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
1994: Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
1988: Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
1986: High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
1978: The President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
1977: The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
1975: General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closes in on victory.
1973: The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
1970: Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
1969: Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
1967: Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
1965: United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops.
1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in order to campaign in the 1952 United States presidential election.
1952: The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
1952: The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
1949: The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
1948: Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
1947: Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
1945: Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are shot dead by Walter Audisio, a member of the Italian resistance movement.
1945: The Holocaust: Nazi Germany carries out its final use of gas chambers to execute 33 Upper Austrian socialist and communist leaders in Mauthausen concentration camp.
1944: World War II: Nine German E-boats attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
1941: The Ustaše massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia.
1930: The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
1923: Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
1920: The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is founded.
1910: Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
1887: A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
1881: Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
1869: Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First transcontinental railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
1796: The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
1794: Sardinians, headed by Giovanni Maria Angioy, start a revolution against the Savoy domination, expelling Viceroy Balbiano and his officials from Cagliari, the capital and largest city of the island.
1792: France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
1789: Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
1788: Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1758: The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
1625: A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch-Portuguese War.
1611: Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
1503: The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
1294: Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols with the reigning title Oljeitu.
1253: Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
1192: Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
357: Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
224: The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire.

Births On This Day

1998: Song Yu-bin, South Korean singer and actor
1997: Denzel Ward, American football player
1995: Jonathan Benteke, Belgian footballer
1995: Melanie Martinez, American singer
1993: Matt Chapman, American baseball player
1993: Craig Garvey, Australian rugby league player
1993: Eva Samková, Czech snowboarder
1992: Blake Bortles, American football player
1992: DeMarcus Lawrence, American football player
1990: Niels-Peter Mørck, Danish footballer
1989: Emil Salomonsson, Swedish footballer
1989: Kim Sung-kyu, South Korean singer
1988: Jonathan Biabiany, French footballer
1988: Juan Manuel Mata, Spanish footballer
1988: Katariina Tuohimaa, Finnish tennis player
1987: Ryan Conroy, Scottish footballer
1987: Daequan Cook, American basketball player
1987: Drew Gulak, American wrestler
1987: Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Indian actress and model
1987: Bradley Johnson, English footballer
1987: Zoran Tošić, Serbian footballer
1986: Roman Polák, Czech ice hockey player
1986: Jenna Ushkowitz, Korean-American actress, singer, and dancer
1985: Lucas Jakubczyk, German sprinter and long jumper
1985: Deividas Stagniūnas, Lithuanian ice dancer
1984: Dmitri Torbinski, Russian footballer
1983: Josh Brookes, Australian motorcycle racer
1983: David Freese, American baseball player
1983: Roger Johnson, English footballer
1983: Graham Wagg, English cricketer
1983: Thomas Waldrom, New Zealand-English rugby player
1982: Nikki Grahame, English model and journalist (d. 2021)
1982: Chris Kaman, American basketball player
1981: Jessica Alba, American model and actress
1981: Pietro Travagli, Italian rugby player
1980: Bradley Wiggins, English cyclist
1979: Scott Fujita, American football player and sportscaster
1978: Lauren Laverne, English singer and television host
1978: Robert Oliveri, American actor
1978: Nate Richert, American actor
1977: Titus O'Neil, American wrestler and football player
1976: Shane Jurgensen, Australian cricketer
1975: Michael Walchhofer, Austrian skier
1974: Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer
1974: Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
1974: Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
1974: Vernon Kay, English radio and television host
1974: Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer and journalist
1973: Jorge Garcia, American actor and producer
1973: Earl Holmes, American football player and coach
1973: Andrew Mehrtens, South African-New Zealand rugby player
1972: Violent J, American rapper
1972: Helena Tulve, Estonian composer
1972: Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer and manager
1971: Brad McEwan, Australian journalist
1971: Bridget Moynahan, American actress
1970: Richard Fromberg, Australian tennis player
1970: Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player and scout
1970: Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer and manager
1969: LeRon Perry Ellis, American basketball player
1968: Howard Donald, English singer-songwriter and producer
1968: Andy Flower, South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1967: Chris White, English engineer and politician
1966: John Daly, American golfer
1966: Too Short, American rapper, producer and actor
1965: Jennifer Rardin, American author (d. 2010)
1964: Stephen Ames, Trinidadian golfer
1964: Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
1964: Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar, English surgeon and academic
1964: Barry Larkin, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1964: L'Wren Scott, American model and fashion designer (d. 2014)
1963: Sandrine Dumas, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1963: Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater and coach
1963: Marc Lacroix, Belgian biochemist and academic
1960: Tom Browning, American baseball player
1960: Elena Kagan, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1960: Phil King, English bass player
1960: Ian Rankin, Scottish author
1960: Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (d. 1993)
1960: Walter Zenga, Italian footballer and manager
1958: Hal Sutton, American golfer
1957: Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
1956: Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955: Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator (d. 2020)
1955: Eddie Jobson, English keyboard player and violinist
1955: Dieter Rubach, German bass player
1954: Timothy Curley, American educator
1954: Michael P. Jackson, American politician, 3rd Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
1954: Vic Sotto, Filipino actor-producer, singer-songwriter, comedian and television personality
1954: Ron Zook, American football player and coach
1953: Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist (d. 2003)
1953: Kim Gordon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1953: Brian Greenhoff, English footballer and coach (d. 2013)
1952: Chuck Leavell, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1952: Mary McDonnell, American actress
1951: Tim Congdon, English economist and politician
1951: Larry Smith, Canadian football player and politician
1950: Willie Colón, Puerto Rican-American trombonist and producer
1950: Jay Leno, American comedian, talk show host, and producer
1950: Steve Rider, English journalist and sportscaster
1949: Jeremy Cooke, English lawyer and judge
1949: Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
1949: Bruno Kirby, American actor and director (d. 2006)
1948: Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1948: Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
1947: Christian Jacq, French historian and author
1947: Nicola LeFanu, English composer and academic
1947: Steve Khan, American jazz guitarist
1946: Nour El-Sherif, Egyptian actor and producer (d. 2015)
1946: Ginette Reno, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1946: Larissa Grunig, American theorist and activist
1944: Elizabeth LeCompte, American director and producer
1944: Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician, 10th Minister-President of Wallonia
1944: Alice Waters, American chef and author
1943: Aryeh Bibi, Iraqi-born Israeli politician
1942: Mike Brearley, English cricketer and psychoanalyst
1941: Ann-Margret, Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
1941: Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
1941: John Madejski, English businessman and academic
1941: Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941: Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet and author (d. 2013)
1938: Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress (d. 1995)
1937: Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq (d. 2006)
1937: Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1937: John White, Scottish international footballer (d. 1964)
1936: Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)
1935: Pedro Ramos, Cuban baseball player
1935: Jimmy Wray, Scottish boxer and politician (d. 2013)
1934: Lois Duncan, American journalist and author (d. 2016)
1933: Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (d. 2014)
1930: James Baker, American lawyer and politician, 61st United States Secretary of State
1930: Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
1928: Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
1928: Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and astronomer (d. 1997)
1926: James Bama, American artist and illustrator
1926: Bill Blackbeard, American historian and author (d. 2011)
1926: Harper Lee, American novelist (d. 2016)
1926: Hulusi Sayın, Turkish general (d. 1991)
1925: T. John Lesinski, American judge and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1996)
1925: John Leonard Thorn, English lieutenant, author, and academic
1924: Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1924: Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (d. 2009)
1924: Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (d. 2021)
1923: Carolyn Cassady, American author (d. 2013)
1923: William Guarnere, American sergeant (d. 2014)
1921: Rowland Evans, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2001)
1921: Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (d. 2012)
1917: Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (d. 2006)
1916: Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini (d. 1993)
1914: Michel Mohrt, French author, historian (d. 2011)
1913: Rose Murphy, American singer (d. 1989)
1912: Odette Hallowes, French soldier and spy (d. 1995)
1912: Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1911: Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1999)
1910: Sam Merwin, Jr., American author (d. 1996)
1909: Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American theologist and orientalist (d. 1988)
1908: Ethel Catherwood, American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower (d. 1987)
1908: Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster (d. 1981)
1908: Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (d. 1974)
1906: Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1978)
1906: Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (d. 1999)
1902: Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (d. 1979)
1901: H. B. Stallard, English runner and surgeon (d. 1973)
1900: Alice Berry, Australian activist (d. 1978)
1900: Heinrich Müller, German SS officer (d. 1945)
1900: Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1992)
1897: Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (d. 1986)
1896: Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (d. 1948)
1896: Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic (d. 1963)
1889: António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1970)
1888: Walter Tull, English footballer and soldier (d. 1918)
1886: Erich Salomon, German-born news photographer (d. 1944)
1886: Art Shaw, American hurdler (d. 1955)
1878: Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director (d. 1954)
1876: Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman (d. 1938)
1874: Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
1874: Sidney Toler, American actor and director (d. 1947)
1868: Lucy Booth, English composer (d. 1953)
1868: Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1908)
1865: Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist and academic (d. 1940)
1863: Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician, 7th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1933)
1863: Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (d. 1929)
1855: José Malhoa, Portuguese painter (d. 1933)
1854: Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. (d. 1923)
1848: Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1909)
1838: Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1913)
1827: William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1904)
1819: Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (d. 1884)
1765: Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
1761: Marie Harel, French cheesemaker (d. 1844)
1758: James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
1715: Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1767)
1676: Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (d. 1751)
1630: Charles Cotton, English poet and author (d. 1687)
1623: Wilhelmus Beekman, Dutch politician (d. 1707)
1604: Joris Jansen Rapelje, Dutch settler in colonial North America (d. 1662)
1573: Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, son of Charles IX (d. 1650)
1545: Yi Sun-sin, Korean commander (d. 1598)
1442: Edward IV, king of England (d. 1483)
1402: Nezahualcoyotl, Acolhuan philosopher, warrior, poet and ruler (d. 1472)
AD 32: Otho, Roman emperor (d. 69 AD)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Michael Collins, American astronaut (b. 1930)
2021: El Risitas, Spanish comedian (b. 1956)
2019: Richard Lugar, American politician (b. 1932)
2019: John Singleton, American film director (b. 1968)
2018: James Hylton, American race car driver (b. 1934)
2017: Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (b. 1929)
2016: Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2015: Antônio Abujamra, Brazilian actor and director (b. 1932)
2015: Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator (b. 1918)
2015: Michael J. Ingelido, American general (b. 1916)
2014: Barbara Fiske Calhoun, American cartoonist and painter (b. 1919)
2014: William Honan, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
2014: Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
2014: Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
2014: Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)
2014: Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer (b. 1938)
2014: Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (b. 1951)
2014: Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player (b. 1981)
2013: Brad Lesley, American baseball player (b. 1958)
2013: Fredrick McKissack, American author (b. 1939)
2013: John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)
2013: Jack Shea, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2013: János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist and educator (b. 1924)
2013: Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (b. 1924)
2013: Bernie Wood, New Zealand journalist and author (b. 1939)
2012: Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1920)
2012: Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (b. 1919)
2012: Al Ecuyer, American football player (b. 1937)
2012: Patricia Medina, English actress (b. 1919)
2012: Milan N. Popović, Serbian psychiatrist and author (b. 1924)
2012: Aberdeen Shikoyi, Kenyan rugby player (b. 1985)
2011: Erhard Loretan, Swiss mountaineer (b. 1959)
2009: Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1939)
2009: Richard Pratt, Polish-Australian businessman (b. 1934)
2007: Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
2007: René Mailhot, Canadian journalist (b. 1942)
2007: Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1929)
2007: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)
2007: Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1923)
2006: Steve Howe, American baseball player (b. 1958)
2005: Percy Heath, American bassist (b. 1923)
2005: Chris Candido, American wrestler (b. 1971)
2005: Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (b. 1959)
2002: Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (b. 1950)
2002: Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1916)
2000: Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish physician and politician (b. 1925)
2000: Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (b. 1916)
1999: Rory Calhoun, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1999: Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1927)
1999: Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (b. 1920)
1999: Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
1998: Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (b. 1923)
1997: Ann Petry, American novelist (b. 1908)
1996: Lester Sumrall, American minister, founded LeSEA (b. 1913)
1994: Berton Roueché, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
1993: Diva Diniz Corrêa, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1918)
1993: Jim Valvano, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
1992: Francis Bacon, Irish painter (b. 1909)
1991: Steve Broidy, American film producer (b. 1905)
1989: Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician (b. 1911)
1987: Ben Linder, American engineer and activist (b. 1959)
1980: Tommy Caldwell, American bass player (b. 1949)
1978: Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (b. 1909)
1977: Ricardo Cortez, American actor (b. 1900)
1977: Sepp Herberger, German footballer and coach (b. 1897)
1976: Richard Hughes, American author and poet (b. 1900)
1973: Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
1970: Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901)
1963: Wilhelm Weber, German gymnast (b. 1880)
1962: Bennie Osler, South African rugby player (b. 1901)
1957: Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
1956: Fred Marriott, American race car driver (b. 1872)
1954: Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
1946: Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1870)
1945: Roberto Farinacci, Italian soldier and politician (b. 1892)
1945: Hermann Fegelein, German general (b. 1906)
1945: Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1883)
1944: Mohammed Alim Khan, Manghud ruler (b. 1880)
1944: Frank Knox, American journalist and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1874)
1939: Anne Walter Fearn, American physician (b. 1867)
1936: Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)
1929: Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (b. 1879)
1928: May Jordan McConnel, Australian trade unionist and suffragist (b. 1860)
1925: Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
1905: Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia (b. 1835)
1903: Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (b. 1839)
1902: Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)
1883: John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795)
1881: Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818)
1865: Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line (b. 1787)
1858: Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801)
1853: Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)
1841: Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
1816: Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
1813: Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
1781: Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (b. 1723)
1772: Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and politician (b. 1737)
1741: Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (b. 1668)
1726: Thomas Pitt, English merchant and politician (b. 1653)
1716: Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (b. 1673)
1710: Thomas Betterton, English actor and manager (b. 1630)
1643: Francisco de Lucena, Portuguese politician (b. 1578)
1533: Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
1489: Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1449)
1400: Baldus de Ubaldis, Italian jurist (b. 1327)
1260: Luchesius Modestini, founding member of the Third Order of St. Francis
1257: Shajar al-Durr, sovereign sultana of Egypt
1197: Rhys ap Gruffydd, prince of Deheubarth (b. 1132)
1192: Conrad of Montferrat (b. 1140)
1109: Abbot Hugh of Cluny (b. 1024)
992: Jawhar as-Siqilli, Fatimid statesman
988: Adaldag, archbishop of Bremen
948: Hu Jinsi, Chinese general and prefect
224: Artabanus IV of Parthia (b. 191)

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