August 11
On This Day in History: August 11 August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 142 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day 2020 Washington Lottery makes new changes to its oldest game . The Washington Lottery is making new changes to its longest-running game of 36 years, with the final drawing under the name "Daily Game" to occur on August 29, 2020 at 8:00 pm.2016 NY man sentenced to 4+ years in prison for lottery scam targeting elderly . A New York man who ran a bogus lottery scam, in which elderly people were told they won millions but would have to pay taxes in advance to receive a payout, has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison and ordered to repay more than $733,000.2016 After cheating death in plane crash, Indian man wins $1M lottery days later . After surviving a fiery plane crash, an Indian man has beaten the odds again, this time winning $1 million in the lottery.2015 Former teacher wins Wisconsin's largest Megabucks jackpot ever . A former high school teacher won Wisconsin's biggest Megabucks jackpot ever, thanks to a quick trip to pick up a gallon of milk.2010 N.C. collected record debt from lottery winners . The North Carolina Lottery collected a record $1 million during the past year from prize winners who were also debtors.2010 Online gambling coming to Ontario . In a bid to keep millions spent on offshore gambling websites in the province, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. says Ontarians will have access to legal online gambling by 2012.2009 $500K lottery prize divides two elderly sisters . A passion for gambling shared by two once-inseparable octogenarian sisters has ended up dividing them, with the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that one can sue the other for a share of a winning $500,000 lottery ticket.2009 Mishap leads to lottery jackpot for Florida couple . When the ticket printer at the Publix on Gladiolus Drive in south Fort Myers accidentally popped out two Florida Lotto tickets instead of just the one a customer ordered a few weeks ago, no one could have predicted the mechanical error would turn out to be a windfall.2009 Jets and N.J. Lottery partner for new scratch game . The New York Jets, the New Jersey Lottery, Gov. Jon S. Corzine and State Treasurer and Sports and Exposition Authority Commissioner R. David Rousseau today announced an extension of their partnership that will now include a new Jets-themed instant lottery ticket and the chance to win several once-in-a-lifetime Jets-themed prizes.2009 Packers Team Up with Wisconsin Lottery . The Green Bay Packers and the Wisconsin Lottery are teaming up, and it may open the door for other forms of gambling to advertise at Packers games.2008 Powerball lottery winner shares $42.5M with relatives . Barrie Edwards could have kept an $86 million annuity Powerball jackpot all to himself, but instead decided to take the $42.5 million cash payment up front and share his good fortune with his wife, his brother and sister-in-law, and 10 nieces and nephews and their spouses.2007 Woman must forfeit $1 million lottery jackpot . A White City, Oregon, woman must turn over her lottery winnings after a judge said she won them illegally.2006 N.C. Woman, 82, wins $400,000 in Powerball lottery . According to North Carolina Lottery officials, a woman's decision to make fruit salad with marshmellows last week may have helped her win a $400,000 Powerball prize.2006 34-year lottery quest finally pays off . A Michigan woman who has been playing the lottery since 1972 won $400,000 by purchasing 80 $1 tickets, all with the same number that represents her late husband's birthday.2006 $200,000 Oklahoma Powerball lottery ticket to expire soon . A $200,000 winning Powerball ticket sold on February 25 in Skiatook, Oklahoma, is set to expire August 24th.2006 Ohio Lottery backs GTECH, Lottomatica deal . The Ohio lottery has confirmed that the planned takeover of U.S. lottery operator GTECH by Italy's Lottomatica would not hurt GTECH's lottery concession there, Lottomatica said on Thursday.2006 Police Need Help Catching Man Who Stole Lottery Tickets . Detectives in the town of Hamburg, New York, are looking for help solving a theft, in which a brazen bandit took off with a bundle of lottery tickets valued at $3,000.2006 Video Lottery Placed On South Dakota Ballot . The South Dakota Supreme Court says voters can decide the fate of the controversial gambling devices in November.2006 Transsexual lottery winner regrets paying for gender reassignment . A transsexual who came to prominence in 2003 for funding her sex-change operation from a UK National Lottery win has revealed to her local newspaper that she now regrets paying £21,000 (US$40,000) for the procedure.2006 Ohio Lottery chief to oversee county election . In Ohio, the two Democrats on the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections said Thursday that they would drop their drive to dump elections Director Michael Vu and his deputy, Gwen Dillingam, once the decision was made to hire Ohio Lottery Director Tom Hayes to oversee the general election.2006 Virginia Border Stores Take Hit From N.C. Lottery . Now that North Carolina has a lottery, residents with hopes of striking it rich don't have to head north to Virginia to buy tickets, and retail stores just across the line are feeling the effects.2006 N.C. store clerk accused of stealing woman's winning lottery ticket . A North Carolina woman thought her first-ever scratch-off ticket was a winner. The store clerk told her otherwise, and cashed the winning ticket himself.2006 Penn. Lottery chief takes job with newspaper publisher . The executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery is leaving his post to work for the owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News, the state and the company announced Thursday.2006 Online gambling company says it will lock out U.S. bettors . BETonSPORTS, the online gambling company targeted by federal prosecutors in Missouri and Washington, is shuttering the majority of its billion-dollar operations and will no longer accept bets from the United States, a company spokesman said Thursday evening.2006 BETonSPORTS Shutting U.S. Gambling Sites . BetOnSports PLC, the British-based Internet gambling company that has been charged with fraud and racketeering in the United States, said Friday it will shut down its services for American gamblers.2005 $93.4 million Powerball lottery winner is New Mexico's third . One winning Powerball lottery ticket was sold in New Mexico for Wednesday night's drawing. It is New Mexico's third Powerball jackpot winner, and the Lottery's second-largest prize ever.2004 Mega Millions jackpot increases to $35 million . The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $35 million Wednesday.2004 Saints and Sinners among the Winners . The UK National Lottery has been dogged by controversy as the game of chance has thrown up some seemingly less-than-worthy winners over the years.2003 Lottery-Style Drawing Picks Ballot Order . The California Secretary of State held a lottery-style drawing Monday to determine the order of candidate's names on the recall ballot. The complete order of the letters drawn is r, w, q, o, j, m, v, a, h, b, s, g, z, x, n, t, c, i, e, k, u, p, d, y, f, l. 2003 Carson widow wins $91 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot . Patricia Frierson went to her factory job after winning the $91 million California Lottery jackpot but she went home in a limousine. Frierson had the sole winning ticket for Saturday night's SuperLotto Plus game. She bought it on Saturday afternoon at a liquor store down the block from an Econolodge motel, where she has lived for three years because she no longer could afford her town home.2003 N.D. explores lottery agreement . Numbers for North Dakota's new Powerball lottery may be provided by another state lottery's computer system, a move that officials say would reduce the cost of running the game in a small, rural state.2003 CT Lottery makes good after two balls stick . Connecticut lottery officials said Saturday they will honor lottery tickets containing numbers of two lottery balls that got stuck during a drawing Friday night.2003 Italian lottery hits $75m . 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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2017 At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria , Egypt . 2012 At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran . 2006 The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines , causing the country's worst oil spill . 2003 NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan , marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.2003 Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin , better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok , Thailand .2000 An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries. 1984 "We begin bombing in five minutes ": United States President Ronald Reagan , while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio . 1982 A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830 , en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii , killing one passenger and injuring 15 others. 1979 Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners. 1975 East Timor : Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili , following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin .1972 Vietnam War : The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam .1969 The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon. 1965 Race riots (the Watts Riots ) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California . 1962 Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity .1961 The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli . 1960 Chad declares independence.1959 Sheremetyevo International Airport , the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.1952 Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan .1945 Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five. 1942 Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi . 1934 The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island . 1929 Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio .1920 The Latvian-Soviet Peace Treaty , which relinquished Russia 's authority and pretenses to Latvia , is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence . 1919 Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law. 1918 World War I : The Battle of Amiens ends.1898 Spanish-American War : American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico .1858 The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren . 1813 In Colombia , Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia . 1812 Peninsular War : French troops engage British -Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda .1804 Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria .1786 Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia . 1675 Franco-Dutch War : Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke .1473 The Battle of Otlukbeli : Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu . 1332 Wars of Scottish Independence : Battle of Dupplin Moor : Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol .1315 The Great Famine of Europe becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage. 490 Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River , near Milan . 355 Claudius Silvanus , accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II .106 The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania ) becomes a Roman province : Roman Dacia . 2492 BC Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk , progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation. 3114 BC The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar , used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya , begins. 🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1997 Sarah Clelland , Scottish footballer1994 Storm Sanders , Australian tennis player1994 Anton Cooper , New Zealand cross-country cyclist1994 Joseph Barbato , French footballer1991 Cristian Tello , Spanish footballer1990 Lenka Juríková , Slovak tennis player1989 Junior Heffernan , Irish cyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)1989 Sebastian Huke , German footballer1988 Rabeh Al-Hussaini , Filipino basketball player1988 Patty Mills , Australian basketball player1988 Mustafa Pektemek , Turkish footballer1987 Dany N'Guessan , French footballer1987 Drew Storen , American baseball player1986 Mokhtar Benmoussa , Algerian footballer1986 Pablo Sandoval , Venezuelan baseball player1985 Jacqueline Fernandez , Sri Lankan actress1984 Melky Cabrera , Dominican baseball player1984 Lucas di Grassi , Brazilian race car driver1983 Chris Hemsworth , Australian actor1983 Luke Lewis , Australian rugby league player1983 Pavel 183 , Russian painter (d. 2013)1981 Daniel Poohl , Swedish journalist1980 Daniel Lloyd , English cyclist and sportscaster1980 Lee Suggs , American football player1979 Walter Ayoví , Ecuadorian footballer1978 Spyros Gogolos , Greek footballer1978 Charlotte Leslie , British politician1978 Lillian Nakate , Ugandan politician1978 Isy Suttie , English comedian, musician, actress, and writer1977 Gemma Hayes , Irish singer-songwriter1977 Dênio Martins , Brazilian footballer1976 Iván Córdoba , Colombian footballer and manager1976 Bubba Crosby , American baseball player1976 Will Friedle , American actor and screenwriter1976 Ben Gibbard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1976 Ľubomír Višňovský , Slovak ice hockey player1975 Chris Cummings , Canadian singer-songwriter1974 Marie-France Dubreuil , Canadian figure skater1974 Hadiqa Kiani , Pakistani singer, songwriter and philanthropist1974 Audrey Mestre , French biologist and diver (d. 2002)1974 Carolyn Murphy , American model and actress1973 Kristin Armstrong , American cyclist1971 Alejandra Barros , Mexican actress and screenwriter1971 Tommy Mooney , English footballer1970 Dirk Hannemann , German footballer and manager1970 Gianluca Pessotto , Italian footballer1968 Sophie Okonedo , British actress1968 Charlie Sexton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1967 Massimiliano Allegri , Italian footballer and manager1967 Enrique Bunbury , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist1967 Joe Rogan , American actor, comedian, and television host1967 Petter Wettre , Norwegian saxophonist and composer1966 Nigel Martyn , English footballer and coach1966 Juan María Solare , Argentinian pianist and composer1965 Marc Bergevin , Canadian ice hockey player and manager1965 Embeth Davidtz , American actress1965 Viola Davis , American actress1964 Jim Lee , South Korean-American author and illustrator1964 Grant Waite , New Zealand golfer1963 Hiromi Makihara , Japanese baseball player1962 Brian Azzarello , American author1962 Charles Cecil , English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software 1962 John Micklethwait , English journalist and author1962 Rob Minkoff , American director and producer1961 David Brooks , American journalist and author1961 Craig Ehlo , American basketball player and coach1959 Gustavo Cerati , Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)1959 Yoshiaki Murakami , Japanese businessman1959 Taraki Sivaram , Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)1959 Richard Scudamore , English businessman1959 László Szlávics, Jr. , Hungarian sculptor1958 Steven Pokere , New Zealand rugby player1958 Jah Wobble , English singer-songwriter and bass player1957 Ian Stuart Donaldson , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)1957 Masayoshi Son , Japanese technology entrepreneur and investor1956 Pierre-Louis Lions , French mathematician and academic1955 Marc Bureau , Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau 1955 Sylvia Hermon , Northern Irish academic and politician1954 Bryan Bassett , American guitarist1954 Vance Heafner , American golfer and coach (d. 2012)1954 Joe Jackson , English singer-songwriter and musician1954 Tarmo Rüütli , Estonian footballer, coach, and manager1954 Yashpal Sharma , Indian cricketer and umpire1953 Hulk Hogan , American wrestler1953 Wijda Mazereeuw , Dutch swimmer1952 Reid Blackburn , American photographer (d. 1980)1952 Bob Mothersbaugh , American singer, guitarist, and producer1950 Erik Brann , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)1950 Gennadiy Nikonov , Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (d. 2003)1950 Steve Wozniak , American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc. 1949 Eric Carmen , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1949 Tim Hutchinson , American lawyer and politician1949 Ian Charleson , Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 1990)1948 Don Boyd , Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter1947 Theo de Jong , Dutch footballer, coach, and manager1947 Georgios Karatzaferis , Greek journalist and politician1946 John Conlee , American singer-songwriter1946 Marilyn vos Savant , American journalist and author1944 Martin Linton , Swedish-English journalist and politician1944 Frederick W. Smith , American businessman, founded FedEx 1944 Ian McDiarmid , Scottish actor1943 Jim Kale , Canadian bass player1943 Pervez Musharraf , Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan 1943 Denis Payton , English saxophonist (d. 2006)1942 Mike Hugg , English drummer and keyboard player1941 John Ellison , American-Canadian musician and songwriter1940 Glenys Page , New Zealand cricketer (d. 2012)1939 James Mancham , first President of Seychelles (d. 2017)1939 Ronnie Dawson , American singer and guitarist (d. 2003)1937 Anna Massey , English actress (d. 2011)1937 Patrick Joseph McGovern , American businessman, founded International Data Group (d. 2014)1936 Andre Dubus , American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (d. 1999)1936 Bill Monbouquette , American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)1936 Jonathan Spence , English-American historian and academic1934 Bob Hepple , South African lawyer and academic (d. 2015)1933 Jerry Falwell , American minister and television host (d. 2007)1933 Jerzy Grotowski , Polish director and producer (d. 1999)1933 Tamás Vásáry , Hungarian pianist and conductor1932 Fernando Arrabal , Spanish actor, director, and playwright1932 Izzy Asper , Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (d. 2003)1932 Geoffrey Cass , English businessman1932 Peter Eisenman , American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia 1932 John Gorrie , English director and screenwriter1927 Raymond Leppard , English harpsichord player and conductor (d. 2019)1927 Stuart Rosenberg , American director and producer (d. 2007)1926 Aaron Klug , Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)1925 Floyd Curry , Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2006)1925 Arlene Dahl , American actress, businesswoman and writer1923 Stan Chambers , American journalist and actor (d. 2015)1922 John "Mule" Miles , American baseball player (d. 2013)1921 Alex Haley , American historian and author (d. 1992)1920 Mike Douglas , American singer and talk show host (d. 2006)1920 Chuck Rayner , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)1919 Luis Olmo , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (d. 2017)1916 Johnny Claes , English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (d. 1956)1915 Morris Weiss , American author and illustrator (d. 2014)1913 Paul Dupuis , Canadian actor (d. 1976)1913 Bob Scheffing , American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)1913 Angus Wilson , English author and academic (d. 1991)1912 Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs , German astronomer and academic (d. 1954)1912 Raphael Blau , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)1911 Thanom Kittikachorn , Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)1909 Yūji Koseki , Japanese composer (d. 1989)1909 Uku Masing , Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)1908 Don Freeman , American author and illustrator (d. 1978)1908 Torgny T:son Segerstedt , Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)1907 Ted a'Beckett , Australian cricketer and lawyer (d. 1989)1905 Erwin Chargaff , Austrian-American biochemist and academic (d. 2002)1905 Ernst Jaakson , Estonian diplomat (d. 1998)1902 Alfredo Binda , Italian cyclist (d. 1986)1902 Lloyd Nolan , American actor (d. 1985)1902 Christian de Castries , French general (d. 1991)1900 Charley Paddock , American sprinter (d. 1943)1900 Philip Phillips , American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994)1898 Peter Mohr Dam , Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1968)1897 Enid Blyton , English author, poet, and educator (d. 1968)1897 Louise Bogan , American poet and critic (d. 1970)1892 Hugh MacDiarmid , Scottish poet and linguist (d. 1978)1892 Eiji Yoshikawa , Japanese author (d. 1962)1891 Stancho Belkovski , Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)1891 Edgar Zilsel , Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (d. 1944)1885 Stephen Butterworth , English physicist and engineer (d. 1958)1884 Hermann Wlach , Austrian-Swiss actor (d. 1962)1881 Aleksander Aberg , Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)1878 Oliver W. F. Lodge , English poet and author (d. 1955)1877 Adolph M. Christianson , American lawyer and judge (d. 1954)1874 Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1953)1870 Tom Richardson , English cricketer (d. 1912)1860 Ottó Bláthy , Hungarian engineer and chess player (d. 1939)1858 Christiaan Eijkman , Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)1855 John Hodges , Australian cricketer (d. 1933)1837 Marie François Sadi Carnot , French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1894)1836 Warren Brown , American historian and politician (d. 1919)1833 Robert G. Ingersoll , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1899)1833 Kido Takayoshi , Japanese samurai and politician (d. 1877)1816 Frederick Innes , Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1882)1808 William W. Chapman , American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)1807 David Rice Atchison , American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)1794 James B. Longacre , American engraver (d. 1869)1778 Friedrich Ludwig Jahn , Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (d. 1852)1748 Joseph Schuster , German composer (d. 1812)1722 Richard Brocklesby , English physician (d. 1797)1718 Frederick Haldimand , Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (d. 1791)1673 Richard Mead , English physician and astrologer (d. 1754)1510 Margaret Paleologa , Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat (d. 1566)1472 Nikolaus von Schönberg , Catholic cardinal (d. 1537)1384 Yolande of Aragon (d. 1442)1086 Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1125)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2020 Trini Lopez , Mexican American singer and guitarist (b. 1937)2020 Sumner Redstone , American billionaire businessman (b. 1923)2019 Sergio Obeso Rivera , Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1931)2018 V S Naipaul , British writer (b. 1932)2017 Yisrael Kristal , Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (b. 1903)2017 Segun Bucknor , Nigerian musician and journalist (b. 1946)2015 Serge Collot , French viola player and educator (b. 1923)2015 Harald Nielsen , Danish footballer and manager (b. 1941)2015 Richard Oriani , Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (b. 1920)2014 Vladimir Beara , Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)2014 Raymond Gravel , Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)2014 Kika Szaszkiewiczowa , Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)2014 Robin Williams , American actor and comedian (b. 1951)2013 Raymond Delisle , French cyclist (b. 1943)2013 Zafar Futehally , Indian ornithologist and author (b. 1919)2013 David Howard , English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)2012 Red Bastien , American wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1931)2012 Michael Dokes , American boxer (b. 1958)2012 Lucy Gallardo , Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)2009 Eunice Kennedy Shriver , American activist, founded the Special Olympics (b. 1921)2008 George Furth , American actor and playwright (b. 1932)2008 Dursun Karataş , founding leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) in Turkey (b. 1952)2006 Mike Douglas , American singer and talk show host (b. 1920)2003 Armand Borel , Swiss-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)2003 Herb Brooks , American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)2002 Galen Rowell , American photographer and mountaineer (b. 1940)2001 Percy Stallard , English cyclist and coach (b. 1909)2000 Jean Papineau-Couture , Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)1996 Rafael Kubelík , Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)1996 Ambrosio Padilla , Filipino basketball player and politician (b. 1910)1995 Phil Harris , American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)1994 Peter Cushing , English actor (b. 1913)1991 J. D. McDuffie , American race car driver (b. 1938)1989 John Meillon , Australian actor (b. 1934)1988 Anne Ramsey , American actress (b. 1929)1986 János Drapál , Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)1984 Alfred A. Knopf Sr. , American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)1984 Paul Felix Schmidt , Estonian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)1982 Tom Drake , American actor and singer (b. 1918)1980 Paul Robert , French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)1979 J. G. Farrell , English author (b. 1935)1978 Berta Ruck , Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)1977 Frederic Calland Williams , British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube , used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)1974 Vicente Emilio Sojo , Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)1972 Max Theiler , South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)1969 Miriam Licette , English soprano and educator (b. 1885)1965 Bill Woodfull , Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)1963 Otto Wahle , Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)1961 Antanas Škėma , Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)1956 Jackson Pollock , American painter (b. 1912)1953 Tazio Nuvolari , Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)1945 Stefan Jaracz , Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)1939 Jean Bugatti , German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)1939 Siegfried Flesch , Austrian fencer (b. 1872)1937 Edith Wharton , American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)1936 Blas Infante , Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)1921 Mary Sumner , English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)1919 Andrew Carnegie , Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)1908 Khudiram Bose , Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)1903 Eugenio María de Hostos , Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)1892 Enrico Betti , Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)1890 John Henry Newman , English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)1886 Lydia Koidula , Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)1868 Halfdan Kjerulf , Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)1854 Macedonio Melloni , Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)1851 Lorenz Oken , German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)1813 Henry James Pye , English poet and politician (b. 1745)1774 Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche , French physician and author (b. 1722)1725 Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (b. 1723)1656 Ottavio Piccolomini , Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)1614 Lavinia Fontana , Italian painter (b. 1552)1596 Hamnet Shakespeare , son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)1578 Pedro Nunes , Portuguese mathematician and academic (b. 1502)1563 Bartolomé de Escobedo , Spanish composer and educator (b. 1500)1556 John Bell , English bishop1519 Johann Tetzel , German preacher (b. 1465)1494 Hans Memling , German-Belgian painter (b. 1430)1486 William Waynflete , English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. c. 1398)1465 Kettil Karlsson , regent of Sweden and Bishop of Linköping (b. 1433)1464 Nicholas of Cusa , German cardinal and mystic (b. 1401)1456 John Hunyadi , Hungarian general and politician (b. 1387)1332 Domhnall II, Earl of Mar 1332 Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland 1332 Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray 1332 Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith 1332 Robert Bruce , Lord of Liddesdale1268 Agnes of Faucigny , Dame ruler of Faucigny, Countess consort of Savoy1259 Möngke Khan , Mongolian emperor (b. 1208)1253 Clare of Assisi , Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)1204 Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)1044 Sokkate , king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (b. 1001)991 Byrhtnoth , English soldier (b. 956)979 Gero, Count of Alsleben 919 Dhuka al-Rumi , Abbasid governor of Egypt449 Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople 353 Magnentius , Roman usurper (b. 303)223 Jia Xu , Chinese politician (b. 147)🔽 Show All 
