December 1
On This Day in History: December 1 December 1 is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 30 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day 2021 N.C. man wins two $25,000 a year for life prizes after accidentally playing same numbers twice . The accidental purchase of two identical Lucky for Life tickets in Saturday's drawing produced not one but two $25,000 a year for life prizes for a very lucky North Carolina man.2018 Feds bust up illegal fantasy football lottery scheme . A business pairing the enormously popular fantasy football leagues with the Georgia Lottery must have looked like a money-making combination, but instead has landed its operator in a legal mess.2017 N.C. lottery winner to give away his jackpot . An Army veteran from Statesville, North Carolina, plans to give his $250,000 lottery jackpot to help people battling substance abuse.2017 Hacker crashes Belize lottery machines countrywide . On Sunday, lottery buyers throughout the country of Belize, except for only two locations in Belize City, were unable to purchase their favorite numbers for that morning's draw because someone hacked into the computer system which controls the printing of lottery tickets, shutting down the entire system.2015 Former Ohio Lottery worker sentenced for stealing instant tickets . A former Ohio Lottery Commission employee has been sentenced to probation for stealing $115,000 in instant lottery tickets and cashing in winners.2015 Judge gives Wyoming Lottery 15 days to amend lawsuit . A state judge is giving the Wyoming Lottery Corporation 15 days to amend its lawsuit that seeks to block a local man from criticizing the corporation.2015 Arkansas Lottery officials sign contract with Camelot for business plan . Arkansas officials signed a contract Monday with lottery consultant Camelot Global Services, which will develop a business plan for the state lottery and help implement the plan, a spokesman for the state Department of Finance and Administration said.2014 Washington player wins $90 million Powerball jackpot . One lottery ticket holder matched the winning Powerball numbers on Nov. 29, 2014, winning the $90 million multi-state jackpot.2014 Unclaimed $12 million Florida Lottery ticket to expire Dec. 25 . You might want to check your junk drawer and anywhere else you might put a lottery ticket: a $12 million Florida Lottery ticket remains unclaimed.2011 Unclaimed Iowa lottery jackpot to expire Dec. 29 . The one-month countdown has begun for a Hot Lotto ticket that matched the jackpot numbers in last year’s Dec. 29 drawing.2009 Lottery giant GTECH lays off 31 R.I. employees . GTECH Corp. has laid off 31 Rhode Island employees, calling the cuts a routine "realignment of resources."2009 Intralot's D.C. Lottery contact finally passed by council . The lucrative and long-controversial lottery contract has finally passed the D.C. Council.2009 California woman claims $39M lottery jackpot . The $38.5 million Mega Millions lottery ticket bought at a Pak 'n Save a few weeks ago belonged to a South San Francisco woman.2008 How online gamblers unmasked cheaters . A joint investigation by 60 Minutes and The Washington Post raised new questions about the integrity and security of the shadowy and highly profitable online gambling industry that operates outside U.S. law.2004 Oregon man claims record jackpot after finishing hunting trip . Halfway through a two-week hunting trip, Portland-area accountant Art Brenner discovered he had won the record $30 million Megabucks jackpot -- and then went back to camp and kept hunting elk.2004 Lottery winner dies in crash . An Oregon woman was killed in a Salem car crash last week after winning the lottery just a few days earlier.2004 Technicians hustle to fix Nebraska lottery machines . As the $127 million Powerball drawing looms, technicians are hustling to fix the Nebraska's 950 lottery machines.2003 Powerball Soars to $57 Million . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $57 million, with a cash option of $30.6 million.2003 Mega Millions Jackpot Increases to $33 Million . The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $33 million Saturday.2003 Florida Lotto jackpot hits $18 million . No one ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers Saturday, and the jackpot will roll over to $18 million, lottery officials said Sunday.2003 Win the El Gordo jackpot with no ticket?" Fat chance . Sometimes greed cancels out good judgment in people who get fooled by scammers.2003 Audit of Colorado lottery to be released today . An audit of the Colorado Lottery is scheduled to be unveiled today, capping an extensive review that focused on its overall performance.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $266 Million Draw Date
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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2019 Arsenal Women 11-1 Bristol City Women breaks the record for most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match, with Vivianne Miedema involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals.2018 The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu , Finland . 2000 Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico , marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.1997 In the Indian state of Bihar , Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people. 1997 Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky .1991 Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union . 1990 Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet beneath the seabed.1989 Philippine coup attempt : The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état .1989 Cold War : East Germany 's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.1988 World AIDS Day is proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states .1984 NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration , wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.1981 Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 , a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 , crashes in Corsica , killing all 180 people on board.1974 TWA Flight 514 , a Boeing 727 , crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport , killing all 92 people on board.1974 Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 , another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport .1973 Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.1971 Cambodian Civil War : Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.1971 Purge of Croatian Spring leaders starts in Yugoslavia at the meeting of the League of Communists at the Karađorđevo estate 1969 Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II . 1964 Vietnam War : U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam .1959 Cold War : Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty , which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.1958 The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union . 1958 The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns. 1955 American Civil Rights Movement : In Montgomery, Alabama , seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott .1952 The New York Daily News Christine Jorgensen , the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery . 1941 World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States. 1941 World War II: Fiorello La Guardia , Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense , signs Administrative Order 9 , creating the Civil Air Patrol . 1939 World War II : A day after the beginning of the Winter War in Finland , the Cajander III Cabinet resigns and is replaced by the Ryti I Cabinet , while the Finnish Parliament move from Helsinki to Kauhajoki to escape the Soviet airstrikes.1934 In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge . 1924 The National Hockey League 's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins , plays their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility. 1919 Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom . (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)1918 Transylvania unites with Romania , following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27 ) and Bukovina (November 28 ) and thus concluding the Great Union .1918 Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.1918 The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ) is proclaimed. 1913 The Buenos Aires Metro , the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation. 1913 Crete , having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War , is annexed by Greece.1900 Nicaragua sells canal rights to U.S. for $5 million. The canal agreement fails in March 1901. Great Britain rejects amended treaty 1865 Shaw University , the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina .1862 In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation . 1834 Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 . 1828 Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego , beginning the Decembrist revolution . 1824 United States presidential election : Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution .1822 Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil .1821 José Núñez de Cáceres wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the Republic of Spanish Haiti .1768 The former slave ship Fredensborg Tromøya in Norway. 1662 Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park , London, watched by Charles II and Queen Catherine . 1640 End of the Iberian Union : Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal , ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty . 1577 Francis Walsingham is knighted .1420 Henry V of England enters Paris .800 Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican .🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1997 Sada Williams , Barbadian sprinter1995 Agnė Čepelytė , Lithuanian tennis player1995 Jenna Fife , Scottish footballer1995 James Wilson , English footballer1994 Seedy Njie , English footballer1993 Reena Pärnat , Estonian archer1992 Masahudu Alhassan , Ghanaian footballer1992 Javier Báez , Puerto Rican baseball player1992 Linos Chrysikopoulos , Greek basketball player1992 Marco van Ginkel , Dutch footballer1991 Hilda Melander , Swedish tennis player1991 Sun Yang , Chinese swimmer1991 Noel Acciari , American ice hockey player1990 Tomáš Tatar , Slovak ice hockey player1989 Sotelúm , Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer1988 Zoë Kravitz , American actress, singer, and model1988 Dan Mavraides , Greek-American basketball player1988 Tyler Joseph , American musician and singer1987 Simon Dawkins , English footballer1987 Tabarie Henry , Virgin Islander sprinter1987 Vance Joy , Australian singer-songwriter1987 Brett Williams , English footballer1986 DeSean Jackson , American football player1985 John Coughlin , American figure skater (d. 2019)1985 Janelle Monáe , American singer-songwriter and producer1985 Chanel Preston , American porn actress and director1985 Emiliano Viviano , Italian footballer1982 Riz Ahmed , English actor and rapper1982 Lloyd Doyley , English footballer1982 Christos Kalantzis , Greek footballer1982 Christos Melissis , Greek footballer1981 Park Hyo-shin , South Korean singer-songwriter and actor1981 Luke McPharlin , Australian footballer1981 I Made Wirawan , Indonesian footballer1980 Iftikhar Anjum , Pakistani cricketer1980 Mohammad Kaif , Indian cricketer and politician1980 Roger Peterson , Aruban-Dutch singer-songwriter1980 Mubarak Hassan Shami , Kenyan-Qatari runner1980 Gianna Terzi , Greek singer1979 Ryan Malone , American ice hockey player1979 Stephanie Brown Trafton , American discus thrower1978 Mat Kearney , American musician1977 Brad Delson , American guitarist and producer1977 Sophie Guillemin , French actress1977 Lee McKenzie , Scottish journalist1976 Tomasz Adamek , Polish boxer1976 Laura Ling , American journalist and author1976 Evangelos Sklavos , Greek basketball player1975 Matt Fraction , American author1975 Isaiah "Ikey" Owens , American keyboard player and producer (d. 2014)1975 Farah Shah , Pakistani actress and host1975 Thomas Schie , Norwegian race car driver and sportscaster1975 Sophia Skou , Danish swimmer1974 Costinha , Portuguese footballer and manager1973 Steve Gibb , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1972 Stanton Barrett , American race car driver and stuntman1972 Bart Millard , American singer-songwriter1971 Emily Mortimer , English actress1971 Christian Pescatori , Italian race car driver1971 Mika Pohjola , Finnish-American pianist and composer1971 John Schlimm , American author and educator1970 Jonathan Coulton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1970 Kirk Rueter , American baseball player1970 Sarah Silverman , American comedian, actress, and singer1970 Tisha Waller , American high jumper and educator1969 Richard Carrier , American author and blogger1968 Justin Chadwick , English actor and director1968 Sarah Fitzgerald , Australian squash player1968 Anders Holmertz , Swedish swimmer1967 Nestor Carbonell , American actor1967 Reggie Sanders , American baseball player1966 Andrew Adamson , New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter1966 Katherine LaNasa , American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer1966 Larry Walker , Canadian baseball player and coach1965 Henry Honiball , South African rugby player1965 Magnifico , Slovenian singer1964 Salvatore Schillaci , Italian footballer1964 Jo Walton , Welsh-Canadian author and poet1963 Marco Greco , Brazilian race car driver1963 Nathalie Lambert , Canadian speed skater1963 Arjuna Ranatunga , Sri Lankan cricketer and politician1962 Sylvie Daigle , Canadian speed skater1962 Pamela McGee , American basketball player and coach1961 Safra Catz , Israeli-American businesswoman1961 Raymond E. Goldstein , American biophysicist and academic1961 Jeremy Northam , English actor1960 Carol Alt , American model and actress1960 Shirin M. Rai , Indian-English political scientist and academic1960 Jane Turner , Australian actress and producer1959 Billy Childish , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter1959 Wally Lewis , Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster1958 Javier Aguirre , Mexican footballer and manager1958 Candace Bushnell , American journalist and author1958 Alberto Cova , Italian runner1958 Gary Peters , American lieutenant and politician1957 Chris Poland , American guitarist and songwriter1957 Vesta Williams , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011)1956 Julee Cruise , American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress1955 Veikko Aaltonen , Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter1955 Verónica Forqué , Spanish actress1955 Pat Spillane , Irish footballer and sportscaster1955 Karen Tumulty , American journalist1955 Udit Narayan , Indian playback singer1954 Alan Dedicoat , English journalist1954 Judith Hackitt , English chemist and engineer1954 François Van der Elst , Belgian footballer (d. 2017)1952 Stephen Poliakoff , English director, producer, and playwright1951 Obba Babatundé , American actor, director, and producer1951 Doug Mulray , Australian radio and television host1951 Jaco Pastorius , American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1987)1951 Nozipho Schroeder , South African lawn bowler1951 Treat Williams , American actor1950 Manju Bansal , Indian biologist and academic1950 Ross Hannaford , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)1950 Gary Panter , American illustrator and painter1950 Filippos Petsalnikos , Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice (d. 2020)1950 Richard Keith , American actor and drummer1949 Jan Brett , American author and illustrator1949 Pablo Escobar , Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist (d. 1993)1949 Sebastián Piñera , Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile 1948 George Foster , American baseball player and radio host1948 Sarfraz Nawaz , Pakistani cricketer and politician1948 John Roskelley , American mountaineer and author1948 Neil Warnock , English footballer and manager1948 N. 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Wright , English bishop and scholar1948 Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa , Nigerian civil servant and politician, Governor of Kaduna State (d. 2012)1947 Alain Bashung , French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)1947 Bob Fulton , English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)1946 Jonathan Katz , American comedian and actor1946 Kemal Kurspahić , Bosnian journalist and author1946 Gilbert O'Sullivan , Irish singer-songwriter and pianist1945 Bette Midler , American singer-songwriter, actress and producer1944 Eric Bloom , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1944 John Densmore , American drummer and songwriter1944 Michael Hagee , American general1944 Tahar Ben Jelloun , Moroccan author and poet1943 Kenny Moore , American runner and journalist1942 Mohamed Kamel Amr , Egyptian politician, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1942 John Crowley , American author and academic1942 Ross Edwards , Australian cricketer1940 Mike Denness , Scottish cricketer and referee (d. 2013)1940 Richard Pryor , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)1940 Tasso Wild , German footballer1940 Jerry Lawson , American electronic engineer and inventor (d. 2011)1939 Lee Trevino , American golfer and sportscaster1938 Sandy Nelson , American rock and roll drummer1937 Muriel Costa-Greenspon , American soprano and actress (d. 2005)1937 Gordon Crosse , English composer and academic1937 Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga , Latvian psychologist and politician, President of Latvia 1936 Igor Rodionov , Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence (d. 2014)1935 Woody Allen , American actor, director, and screenwriter1935 Sola Sierra , Chilean human rights activist (d. 1999)1934 Billy Paul , American soul singer (d. 2016)1933 Lou Rawls , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)1933 Violette Verdy , French ballerina (d. 2016)1931 Jimmy Lyons , American saxophonist (d. 1986)1931 Jim Nesbitt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)1931 George Maxwell Richards , Trinidadian politician, 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2018)1930 Marie Bashir , Australian psychiatrist, academic, and politician, 37th Governor of New South Wales 1930 Joachim Hoffmann , German historian and author (d. 2002)1929 David Doyle , American actor (d. 1997)1928 Emily McLaughlin , American actress (d. 1991)1928 Malachi Throne , American actor (d. 2013)1927 Micheline Bernardini , French dancer and model1926 Mother Antonia , American-Mexican nun and activist (d. 2013)1926 Allyn Ann McLerie , Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2018)1926 Keith Michell , Australian actor (d. 2015)1926 Robert Symonds , American actor (d. 2007)1926 Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner , Scottish businessman (d. 2010)1925 Martin Rodbell , American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)1924 Masao Horiba , Japanese businessman, founded Horiba (d. 2015)1923 Dick Shawn , American actor (d. 1987)1923 Stansfield Turner , American admiral and academic, 12th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 2018)1922 Vsevolod Bobrov , Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager (d. 1979)1921 Vernon McGarity , American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)1920 Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami , Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha (d. 2014)1917 Thomas Hayward , American tenor and actor (d. 1995)1917 Marty Marion , American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)1916 Wan Li , Chinese educator and politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2015)1913 Mary Martin , American actress and singer (d. 1990)1912 Minoru Yamasaki , American architect, designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986)1911 Walter Alston , American baseball player and manager (d. 1984)1911 Calvin Griffith , Canadian-American businessman (d. 1999)1910 Alicia Markova , English ballerina and choreographer (d. 2004)1905 Alex Wilson , Canadian sprinter and coach (d. 1994)1903 Nikolai Voznesensky , Soviet economic planner , member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1950)1901 Ilona Fehér , Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator (d. 1988)1900 Karna Maria Birmingham , Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (d. 1987)1898 Stuart Garson , Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1977)1898 Cyril Ritchard , Australian-American actor and singer (d. 1977)1896 Georgy Zhukov , Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (d. 1974)1895 Henry Williamson , English farmer, soldier, and author (d. 1977)1894 Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral , Brazilian herpetologist (d. 1982)1886 Rex Stout , American detective novelist (d. 1975)1886 Zhu De , Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)1884 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff , German painter and etcher (d. 1976)1883 Henry Cadbury , American historian, scholar, and academic (d. 1974)1871 Archie MacLaren , English cricketer (d. 1944)1869 Eligiusz Niewiadomski , Polish painter and critic (d. 1923)1855 John Evans , English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1943)1847 Julia A. Moore , American poet (d. 1920)1846 Ledi Sayadaw , Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1923)1844 Alexandra of Denmark (d. 1925)1805 9th Dalai Lama , Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader (d. 1815)1800 Mihály Vörösmarty , Hungarian poet (d. 1855)1792 Nikolai Lobachevsky , Russian mathematician and geometer (d. 1856)1761 Marie Tussaud , French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (d. 1850)1743 Martin Heinrich Klaproth , German chemist and academic (d. 1817)1716 Étienne Maurice Falconet , French sculptor (d. 1791)1709 Franz Xaver Richter , Czech composer, violinist, and conductor (d. 1789)1690 Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke , English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)1580 Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc , French astronomer and historian (d. 1637)1561 Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast (d. 1631)1530 Bernardino Realino , Italian Jesuit (d. 1616)1525 Tadeáš Hájek , Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)1521 Takeda Shingen , Japanese daimyō (d. 1573)1488 Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Wied , German noblewoman (d. 1559)1443 Magdalena of France , French princess (d. 1495)1438 Peter II, Duke of Bourbon , son of Charles I (d. 1503)1415 Jan Długosz , Polish historian (d. 1480)1083 Anna Komnene , Byzantine physician and scholar (d. 1153)1081 Louis VI , French king (d. 1137)624 Hasan ibn Ali , the second Shia Imam (d. 670)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2020 Arnie Robinson , American athlete (b. 1948)2019 Paula Tilbrook , English actress (b. 1930)2018 Vivian Lynn , New Zealand artist (b. 1931)2018 Ken Berry , American actor, dancer, and singer (b. 1933)2015 Rob Blokzijl , Dutch physicist and computer scientist (b. 1943)2015 Joseph Engelberger , American physicist and engineer (b. 1925)2015 John F. Kurtzke , American neurologist and academic (b. 1926)2015 Jim Loscutoff , American basketball player (b. 1930)2015 Trevor Obst , Australian footballer and coach (b. 1940)2014 Mario Abramovich , Argentinian violinist and composer (b. 1926)2014 Dimitrios Trichopoulos , Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (b. 1938)2014 Rocky Wood , New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1959)2013 Richard Coughlan , English drummer (b. 1947)2013 Stirling Colgate , American physicist and academic (b. 1925)2013 Edward Heffron , American soldier (b. 1923)2013 Martin Sharp , Australian cartoonist and songwriter (b. 1942)2012 Jovan Belcher , American football player (b. 1987)2012 Arthur Chaskalson , South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1931)2012 Rick Majerus , American basketball player and coach (b. 1948)2012 Ed Price , American soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1918)2011 Christa Wolf , German author and critic (b. 1929)2010 Adriaan Blaauw , Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1914)2010 Hillard Elkins , American actor and producer (b. 1929)2008 Paul Benedict , American actor (b. 1938)2008 Joseph B. Wirthlin , American businessman and religious leader (b. 1917)2007 Ken McGregor , Australian tennis player and footballer (b. 1929)2007 Anton Rodgers , British actor (b. 1933)2006 Claude Jade , French actress (b. 1948)2006 Bruce Trigger , Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian (b. 1937)2005 Gust Avrakotos , American CIA officer (b. 1938)2005 Mary Hayley Bell , English actress and playwright (b. 1911)2005 Freeman V. Horner , American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)2004 Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911)2004 Bill Brown , Scottish-Canadian footballer (b. 1931)2003 Clark Kerr , American economist and academic (b. 1911)2003 Eugenio Monti , Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)2002 Edward L. Beach Jr. , American captain and author (b. 1918)2002 Dave McNally , American baseball player (b. 1942)2001 Ellis R. Dungan , American director and producer (b. 1909)1997 Michel Bélanger , Canadian banker and businessman (b. 1929)1997 Stéphane Grappelli , French violinist (b. 1908)1997 Endicott Peabody , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920)1996 Peter Bronfman , Canadian businessman (b. 1928)1995 Hopper Levett , English cricketer (b. 1908)1995 Colin Tapley , New Zealand-English actor (b. 1907)1995 Maxwell R. Thurman , American general (b. 1931)1993 Ray Gillen , American singer-songwriter (b. 1959)1991 Pat O'Callaghan , Irish athlete (b. 1906)1991 George Stigler , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)1990 Carla Lehmann , Canadian-English actress (b. 1917)1989 Alvin Ailey , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931)1988 J. Vernon McGee , American pastor and theologian (b. 1904)1987 James Baldwin , American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924)1987 Punch Imlach , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1918)1986 Frank McCarthy , American general and film producer (b. 1912)1984 Roelof Frankot , Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)1981 Russ Manning , American author and illustrator (b. 1929)1975 Nellie Fox , American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)1975 Ernesto Maserati , Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)1975 Anna Roosevelt Halsted , American journalist (b. 1906)1973 David Ben-Gurion , Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)1968 Nicolae Bretan , Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)1968 Darío Moreno , Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)1964 J. B. S. Haldane , English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)1964 Charilaos Vasilakos , Greek runner (b. 1877)1958 Elizabeth Peratrovich , Alaskan-American civil rights activist (b. 1911)1954 Fred Rose , American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)1950 Ernest John Moeran , English pianist and composer (b. 1894)1947 Aleister Crowley , English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)1947 G. H. Hardy , English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)1943 Damrong Rajanubhab , Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)1942 Leon Wachholz , Polish scientist and medical examiner (b. 1867)1935 Bernhard Schmidt , Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)1934 Sergey Kirov , Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)1933 Pekka Halonen , Finnish painter (b. 1865)1928 José Eustasio Rivera , Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)1923 Virginie Loveling , Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)1916 Charles de Foucauld , French priest and martyr (b. 1858)1914 Alfred Thayer Mahan , American captain and historian (b. 1840)1913 Juhan Liiv , Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)1884 William Swainson , English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)1867 Charles Gray Round , English lawyer and politician (b. 1797)1866 George Everest , Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790)1865 Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich , Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796)1825 Alexander I , emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777)1767 Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan , Scottish politician (b. 1710)1755 Maurice Greene , English organist and composer (b. 1696)1750 Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr , German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)1729 Giacomo F. Maraldi , French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1665)1660 Pierre d'Hozier , French genealogist and historian (b. 1592)1640 Miguel de Vasconcelos , Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1590)1633 Isabella Clara Eugenia , infanta of Spain (b. 1566)1581 Alexander Briant , English Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint (b. 1556)1581 Edmund Campion , English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (b. 1540)1581 Ralph Sherwin , English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (b. 1550)1580 Giovanni Morone , Italian cardinal (b. 1509)1530 Margaret of Austria , duchess of Savoy (b. 1480)1521 Leo X , pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1475)1455 Lorenzo Ghiberti , Italian goldsmith and sculptor (b. 1378)1433 Go-Komatsu , emperor of Japan (b. 1377)1374 Magnus Ericson , king of Sweden (b. 1316)1335 Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan , Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (b. 1305)1255 Muhammad III of Alamut , Nizari Ismaili Imam1241 Isabella of England , Holy Roman Empress (b. 1214)1135 Henry I , king of England (b. 1068)1018 Thietmar of Merseburg , German bishop (b. 975)969 Fujiwara no Morotada , Japanese statesman (b. 920)948 Gao Conghui , Chinese governor and prince (b. 891)660 Eligius , Frankish bishop and saint (b. 588)217 Yehudah HaNasi , 'Nasi ', Rabbi and editor of the Mishnah (b. 135)🔽 Show All 
