December 14
On This Day in History: December 14 December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 17 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day 2020 Virginia man wins $800,000 with 160 identical lottery tickets . It's not unheard of for players to try and increase their potential winnings by buying identical tickets for one drawing. One player took that strategy to the extreme, turning heads when he won a whopping $800,000 with 160 lottery tickets in the same Pick 4 drawing.2019 After answering what he thought was a robocall, N.C. man learns he won $1 million lottery prize . Malek Dabwan of Goldsboro got a call from lottery officials telling him he had won a prize, but he was skeptical at first, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.2018 Woman finds lottery ticket from losing pile was $300,000 winner . A Michigan woman said she wouldn't have realized her scratch-off lottery ticket was worth $300,000 if she hadn't tried to enter it in a second chance game.2017 $191 million Louisiana Powerball lottery winner claims prize . An October Powerball drawing that awarded a $191 million jackpot to a ticket purchased in Louisiana was claimed by an attorney representing a partnership, in order to mask the winners from public scrutiny.2016 Lottery ticket worth $1,000 dropped in Salvation Army kettle . An anonymous donor has dropped a $1,000 winning lottery ticket into a Salvation Army kettle in Pennsylvania.2013 $550 MILLION: Mega Millions holiday bonanza! . After 21 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of more than a half-billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet.2011 World's biggest lottery draw sets new record . Any economic hardships that may exist in Spain are not dampening the desire to win big, as people line up outside Lottery outlets, particularly in the cities of Madrid and Barcelona, to purchase tickets for this year's El Gordo drawing.2011 $11M lottery win saves Illinois couple from bankruptcy . Bouncing up and down with excitement, Minooka, Illinois, resident Janet Gossett said she and her husband no longer have to file for bankruptcy.2011 Man to sue Austrian casino after $57 million jackpot denied . A gambler who thought he had won £37nbsp;million (US$57 million) on a slot machine has been offered a free meal and £60 instead, after casino bosses said the jackpot was due to a "software error".2010 Arizona teacher claims $95 million Powerball lottery jackpot . A substitute teacher from Fort Mohave, Arizona, walked into the Arizona Lottery's headquarters Monday and put two weeks of rumors, speculation and excitement to rest, claiming a $95.3 million Powerball prize.2010 Kentucky lottery winner wastes no time claiming jackpot . Knott County native and Louisville resident Muncie Meade is Kentucky's newest multimillionaire, collecting a $19.12 million winning Powerball ticket at Kentucky Lottery headquarters.2009 Lawmakers to mediate spat over Iowa Lottery security . Relations have become so strained between feuding directors of two state agencies that a couple of Iowa lawmakers have agreed to step in as mediators.2009 Stringing along Jamaican lottery scammers . A potential scam victim turns the tables on would-be Jamaican lottery scammers.2009 Elderly man makes the right call on lottery scam . In the Star-Telegram "Watchdog" column, Dave Lieber recounts how an 86-year-old man did the right thing by not getting hooked in by lottery scammers again.2007 Georgia Lottery bonuses stir lawmakers into action . The Georgia Lottery board's decision to hand out nearly $3 million in bonuses to employees this year has lawmakers vowing to put new controls on the corporation.2006 Florida officer unable to accept $1,000 lottery ticket gift . Imagine if someone handed you a winning lottery ticket worth $1,000, but you couldn't spend it. That's exactly what happened to a Holly Hill police officer.2006 Germany debates online gambling . Premiers from the 16 German states were unable to reach unanimous agreement Wednesday on proposed laws to protect state gambling monopolies by banning online gambling in the country.2006 Canada lottery retailers win major prizes more than public . The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) said this morning it's not worried that ticket retailers win prizes of more than $10,000 six times more often than the rest of the players.2006 Couple won U.K. Lotto, then gave most of it away . A couple who won £7.6 milion (US$15 million) playing the lottery have been told to stop giving away their money.2006 Indiana Gov. wants to sell lottery . As details continued to leak out Wednesday about Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to privatize the Hoosier Lottery, reaction from area lawmakers was less than encouraging.2006 Indiana Lottery promotion gets crazy . Indiana Lottery officials had hoped to parade into Pan American Plaza in Indianapolis on Wednesday afternoon and let 200 red balloons -- some carrying prizes -- fly into the sky and ultimately into the hands of some lucky Hoosiers. But before they were able to yell "Go!" a hundred or so people who'd gathered to watch the event charged forward, grabbing balloons and roughing up at least one of the balloon-holders.2006 Man fined $225,000 for role in lottery scheme . A White Rock, British Columbia, man who pleaded guilty to being involved in a direct-mail lottery scheme that brought in $47 million has been fined $225,000.2005 Same Lotto Numbers Come Up Sat and Sun . The odds of the same Oklahoma Pick 3 lottery numbers coming up two nights in a row are a million to one, but that's just what happened last weekend.2005 Woman found guilty of stealing winning lottery ticket . In less than two hours, a jury found Dora Leal guilty of stealing the ticket from a group of Chicago traders who'd pooled their money and sent Leal, a clerk, to check for a winner.2005 'Lottery' top search term on AOL . AOL Search has put out an extensive list of top AOL Search terms for 2005 AOLSearch.com at http://hot.aol.com/2005/index.html which includes Paris Hilton as the most searched celebrity in 2005, "lottery" as the most popular search term, iPod as the top gadget and Green Day as the most popular band.2004 Record Powerball lottery winner's life a mess after big win . Two years after winning the largest undivided lottery jackpot in US history, Jack Whittaker's life has become a mess, and his wife regrets winning the prize.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $636 Million Draw Date
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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2020 A total solar eclipse is visible from parts of the South Pacific Ocean, southern South America, and the South Atlantic Ocean. 2017 The Walt Disney Company announces that it would acquire 21st Century Fox , including the 20th Century Fox movie studio, for $52.4 billion.2013 A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting : Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut .2008 Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.2004 The Millau Viaduct , the tallest bridge in the world , is formally inaugurated near Millau , France. 2003 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt. 1999 Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela , resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.1998 Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36. 1995 Yugoslav Wars : The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Croatia , and Bosnia and Herzegovina .1994 Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river. 1992 War in Abkhazia : Siege of Tkvarcheli : A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.1985 Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation .1981 Arab-Israeli conflict : Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law Golan Heights .1972 Apollo program : Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War : Over 200 of East Pakistan ' s intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day .)1964 American Civil Rights Movement : Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.1963 The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California . 1962 NASA 's Mariner 2 spacecraft to fly by Venus .1960 Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.1958 The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility . 1955 Albania , Austria , Bulgaria , Cambodia , Ceylon , Finland , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Jordan , Laos , Libya , Nepal , Portugal , Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109 .1948 Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device , the earliest known interactive electronic game .1940 Plutonium (specifically Pu-238 ) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.1939 Winter War : The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.1918 Friedrich Karl von Hessen , a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne .1918 Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.1918 The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote. 1914 Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista , PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires , Argentina .1913 Haruna Kongō -classJapanese workhorses during World War I and World War II .1911 Roald Amundsen 's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland , Helmer Hanssen , Sverre Hassel , and Oscar Wisting , becomes the first to reach the South Pole .1909 New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909 , formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory .1907 The Thomas W. Lawson largest ever ship without a heat engine , runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die. 1903 The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer Kitty Hawk, North Carolina . 1902 The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu . 1900 Quantum mechanics : Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law .1896 The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company. 1863 American Civil War : The Confederate victory under General James Longstreet at the Battle of Bean's Station in East Tennessee ends the Knoxville Campaign , but achieves very little as Longstreet returns to Virginia next spring.1836 The Toledo War unofficially ends. 1819 Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state .1814 War of 1812 : The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne , Louisiana .1812 The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia. 1782 The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2 km (1.2 mi). 1780 Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York .1751 The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt , Austria. 1542 Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, James V of Scotland . 1287 St. Lucia's flood : The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.835 Sweet Dew Incident : Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.557 Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake .🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1996 Li Zijun , Chinese figure skater1995 Calvyn Justus , South African swimmer1993 Antonio Giovinazzi , Italian race car driver1992 Tori Kelly , American singer-songwriter1992 Ryo Miyaichi , Japanese footballer1991 Ben Henry , New Zealand rugby league player1991 Offset , American rapper1989 Sam Burgess , English rugby league player1989 Pedro Roberto Silva Botelho , Brazilian footballer1989 Onew , South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer1988 Nicolas Batum , French basketball player1988 Nate Ebner , American football player1988 Vanessa Hudgens , American actress and singer1988 Hayato Sakamoto , Japanese baseball player1987 Kenneth Medwood , Belizean-American hurdler1985 Jakub Błaszczykowski , Polish footballer1985 Alex Pennie , Welsh keyboard player1985 Paul Rabil , American lacrosse player1985 Tom Smith , English-Welsh rugby player1985 Nonami Takizawa , Japanese actress and singer1984 Chris Brunt , Northern Irish footballer1984 Rana Daggubati , Indian actor and producer1984 Ed Rainsford , Zimbabwean cricketer1983 Leanne Mitchell , English singer-songwriter1982 Josh Fields , American baseball player1982 Steve Sidwell , English footballer1982 Anthony Way , English singer and actor1981 Rebecca Jarvis , American journalist1981 Johnny Jeter , American wrestler1981 Liam Lawrence , Irish footballer1981 Shaun Marcum , American baseball player1980 Gordon Greer , Scottish footballer1980 Didier Zokora , Ivorian footballer1980 Thed Björk , Swedish race car driver1979 Jean-Alain Boumsong , French footballer1979 Andrei Makrov , Estonian ice hockey player1979 Sophie Monk , English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress1979 Michael Owen , English footballer and sportscaster1979 Rocc , Slovenian opera stage director and designer1978 Dean Brogan , Australian footballer and coach1978 Shedrack Kibet Korir , Kenyan runner1978 Zdeněk Pospěch , Czech footballer1978 Patty Schnyder , Swiss tennis player1978 Kim St-Pierre , Canadian ice hockey player1977 Brendan Nash , Australian-Jamaican cricketer1977 Jamie Peacock , English rugby player and manager1976 Tammy Blanchard , American actress and singer1976 Leland Chapman , American bounty hunter1976 Sebastien Chaule , French-German rugby player1976 André Couto , Portuguese race car driver1976 Santiago Ezquerro , Spanish footballer1975 Justin Furstenfeld , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1975 Ben Kay , English rugby player1974 Billy Koch , American baseball player1973 Falk Balzer , German hurdler1973 Pat Burke , Irish basketball player1973 Tomasz Radzinski , Polish-Canadian footballer1973 Saulius Štombergas , Lithuanian basketball player and coach1972 Miranda Hart , English actress1972 Marcus Jensen , American baseball player and coach1971 Michaela Watkins , American actor and comedian1970 Anna Maria Jopek , Polish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer1970 Beth Orton , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1969 Scott Hatteberg , American baseball player and sportscaster1969 Archie Kao , American actor and producer1969 Arthur Numan , Dutch footballer and manager1969 Natascha McElhone , English-Irish actress1968 Kelley Armstrong , Canadian author1967 Ewa Białołęcka , Polish author1967 Hanne Haugland , Norwegian high jumper and coach1966 Fabrizio Giovanardi , Italian race car driver1966 Anthony Mason , American basketball player (d. 2015)1966 Helle Thorning-Schmidt , Danish academic and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Denmark 1966 Bill Ranford , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1966 Tim Sköld , Swedish bass player and producer1965 Craig Biggio , American baseball player and coach1965 Ken Hill , American baseball player1965 Ted Raimi , American actor, director, and screenwriter1963 Greg Abbott , English footballer and manager1963 Diana Gansky , German discus thrower1961 Jeff Robinson , American baseball player (d. 2014)1961 Patrik Sundström , Swedish ice hockey player1960 Don Franklin , American actor1960 Chris Waddle , English footballer, manager, and sportscaster1960 Diane Williams , American sprinter1960 James Comey , 7th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 1959 Bob Paris , American-Canadian bodybuilder and actor1959 Jorge Vaca , Mexican boxer1958 Mike Scott , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist1958 Spider Stacy , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1956 Linda Fabiani , Scottish politician1956 Hanni Wenzel , German skier1955 Jane Crafter , Australian golfer1955 Jill Pipher , American mathematician and academic1954 Alan Kulwicki , American race car driver (d. 1993)1954 Steve MacLean , Canadian physicist and astronaut1953 Vijay Amritraj , Indian tennis player and sportscaster1953 Wade Davis , Canadian anthropologist, author, and photographer1953 René Eespere , Estonian composer1953 Vangelis Meimarakis , Greek lawyer and politician, 4th Greek Minister for National Defence 1953 Mikael Odenberg , Swedish soldier and politician, 29th Swedish Minister for Defence 1952 John Lurie , American actor, saxophonist, painter, director, and producer1951 Jan Timman , Dutch chess player and author1949 Bill Buckner , American baseball player and manager (d. 2019)1949 Cliff Williams , Australian bass player1948 Lester Bangs , American journalist and author (d. 1982)1948 Kim Beazley , Australian politician and diplomat, 9th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 1948 Boudewijn Büch , Dutch author, poet, and television host (d. 2002)1948 Peeter Kreitzberg , Estonian lawyer and politician (d. 2011)1947 Christopher Parkening , American guitarist and educator1947 Dilma Rousseff , Brazilian economist and politician, 36th President of Brazil 1946 Antony Beevor , English historian and author1946 Jane Birkin , English-French actress and singer1946 John Du Prez , English conductor and composer1946 Patty Duke , American actress (d. 2016)1946 Ruth Fuchs , German javelin thrower and politician1946 Peter Lorimer , Scottish footballer (d. 2021)1946 Michael Ovitz , American talent agent, co-founded Creative Artists Agency 1946 Stan Smith , American tennis player and coach1946 Joyce Vincent Wilson , American singer1944 Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham , English businessman, founded DFS 1944 Denis Thwaites , English professional footballer murdered in the 2015 Sousse attacks (d. 2015)1943 Tommy McAvoy , Scottish politician1943 Emmett Tyrrell , American journalist, author, and publisher, founded The American Spectator 1942 Chris Harris , English actor and director (d. 2014)1942 Dick Wagner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)1941 Karan Armstrong , American soprano and actress1941 Ellen Willis , American journalist, critic, and academic (d. 2006)1940 Lex Gold , Scottish footballer and civil servant1939 Ann Cryer , English academic and politician1939 Ernie Davis , American football player (d. 1963)1938 Leonardo Boff , Brazilian theologian and author1938 Charlie Griffith , Barbadian cricketer1935 Lewis Arquette , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)1935 Lee Remick , American actress (d. 1991)1934 Shyam Benegal , Indian director and screenwriter1934 Charlie Hodge , American guitarist and singer (d. 2006)1932 George Furth , American actor and playwright (d. 2008)1932 Abbe Lane , American actress, singer, and dancer1932 Charlie Rich , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)1931 Jon Elia , Pakistani philosopher, poet, and scholar (d. 2002)1931 Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar , Estonian director and politician (d. 2015)1930 David R. Harris , English geographer, anthropologist, and archaeologist (d. 2013)1930 Margaret Bakkes , South African author (d. 2016)1929 Ron Jarden , New Zealand rugby player (d. 1977)1927 Richard Cassilly , American tenor and actor (d. 1998)1927 Koos Rietkerk , Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (d. 1986)1925 Sam Jones , American baseball player (d. 1971)1924 Raj Kapoor , Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1988)1923 Gerard Reve , Dutch-Belgian author and poet (d. 2006)1922 Nikolay Basov , Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)1922 Don Hewitt , American journalist and producer, created 60 Minutes 1922 Junior J. Spurrier , American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1984)1920 Clark Terry , American trumpet player, composer, and educator (d. 2015)1918 James T. Aubrey , American broadcaster (d. 1994)1918 Radu Beligan , Romanian actor and director (d. 2016)1918 B. K. S. Iyengar , Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (d. 2014)1917 C.-H. Hermansson , Swedish author and politician (d. 2016)1917 Elyse Knox , American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012)1917 June Taylor , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2004)1916 Shirley Jackson , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1965)1915 Dan Dailey , American dancer and actor (d. 1978)1914 Karl Carstens , German lieutenant and politician, 5th President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1992)1914 Rosalyn Tureck , American pianist and harpsichord player (d. 2003)1911 Spike Jones , American singer and bandleader (d. 1965)1911 Hans von Ohain , German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1998)1911 Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz , Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (d. 1943)1909 Edward Lawrie Tatum , American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)1908 Morey Amsterdam , American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)1908 Claude Davey , Welsh rugby player (d. 2001)1908 Mária Szepes , Hungarian journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2007)1904 Virginia Coffey , American civil rights activist (d. 2003)1903 Walter Rangeley , English sprinter (d. 1982)1902 Frances Bavier , American actress (d. 1989)1902 Herbert Feigl , Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1988)1901 Henri Cochet , French tennis player (d. 1987)1901 Paul of Greece (d. 1964)1899 DeFord Bailey , American Hall of Fame country and blues musician (d. 1982)1897 Kurt Schuschnigg , Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1977)1897 Margaret Chase Smith , American educator and politician (d. 1995)1896 Jimmy Doolittle , American general and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)1895 George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952)1895 Paul Éluard , French poet and author (d. 1952)1894 Alexander Nelke , Estonian-American painter and carpenter (d. 1974)1887 Xul Solar , Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1963)1884 Jane Cowl , American actress and playwright (d. 1950)1883 Manolis Kalomiris , Greek pianist and composer (d. 1962)1883 Morihei Ueshiba , Japanese martial artist, developed aikido (d. 1969)1881 Katherine MacDonald , American actress and producer (d. 1956)1870 Karl Renner , Austrian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Austria (d. 1950)1866 Roger Fry , English painter and critic (d. 1934)1856 Louis Marshall , American lawyer and activist (d. 1929)1853 Errico Malatesta , Italian anarchist and revolutionary socialist (d. 1932)1852 Daniel De Leon , Curaçaoan-American journalist and politician (d. 1914)1851 Mary Tappan Wright , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1916)1832 Daniel H. Reynolds , American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1902)1824 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes , French painter and illustrator (d. 1898)1816 Abraham Hochmuth , Hungarian rabbi and educator (d. 1889)1794 Erastus Corning , American businessman and politician (d. 1872)1791 Charles Wolfe , Irish priest and poet (d. 1823)1789 Maria Szymanowska , Polish composer and pianist (d. 1831)1784 Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (d. 1806)1777 Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon , Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (d. 1839)1775 Philander Chase , American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (d. 1852)1775 Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald , Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1860)1738 Jan Antonín Koželuh , Czech composer and educator (d. 1814)1730 Capel Bond , English organist and composer (d. 1790)1720 Justus Möser , German jurist and theorist (d. 1794)1678 Daniel Neal , English historian and author (d. 1743)1640 Aphra Behn , English playwright and author (d. 1689)1631 Anne Conway , English philosopher and author (d. 1679)1625 Barthélemy d'Herbelot , French orientalist and academic (d. 1695)1607 János Kemény , Hungarian prince (d. 1662)1599 Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge , English politician (d. 1668)1546 Tycho Brahe , Danish astronomer and chemist (d. 1601)1332 Frederick III , German nobleman (d. 1381)1009 Go-Suzaku , emperor of Japan (d. 1045)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2020 Gérard Houllier , French Football manager (b. 1947)2017 Yu Kwang-chung , Chinese writer (b. 1928)2016 Paulo Evaristo Arns , Brazilian cardinal (b. 1921)2016 Bernard Fox , Welsh actor (b. 1927)2015 Terry Backer , American soldier and politician (b. 1954)2015 Glen Sonmor , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1929)2015 Vadym Tyshchenko , Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1963)2015 Lillian Vernon , German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Lillian Vernon Company (b. 1927)2014 Theo Colborn , American zoologist and academic (b. 1927)2014 Irene Dalis , American soprano and pianist (b. 1925)2014 Louis Alphonse Koyagialo , Congolese politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1947)2014 Bess Myerson , American model, activist, game show panelist and television personality; Miss America 1945 (b. 1924)2014 Fred Thurston , American football player (b. 1933)2013 Janet Dailey , American author (b. 1944)2013 C. 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Karunakaran , Indian painter and illustrator (b. 1940)2013 Dennis Lindley , English statistician and academic (b. 1923)2013 Peter O'Toole , British-Irish actor (b. 1932)2013 George Rodrigue , American painter (b. 1944)2012 John Graham , English general (b. 1923)2012 Edward Jones , American police officer and politician (b. 1950)2012 Victoria Leigh Soto , American educator (b. 1985)2011 Joe Simon , American author and illustrator (b. 1913)2011 Billie Jo Spears , American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)2010 Timothy Davlin , American politician, Mayor of Springfield (b. 1957)2010 Neva Patterson , American actress (b. 1920)2010 Dale Roberts , English footballer (b. 1986)2009 Alan A'Court , English footballer and manager (b. 1934)2006 Anton Balasingham , Sri Lankan-English strategist and negotiator (b. 1938)2006 Ahmet Ertegun , Turkish-American composer and producer, co-founded Atlantic Records (b. 1923)2006 Mike Evans , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1949)2004 Rod Kanehl , American baseball player (b. 1934)2004 Fernando Poe Jr. , Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1939)2003 Jeanne Crain , American actress (b. 1925)2003 Blas Ople , Filipino journalist and politician, 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1927)2003 Frank Sheeran , American union leader and mobster (b. 1920)2001 W. G. Sebald , German novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1944)1998 Norman Fell , American actor and comedian (b. 1924)1998 A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. , American lawyer, judge, and activist (b. 1928)1998 Annette Strauss , American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1924)1997 Stubby Kaye , American actor and comedian (b. 1918)1997 Emily Cheney Neville , American author (b. 1919)1997 Kurt Winter , Canadian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)1996 Gaston Miron , Canadian poet and author (b. 1928)1995 G. C. Edmondson , American soldier and author (b. 1922)1994 Orval Faubus , American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1910)1993 Jeff Alm , American football player (b. 1968)1993 Myrna Loy , American actress (b. 1905)1991 Robert Eddison , Japanese-English actor (b. 1908)1990 Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Swiss author and playwright (b. 1921)1990 Paula Nenette Pepin , French composer, pianist and lyricist (b. 1908 )1989 Jock Mahoney , American actor and stuntman (b. 1919)1989 Andrei Sakharov , Russian physicist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)1985 Catherine Doherty , Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (b. 1896)1985 Roger Maris , American baseball player and coach (b. 1934)1984 Vicente Aleixandre , Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)1980 Elston Howard , American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)1978 Salvador de Madariaga , Spanish historian and diplomat, co-founded the College of Europe (b. 1886)1975 Arthur Treacher , English-American entertainer (b. 1894)1974 Walter Lippmann , American journalist and author (b. 1889)1971 Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury , Bangladeshi linguist and scholar (b. 1926)1971 Munier Choudhury , Bangladeshi author, playwright, and critic (b. 1925)1971 Shahidullah Kaiser , Bangladeshi journalist and author (b. 1927)1970 Franz Schlegelberger , German judge and politician, German Reich Minister of Justice (b. 1876)1964 William Bendix , American actor (b. 1906)1963 Dinah Washington , American singer and pianist (b. 1924)1956 Juho Kusti Paasikivi , Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Finland (b. 1870)1953 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings , American author and academic (b. 1896)1947 Stanley Baldwin , English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)1947 Edward Higgins , English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)1944 Lupe Vélez , Mexican actress (b. 1908)1943 John Harvey Kellogg , American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)1940 Anton Korošec , Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)1937 Fabián de la Rosa , Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)1935 Stanley G. Weinbaum , American author (b. 1902)1929 Henry B. Jackson , British admiral (b. 1855)1927 Julian Sochocki , Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)1920 George Gipp , American football player (b. 1895)1917 Phil Waller , Welsh rugby player (b. 1889)1912 Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis , English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1887)1878 Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (b. 1843)1873 Louis Agassiz , Swiss-American zoologist and geologist (b. 1807)1865 Johan Georg Forchhammer , Danish geologist and mineralogist (b. 1794)1861 Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)1860 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen , Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)1842 Ben Crack-O , king of several tribes around Cape Palmas 1838 Jean-Olivier Chénier , Canadian physician (b. 1806)1831 Martin Baum , American businessman and politician, 5th Mayor of Cincinnati (b. 1765)1799 George Washington , American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (b. 1732)1788 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , German pianist and composer (b. 1714)1788 Charles III of Spain (b. 1716)1785 Giovanni Battista Cipriani , Italian painter and engraver (b. 1727)1741 Charles Rollin , French historian and educator (b. 1661)1735 Thomas Tanner , English bishop and historian (b. 1674)1715 Thomas Tenison , English archbishop (b. 1636)1651 Pierre Dupuy , French historian and scholar (b. 1582)1624 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham , English politician, Lord High Admiral (b. 1536)1595 Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (b. 1535)1591 John of the Cross , Spanish priest and saint (b. 1542)1542 James V of Scotland (b. 1512)1510 Friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)1503 Sten Sture the Elder , regent of Sweden (b. 1440)1480 Niccolò Perotti , humanist scholar (b. 1429)1460 Guarino da Verona , Italian scholar and translator (b. 1370)1417 John Oldcastle , English Lollard leader1359 Cangrande II della Scala , Lord of Verona (b. 1332)1332 Rinchinbal Khan , Mongolian emperor (b. 1326)1311 Margaret of Brabant , German queen consort (b. 1276)1293 Al-Ashraf Khalil , Mamluk sultan of Egypt1077 Agnes of Poitou , Holy Roman Empress and regent (b. c. 1025)872 Pope Adrian II (b. 792)704 Aldfrith , king of Northumbria (or 705 )648 John III of the Sedre , Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch618 Xue Rengao , emperor of Qin🔽 Show All 
