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December 16

On This Day in History

December 16

December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 15 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Kentucky woman wins $175,000 from scratch-off during company white elephant game. Anyone who has played the game of white elephant knows that there's no way to predict the outcome, but someone ending up with a scratch-off ticket worth $175,000 was not something anyone would ever expect to happen.
2020: NJ Lottery rounds off 50th Anniversary celebration. Today marks the New Jersey Lottery's 50th year in operation, and to round off the year-long celebration, it will be hosting a Facebook Live event where 50 players will have the chance to receive $500 in scratch-off tickets.
2019: WVa board admonishes former lottery director for moonlighting. West Virginia's Lawyer Disciplinary Board has admonished a former state lottery director who moonlighted at his old law firm.
2015: Some on welfare bet big on Maine lottery in pursuit of life-changing win. Maine residents on public assistance have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on lottery tickets, according to an estimate based on the $22.4 million in large prizes they collected between 2010 and 2014, including eight jackpots worth at least $500,000 each.
2014: N.C. man wins $4M lottery, joins friend in 'the millionaires' club'. A lumber yard supervisor from Rutherfordton, North Carolina, is the first player in the state to win $4 million instantly playing the $200 Million Blowout game.
2014: Players seek $250 million from Texas Lottery contractor. More than 500 players of a lottery scratch-off card filed suit against the game's developer seeking about $250 million in contested prize money.
2014: New Ireland Lottery operator expected to raise prices. Ireland's National Lottery is expected to raise ticket prices next year as part of a shake-up of the business aimed at halting several years of declining sales.
2014: 101-year-old wins $50,000 Arizona Lottery prize. Christmas came a few weeks early for 101-year-old Lily Camacho, who won the grand prize of $50,000 in the Arizona Lottery's Money Tree game.
2013: $586 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot climbs toward a new record. As tickets for the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot pump out of lottery machines across the United States, the question on lottery players minds is just how high will the jackpot go before the drawing on Tuesday night.
2011: Kentucky store clerk wins $200,000 from duplicate lottery ticket. A store clerk accidentally generated two identical lottery tickets, both of which turned out to be $200,000 winners.
2011: Washington Gov. proposes privatizing state's lottery. Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday floated the idea of privatizing the state lottery system as a way to bring in more money for education.
2011: After spat, wife gets winning lottery ticket. A Massapequa Park, New York, woman is $3 million richer after winning the jackpot in the New York State Lottery's Triple Million scratch-off game.
2010: N.C. Lottery making changes to counter weak sales. North Carolina lottery commissioners estimated Wednesday the program will earn $40 million less than expected in the current year because of weak ticket sales -- another financial blow for a state education system already bracing for budget cuts.
2009: N.M. teacher claims lottery prize 2 hours before it expires. At 2:30 p.m. today, Albuquerque teacher Chris Daskalos came forward with a $10,000-winning Powerball ticket two hours before it was scheduled to expire.
2009: Fla. woman faces eviction after lottery-winning husband disappears. Two years after discovering her husband hid the fact he won the Florida Lottery, Donna Campbell is being evicted.
2007: Georgia Lottery winner roundup (Dec. 2007). Some of the big wins Georgia Lottery players have claimed in the past month.
2007: 'Infrequent buyer' claims $34M Powerball lottery jackpot. An inquisitive local press in Kentucky obtained the most recent Kentucky Powerball jackpot winner's name through an open records request, even though the man requested anonymity.
2005: Wyoming voters to have no say on Powerball. Voters won't be given a say next year on whether Wyoming should join the multi-state Powerball lottery.
2005: SoCal man sues to get share of $315 million lottery jackpot. A medical lab technician has sued seven co-workers who shared a $315 million Mega Millions multi-state lottery jackpot, claiming he deserves a share of the money.
2005: Audit: S.C. lottery leaders paid more than those in other states. Top South Carolina lottery officials are being paid more than those in many other states, according to an audit released Thursday.
2005: $113 million Powerball winner may be a regular player. The identity of the buyer of the largest winning Powerball ticket in Iowa history is still a mystery. Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer says they know one of the 609 Powerball tickets sold at a northwest Des Moines Dahl's supermarket won the $113 million jackpot.
2005: Group sues to stop N.C. lottery. North Carolina's state lottery would be declared illegal and work on the game would stop if a lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court on Thursday is successful.
2005: Scientific Games to be allowed to bid on N.C. Lottery deal. Barring a Georgia lottery operator that had inside influence on the writing of North Carolina's state lottery law from running the game would leave only one bidder for the lucrative contract, the lottery commission chairman said Thursday.
2005: Heflin won't take Texas Lottery director job. Former state Rep. Talmadge Heflin ended his flirtation with becoming director of the Texas lottery Thursday and decided instead to file for the House district in Houston that he lost by a scant 16 votes in 2004.
2003: Fort Lauderdale trucker hits the jackpot. Florida's newest millionaire is a Fort Lauderdale truck driver, a habitual lottery player whose stepdaughter figures the $1 million in winnings may just get him even.
2003: Paul pitches retirement plan for lottery staff, but board balks. Tennessee lottery officials yesterday introduced the idea of a retirement program for the 38 employees they've hired this year.
2003: Jamaica scales back lottery tax plan. The Jamaica givernment yesterday announced a $15,000 threshold on lottery winnings, before the 15 per cent tax is applied.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$648 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2013
2.$520 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2023
3.$429 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2022
4.$372 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2019
5.$352.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2021
6.€329.14 Million US$348.46 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2022
7.$310 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2020
8.$287 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2020
9.$284 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2018
10.$262 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 19, 2018
11.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2017
12.$223 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 19, 2017
13.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2015
14.$163.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2002
15.$163 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2007
16.$160 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2019
16.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2021
18.€135 Million
US$159.62 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 19, 2017
19.$149.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2022
20.€125.56 Million
US$142.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2021
21.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2009
22.$135 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2011
23.$123 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2010
24.$121.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2016
25.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2014

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: icaniwill
Saturday, Dec 16, 1995
28 years old
1994: markiel29
Friday, Dec 16, 1994
29 years old
1991: Jessieadkins
Monday, Dec 16, 1991
32 years old
1987: mxfreekstyle
Wednesday, Dec 16, 1987
36 years old
1984: Kingjohnson1984
Sunday, Dec 16, 1984
39 years old
1980: sugabear
Tuesday, Dec 16, 1980
43 years old
1977: shawndon77
Friday, Dec 16, 1977
46 years old
1973: wander73
Sunday, Dec 16, 1973
50 years old
1967: pelletman
Saturday, Dec 16, 1967
56 years old
1966: gra8*2win
Friday, Dec 16, 1966
57 years old
1966: Maurice 66
Friday, Dec 16, 1966
57 years old
1966: strat156
Friday, Dec 16, 1966
57 years old
1958: tamia046
Tuesday, Dec 16, 1958
65 years old
1957: mrbigman61
Monday, Dec 16, 1957
66 years old
1957: Ni4Ni
Monday, Dec 16, 1957
66 years old
1954: jmrappa2002
Thursday, Dec 16, 1954
69 years old
1949: jofa269
Friday, Dec 16, 1949
74 years old
: DrannyMa7
(year not provided)
: lataylo45
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of Batang Kali in Selangor, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31.
2014: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.
2013: A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
2011: Zhanaozen massacre: Violent protests by oil workers take place in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, leading to 16 people dead and 100 injured by the security forces.
1989: Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
1986: Jeltoqsan: Riots erupt in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, in response to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of ethnic Kazakh Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and his replacement with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian from the Russian SFSR.
1971: Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.
1971: The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
1968: Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
1960: A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
1944: World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.
1942: The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.
1920: The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5M_w , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
1914: World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
1912: First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
1905: In Rugby Union, The "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park.
1883: Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
1882: Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.
1880: Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
1864: American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: The Union's Army of the Cumberland routs and destroys the Confederacy's Army of Tennessee, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
1863: American Civil War: Joseph E. Johnston replaces Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
1850: The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.
1838: Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
1826: Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
1811: The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.
1782: British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah.
1777: Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. [1]
1773: American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
1761: Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg.
1689: Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
1653: English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1598: Seven-Year War: Battle of Noryang: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory.
1575: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5M_w strikes Valdivia, Chile.
1497: Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River at the southern tip of Africa, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
1431: Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.
755: An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China.
714: Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.

Births On This Day

1998: Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player
1994: Nigel Hayes, American basketball player
1994: Elliot Lee, English footballer
1994: Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
1994: José Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
1993: Jyoti Amge, Indian actress
1993: Stephan James, Canadian actor
1992: Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
1992: Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
1992: Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
1992: Tom Rogic, Australian footballer
1991: Craig Goodwin, Australian footballer
1991: David Johnson, American football player
1990: Rebecca Marino, Canadian tennis player
1989: Mikkel Bødker, Danish ice hockey player
1988: Mats Hummels, German footballer
1988: Anna Popplewell, English actress
1988: Alexey Shved, Russian basketball player
1987: Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
1987: Beau Dowler, Australian footballer
1987: Hallee Hirsh, American actress
1986: Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
1986: Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)
1986: Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor.
1985: Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
1985: James Nash, English race car driver
1985: Amanda Setton, American actress
1984: Theo James, English actor
1983: Kelenna Azubuike, Nigerian-American basketball player
1983: Frankie Ballard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983: Joey Dorsey, American basketball player
1982: Antrel Rolle, American football player
1982: Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
1982: Stanislav Šesták, Slovak footballer
1981: Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model
1981: Reanna Solomon, Nauruan weightlifter (d. 2022)
1981: Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
1980: Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
1979: Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
1979: Brodie Lee, American wrestler (d. 2020)
1979: Daniel Narcisse, French handball player
1979: Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter
1979: Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer
1978: John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter
1978: Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager
1977: Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
1977: Sylvain Distin, French footballer
1976: Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist and academic
1975: Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager
1975: Kaba Diawara, French-Guinean footballer
1975: Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Paul Maynard, English politician
1973: Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
1973: Scott Storch, American songwriter and producer, founded Storch Music Company
1972: Charles Gipson, American baseball player
1972: Paul Leyden, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1972: Travis Morrison, American singer-songwriter
1971: Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist
1971: Michael McCary, American R&B singer
1970: Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist
1970: Daniel Cosgrove, American actor
1969: Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager
1969: Kent Hehr, Canadian politician
1969: Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
1969: Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer
1969: Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
1969: Craig White, English cricketer and coach
1968: Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer
1968: Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1968: Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
1967: Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
1967: Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete
1967: Miranda Otto, Australian actress
1966: Paul McGinley, Irish golfer
1966: Clifford Robinson, American basketball player (d. 2020)
1966: Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager
1965: Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist
1965: J. B. Smoove, American comedian, writer, and actor
1964: Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper
1964: Todd Glass, American comedian
1964: John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1964: Georgie Parker, Australian actress
1964: Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster
1963: Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer
1963: Cathy Johnston-Forbes, American golfer
1963: James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1962: Maruschka Detmers, Dutch-French actress
1962: William Perry, American football player and wrestler
1961: André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1961: Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1961: Bill Hicks, American comedian and musician (d. 1994)
1961: LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer
1961: Sam Robards, American actor
1961: Jon Tenney, American actor and director
1960: Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager
1959: H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
1959: Alison La Placa, American actress
1959: Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
1959: Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator
1958: Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
1958: Jeff Ruland, American basketball player
1957: Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1956: Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (d. 2004)
1955: Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
1955: Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
1955: Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
1955: Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter
1953: Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter
1952: Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager
1952: Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager
1951: Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (d. 2002)
1951: Sally Emerson, English author and poet
1951: Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2011)
1951: Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter
1951: Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)
1950: Claudia Cohen, American journalist (d. 2007)
1950: Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)
1949: Billy Gibbons, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1949: Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge
1947: Ben Cross, English actor (d. 2020)
1947: Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
1947: Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic
1947: Trevor Żahra, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator
1946: Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1946: Charles Dennis, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946: Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor
1946: Tom Stern, American cinematographer
1945: Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist
1944: Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter
1944: Don Meyer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
1943: Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (d. 2018)
1943: Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (d. 2017)
1942: Donald Carcieri, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island
1941: Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
1941: Roger Neil Wheeler, English general
1939: Philip Langridge, English tenor (d. 2010)
1939: Gordon Miller, English high jumper
1938: Frank Deford, American journalist and author (d. 2017)
1938: Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
1937: Joyce Bulifant, American actress
1937: Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
1936: Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
1932: Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic
1932: Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator
1932: Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (d. 1968)
1930: Bill Brittain, American author (d. 2011)
1930: Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (d. 2013)
1930: Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)
1929: Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (d. 2011)
1928: Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer
1928: Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (d. 1982)
1927: Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (d. 2015)
1927: Randall Garrett, American author and poet (d. 1987)
1926: James McCracken, American tenor and actor (d. 1988)
1926: A. N. R. Robinson, Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014)
1926: Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1924: Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (d. 1993)
1923: Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (d. 2023)
1923: Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (d. 2014)
1922: Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (d. 2008)
1921: Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1920: Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
1917: Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)
1917: Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (d. 2013)
1917: Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer (d. 2008)
1916: Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide
1914: O. Winston Link, American photographer (d. 2001)
1913: George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1989)
1910: Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1991)
1908: Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)
1907: Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress (d. 2011)
1905: Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996)
1905: Ruben Nirvi, Finnish linguist and professor (d. 1986)
1903: Hardie Albright, American actor (d. 1975)
1903: Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (d. 1985)
1902: Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1999)
1901: Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (d. 1978)
1900: Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (d. 1999)
1900: V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997)
1899: Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)
1896: Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (d. 1984)
1895: Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator (d. 1984)
1889: Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader (d. 1930)
1888: Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934)
1888: Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (d. 1967)
1884: John Gunn, Australian politician, 29th Premier of South Australia (d. 1959)
1884: Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (d. 1987)
1883: Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician (d. 1977)
1883: Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1925)
1882: Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (d. 1963)
1882: Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1967)
1882: Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (d. 1974)
1872: Anton Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)
1869: Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1952)
1869: Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer (d. 1943)
1867: Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (d. 1951)
1866: Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (d. 1944)
1865: Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet (d. 1918)
1863: George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1952)
1861: Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
1849: Mary Hartwell Catherwood, American author and poet (d. 1902)
1836: Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (d. 1907)
1834: Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and theorist (d. 1910)
1812: Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (d. 1867)
1804: Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1889)
1790: Leopold I of Belgium (d. 1865)
1787: Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (d. 1855)
1778: John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (d. 1841)
1776: Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)
1775: Jane Austen, English novelist (d. 1817)
1775: François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer (d. 1834)
1770: Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (d. 1827)
1742: Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (d. 1819)
1730: Diego Silang, Filipino revolutionary leader (d. 1763)
1717: Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar (d. 1806)
1716: Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (d. 1798)
1714: George Whitefield, English Anglican priest (d. 1770)
1630: Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist (d. 1715)
1614: Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
1605: Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (d. 1663)
1585: Livia della Rovere, Italian noble (d. 1641)
1584: John Selden, English jurist and scholar (d. 1654)
1582: Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (d. 1642)
1534: Hans Bol, Flemish artist (d. 1593)
1485: Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess, later queen consort of England (d. 1536)
1364: Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (d. 1417)

Deaths On This Day

2017: Keely Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
2015: Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927)
2015: Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (b. 1950)
2015: George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (b. 1926)
2014: Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947)
2014: Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955)
2013: James Flint, English commander (b. 1913)
2013: Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
2013: Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951)
2012: Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (b. 1920)
2012: Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (b. 1972)
2011: Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2011: Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (b. 1938)
2010: Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)
2010: Ayinde Barrister, Nigerian fuji musician (b. 1948)
2009: Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)
2009: Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1956)
2009: Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician, 22nd South African Minister of Health (b. 1940)
2007: Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
2006: Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1940)
2006: Taliep Petersen, South African singer-songwriter and director (b. 1950)
2006: Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist and educator (b. 1922)
2006: Stanford J. Shaw, American historian and academic (b. 1930)
2005: Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)
2005: Ed Hansen, American director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2005: John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
2004: Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2004: Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (b. 1946)
2004: Agnes Martin, American painter and educator (b. 1912)
2003: Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
2003: Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
2001: Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
2001: Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (b. 1913)
1998: William Gaddis, American author and academic (b. 1922)
1997: Lillian Disney, American illustrator and philanthropist (b. 1899)
1996: Quentin Bell, English historian and author (b. 1910)
1993: Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)
1993: Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
1991: Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress and journalist (b. 1938)
1989: Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1913)
1989: Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)
1989: Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
1989: Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
1985: Thomas Bilotti, American mobster (b. 1940)
1985: Paul Castellano, American mobster (b. 1915)
1984: Karl Deichgräber, German philologist and academic (b. 1903)
1983: Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
1982: Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
1980: Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (b. 1890)
1980: Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer (b. 1900)
1977: Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
1976: Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
1974: Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)
1970: Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)
1969: Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)
1969: Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)
1968: Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)
1968: Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)
1965: W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)
1961: Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
1956: Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)
1952: Robert Henry Best, American journalist (b. 1896)
1949: Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
1945: Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (b. 1866)
1945: Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
1944: Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)
1943: George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)
1940: Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)
1940: Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
1936: Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
1935: Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
1928: Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
1922: Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian-Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
1921: Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
1917: Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
1908: American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
1898: Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
1897: Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
1892: Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
1859: Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
1809: Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
1805: Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
1783: Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
1783: Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
1774: François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
1751: Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
1687: William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
1669: Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
1598: Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (b. 1545)
1594: Allison Balfour, Scottish witch
1583: Ivan Fyodorov, Russian printer
1558: Thomas Cheney, English diplomat and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1515: Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd Viceroy of Portuguese India (b. 1453)
1474: Ali Qushji, Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1403)
1470: John II, duke of Lorraine (b. 1424)
1379: John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, English general and politician, Lord Marshall of England (b. 1348)
1378: Secondotto, marquess of Montferrat (b. 1360)
1325: Charles, French nobleman (b. 1270)
1316: Öljaitü, Mongolian ruler (b. 1280)
1263: Haakon IV, king of Norway (b. 1204)
1153: Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester, Norman nobleman
999: Adelaide of Italy, Holy Roman Empress (b. 931)
902: Wei Yifan, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
882: John VIII, pope of the Catholic Church
874: Ado, archbishop of Vienne
867: Eberhard of Friuli, Frankish duke (b. 815)
714: Pepin of Herstal, Frankish statesman (b. 635)
705: Wu Zetian, Empress of the Zhou dynasty (b. 624)
604: Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 553)

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