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 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.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $648 Million Draw Date
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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 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. 1991 Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union .1989 Romanian Revolution : Protests break out in Timișoara , Romania , in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés .1989 U.S. Appeals Court Judge Robert Smith Vance is assassinated by a mail bomb sent by Walter Leroy Moody, Jr.1985 Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti , who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family .1979 Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices , which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States. 1978 Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression .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 .1965 Vietnam War : General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966 .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. 1950 Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive , U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency. 1947 William Shockley , John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor .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 .1938 Adolf Hitler institutes the Cross of Honour of the German Mother .1937 Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay ; neither is ever seen again.1930 Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana . 1922 President of Poland Gabriel Narutowicz is assassinated by Eligiusz Niewiadomski at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw .1920 The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5Mw , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. 1918 Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ; it is dissolved in 1919.1914 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 .1907 The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world. 1905 In Rugby Union , The "Match of the Century Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park . 1903 Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.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 Randolph Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand . 1843 The discovery of octonions by John T. Graves , who denoted them with a boldface O , was announced to his mathematician friend William Hamilton , discoverer of quaternions , in a letter on this date. 1838 Great Trek : Battle of Blood River : Voortrekkers Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis 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 . class="external autonumber" href="https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/ar/91719.htm">[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 8.5Mw strikes Valdivia, Chile.1497 Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River , 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 wife Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom .🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1998 Mira Antonitsch , Austrian tennis player1997 Zara Larsson , Swedish singer and songwriter1994 Elliot Lee , English footballer1994 Nicola Murru , Italian footballer1994 José Rodríguez Martínez , Spanish footballer1992 Ulrikke Eikeri , Norwegian tennis player1992 Anamul Haque , Bangladeshi cricketer1992 Moe Miura , Japanese model, actress, and singer1992 Pietro Perdichizzi , Belgian footballer1992 Tom Rogic , Australian footballer1991 Craig Goodwin , Australian footballer1989 Mirei Kiritani , Japanese model, actress, and journalist1988 Mats Hummels , German footballer1988 Anna Popplewell , English actress1987 Mame Biram Diouf , Senegalese footballer1987 Beau Dowler , Australian footballer1987 Hallee Hirsh , American actress1986 Alcides Escobar , Venezuelan baseball player1986 Zoltán Kovács , Hungarian footballer (d. 2013)1986 Pärt Uusberg , Estonian actor, composer, and conductor.1985 Stanislav Manolev , Bulgarian footballer1985 James Nash , English race car driver1984 Theo James , English actor1983 Kelenna Azubuike , American basketball player1983 Frankie Ballard , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1982 Antrel Rolle , American football player1982 Anna Sedokova , Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter1982 Stanislav Šesták , Slovak footballer1981 Krysten Ritter , American actress, musician, and model1981 Gareth Williams , Scottish footballer1980 Danish Kaneria , Pakistani cricketer1979 Trevor Immelman , South African golfer1979 Daniel Narcisse , French handball player1979 Mihai Trăistariu , Romanian singer-songwriter1979 Jessie Ward , American wrestler and producer1978 John Morris , Canadian curler and firefighter1978 Gunter Van Handenhoven , Belgian footballer and manager1977 Éric Bélanger , Canadian ice hockey player1977 Sylvain Distin , French footballer1976 Jen Golbeck , American computer scientist and academic1975 Valentin Bădoi , Romanian footballer and manager1975 Kaba Diawara , French-Guinean footballer1975 Benjamin Kowalewicz , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist1975 Paul Maynard , English politician1973 Themba Mnguni , South African footballer1973 Scott Storch , American songwriter and producer, founded Storch Music Company 1972 Charles Gipson , American baseball player1972 Paul Leyden , Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1972 Travis Morrison , American singer-songwriter1971 Seyhan Kurt , French-Turkish poet and sociologist1971 Michael McCary , American R&B singer1970 Valerie Chow , Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist1969 Simon Grayson , English footballer and manager1969 Adam Riess , American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate1969 Michelle Smith , Irish swimmer1969 Dmitri Tymoczko , American composer and theorist1969 Craig White , English cricketer and coach1969 Kent Hehr , Canadian politician1968 Wendy Doolan , Australian golfer1968 Lalah Hathaway , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer1968 Greg Kovacs , Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)1967 Donovan Bailey , Canadian sprinter and sportscaster1967 Indrek Kaseorg , Estonian decathlete1967 Miranda Otto , Australian actress1966 Paul McGinley , Irish golfer1966 Clifford Robinson , American basketball player (d. 2020)1966 Dennis Wise , English footballer and manager1965 Chris Jones , American baseball player and manager1965 Melanie Sloan , American lawyer and activist1964 Heike Drechsler , German sprinter and long jumper1964 John Kirwan , New Zealand rugby player and coach1964 Georgie Parker , Australian actress1964 Billy Ripken , American baseball player and sportscaster1964 Todd Glass , American comedian1963 Benjamin Bratt , American actor and producer1963 Cathy Johnston-Forbes , American golfer1963 James Mangold , American director, producer, and screenwriter1962 Maruschka Detmers , Dutch-French actress1962 William Perry , American football player and wrestler1961 André Andersen , Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer1961 Shane Black , American actor, director, and screenwriter1961 Bill Hicks , American comedian and musician (d. 1994)1961 LaChanze , American actress, singer, and dancer1961 Jon Tenney , American actor and director1960 Pat Van Den Hauwe , Belgian footballer and manager1959 H. 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Kumaraswamy , Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka 1959 Alexander Lebedev , Russian businessman and politician1959 Steve Mattsson , American author and illustrator1958 Bart Oates , American football player and lawyer1957 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 producer1955 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-songwriter1953 Rebecca Forstadt , American voice actress and screenwriter1952 Joel Garner , Barbadian cricketer and manager1952 Francesco Graziani , Italian footballer and manager1951 Sally Emerson , English author and poet1951 Mike Flanagan , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2011)1951 Robben Ford , American guitarist and songwriter1951 Mark Heard , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)1951 Aykut Barka , Turkish scientist (d. 2002)1950 Claudia Cohen , American journalist (d. 2007)1950 Roy Schuiten , Dutch cyclist and manager (d. 2006)1949 Billy Gibbons , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1949 Heather Hallett , English lawyer and judge1947 Ben Cross , English actor (d. 2020)1947 Vincent Matthews , American sprinter1947 Martyn Poliakoff , English chemist and academic1947 Trevor Żahra , Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator1946 Benny Andersson , Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer1946 Charles Dennis , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1946 Trevor Pinnock , English harpsichord player and conductor1946 Tom Stern , American cinematographer1945 Tony Hicks , English singer and guitarist1944 Jeff Kanew , American director and screenwriter1944 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 actress1941 Roger Neil Wheeler , English general1939 Philip Langridge , English tenor (d. 2010)1939 Gordon Miller , English high jumper1938 Frank Deford , American journalist and author (d. 2017)1938 Liv Ullmann , Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter1937 Joyce Bulifant , American actress1937 Edward Ruscha , American painter and photographer1936 Morris Dees , American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center 1932 Quentin Blake , English author and illustrator1932 Grace Alele-Williams , Nigerian mathematician and academic1932 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 producer1928 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 pianist1923 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 , British 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) 🔽 Show All 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 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 witch1583 Ivan Fyodorov , Russian printer1558 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 nobleman999 Adelaide of Italy , Holy Roman Empress (b. 931)902 Wei Yifan , chancellor of the Tang dynasty882 John VIII , pope of the Catholic Church874 Ado , archbishop of Vienne867 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)🔽 Show All 
