December 8
On This Day in History: December 8 December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 23 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day 2017 NY couple buys $7M lottery ticket with leftover money after losing at casino . Meat wholesaler Leon Greenberg and his wife are $7 million richer thanks to a winning New York State Lottery scratch-off ticket that was purchased with funds left over after a trip to a Connecticut casino.2017 2 more suspects plead guilty in $5.7M Jamaican lottery scam . Two more suspects have pleaded guilty in a Jamaican lottery scam that authorities say bilked at least 90 Americans out of more than $5.7 million.2016 Custodian wins $2M scratch-off lottery ticket . A high school janitor won 2 million dollars from a scratch-off ticket bought in Gurnee, Illinois.2016 Minnesota father, son both win $100K in same lottery drawing . A father and son from Halstad in northwestern Minnesota both won the $100,000 top prize in the Dec. 2 All or Nothing drawing.2015 Colorado homeless man wins $500,000 in lottery . A Colorado man who had been homeless for more than six years finally got a little bit of luck Friday when he won $500,000 on a scratch-off lottery ticket. 2013 Lottery tickets accidentally shipped to man's house . A metro Atlanta man opened up a box with a gift he ordered on the Internet to find a treasure of scratch-off lottery tickets.2013 Pa. lawmaker wants to give lottery winners right to remain anonymous . A Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, lawmaker unveiled legislation Friday that would allow lottery winners to keep their identities hidden from the public.2012 Possibility of Mississippi lottery worries Arkansas lottery officials . Arkansas lottery officials are keeping a nervous eye on Mississippi as that state's legislators prepare to consider creating a state lottery.2012 Arizona man claims other half of record Powerball jackpot . A man who lottery officials announced Friday has claimed his half of the $587.5 million Powerball jackpot, decided to collect the winnings now and not next year because of the financial uncertainty posed by the nation's ongoing financial impasse.2011 D.C. Lottery continues to evolve online gambling plan . The D.C. Lottery’s planned online gambling program will not be hosted on the city’s secure DC-NET Internet system as originally planned, information technology officials said Wednesday.2010 Harry Reid pushing to legalize online poker for American casinos, horse tracks . Nevada Senator Harry Reid is reportedly taking a gamble that would change up the online poker industry.2006 Despite dire predictions, Net gambling not changed by new U.S. law . When President George W. Bush signed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in October, many reports gave the impression it sounded like the death knell for the multibillion-dollar Web-based gambling industry. They were wrong.2004 Kansas Couple Discovers It Pays to Check Those Lottery Tickets . The winners of a $192,769 Super Kansas Cash jackpot had left the winning ticket in their truck.2004 Record Powerball lottery winner ordered into substance abuse program . A man who won a nearly $315 million Powerball lottery -- the largest single jackpot in history -- was ordered into substance abuse treatment today after his second drunken driving arrest this year.2004 Charity leader wins $27 million in California lottery . A California charity leader got a lucky boost to help her crusade to save unwanted babies.2004 Lottery Scheme Now Targeting Tennessee . Fraudulent letters purporting to be from the El Gordo Sweepstakes Lottery Company, S.L. in Madrid, Sprain have appeared in some Tennessee mailboxes, informing consumers that they have won hundreds of thousands of dollars.2004 Texas Mega Millions lottery sales strong . One year after Texas joined the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game, lottery officials say it's a hit.2004 Gaming executives guilty of operating illegal lottery, pyramid scheme . Six of the lead promoters of World Games Inc. (WGI) plead guilty to operating and promoting an Illegal Pyramid Scheme December 6, 2004 in Calgary, Alberta.2003 Powerball Jackpot Grows To $76 Million . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $76 million, with a cash option of $40.9 million.2003 Mega Millions Jackpot Swells to $54 Million . The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $54 million Saturday.2003 Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $32 million . No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the current jackpot to roll over to $32 million, lottery officials said Sunday.2003 Woman accused of stealing lottery tickets bound over for trial . An Wisconsin woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of scratch-off lottery tickets when she worked at Denny's Super Valu in Algoma has been bound over for trial.2003 French lottery to pay up . Games company Francaise des Jeux said it would compensate a handful of people who mistakenly thought they had won the jackpot because of printing errors on a batch of black jack scratch cards.2003 Lottery officials swamped with resumes . Deluged with more than 9,000 unsolicited resumes for only 300 jobs, Tennessee lottery officials have enlisted help in matching the right people with the right jobs.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $344 Million Draw Date
2. $314 Million Draw Date
3. $245 Million Draw Date
4. $217 Million Draw Date
5. $212 Million Draw Date
6. $176 Million Draw Date
7. $171 Million Draw Date
8. $170 Million Draw Date
9. $145 Million Draw Date
10. $140 Million Draw Date
11. €106 MillionUS$124.65 Million Draw Date
12. $122 Million Draw Date
13. $115 Million Draw Date
14. $106 Million Draw Date
15. $100 Million Draw Date
15. $100 Million Draw Date
17. $91 Million Draw Date
18. $88 Million Draw Date
19. €76 MillionUS$86.21 Million Draw Date
20. $85 Million Draw Date
21. €74.21 MillionUS$84.49 Million Draw Date
22. $83 Million Draw Date
23. €69.68 MillionUS$82.02 Million Draw Date
24. €62 MillionUS$80.53 Million Draw Date
25. $78 Million Draw Date
🔽 Show All Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day 1987
Tuesday, Dec 8, 1987
1986
Monday, Dec 8, 1986
1982
Wednesday, Dec 8, 1982
1980
Monday, Dec 8, 1980
1979
Saturday, Dec 8, 1979
1976
Wednesday, Dec 8, 1976
1969
Monday, Dec 8, 1969
1965
Wednesday, Dec 8, 1965
1964
Tuesday, Dec 8, 1964
1960
Thursday, Dec 8, 1960
1940
Sunday, Dec 8, 1940
(year not provided)
(year not provided)
🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2016 Syrian Army starts final phase of the attack and progress has been made in the district of, "Sheikh Said" and preparing to storm the neighborhood "Sukkari" in East of Aleppo .2013 Riots break out in Singapore after a fatal accident in Little India .2013 Metallica performs a show in Antarctica , making them the first band to perform on all 7 continents.2010 With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon , SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft . 2010 The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km. 2009 Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq , kill 127 people and injure 448 others.2004 The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco , Peru , establishing the South American Community of Nations . 1998 Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria .1992 Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth .1991 The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States . 1990 Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth .1988 A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid , Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others. 1987 Cold War : The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House .1987 An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel-Gaza Strip border , which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada . 1985 The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation , the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia is established. 1980 Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City. 1974 A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece . 1972 United Airlines Flight 553 , a Boeing 737 , crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport , killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.1971 Indo-Pakistani War : The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan 's port city of Karachi .1969 Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.1966 The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea , killing over 200. 1963 Pan Am Flight 214 , a Boeing 707 , is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland , killing all 81 people on board.1962 Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days. 1955 The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe . 1953 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace " speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world. 1943 World War II: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in Greece and executes 22 monks and visitors as part of reprisals that culminated a few days later with the Massacre of Kalavryta . 1941 World War II : U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy ", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan .1941 World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement , Malaya , Thailand , Hong Kong , the Philippines , and the Dutch East Indies . (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere .) 1927 The Brookings Institution , one of the United States' oldest think tanks , is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings . 1922 Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State .1914 World War I : A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.1912 Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out. 1907 King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne . 1864 Pope Pius IX promulgates the encyclical Quanta cura Syllabus of Errors Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.1854 In his Apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception , which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived free of Original Sin . 1813 Premiere of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony . 1660 A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall ) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello 1504 Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah penned his Oran fatwa , arguing for the relaxation of Islamic law requirements for the forcibly converted Muslims in Spain.1432 The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany) , launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War . 877 Louis the Stammerer (son of Charles the Bald ) is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom at Compiègne .757 Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong 's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion .395 Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope .🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1995 Jordon Ibe , English footballer1994 Conseslus Kipruto , Kenyan runner1994 Raheem Sterling , English footballer1993 Janari Jõesaar , Estonian basketball player1993 Jordan Obita , English footballer1993 AnnaSophia Robb , American actress1993 Cara Mund , Miss America 2018 1992 Yui Yokoyama - Japanese idol, model, and actress1989 Drew Doughty , Canadian ice hockey player1989 Jesse Sene-Lefao , New Zealand rugby league player1987 Jana Juricová , Slovak tennis player1986 Enzo Amore , American wrestler and rapper1986 Amir Khan , English boxer1986 Sam Tagataese , New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player1986 Kate Voegele , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress1985 Josh Donaldson , American baseball player1985 Meagan Duhamel , Canadian figure skater1985 Dwight Howard , American basketball player1985 Oleksiy Pecherov , Ukrainian basketball player1984 Emma Green Tregaro , Swedish high jumper1984 Greg Halford , English footballer1984 Sam Hunt , American singer-songwriter1983 Neel Jani , Swiss race car driver1983 Valéry Mézague , Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)1982 Alfredo Aceves , American baseball player1982 Serena Ryder , American singer-songwriter1982 Chrisette Michele , American singer-songwriter1982 Nicki Minaj , Trinidadian-American rapper and actress1981 Jeremy Accardo , American baseball player1981 Simon Finnigan , English rugby league player1981 Philip Rivers , American football player1980 Yuliya Krevsun , Ukrainian runner1979 Daniel Fitzhenry , Australian rugby player1979 Johan Forssell , Swedish lawyer and politician1979 Raymond Lam , Chinese actor and singer1979 Ingrid Michaelson , American singer-songwriter and pianist1979 José Peña , Venezuelan sprinter1979 Christian Wilhelmsson , Swedish footballer1978 John Oster , English-Welsh footballer1978 Frédéric Piquionne , French footballer1978 Anwar Siraj , Ethiopian footballer1978 Ian Somerhalder , American actor1978 Vernon Wells , American baseball player1977 Ryan Newman , American race car driver1977 Aleksandra Olsza , Polish tennis player1977 Anita Weyermann , Swiss runner and journalist1976 Brettina , Bahamian-American singer-songwriter and actress1976 Reed Johnson , American baseball player1976 Dominic Monaghan , German-born English actor1976 Zoe Konstantopoulou , Greek lawyer and politician1975 Kevin Harvick , American race car driver1974 Cristian Castro , Mexican singer1974 Tony Simmons , American football player and coach1974 Nick Zinner , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer1973 Corey Taylor , American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor1972 Marco Abreu , Angolan footballer1972 Indrek Allmann , Estonian architect1972 Janae Marie Kroczaleski , American powerlifter1972 Édson Ribeiro , Brazilian sprinter1971 Abdullah Ercan , Turkish footballer and manager1969 Kristin Lauter , American mathematician and cryptographer1968 Mike Mussina , American baseball player and coach1968 Doriano Romboni , Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)1967 Jeff George , American football player1967 Andy Kapp , German curler1967 Kotono Mitsuishi , Japanese voice actress and singer1967 Darren Sheridan , English footballer and manager1966 Bushwick Bill , Jamaican-American rapper (Geto Boys )1966 Les Ferdinand , English footballer and coach1966 Tyler Mane , Canadian wrestler and actor1966 Sinéad O'Connor , Irish singer-songwriter1965 David Harewood , English actor1965 Theo Maassen , Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter1964 James Blundell , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist1964 Teri Hatcher , American actress1964 Chigusa Nagayo , Japanese wrestler1964 Óscar Ramírez , Costa Rican footballer and coach1963 Greg Howe , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer1963 Toshiaki Kawada , Japanese wrestler1963 Ricky Walford , Australian rugby league player1962 Steve Elkington , Australian-American golfer1962 Marty Friedman , American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host1962 Nikos Karageorgiou , Greek footballer and manager1962 Berry van Aerle , Dutch footballer1961 Ann Coulter , American lawyer, journalist, and author1961 Conceição Lima , São Toméan poet1961 Mikey Robins , Australian comedian and television host1960 Aaron Allston , American game designer and author (d. 2014)1960 Lim Guan Eng , Malaysian accountant and politician, 4th Chief Minister of the State of Penang and incumbent Minister of Finance .1960 Bill McKibben , American author and environmentalist1959 Stephen Jefferies , South African cricketer and coach1959 Mark Steyn , Canadian-American author and critic1958 Rob Byrnes , American author and blogger1958 Rob Curling , Malayan-English journalist1958 Michel Ferté , French race car driver1958 Bob Greene , American physiologist and author1958 Mirosław Okoński , Polish footballer1957 Mike Buchanan , British men's rights advocate1957 James Cama , American martial artist and educator (d. 2014)1957 Phil Collen , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1956 Warren Cuccurullo , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1956 Andrius Kubilius , Lithuanian academic and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Lithuania 1956 Slick , American wrestler and manager1955 Kasim Sulton , American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer1955 Milenko Zablaćanski , Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)1954 Harold Hongju Koh , American lawyer, academic, and politician1954 Frits Pirard , Dutch cyclist1953 Kim Basinger , American actress1953 Roy Firestone , American sportscaster and journalist1953 Norman Finkelstein , American author, academic, and activist1953 Sam Kinison , American comedian (d. 1992)1953 Władysław Kozakiewicz , Lithuanian-Polish pole vaulter and coach1953 Steve Yates , English footballer1952 Khaw Boon Wan , Malayan-Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health 1952 Steve Atkinson , English-Hong Kong cricketer1951 Bill Bryson , American essayist, travel and science writer1951 Richard Desmond , English publisher and businessman, founded Northern & Shell 1951 Jan Eggum , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist1950 Rick Baker , American actor and makeup artist1950 Tim Foli , American baseball player, coach, and manager1950 Dan Hartman , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1994)1949 Mary Gordon , American author, critic, and academic1949 Nancy Meyers , American director, producer, and screenwriter1949 Ray Shulman , English violinist, guitarist, and producer1949 Robert Sternberg , American psychologist and academic1948 Luis Caffarelli , Argentinian-American mathematician and academic1948 John Waters , English-Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist1947 Gregg Allman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)1947 Gérard Blanc , French singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2009)1947 Thomas Cech , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1947 Kati-Claudia Fofonoff , Finnish author and poet (d. 2011)1947 Margaret Geller , American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic1946 John Rubinstein , American actor, director, and composer1946 Chava Alberstein , Polish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist1945 John Banville , Irish novelist and screenwriter1944 George Baker , Dutch singer-songwriter1944 Bertie Higgins , American singer-songwriter1944 Ted Irvine , Canadian ice hockey player1944 Vince MacLean , Canadian educator and politician1943 Larry Martin , American paleontologist and ornithologist (d. 2013)1943 Jim Morrison , American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1971)1943 James Tate , American poet (d. 2015)1943 Bodo Tümmler , German runner1943 Mary Woronov , American actress, director, and screenwriter1941 Ed Brinkman , American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)1941 Bob Brown , American football player1941 Duke Cunningham , American commander and politician1941 Bobby Elliott , English drummer1941 Geoff Hurst , English footballer and manager1940 Brant Alyea , American baseball player1939 Red Berenson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1939 Jerry Butler , American singer-songwriter and producer1939 James Galway , Irish flute player1939 Felipe Gozon , Filipino lawyer and businessman1939 Dariush Mehrjui , Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter1939 Soko Richardson , American drummer (d. 2004)1937 James MacArthur , American actor (d. 2010)1937 Arne Næss, Jr. , German-Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. 2004)1936 David Carradine , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)1936 Michael Hobson , American publisher1936 Peter Parfitt , English cricketer1935 Dharmendra , Indian actor, producer, and politician1935 Tatiana Zatulovskaya , Russian-Israeli chess player (d. 2017)1933 Flip Wilson , American actor and comedian (d. 1998)1931 Bob Arum , American boxing promoter, founded Top Rank 1930 Julian Critchley , English journalist and politician (d. 2000)1930 Maximilian Schell , Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)1928 Bill Hewitt , Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 1996)1928 Ulric Neisser , German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic (d. 2012)1927 Vladimir Shatalov , Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut1927 Niklas Luhmann , German thinker and social theorist (d. 1998)1925 Sammy Davis, Jr. , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1990)1925 Nasir Kazmi , Pakistani Urdu poet (d. 1972)1925 Carmen Martín Gaite , Spanish author and poet (d. 2000)1925 Jimmy Smith , American organist (d. 2005)1924 Lionel Gilbert , Australian historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)1923 Dewey Martin , American actor (d. 2018)1923 Rudolph Pariser , Chinese-American soldier and chemist1922 Lucian Freud , German-English painter and illustrator (d. 2011)1922 Jean Ritchie , American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)1920 McDonald Bailey , Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player (d. 2013)1919 Peter Tali Coleman , Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of American Samoa (d. 1997)1919 Julia Robinson , American mathematician and theorist (d. 1985)1919 Kateryna Yushchenko , Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (d. 2001)1917 Ian Johnson , Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998)1916 Richard Fleischer , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)1915 Ernest Lehman , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)1914 Floyd Tillman , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)1914 Ernie Toshack , Australian cricketer (d. 2003)1913 Delmore Schwartz , American poet and short story writer (d. 1966)1911 Lee J. Cobb , American actor (d. 1976)1911 Nikos Gatsos , Greek poet and songwriter (d. 1992)1908 Concha Piquer , Spanish singer and actress (d. 1990)1908 John A. Volpe , American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1994)1902 Wifredo Lam , Cuban-French painter (d. 1982)1900 Sun Li-jen , Chinese general and politician (d. 1990)1900 Ants Oras , Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982)1899 Arthur Leslie , English-Welsh actor and playwright (d. 1970)1899 John Qualen , Canadian-American actor (d. 1987)1894 E. C. Segar , American cartoonist, created Popeye 1894 James Thurber , American humorist and cartoonist (d. 1961)1892 Marcus Lee Hansen , American historian, author, and academic (d. 1938)1890 Bohuslav Martinů , Czech-American pianist and composer (d. 1959)1886 Diego Rivera , Mexican painter and educator (d. 1957)1884 Francis Balfour , English colonel and politician (d. 1965)1881 Albert Gleizes , French painter (d. 1953)1880 Johannes Aavik , Estonian linguist and philologist (d. 1973)1877 Paul Ladmirault , French pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1944)1875 Frederik Buch , Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 1925)1874 Ernst Moro , Austrian physician and pediatrician (d. 1951)1865 Rüdiger von der Goltz , German general (d. 1946)1865 Jacques Hadamard , French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)1865 Jean Sibelius , Finnish violinist and composer (d. 1957)1864 Camille Claudel , French illustrator and sculptor (d. 1943)1863 Charles Lincoln Edwards , American zoologist (d. 1937)1862 Georges Feydeau , French playwright (d. 1921)1861 William C. Durant , American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet (d. 1947)1861 Aristide Maillol , French sculptor and painter (d. 1944)1861 Georges Méliès , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1938)1860 Amanda McKittrick Ros , Irish author and poet (d. 1939)1832 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson , Norwegian-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)1822 Jakov Ignjatović , Hungarian-Serbian author (d. 1889)1818 Charles III, Prince of Monaco (d. 1889)1817 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs , Danish lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1896)1815 Adolph Menzel , German painter and illustrator (d. 1905)1813 August Belmont , Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 1890)1807 Friedrich Traugott Kützing , German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (d. 1893)1795 Peter Andreas Hansen , Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1874)1765 Eli Whitney , American engineer, invented the cotton gin (d. 1825)1756 Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (d. 1801)1731 František Xaver Dušek , Czech pianist and composer (d. 1799)1730 Jan Ingenhousz , Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist (d. 1799)1724 Claude Balbastre , French organist and composer (d. 1799)1708 Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)1699 Maria Josepha of Austria (d. 1757)1678 Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole , English politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (d. 1757)1626 Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689) 1558 François de La Rochefoucauld , Catholic cardinal (d. 1645)1542 Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587)1538 Miklós Istvánffy , Hungarian politician (d. 1615)1499 Sebald Heyden , German musicologist and theologian (d. 1561)1424 Anselm Adornes , Belgian merchant, politician and diplomat (d. 1483)1418 Queen Jeonghui , Queen consort of Korea (d. 1483)1412 Astorre II Manfredi , Italian lord (d. 1468)1021 Wang Anshi , Chinese economist and chancellor (d. 1086)65 BC Horace , Roman poet (d. 8 BC)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2016 John Glenn , American astronaut and senator, first American to go into orbit (b. 1921)2015 Mattiwilda Dobbs , American soprano and actress (b. 1925)2015 Alan Hodgkinson , English footballer and coach (b. 1936)2015 Douglas Tompkins , American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (b. 1943)2015 John Trudell , American author, poet, and actor (b. 1946)2015 Elsie Tu , English-Hong Kong educator and politician (b. 1913)2014 Tom Gosnell , Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1951)2014 Russ Kemmerer , American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)2014 Knut Nystedt , Norwegian organist and composer (b. 1915)2013 John Cornforth , Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)2013 Sándor Szokolay , Hungarian composer and academic (b. 1931)2013 Richard S. Williamson , American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1949)2012 Jerry Brown , American football player (b. 1987)2012 John Gowans , Scottish-English 16th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1934)2012 Johnny Lira , American boxer (b. 1951)2009 Luis Días , Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)2008 Oliver Postgate , English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)2008 Robert Prosky , American actor (b. 1930)2007 Gerardo García Pimentel , Mexican journalist (b. 1983)2006 Martha Tilton , American singer (b. 1915)2006 José Uribe , Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)2004 Dimebag Darrell , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)2003 Rubén González , Cuban pianist (b. 1919)2001 Mirza Delibašić , Bosnian basketball player and coach (b. 1954)2001 Betty Holberton , American computer scientist and programmer (b. 1917)1999 Péter Kuczka , Hungarian poet and author (b. 1923)1997 Bob Bell , American clown and actor (b. 1922)1996 Howard Rollins , American actor (b. 1950)1996 Kashiwado Tsuyoshi , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (b. 1938)1994 Antônio Carlos Jobim , Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)1993 Yevgeny Minayev , Russian weightlifter (b. 1933)1992 William Shawn , American journalist (b. 1917)1991 Buck Clayton , American trumpet player and composer (b. 1911)1984 Luther Adler , American actor (b. 1903)1984 Robert Jay Mathews , American militant leader, founded The Order (b. 1953)1984 Razzle , English drummer (Hanoi Rocks ) (b. 1960)1984 Semih Sancar , Turkish general (b. 1911)1983 Keith Holyoake , New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904)1983 Slim Pickens , American actor (b. 1919)1982 Bram Behr , Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)1982 André Kamperveen , Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924)1982 Marty Robbins , American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925)1982 Haim Laskov , Israel Defense Forces fifth Chief of Staff (b. 1919)1980 John Lennon , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)1978 Golda Meir , Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)1975 Gary Thain , New Zealand bass player (b. 1948)1971 Ernst Krenkel , Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903)1971 Eleni Ourani , Greek poet and critic (b. 1896)1966 Ward Morehouse , American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899)1963 Sarit Thanarat , Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)1958 Tris Speaker , American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)1954 Claude Cahun , French artist, photographer, and writer (b. 1894)1954 Gladys George , American actress (b. 1904)1954 Joseph B. Keenan , American lawyer and politician (b. 1888)1952 Charles Lightoller , English sailor (b. 1874)1942 Albert Kahn , American architect, Fisher Building , Packard Automotive Plant , Ford River Rouge Complex (b. 1869)1940 George Lloyd , English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861)1938 Friedrich Glauser , Swiss author (b. 1896)1937 Hans Molisch , Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (b. 1856)1919 J. Alden Weir , American painter (b. 1852)1918 Josip Štadler , Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)1917 Mendele Mocher Sforim , Russian author (b. 1836)1914 Melchior Anderegg , Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)1914 Maximilian von Spee , Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)1913 Camille Jenatzy , Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)1907 Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)1903 Herbert Spencer , English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)1894 Pafnuty Chebyshev , Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)1886 Isaac Lea , American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)1885 William Henry Vanderbilt , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)1869 Narcisa de Jesús , Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)1864 George Boole , English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)1859 Thomas De Quincey , English journalist and author (b. 1785)1856 Theobald Mathew , Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)1830 Benjamin Constant , Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)1815 Mary Bosanquet Fletcher , Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739)1779 Nathan Alcock , English physician (b. 1707)1768 Jean Denis Attiret , French painter and missionary (b. 1702)1756 William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington , English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)1746 Charles Radclyffe , English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)1745 Étienne Fourmont , French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)1744 Marie Anne de Mailly , French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)1722 Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)1709 Thomas Corneille , French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)1695 Barthélemy d'Herbelot , French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)1691 Richard Baxter , English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615)1680 Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester , English lawyer and politician (b. 1606)1649 Noël Chabanel , French missionary and saint (b. 1613)1643 John Pym , English politician (b. 1583)1638 Ivan Gundulić , Croatian poet (b. 1589)1632 Philippe van Lansberge , Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1561)1626 John Davies , English poet, lawyer, and politician (b. 1569)1550 Gian Giorgio Trissino , Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b. 1478)1431 Hedwig Jagiellon , Polish and Lithuanian princess (b. 1408)1365 Nicholas II, Duke of Opava (b. 1288)1292 John Peckham , Archbishop of Canterbury 1186 Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (b.c 1125 )964 Zhou the Elder , Chinese queen consort899 Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 850)855 Drogo of Metz , illegitimate son of Charlemagne (b. 801)🔽 Show All 
