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February 11

On This Day in History

February 11

February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 323 days remain until the end of the year (324 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2020: Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack wins $150,000 lottery prize. Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is $150,000 richer after claiming a Powerball lottery prize Monday.
2019: NH Lottery considers legal action after U.S. Justice Department questions online sales. The New Hampshire Lottery is contemplating a lawsuit after the U.S. Justice Department deemed online lottery sales illegal.
2016: Pennsylvania Lottery testing payment with credit, debit cards. People can now use debit and credit cards to purchase Pennsylvania lottery tickets at nine Smoker's Express stores in the Harrisburg area as part of a new payment trial.
2015: $HALF-BILLION! Powerball raised again on monster sales. Less than 24 hours after lottery officials were forced to raise the Wednesday Powerball jackpot estimate, they have done it again — now to $500 million.
2013: Ornery dog leads to $1M lottery win. A group of blue collar University of Utah workers will split $1 million in lottery winnings thanks to a set of keys left in a truck and an ornery little dog named "Stella."
2012: Ohio's interim lottery chief given official title. Dennis R. Berg has been named director of the Ohio Lottery, Gov. John Kasich announced on Friday.
2011: Retired firefighter is $122M Powerball lottery winner. Stephen Kirwan, a retired 68-year-old Greene County, New York, resident, was introduced this morning as the $122 million winner of the Jan. 22 Powerball drawing.
2011: N.Y. couple claims $48.8M Powerball lottery jackpot. A New Your couple plans on a new car and a vacation after taking home $16.4 million from the multi-state Powerball lottery.
2011: 2 NY Powerball winners of $170M being introduced. New York Lottery officials say they'll present checks worth more than $170 million to two upstate New York winners of two recent Powerball drawings.
2011: N.M. acts to save Lottery scholarship fund. A lottery-financed college scholarship program is running out of money, and lawmakers are looking for a fix that won't hamper efforts to encourage young New Mexicans to attend universities and colleges in the state.
2011: S.C. Senate passes expanded gambling law. The South Carolina State Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would allow charities, schools and churches to hold raffles legally.
2005: Special lottery for Indiana National Guard troops won't advance. An Indiana lawmaker expressed disappointment Thursday that her proposal for a special lottery to support the Indiana National Guard will not get a chance to advance in the state Senate.
2005: Delaware Lottery looking for $7.7 million winner. Delaware Lottery officials are pulling out all the stops to figure out who bought a $7.7 million winning Delaware Lotto ticket for the January 27th drawing.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $150 million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball, increasing the Friday jackpot to $150 million, with a cash option of $89 million.
2004: Storeowners Receive Share Of Lottery Jackpot. The winners of last week's $85 million Powerball jackpot have yet to come forward, but the storeowners who sold the ticket received their share of the pot Tuesday.
2004: Lotto winner gives $1M to friend. Twenty years ago, buddies Funk and Michael Hawryshko promised each other that if one of them ever won the lottery, he'd give the other a million bucks.
2004: Tennessee Lottery Brings In $96.5 Million In First Three Weeks. Starting the Tennessee Lottery 21 days earlier than the original Feb. 10 target date has resulted in approximately $96.5 million in ticket sales in just three weeks, which means nearly $30 million for education programs in the state to date, Lottery officials said Tuesday.
2004: Bill created to clean up Colorado lottery. Concerned over an audit that found problems with the Colorado Lottery, lawmakers began work Tuesday on a bill that would require ethics training and criminal background checks of all lottery officials, including the governor's appointees.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$564.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2015
2.$425 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2024
3.€368.12 Million US$393.33 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2023
4.$336.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2012
5.$286.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2014
6.$285 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2017
7.$269.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2024
8.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2006
9.$242 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2019
10.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2018
11.$202 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2020
12.€163 Million
US$197.47 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2021
13.€155.17 Million
US$176.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2022
14.$176.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2022
15.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2016
16.€129 Million
US$175.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2010
17.$173 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2019
18.€151 Million
US$170.78 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2019
19.€138 Million
US$170.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2018
20.$153 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2018
21.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2004
21.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2008
23.€105.4 Million
US$127.84 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2021
24.$125 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2003
25.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2014

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: Reza726
Sunday, Feb 11, 1990
34 years old
1986: TattooMane
Tuesday, Feb 11, 1986
38 years old
1983: JPotPhilly
Friday, Feb 11, 1983
41 years old
1981: DaViTV
Wednesday, Feb 11, 1981
43 years old
1979: Cherine
Sunday, Feb 11, 1979
45 years old
1979: Ravensholst
Sunday, Feb 11, 1979
45 years old
1979: Samara43
Sunday, Feb 11, 1979
45 years old
1978: tre 01
Saturday, Feb 11, 1978
46 years old
1978: sis242
Saturday, Feb 11, 1978
46 years old
1971: pryz
Thursday, Feb 11, 1971
53 years old
1967: cloud9
Saturday, Feb 11, 1967
57 years old
1967: Hazel$eyes
Saturday, Feb 11, 1967
57 years old
1966: SaraW836
Friday, Feb 11, 1966
58 years old
1964: Drobins950
Tuesday, Feb 11, 1964
60 years old
1961: Jackio211
Saturday, Feb 11, 1961
63 years old
1961: miles$
Saturday, Feb 11, 1961
63 years old
1958: hollism1$
Tuesday, Feb 11, 1958
66 years old
1946: doubles482
Monday, Feb 11, 1946
78 years old
: SoBe Yourself
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2.
2018: Saratov Airlines Flight 703 crashes near Moscow, Russia with 71 deaths and no survivors.
2017: North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
2016: A man shoots seven people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
2015: A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
2014: A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
2013: The Vatican confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI would resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
2013: Militants claiming to be from the Sultanate of Sulu invade Lahad Datu District, Sabah, Malaysia, beginning the Lahad Datu standoff.
2011: Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
2008: Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
2001: A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
1999: Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
1997: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
1990: Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
1990: Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
1979: The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1978: Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes at the Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors.
1971: Cold War: the Seabed Arms Control Treaty opened for signature outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
1970: Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
1959: The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
1953: Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
1953: Israeli-Soviet relations are severed.
1946: The New Testament of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first significant challenge to the Authorized King James Version, is published.
1942: World War II: Second day of the Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
1938: BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
1937: The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
1929: The Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
1919: Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
1906: Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
1903: Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
1889: The Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
1873: King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates, triggering the proclamation of the First Spanish Republic.
1861: American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
1858: Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary occurs in Lourdes, France.
1856: The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is deposed.
1855: Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.
1843: Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
1840: Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
1826: University College London is founded as University of London.
1823: Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
1812: Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering" for the first time.
1808: Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
1794: First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
1659: The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
1586: Sir Francis Drake with an English force captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty.
1584: A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan.
1534: Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
951: Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.
55: The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
660 BC: Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.

Births On This Day

1998: Trent Frederic, American ice hockey player
1998: Khalid, American singer and songwriter
1997: Hubert Hurkacz, Polish tennis player
1996: Daniil Medvedev, Russian tennis player
1996: Jonathan Tah, German footballer
1995: Milan Škriniar, Slovak footballer
1994: Dansby Swanson, American baseball player
1993: Ben McLemore, American basketball player
1992: Lasse Norman Hansen, Danish track and road cyclist
1992: Taylor Lautner, American actor
1991: Nikola Mirotic, Spanish basketball player
1990: Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
1988: Vlad Moldoveanu, Romanian basketball player
1987: Luca Antonelli, Italian footballer
1987: Juanmi Callejón, Spanish footballer
1987: Ellen van Dijk, Dutch cyclist
1987: Brian Matusz, American baseball player
1987: Jan Smeekens, Dutch speed skater
1986: Gabriel Boric, Chilean politician, 36th President of Chile
1985: Šárka Strachová, Czech skier
1984: Maarten Heisen, Dutch sprinter
1984: Marco Marcato, Italian cyclist
1984: Maxime Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player
1983: Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch international footballer
1982: Natalie Dormer, English actress
1982: Ľubomíra Kalinová, Slovak biathlete
1982: Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player
1981: Kelly Rowland, American singer and actress
1979: Brandy Norwood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1977: Mike Shinoda, American musician and artist
1976: Tony Battie, American basketball player and sportscaster
1975: Andy Lally, American race car driver
1975: Callum Thorp, Australian cricketer
1975: Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player and coach
1974: Nick Barmby, English international footballer and manager
1974: D'Angelo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1974: Alex Jones, American radio show host and conspiracy theorist
1974: Jaroslav Špaček, Czech ice hockey player and coach
1973: Varg Vikernes, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
1972: Steve McManaman, English footballer
1971: Damian Lewis, English actor
1969: Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer
1969: Andreas Hilfiker, Swiss footballer
1969: John Salako, Nigerian-English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1968: Mo Willems, American author and illustrator
1965: Vicki Wilson, Australian netball player
1964: Sarah Palin, American politician, 9th Governor of Alaska
1964: Ken Shamrock, American martial artist and wrestler
1962: Tammy Baldwin, American lawyer and politician
1962: Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960: Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut
1959: Roberto Moreno, Brazilian race car driver
1957: Tina Ambani, Indian actress and chairperson
1956: Didier Lockwood, French violinist (d. 2018)
1956: Catherine Hickland, American actress
1954: Wesley Strick, American director and screenwriter
1953: Philip Anglim, American actor
1953: Jeb Bush, American banker and politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
1953: Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (d. 2014)
1951: Mike Leavitt, American politician, 14th Governor of Utah
1947: Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese engineer and politician and Prime Minister of Japan
1947: Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer
1946: Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1944: Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2016)
1944: Joy Williams, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
1943: Joselito, Spanish singer and actor
1943: Alan Rubin, American trumpet player (d. 2011)
1942: Otis Clay, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1941: Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer
1939: Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (d. 2014)
1938: Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2018)
1937: Ian Gow, British politician (d. 1990)
1937: Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1937: Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)
1937: Phillip Walker, American singer and guitarist (d. 2010)
1936: Burt Reynolds, American actor and director (d. 2018)
1935: Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist (d. 1971)
1934: Mel Carnahan, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (d. 2000)
1934: Tina Louise, American actress and singer
1934: Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military leader of Panama (d. 2017)
1934: Mary Quant, British fashion designer (d. 2023)
1934: David Taylor, English veterinarian and television host (d. 2013)
1932: Dennis Skinner, English miner and politician
1930: Roy De Forest, American painter and academic (d. 2007).
1926: Paul Bocuse, French chef (d. 2018)
1926: Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (d. 2010)
1925: Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and academic (d. 2013)
1925: Kim Stanley, American actress (d. 2001)
1924: Budge Patty, American tennis player (d. 2021)
1923: Antony Flew, English philosopher and academic (d. 2010)
1921: Lloyd Bentsen, American politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2006)
1921: Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (d. 2013)
1920: Farouk I, King of Egypt (d. 1965)
1920: Daniel F. Galouye, American author (d. 1976)
1920: Billy Halop, American actor (d. 1976)
1920: Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (d. 1978)
1917: Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1915: Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier, author, and scholar (d. 2011)
1915: Richard Hamming, American mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
1914: Matt Dennis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002)
1914: Josh White, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1969)
1912: Rudolf Firkušný, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1994)
1909: Max Baer, American boxer and actor (d. 1959)
1909: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1908: Philip Dunne, American screenwriter (d. 1992)
1908: Vivian Fuchs, English explorer (d. 1999)
1904: Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1983)
1904: Lucile Randon, French supercentenarian (d. 2023)
1902: Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel (d. 1971)
1900: Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (d. 1994)
1900: Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (d. 2002)
1900: Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (d. 1958)
1898: Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (d. 1964)
1897: Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (d.1954)
1888: John Warren Davis, American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (d. 1980)
1881: Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (d. 1966)
1874: Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (d. 1953)
1869: Helene Kröller-Müller, German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the Kröller-Müller Museum (d. 1939)
1869: Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author (d. 1945)
1864: Louis Bouveault, French chemist (d. 1909)
1863: John F. Fitzgerald, American politician; Mayor of Boston (d. 1950)
1860: Rachilde, French author and playwright (d. 1953)
1855: Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (d. 1940)
1847: Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph (d. 1931)
1845: Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1936)
1839: Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist (d. 1903)
1833: Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1910)
1830: Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer (d. 1913)
1821: Auguste Mariette, French archaeologist and scholar (d. 1881)
1813: Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (d. 1865)
1812: Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1883)
1805: Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, Native American-French Canadian explorer (d. 1866)
1802: Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 1880)
1800: Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer and politician, invented the calotype (d. 1877)
1776: Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek politician, 1st Governor of Greece (d. 1831)
1764: Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet and playwright (d. 1811)
1708: Egidio Duni, Italian composer (d. 1775)
1657: Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright (d. 1757)
1649: William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (d. 1715)
1568: Honoré d'Urfé, French author and playwright (d. 1625)
1535: Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591)
1466: Elizabeth of York (d. 1503)
1380: Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar and translator (d. 1459)

Deaths On This Day

2018: Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1928)
2018: Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human-rights lawyer and social activist (b. 1952)
2018: Jan Maxwell, American stage and television actress (b. 1956)
2018: Qazi Wajid, Pakistani drama actor, writer and artist (b. 1930)
2017: Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1990)
2017: Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympian (b. 1919)
2017: Trish Doan, Korean-Canadian musician (b. 1985)
2016: Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (b. 1971)
2016: Zeng Xuelin, Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1929)
2015: Roger Hanin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2015: Bob Simon, American journalist (b. 1941)
2015: Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2014: Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (b. 1924)
2014: Tito Canepa, Dominican-American painter (b. 1916)
2014: Fernando González Pacheco, Colombian journalist and actor (b. 1932)
2013: Rick Huxley, English bass player (b. 1940)
2012: Siri Bjerke, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of the Environment (b. 1958)
2012: Aharon Davidi, Israeli general (b. 1927)
2012: Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (b. 1963)
2011: Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
2010: Heward Grafftey, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1928)
2010: Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founder of his eponymous brand (b. 1969)
2009: Estelle Bennett, American singer (b. 1941)
2009: Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician and academic (b. 1911)
2008: Tom Lantos, American lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
2008: Frank Piasecki, American engineer (b. 1919)
2006: Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2006: Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (b. 1940)
2006: Jackie Pallo, English wrestler and actor (b. 1926)
2006: Matilda, American chicken and stage magician, oldest known chicken (h. 1990)
2005: Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)
2004: Shirley Strickland, Australian runner (b. 1925)
2002: Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
2002: Barry Foster, English actor (b. 1931)
2000: Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (b. 1922)
2000: Roger Vadim, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
1996: Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet and author (b. 1930)
1994: Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b. 1946)
1994: Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (b. 1930)
1994: William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)
1994: Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (b. 1924)
1993: Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
1989: George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (b. 1912)
1986: Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
1985: Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1898)
1982: Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)
1978: James Bryant Conant, American chemist and academic (b. 1893)
1978: Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1977: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (b. 1905)
1977: Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)
1976: Lee J. Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)
1976: Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (b. 1894)
1975: Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (b. 1931)
1973: J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
1968: Howard Lindsay, American playwright (b. 1889)
1967: A. J. Muste, Dutch-American minister and activist (b. 1885)
1963: John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
1963: Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1932)
1958: Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)
1949: Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (b. 1857)
1948: Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
1947: Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
1942: Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
1940: John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
1940: Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
1938: Kalle Korhonen, Finnish politician (b. 1878)
1931: Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
1918: Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
1917: Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
1901: Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
1898: Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (b. 1813)
1868: Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
1862: Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
1829: Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)
1811: Juan Sánchez Ramírez, leader of the troops that fought against the French rule of Santo Domingo's colony between 1808 and 1809 (b. 1762)
1795: Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
1768: George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)
1763: William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (b. 1714)
1755: Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (b. 1675)
1650: René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1596)
1626: Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1548)
1503: Elizabeth of York (b. 1466)
1141: Hugh of Saint Victor, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1096)
824: Pope Paschal I
731: Pope Gregory II (b. 669)
641: Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (b. 575)
244: Gordian III, Roman emperor (b. 225)
AD 55: Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (b. 41)

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