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February 16

On This Day in History

February 16

February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 318 days remain until the end of the year (319 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: One month left to claim $1 million Michigan Mega Millions lottery ticket before it expires. A winning Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $1 million is about to go by the wayside as it approaches the one-year expiration date.
2023: Canadian lottery player uses Excel spreadsheet to win the lottery. A Canadian lottery winner says he won the lottery after looking at data of past drawings he compiled on an Excel spreadsheet.
2022: $50 scratch-off lottery trend takes off in multiple states. Lottery players are seeing the dawn of a new era in the lottery industry where $50 scratch-off tickets are now becoming the most expensive games one can reach for at a lottery retailer.
2021: Former fiancé sues $188 million Powerball jackpot winner. The ex-fiancé of a North Carolina Powerball winner is suing her for allegedly giving away over a million dollars' worth of property he claims were gifts given to him by her.
2020: The world may never know who won a $202 million lottery jackpot. $202 million is more money that most of us can even fathom. But one lucky lottery winner from New Jersey may be able to relish all that money in secret — thanks to a new law that went into effect just last month.
2018: CT consumer protection agency issues investigative report about botched raffle drawing. An investigative report on the $1.375 million, New Year's Day lottery blunder spreads blame among the Connecticut Lottery Corp., state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), and a national accounting firm hired to send an observer to the drawing to verify that proper procedures were followed.
2017: $349 MILLION: Huge Powerball jackpot set for Saturday. For the first time in 2017, a Powerball jackpot has exceeded $300 million and has entered into the top 25 US jackpots of all time.
2017: Pa. couple claimed $121.6 million Powerball jackpot on ticket purchased in Delaware. A Pennsylvania couple are winners of $121.6 million on a Powerball ticket purchased in Delaware in December.
2017: NJ lottery winners quickly claim $5.2M Pick 6 jackpot. The shock is wearing off and a sweet new reality is setting in for Sam and Kathy who won Monday's Pick Six jackpot of $5.2 million.
2016: Massachusetts woman spent lottery winnings to help homeless man. A Massachusetts woman won the lottery, and quickly spent all the reward money to help a homeless man on Saturday.
2016: Why you might go bankrupt if your next-door neighbor wins the lottery. Research released this month by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found a significant jump in bankruptcies among households living near someone who won a big lottery jackpot.
2016: Ohio Lottery's Cash Explosion Show wildly popular after 29 years. Twenty-nine years after it launched, the Ohio Lottery's Cash Explosion show remains must-see TV for thousands of Ohioans, who turn in every Saturday evening to watch ordinary folks jump, cry and scream over winning tens of thousands of dollars.
2015: $50M Canada lotto winner says he had a vision of winning numbers. A man started playing the lottery six years ago when numbers flashed into his head, and now he is a millionaire.
2014: $400 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot skyrockets. For only the 6th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $400 million or more.
2013: Defense worker wins $217 million Powerball jackpot. A husband and wife who work for the Department of Defense won the Virginia Lottery's $217 million Powerball jackpot, the second-largest lotto prize the state has ever awarded.
2013: Plea deal settles N.Y. lottery ticket trial; immigrant will get $2.5M. A plea agreement Friday in Rockland County Court has ended the case involving a Spring Valley, New York, immigrant's $3 million lottery ticket and three men accused of trying to steal a portion of it.
2011: S.C. Lottery to pay 2 sets of winning numbers after mistake. The South Carolina lottery will pay for two separate sets of winning numbers for a Tuesday Pick 3 drawing after a graphic mistakenly listed the wrong numbers.
2011: Ark. Lottery panel votes for changes to unclaimed prize money. The legislative Lottery Oversight Committee voted today to recommend a fix for a 2010 law change that Arkansas lottery officials say hampers their ability to maximize ticket sales.
2011: N.C. couple nabbed $1M lottery prize just before it expired. Just one day before their winning lottery ticket turned into a scrap of worthless paper, a North Carolina couple has come forward to claim their big million-dollar prize.
2010: Lottery winner has days to collect millions. Indiana lottery officials say they miscalculated the deadline to collect the winnings from a $2.5 million jackpot ticket, and are allowing more time for the winner to come forward.
2010: British couple wins $88M lottery, daughter says 'whatever'. "Whatever", said the teenaged daughter of a British couple who won a £56 million (US$88 million) Euro Millions lottery.
2009: Illinois Senate president hopes to expand lottery. Hoping to squeeze more money out of the state lottery, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton wants to sell tickets online and hire a private company to manage and market the games.
2008: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised to $220 million. The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing was raised to $220 million, after nobody won the $179 million jackpot Friday night.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot hits record $365 million. Because no one won last night's $300 million Powerball jackpot, the jackpot will grow to a North American record of $365 million for Saturday night, with a cash option of over $177 million.
2006: Lottery Post reveals N.C. Lottery logo misfire. Lottery Post reveals the logo that North Carolina Lottery officials had to pull the plug on after it was learned that copywrighted material was used to make it.
2006: Judge: N.C. lottery can keep working, but challenge remains alive. The North Carolina lottery can continue preparing for a March 30 kickoff while a court considers a legal challenge to the way the Legislature passed the lottery law last year, a Wake County judge ruled Wednesday.
2006: Lawsuit Challenging N.C. Lottery Still Alive. Critics of the N.C. Education Lottery can keep a lawsuit going that says lawmakers cut legal corners in approving the game, according to a court ruling Wednesday.
2006: N.C. Lottery funding controversy widens. The North Carolina Lottery has not yet started, and already Gov. Mike Easley may be doing what lottery watchdogs feared would happen: Easley is looking to replace funding on existing state programs with lottery revenues, rather than putting the new-found revenue toward new projects.
2004: Tennessee to Join Powerball Lottery. The Tennessee Lottery will join the multistate Powerball game by early summer, officials said Monday.
2004: Clamor for $177 million Mega Millions lottery tickets. When the lottery's Mega Millions jackpot climbs into the stratosphere, people fork out the cash for tickets at local retailers, and the improving economy only helps the sales grow.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Grows To $26 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $26 million, with a cash option of $14.5 million.
2004: Woman hits $10 million jackpot at MGM Grand. Friday, a 49-year-old woman who said she dreamed two weeks ago she would win a lot of money did not let the unlucky Friday the 13th superstition stand in the way of fulfilling her dream at a Megabucks machine at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas.
2004: One ticket wins $15 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $15 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
2004: Disputed Massachusetts lottery ticket is found. Police have found a missing $20,000 Massachusetts lottery ticket that a college student said was snatched out of her hand by the clerk at the Westborough store where she bought it.
2004: Lottery ticket thieves beginning to strike across Tennessee. Thieves from Memphis to Knoxville are trying to cash in the lottery, and store owners are taking matters into their own hands to counter them.
2004: Lawmakers busy trying to change Tennessee lottery. The Tennessee Lottery has been up and running for less than a month, but lawmakers of all persuasions - from avid supporters to consistent opponents - are looking to make changes.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$457 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2024
2.$425.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 19, 2014
3.€371.13 Million US$396.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2023
4.$365 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 18, 2006
5.$361 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 18, 2017
6.$316.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2024
7.$260 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2019
8.$223 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2018
9.$220 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 19, 2008
10.€179 Million
US$216.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2021
11.$206 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 19, 2019
12.€176 Million
US$199.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 19, 2019
13.$189 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2016
14.€151 Million
US$188.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2018
15.€157.58 Million
US$179.08 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2022
16.$177 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2004
17.$168 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2018
18.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 18, 2014
19.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2006
20.€107.9 Million
US$130.74 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2021
21.$130 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2007
22.€100.87 Million
US$125.2 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2018
23.€106.34 Million
US$120.1 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2019
24.$105 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 18, 2009
25.$103 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2009

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1996: Babyybopp123
Friday, Feb 16, 1996
28 years old
1991: Saaaaaamlsx
Saturday, Feb 16, 1991
33 years old
1980: Blessed 34
Saturday, Feb 16, 1980
44 years old
1978: Bobbyisirish
Thursday, Feb 16, 1978
46 years old
1978: Leelou
Thursday, Feb 16, 1978
46 years old
1978: Gambinoland
Thursday, Feb 16, 1978
46 years old
1971: iknowthenumber
Tuesday, Feb 16, 1971
53 years old
1970: destinedtowin
Monday, Feb 16, 1970
54 years old
1970: IMGONNAWIN
Monday, Feb 16, 1970
54 years old
1969: Ceasermam
Sunday, Feb 16, 1969
55 years old
1967: lottoblackbook
Thursday, Feb 16, 1967
57 years old
1961: bren61
Thursday, Feb 16, 1961
63 years old
1959: mrhappy0869
Monday, Feb 16, 1959
65 years old
1957: joebehr
Saturday, Feb 16, 1957
67 years old
1956: fasttyper3
Thursday, Feb 16, 1956
68 years old
1953: msgmallory
Monday, Feb 16, 1953
71 years old
1952: jeannie
Saturday, Feb 16, 1952
72 years old
1945: rvasquenz
Friday, Feb 16, 1945
79 years old
: Dd2160
(year not provided)
: faahlew
(year not provided)
: thankgoodness
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the two year anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.
2013: A bomb blast at a market in Hazara Town, Quetta, Pakistan kills more than 80 people and injures 190 others.
2006: The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
2005: The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
2005: The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-05 regular season and playoffs.
2000: Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 crashes near Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California, killing all three aboard.
1998: China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
1996: A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
1991: Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
1986: The Soviet liner MS Mikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
1986: China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
1985: Hezbollah is founded.
1983: The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
1978: The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
1968: In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
1968: Civil Air Transport Flight 010 crashes near Shongshan Airport in Taiwan, killing 21 of the 63 people on board and one more on the ground.
1962: The Great Sheffield Gale impacts the United Kingdom, killing nine people; the city of Sheffield is devastated, with 150,000 homes damaged.
1962: Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
1961: Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
1960: The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1959: Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1945: World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
1945: The Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, the first anti-discrimination law in the United States, was signed into law.
1943: World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city.
1942: World War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established
1942: World War II: Attack on Aruba, first World War II German shots fired on a land based object in the Americas.
1940: World War II: Altmark incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS Cossack. A total of 299 British prisoners are freed.
1937: Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
1936: The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
1934: The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
1930: The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
1923: Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1918: The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
1900: The Southern Cross expedition led by Carsten Borchgrevink achieved a new Farthest South of 78° 50'S, making the first landing at the Great Ice Barrier.
1899: Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
1881: The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
1866: Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington becomes British Secretary of State for War.
1862: American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
1804: First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
1796: Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) falls to the British, completing their invasion of Ceylon.
1742: Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
1699: First Leopoldine Diploma is issued by the Holy Roman Emperor, recognizing the Greek Catholic clergy enjoyed the same privileges as Roman Catholic priests in the Principality of Transylvania.
1646: Battle of Torrington, Devon: The last major battle of the First English Civil War.
1630: Dutch forces led by Hendrick Lonck capture Olinda in what was to become part of Dutch Brazil.
1270: Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Karuse.
1249: Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.

Births On This Day

2001: Yuki Naito, Japanese tennis player
2000: Koffee, Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter and rapper
1999: Marie Ulven Ringheim, Norwegian singer, songwriter and music producer
1999: Ignatius Ganago, Cameroonian footballer
1995: Katy Dunne, English tennis player
1995: Carina Witthöft, German tennis player
1994: Annika Beck, German tennis player
1994: Federico Bernardeschi, Italian footballer
1994: Ava Max, American singer and songwriter
1992: Nicolai Boilesen, Danish footballer
1992: Zsófia Susányi, Hungarian tennis player
1991: Sergio Canales, Spanish footballer
1990: Dunamis Lui, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1990: The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1989: Elizabeth Olsen, American actress
1988: Diego Capel, Spanish footballer
1988: Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player
1988: Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer
1988: Andrea Ranocchia, Italian footballer
1988: Kim Soo-hyun, South Korean actor and singer
1987: Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1987: Theresa Goh, Singaporean swimmer
1987: Jon Ossoff, American politician and filmmaker
1987: Hasheem Thabeet, Tanzanian basketball player
1986: Diego Godín, Uruguayan footballer
1985: Simon Francis, English footballer
1985: Stacy Lewis, American golfer
1985: Ron Vlaar, Dutch footballer
1984: Sofia Arvidsson, Swedish tennis player
1984: Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian swimmer
1983: Agyness Deyn, English model, actress, and singer
1982: Aleksandr Dmitrijev, Estonian footballer
1982: Rickie Lambert, English footballer
1982: Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
1981: Jay Howard, English race car driver
1981: Susanna Kallur, Swedish sprint hurdler
1981: Jerry Owens, American baseball player
1981: Qyntel Woods, American basketball player
1980: Longineu W. Parsons III, French-American drummer
1979: Stéphane Dalmat, French footballer
1979: Eric Mun, American-South Korean singer and actor
1979: Valentino Rossi, Italian motorcycle racer
1978: Tia Hellebaut, Belgian high jumper and chemist
1978: Wasim Jaffer, Indian cricketer
1978: John Tartaglia, American actor, singer, and puppeteer
1977: Ian Clarke, Irish-American computer scientist, founded Freenet
1977: Ahman Green, American football player
1976: Eric Byrnes, American baseball player and sportscaster
1976: Kyo, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
1974: Mahershala Ali, American actor
1974: José Dominguez, Portuguese international footballer and manager
1973: Cathy Freeman, Australian sprinter
1972: Jerome Bettis, American football player
1972: Zoran Čampara, Bosnian football player
1972: Sarah Clarke, American actress
1972: Naomi Nishida, Japanese actress
1972: Darrell Trindall, Australian rugby league player
1971: Michael Avenatti, American attorney and pundit
1971: Craig Laundy, Australian politician
1970: Angelo Peruzzi, Italian footballer and manager
1968: Warren Ellis, English author and screenwriter
1967: Keith Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1965: Dave Lombardo, Cuban-American drummer
1964: Bebeto, Brazilian footballer and manager
1964: Christopher Eccleston, English actor
1962: John Balance, English singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1961: Des Hasler, Australian rugby league player and coach
1961: Liu Kang, Chinese footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1961: Niko Nirvi, Finnish journalist
1961: Andy Taylor, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1960: Pete Willis, English guitarist and songwriter
1959: John McEnroe, American tennis player and sportscaster
1959: Kelly Tripucka, American basketball player and sportscaster
1958: Natalie Angier, American author
1958: Ice-T, American rapper and actor
1958: Oscar Schmidt, Brazilian basketball player
1958: Herb Williams, American basketball player and coach
1957: LeVar Burton, actor, director, and producer
1956: Vincent Ward, New Zealand director and screenwriter
1954: Iain Banks, Scottish author and playwright (d. 2013)
1954: Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (d. 1996)
1954: Michael Holding, Jamaican cricketer and sportscaster
1953: John Bradbury, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
1953: Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1953: Roberta Williams, American video game designer, co-founded Sierra Entertainment
1952: Peter Kitchen, English footballer
1952: James Ingram, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2019)
1951: Barry Foote, American baseball player and coach
1950: Peter Hain, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
1949: Bob O'Reilly, Australian rugby league player
1948: Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach (d. 2014)
1947: Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician (d. 2020)
1944: Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician
1944: Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer
1944: António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (d. 2016)
1942: Richard Williams, American tennis player and coach
1941: Kim Jong Il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 2011)
1940: Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (d. 1979)
1939: Adolfo Azcuna, Filipino lawyer and judge
1938: John Corigliano, American composer and academic
1937: Paul Bailey, British novelist, critic, and biographer
1937: Valentin Bondarenko, Soviet aviator and cosmonaut (d. 1961)
1937: Yuri Manin, Russian-German mathematician and academic (d. 2023)
1935: Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director (d. 2016)
1935: Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician (d. 1998)
1935: Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm (d. 2014)
1935: Bradford Parkinson, American colonel and engineer
1935: Kenneth Price, American painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
1934: August Coppola, American author and academic (d. 2009)
1934: Marlene Hagge, American golfer (d. 2023)
1932: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2014)
1932: Gretchen Wyler, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2007)
1931: Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2002)
1931: Ken Takakura, Japanese actor and singer (d. 2014)
1930: William Lloyd Standish, United States District Judge (d. 2015)
1929: Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer and architect (d. 1980)
1929: Peter Porter, Australian-English poet and educator (d. 2010)
1927: June Brown, English actress (d. 2022)
1926: Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim (d. 1945)
1926: John Schlesinger, English actor and director (d. 2003)
1925: Ed Emshwiller, American illustrator and experiment film maker (d. 1990)
1923: Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter (d. 2016)
1922: Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot (d. 1950)
1921: Vera-Ellen, German-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)
1921: Jean Behra, French race car driver (d. 1959)
1921: John Galbraith Graham, English priest and academic (d. 2013)
1920: Anna Mae Hays, American general (d. 2018)
1919: Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer (d. 1989)
1916: Bill Doggett, African-American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1914: Jimmy Wakely, American country music singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1982)
1909: Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director (d. 1982)
1909: Richard McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (d. 1998)
1906: Vera Menchik, British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player (d. 1944)
1905: Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer (d. 1985)
1904: James Baskett, African-American actor and singer (d. 1948)
1904: George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (d. 2005)
1903: Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist and actor (d. 1978)
1902: Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer (d. 1968)
1901: Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 1985)
1901: Chester Morris, American actor (d. 1970)
1896: Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian (d. 2010)
1893: Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer (d. 1974)
1891: Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (d. 1968)
1887: Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962)
1886: Andy Ducat, English international footballer, manager and cricketer (d. 1942)
1884: Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (d. 1951)
1878: Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator (d. 1951)
1878: James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1920)
1877: Tom Crean, Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer (d. 1938)
1876: G. M. Trevelyan, English historian and academic (d. 1962)
1873: Radoje Domanović, Serbian journalist and author (d. 1908)
1868: Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (d. 1952)
1866: Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (d. 1940)
1856: Ossian Everett Mills, American academic, founded Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (d. 1920)
1848: Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist, geneticist, and academic (d. 1935)
1848: Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright (d. 1917)
1845: George Kennan, American journalist and explorer (d. 1924)
1843: Henry M. Leland, American engineer and businessman, founded Cadillac and Lincoln (d. 1932)
1841: Armand Guillaumin, French painter (d. 1927)
1838: Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (d. 1918)
1834: Ernst Haeckel, German biologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1919)
1831: Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (d. 1895)
1830: Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (d. 1902)
1826: Joseph Victor von Scheffel, German poet and author (d. 1886)
1824: Peter Kosler, Slovenian lawyer, geographer, and cartographer (d. 1879)
1822: Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician (d. 1911)
1821: Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (d. 1865)
1812: Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (d. 1875)
1804: Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (d. 1885)
1802: Phineas Quimby, American mystic and philosopher (d. 1866)
1786: Maria Pavlovna, Russian Grand Duchess (d. 1859)
1774: Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer (d. 1830)
1761: Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (d. 1804)
1740: Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813)
1727: Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian botanist, chemist, and mycologist (d. 1817)
1698: Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (d. 1758)
1643: John Sharp, English archbishop (d. 1714)
1620: Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1688)
1543: Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter and educator (d. 1590)
1519: Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (d. 1572)
1514: Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian cartographer and instrument maker (d. 1574)
1497: Philip Melanchthon, German astronomer, theologian, and academic (d. 1560)
1471: Krishnadevaraya, emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire (d. 1529)
1470: Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1540)
1419: John I, Duke of Cleves (d. 1481)
1331: Coluccio Salutati, Italian political leader (d. 1406)
1304: Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür, Chinese emperor (d. 1332)
1222: Nichiren, founder of Nichiren Buddhism (d. 1282)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian politician, 42nd President of Ecuador (b. 1937)
2019: Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (b. 1941)
2016: Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1922)
2015: Lasse Braun, Algerian-Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2015: Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
2015: R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1957)
2015: Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress and singer (b. 1971)
2014: Ken Farragut, American football player (b. 1928)
2014: Kralle Krawinkel, German guitarist (b. 1947)
2014: Michael Shea, American author (b. 1946)
2013: Colin Edwards, Guyanese footballer (b. 1991)
2013: Grigory Pomerants, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1918)
2013: Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
2012: Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (b. 1954)
2012: Elyse Knox, American model, actress, and fashion designer (b. 1917)
2012: John Macionis, American swimmer and lieutenant (b. 1916)
2012: Anthony Shadid, American journalist (b. 1968)
2011: Len Lesser, American actor (b. 1922)
2011: Justinas Marcinkevičius, Lithuanian poet and playwright (b. 1930)
2009: Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, South Korean cardinal (b. 1921)
2006: Johnny Grunge, American wrestler (b. 1966)
2006: Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach (b. 1925)
2004: Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
2003: Rusty Magee, American actor and composer (b. 1955)
2002: Walter Winterbottom, English footballer and manager (b. 1913)
2001: Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (b. 1916)
2001: William Masters, American gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1915)
2000: Marceline Day, American actress (b. 1908)
2000: Lila Kedrova, Russian-French actress and singer
2000: Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (b. 1911)
1998: Mary Amdur, American toxicologist and public health researcher (b. 1908)
1998: Sheu Yuan-dong, Taiwanese politician (b. 1927)
1997: Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist and academic (b. 1912)
1996: Roberto Aizenberg, Argentinian painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
1996: Roger Bowen, American actor and author (b. 1932)
1996: Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (b. 1905)
1996: Brownie McGhee, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)
1992: Angela Carter, English novelist, short story writer (b. 1940)
1992: Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician, 22nd President of Brazil (b. 1917)
1992: Herman Wold, Norwegian-Swedish economist and statistician (b. 1908)
1991: Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan lieutenant and engineer (b. 1932)
1990: Keith Haring, American painter and activist (b. 1958)
1988: Ye Shengtao, Chinese writer, educator, and politician (b. 1894)
1984: M. A. G. Osmani, Bangladeshi general (b. 1918)
1980: Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (b. 1895)
1977: Janani Luwum, bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (b. c.1922)
1977: Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905)
1975: Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)
1974: John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle (b. 1888)
1967: Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
1964: James M. Canty, American educator, school administrator, and businessperson (b. 1865)
1961: Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
1957: Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
1944: Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
1932: Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
1932: Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
1928: Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
1919: Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
1917: Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1848)
1912: Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
1907: Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
1899: Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
1898: Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
1862: William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
1820: Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (b. 1758)
1754: Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673)
1721: James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1686)
1710: Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (b. 1632)
1645: Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1585)
1579: Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Spanish explorer (b. 1509)
1560: Jean du Bellay, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1493)
1531: Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)
1391: John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1332)
1390: Rupert I, Elector Palatine (b. 1309)
1281: Gertrude of Hohenberg, queen consort of Germany (b. c.1225)
1279: Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210)
1247: Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204)
1184: Richard of Dover, Archbishop of Canterbury
902: Mary the Younger, Byzantine saint (b. 875)
549: Zhu Yi, Chinese general (b. 483)

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