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February 21

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February 21

February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 313 days remain until the end of the year (314 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: DC man sues the lottery after incorrect numbers posted on website would have won him $340 million. A Washington, D.C. man who thought he had won a $340 million Powerball jackpot is suing the lottery and other companies related to the Powerball game after the district's website displayed the wrong winning numbers, which happened to match the numbers on his ticket.
2023: New Mexico lawmakers introduce bill to end lottery. A bill introduced to New Mexico state legislature proposed the idea of ending the New Mexico Lottery entirely.
2022: 91-year-old Michigan man wins $1 million from scratch-off lottery ticket. A 91-year-old Michigan man picked out a ticket from one of his favorite Michigan Lottery games and instantly won a $1 million top prize.
2021: Maryland man wins $50,000 twice after switching up his lottery game. There's another winner in the state of Maryland, and this time he's taking home a $50,000 jackpot to compliment the first $50,000 prize he picked up from a different scratch-off.
2019: NM Lottery Pick 4 computerized drawing glitch made many tickets worthless. When the New Mexico Lottery introduced its latest lottery draw game, Pick 4, in early February, players had no idea that many of the tickets they purchased were completely worthless with no chance of winning.
2019: N.J. weighs keeping lottery winners anonymous. New Jersey lawmakers are looking to protect state lottery winners from potential moochers and scammers by allowing them to remain anonymous.
2019: Irish family celebrate after record €175 million lottery win. A family from a village outside Dublin, Ireland, has claimed a €175 million (US$198.7 million) EuroMillions jackpot after stashing the winning ticket in an Argos catalog under a mattress.
2014: Man wins $200,000 playing Pick 4. A retired electronics technician from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, won $200,000 in Thursday's evening drawing of the Iowa Lottery's Pick 4 game.
2013: Maryland family claims $26M Mega Millions lottery jackpot. A grandmother-of-two from Mt. Airy, Maryland, won a $26 million Mega Millions jackpot hours after her fiancée told her they were going to wake up as millionaires.
2013: Man wins $7.2 million playing slots in friend's memory after funeral. A Michigan man went to Mississippi for a friend's funeral last week, and came back a multimillionaire.
2012: Focus group member is first winner of new Kentucky Lottery game. A member of a focus group that looked at various game concepts for the Kentucky Lottery turned out to be the first big winner of one of the games he evaluated.
2011: Estranged husband of N.Y. Lottery winner to sue for his share. The estranged husband of the Irishwoman who won a $21.5 million New York Lottery jackpot is set to sue her for his share of the winnings.
2007: Indiana Lottery privitization takes big step forward. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to privatize the state lottery took a major step forward Tuesday when a key Senate fiscal panel narrowly approved the proposal.
2007: Indiana Lottery sell-off advances in state Senate. A Senate committee approved legislation yesterday to privatize the Hoosier Lottery after university officials said they needed the money it would generate to attract top researchers and boost life sciences.
2006: New N.C. Lottery ad agency picked after earlier winner withdraws. The North Carolina lottery hired a new ad agency Tuesday to promote its games -- now less than six weeks from the start -- after the agency that originally won the job refused to put up a $500,000 bond to ensure its vendors were paid.
2006: Record Powerball lottery winner gets endorsement offer. Although yet to be identified, the newest millionaire in the U.S. has already received a first commercial endorsement offer.
2006: Tennessee lottery player wins $1.2 million Powerball prize. A player in Manchester, Tennessee, will win $1.2 million after Saturday night's Powerball drawing.
2006: Ardmore Powerball Lottery Ticket Worth $667,142. A ticket bought in Ardmore, Oklahoma is worth $667,142 from the record Powerball drawing, Oklahoma Lottery officials say.
2006: Kentucky couple hopes to finish house with lottery winnings. A Kentucky couple who bought five Powerball tickets after celebrating their 12th wedding anniversary got a surprise gift the next day.
2006: Co-workers split lottery mini-jackpot. A group of 20 laboratory employees at Medical Associates in Clinton, Iowa, got great news Sunday morning when they learned they will share a $667,142 prize in Saturday's Powerball drawing.
2005: Tennessee bill would prohibit sales of lottery tickets on Sundays. A Tennesse Democrat duo is sponsoring a bill that would forbid the sale of lottery tickets in the State of Tennessee on Sundays.
2005: Winning Florida Lotto ticket sold in Cape Coral. A Cape Coral, Florida shopper bought the only winning ticket in Saturday's $14 million Florida Lotto jackpot, lottery officials announced Sunday.
2005: Officials form lottery pool in attempt to clear town's debt. Local officials in a small German town are banking on a lottery win to keep the local council from going bust.
2005: Survey: Few lottery winners go wild. Few big winners go on a major spending spree or subject their winnings to big investment risks, according to a survey by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. Of 260 people who won at least $1 million between 1991 and 2003.
2005: Penn. officials study slots' effect on lottery revenues. Pennsylvania state senators pressed state Revenue Secretary Greg Fajt last week on the whether the imminent arrival of slot machines will harm the Pennsylvania Lottery.
2005: Group fearful of lottery in Alabama. A Washington, D.C.-based public policy group called The Tax Foundation issued warnings about a new lottery campaign aimed at Alabamians.
2004: Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Virginia. One lucky ticket-holder in Virginia managed to beat the odds to become the sole winner of the record $230 million Mega Millions jackpot.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$525 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2024
2.$435.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 22, 2017
3.$350.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 21, 2024
4.$304 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2019
5.$275 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 22, 2008
6.€210 Million US$255.21 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2021
7.$246 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 21, 2018
8.$236 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2016
9.$224 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 22, 2019
10.€174 Million
US$214 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2018
11.$204 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2018
12.€160.21 Million
US$181.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 22, 2022
13.$177 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2007
14.$175 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 21, 2006
15.$172 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 21, 2014
16.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2011
17.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2009
18.€111.52 Million
US$135.53 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2021
19.€103.1 Million
US$126.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 22, 2018
20.$125 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 21, 2009
21.€108.55 Million
US$123.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 21, 2019
22.$115 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2008
23.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2016
24.$112 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2015
25.$104 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 21, 2023

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2003: Tommyd313
Friday, Feb 21, 2003
21 years old
1993: Fugar divine
Sunday, Feb 21, 1993
31 years old
1984: Dannlife
Tuesday, Feb 21, 1984
40 years old
1983: Blessed314
Monday, Feb 21, 1983
41 years old
1983: diddy83
Monday, Feb 21, 1983
41 years old
1979: LadyHebrew
Wednesday, Feb 21, 1979
45 years old
1977: getthismoneydiv
Monday, Feb 21, 1977
47 years old
1976: ambelamba
Saturday, Feb 21, 1976
48 years old
1974: Megami
Thursday, Feb 21, 1974
50 years old
1973: Jan1873
Wednesday, Feb 21, 1973
51 years old
1971: Cassaundrag
Sunday, Feb 21, 1971
53 years old
1970: Princess28!
Saturday, Feb 21, 1970
54 years old
1970: Rayne
Saturday, Feb 21, 1970
54 years old
1968: Crossthreads
Wednesday, Feb 21, 1968
56 years old
1968: Bobbyt8882
Wednesday, Feb 21, 1968
56 years old
1965: bobmakin2
Sunday, Feb 21, 1965
59 years old
1965: fisky
Sunday, Feb 21, 1965
59 years old
1962: nods
Wednesday, Feb 21, 1962
62 years old
1960: bercomic
Sunday, Feb 21, 1960
64 years old
1958: dynodyno
Friday, Feb 21, 1958
66 years old
1958: bettyd
Friday, Feb 21, 1958
66 years old
1956: krissy2
Tuesday, Feb 21, 1956
68 years old
1951: four4me
Wednesday, Feb 21, 1951
73 years old
1945: RastaGypsy
Wednesday, Feb 21, 1945
79 years old
: win4life
(year not provided)
: blessed221
(year not provided)
: Juuju2
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: In the Russo-Ukrainian crisis Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.
2013: At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
1995: Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
1994: Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.
1975: Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.
1974: The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
1973: Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.
1972: United States President Richard Nixon visits China to normalize Sino-American relations.
1972: The Soviet uncrewed spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
1971: The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
1958: The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
1952: The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
1952: The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
1948: NASCAR is incorporated.
1947: In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
1945: World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea and damage the USS Saratoga.
1945: World War II: the Brazilian Expeditionary Force defeat the German forces in the Battle of Monte Castello on the Italian front.
1937: The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
1929: In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
1925: The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
1921: Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
1921: Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
1919: German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
1918: The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
1916: World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
1913: Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
1896: An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
1885: The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
1878: The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
1874: The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
1862: American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory.
1848: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
1842: John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
1828: Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah.
1808: Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish War, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.
1804: The first self-propelling steam locomotive makes its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales.
1797: A force of 1,400 French soldiers invaded Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They were defeated by 500 British reservists.
1613: Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
1440: The Prussian Confederation is formed.
1245: Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
452: (or 453) Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine.

Births On This Day

1999: Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, Thai actor and singer
1996: Noah Rubin, American tennis player
1996: Sophie Turner, English actress
1994: Tang Haochen, Chinese tennis player
1994: Shon Seung-wan, South Korean singer
1993: Steve Leo Beleck, Cameroonian footballer
1993: Davy Klaassen, Dutch footballer
1991: Joe Alwyn, English actor
1991: Riyad Mahrez, Algerian footballer
1991: Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer
1991: Devon Travis, American baseball player
1990: Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player
1989: Corbin Bleu, American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter
1987: Elliot Page, Canadian actor
1987: Eniola Aluko, English footballer
1986: Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
1985: Georgios Samaras, Greek footballer
1984: Andrew Ellis, New Zealand rugby player
1984: David Odonkor, German footballer
1984: Marco Paoloni, Italian footballer
1984: James Wisniewski, American ice hockey player
1983: Braylon Edwards, American football player
1983: Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player
1983: Mélanie Laurent, French actress
1982: Andre Barrett, American basketball player
1982: Chantal Claret, American singer-songwriter
1982: Tebogo Jacko Magubane, South African DJ and producer
1980: Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player
1980: Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1980: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 5th King of Bhutan
1979: Pascal Chimbonda, Guadeloupean-French footballer
1979: Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and producer
1979: Carly Colón, Puerto Rican professional wrestler
1979: Jordan Peele, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1977: Steve Francis, American basketball player
1977: Rhiannon Giddens, American musician
1976: Ryan Smyth, Canadian ice hockey player
1976: Michael McIntyre, English comedian, actor and television presenter
1975: Scott Miller, Australian swimmer
1974: Iván Campo, Spanish footballer
1973: Heri Joensen, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973: Brian Rolston, American ice hockey player and coach
1971: Pierre Fulke, Swedish golfer
1970: Michael Slater, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1969: James Dean Bradfield, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Aunjanue Ellis, American actress and producer
1969: Petra Kronberger, Austrian skier
1969: Tony Meola, American soccer player and manager
1969: Cathy Richardson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Leroy Burrell, American runner and coach
1967: Sari Essayah, Finnish athlete and politician
1965: Mark Ferguson, Australian journalist
1964: Mark Kelly, United States Senator, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1964: Scott Kelly, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1963: William Baldwin, American actor
1963: Ranking Roger, English singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2019)
1963: Greg Turner, New Zealand golfer
1962: Chuck Palahniuk, American novelist and journalist
1962: David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2008)
1961: Christopher Atkins, American actor and businessman
1961: Elliot Hirshman, American psychologist and academic
1960: Plamen Oresharski, Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1959: José María Cano, Spanish singer-songwriter and painter
1958: Jake Burns, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Alan Trammell, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1955: Kelsey Grammer, American actor, singer, and producer
1954: Christina Rees, British politician
1953: William Petersen, American actor and producer
1952: Jean-Jacques Burnel, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
1952: Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat, former Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations (d. 2017)
1951: Vince Welnick, American keyboard player (d. 2006)
1950: Sahle-Work Zewde, Ethiopian president
1949: Frank Brunner, American illustrator
1949: Jerry Harrison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1949: Ronnie Hellström, Swedish footballer (d. 2022)
1948: Bill Slayback, American baseball player and singer (d. 2015)
1947: Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947: Olympia Snowe, American politician
1946: Tyne Daly, American actress and singer
1946: Anthony Daniels, English actor and producer
1946: Alan Rickman, English actor and director (d. 2016)
1946: Bob Ryan, American journalist and author
1945: Maurice Bembridge, English golfer
1943: David Geffen, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records
1942: Tony Martin, Trinidadian-American historian and academic (d. 2013)
1942: Margarethe von Trotta, German actress, director, and screenwriter
1940: Peter Gethin, English racing driver (d. 2011)
1940: John Lewis, American activist and politician (d. 2020)
1938: Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter (d. 2020)
1938: Kel Tremain, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1992)
1937: Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (d. 2015)
1937: Harald V of Norway
1936: Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1996)
1935: Richard A. Lupoff, American author (d. 2020)
1935: Mark McManus, Scottish actor (d. 1994)
1934: Rue McClanahan, American actress (d. 2010)
1933: Bob Rafelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
1933: Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2003)
1929: Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1927: Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (d. 1996)
1925: Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1925: Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)
1924: Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
1924: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (d. 2019)
1924: Dorothy Blum, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (d. 1980)
1921: John Rawls, American philosopher and academic (d. 2002)
1921: Richard T. Whitcomb, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009)
1921: Zdeněk Miler, Czech animator (d. 2011)
1917: Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (d. 1996)
1917: Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
1915: Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (d. 1964)
1915: Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer (d. 1967)
1915: Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (d. 2017)
1914: Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (d. 1999)
1914: Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 1965)
1914: Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1944)
1912: Arline Judge, American actress and singer (d. 1974)
1910: Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot (d. 1982)
1909: Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015)
1907: W. H. Auden, British-American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)
1903: Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist (d. 1977)
1903: Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (d. 1976)
1902: Arthur Nock, English theologian and academic (d. 1963)
1900: Jeanne Aubert, French singer and actress (d. 1988)
1896: Nirala, Indian poet and author (d. 1961)
1895: Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
1894: Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic (d. 1955)
1893: Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (d. 1979)
1893: Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)
1892: Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1949)
1888: Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (d. 1965)
1887: Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War (d. 1945)
1885: Sacha Guitry, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1957)
1881: Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (d. 1945)
1878: Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)
1875: Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever (d. 1997)
1867: Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist (d. 1934)
1865: John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (d. 1967)
1860: Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor and academic (d. 1952)
1844: Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (d. 1937)
1836: Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (d. 1891)
1821: Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons (d. 1871)
1817: José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1893)
1801: John Henry Newman, English cardinal (d. 1890)
1794: Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico (d. 1876)
1791: Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1857)
1788: Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph (d. 1873)
1783: Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1835)
1728: Peter III of Russia (d. 1762)
1705: Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician (d. 1781)
1621: Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (d. 1692)
1609: Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian military commander (d. 1680)
1556: Sethus Calvisius, German astronomer, composer, and theorist (d. 1615)
1541: Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1599)
1498: Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, English Earl (d. 1549)
1484: Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1535)
1462: Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile (d. 1530)
1397: Isabella of Portugal (d. 1471)
921: Abe no Seimei, Japanese astrologer (d. 1005)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Mireya Arboleda, Colombian classical pianist (b. 1928)
2021: Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (b. 1958)
2019: Stanley Donen, American film director (b. 1924)
2019: Peter Tork, American musician and actor (b. 1942)
2018: Billy Graham, American evangelist (b. 1918)
2017: Jeanne Martin Cissé, Guinean teacher and politician (b. 1926)
2016: Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (b. 1919)
2015: Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1931)
2015: Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (b. 1943)
2015: Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (b. 1920)
2014: Héctor Maestri, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1935)
2014: Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (b. 1985)
2014: Cornelius Schnauber, German-American historian, playwright, and academic (b. 1939)
2013: Hasse Jeppson, Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
2012: H. M. Darmstandler, American general (b. 1922)
2011: Dwayne McDuffie, American author and screenwriter, co-founded Milestone Media (b. 1962)
2011: Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (b. 1926)
2008: Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
2005: Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1929)
2005: Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1929)
2004: John Charles, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931)
2002: John Thaw, English actor and producer (b. 1942)
1999: Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
1999: Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (b. 1914)
1999: Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (b. 1930)
1996: Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
1995: Robert Bolt, English dramatist (b. 1924)
1994: Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (b. 1913)
1993: Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (b. 1888)
1991: Dorothy Auchterlonie Green, Australian poet, critic, and academic (b. 1915)
1991: Nutan, Indian actress (b. 1936)
1986: Helen Hooven Santmyer, American novelist (b. 1895)
1985: Louis Hayward, South African-American actor (b. 1909)
1984: Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
1982: Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1897)
1980: Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (b. 1914)
1974: Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons (b. 1930)
1972: Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
1972: Bronislava Nijinska, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
1972: Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (b. 1884)
1968: Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
1967: Charles Beaumont, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)
1965: Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925)
1958: Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
1947: Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (b. 1881)
1946: José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
1945: Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
1944: Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French racing driver (b. 1873)
1941: Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
1938: George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
1934: Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
1926: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
1919: Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
1918: Incas, last known Carolina parakeet (h. fl. 1885)
1891: James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
1888: William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
1862: Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
1846: Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
1829: Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
1824: Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)
1821: Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
1730: Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
1715: Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637)
1677: Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
1595: Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (b. 1561)
1590: Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
1572: Cho Shik, Korean poet and scholar (d. 1501)
1554: Hieronymus Bock, German botanist and physician (b. 1498)
1543: Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Somalian general (b. 1507)
1513: Pope Julius II (b. 1443)
1471: Jan Rokycana, Czech bishop and theologian (b. 1396)
1437: James I of Scotland (b. 1394; assassinated)
1267: Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus
1184: Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese shōgun (b. 1154)
675: Randoald of Grandval, prior of the Benedictine monastery of Grandval
4 AD: Gaius Caesar, Roman consul and grandson of Augustus (b. 20 BC)

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