February 24
On This Day in History: February 24 February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 310 days remain until the end of the year (311 in leap years).
Lottery News On This Day 2017 N.J. woman speechless after finding out she won $2 million . A New Jersey woman was rendered speechless when she was told she had won $2 million in Wednesday's Powerball jackpot — and her stunned reaction was captured on video.2017 Should a town that doesn't sell lottery tickets take in less lottery revenue? . In Massachusetts, an examination of a fundamental issue of fairness: Should a town that refuses to sell lottery tickets reap the benefits of tickets sold in other communities?2017 Man finds out he wins $1M after finally answering calls from Michigan Lottery . It took some time to track him down, but we now know who won a million dollars playing the Michigan Lottery. 2016 19-year-old shot over winning Kentucky lottery ticket . Two men are behind bars after being accused of shooting a 19-year-old for his winning lottery ticket two weeks ago near Churchill Downs.2015 N.C. Powerball lottery winner claims share of jackpot worth $188 million . The North Carolina woman holding one of three winning tickets for the Feb. 11 Powerball drawing has cashed in her ticket.2015 Illinois man claims $265 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot . Years of playing Quick Pick tickets every day paid off for 70-year-old Jesus Davila Jr. in January when he won $265 million -- the largest prize in Illinois Lottery history.2014 Colorado moves to forbid online lottery sales . The Colorado House gave initial approval to prohibiting the sale of lottery tickets online.2014 New Missouri Lottery game begins sales . A new Missouri Lottery Draw Game offers players three games with nine chances to win on a single ticket and a top prize of $250,000 cash.2014 How lottery tickets are helping states' budgets . Fueled by the growth of multi-state lottery games and the steady expansion of other offerings, many state lotteries last year reported record revenues and transfers to the state budgets and programs they helped fund.2012 Vermont Lottery director to step down . The Vermont Lottery Commission today announced that long-time Executive Director Alan Yandow would not seek another biannual appointment to the position.2011 Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $184 million . The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $184 million, with a cash option of $90.1 million.2009 Arkansas lottery bill nearing completion . The Arkansas Lottery bill dictating how the lottery operates and how the scholarships are funded and distributed has been in the works for months and is now nearing completion.2009 $50.3M lottery prize to be split 4 ways . There were four winning tickets sold for Saturday night's Canada Lotto 6/49 draw offering a jackpot prize of $50.3 million: one in Quebec and three in Ontario.2009 Illinois lottery has 1 winner in $4 million jackpot . The Illinois State Lottery says one player matched all six numbers in Monday night's Lotto drawing, earning a prize of $4 million.2008 South Georgia couple wins $270M Mega Millions lottery jackpot . The grand prize in this week's Mega Millions lottery drawing, $270 million, will go to one couple from South Georgia.2007 Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $216 million . The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $216 million, after none of the tickets sold for Friday night's $177 million drawing matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball number.2006 Texas lottery players want to get rid of 'bonus ball' . Players are letting the Texas Lottery Commission know in sometimes blunt and colorful language that they want the "bonus ball" to be bounced out of the Lotto game.2006 N.H. Lottery gets approval for $30 scratch tickets . New Hampshire lottery players will soon be able to press a vending machine button and buy a nation-leading $30 ticket if the state lottery commission has its way.2006 N.C. Lottery machines installed . Lottery machines are coming to counter tops at convenience stores around North Carolina.2006 N.C. Lottery may end video poker . The establishment of a state lottery in North Carolina will have no legal effect on video poker games in North Carolina, but it may be used as a means of curtailing the use of the video games.2006 Iowa lawmakers predict video lottery restrictions . The Iowa Legislature won't ban TouchPlay machines, but likely will restrict the spread of the machines, Senate Democratic Leader Michael Gronstal said Thursday.2006 Stores OK with releasing Iowa Lottery TouchPlay data . Iowa convenience store operators, whose sales information has been made public for years by the Iowa Lottery, say they won't try to block the release of financial information requested by The Des Moines Register about TouchPlay machines.2004 Eight win lottery thanks to fortune cookies . Eight people in Brazil won the lottery after getting the numbers from fortune cookies.2004 Scam sites offer bogus Hong Kong lottery tips . Websites in mainland China and Taiwan are offering to sell "inside information" on winning Hong Kong lottery numbers -- then vanishing before authorities can catch those behind them.2004 Final Mega Millions Tally: $239 Million . When the winner of the U.S. Mega Millions Lottery drawing comes forward they will get $239 million instead of the advertised $230 million Friday top prize.2004 Tenn. Lottery runs out of ticket terminals as drawings near . Tennessee Lottery officials are looking for more terminals to sell tickets, as the number of retailers that want to sell tickets is way beyond expectations.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $322 Million Draw Date
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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2016 Tara Air Flight 193 , a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone , while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport .2015 A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured. 2008 Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.2007 Japan launches its fourth spy satellite , stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea . 2006 Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.2004 The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent ). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced. 1996 Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami -based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force . 1991 Gulf War : Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq , thus beginning the ground phase of the war.1989 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa and offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie , author of The Satanic Verses 1989 United Airlines Flight 811 , bound for New Zealand from Honolulu , rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.1984 Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.1983 A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II. 1981 The 6.7 Ms Gulf of Corinth earthquake affected Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe ). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812 million. 1980 The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal. 1976 The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed. 1971 The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman. 1968 Vietnam War : The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué .1949 The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War . 1946 Colonel Juan Perón , founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism , is elected to his first term as President of Argentina . 1945 Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.1944 Merrill's Marauders : The Marauders begin their 1,000-mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma.1942 The Battle of Los Angeles : A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25. 1942 An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin" . 1920 The Nazi Party is founded. 1920 Nancy Astor became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.1918 Estonian Declaration of Independence .1917 World War I : The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram , in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico , Texas , and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.1916 The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients. 1895 Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba , beginning the Cuban War of Independence , that ends with the Spanish-American War in 1898.1881 China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty .1875 The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries. 1868 Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives . He is later acquitted in the Senate .1863 Arizona is organized as a United States territory .1854 A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution. 1848 King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.1831 The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek , the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act , is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West. 1826 The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War . 1822 The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad , is inaugurated. 1821 Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala . 1809 London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute. 1803 In Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review . 1739 Battle of Karnal : The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India , Muhammad Shah .1711 The London première of Rinaldo George Frideric Handel , the first Italian opera written for the London stage. 1607 L'Orfeo Claudio Monteverdi , one of the first works recognized as an opera , receives its première performance.1582 With the papal bull Inter gravissimas Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar . 1538 Treaty of Nagyvárad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya .1525 A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia . 1386 King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda . 1303 Battle of Roslin , of the First War of Scottish Independence .484 King Huneric removes the Christian bishops from their offices and banished some to Corsica . A few are martyred , including former proconsul Victorian along with Frumentius and other merchants . They are killed at Hadrumetum after refusing to become Arians . 🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1991 Madison Hubbell , American ice dancer1991 Semih Kaya , Turkish footballer1989 Trace Cyrus , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1988 Mathieu Baudry , French footballer1987 Kim Kyu-jong , South Korean singer, dancer, and actor1985 Nakash Aziz , Indian playback singer and music composer1984 Corey Graves , American wrestler and sportscaster1982 Nick Blackburn , American baseball player1982 Emanuel Villa , Argentinian footballer1982 Klára Koukalová , Czech tennis player1982 Fala Chen , Chinese actress and singer1981 Felipe Baloy , Panamanian footballer1981 Lleyton Hewitt , Australian tennis player1981 Mauro Rosales , Argentinian footballer1981 Mohammad Sami , Pakistani cricketer1980 Shinsuke Nakamura , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist1978 Gary , South Korean rapper and producer1978 Shinya , Japanese drummer and songwriter1978 John Nolan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1978 DeWayne Wise , American baseball player1978 Leon Constantine , English footballer1977 Jason Akermanis , Australian footballer and coach1977 Bronson Arroyo , American baseball player and singer1977 Floyd Mayweather, Jr. , American boxer1976 Crista Flanagan , American actress and screenwriter1976 Zach Johnson , American golfer1976 Bradley McGee , Australian cyclist and coach1976 Matt Skiba , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1976 Marco Campos , Brazilian Formula 3000 race car driver (d. 1995)1975 Ashley MacIsaac , Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler1974 Chad Hugo , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer1974 Mike Lowell , American baseball player and sportscaster1974 Bonnie Somerville , American actress1973 Stubby Clapp , Canadian baseball player and coach1973 Chris Fehn , American drummer1973 Alexei Kovalev , Russian ice hockey player and pilot1972 Teodor Currentzis , Greek conductor and composer1972 Manon Rhéaume , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1971 Josh Bernstein , American anthropologist, explorer, and author1971 Pedro de la Rosa , Spanish race car driver1971 Brian Savage , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1970 Jeff Garcia , American football player and coach1970 Neil Sullivan , English-Scottish footballer and coach1970 Jonathan Ward , American film actor1969 Kim Seung-woo , South Korean actor1968 Mitch Hedberg , American comedian and actor (d. 2005)1967 Brian Schmidt , Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1966 Billy Zane , American actor and producer1965 Paul Gruber , American football player1965 Jane Swift , American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts 1964 Russell Ingall , British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster1963 Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro 1963 Mike Vernon , Canadian ice hockey player1962 Michelle Shocked , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1959 Beth Broderick , American actress and director1959 Mike Whitney , Australian cricketer and television host1958 Sammy Kershaw , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1958 Mark Moses , American actor1956 Judith Butler , American philosopher, theorist, and author1956 Eddie Murray , American baseball player and coach1956 Paula Zahn , American journalist and producer1955 Steve Jobs , American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar (d. 2011)1955 Eddie Johnson , American basketball player1955 Alain Prost , French race car driver1954 Plastic Bertrand , Belgian singer-songwriter and producer1954 Judith Ortiz Cofer , Puerto Rican American award-winning author (d. 2016)1954 Sid Meier , Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series 1954 Mike Pickering , English DJ and saxophonist1953 Anatoli Kozhemyakin , Soviet footballer (d. 1974)1951 David Ford , Northern Irish social worker and politician1951 Derek Randall , English cricketer1951 Debra Jo Rupp , American actress1951 Helen Shaver , Canadian actress and director1951 Laimdota Straujuma , Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia 1950 Steve McCurry , American photographer and journalist1950 George Thorogood , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1948 Jayalalithaa , Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 2016)1948 Walter Smith , Scottish footballer and manager1948 Tim Staffell , English singer and guitarist1948 Dennis Waterman , English actor1947 Mike Fratello , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster1947 Rupert Holmes , English-American singer-songwriter and playwright1947 Edward James Olmos , American actor and director1946 Grigory Margulis , Russian mathematician and academic1945 Barry Bostwick , American actor and singer1944 Nicky Hopkins , English keyboard player (d. 1994)1944 Ivica Račan , Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)1943 Kent Haruf , American novelist (d. 2014)1943 Gigi Meroni , Italian footballer (d. 1967)1943 Pablo Milanés , Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist1943 Terry Semel , American businessman1942 Colin Bond , Australian race car driver1942 Paul Jones , English singer, harmonica player, and actor1942 Joe Lieberman , American lawyer and politician1942 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak , Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic1941 Joanie Sommers , American singer and actress1940 Pete Duel , American actor (d. 1971)1940 Jimmy Ellis , American boxer (d. 2014)1940 Denis Law , Scottish footballer and sportscaster1939 Jamal Nazrul Islam , Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013)1938 James Farentino , American actor (d. 2012)1938 Phil Knight , American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc. 1936 Guillermo O'Donnell , Argentine political scientist (d. 2011)1935 Ryhor Baradulin , Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)1934 Bettino Craxi , Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)1934 Renata Scotto , Italian soprano1933 Judah Folkman , American physician and biologist (d. 2008)1933 Ali Mazrui , Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 2014)1933 David "Fathead" Newman , American saxophonist and composer (d. 2009)1932 Michel Legrand , French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)1932 Zell Miller , American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (d. 2018)1932 John Vernon , Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)1931 Dominic Chianese , American actor and singer1931 Brian Close , English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)1930 Barbara Lawrence , American model and actress (d. 2013)1929 Kintaro Ohki , South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)1927 Emmanuelle Riva , French actress (d. 2017)1925 Bud Day , American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)1924 Hal Herring , American football player and coach (d. 2014)1924 Erik Nielsen , Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)1922 Richard Hamilton , English painter and academic (d. 2011)1922 Steven Hill , American actor (d. 2016)1921 Abe Vigoda , American actor (d. 2016)1919 John Carl Warnecke , American architect (d. 2010)1915 Jim Ferrier , Australian golfer (d. 1986)1914 Ralph Erskine , English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d. 2005)1914 Weldon Kees , American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)1909 August Derleth , American anthologist and author (d. 1971)1908 Telford Taylor , American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)1903 Vladimir Bartol , Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967)1900 Irmgard Bartenieff , German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (d. 1981)1898 Kurt Tank , German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)1896 Richard Thorpe , American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)1890 Marjorie Main , American actress (d. 1975)1885 Chester W. Nimitz , American admiral (d. 1966)1885 Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz , Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)1877 Rudolph Ganz , Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)1877 Ettie Rout , Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936)1874 Honus Wagner , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)1868 Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild , French financier and polo player (d. 1949)1852 George Moore , Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)1848 Andrew Inglis Clark , Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)1842 Arrigo Boito , Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)1837 Rosalía de Castro , Spanish poet (d. 1885)1836 Winslow Homer , American painter and illustrator (d. 1910)1835 Julius Vogel , English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899)1831 Leo von Caprivi , German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)1827 Lydia Becker , English-French activist (d. 1890)1788 Johan Christian Dahl , Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)1786 Martin W. Bates , American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)1786 Wilhelm Grimm , German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859)1774 Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)1767 Rama II of Siam (d. 1824)1762 Charles Frederick Horn , German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)1743 Joseph Banks , English botanist and explorer (d. 1820)1736 Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1806)1723 John Burgoyne , English general and politician (d. 1792)1721 John McKinly , Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (d. 1796)1709 Jacques de Vaucanson , French engineer (d. 1782)1670 Rajaram Raj Bhonsle , third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (d. 1700)1622 Johannes Clauberg , German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)1619 Charles Le Brun , French painter and theorist (d. 1690)1604 Arcangela Tarabotti , born Elena Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652)1595 Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski , Polish author and poet (d. 1640)1593 Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford , English soldier and courtier (d. 1625)1557 Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)1553 Cherubino Alberti , Italian engraver and painter (d. 1615)1545 John of Austria (d. 1578)1536 Pope Clement VIII (d. 1605)1500 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)1494 Johan Friis , Danish statesman (d. 1570)1463 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola , Italian philosopher (d. 1494)1413 Louis, Duke of Savoy (d. 1465)1103 Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2018 Sridevi , Indian actress (b. 1963)2016 Peter Kenilorea , Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)2016 Nabil Maleh , Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)2016 George C. Nichopoulos , American soldier and physician (b. 1927)2015 Mefodiy , Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949)2015 Rakhat Aliyev , Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962)2014 Franny Beecher , American guitarist (b. 1921)2014 Alexis Hunter , New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)2014 Carlos Páez Vilaró , Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)2014 Harold Ramis , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)2013 Virgil Johnson , American singer (b. 1935)2013 Con Martin , Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923)2012 Agnes Allen , American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930)2012 Oliver Wrong , English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925)2011 Anant Pai , Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929)2010 Dawn Brancheau , senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (b. 1969)2008 Larry Norman , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)2007 Bruce Bennett , American shot putter and actor (b. 1906)2007 Damien Nash , American football player (b. 1982)2006 Octavia E. Butler , American author and educator (b. 1947)2006 Don Knotts , American actor and comedian (b. 1924)2006 John Martin , Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (b. 1947)2006 Dennis Weaver , American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)2005 Coşkun Kırca , Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1927)2004 John Randolph , American actor (b. 1915)2002 Leo Ornstein , Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893)2001 Theodore Marier , American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (b. 1912)2001 Claude Shannon , American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (b. 1916)1999 Andre Dubus , American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1936)1998 Antonio Prohías , Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921)1998 Henny Youngman , English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906)1994 Jean Sablon , French singer and actor (b. 1906)1994 Dinah Shore , American actress and singer (b. 1916)1993 Danny Gallivan , Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917)1993 Bobby Moore , English footballer and manager (b. 1941)1991 John Daly , American journalist and game show host (b. 1914)1991 George Gobel , American actor (b. 1919)1991 Webb Pierce , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)1990 Tony Conigliaro , American baseball player (b. 1945)1990 Malcolm Forbes , American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)1990 Sandro Pertini , Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)1990 Johnnie Ray , American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)1986 Rukmini Devi Arundale , Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)1986 Tommy Douglas , Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)1982 Virginia Bruce , American actress (b. 1910)1978 Alma Thomas , American painter and educator (b.1891)1975 Hans Bellmer , German artist (b. 1902)1975 Nikolai Bulganin , Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)1974 Margaret Leech , American historian and author (b. 1895)1970 Conrad Nagel , American actor (b. 1897)1953 Robert La Follette Jr. , American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)1953 Gerd von Rundstedt , German field marshal (b. 1875)1930 Hermann von Ihering , German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)1929 André Messager , French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)1927 Edward Marshall Hall , English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)1925 Hjalmar Branting , Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)1914 Joshua Chamberlain , American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)1910 Osman Hamdi Bey , Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)1879 Shiranui Kōemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)1876 Joseph Jenkins Roberts , American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)1856 Nikolai Lobachevsky , Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)1825 Thomas Bowdler , English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)1815 Robert Fulton , American engineer (b. 1765)1812 Étienne-Louis Malus , French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)1810 Henry Cavendish , French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)1799 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg , German physicist and academic (b. 1742)1785 Carlo Buonaparte , Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746)1777 Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)1732 Francis Charteris , Scottish soldier (b. 1675)1721 John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby , English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)1714 Edmund Andros , English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)1704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier , French composer (b. 1643)1685 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (b. 1629)1666 Nicholas Lanier , English composer and painter (b. 1588)1588 Johann Weyer , Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)1580 Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel , English nobleman (b. 1511)1563 Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)1525 Jacques de La Palice , French nobleman and military officer (b. 1470)1525 Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet , French soldier (b. c. 1488)1525 Richard de la Pole , last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (b. 1480)1496 Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1445)1386 Charles III of Naples (b. 1345)1114 Thomas , archbishop of York1018 Borrell , bishop of Vic 951 Liu Yun , Chinese governor (jiedushi 616 Æthelberht of Kent (b. 560)🔽 Show All 
