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January 13

On This Day in History

January 13

January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 352 days remain until the end of the year (353 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Idaho man barely contained himself upon learning of $1 million lottery win while on work call. The first million-dollar winner of the Idaho Lottery's $1,000,000 Raffle had to keep his cool when he found out about the win while on a video conference call for work.
2022: Ireland National Lottery to hold must-win draw for €19 million jackpot. It's been seven months without a winner in the Ireland National Lottery's Lotto game, and Saturday, the capped €19.06 million (US$21.81 million) jackpot will finally be awarded to one (or more) lucky players.
2021: $750 MILLION: Second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in history to be drawn Friday. After 34 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of three-quarters of a billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet.
2020: UK National Lottery hacker jailed for nine months. A cyber-criminal has been jailed for nine months for committing offenses against the United Kingdom National Lottery.
2018: Connecticut Lottery to re-draw raffle Tuesday. The Connecticut Lottery Corp. has set Tuesday at 11 a.m. as the time for a do-over drawing to partly make up for a Jan. 1 fiasco in which nearly half the eligible tickets in the Super Draw game — 100,000 out of 214,601 sold at $10 each — were excluded by mistake.
2017: Older Pennsylvanians lose from lawmakers' raid on lottery fund. Pennsylvania is now six years into the glut of baby boomers aging into their senior years and it's taking a toll on the Pennsylvania Lottery, which pays for the programs that serve them.
2016: NJ restaurant workers mistakenly think they hit Powerball. Workers at one New Jersey restaurant cried tears of joy and shouted — one even quit his job — after they matched winning Powerball numbers with a lottery ticket they'd purchased for an office pool.
2016: Tennessee Lottery chief retrofits Powerball billboard to 'Billion'. With the record Powerball Jackpot climbing into the billions, Rebecca Hargrove, President and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery, decided to tackle the issue of the billboard's inability to display an amount that great.
2015: California gas station manager allegedly kept winning lottery scratchers. The former manager of a San Bruno, California, gas station was charged with theft for allegedly keeping winning California lottery scratch-off tickets for himself and selling customers losing ones.
2015: NJ Lottery adds 'Xtra' feature to Pick 6 game. New Jersey Lottery players now have the opportunity to increase their non-jackpot prizes by up to five times on the long-time favorite game, Pick 6, with the addition of the new Xtra feature.
2011: Clerk's lottery ticket error wins woman $1 million. Pamela Ivey won $1 million in the Mega Millions multi-state lottery after a store clerk accidentally added the game's multiplier feature to her ticket, which quadruples the amount the player can win.
2005: Powerball Lottery Jackpot Increased To $14 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $14 million, with a cash option of $7.5 million.
2005: Nebraska Powerball winner shares $30.9 million jackpot. A man who turned two one-dollar bills into a multi-million-dollar windfall in Nebraska has claimed the prize -- more than two weeks after learning he'd won.
2005: Arizona couple claims one-third of $31 million Powerball lottery prize. An Arizona couple says they will invest the $3.9 million - after taxes - they won in a recent Powerball drawing.
2005: Penn. woman wins $1 million with scratch-off lottery ticket. Donna Goeppert kissed a copy of her winning lottery ticket Wednesday, a day after the game had given her a big, fat, million-dollar smooch.
2005: Woman and two children claim $171 million Powerball lottery jackpot. Florence Ayers, a Jackson, Pennsylvania bookkeeper who claimed the $93.4 million lump-sum cash prize from a $171.4 million Powerball jackpot, knows how to keep a secret.
2005: Tennessee Lottery to finally reveal Lotto 5 jackpots. The Tennessee Lottery announced that it will remove some of the mystery from its Lotto 5 computerized game by giving players an estimated jackpot before each of the tri-weekly drawings.
2005: Texas attorney general gives up pursuit of lottery funds. The Texas attorney general's office has dropped efforts to make the state lottery commission reimburse it for $176,000 paid to a Las Vegas law firm hired by the state to draft a bill to legalize video slot machines.
2004: Inside Sources: Virginia Lottery to Slash Staff. LOTTERY POST EXCLUSIVE: According to unnamed sources, the Virginia Lottery is planning a series of cost-cutting moves that could send shock waves through its staff and the industry: the Virginia Lottery will be seeking bids to outsource all functions of its operations.
2004: Lotto Mania. Store owners along state line hope Alabamians bring greater success to Tennessee lottery.
2004: If you win a lottery prize, the IRS awaits. Winning a lottery prize may open the door to many financial opportunities, but it may also result in a significant federal income tax obligation. Keeping good records of your winnings and losses may help you lower the taxes you owe on lottery winnings.
2004: Tenn. lottery is ready to go, says CEO. A little more than a week before the first Tennessee lottery ticket is sold, CEO Rebecca Paul said the "infrastructure is ready" for a successful launch.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.59 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2016
2.$1.35 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2023
3.$750 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2021
4.$556.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2021
5.$397.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2023
6.€348.85 Million US$378.09 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2023
7.$325 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2022
8.$296 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2020
9.$246 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2015
10.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2024
11.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2015
12.€139.29 Million
US$159.66 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2022
13.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2007
14.$146 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2009
15.$137 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2017
16.€120 Million
US$130.58 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2024
17.€103 Million
US$124.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2006
18.$121 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2017
19.$112 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2019
20.$111 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2005
21.€91.28 Million
US$110.9 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2021
22.€90 Million
US$108.91 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2021
23.€90.97 Million
US$103.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2019
24.€84.71 Million
US$103.36 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2018
25.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2001: Goodbman253
Saturday, Jan 13, 2001
23 years old
1992: Kove
Monday, Jan 13, 1992
32 years old
1986: piayon28
Monday, Jan 13, 1986
38 years old
1986: Tabby cat
Monday, Jan 13, 1986
38 years old
1985: mtswinton85
Sunday, Jan 13, 1985
39 years old
1985: kettabee85
Sunday, Jan 13, 1985
39 years old
1985: rguayabo
Sunday, Jan 13, 1985
39 years old
1972: holiday
Thursday, Jan 13, 1972
52 years old
1970: dhunt
Tuesday, Jan 13, 1970
54 years old
1969: bandit
Monday, Jan 13, 1969
55 years old
1966: gittwitit
Thursday, Jan 13, 1966
58 years old
1964: nanolike
Monday, Jan 13, 1964
60 years old
1961: LuckOTheIrish
Friday, Jan 13, 1961
63 years old
1958: edgra58
Monday, Jan 13, 1958
66 years old
1957: novellaty
Sunday, Jan 13, 1957
67 years old
1956: ts123456
Friday, Jan 13, 1956
68 years old
1951: luckyme51
Saturday, Jan 13, 1951
73 years old
: cpny13
(year not provided)
: Domeman
(year not provided)
: Frozena
(year not provided)
: ahankamer7
(year not provided)
: Budaguy
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the January 6 United States Capitol attack one week prior.
2020: The Thai Ministry of Public Health confirms the first case of COVID-19 outside China.
2018: A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii causes widespread panic in the state.
2012: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths.
2001: An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
2000: A Short 360 aircraft chartered by the Sirte Oil Company crashes off the coast of Brega, Libya, killing 21.
1998: Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
1993: Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
1993: The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed.
1993: Operation Southern Watch: U.S.A.F., U.S.N., R.A.F. and French Air Force jets attack AAA and SAM sites in Southern Iraq.
1991: Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1,000 others.
1990: Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office as Governor of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia.
1988: Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
1986: A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
1985: A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
1982: Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
1978: United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
1977: Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045, a Douglas DC-8 jet, crashes onto the runway during takeoff from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, killing five.
1972: Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
1968: Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison.
1966: Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
1964: Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, in response to anti-Hindu riots in East Pakistan. About one hundred people are killed.
1964: In Manchester, New Hampshire, fourteen-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark Fourth Amendment case Coolidge v. New Hampshire (1971).
1963: Coup d'état in Togo results in the assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio.
1958: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
1953: An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
1951: First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.
1950: British submarine HMS Truculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
1950: Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
1942: Henry Ford patents a soybean car, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
1942: World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
1939: The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
1935: A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
1920: The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
1915: The 6.7 M_w Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978 and 32,610.
1908: The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
1900: To combat Czech nationalism, Emperor Franz Joseph decrees German will be language of the Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces.
1898: Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
1895: First Italo-Ethiopian War: The war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
1893: The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
1893: U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
1888: The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
1849: Establishment of the Colony of Vancouver Island.
1849: Second Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Chillianwala: British forces retreat from the Sikhs.
1847: The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
1842: Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
1840: The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
1833: United States President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President elect Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
1822: The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
1815: War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
1797: French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths.
1793: Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, is lynched by a mob in Rome.
1547: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.
1435: Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV.
532: The Nika riots break out, during the racing season at the Hippodrome in Constantinople, as a result of discontent with the rule of the Emperor Justinian I.
27 BC: Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.

Births On This Day

2003: Oksana Selekhmeteva, Russian tennis player
1997: Micah Hart, Canadian ice hockey player
1997: Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player
1997: Ivan Provorov, Russian ice hockey player
1997: Egan Bernal, Colombian cyclist, winner of the 2019 Tour de France
1997: Luis Díaz, Colombian footballer
1997: Douglas Augusto, Brazilian footballer
1995: Natalia Dyer, American actress
1993: Max Whitlock, English artistic gymnast
1992: Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer
1992: Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player
1991: Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer
1990: Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer
1990: Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
1989: Morgan Burnett, American football player
1989: Doug Martin, American football player
1989: Beau Mirchoff, Canadian-American actor
1988: Denis Donkervoort, Dutch racing driver
1988: Josh Freeman, American football player
1987: Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer
1987: Jack Johnson, American ice hockey player
1987: Florica Leonida, Romanian gymnast
1987: Steven Michaels, Australian rugby league player
1987: Daniel Oss, Italian cyclist
1987: Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
1986: Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
1985: Luke Robinson, American wrestler
1984: Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
1984: Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter
1984: Nick Mangold, American football player
1983: Ender Arslan, Turkish basketball player
1983: Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer
1983: Mauricio Martín Romero, Argentinian footballer
1982: Kamran Akmal, Pakistani cricketer
1982: Guillermo Coria, Argentinian tennis player
1982: Constantinos Makrides, Cypriot footballer
1982: Ruth Wilson, English actress
1981: Reggie Brown, American football player
1981: Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
1981: Yujiro Takahashi, Japanese wrestler
1980: Krzysztof Czerwiński, Polish organist and conductor
1980: Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
1980: Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
1980: Wolfgang Loitzl, Austrian ski jumper
1980: Mirko Soltau, German footballer
1979: Katy Brand, English actress and screenwriter
1978: Mohit Sharma, Indian Army Officer (d. 2009)
1978: Nate Silver, American journalist and statistician, developed PECOTA
1977: Orlando Bloom, English actor
1977: Mi-Hyun Kim, South Korean golfer
1977: Elliot Mason, English trombonist and keyboard player
1977: James Posey, American basketball player and coach
1976: Michael Peña, American actor
1976: Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer
1975: Rune Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1975: Mailis Reps, Estonian academic and politician, 31st Estonian Minister of Education and Research
1975: Andrew Yang, American entrepreneur, founder of Venture for America, and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
1974: Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player and coach
1973: Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player
1973: Gigi Galli, Italian race driver
1972: Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer and sportscaster
1972: Nicole Eggert, American actress
1972: Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
1970: Frank Kooiman, Dutch footballer
1970: Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
1970: Shonda Rhimes, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Stefania Belmondo, Italian skier
1969: Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player and journalist
1968: Mike Whitlow, English footballer and coach
1966: Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver
1966: Leo Visser, Dutch speed skater and pilot
1965: Bill Bailey, British musician and comedian
1964: Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
1962: Trace Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962: Paul Higgins, Canadian ice hockey player
1961: Wayne Coyne, American singer-songwriter and musician
1961: Kelly Hrudey, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1961: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, comedian, and producer
1960: Eric Betzig, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1960: Matthew Bourne, English choreographer and director
1959: Winnie Byanyima, Ugandan engineer, politician, and diplomat
1958: Francisco Buyo, Spanish footballer and manager
1958: Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (d. 2016)
1957: Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
1957: Mary Glindon, English lawyer and politician
1957: Mark O'Meara, American golfer
1957: Lorrie Moore, American short story writer
1955: Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1955: Jay McInerney, American novelist and critic
1955: Anne Pringle, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
1954: Richard Blackford, English composer
1954: Trevor Rabin, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1953: Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (d. 2012)
1952: Stephen Glover, English journalist, co-founded The Independent
1950: Clive Betts, English economist and politician
1950: Bob Forsch, American baseball player (d. 2011)
1950: Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1949: Rakesh Sharma, Indian commander, pilot, and cosmonaut
1949: Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
1948: Gaj Singh, Indian lawyer and politician
1947: Jacek Majchrowski, Polish historian, lawyer, and politician
1947: Carles Rexach, Spanish footballer and coach
1946: Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (d. 2004)
1946: Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish saxophonist, composer, and conductor
1945: Gordon McVie, English oncologist and author (d. 2021)
1945: Peter Simpson, English footballer
1943: William Duckworth, American composer and author (d. 2012)
1943: Richard Moll, American actor (d. 2023)
1941: Pasqual Maragall, Spanish academic and politician, 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
1941: Meinhard Nehmer, German bobsledder
1940: Edmund White, American novelist, memoirist, and essayist
1939: Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director
1939: Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
1939: Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
1938: Cabu, French cartoonist (d. 2015)
1938: Daevid Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1938: Richard Anthony, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1938: Charlie Brill, American actor, voice artist, and comedian
1938: Dave Edwards, American captain and politician (d. 2013)
1938: Billy Gray, American actor, competitive motorcycle racer and inventor
1938: Tord Grip, Swedish footballer and manager
1938: Anna Home, English children's television executive and producer
1937: Guy Dodson, New Zealand-English biochemist and academic (d. 2012)
1936: Renato Bruson, Italian opera singer
1933: Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (d. 2014)
1932: Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (d. 1994)
1931: Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984)
1931: Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, director, game show panelist, and television personality (d. 2007)
1931: Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (d. 2019)
1930: Frances Sternhagen, American actress (d. 2023)
1929: Joe Pass, American guitarist and composer (d. 1994)
1927: Brock Adams, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 2004)
1927: Liz Anderson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
1927: Sydney Brenner, South African biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
1926: Michael Bond, English author, created Paddington Bear (d. 2017)
1926: Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (d. 2003)
1926: Melba Liston, American trombonist and composer (d. 1999)
1925: Rosemary Murphy, American actress (d. 2014)
1925: Vanita Smythe, American singer and actress (d. 1994)
1925: Ron Tauranac, Australian engineer and businessman (d. 2020)
1925: Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
1924: Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
1924: Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2011)
1923: Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997)
1923: Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch runner (d. 2003)
1922: Albert Lamorisse, French director and producer (d. 1970)
1921: Necati Cumalı, Greek-Turkish author and poet (d. 2001)
1921: Dachine Rainer, American-English author and poet (d. 2000)
1921: Arthur Stevens, English footballer (d. 2007)
1919: Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
1914: Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (d. 2006)
1914: Ted Willis, Baron Willis, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1911: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
1910: Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter and illustrator (d. 1989)
1909: Helm Glöckler, German race car driver (d. 1993)
1906: Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist, sinologist, and academic (d. 2017)
1905: Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
1905: Jack London, English sprinter and pianist (d. 1966)
1904: Richard Addinsell, English composer (d. 1977)
1904: Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer (d. 1992)
1904: Dick Rowley, Irish footballer (d. 1984)
1902: Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (d. 1985)
1901: A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian (d. 1991)
1901: Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish priest and historian (d. 1978)
1900: Shimizugawa Motokichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1967)
1900: Gertrude Mary Cox, American mathematician (d. 1978)
1893: Charles Arnison, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1974)
1893: Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (d. 1963)
1893: Clark Ashton Smith, American poet, sculptor, painter, and author (d. 1961)
1893: Chaïm Soutine, Belarusian-French painter (d. 1943)
1892: Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer (d. 1976)
1890: Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1945)
1886: Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1964)
1886: Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress (d. 1966)
1885: Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company (d. 1973)
1883: Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (d. 1967)
1881: Essington Lewis, Australian engineer and businessman (d. 1961)
1878: Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1967)
1870: Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist and anatomist (d. 1959)
1869: Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (d. 1931)
1866: Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian bassoon player and composer (d. 1901)
1865: Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
1864: Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
1861: Max Nonne, German neurologist and academic (d. 1959)
1859: Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1943)
1858: Oskar Minkowski, Lithuanian-German biologist and academic (d. 1931)
1845: Félix Tisserand, French astronomer and academic (d. 1896)
1832: Horatio Alger, Jr., American novelist and journalist (d. 1899)
1812: Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
1810: Ernestine Rose, American suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker (d. 1892)
1808: Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
1805: Thomas Dyer, American lawyer and politician, 18th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
1804: Paul Gavarni, French illustrator (d. 1866)
1787: John Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)
1749: Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright (d. 1825)
1720: Richard Hurd, English bishop (d. 1808)
1683: Christoph Graupner, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1760)
1672: Lucy Filippini, Italian teacher and saint (d. 1732)
1651: Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1694)
1616: Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic and author (d. 1680)
1610: Maria Anna of Bavaria, archduchess of Austria (d. 1665)
1596: Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 1656)
1562: Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier (d. 1601)
1505: Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)
1477: Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (d. 1527)
1400: Infante John, Constable of Portugal (d. 1442)
1381: Colette of Corbie, French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (d. 1447)
1338: Jeong Mong-ju, Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (d. 1392)
1334: Henry II, king of Castile and León (d. 1379)
915: Al-Hakam II, Umayyad caliph (d. 976)
101: Lucius Aelius, Roman adopted son of Hadrian (d. 138)
5 BC: Guangwu of Han, Chinese emperor (d. 57)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Bryan Monroe, American journalist and educator, (b. 1965)
2020: Philip Tartaglia, Scottish prelate, Catholic archbishop of Glasgow (b. 1951)
2019: Phil Masinga, South African footballer (b. 1969)
2017: Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (b. 1930)
2017: Dick Gautier, American actor (b. 1931)
2017: Magic Alex, Greek electronics engineer (b. 1942)
2016: Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director (b. 1935)
2016: Giorgio Gomelsky, Georgian-American director, producer, songwriter, and manager (b. 1934)
2016: Lawrence Phillips, American football player (b. 1975)
2015: Mark Juddery, Australian journalist and author (b. 1971)
2015: Robert White, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Paraguay (b. 1926)
2014: Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1931)
2014: Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (b. 1978)
2014: Waldemar von Gazen, German general and lawyer (b. 1917)
2013: Diogenes Allen, American philosopher and theologian (b. 1932)
2013: Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (b. 1924)
2013: Chia-Chiao Lin, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
2012: Rauf Denktaş, Turkish-Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (b. 1924)
2012: Guido Dessauer, German physicist and engineer (b. 1915)
2012: Miljan Miljanić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2011: Albert Heijn, Dutch businessman (b. 1927)
2010: Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
2009: Dai Llewellyn, Welsh socialite and politician (b. 1946)
2009: Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
2009: Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese poet, composer, and producer (b. 1925)
2009: W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (b. 1926)
2009: Nancy Bird Walton, Australian pilot (b. 1915)
2008: Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)
2007: Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
2007: Danny Oakes, American race car driver (b. 1911)
2006: Frank Fixaris, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1934)
2006: Marc Potvin, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1967)
2005: Earl Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1915)
2005: Nell Rankin, American soprano and actress (b. 1924)
2004: Arne Næss, Jr., Norwegian businessman and mountaineer (b. 1937)
2003: Norman Panama, American director and screenwriter (b. 1914)
2002: Frank Shuster, Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1995: Max Harris, Australian journalist, poet, and author (b. 1921)
1993: Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer and conductor (b. 1907)
1988: Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
1986: Abdul Fattah Ismail, Yemeni educator and politician, 4th President of South Yemen (b. 1939)
1986: Kevin Longbottom, Australian rugby league player (b. 1940)
1983: René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1904)
1982: Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1980: Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (b. 1901)
1979: Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
1979: Marjorie Lawrence, Australian-American soprano (b. 1907)
1978: Hubert Humphrey, American pharmacist, academic, and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
1978: Joe McCarthy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
1977: Henri Langlois, Turkish-French historian, co-founded the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914)
1976: Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)
1974: Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1906)
1974: Salvador Novo, Mexican playwright and poet (b. 1904)
1973: Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Turkish screenwriter and producer (b. 1908)
1971: Robert Still, English composer and educator (b. 1910)
1967: Anatole de Grunwald, Russian-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
1963: Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese businessman and politician, President of Togo (b. 1902)
1962: Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (b. 1919)
1958: Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)
1958: Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
1957: A. E. Coppard English poet and short story writer (b. 1878)
1956: Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
1949: Aino Aalto, Finnish architect and designer (b. 1894)
1943: Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)
1941: James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1882)
1934: Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist and chemist (b. 1860)
1929: Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
1929: H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)
1924: Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)
1923: Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
1916: Victoriano Huerta, Mexican military officer and president, 1913-1914 (b. 1850)
1915: Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)
1907: Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)
1906: Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)
1889: Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
1885: Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
1882: Wilhelm Mauser, German engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mauser Company (b. 1834)
1872: William Scamp, English architect and engineer (b. 1801)
1864: Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)
1860: William Mason, American surgeon and politician (b. 1786)
1838: Ferdinand Ries, German pianist and composer (b. 1784)
1832: Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founded Lord's Cricket Ground (b. 1755)
1796: John Anderson, Scottish philosopher and educator (b. 1726)
1790: Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, French admiral (b. 1712)
1775: Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (b. 1693)
1717: Maria Sibylla Merian, German entomologist and illustrator (b. 1647)
1691: George Fox, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1624)
1684: Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk, English nobleman (b. 1628)
1625: Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)
1612: Jane Dormer, English lady-in-waiting (b. 1538)
1599: Edmund Spenser, English poet, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1552)
1400: Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (b. 1373)
1363: Meinhard III, German nobleman (b. 1344)
1330: Frederick I, duke and king of Germany
1321: Bonacossa Borri, Italian noblewoman (b. 1254)
1177: Henry II, count palatine and duke of Austria (b. 1107)
1151: Suger, French historian and politician (b. 1081)
1147: Robert de Craon, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
1001: Fujiwara no Teishi, Japanese empress (b. 977)
927: Berno of Cluny, Frankish monk and abbot
888: Charles the Fat, Frankish king and emperor (b. 839)
858: Æthelwulf, king of Wessex
703: Jitō, Japanese empress (b. 645)
614: Mungo, English-Scottish bishop and saint
533: Remigius, French bishop and saint (b. 437)
86 BC: Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)

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