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January 28

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January 28

January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 337 days remain until the end of the year (338 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2022: VIDEO: Why we hate computerized drawings. If you know Lottery Post, you know we hate computerized drawings, but it's not that we dislike computers and technology… so why all the hate?
2022: New York Lottery legend Yolanda Vega retires after 32 years. Famed New York Lottery television host and personality Yolanda Vega has retired after more than three decades delivering the winning numbers (and checks) to players across the state.
2021: Virginia woman wins $1 million playing the lottery for the "last time". A player from Virginia is glad she didn't stop playing the lottery too early after she won $1 million from a scratch-off ticket that was supposed to be her last.
2021: Multi-state lottery games make North Carolina players millionaires overnight. Two lucky North Carolina residents are among the dozens of millionaires created by Mega Millions and Powerball drawings in the past week — under some rather unique circumstances.
2020: Nebraska weighing anonymity for lottery winners. A Nebraska legislator has introduced a bill that would allow Nebraska Lottery players who win $300,000 or more to remain anonymous, blocking their names from being released by creating a new exemption to the Nebraska Public Records laws.
2020: Alabama lawmaker tries again with new lottery proposal. An Alabama lawmaker says he plans to propose an amendment to the state's constitution to put an education lottery on the ballot for citizens to vote on in November.
2019: Iowa lottery lawsuit granted class action, affecting 7.2 million tickets in 19 states. A judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit that claims people who purchased at least 7.2 million lottery tickets in 19 states were scammed by a former national lottery IT director who worked in Iowa.
2017: $188 million winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in California. A lottery ticket with all six winning numbers in the latest multi-state Mega Millions draw was sold just inside the California border and its owner must decide whether to receive the $188 million jackpot in 30 installments or its $113.6 million cash value, the California Lottery announced today.
2014: Iowa and Minnesota lotteries kick off new multi-state game. The Minnesota and Iowa state lotteries have unveiled a new two-state game in which players win the prize by matching all of the numbers -- or none of them.
2011: Wyoming lawmakers moving to start lottery. A bill that would allow the Cowboy State to start a state lottery or join a multi-state lottery game like Powerball cleared its first step in the House on Thursday.
2011: N.J. looks to be first in nation with online lottery sales. In New Jersey, proposed legislation seeks to increase the lottery's profits by allowing gamblers to buy tickets online directly from the lottery.
2011: Lottery scam victims finally get $12.5M jackpot. They had to wait seven years, but seven Ontario men each collected checks for more than $2 million Thursday, their share of a lottery win originally awarded to a woman now facing fraud charges.
2011: Long Island waitress wins $21.5M Lotto jackpot. A struggling Long Island waitress and single mother of three young boys who hails from Ireland scored a $21.5 million Lotto jackpot, New York Lottery officials announced yesterday.
2010: Police: Fla. Lotto winner buried under concrete. Human remains found buried under recently added concrete at a home in Plant City, Florida, are likely those of missing lottery millionaire Abraham Shakespeare, police said Thursday.
2010: Woman killed by car after celebrating lottery win. A woman was hit and killed by a car after celebrating her winnings in the lottery game show Cash Explosion Double Play.
2005: New bill attempts to create a lottery in N.C.. The legislative session is just two days old, but North Carolina lawmakers are already at odds over a state lottery.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $73 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $73 million Wednesday.
2004: Audit finds misuse of Colorado Lottery fund. Colorado state leaders Tuesday unveiled plans to curb "substantial problems" uncovered by a newly released audit of Colorado's conservation trust fund, a multimillion-dollar pot of lottery profits that is supposed to pay for parks and recreation.
2004: New York Lottery Director Named. Niskayuna resident Nancy Palumbo has been named to head New York state's Division of the Lottery.
2004: Tennessee Lottery rakes in $41.3M in first week. What a difference a week makes: for the Tennessee Lottery, almost $41.3 million.
2004: Final Penn. Super 6 Lotto Drawing Increases Prizes for 70,518 Players. Because no one matched all six numbers drawn in the final Super 6 Lotto drawing Tuesday night, the $8,115,513 million cash jackpot prize rolled down into the lower prize tiers for the game, awarding 70,518 players enhanced prizes.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$576.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2023
2.$426 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2022
3.$394 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2020
4.€358.51 Million US$389.66 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2023
5.$311 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2024
6.$261 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2015
7.€183 Million US$220.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2006
8.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2017
9.$174.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2024
10.$174 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2019
11.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2014
12.€147.64 Million
US$164.6 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2022
13.€143 Million
US$154.93 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2024
14.$151 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2013
15.$146 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2012
16.$144 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2010
17.€131 Million
US$142.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2016
18.$141 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2020
19.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2006
20.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 31, 2018
21.€98 Million
US$121.54 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2018
22.€98.2 Million
US$118.95 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2021
23.€107.47 Million
US$116.61 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 31, 2023
24.€92.02 Million
US$114.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2018
25.€90 Million
US$112.22 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1985: yahiyasultan
Monday, Jan 28, 1985
39 years old
1983: brw1983
Friday, Jan 28, 1983
41 years old
1979: NICOLE $045
Sunday, Jan 28, 1979
45 years old
1977: Shan8540
Friday, Jan 28, 1977
47 years old
1974: MzMoney941
Monday, Jan 28, 1974
50 years old
1973: Chella36
Sunday, Jan 28, 1973
51 years old
1973: Chella
Sunday, Jan 28, 1973
51 years old
1973: aalleyne
Sunday, Jan 28, 1973
51 years old
1973: missmari
Sunday, Jan 28, 1973
51 years old
1973: MsBehaving
Sunday, Jan 28, 1973
51 years old
1971: Jackie1971
Thursday, Jan 28, 1971
53 years old
1969: OJLEE4361
Tuesday, Jan 28, 1969
55 years old
1968: meileichkn
Sunday, Jan 28, 1968
56 years old
1967: thell128
Saturday, Jan 28, 1967
57 years old
1966: Djudd559
Friday, Jan 28, 1966
58 years old
1966: Rudster69
Friday, Jan 28, 1966
58 years old
1963: Lottery Queen
Monday, Jan 28, 1963
61 years old
1963: Napier63
Monday, Jan 28, 1963
61 years old
1961: baileya1
Saturday, Jan 28, 1961
63 years old
1956: gene0304
Saturday, Jan 28, 1956
68 years old
1956: luckyjoe
Saturday, Jan 28, 1956
68 years old
1947: kif1
Tuesday, Jan 28, 1947
77 years old
1946: b3rolle
Monday, Jan 28, 1946
78 years old
1946: jitterbug
Monday, Jan 28, 1946
78 years old
1946: WILLIAM ROLLE
Monday, Jan 28, 1946
78 years old
1940: Frieda1
Sunday, Jan 28, 1940
84 years old
: Gambler4Life
(year not provided)
: awe$struck
(year not provided)
: coolshade
(year not provided)
: MsBehaving2
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: Protests begin after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.
2021: A nitrogen leak at a poultry food processing facility in Gainesville, Georgia kills six and injures at least ten.
2006: The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.
2002: TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727-100, crashes in the Andes mountains in southern Colombia, killing 94.
1988: In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
1986: Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
1985: Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
1984: Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
1982: US Army General James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
1981: Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
1980: USCGC Blackthorn collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa, Florida and capsizes, killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
1977: The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977, which dumps 3 metres (10 ft) of snow in one day in Upstate New York. Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
1965: The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
1964: An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
1960: The National Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 NFL season.
1958: The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1956: Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
1945: World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
1941: Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
1938: The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).
1935: Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
1933: The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
1932: Japanese forces attack Shanghai.
1922: Knickerbocker Storm: Washington, D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes a disaster when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses, killing over 100 people.
1920: Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
1919: The Order of the White Rose of Finland is established by Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, the regent of the Kingdom of Finland.
1918: Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
1916: The Canadian province of Manitoba grants women the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections (although still excluding women of Indigenous or Asian heritage), marking the first time women in Canada are granted voting rights.
1915: An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
1909: United States troops leave Cuba, with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, after being there since the Spanish-American War.
1908: Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
1902: The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C., with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
1896: Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).
1878: Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
1871: Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris ends in French defeat and an armistice.
1855: A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
1851: Northwestern University becomes the first chartered university in Illinois.
1846: The Battle of Aliwal, India, is won by British troops commanded by Sir Harry Smith.
1813: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.
1754: Sir Horace Walpole coins the word serendipity in a letter to a friend.
1724: The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg, Russia, by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
1671: Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) is destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacks and sets fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
1624: Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
1591: Execution of Agnes Sampson, accused of witchcraft in Edinburgh.
1573: Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning freedom of religion in Poland.
1568: The Edict of Torda prohibits the persecution of individuals on religious grounds in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
1547: Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
1521: The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
1077: Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is lifted after he humbles himself before Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in Italy.
1069: Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels. This incident leads to the Harrying of the North.
814: The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession of his son Louis the Pious as ruler of the Frankish Empire.
98: On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany.

Births On This Day

2000: Dušan Vlahović, Serbian footballer
1998: Ariel Winter, American actress
1995: Mimi-Isabella Cesar, British rhythmic gymnast
1994: Lin Zhu, Chinese tennis player
1992: Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballer
1991: Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1989: Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer
1988: Paul Henry, English footballer
1988: Seiya Sanada, Japanese wrestler
1986: Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler
1986: Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor
1986: Asad Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer
1985: J. Cole, American rapper
1985: Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
1985: Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
1985: Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
1984: Ben Clucas, English race car driver
1984: Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
1984: Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
1984: Anne Panter, English field hockey player
1982: Chad Aull, American politician
1981: Elijah Wood, American actor and producer
1980: Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter and actor
1980: Yasuhito Endō, Japanese footballer
1980: Michael Hastings, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
1980: Brian Fallon, American singer-songwriter
1978: Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
1978: Jamie Carragher, English footballer and sportscaster
1978: Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (d. 2020)
1978: Sheamus, Irish wrestler
1978: Big Freedia, American musician
1977: Sandis Buškevics, Latvian basketball player and coach
1977: Daunte Culpepper, American football player
1977: Joey Fatone, American singer, dancer, and television personality
1977: Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver
1976: Sireli Bobo, Fijian rugby player
1976: Mark Madsen, American basketball player and coach
1976: Rick Ross, American rapper and producer
1976: Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
1975: Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist
1975: Junior Spivey, American baseball player and coach
1974: Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach
1974: Jermaine Dye, American baseball player
1974: Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet
1974: Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician
1972: Amy Coney Barrett, American jurist, academic, attorney, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1972: Mark Regan, English rugby player
1972: Nicky Southall, English footballer and manager
1972: Léon van Bon, Dutch cyclist
1969: Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
1969: Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist
1969: Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician
1968: Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1968: Rakim, American rapper
1967: Billy Brownless, Australian footballer and sportscaster
1966: Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
1964: David Lawrence, English cricketer
1962: Keith Hamilton Cobb, American actor
1962: Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961: Mike Holoway, British musician and actor
1961: Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960: Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
1959: Frank Darabont, American director and producer
1957: Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1957: Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer
1957: Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
1956: Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
1956: Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
1955: Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
1955: Nicolas Sarkozy, French lawyer and politician, 23rd President of France
1954: Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian
1954: Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1954: Rick Warren, American pastor and author
1953: Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1952: Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1951: Brian Bilbray, American politician
1951: Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2018)
1951: Billy Bass Nelson, American R&B/funk bass player
1950: Barbi Benton, American actress, singer and model
1950: Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
1950: David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut
1950: Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
1949: Mike Moore, New Zealand union leader and politician, 34th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2020)
1949: Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (d. 2017)
1949: Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach
1948: Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (d. 2022)
1948: Bob Moses, American drummer
1948: Charles Taylor, Liberian politician, 22nd President of Liberia
1947: Jeanne Shaheen, American educator and politician, 78th Governor of New Hampshire
1945: Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director
1944: Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (d. 2013)
1944: John Tavener, English composer (d. 2013)
1943: Dick Taylor, English guitarist and songwriter
1942: Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater
1942: Erkki Pohjanheimo, Finnish director and producer
1941: Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
1940: Carlos Slim, Mexican businessman and philanthropist, founded Grupo Carso
1939: John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1938: Tomas Lindahl, Swedish-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1938: Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter and coach (d. 2016)
1937: Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (d. 2013)
1937: John Normington, English actor (d. 2007)
1936: Alan Alda, American actor, director, and writer
1936: Ismail Kadare, Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright
1935: David Lodge, English author and critic
1934: Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1990)
1933: Jack Hill, American director and screenwriter
1930: Kurt Biedenkopf, German academic and politician, 54th President of the German Bundesrat (d. 2021)
1930: Roy Clarke, English screenwriter, comedian and soldier
1929: Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (d. 2014)
1929: Nikolai Parshin, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1929: Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2022)
1929: Edith M. Flanigen, American chemist
1927: Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1927: Ronnie Scott, English saxophonist (d. 1996)
1927: Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1927: Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
1926: Jimmy Bryan, American race car driver (d. 1960)
1925: Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist and politician (d. 2004)
1924: Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976)
1922: Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (d. 2014)
1922: Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
1921: Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian-American basketball player (d. 2014)
1920: Lewis Wilson, American actor (d. 2000)
1919: Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (d. 2002)
1918: Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1918: Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
1912: Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
1911: Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (d. 2018)
1910: John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973)
1909: John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
1908: Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998)
1906: Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (d. 1991)
1906: Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (d. 1992)
1903: Aleksander Kamiński, Polish author and educator (d. 1978)
1903: Kathleen Lonsdale, Irish crystallographer and 1st female FRS (d. 1971)
1900: Alice Neel, American painter (d. 1984)
1897: Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (d. 1986)
1887: Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator (d. 1982)
1886: Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (d. 1973)
1886: Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (d. 1976)
1885: Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)
1884: Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962)
1880: Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach (d. 1970)
1878: Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor (d. 1940)
1875: Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1965)
1874: Alex Smith, Scottish golfer (d. 1930)
1873: Colette, French novelist and journalist (d. 1954)
1873: Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (d. 1940)
1865: Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (d. 1928)
1865: Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (d. 1952)
1864: Charles W. Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d. 1948)
1863: Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (d. 1918)
1861: Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator (d. 1944)
1858: Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (d. 1934)
1855: William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)
1853: José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895)
1853: Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1900)
1833: Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (d. 1885)
1822: Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892)
1818: George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
1797: Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (d. 1867)
1784: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)
1755: Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist (d. 1830)
1726: Christian Felix Weiße, German poet and playwright (d. 1802)
1719: Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1749)
1717: Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1774)
1712: Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shōgun (d. 1761)
1706: John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (d. 1775)
1701: Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
1693: Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766)
1622: Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1691)
1611: Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (d. 1687)
1608: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679)
1600: Clement IX, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1669)
1582: John Barclay, French-Scottish poet and author (d. 1621)
1540: Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1610)
1533: Paul Luther, German scientist (d. 1593)
1457: Henry VII, king of England (d. 1509)
1368: Razadarit, king of Hanthawaddy (d. 1421)
1312: Joan II, queen of Navarre (d. 1349)
598: Tai Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d. 649)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Cicely Tyson, American actress (b. 1924)
2019: Pepe Smith, Filipino rock musician (b. 1947)
2017: Alexander Chancellor, British journalist (b. 1940)
2017: Geoff Nicholls, British musician (b. 1948)
2016: Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (b. 1941)
2016: Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
2016: Franklin Gene Bissell, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
2016: Buddy Cianci, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Mayor of Providence (b. 1941)
2016: Bob Tizard, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1924)
2015: Suraj Abdurrahman, Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (b. 1954)
2015: Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
2015: Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
2014: John Cacavas, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
2014: Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1930)
2014: Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (b. 1930)
2014: Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (b. 1949)
2014: Jorge Obeid, Argentinian engineer and politician, Governor of Santa Fe (b. 1947)
2013: Florentino Fernández, Cuban-American boxer and coach (b. 1936)
2013: Hattie N. Harrison, American educator and politician (b. 1928)
2013: Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter, illustrator, and stage designer (b. 1940)
2012: Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1952)
2012: Don Starkell, Canadian adventurer and author (b. 1932)
2009: Werner Flume, German jurist (b. 1908)
2009: Billy Powell, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1952)
2007: Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (b. 1929)
2007: Robert Drinan, American priest, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
2007: Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (b. 1963)
2007: Karel Svoboda, Czech composer (b. 1938)
2005: Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1944)
2004: Lloyd M. Bucher, American captain (b. 1927)
2003: Mieke Pullen, Dutch runner (b. 1957)
2002: Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913)
2002: Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
2002: Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (b. 1946)
2001: Ranko Marinković, Croatian author and playwright (b. 1913)
1999: Valery Gavrilin, Russian composer (b. 1939)
1998: Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1938)
1996: Joseph Brodsky, Russian-American poet and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
1996: Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist and author (b. 1911)
1996: Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)
1993: Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (b. 1905)
1989: Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)
1988: Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and politician (b. 1911)
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger crew Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944)
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger crew Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (b. 1948)
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger crew Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950)
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger crew Ellison Onizuka, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946)
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger crew Judith Resnik, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1949)
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger crew Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger crew Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1945)
1983: Billy Fury. English pop star (b. 1940)
1983: Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
1978: Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)
1976: Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
1973: John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
1971: Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
1965: Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
1965: Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
1963: Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
1960: Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
1959: Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
1953: James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
1953: Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
1950: Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
1949: Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
1948: Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
1947: Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)
1945: Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
1942: Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
1939: W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1938: Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
1937: Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
1935: Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
1930: Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
1921: Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
1918: John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
1912: Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819).
1912: Eloy Alfaro, former president of Ecuador (b. 1906)
1903: Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
1873: John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
1864: Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
1859: F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
1832: Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
1782: Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer and cartographer (b. 1697)
1754: Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)
1697: Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645)
1688: Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623)
1687: Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
1681: Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619)
1672: Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
1666: Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591)
1621: Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
1613: Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)
1547: Henry VIII, king of England (b. 1491)
1501: John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham, English baron and Lord High Treasurer (b. 1433)
1443: Robert le Maçon, French diplomat (b. 1365)
1290: Dervorguilla of Galloway, Scottish noble, mother of king John Balliol of Scotland (b. c. 1210)
1271: Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (b. 1247)
1256: William II, Count of Holland, King of Germany (b. 1227)
1142: Yue Fei, Chinese general (b. 1103)
1061: Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1031)
947: Jing Yanguang, Chinese general (b. 892)
929: Gao Jixing, founder of Chinese Jingnan (b. 858)
919: Zhou Dewei, Chinese general
814: Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor (b. 742)
724: Yazid II, Umayyad caliph (b. 687)

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