January 7
On This Day in History: January 7 January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 358 days remain until the end of the year (359 in leap years).
Lottery News On This Day 2020 Mississippi men tried cashing in lottery ticket after gluing on the winning numbers, officials say . Two men in Mississippi wanted to claim a $100,000 lottery prizes so bad, they glued the winning numbers onto a losing ticket, authorities said.2019 Texas Lottery generated more than $100 million in one week from scratch-off ticket sales . The Texas Lottery has, for the first time in its history, sold more than $100 million in scratch ticket sales in just one week. From Dec. 23, 2018 to Dec. 29, 2018, scratch ticket sales totaled $100,776,586, shattering the old record of $99,679,358 achieved in March of 2018.2018 One lottery ticket from New Hampshire wins $559.7 million Powerball jackpot . One Powerball ticket holder in New Hampshire is the winner of the $559.7 million jackpot prize, the 8th-largest in US lottery history.2016 $700 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot raised just hours after initial estimate . Less than 12 hours after the initial estimate for Saturday's Powerball jackpot was set early this morning, the already record-breaking grand prize has now increased to an estimated $700 million.2016 $675 MILLION: POWERBALL SETS ALL-TIME LOTTERY JACKPOT RECORD . It's been four years since the last lottery jackpot record was broken, but Wednesday night it finally happened again.2015 Player sues Oregon Lottery, charging video poker game rigged . The Oregon State Lottery's rigged video poker games have cost players $134 million, a man claims in a class action lawsuit.2015 Michigan Lottery pays out $7.4 million in Daily 4 drawing of 1-0-0-1 . On Tuesday evening, the Michigan Lottery drew the numbers 1-0-0-1 in the Daily 4 drawing, resulting in more than $7.4 million in prizes.2015 Spain's El Niño lottery spreads $663M in winnings . A lottery on Tuesday spread €560 million (US$663 million) among jubilant ticket holders throughout Spain, which is struggling to emerge from a financial crisis that has left it saddled with high unemployment.2013 Lottery winner's death was blamed on natural causes — until a relative raised questions . A month after winning one million dollars, a Chicago man died, and now Chicago police and county prosecutors are investigating his death as a homicide.2012 Pa. couple claims $128 million Powerball jackpot . An excited Pennsylvania couple arrived at Maryland Lottery Headquarters Friday, accompanied by legal counsel, to claim their $128.8 million Powerball prize.2010 N.Y. couple wins $162M lottery jackpot - but owes $1M . A Long Island couple will step forward Thursday to claim a $162 million jackpot, but Suffolk County already has their hands in winners' pockets.2008 Relative gives lottery ticket gift worth $1 million . A Pittsburgh pharmacist has learned the $20 Pennsylvania lottery ticket he gave to relatives for Christmas has paid off big -- $1 million.2004 Record lottery winner accused of making death threats . The winner of the largest single lottery jackpot in U.S. history has been accused of threatening to kill the manager of a bar.2004 Trading clerk surrenders to face charges of stealing lottery ticket . The trading clerk at the center of a $175,000 Mega Millions lottery ticket dispute in Chicago surrendered to police Tuesday on felony theft charges.2004 Police Officer Wins $1.65 Million Playing Hot Lotto . A Des Moines police officer is starting the new year with a bigger paycheck after claiming a Hot Lotto jackpot worth more than $1.6 million.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $949.8 Million Draw Date
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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2015 Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo Paris , shooting twelve people execution style, and wounding eleven others. 2015 A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sana'a with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured. 2012 A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand , killing all 11 people on board. 1999 The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins. 1993 The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President. 1993 Bosnian War : The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica .1991 Roger Lafontant , former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier , attempts a coup d'état , which ends in his arrest.1985 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake , Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.1984 Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation. 1979 Third Indochina War : Cambodian-Vietnamese War : Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge .1973 Mark Essex fatally shoots ten people and wounds 13 others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana , before being shot to death by police officers.1968 Surveyor Program : Surveyor 7 launch complex 36A , Cape Canaveral .1959 The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro . 1955 Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi 's Un ballo in maschera 1954 Georgetown-IBM experiment : The first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM .1948 Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO .1945 World War II: British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge . 1942 World War II : The siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.1940 Winter War : The Finnish 9th Division stop and completely destroy the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.1935 Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement .1931 Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand ) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast .1928 A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London . 1927 The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London . 1922 Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64-57 vote.1920 The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen. 1919 Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia , but fail.1904 The distress signal "CQD " is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS ". 1894 William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film .1835 HMS Beagle drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago .1785 Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England , to Calais, France , in a gas balloon . 1782 The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America , opens. 1738 A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal . 1610 Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons : Ganymede , Callisto , Io and Europa , although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia . 1566 Pope Pius V is elected.1558 French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise , take Calais , the last continental possession of England . 1325 Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal .1131 Canute Lavard was murdered at Haraldsted, Denmark by his cousin, Magnus I of Sweden .🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1997 Ozzie Albies , Curaçaoan baseball player1996 Fu Yuanhui , Chinese swimmer1995 Leslie Grace , American singer1993 Jan Oblak , Slovenian footballer1992 Tohu Harris , New Zealand rugby league player1991 Eden Hazard , Belgian footballer1991 Caster Semenya , South African sprinter1990 Michael Sam , American football player1990 Gregor Schlierenzauer , Austrian ski jumper1989 Miles Addison , English footballer1988 Scott Pendlebury , Australian footballer1988 Lim Ju-eun , South Korean actress1987 Stefan Babović , Serbian footballer1987 Lyndsy Fonseca , American actress1987 Olga Panova , Russian tennis player1987 Jimmy Smith , English footballer1987 Davide Astori , Italian footballer (d. 2018)1986 Grant Leadbitter , English footballer1985 Bănel Nicoliță , Romanian footballer and manager1985 Lewis Hamilton , English race car driver1984 Diego Balbinot , Italian footballer1984 Jon Lester , American baseball player1984 Antonino Saviano , Italian footballer1983 Edwin Encarnación , Dominican baseball player1983 Natalie Gulbis , American golfer1982 Francisco Rodríguez , Venezuelan baseball player1982 Hannah Stockbauer , German swimmer1982 Ianina Zanazzi , Argentinian race car driver1981 Alex Auld , Canadian ice hockey player1981 Marquis Daniels , American basketball player1981 Travis Friend , Zimbabwean cricketer1980 Campbell Johnstone , New Zealand rugby player1980 Ivan L. Moody , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor1980 Zöe Salmon , Northern Irish model and television host, Miss Northern Ireland 1999 1980 Reece Simmonds , Australian rugby league player1979 Aloe Blacc , American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist.1979 Ha Jae-sook , South Korean actress1979 Ricardo Maurício , Brazilian race car driver1978 Dean Cosker , English cricketer1978 Kevin Mench , American baseball player1977 John Gidding , American architect and television host1977 Sofi Oksanen , Finnish author and playwright1977 Marco Storari , Italian footballer1976 Vic Darchinyan , Armenian-Australian boxer1976 Éric Gagné , Canadian baseball player1976 Tomas Ražanauskas , Lithuanian footballer and manager1976 Alfonso Soriano , Dominican baseball player1974 Alenka Bikar , Slovenian sprinter and politician1972 Donald Brashear , American-Canadian ice hockey player and mixed martial artist1972 Shane Kelly , Australian cyclist1971 Jeremy Renner , American actor1970 Andy Burnham , English politician, Secretary of State for Health 1970 Doug E. Doug , American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and film director1970 Todd Day , American basketball player and coach1969 Rex Lee , American actor1969 Marco Simone , Italian footballer and manager1967 Nick Clegg , English academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1967 Tim Donaghy , American basketball player and referee1967 Guy Hebert , American ice hockey player1967 Ricky Stuart , Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster1965 Alessandro Lambruschini , Italian runner1965 John Ondrasik , American singer-songwriter1964 Nicolas Cage , American actor1963 Rand Paul , American ophthalmologist and politician1962 Aleksandr Dugin , Russian sociologist and philosopher1962 Hallie Todd , American actress, producer, and screenwriter1961 Ian Mercer , English actor1961 Andrew Thomson , Australian lawyer and politician1961 John Thune , American lawyer and politician1960 Loretta Sanchez , American politician1959 Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon , English accountant and politician1959 Kathy Valentine , American bass player and songwriter1957 Nicholson Baker , American novelist and essayist1957 Katie Couric , American television journalist, anchor, and author1956 David Caruso , American actor1956 Mike Liut , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1956 Kostas Petropoulos , Greek basketball player and coach1955 Mamata Shankar , Indian-Bengali actress who worked with Satyajit Ray 1954 Alan Butcher , English cricketer and coach1954 José María Vitier , Cuban pianist and composer1953 Robert Longo , American painter and sculptor1953 Morris Titanic , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1952 Sammo Hung , Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist1951 Helen Worth , English actress1950 Juan Gabriel , Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2016)1950 Ross Grimsley , American baseball player and coach1950 Malcolm Macdonald , English footballer and manager1948 Kenny Loggins , American singer-songwriter1948 Ichirou Mizuki , Japanese singer-songwriter1947 Tony Elliott , English publisher, founded Time Out 1947 Mohammad-Reza Lotfi , Iranian setar player and composer (d. 2014)1946 Michael Roizen , American anesthesiologist and author1946 Jann Wenner , American publisher, co-founded Rolling Stone 1946 Mike Wilds , English race car driver and pilot1945 Tony Conigliaro , American baseball player and journalist (d. 1990)1945 Dick Marty , Swiss lawyer and politician1945 Raila Odinga , Kenyan engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya 1944 Mike McGear , British performing artist and rock photographer1944 Kotaro Suzumura , Japanese economist and academic1944 Tony Whitlam , Australian lawyer, judge, and politician1943 Richard Armstrong , English organist and conductor1943 Sadako Sasaki , Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima , known for one thousand origami cranes (d. 1955)1942 Vasily Alekseyev , Russian-German weightlifter and coach (d. 2011)1942 Jim Lefebvre , American baseball player and manager1942 Danny Steinmann , American director and screenwriter (d. 2012)1942 Božin Pavlovski , Macedonian-Australian, and known European novelist1941 Iona Brown , English violinist and conductor (d. 2004)1941 Frederick D. Gregory , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut1941 Manfred Schellscheidt , German-American soccer player and coach1941 John E. Walker , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1940 Anton Norris , Barbadian high jumper and cricketer1939 Tom Kiernan , Irish rugby player and coach1938 Lou Graham , American golfer and soldier1938 Paul Revere , American rock keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2014)1938 Roland Topor , French illustrator, painter, and actor (d. 1997)1938 Fred Whitfield , American baseball player (d. 2013)1936 G. Robert Blakey , American lawyer and academic1936 Ben Cropp , Australian hunter and photographer1936 Hunter Davies , Scottish author and journalist1936 Ian La Frenais , English screenwriter and producer1935 Li Shengjiao , Chinese diplomat and international jurist (d. 2017)1935 Kenny Davern , American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2006)1935 Valeri Kubasov , Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2014)1935 Ducky Schofield , American baseball player1934 Jean Corbeil , Canadian lawyer and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2002)1934 Charles Jenkins Sr. , American sprinter and coach1934 Tassos Papadopoulos , Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus (d. 2008)1933 Elliott Kastner , American-English film producer (d. 2010)1933 Phil Mulkey , American decathlete and coach1932 Joe Berinson , Australian pharmacist, lawyer, and politician; Attorney-General of Western Australia (d. 2018)1931 Mirja Hietamies , Finnish skier (d. 2013)1930 Eddie LeBaron , American football player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015)1929 Robert Juniper , Australian painter and sculptor (d. 2012)1929 Terry Moore , American actress1928 William Peter Blatty , American author and screenwriter (d. 2017)1926 Kim Jong-pil , South Korean lieutenant and politician, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2018)1925 Gerald Durrell , Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist and author, founded Durrell Wildlife Park (d. 1995)1924 Pablo Birger , Argentinian race car driver (d. 1966)1924 Gene L. Coon , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1973)1923 Hugh Kenner , Canadian scholar and critic (d. 2003)1922 Alvin Dark , American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)1922 Eric Jupp , English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2003)1922 Jean-Pierre Rampal , French flute player (d. 2000)1921 Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid , Colombian politician (d. 1997)1921 Chester Kallman , American poet and translator (d. 1975)1920 Vincent Gardenia , Italian-American actor (d. 1992)1919 Steve Belichick , American football player, coach and scout (d. 2005)1917 Ulysses Kay , American composer and educator (d. 1995)1917 Milton Resnick , Russian-American painter and educator (d. 2004)1916 W. L. Jeyasingham , Sri Lankan geographer and academic (d. 1989)1916 Babe Pratt , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)1914 Bobby McDermott , American basketball player (d. 1963)1913 Johnny Mize , American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993)1912 Charles Addams , American cartoonist, created The Addams Family (d. 1988)1912 Günter Wand , German conductor and composer (d. 2002)1911 Butterfly McQueen , American actress and dancer (d. 1995)1910 Orval Faubus , American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)1906 Red Allen , American trumpet player (d. 1967)1906 Bobbi Trout , American pilot (d. 2003)1905 James Simpson Jr. , American race car driver and politician (d. 1960)1903 Ioannis Despotopoulos , Greek architect and academic (d. 1992)1903 Alan Napier , English actor (d. 1988)1900 John Brownlee , Australian actor and singer (d. 1969)1899 Al Bowlly , Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (d. 1941)1899 Francis Poulenc , French pianist and composer (d. 1963)1898 Robert LeGendre , American pentathlete and dentist (d. 1931)1895 Hudson Fysh , Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (d. 1974)1891 Zora Neale Hurston , American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (d. 1960)1889 Vera de Bosset , Russian-American ballerina (d. 1982)1887 Oskar Luts , Estonian author and playwright (d. 1953)1885 Edwin Swatek , American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)1877 William Clarence Matthews , American baseball player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1928)1876 William Hurlstone , English pianist and composer (d. 1906)1875 Gustav Flatow , German gymnast (d. 1945)1873 Charles Péguy , French poet and journalist (d. 1914)1873 Adolph Zukor , Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (d. 1976)1871 Émile Borel , French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)1870 Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart , English judge and politician, 7th Lord Chief Justice of England (d. 1943)1864 Seo Jae-pil , South Korean-American journalist and activist (d. 1951)1860 Emanuil Manolov , Bulgarian composer (d. 1902)1858 Eliezer Ben-Yehuda , Belarusian lexicographer and journalist (d. 1922)1850 Joseph James Fletcher , Australian biologist (d. 1926)1844 Bernadette Soubirous , French nun and saint (d. 1879)1837 Thomas Henry Ismay , English businessman, founded the White Star Line Shipping Company (d. 1899)1834 Johann Philipp Reis , German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (d. 1874)1832 James Munro , Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)1831 Heinrich von Stephan , German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union (d. 1897)1830 Albert Bierstadt , American painter (d. 1902)1827 Sandford Fleming , Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)1815 Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather , American writer (d.1882)1814 Robert Nicoll , Scottish poet (d.1837)1800 Millard Fillmore , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)1786 John Catron , American lawyer and jurist (d. 1865)1768 Joseph Bonaparte , Italian king (d. 1844)1746 George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith , Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1823)1718 Israel Putnam , American general (d. 1790)1713 Giovanni Battista Locatelli , Italian director and manager (d. 1785)1706 Johann Heinrich Zedler , German publisher (d. 1751)1685 Jonas Alströmer , Swedish agronomist and businessman (d. 1761)1647 William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)1634 Adam Krieger , German organist and composer (d. 1666)1535 Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford , English Baron (d. 1603)1502 Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1585)1355 Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester , English politician, Lord High Constable of England (d. 1397)889 Li Bian , emperor of Southern Tang (d. 943)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2018 Jim Anderton , Former New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1938)2018 France Gall , French singer (b. 1947)2017 Mário Soares , Portuguese politician; 16th President of Portugal (b. 1924)2016 Bill Foster , American basketball player and coach (b. 1929)2016 John Johnson , American basketball player (b. 1947)2016 Kitty Kallen , American singer (b. 1921)2016 Judith Kaye , American lawyer and jurist (b. 1938)2016 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed , Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (b. 1936)2015 Subhas Anandan , Indian-Singaporean lawyer (b. 1947)2015 Mompati Merafhe , Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (b. 1936)2015 Arch A. Moore Jr. , American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1923)2015 J. P. Parisé , Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1941)2015 Herb Simpson , American baseball player (b. 1920)2015 Rod Taylor , Australian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)2015 Georges Wolinski , Tunisian-French cartoonist (b. 1934)2014 Paul Goggins , English politician (b. 1953)2014 Run Run Shaw , Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (b. 1907)2013 Richard Ben Cramer , American journalist and author (b. 1950)2013 Ada Louise Huxtable , American curator and critic (b. 1921)2013 Harvey Shapiro (poet) , American poet (b. 1924)2012 Ibrahim Aslan , Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1935)2012 Tony Blankley , British-born American child actor, journalist and pundit (b. 1948)2012 Milburn E. Calhoun , American physician, philanthropist, and publisher (b. 1930)2012 George Livingston , American politician (b. 1933)2012 Herbert Wilf , American mathematician and academic (b. 1931)2011 Derek Gardner , English engineer (b. 1931)2008 Alwyn Schlebusch , South African academic and politician, Vice State President of South Africa (b. 1917)2007 Bobby Hamilton , American race car driver and businessman (b. 1957)2007 Magnus Magnusson , Icelandic journalist, author, and academic (b. 1929)2006 Heinrich Harrer , Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and author (b. 1912)2005 Pierre Daninos , French author (b. 1913)2004 Ingrid Thulin , Swedish actress (b. 1926)2002 Avery Schreiber , American comedian and actor (b. 1935)2001 James Carr , American singer (b. 1942)2000 Gary Albright , American wrestler (b. 1963)1998 Owen Bradley , American record producer (b. 1915)1998 Vladimir Prelog , Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)1996 Károly Grósz , Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1930)1996 Tarō Okamoto , Japanese painter and sculptor (b. 1911)1995 Murray Rothbard , American economist, historian, and theorist (b. 1926)1992 Richard Hunt , American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1951)1990 Bronko Nagurski , Canadian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)1989 Hirohito , Japanese emperor (b. 1901)1988 Zara Cisco Brough , American Nipmuc Indian chief and fashion designer (b.1919)1988 Trevor Howard , English actor (b. 1913)1986 P. D. Eastman , American author and illustrator (b. 1909)1986 Juan Rulfo , Mexican author, screenwriter, and photographer (b. 1917)1984 Alfred Kastler , German-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)1981 Alvar Lidell , English journalist (b. 1908)1981 Eric Robinson , Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1926)1972 John Berryman , American poet and scholar (b. 1914)1968 J. L. B. Smith , South African chemist and academic (b. 1897)1967 David Goodis , American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)1967 Carl Schuricht , German-Swiss conductor (b. 1880)1966 Allan Chapman , Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)1964 Reg Parnell , English race car driver and manager (b. 1911)1963 Arthur Edward Moore , New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)1960 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers , English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)1953 Osa Johnson , American explorer, director, and producer (b. 1894)1951 René Guénon , French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)1944 Napoleon Lapathiotis , Greek lawyer and poet (b. 1888)1943 Nikola Tesla , Serbian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1856)1941 Charles Finger , English journalist and author (b. 1869)1936 Guy d'Hardelot , French pianist and composer (b. 1858)1932 André Maginot , French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)1931 Edward Channing , American historian and author (b. 1856)1927 Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos , Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)1920 Edmund Barton , Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)1919 Henry Ware Eliot , American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)1913 Jack Boyle , American baseball player and umpire (b. 1866)1904 Emmanuel Rhoides , Greek journalist and author (b. 1836)1893 Josef Stefan , Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)1892 Tewfik Pasha , Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)1878 François-Vincent Raspail , French chemist, physician, and physiologist (b. 1794)1876 Juste Olivier , Swiss poet and academic (b. 1807)1864 Caleb Blood Smith , American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)1858 Mustafa Reşid Pasha , Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)1830 John Thomas Campbell , Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)1830 Thomas Lawrence , English painter and educator (b. 1769)1812 Joseph Dennie , American journalist and author (b. 1768)1786 Jean-Étienne Guettard , French physician and mineralogist (b. 1715)1783 William Tans'ur , English composer and educator (b. 1700)1770 Carl Gustaf Tessin , Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)1767 Thomas Clap , American minister and academic (b. 1703)1758 Allan Ramsay , Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)1715 François Fénelon , French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)1700 Raffaello Fabretti , Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)1694 Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (b. 1618)1658 Theophilus Eaton , American farmer and politician, 1st Governor of the New Haven Colony (b. 1590)1655 Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)1625 Ruggiero Giovannelli , Italian composer and author (b. 1560)1619 Nicholas Hilliard , English painter and goldsmith (b. 1547)1566 Louis de Blois , Flemish monk and author (b. 1506)1536 Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485)1529 Peter Vischer the Elder , German sculptor (b. 1455)1451 Amadeus VIII of Savoy a.k.a. Antipope Felix V (b. 1383)1400 Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey , English politician (b. 1374)1400 John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury , English Earl (b. 1350)1361 Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden 1355 Inês de Castro , Castilian noblewoman (b. 1325)1325 Denis of Portugal (b. 1261)1285 Charles I of Naples (b. 1226)1131 Canute Lavard , Danish prince and saint (b. 1096)856 Aldric , bishop of Le Mans 838 Babak Khorramdin , Iranian leader of the Khurramite uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate 672 Tenji , Japanese emperor (b. 626)312 Lucian of Antioch , Christian martyr, saint, and theologian (b. 240)🔽 Show All 
