June 29
On This Day in History: June 29 June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 185 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day 2021 NC man is second person in hometown to win $1 million in a week . A North Carolina player became the second person in their hometown to win a $1 million prize within less than a week.2017 IT'S OFFICIAL: Tipton pleads guilty to rigging computerized lottery drawings . The cyber security expert and brainpower behind a lottery rigging scandal that netted $2 million in illegal winnings from five state lotteries pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of ongoing criminal conduct charge.2016 $415 MILLION: 3rd-largest Mega Millions jackpot ever . Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Friday's massive $415 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $390 million grand prize.2015 Illinois postal worker wins $4 million lottery prize . An Elgin, Illinois, man has won a $4 million lottery prize after purchasing a ticket from Lundeen's Liquors in St. Charles.2015 Man forgets glasses, mistakenly buys winning lottery ticket . A man in southwestern Connecticut who mistakenly bought the wrong lottery ticket is $30,000 wealthier.2013 Virginia lawmaker wins car on $5 lottery ticket . A longtime Virginia lawmaker is the soon-to-be owner of a new Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, which he won on a $5 scratcher he bought June 12.2012 Idaho man is state's first Hot Lotto jackpot winner . The Idaho Lottery introduced retired Army veteran Steve Colson of Nampa as the sole winner of a Hot Lotto jackpot worth $3.43 million.2011 NJ Lottery to be first with live draws on Internet . The New Jersey Lottery will be the first state lottery to stream its lottery drawings live over the Internet -- on Facebook.2011 Michigan man quits job, wins lottery . A western Michigan man said he quit his job so he could show up to qualify for the lottery drawing Monday night in Detroit, and it paid off.2011 PA Lottery raffle ticket worth $1M set to expire this week . Time is running out for the holder of a Pennsylvania Lottery Millionaire Raffle ticket worth $1 million from the July 10, 2010, drawing to claim the prize.2011 Man wins lottery with numbers from fortune cookie . A National City, California, man who has played the same Fantasy 5 numbers for a decade finally hit the jackpot, California Lottery officials announced Tuesday.2010 Michigan workers claim Mega Millions, Powerball lottery jackpots . Factory workers in Detroit and Kalamazoo are winners of multimillion-dollar lottery prizes.2010 N.H. Lottery delays online game amid controversy . The state Lottery Commission has pulled back its planned July 1 launch of new games that add an Internet element to scratch ticket gambling.2009 Calif. man with 3 jobs wins $39M lottery jackpot . A man who works three jobs to support his family -- including one as a limousine driver -- has won a $39 million jackpot in California's SuperLotto Plus.2009 $800,000 lottery ticket expires Wednesday . A winning lottery ticket worth $800,000 sold in Belton, South Carolina, expires this Wednesday, and the lottery has not heard from the ticket's owner.2006 $98 Million: Gigantic California lottery jackpot gets even bigger . The jackpot in the California SuperLotto Plus lottery game grew to $98 million Thursday -- currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.2006 Idaho Lottery to pay state a record $33 million . Idaho Lottery officials say school districts and public buildings hit a record jackpot this year with $33 million in profits from ticket sales.2006 N.C. Lottery to transfer $50 million to education . North Carolina's newly adopted lottery will make a $50 million contribution to the state's Education Lottery Fund on Wednesday -- the first transfer since the inception of scratch-off games three months ago.2006 Oklahoma lottery winners not in a hurry to claim prizes . Oklahoma retailers have sold winning lottery tickets totaling nearly $110 million, but ten winners have yet to claim more than $102 million in prizes.2006 Texas Lottery hires interim director to full-time post . Anthony Sadberry, a longtime Houston attorney who led a reorganization of the Texas Lottery in the past five months as acting director, was named the agency's permanent head Wednesday.2006 Minnesota Lottery renews contract with GTECH . GTECH Holdings Corporation today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, signed a two-year contract extension with the Minnesota State Lottery to commence on February 9, 2011.2006 UK Lottery opens bidding for 10-year license . The United Kingdom National Lottery opened the competition for a ten-year license to run the operation on Thursday.2005 Conn. couple claims $59.5 million Powerball lottery jackpot . A couple from Seymour, Connecticut has claimed Saturday's $59.5 million Powerball jackpot, the largest prize in the 33-year-old history of the Connecticut State Lottery.2005 Loan For Oklahoma’s Lottery Operation Delayed . Oklahoma Lottery Commission officials said Monday instant lottery tickets should still go on sale in October, despite an unexpected delay in obtaining loan funds for the state's new lottery operation.2005 Texas lawmakers to grill lottery officials about inflated jackpots . Texas lottery officials could face tough questions and some nasty wrist-slapping today when they testify before lawmakers about inflating several Texas Lotto jackpot estimates.2005 Store owner who stole customer's winnings stripped of lottery license . A North Andover, Massachusetts, convenience store owner who admitted stealing a customer's winning lottery ticket has been stripped of his license to sell Massachusetts Lottery tickets, a lottery spokeswoman said.2004 Bahamas debates starting national lottery . Chairman of the Gaming Board, Kenyatta Gibson, MP, announced to parliament last week that the Gaming Board is currently reviewing the feasibility of The Bahamas introducing a national lottery.2004 Lines, dreams grow for tonight's $220 Million lottery jackpot . If you waited until today to buy your Mega Millions lottery ticket, you could be standing in line. A long one. Sales for tonight's $220 million jackpot have been higher than normal for the past few days, and the day of the drawing is usually the busiest, ticket sellers said.2004 Texas Lottery moves Two Step drawing days . Drawing days for the twice-weekly Texas Two Step lottery game have been changed.2004 South Carolina Awaits $66 Million Powerball Lottery Winner . South Carolina officials are waiting for the winner of the latest Powerball drawing to come forward.2004 Tennessee Lottery Director Lauds Startup . Tennessee's lottery is on track to be either the best or second-best lottery startup in U.S. history, lottery President Rebecca Paul said yesterday.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $415 Million Draw Date
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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2014 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq. 2012 A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power. 2007 Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone .2006 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush 's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law .2002 Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.1995 Space Shuttle program : STS-71 Mission (Atlantis Russian space station Mir for the first time.1995 The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul , South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937. 1987 Vincent van Gogh 's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille , is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London , England.1976 The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom. 1976 The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin . 1974 Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina , while her husband President Juan Perón is terminally ill. 1974 Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet .1972 The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. 1972 A Convair CV-580 and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter collide above Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin , killing 13. 1971 Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the Soviet Union ’s Salyut 1 space station), the crew capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. Georgy Dobrovolsky , Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev are the first humans to die in space. 1956 The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower , officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System . 1952 The First Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952 . 1950 Korean War : U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.1945 The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia . 1927 The Bird of Paradise U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii. 1922 France grants "one square kilometer" at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes". 1916 British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising . 1915 The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history. 1889 Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago , forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.1888 George Edward Gouraud records Handel 's Israel in Egypt phonograph cylinder , thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.1881 In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi , the messianic redeemer of Islam. 1880 France annexes Tahiti , renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie". 1874 Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George . Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year. 1864 At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants , are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire , Quebec . 1850 Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece .1807 Russo-Turkish War : Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos .1786 Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario .1659 At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy . 1644 Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge .1620 English crown bans tobacco growing in England, giving the Virginia Company a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shilling per pound. 1613 The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare 's playing company , the Lord Chamberlain's Men , burns to the ground. 1534 Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island .1457 The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire 1444 Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll .1194 Sverre is crowned King of Norway , leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war .1149 Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi .226 Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei .🔽 Show All Births On This Day 2006 Sam Lavagnino , American child voice actor2001 Aaron Schoupp , Australian rugby league player1998 Michael Porter Jr. , American basketball player1996 Joseph Manu , New Zealand rugby league player1994 Camila Mendes , American actress and model1993 Harrison Gilbertson , Australian actor1991 Suk Hyun-jun , South Korean footballer1991 Kawhi Leonard , American basketball player1991 Addison Timlin , American actress1990 Kim Little , Scottish footballer1990 Yann M'Vila , French footballer1988 Éver Banega , Argentinian footballer1986 José Manuel Jurado , Spanish footballer1986 Edward Maya , Romanian singer-songwriter and producer1985 Quintin Demps , American football player1984 Aleksandr Shustov , Russian high jumper1983 Aundrea Fimbres , American singer-songwriter and dancer1983 Jeremy Powers , American cyclist1982 Colin Jost , American comedian1982 Dusty Hughes , American baseball player1982 Lily Rabe , American actress1981 Luke Branighan , Australian rugby league player1981 Joe Johnson , American basketball player1981 Nicolás Vuyovich , Argentinian race car driver (d. 2005)1981 Shmuly Yanklowitz , American rabbi, author, and educator1980 Katherine Jenkins , Welsh soprano and actress1979 Matthew Bode , Australian footballer1979 Andy O'Brien , English footballer1979 Marleen Veldhuis , Dutch swimmer1978 Nicole Scherzinger , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress1977 Sotiris Liberopoulos , Greek footballer1977 Zuleikha Robinson , English actress1976 Daniel Carlsson , Swedish race car driver1976 Bret McKenzie , New Zealand comedian, actor, musician, songwriter, and producer1973 George Hincapie , American cyclist1971 Matthew Good , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist1970 Melanie Paschke , German sprinter1970 Emily Skinner , American actress and singer1969 Claude Béchard , Canadian politician (d. 2010)1969 Pavlos Dermitzakis , Greek footballer and manager1969 Tōru Hashimoto , Japanese lawyer and politician1968 Brian d'Arcy James , American actor and musician1968 Theoren Fleury , Canadian ice hockey player1967 Jeff Burton , American race car driver1967 Melora Hardin , American actress and singer1967 Seamus McGarvey , Northern Irish cinematographer1966 Yoko Kamio , Japanese author and comic artist1965 Tripp Eisen , American guitarist1965 Paul Jarvis , English cricketer1964 Stedman Pearson , English singer-songwriter and dancer1963 Anne-Sophie Mutter , German violinist1963 Judith Hoag , American actress and educator1962 Amanda Donohoe , English actress1962 Joan Laporta , Spanish lawyer and politician1962 George D. Zamka , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut1961 Sharon Lawrence , American actress, singer, and dancer1958 Dieter Althaus , German politician1958 Rosa Mota , Portuguese runner1957 Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow , Turkmen dentist and politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan 1957 María Conchita Alonso , Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress1957 Robert Forster , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist1957 Michael Nutter , American politician, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia 1957 Terry Wyatt , English physicist and academic1956 Nick Fry , English economist and businessman1956 David Burroughs Mattingly , American illustrator and painter1956 Pedro Guerrero , Dominican-American baseball player and manager1956 Pedro Santana Lopes , Portuguese lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal 1956 Pyotr Vasilevsky , Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2012)1955 Charles J. Precourt , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut1954 Rick Honeycutt , American baseball player and coach1954 Léo Júnior , Brazilian footballer, coach, and manager1953 Don Dokken , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1953 Colin Hay , Scottish-Australian singer and guitarist1951 Craig Sager , American sportscaster (d. 2016)1950 Bobby London , American illustrator1950 Don Moen , American singer and songwriter1949 Dan Dierdorf , American football player and sportscaster1949 Joan Clos , Spanish anesthesiologist and politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona 1949 Ann Veneman , American lawyer and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture 1948 Sean Bergin , South African-Dutch saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)1948 Fred Grandy , American actor and politician1948 Ian Paice , English drummer, songwriter, and producer1948 Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar , Kenyan-English politician1947 Richard Lewis , American actor and screenwriter1946 Ernesto Pérez Balladares , Panamanian politician, 33rd President of Panama 1946 Egon von Fürstenberg , Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)1945 Chandrika Kumaratunga , Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th President of Sri Lanka 1944 Gary Busey , American actor1944 Andreu Mas-Colell , Spanish economist, academic, and politician1944 Seán Patrick O'Malley , American cardinal1943 Little Eva , American singer (d. 2003)1943 Louis Nicollin , French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC (d. 2017)1942 Charlotte Bingham , English author and screenwriter1942 Mike Willesee , Australian journalist and producer (d. 2019)1941 John Boccabella , American baseball player1941 Stokely Carmichael , Trinidadian-American activist (d. 1998)1940 Vyacheslav Artyomov , Russian composer1940 John Dawes , Welsh rugby player and coach (d. 2021)1939 Alan Connolly , Australian cricketer1939 Amarildo Tavares da Silveira , Brazilian footballer and coach1936 Harmon Killebrew , American baseball player (d. 2011)1935 Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos , Greek captain and businessman (d. 2011)1935 Katsuya Nomura , Japanese baseball player and manager1934 Corey Allen , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)1933 Bob Shaw , American baseball player and manager (d. 2010)1933 John Bradshaw , American theologian and author (d. 2016)1932 Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton , British jurist; Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland 1931 Sevim Burak , Turkish author (d. 1983)1930 Ernst Albrecht , German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (d. 2014)1930 Robert Evans , American actor and producer (d. 2019)1930 Viola Léger , American-Canadian actress and politician1930 Sławomir Mrożek , Polish-French author and playwright (d. 2013)1929 Pat Crawford Brown , American actress (d. 2019)1929 Pete George , American weightlifter (d. 2021)1929 Oriana Fallaci , Italian journalist and author (d. 2006)1928 Ian Bannen , Scottish actor (d. 1999)1928 Jean-Louis Pesch , French author and illustrator1928 Radius Prawiro , Indonesian economist and politician (d. 2005)1927 Pierre Perrault , Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 1999)1927 Marie Thérèse Killens , Canadian politician1926 Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah , Kuwaiti ruler, 3rd Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)1926 Julius W. Becton, Jr. , U.S lieutenant general1926 Roger Stuart Bacon , Nova Scotia politician1926 Bobby Morgan , American professional baseball player1925 Francis S. Currey , American World War II Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2019)1925 Giorgio Napolitano , Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy 1925 Chan Parker , American dancer and author (d. 1999)1925 Jackie Lynn Taylor , American actress (d. 2014)1925 Cara Williams , American actress (d. 2021)1924 Ezra Laderman , American composer and educator (d. 2015)1924 Roy Walford , American pathologist and gerontologist (d. 2004)1924 Philip H. Hoff , American politician (d. 2018)1923 Chou Wen-chung , Chinese-American composer and educator (d. 2019)1922 Ralph Burns , American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist (d. 2001)1922 Vasko Popa , Serbian poet and academic (d. 1991)1922 John William Vessey, Jr. , American general (d. 2016)1921 Frédéric Dard , French author and screenwriter (d. 2000)1921 Jean Kent , English actress (d. 2013)1921 Reinhard Mohn , German businessman (d. 2009)1921 Harry Schell , French-American race car driver (d. 1960)1920 César Rodríguez Álvarez , Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1995)1920 Ray Harryhausen , American animator and producer (d. 2013)1920 Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 2012)1919 Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada , Mexican cardinal (d. 2008)1919 Walter Babington Thomas , Commander of British Far East Land Forces (d. 2017)1919 Slim Pickens , American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1983)1919 Lloyd Richards , Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (d. 2006)1918 Heini Lohrer , Swiss ice hockey player (d. 2011)1918 Gene La Rocque , U.S admiral (d. 2016)1918 Francis W. Nye , United States Air Force major general (d. 2019)1917 Ling Yun , Chinese politician (d. 2018)1916 Ruth Warrick , American actress and activist (d. 2005)1914 Rafael Kubelík , Czech-American conductor and composer (d. 1996)1914 Christos Papakyriakopoulos , Greek-American mathematician and academic (d. 1976)1913 Earle Meadows , American pole vaulter (d. 1992)1912 José Pablo Moncayo , Mexican pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958)1912 Émile Peynaud , French oenologist and academic (d. 2004)1912 John Toland , American historian and author (d. 2004)1911 Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (d. 2004)1911 Katherine DeMille , Canadian-American actress (d. 1995)1911 Bernard Herrmann , American composer and conductor (d. 1975)1910 Frank Loesser , American composer and conductor (d. 1969)1910 Burgess Whitehead , American baseball player (d. 1993)1908 Leroy Anderson , American composer and conductor (d. 1975)1908 Erik Lundqvist , Swedish javelin thrower (d. 1963)1906 Ivan Chernyakhovsky , Ukrainian general (d. 1945)1906 Heinz Harmel , German general (d. 2000)1904 Witold Hurewicz , Polish mathematician (d. 1956)1903 Alan Blumlein , English engineer, developed the H2S radar (d. 1942)1901 Nelson Eddy , American singer and actor (d. 1967)1900 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , French poet and pilot (d. 1944)1898 Yvonne Lefébure , French pianist and educator (d. 1986)1897 Fulgence Charpentier , Canadian journalist and publisher (d. 2001)1893 Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis , Indian economist and statistician (d. 1972)1893 Aarre Merikanto , Finnish composer and educator (d. 1958)1890 Robert Laurent , American sculptor and academic (d. 1970)1890 Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper , Dutch supercentenarian (d. 2005)1889 Willie Macfarlane , Scottish-American golfer (d. 1961)1888 Squizzy Taylor , Australian gangster (d. 1927)1886 Robert Schuman , Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1963)1885 Izidor Kürschner , Hungarian football player and coach (d. 1941)1882 Henry Hawtrey , English runner (d. 1961)1882 Franz Seldte , German captain and politician, Reich Minister for Labour (d. 1947)1881 Harry Frazee , American director, producer, and agent (d. 1929)1881 Curt Sachs , German-American composer and musicologist (d. 1959)1880 Ludwig Beck , German general (d. 1944)1879 Benedetto Aloisi Masella , Italian cardinal (d. 1970)1873 Leo Frobenius , German ethnologist and archaeologist (d. 1938)1870 Joseph Carl Breil , American tenor, composer, and director (d. 1926)1868 George Ellery Hale , American astronomer and journalist (d. 1938)1866 Bartholomeus Roodenburch , Dutch swimmer (d. 1939)1863 Wilbert Robinson , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1934)1861 William James Mayo , American physician and surgeon, co-founded the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)1858 George Washington Goethals , American general and engineer, co-designed the Panama Canal (d. 1928)1858 Julia Lathrop , American activist and politician (d. 1932)1849 Pedro Montt , Chilean lawyer and politician, 15th President of Chile (d. 1910)1849 Sergei Witte , Russian politician, 1st Chairmen of Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire (d. 1915)1849 John Hunn , American businessman and politician, 51st Governor of Delaware (d. 1926)1844 Peter I of Serbia (d. 1921)1835 Celia Thaxter , American poet and story writer (d. 1894)1833 Peter Waage , Norwegian chemist and academic (d. 1900)1819 Thomas Dunn English , American poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1902)1818 Angelo Secchi , Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1878)1803 John Newton Brown , American minister and author (d. 1868)1801 Frédéric Bastiat , French economist and theorist (d. 1850)1798 Willibald Alexis , German author and poet (d. 1871)1798 Giacomo Leopardi , Italian poet and philosopher (d. 1837)1793 Josef Ressel , Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (d. 1857)1787 Lavinia Stoddard , American poet, school founder (d. 1820)1768 Vincenzo Dimech , Maltese sculptor (d. 1831)1746 Joachim Heinrich Campe , German linguist, author, and educator (d. 1818)1686 Pietro Paolo Troisi , Maltese artist (d. 1743)1621 Willem van der Zaan , Dutch Admiral (d. 1669)1596 Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)1543 Christine of Hesse , Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1604)1528 Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1589)1525 Peter Agricola , German humanist, theologian, diplomat and statesman (d. 1585)1517 Rembert Dodoens , Flemish physician and botanist (d. 1585)1488 Pedro Pacheco de Villena , Catholic cardinal (d. 1560)1482 Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1517)1443 Anthony Browne , English knight (d. 1506)1398 John II of Aragon and Navarre (d. 1479)1326 Murad I , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1389)1136 Petronilla of Aragon (d. 1173)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2021 Donald Rumsfeld , American captain and politician, 13th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1932)2020 Carl Reiner , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)2020 Stepa J. Groggs , American rap artist (b. 1988)2020 Hachalu Hundessa , Ethiopian singer, songwriter (b. 1986)2018 Steve Ditko , American comic writer and illustrator (b. 1927)2017 Louis Nicollin , French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (b. 1943)2017 Dave Semenko , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1957)2016 Jan Hettema , Springbok cyclist and five times South African National Rally Champion (b. 1933)2015 Hisham Barakat , Egyptian lawyer and judge (b. 1950)2015 Josef Masopust , Czech footballer and coach (b. 1931)2015 Charles Pasqua , French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (b. 1927)2014 Damian D'Oliveira , South African cricketer (b. 1960)2014 Dermot Healy , Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)2013 Peter Fitzgerald , Irish footballer and manager (b. 1937)2013 Jack Gotta , American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)2013 Margherita Hack , Italian astrophysicist and author (b. 1922)2013 Gilma Jiménez , Colombian politician (b. 1956)2012 Yong Nyuk Lin , Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (b. 1918)2012 Vincent Ostrom , American political scientist and academic (b. 1919)2012 Juan Reccius , Chilean triple jumper (b. 1911)2012 Floyd Temple , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1926)2011 K. 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Sethna , Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (b. 1904)2009 Joe Bowman , American, target shooter and boot-maker (b. 1925)2007 Fred Saberhagen , American soldier and author (b. 1930)2007 Joel Siegel , American journalist and critic (b. 1943)2006 Fabián Bielinsky , Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)2006 Lloyd Richards , Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (b. 1919)2006 Randy Walker , American football player and coach (b. 1954)2004 Bernard Babior , American physician and biochemist (b. 1935)2004 Alvin Hamilton , Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1912)2003 Katharine Hepburn , American actress (b. 1907)2002 Rosemary Clooney , American singer and actress (b. 1928)2000 Vittorio Gassman , Italian actor and director (b. 1922)2000 Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood , Canadian-English publisher and politician (b. 1913)1999 Karekin I , Syrian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1950)1999 Allan Carr , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1937)1998 Horst Jankowski , German pianist and composer (b. 1936)1997 William Hickey , American actor (b. 1927)1997 Marjorie Linklater , Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (b. 1909)1995 Lana Turner , American actress (b. 1921)1994 Kurt Eichhorn , German conductor and educator (b. 1908)1993 Héctor Lavoe , Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)1992 Mohamed Boudiaf , Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (b. 1919)1990 Irving Wallace , American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)1986 Frank Wise , Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1897)1982 Pierre Balmain , French fashion designer, founded Balmain (b. 1914)1982 Henry King , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)1981 Russell Drysdale , English-Australian painter (b. 1912)1980 Jorge Basadre , Peruvian historian (b. 1903)1979 Lowell George , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)1978 Bob Crane , American actor (b. 1928)1975 Tim Buckley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)1971 Nestor Mesta Chayres , Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (b. 1908)1969 Moise Tshombe , Congolese accountant and politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1919)1967 Primo Carnera , Italian boxer and actor (b. 1906)1967 Jayne Mansfield , American actress (b. 1933)1964 Eric Dolphy , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1928)1962 Charles Lyon Chandler , American historian (b. 1883)1960 Frank Patrick , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885)1955 Max Pechstein , German painter and academic (b. 1881)1949 Themistoklis Sofoulis , Greek politician, 115th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1860)1942 Paul Troje , German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1864)1941 Ignacy Jan Paderewski , Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1860)1940 Paul Klee , Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1879)1936 János Szlepecz , Slovene priest and missionary (b. 1872)1935 Jack O'Neill , Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)1933 Roscoe Arbuckle , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)1931 Nérée Beauchemin , Canadian poet and physician (b. 1850)1919 José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician and educator (b. 1864)1907 Konstantinos Volanakis , Greek painter and academic (b. 1837)1900 Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin , Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1827)1895 Thomas Henry Huxley , English biologist (b. 1825)1875 Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)1873 Michael Madhusudan Dutt , Indian poet and playwright (b. 1824)1861 Elizabeth Barrett Browning , English poet and translator (b. 1806)1860 Thomas Addison , English physician and endocrinologist (b. 1793)1855 John Gorrie , American physician and humanitarian (b. 1803)1853 Adrien-Henri de Jussieu , French botanist and academic (b. 1797)1852 Henry Clay , American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (b. 1777)1840 Lucien Bonaparte , French prince (b. 1775)1831 Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein , Prussian minister and politician (b. 1757)1779 Anton Raphael Mengs , German painter (b. 1728)1764 Ralph Allen , English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1693)1744 André Campra , French composer and conductor (b. 1660)1729 Edward Taylor , American-English poet, pastor, and physician (b. circa 1642)1725 Arai Hakuseki , Japanese philosopher, academic, and politician (b. 1657)1646 Laughlin Ó Cellaigh , Gaelic-Irish Lord1626 Scipione Cobelluzzi , Italian cardinal and archivist (b. 1564)1594 Niels Kaas , Danish politician, Chancellor of Denmark (b. 1535)1575 Baba Nobuharu , Japanese samurai (b. 1515)1520 Moctezuma II , Aztec ruler (b. 1466)1509 Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (b. 1443)1432 Janus of Cyprus (b. 1375)1374 Jan Milíč of Kroměříž , Czech priest and reformer 1344 Joan of Savoy , duchess consort of Brittany, throne claimant of Savoy (b. 1310)1315 Ramon Llull , Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)1293 Henry of Ghent , philosopher (b. c.1217)1252 Abel, King of Denmark (b. 1218)1153 Óláfr Guðrøðarson , King of the Isles1149 Raymond of Poitiers , Prince of Antioch (b. 1115)1059 Bernard II, Duke of Saxony (b. 995)976 Gero , archbishop of Cologne 884 Yang Shili , general of the Tang Dynasty226 Cao Pi , Chinese emperor (b. 187)🔽 Show All 
