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March 13

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March 13

March 13 is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 293 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Michigan woman finds out through Facebook that she won $1 million Powerball lottery prize. It's thanks to Facebook that a Michigan woman learned she won a $1 million Powerball lottery prize.
2023: German €10 million lottery winner buys pet alligator. A German lottery winner who won €10 million (US$10.4 million) in the lottery has spent half of his prize on a variety of luxuries, such as sportscars, penthouses, and of course, a pet alligator.
2021: Wyoming Lottery to launch 2by2 game Sunday. The Wyoming Lottery held a virtual press event this week to celebrate the launch of its latest game, 2by2, with tickets available starting Sunday.
2019: Man buys second winning $1M lottery ticket at same store in less than 2 years. A North Carolina man has won a second $1 million lottery prize at the same store in less than two years, lottery officials said Friday.
2017: Indiana Powerball winner claims $435 million jackpot anonymously. At an afternoon press conference, the Hoosier Lottery announced that a Lafayette man claimed a $435.3 million Powerball jackpot that was drawn in February.
2017: Triple 7s result in $2.2 million lottery payout. On Monday, lottery officials announced that 8,955 Pick 3 players in South Carolina celebrated triple lucky 7's this weekend.
2017: Louisiana Lottery showed incorrect winning numbers for Pick 3, Pick 4 on March 12. The Louisiana Lottery Corporation drawing show that aired on March 12 showed the wrong numbers for Pick 3 and Pick 4, the corporation announced.
2017: Lawsuit alleges Illinois lottery contractor cheated players, vendors. A company hired to manage the Illinois Lottery cheated players and lottery vendors by misrepresenting the odds of winning scratch-off games, a class-action lawsuit in federal court alleges.
2016: Consultant lays out 'ambitious' vision for Arkansas Lottery. A consultant for the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery envisions ticket sales steadily increasing from $450 million in the current fiscal year to $615 million by fiscal 2021 and net proceeds for scholarships rising from $85 million to $109 million in the same period.
2015: Calif. man knew he won $1M but lost the lottery ticket. A California man was unable to collect a $1 million Powerball lottery prize after he misplaced the winning ticket.
2012: New England states start new lottery game Thursday. For the first time ever, the six New England states will jointly run a multi-state lottery game, starting this week.
2011: $172 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls. Will an incredibly lucky lottery player win a life-changing windfall this week, or will the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game enter another round of $200+ million jackpots?
2010: Virginia man claims $200M Mega Millions lottery jackpot. For nearly five months Steve Williams waited, holding a Mega Millions ticket that he knew was worth $200 million. Finally, on March 12, 2010, he officially claimed his prize, becoming the second-largest winner in the Virginia Lottery's history.
2009: Cable worker wins $50,000 a year for life from N.C. lottery. A North Carolina man who has made a living installing telephone cable for more than 30 years hit the lottery's first winning "Lifetime Riches" scratch-off ticket, which pays out $50,000 a year for life.
2009: Lottery winner buys Fort Myers business. AFter spending several months traveling and relaxing, Jason Fry decided to rejoin the workforce by becoming a business owner.
2009: Iowa Lottery retail check finds no cheating. The Iowa Lottery said today it found no evidence that lottery ticket winners were cheated when it conducted security checks last month at 120 retail sites statewide.
2008: $275 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot raised again. The Powerball jackpot continues to build, now exceeding the level attained by Mega Millions last month before it was won by a Georgia couple.
2006: Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $75 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $75 million, with a cash option of $35.4 million.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $42 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $42 million Saturday.
2006: Iowa Legislators start spinning TouchPlay debate today. There are a lot of jackpots on the line today when legislators begin debating the future of the Iowa Lottery's slot machine-like games located in Main Street businesses across the state.
2006: Lessons Learned: Lottery winners should never eat their seed corn. After blowing off the first million of the jackpot, how do you preserve and grow the remainder so that it lasts as long as you do, making it possible to leave your own legacy?
2006: 'Lottery Man' uses Powerball fortune to help quake victims. Ihsan Khan is a multimillion-dollar Powerball winner who was elected mayor of his hometown district in Pakistan two days before the devastating Oct. 8 earthquake. Now Khan is helping his destroyed district with his lottery winnings.
2006: Lottery scams use real business names to appear legitimate. Lottery scams are using legitimate business names in official-looking letters in an attempt to sell their ruse to non-suspecting people.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$815 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2024
2.$563.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2024
3.$448.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2019
4.$417.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2018
5.$353 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2014
6.$318 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2018
7.$276.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2008
8.$229 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2023
9.$212 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2010
10.€171.57 Million
US$188.25 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2022
11.$183 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2013
12.€129 Million
US$179.25 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2014
13.$172 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2011
14.$171 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2012
15.$170.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2021
16.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2007
17.€105 Million
US$148.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2011
18.€120.96 Million
US$144.58 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2021
19.€130 Million
US$141.56 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2024
20.€112.7 Million
US$139.4 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2018
21.$137 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2015
22.€119.37 Million
US$134.99 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2019
23.$124.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2022
24.$123 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 15, 2017
25.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: Baesquiat3
Monday, Mar 13, 1995
29 years old
1989: RedCafe89
Monday, Mar 13, 1989
35 years old
1986: pballwinner
Thursday, Mar 13, 1986
38 years old
1982: DestinedPath
Saturday, Mar 13, 1982
42 years old
1982: cotoole02
Saturday, Mar 13, 1982
42 years old
1981: mountainman
Friday, Mar 13, 1981
43 years old
1979: Neges509
Tuesday, Mar 13, 1979
45 years old
1978: Pineapplelooza
Monday, Mar 13, 1978
46 years old
1976: liquidmetalix
Saturday, Mar 13, 1976
48 years old
1976: tce36
Saturday, Mar 13, 1976
48 years old
1975: Tasookaya
Thursday, Mar 13, 1975
49 years old
1973: focus73
Tuesday, Mar 13, 1973
51 years old
1969: Alay69
Thursday, Mar 13, 1969
55 years old
1969: floorman
Thursday, Mar 13, 1969
55 years old
1966: ECruz68007
Sunday, Mar 13, 1966
58 years old
1960: Bobby1960
Sunday, Mar 13, 1960
64 years old
1960: Silv3r
Sunday, Mar 13, 1960
64 years old
1948: meborino
Saturday, Mar 13, 1948
76 years old
1940: cej17822
Wednesday, Mar 13, 1940
84 years old
: FredGSanford147
(year not provided)
: Jiggerman1
(year not provided)
: LOOSE CANNON
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.
2020: Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.
2016: The Ankara bombing kills at least 37 people.
2016: Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at least 19 people.
2013: The 2013 papal conclave elects Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio taking the name Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.
2012: The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.
2003: An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
1997: The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
1996: The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
1993: The 1993 Storm of the Century affects the eastern United States, dropping feet of snow in many areas.
1992: The M_w 6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).
1988: The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
1979: The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
1974: Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 crashes into the White Mountains near Bishop, California, killing 36.
1969: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
1957: Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
1954: The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
1943: The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.
1940: The Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union officially ends after the signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty.
1930: The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
1920: The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
1900: British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
1888: The eruption of Ritter Island triggers tsunamis that kill up to 3,000 people on nearby islands.
1884: The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
1862: The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves is passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
1848: The German revolutions of 1848-1849 begin in Vienna.
1845: Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
1826: Pope Leo XII publishes the apostolic constitution Quo Graviora in which he renewed the prohibition on Catholics joining freemasonry.
1811: A French and Italian fleet is defeated by a British squadron off the island of Vis in the Adriatic during the Napoleonic Wars.
1809: Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in the Coup of 1809.
1781: William Herschel discovers Uranus.
1741: The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (part of the War of Jenkins' Ear) begins.
1697: Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
1639: Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard.
1591: At the Battle of Tondibi in Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi dynasty, led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.
1567: The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
624: The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh.

Births On This Day

2004: Coco Gauff, American tennis player
2001: Thomas Dearden, Australian rugby league player
1998: Jay-Roy Grot, Dutch footballer
1998: Jack Harlow, American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor
1995: Jang Su-jeong, South Korean tennis player
1995: Mikaela Shiffrin, American skier
1994: Gerard Deulofeu, Spanish footballer
1994: Mohammed Siraj, Indian cricketer
1991: Daniel Greig, Australian speed skater
1991: Tristan Thompson, American basketball player
1990: Anicet Abel, Malagasy footballer
1989: Holger Badstuber, German footballer
1989: Marko Marin, German footballer
1989: Robert Wickens, Canadian racing driver
1988: Furdjel Narsingh, Dutch footballer
1987: Marco Andretti, American race car driver
1987: Andreas Beck, German footballer
1986: Neil Wagner, South African-New Zealand cricketer
1985: Alcides Araújo Alves, Brazilian footballer
1985: Emile Hirsch, American actor
1984: Geeta Basra, Indian actress
1983: Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer
1982: Nicole Ohlde, American basketball player
1981: Olena Kot, Ukrainian Journalist
1980: Caron Butler, American basketball player
1980: Brad Watts, Australian rugby league player
1979: Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball player
1979: Cédric Van Branteghem, Belgian sprinter
1978: Tom Danielson, American cyclist
1978: Kenny Watson, American football player
1976: Troy Hudson, American basketball player and rapper
1976: Danny Masterson, American actor and producer
1975: Mark Clattenburg, English football referee
1974: James Brinkley, Scottish cricketer
1974: Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player and sportscaster
1973: Edgar Davids, Surinamese born Dutch international footballer and manager
1973: Bobby Jackson, American basketball player and coach
1972: Common, American rapper and actor
1972: Trent Dilfer, American football player, coach, and analyst
1971: Annabeth Gish, American actress
1971: Allan Nielsen, Danish international footballer and manager
1970: Tim Story, American director and producer
1969: Darren Fritz, Australian rugby league player
1967: Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (d. 1994)
1967: Pieter Vink, Dutch footballer and referee
1966: Chico Science, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
1964: Will Clark, American baseball player
1964: Craig Dimond, Australian rugby league player
1964: Trevor Gillmeister Australian rugby league player and coach
1963: Vance Johnson, American football player
1963: Fito Páez, Argentinian musician, songwriter and filmmaker
1960: Adam Clayton, English-Irish musician and songwriter
1960: Joe Ranft, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor (d. 2005)
1959: Dirk Wellham, Australian cricketer
1958: Mágico González, Salvadoran footballer
1958: Rick Lazio, American lawyer and politician
1958: Caryl Phillips, Caribbean-English author and playwright
1957: John Hoeven, American banker and politician, 31st Governor of North Dakota
1957: Moses Hogan, American composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1956: Dana Delany, American actress and producer
1956: Jamie Dimon, North-American businessman and banker
1955: Bruno Conti, Italian footballer and manager
1955: Glenne Headly, American actress (d. 2017)
1955: Olga Rukavishnikova, Russian pentathlete
1954: Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos, Guyanese-English politician and diplomat
1954: Robin Duke, Canadian actress and screenwriter
1953: Andy Bean, American golfer
1953: Deborah Raffin, American actress (d. 2012)
1953: Michael Curry, 27th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church
1952: Wolfgang Rihm, German composer and educator
1952: Tim Sebastian, English journalist and author
1951: Charo, Spanish-American singer, guitarist, and actress
1950: Joe Bugner, Hungarian-British boxer and actor
1950: Bernard Julien, Trinidadian cricketer
1950: Charles Krauthammer, American physician, journalist, and author (d. 2018)
1950: William H. Macy, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1949: Ze'ev Bielski, Israeli politician
1949: Sian Elias, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand
1947: Lesley Collier, English ballerina and educator
1947: Beat Richner, Swiss pediatrician and cellist (d. 2018)
1947: Lyn St. James, American race car driver
1946: Yonatan Netanyahu, American-Israeli colonel (d. 1976)
1945: Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician and academic
1944: Terence Burns, Baron Burns, English economist and academic
1942: Dave Cutler, American computer scientist and engineer
1942: Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and author (d. 2008)
1942: Scatman John, American singer-songwriter (d. 1999)
1941: Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic (d. 2001)
1939: Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1938: Robert Gammage, American captain and politician (d. 2012)
1935: David Nobbs, English author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1933: Diane Dillon, American illustrator
1933: Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (d. 2014)
1933: Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (d. 2009)
1929: Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 2014)
1926: Carlos Roberto Reina, Honduran lawyer and politician, President of Honduras (d. 2003)
1925: Roy Haynes, American drummer and composer
1923: Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (d. 2010)
1921: Al Jaffee, American cartoonist (d. 2023)
1920: Ralph J. Roberts, American businessman, co-founded Comcast (d. 2015)
1916: Lindy Boggs, American educator and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See (d. 2013)
1916: Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (d. 2017)
1914: W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (d. 1998)
1914: Edward O'Hare, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1943)
1913: William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1987)
1913: Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and playwright (d. 2009)
1911: José Ardévol, Cuban composer and conductor (d. 1981)
1911: L. Ron Hubbard, American author (d. 1986)
1910: Sammy Kaye, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1987)
1910: Kemal Tahir, Turkish journalist and author (d. 1973)
1908: Walter Annenberg, American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
1908: Myrtle Bachelder, American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (d. 1997)
1907: Dorothy Tangney, Australian politician (d. 1985)
1904: Clifford Roach, Trinidadian cricketer and footballer (d. 1988)
1902: Hans Bellmer, German-French painter and sculptor (d. 1975)
1900: Andrée Bosquet, Belgian painter (d. 1980)
1900: Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1899: John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
1899: Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgarian pianist and composer (d. 1978)
1898: Henry Hathaway, American director and producer (d. 1985)
1897: Yeghishe Charents, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1937)
1892: Janet Flanner, American journalist and author (d. 1978)
1890: Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (d. 1951)
1888: Paul Morand, French author and diplomat (d. 1976)
1886: Home Run Baker, American baseball player and manager (d. 1963)
1886: Albert William Stevens, American captain and photographer (d. 1949)
1884: Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author and educator (d. 1941)
1883: Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1926)
1880: Josef Gočár, Czech architect (d. 1945)
1874: Ellery Harding Clark, American jumper, coach, and lawyer (d. 1949)
1870: William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (d. 1938)
1864: Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (d. 1941)
1862: Paul Prosper Henrys, French general (d. 1943)
1860: Hugo Wolf, Slovene-Austrian composer (d. 1903)
1857: B. H. Roberts, English-American historian and politician (d. 1933)
1855: Percival Lowell, American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1916)
1825: Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (d. 1903)
1815: James Curtis Hepburn, American physician, linguist, and missionary (d. 1911)
1800: Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 212th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1858)
1798: Abigail Fillmore, American wife of Millard Fillmore, 14th First Lady of the United States (d. 1853)
1781: Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German painter and architect, designed the Konzerthaus Berlin (d. 1841)
1770: Daniel Lambert, English animal breeder (d. 1809)
1764: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1845)
1763: Guillaume Brune, French general and diplomat (d. 1815)
1741: Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1790)
1720: Charles Bonnet, Swiss historian and author (d. 1793)
1719: John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (d. 1797)
1700: Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (d. 1768)
1683: Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, German botanist (d. 1741)
1615: Innocent XII, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1700)
1599: John Berchmans, Belgian Jesuit scholastic and saint (d. 1621)
1593: Georges de La Tour, French painter (probable; d. 1652)
1560: William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Dutch count (d. 1620)
1479: Lazarus Spengler, German hymnwriter (d. 1534)
1372: Louis I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1407)

Deaths On This Day

2022: William Hurt, American actor (b. 1950)
2021: Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American professional boxer (b. 1954)
2021: Murray Walker, English motorsport commentator and journalist (b. 1923)
2018: Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist. (b. 1931)
2017: Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (b. 1965)
2016: Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist (b. 1926)
2015: Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
2014: Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (b. 1928)
2014: Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, Irish businessman and politician (b. 1944)
2014: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (b. 1932)
2014: Icchokas Meras, Lithuanian-Israeli author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2013: Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1957)
2011: Rick Martin, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1951)
2010: Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
2009: Betsy Blair, American actress (b. 1923)
2009: Alan W. Livingston, American businessman (b. 1917)
2007: Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (b. 1925)
2006: Robert C. Baker, American businessman, invented the chicken nugget (b. 1921)
2006: Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944)
2006: Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925)
2006: Peter Tomarken, American television personality, game show host (b. 1942)
2004: Franz König, Austrian cardinal (b. 1905)
2002: Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1900)
2001: John A. Alonzo, American actor and cinematographer (b. 1934)
2001: Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (b. 1895)
1999: Lee Falk, American cartoonist, director, and producer (b. 1911)
1999: Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1998: Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
1998: Hans von Ohain, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1911)
1996: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
1995: Odette Hallowes, French nurse and spy (b. 1912)
1990: Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author (b. 1903)
1983: Paul Citroen, German-Dutch illustrator and educator (b. 1896)
1976: Ole Haugsrud, American sports executive (b. 1900)
1975: Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1972: Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941)
1971: Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
1965: Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
1965: Fan Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1882)
1962: Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor (b. 1882)
1953: Johan Laidoner, Estonian general and statesman (b. 1884)
1951: Ants "the Terrible" Kaljurand, Estonian anti-communist, freedom fighter and forest brother (b. 1917)
1946: Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
1943: Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1898)
1938: Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (b. 1857)
1936: Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851)
1921: Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (b. 1835)
1912: Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (b. 1836)
1906: Susan B. Anthony, American activist (b. 1820)
1901: Benjamin Harrison, American general and politician, 23rd President of the United States (b. 1833)
1885: Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician (b. 1795)
1884: Leland Stanford Jr., American son of Leland Stanford (b. 1868)
1881: Alexander II of Russia (b. 1818)
1879: Adolf Anderssen, German mathematician and chess player (b. 1818)
1873: David Swinson Maynard, American physician, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1808)
1854: Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (b. 1773)
1842: Henry Shrapnel, English general (b. 1761)
1833: William Bradley, English lieutenant and cartographer (b. 1757)
1823: John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (b. 1735)
1808: Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)
1800: Nana Fadnavis, Indian minister and politician (b. 1742)
1719: Johann Friedrich Böttger, German chemist and potter (b. 1682)
1711: Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636)
1619: Richard Burbage, English actor (b. 1567)
1601: Henry Cuffe, Politician (b. 1563)
1573: Michel de l'Hôpital, French politician (b. 1507)
1447: Shah Rukh, Timurid ruler of Persia and Transoxania (b. 1377)
1415: Minye Kyawswa, Crown Prince of Ava (b. 1391)
1271: Henry of Almain, English knight (b. 1235)
1202: Mieszko III the Old, king of Poland (b. c. 1121)

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