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On This Day in History: March 3

March 3 is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 303 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2021: UK couple lose out on £182 million EuroMillions lottery jackpot following payment error. Two students from the UK were left devastated after a payment error caused them to lose out on a £182 million (US$254 million) EuroMillions jackpot.
2020: Amazon uses this lottery puzzle as a brain-teaser for interviewees. Tech giant Amazon reportedly poses a series of logical and mathematical puzzles during the interview process in order to select the best candidates, including a lottery scenario.
2016: Falling lottery sales pinch college scholarships. The ticket-buying frenzy that erupted over January's $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot wasn't enough to reverse a long-running trend: Proceeds from lottery games aren't keeping pace with the higher education costs they were supposed to pay.
2015: Lottery tickets could soon be delivered to your home in N.J.. A bill introduced in New Jersey would allow courier services to deliver New Jersey lottery tickets throughout the state.
2011: Missouri Senate to discuss privatizing state lottery. The Missouri Lottery will begin talks in April with the state Senate about moving control of the lottery from the government to the private sector.
2010: Mega Millions lottery game coming To Oregon. The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game is about to become Oregon's second major lottery jackpot game.
2010: Kansas House proposal would create tax on lottery tickets. A proposal to raise taxes on utility bills, lottery tickets and churches is heading toward a vote in the Kansas House.
2010: Tatts Group buys New South Wales lottery for A$850m. The state government of New South Wales has sold its lotteries business to Tatts Group for A$850m (US$764m) after an auction process that attracted both Australian and international bidders.
2010: CT Gov. faces challenges bringing Keno to state. Faced with strong skepticism from the Democrat-controlled legislature, the Rell administration started talks last week with Connecticut's two Indian tribes so that the state can legalize keno -- a gambling game that is currently offered in the casinos.
2010: Oregon Lottery employee promoted to interim director. Larry Niswender was promoted Tuesday to interim director of the Oregon Lottery.
2008: Small N.Y. store sells lots of winning lottery tickets. A small newsstand in Newburgh, New York, sells lots of lottery ticket and seems to produce more winners than it should.
2008: Official gets 8 years at home for rigging lottery. A judge sentenced a former Hoosier Lottery security official to eight years of home detention for revealing to two men the store where they could buy a winning $1 million scratch-off ticket.
2007: $340 MILLION: Biggest Mega Millions lottery jackpot ever. The $340 million jackpot for Tuesday's Mega Millions lottery drawing will be the largest since The Big Game became Mega Millions in May of 2002.
2006: Mega Millions Jackpot Winner Still Unknown. Everyone has been waiting to find out who is the winner of this week's Mega Millions Jackpot, but that person may not want their identity revealed.
2006: 464 gaming machines seized in S.C.. South Carolina authorities seized 464 gaming machines and computers Thursday from 13 York County businesses accused of hosting illegal gambling just over the N.C. state line.
2004: Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Ohio. A single player from Ohio has won the grand prize from the latest Mega Millions lotto drawing.
2004: Minnesota Lottery Cancels $1.3 Million in Contracts with Media Rare. The Minnesota Lottery says it's canceled promotional contracts worth $1.3 million a year with Media Rare.
2004: 'Angel' sells woman $100K lottery ticket. On Friday the 13th, Deborah Baker grabbed a dime with her left hand and scratched away the prize area on her $100,000 Jackpot Tennessee lottery ticket.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$390 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2007
2.$381 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2019
3.$321 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2018
4.$265 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2018
5.$240 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2014
6.$212 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2009
7.€165.19 Million US$182.77 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2022
8.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2008
9.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2000
10.$144 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2016
11.€116.3 Million
US$139.61 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2021
12.$133 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2010
13.€107.87 Million
US$132.86 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2018
14.€114.59 Million
US$129.62 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2019
15.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2012
16.€100 Million
US$126.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2009
17.$125 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2021
18.$123 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2013
19.$114 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2010
20.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2022
21.$105 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2007
21.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2011
23.$101.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 4, 1995
24.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2015
24.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: GodsGifted242
Thursday, Mar 3, 1994
28 years old
1988: Pisces*dreamer
Thursday, Mar 3, 1988
34 years old
1984: campaG587
Saturday, Mar 3, 1984
38 years old
1982: flowers1982
Wednesday, Mar 3, 1982
40 years old
1979: Dika
Saturday, Mar 3, 1979
43 years old
1977: nb3377
Thursday, Mar 3, 1977
45 years old
1977: young blood
Thursday, Mar 3, 1977
45 years old
1974: candygirl74
Sunday, Mar 3, 1974
48 years old
1974: Alex998
Sunday, Mar 3, 1974
48 years old
1970: Alica337
Tuesday, Mar 3, 1970
52 years old
1969: lattelotto2
Monday, Mar 3, 1969
53 years old
1968: hansonpatt
Sunday, Mar 3, 1968
54 years old
1967: rpayne
Friday, Mar 3, 1967
55 years old
1963: mustwinmore
Sunday, Mar 3, 1963
59 years old
1954: nikita18
Wednesday, Mar 3, 1954
68 years old
1951: cjkca
Saturday, Mar 3, 1951
71 years old
1931: Duparc
Tuesday, Mar 3, 1931
91 years old
: pick3fan
(year not provided)
: BallerMD
(year not provided)
: TraceyW4$
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2017: The Nintendo Switch releases worldwide.
2013: A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 45 people and injured 180 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area.
2005: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
2005: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
2005: Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006, where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
1991: An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
1991: United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on its final approach to Colorado Springs.
1986: The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
1985: Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers' national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
1985: A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
1980: The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
1974: Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
1972: Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
1969: Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
1958: Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
1953: A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
1951: Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
1945: World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila.
1945: World War II: The RAF accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
1944: The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
1943: World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
1942: World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
1940: Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
1939: In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
1938: Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1931: The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
1924: The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
1924: The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
1918: Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
1913: Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
1910: Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
1891: Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
1878: The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
1875: The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
1873: Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
1861: Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
1859: The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
1857: Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
1849: The Territory of Minnesota is created.
1845: Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1820: The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1799: The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.
1779: American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
1776: American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
1585: The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
1575: Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
724: Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
473: Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

Births On This Day

1998: Jayson Tatum, American basketball player
1997: Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer
1996: Cameron Johnson, American basketball player
1994: Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress
1993: Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player
1993: Josef Dostál, Czech kayaker
1993: James Roberts, Australian rugby league player
1991: Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress
1991: Cho-rong, South Korean singer
1990: Vladimir Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player
1989: Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer
1988: Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player
1988: Michael Morrison, English footballer
1988: Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
1988: Max Waller, English cricketer
1987: Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer
1987: Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer
1986: Jed Collins, American football player
1986: Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter
1986: Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer
1984: Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player
1984: Santonio Holmes, American football player
1984: Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
1983: Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer
1983: Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
1982: Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer
1982: Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
1982: Tolu Ogunlesi, Nigerian journalist and writer
1982: Brent Tate, Australian rugby league player
1981: Julius Malema, South African politician
1981: Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
1979: Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
1977: Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
1977: Buddy Valastro, American chef and television host
1976: Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer
1976: Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress (d. 2017)
1976: Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1976: Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba, Zambian politician
1974: David Faustino, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1973: Xavier Bettel, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1972: Darren Anderton, English international footballer and sportscaster
1971: Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author
1971: Tyler Florence, American chef and author
1970: Julie Bowen, American actress
1970: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1968: Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist
1968: Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
1966: Tone Lōc, American rapper, producer, and actor
1966: Timo Tolkki, Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1965: Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer and manager
1964: Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
1964: Laura Harring, Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985
1964: Glenn Kulka, Canadian ice hockey player and wrestler
1963: Martín Fiz, Spanish runner
1963: Khaltmaagiin Battulga, 5th President of Mongolia
1962: Glen E. Friedman, American photographer
1962: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American heptathlete and long jumper
1962: Herschel Walker, American football player and mixed martial artist
1961: Mary Page Keller, American actress and producer
1961: John Matteson, American biographer
1961: Perry McCarthy, English race car driver
1961: Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
1960: Neal Heaton, American baseball player and coach
1959: Ira Glass, American radio host and producer
1959: Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
1958: Miranda Richardson, English actress
1957: Stephen Budiansky, American historian, journalist, and author
1957: Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
1956: Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer and manager
1956: John Fulton Reid, New Zealand cricketer
1955: Darnell Williams, English-American actor and director
1954: Keith Fergus, American golfer
1954: John Lilley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954: Édouard Lock, Moroccan-Canadian dancer and choreographer
1953: Robyn Hitchcock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach
1952: Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer (d. 2008)
1951: Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (d. 2013)
1951: Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951: Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician
1950: Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Bangladeshi politician
1949: Ron Chernow, American historian, journalist, and author
1949: Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer, academic, and astronaut
1949: Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (d. 2011)
1948: Snowy White, English guitarist
1947: Clifton Snider, American author, poet, and critic
1947: Jennifer Warnes, American singer-songwriter and producer
1945: George Miller, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1945: Hattie Winston, American actress
1941: Mike Pender, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1940: Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian author and journalist
1940: Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (d. 1986)
1940: Jean-Paul Proust, French-Monacan police officer and politician, 21st Minister of State of Monaco (d. 2010)
1939: Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (d. 2003)
1939: M. L. Jaisimha, Indian cricketer (d. 1999)
1935: Mal Anderson, Australian tennis player
1935: Michael Walzer, American philosopher and academic
1935: Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (d. 2015)
1934: Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1934: Jimmy Garrison, American bassist and educator (d. 1976)
1930: Ion Iliescu, Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania
1927: Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 2016)
1926: James Merrill, American poet and playwright (d. 1995)
1924: Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese soldier and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Japan
1923: Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (d. 2005)
1923: Doc Watson, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2012)
1922: Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2002)
1921: Diana Barrymore, American actress (d. 1960)
1920: Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant (d. 1994)
1920: James Doohan, Canadian-American actor and soldier (d. 2005)
1920: Ronald Searle, English-French soldier and illustrator (d. 2011)
1918: Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1917: Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (d. 1952)
1916: Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 2006)
1914: Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
1913: Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
1913: Harold J. Stone, American actor (d. 2005)
1911: Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937)
1911: Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1982)
1906: Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic (d. 1991)
1903: Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician (d. 1967)
1902: Ruby Dandridge, African-American film and radio actress (d. 1987)
1901: Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (d. 2011)
1900: Edna Best, British stage and film actress, appeared on early television in 1938 (d. 1974)
1898: Emil Artin, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1962)
1895: Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1895: Matthew Ridgway, American general (d. 1993)
1893: Beatrice Wood, American illustrator and potter (d. 1998)
1891: Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop (d. 1949)
1887: Lincoln J. Beachey, American pilot (d. 1915)
1883: Cyril Burt, English psychologist and geneticist (d. 1971)
1883: Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (d. 1977)
1882: Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (d. 1974)
1882: Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman (d. 1949)
1880: Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1962)
1880: Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1946)
1873: William Green, American union leader and politician (d. 1952)
1871: Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (d. 1957)
1869: Henry Wood, English conductor (d. 1944)
1868: Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (d. 1951)
1866: Fred A. Busse, American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
1860: John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (d. 1925)
1847: Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone (d. 1922)
1845: Georg Cantor, Russian-German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1918)
1841: John Murray, Canadian-Scottish oceanographer and biologist (d. 1914)
1839: Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (d. 1904)
1831: George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (d. 1897)
1825: Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1879)
1819: Gustave de Molinari, Dutch-Belgian economist and theorist (d. 1912)
1816: William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (d. 1858)
1805: Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician (d. 1861)
1803: Thomas Field Gibson, English manufacturer who aided the welfare of the Spitalfields silk weavers (d. 1889)
1800: Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (d. 1862)
1793: William Macready, English actor and manager (d. 1873)
1778: Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1841)
1756: William Godwin, English journalist and author (d. 1836)
1678: Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian rebel leader (d. 1747)
1652: Thomas Otway, English playwright and author (d. 1685)
1606: Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (d. 1687)
1589: Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1676)
1583: Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English-Welsh soldier, historian, and diplomat (d. 1648)
1520: Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (d. 1575)
1506: Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (d. 1555)
1455: John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
1455: Ascanio Sforza, Catholic cardinal (d. 1505)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Charles J. Urstadt, American real estate executive and investor (b. 1928)
2019: Peter Hurford OBE, British organist and composer (b. 1930)
2018: Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete, first man to run a four-minute mile (b. 1929)
2018: Mal Bryce, Australian politician (b. 1943)
2018: Vanessa Goodwin, Australian politician (b. 1969)
2018: David Ogden Stiers, American actor, voice actor and musician (b. 1942)
2017: René Préval, Haitian politician (b. 1943)
2016: Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (b. 1968)
2016: Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmentalist (b. 1973)
2016: Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1962)
2016: Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1914)
2016: Sarah Tait, Australian Olympic rower (b. 1983)
2015: Ernest Braun, Austrian-English physicist and academic (b. 1925)
2015: M. Stanton Evans, American journalist and author (b. 1934)
2014: Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (b. 1930)
2014: Sherwin B. Nuland, American surgeon, author, and educator (b. 1930)
2014: William R. Pogue, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
2013: Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1940)
2013: Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2013: James Strong, Qantas CEO from 1993 to 2001 (b. 1944)
2012: Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator (b. 1929)
2012: Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1947)
2012: Alex Webster, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
2011: May Cutler, Canadian journalist, author, and politician (b. 1923)
2010: Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (b. 1956)
2010: Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (b. 1913)
2009: Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (b. 1935)
2008: Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)
2008: Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (b. 1923)
2007: Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (b. 1920)
2006: Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1923)
2006: Else Fisher, Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1918)
2006: William Herskovic, Hungarian-American humanitarian (b. 1914)
2005: Max Fisher, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
2003: Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
2003: Luis Marden, American linguist, photographer, and explorer (b. 1913)
2003: Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
2002: G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1951)
2001: Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
2001: Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2000: Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1904)
1999: Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1999: Lee Philips, American actor and director (b. 1927)
1998: Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1915)
1996: Marguerite Duras, French author and director (b. 1914)
1996: John Krol, American cardinal (b. 1910)
1995: Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1907)
1994: John Edward Williams, American author and academic (b. 1922)
1993: Mel Bradford, American author and critic (b. 1934)
1993: Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American mob boss (b. 1910)
1993: Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1903)
1993: Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist (b. 1906)
1991: Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (b. 1895)
1991: William Penney, Baron Penney, Gibraltar-born English mathematician, physicist, and academic (b. 1909)
1990: Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (b. 1898)
1988: Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (b. 1918)
1988: Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (b. 1889)
1987: Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
1983: Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1907)
1982: Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)
1982: Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
1981: Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1895)
1966: Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
1966: William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887)
1966: Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
1961: Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)
1959: Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
1943: George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
1932: Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
1929: Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
1927: Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
1927: J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
1905: Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
1901: George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
1894: Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
1850: Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
1792: Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (b. 1728)
1789: Ghulam Kadir, leader of the Afghan Rohilla
1768: Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686)
1765: William Stukeley, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1687)
1744: Jean Barbeyrac, French scholar and jurist (b. 1674)
1703: Robert Hooke, English architect and philosopher (b. 1635)
1700: Chhatrapati Rajaram, 3rd Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire (b. 1670)
1616: Matthias de l'Obel, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1538)
1611: William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman (b. 1552)
1592: Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (b. 1499)
1588: Henry XI, duke of Legnica (b. 1539)
1578: Sebastiano Venier, doge of Venice (b. 1496)
1578: Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlu, Ottoman Greek magnate
1554: John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1503)
1542: Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, illegitimate son of Edward IV
1459: Ausiàs March, Catalan knight and poet (b. 1397)
1383: Hugh III, Italian nobleman
1323: Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English military leader
1311: Antony Bek, bishop of Durham
1239: Vladimir IV Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)
1195: Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham (b. c. 1125)
1009: Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, Umayyad chief minister (b. 983)
532: Winwaloe, founder of Landévennec Abbey (b. c. 460)

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