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On This Day in History: March 4

March 4 is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 302 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Man photoshops himself with $343.9 million lottery check to get more Tinder matches. A Tinder user was feeling discouraged by the lack of matches he was receiving on the popular dating app, so he changed his approach by photoshopping himself into a picture of a well-known Powerball winner.
2020: Missouri House considers legislation to protect the identity of lottery winners. A bill to protect the identity of Missouri lottery winners is making its way through the legislative process.
2019: Winner of $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot has come forward. More than four months after making his or her fateful lottery ticket purchase, the winner of the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot has stepped forward — but will remain anonymous, the South Carolina Education Lottery Commission announced.
2019: Illinois Lottery glitch causes trouble for retailers, including overpayment to winners. The Illinois Lottery's transition to a new central gaming system has caused trouble for some retailers, including overpayments to winners.
2019: Sports betting at Yankee Stadium? It could happen under New York legislation. A sponsor of sports betting legislation in New York said the bill likely would allow for in-person wagering at places like Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden.
2018: More millennials than seniors losing money to scams. Forget the cliché of the vulnerable senior citizen falling victim to scammers — a larger share of young people reported that they lost money to fraud than older individuals did in 2017.
2017: Homeless man wins $50,000 Colorado Lottery scratch-off prize. A Kentucky native who fell on hard times in Colorado recently had a change of fortune when he won $50,000 in the state's lottery.
2016: Illinois lottery players could lose ability to play online. A test program that allows Illinois Lottery tickets to be sold online expires March 25, and the state is likely to lose out on money for education and construction projects unless lawmakers take action.
2015: Massachusetts man claims $15 million scratch-off prize. For just the second time in Massachusetts Lottery history, someone has won $15 million from a scratch ticket.
2015: Bill would allow N.C. lottery winners to remain anonymous. A House bill set for a hearing Wednesday would require confidentiality for North Carolina Lottery winners unless they consent to having their information released.
2014: Postal agents intercept, destroy fake lottery checks. Instead of sending foreign lottery letters and checks directly to you from Canada, Jamaica, Costa Rica or Mexico, more and more, scammers are sending big batches of letters in a box, to middlemen in the United States.
2013: Lawmakers going after unclaimed lottery money. For state lawmakers in a tough budget year nationwide, unclaimed lottery prizes are adding up to a tempting pot of cash.
2011: UK Lottery sets sales record. UK National Lottery operator Camelot said a new-look Thunderball game and two special UK Millionaire Super Raffles have helped it achieve record ticket sales this year.
2011: Florida lottery player claims $182.1M Powerball jackpot. A 69-year-old Kissimmee woman arrived in Tallahassee Thursday to claim the $182.1 million jackpot from the Feb. 26 Powerball drawing.
2009: 10 N.J. co-workers will split $216M lottery jackpot. 10 co-workers at the Chubb Insurance company hit the second-largest single-ticket jackpot in New Jersey history, winning $216 million in the Mega Millions jackpot.
2009: $216M Mega Millions lottery winner is from New Jersey. Once again, the Garden State got lucky, as a single ticket sold in Ocean County grabbed last night's $216 million Mega Millions annuity windfall.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $18 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $18 million Saturday.
2004: Ohio man claims $20 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. Eric Maxwell, 45, an environmental lab technician who lives in Dayton View, Ohio, was identified by Ohio Lottery officials Wednesday as the winner of Tuesday's $20 million Mega Millions jackpot.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Leaps To $70 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $70 million, with a cash option of $38.3 million.
2004: One jackpot winner in Michigan WinFall drawing. One ticket matched all the Michigan Lottery WinFall numbers drawn Wednesday to win a jackpot of more than $5.4 million.
2004: Record Mega Millions jackpot still unclaimed. It's been 12 days since the single winning ticket for the $239 million Mega Millions lottery was announced, but no one has claimed the jackpot.
2004: Minnesota Lottery moves to boost integrity. Legislation designed to increase accountability at the Minnesota Lottery moved forward Wednesday, while fallout from the lottery's troubles continued.
2004: Massachusetts awards lottery prize to rightful owner. An 18-year-old Massachusetts resident waited more than a month for her $20,000 prize after a Westborough store clerk allegedly snatched the winning ticket from her hand, telling her she had won just $100 playing Lucky Stars.

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.$346.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 7, 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.€166.55 Million US$182.09 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2022
7.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2008
8.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2000
9.$144 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2016
10.$141.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2021
11.€116.3 Million
US$139.61 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2021
12.$139 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2010
13.€109.06 Million
US$135.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2018
14.$133 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2010
15.€114.59 Million
US$129.62 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2019
16.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2012
17.€100 Million
US$126.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2009
18.$123 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2013
19.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2007
20.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2022
21.€100 Million
US$109.01 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2015
22.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2011
23.$101.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 4, 1995
24.$94 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2017
25.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2015

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: lovelyvaldez5
Saturday, Mar 4, 1995
27 years old
1984: Sef$Girl
Sunday, Mar 4, 1984
38 years old
1980: chidickton
Tuesday, Mar 4, 1980
42 years old
1978: Clay*Clay
Saturday, Mar 4, 1978
44 years old
1978: CoreyR3478
Saturday, Mar 4, 1978
44 years old
1977: mike0202
Friday, Mar 4, 1977
45 years old
1973: ctharpe35
Sunday, Mar 4, 1973
49 years old
1972: slackscrews
Saturday, Mar 4, 1972
50 years old
1971: LadyMylena
Thursday, Mar 4, 1971
51 years old
1971: har3456
Thursday, Mar 4, 1971
51 years old
1971: IngLisH
Thursday, Mar 4, 1971
51 years old
1969: getmone
Tuesday, Mar 4, 1969
53 years old
1969: mary123
Tuesday, Mar 4, 1969
53 years old
1966: Litmsunderstood
Friday, Mar 4, 1966
56 years old
1965: the taxlady
Thursday, Mar 4, 1965
57 years old
1962: blabbyhound
Sunday, Mar 4, 1962
60 years old
1953: ala3
Wednesday, Mar 4, 1953
69 years old
: fido
(year not provided)
: oj1izzle
(year not provided)
: americangirl21
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.
2018: Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
2015: At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine.
2012: A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.
2009: The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
2002: Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
2001: BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
1998: Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
1996: A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
1994: Space Shuttle program: the Space Shuttle Colombia is launched on STS-62.
1990: American basketball player Hank Gathers dies after collapsing during the semifinals of a West Coast Conference Tournament game.
1986: The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
1985: The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
1980: Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
1977: The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania.
1976: The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
1970: French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
1966: A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
1966: In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
1962: A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
1960: The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
1957: The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
1955: An order to protect the endangered Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) was legalized.
1944: World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
1943: World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
1943: World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
1941: World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States. He was the last president to be inaugurated on March 4.
1933: Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
1933: The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
1917: Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
1913: First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
1913: The United States Department of Labor is formed.
1909: U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
1908: The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
1901: McKinley inaugurated president for second time; Theodore Roosevelt is vice president.
1899: Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300.
1890: The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 8,094 feet (2,467 m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
1882: Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
1878: Pope Leo XIII reestablishes the Catholic Church in Scotland, recreating sees and naming bishops for the first time since 1603.
1865: The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
1861: The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
1849: President-elect of the United States Zachary Taylor and Vice President-elect Millard Fillmore did not take their respective oaths of office (they did so the following day), leading to the erroneous theory that outgoing President pro tempore of the United States Senate David Rice Atchison had assumed the role of acting president for one day.
1848: Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia.
1837: The city of Chicago is incorporated.
1814: Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
1813: Cyril VI of Constantinople is elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
1804: Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
1797: John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4.
1794: The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1791: The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
1791: Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
1790: France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
1789: In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.
1776: American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
1681: Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
1675: John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
1665: English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1628: The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
1519: Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.
1493: Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
1461: Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
1386: Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.
1351: Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
1238: The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus'.
1152: Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany.
938: Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
852: Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
306: Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
AD 51: Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).

Births On This Day

2007: Miya Cech, American actress
2002: Jacob Hopkins, American actor
2001: Freya Anderson, English freestyle swimmer
1996: Lukas Webb, Australian rules footballer
1995: Chlöe Howl, British singer-songwriter
1995: Bill Milner, English actor
1994: Callum Harriott, English footballer
1994: AJ Tracey, British hip-hop artist and record producer
1993: Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
1993: Richard Peniket, English footballer
1992: Nick Castellanos, American baseball player
1992: Erik Lamela, Argentinian international footballer
1992: Bernd Leno, German footballer
1992: Karl Mööl, Estonian footballer
1990: Andrea Bowen, American actress
1990: Draymond Green, American basketball player
1990: Paddy Madden, Irish footballer
1990: Fran Mérida, Spanish footballer
1989: Benjamin Kiplagat, Ugandan long-distance runner
1988: Gal Mekel, Israeli basketball player
1988: Laura Siegemund, German tennis player
1988: Adam Watts, English footballer
1987: Ben McKinley, Australian footballer
1987: Cameron Wood, Australian footballer
1987: Tamzin Merchant, English actress
1986: Steven Burke, English road and track cyclist
1986: Tom De Mul, Belgian footballer
1986: Mike Krieger, Brazilian-American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram
1986: Siim Roops, Estonian footballer
1986: Bohdan Shust, Ukrainian footballer
1986: Manu Vatuvei, New Zealand rugby league player
1986: Margo Harshman, American actress
1985: Jake Buxton, English footballer
1985: Chinedum Ndukwe, American football player
1985: Whitney Port, American fashion designer and author
1984: Josh Bowman, English actor
1984: Tamir Cohen, Israeli footballer
1984: Anders Grøndal, Norwegian racing driver
1984: Spencer Larsen, American football player
1984: Jeremy Loops, South African singer-songwriter and record producer
1984: Raven Quinn, American singer-songwriter
1984: Zak Whitbread, American-English footballer
1983: Samuel Contesti, French-Italian figure skater
1983: Adam Deacon, English film actor, rapper, writer and director
1983: Jaque Fourie, South African rugby player
1983: Drew Houston, American billionaire and Internet entrepreneur
1982: Landon Donovan, American soccer player and coach
1982: Cate Edwards, American lawyer and author
1982: Ludmila Ezhova, Russian gymnast
1982: Yasemin Mori, Turkish singer
1981: Ariza Makukula, Portuguese footballer
1981: Helen Wyman, English cyclist
1980: Rohan Bopanna, Indian tennis player
1980: Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer
1980: Suzanna Choffel, American singer-songwriter
1980: Giedrius Gustas, Lithuanian basketball player
1980: Scott Hamilton, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1980: Jack Hannahan, American baseball player
1980: Michael Henrich, American ice hockey player
1980: Phil McGuire, Scottish footballer and manager
1980: Aja Volkman, American singer-songwriter
1979: Sarah Stock, Canadian wrestler and trainer
1978: Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player
1978: Denis Dallan, Italian rugby player and singer
1978: Jean-Marc Pelletier, American ice hockey player
1977: Nacho Figueras, Argentinian polo player and model
1977: Traver Rains, American fashion designer and photographer
1976: Robbie Blake, English footballer
1976: Tommy Jönsson, Swedish footballer
1975: Mats Eilertsen, Norwegian bassist and composer
1975: Patrick Femerling, German basketball player
1975: Antti Aalto, Finnish ice hockey player
1975: Kristi Harrower, Australian basketball player
1975: Hawksley Workman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974: Crowbar, American wrestler
1974: Mladen Krstajić, Serbian footballer and manager
1974: Karol Kučera, Slovak tennis player
1974: Ariel Ortega, Argentinian footballer
1974: Tommy Phelps, South Korean-American baseball player and coach
1974: ICS Vortex, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974: David Wagner, American tennis player and educator
1974: Bill Young, Australian rugby player
1973: Massimo Brambilla, Italian footballer and coach
1973: Phillip Daniels, American football player and coach
1973: Valery Kobelev, Russian ski jumper
1973: Penny Mordaunt, English lieutenant and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1973: Linus of Hollywood, American singer-songwriter and producer
1973: Len Wiseman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1973: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, Indian director and screenwriter
1972: Katherine Center, American journalist and author
1972: Nocturno Culto, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Robert Smith, American football player and sportscaster
1972: Ivy Queen, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actress and record producer
1972: Jos Verstappen, Dutch racing driver
1972: Alison Wheeler, English singer-songwriter
1971: Iain Baird, Canadian soccer player and manager
1971: Claire Baker, Scottish politician
1971: Anders Kjølholm, Danish bass player
1971: Satoshi Motoyama, Japanese racing driver
1970: Àlex Crivillé, Spanish motorcycle racer
1970: Will Keen, English actor
1970: Caroline Vis, Dutch tennis player
1969: Pierluigi Casiraghi, Italian footballer and manager
1969: Wayne Collins, English footballer
1969: Annie Yi, Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer
1968: Giovanni Carrara, Venezuelan baseball player
1968: Jorge Celedón, Colombian singer
1968: Patsy Kensit, English model and actress
1968: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek banker and politician, Prime Minister of Greece
1968: Graham Westley, English footballer and manager
1967: Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer and coach
1967: Evan Dando, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Ivan Lewis, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1967: Terry Matterson, Australian rugby league player and coach
1967: Dave Rayner, English cyclist (d. 1994)
1967: Sam Taylor-Johnson, English filmmaker and photographer
1967: Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Swiss footballer
1967: Tim Vine, English comedian, actor, and author
1966: Emese Hunyady, Hungarian speed skater
1966: Kevin Johnson, American basketball player and politician, 55th Mayor of Sacramento
1966: Fiona Ma, American accountant and politician
1966: Helmut Mayer, Austrian skier
1966: Glen Nissen, Australian rugby league player
1966: Dav Pilkey, American author and illustrator
1966: Grand Puba, American rapper
1966: Mike Small, American golfer and coach
1965: Greg Alexander, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1965: Paul W. S. Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1965: Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-born American novelist
1965: Yury Lonchakov, Russian pilot, and cosmonaut
1964: Brian Crowley, Irish lawyer and politician
1964: Paolo Virzì, Italian director and screenwriter
1963: Jason Newsted, American heavy metal singer-songwriter and bass player
1961: Ray Mancini, American boxer
1961: Roger Wessels, South African golfer and educator
1960: Chonda Pierce, American comedian
1959: Rick Ardon, Australian journalist
1959: Plamen Getov, Bulgarian footballer
1958: Patricia Heaton, American actress
1958: Massimo Mascioletti, Italian rugby player and coach
1958: Tina Smith, American politician, junior senator of Minnesota
1957: Nicholas Coleridge, English journalist and businessman
1957: Ron Fassler, American film and television actor and author
1957: Mykelti Williamson, American actor and director
1955: Tim Costello, Australian minister and politician
1955: Joey Jones, Welsh footballer and manager
1954: Timur Apakidze, Russian general and pilot (d. 2001)
1954: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Korean American author (d. 1982)
1954: François Fillon, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France
1954: Peter Jacobsen, American golfer and sportscaster
1954: Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress and comedian
1954: Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian poet and author (d. 2017)
1953: John Edwards, Australian director and producer
1953: Emilio Estefan, Cuban-American drummer and producer
1953: Paweł Janas, Polish footballer and manager
1953: Ray Price, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1953: Reinhold Roth, German motorcycle racer
1953: Chris Smith, American lawyer and politician
1953: Agustí Villaronga, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter
1953: Daniel Woodrell, American novelist and short story writer
1952: Peter Kuhfeld, English painter
1952: Ronn Moss, American singer-songwriter and actor
1952: Svend Robinson, American-Canadian lawyer and politician
1952: Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1951: Edelgard Bulmahn, German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Education and Research
1951: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, South Korean-American author, director, and producer (d. 1982)
1951: Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer and manager
1951: Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1951: Peter O'Sullivan, Welsh international footballer
1951: Sam Perlozzo, American baseball player and manager
1951: Chris Rea, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Glenis Willmott, English scientist and politician
1951: Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2013)
1950: Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter
1950: Rick Perry, American captain and politician, 47th Governor of Texas
1950: Safet Plakalo, Bosnian author and playwright (d. 2015)
1949: Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (d. 2011)
1949: Carroll Baker, Canadian singer-songwriter
1948: Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, New Zealand-Australian author
1948: James Ellroy, American writer
1948: Tom Grieve, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1948: Mike Moran, English musician, songwriter and record producer
1948: Jean O'Leary, American nun and activist (d. 2005)
1948: Chris Squire, English singer-songwriter and bass guitarist (d. 2015)
1948: Shakin' Stevens, British singer-songwriter
1947: David Franzoni, American screenwriter and film producer
1947: Jan Garbarek, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1947: Bob Lewis, American guitarist
1947: Pēteris Plakidis, Latvian pianist and composer (d. 2017)
1946: Michael Ashcroft, English businessman and politician
1946: Danny Frisella, American baseball player (d. 1977)
1946: Haile Gerima, Ethiopian born US filmmaker
1946: Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, American journalist and author
1945: Tommy Svensson, Swedish footballer and manager
1945: Gary Williams, American basketball player and coach
1944: Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (d. 1999)
1944: Anthony Ichiro Sanda, Japanese-American physicist and academic
1944: Len Walker, English footballer and manager
1944: Bobby Womack, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1943: Lucio Dalla, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2012)
1943: Aldo Rico, Argentinian commander and politician
1942: Gloria Gaither, American singer-songwriter
1942: Charles C. Krulak, American general
1942: David Matthews, American keyboard player and composer
1942: Lynn Sherr, American journalist and author
1942: James Gustave Speth, American lawyer and politician
1942: Zorán Sztevanovity, Serbian-Hungarian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941: John Hancock, American film and television actor (d. 1992)
1941: Adrian Lyne, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1941: James Zagel, American lawyer and judge
1940: Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, German scholar and judge
1940: David Plante, American novelist
1939: Jack Fisher, American baseball player
1939: Robert Shaye, American film producer
1938: Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan-English negotiator (d. 2006)
1938: Alpha Condé, Guinean politician, President of Guinea
1938: Allan Kornblum, American police officer and judge (d. 2010)
1938: Don Perkins, American football player and sportscaster
1938: Paula Prentiss, American actress
1938: Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1937: José Araquistáin, Spanish footballer
1937: William Deverell, Canadian lawyer, author, and activist
1937: Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer
1937: Leslie H. Gelb, American journalist and author (d. 2019)
1937: Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and explorer (d. 2003)
1937: Barney Wilen, French saxophonist and composer (d. 1996)
1937: Richard B. Wright, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2017)
1936: Eric Allandale, Dominican trombonist and songwriter (d. 2001)
1936: Jim Clark, Scottish racing driver (d. 1968)
1936: Aribert Reimann, German pianist and composer
1935: Edward Dębicki, Ukrainian-Polish poet and composer
1935: Bent Larsen, Danish chess player and author (d. 2010)
1934: Mario Davidovsky, Argentinian-American composer and academic (d. 2019)
1934: John Duffey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)
1934: Anne Haney, American actress (d. 2001)
1934: Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (d. 2007)
1934: Sandra Reynolds, South African tennis player
1934: Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1933: Nino Vaccarella, Italian racing driver
1932: Sigurd Jansen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and conductor
1932: Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist, photographer, and poet (d. 2007)
1932: Miriam Makeba, South African singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2008)
1932: Ed Roth, American illustrator (d. 2001)
1932: Frank Wells, American businessman (d. 1994)
1931: Wally Bruner, American journalist and television host (d. 1997)
1931: Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991)
1931: William Henry Keeler, American cardinal (d. 2017)
1931: Alice Rivlin, American economist and politician (d. 2019)
1929: Bernard Haitink, Dutch violinist and conductor (d. 2021)
1929: Peter Swerling, American theoretician and engineer (d. 2000)
1928: Samuel Adler, German-American composer and conductor
1928: Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (d. 2010)
1927: Phil Batt, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Idaho
1927: Thayer David, American actor (d. 1978)
1927: Jacques Dupin, French poet and critic (d. 2012)
1927: Dick Savitt, American tennis player and businessman
1926: Henri de Contenson, French archaeologist and academic (d. 2019)
1926: Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, French businessman, soldier and racing driver (d. 2018)
1926: Richard DeVos, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (d. 2018)
1926: Pascual Pérez, Argentinian boxer (d. 1977)
1926: Don Rendell, English saxophonist and flute player (d. 2015)
1925: Alan R. Battersby, English chemist and academic (d. 2018)
1925: Paul Mauriat, French conductor and composer (d. 2006)
1924: Kenneth O'Donnell, American soldier and politician (d. 1977)
1923: Russell Freeburg, American journalist and author
1923: Francis King, English author and poet (d. 2011)
1923: Patrick Moore, English astronomer and television host (d. 2012)
1922: Richard E. Cunha, American director and cinematographer (d. 2005)
1922: Dina Pathak, Indian actor and director (d. 2002)
1921: Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-American composer and educator (d. 2017)
1921: Joan Greenwood, English actress (d. 1987)
1921: Dinny Pails, English-Australian tennis player (d. 1986)
1920: Jean Lecanuet, French politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 1993)
1920: Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish-English actor (d. 2002)
1919: Buck Baker, American race car driver (d. 2002)
1919: Tan Chee Khoon, Malaysian physician and politician (d. 1996)
1918: Kurt Dahlmann, German pilot, lawyer, and journalist (d. 2017)
1918: Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (d. 2012)
1917: Clyde McCullough, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1982)
1916: William Alland, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1997)
1916: Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (d. 2000)
1916: Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist (d. 1997)
1916: Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (d. 1990)
1915: László Csatáry, Hungarian art dealer (d. 2013)
1915: Frank Sleeman, Australian lieutenant and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2000)
1915: Carlos Surinach, Spanish-Catalan composer and conductor (d. 1997)
1914: Barbara Newhall Follett, American author (d. 1939)
1914: Ward Kimball, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1914: Robert R. Wilson, American physicist, sculptor, and architect (d. 2000)
1913: Taos Amrouche, Algerian singer and author (d. 1976)
1913: John Garfield, American actor and singer (d. 1952)
1912: Afro Basaldella, Italian painter and academic (d. 1976)
1912: Ferdinand Leitner, German conductor and composer (d. 1996)
1912: Carl Marzani, Italian-American activist and publisher (d. 1994)
1911: Charles Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick, English actor (d. 1984)
1910: Tancredo Neves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (d. 1985)
1909: Harry Helmsley, American businessman (d. 1997)
1909: George Edward Holbrook, American chemist and engineer (d. 1987)
1908: T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (d. 1976)
1908: Thomas Shaw, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
1907: Edgar Barrier, American actor (d. 1964)
1906: Meindert DeJong, Dutch-American soldier and author (d. 1991)
1906: Avery Fisher, American violinist and engineer, founded Fisher Electronics (d. 1994)
1906: Georges Ronsse, Belgian cyclist and manager (d. 1969)
1904: Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (d. 1973)
1904: George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (d. 1968)
1904: Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. 1942)
1903: William C. Boyd, American immunologist and chemist (d. 1983)
1903: Malcolm Dole, American chemist and academic (d. 1990)
1903: Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress and singer (d. 1990)
1903: John Scarne, American magician and author (d. 1985)
1902: Rachel Messerer, Lithuanian-Russian actress (d. 1993)
1902: Russell Reeder, American soldier and author (d. 1998)
1901: Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist, invented the g-suit (d. 1986)
1901: Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (d. 1991)
1901: Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)
1900: Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (d. 1971)
1899: Peter Illing, Austrian born, British film and television actor (d. 1966)
1899: Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and author (d. 1962)
1898: Georges Dumézil, French philologist and academic (d. 1986)
1898: Hans Krebs, German general (d. 1945)
1897: Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (d. 1969)
1896: Kai Holm, Danish actor and director (d. 1985)
1895: Milt Gross, American animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
1894: Charles Corm, Lebanese businessman and philanthropist (d. 1963)
1893: Charles Herbert Colvin, American engineer, co-founded the Pioneer Instrument Company (d. 1985)
1893: Adolph Lowe, German sociologist and economist (d. 1995)
1891: Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (d. 1961)
1890: Norman Bethune, Canadian soldier and physician (d. 1939)
1889: Oscar Chisini, Italian mathematician and statistician (d. 1967)
1889: Oren E. Long, American soldier and politician, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawaii (d. 1965)
1889: Pearl White, American actress (d. 1938)
1889: Robert William Wood, English-American painter (d. 1979)
1888: Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-American actress (d. 1942)
1888: Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball player (d. 1972)
1888: Emma Richter, German paleontologist (d. 1956)
1888: Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (d. 1931)
1886: Paul Bazelaire, French cellist and composer (d. 1958)
1884: Red Murray, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1884: Lee Shumway, American actor (d. 1959)
1883: Maude Fealy, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1971)
1883: Robert Emmett Keane, American actor (d. 1981)
1883: Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (d. 1956)
1882: Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian academic and politician, 61st Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1941)
1881: Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian educator and activist (d. 1924)
1881: Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (d. 1965)
1881: Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist (d. 1948)
1880: Channing Pollock, American playwright and critic (d. 1946)
1879: Bernhard Kellermann, German author and poet (d. 1951)
1878: Takeo Arishima, Japanese author and critic (d. 1923)
1878: Egbert Van Alstyne, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1951)
1877: Alexander Goedicke, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1877: Fritz Graebner, German geographer and ethnologist (d. 1934)
1877: Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor (d. 1963)
1876: Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet and author (d. 1947)
1876: Theodore Hardeen, Hungarian-American magician (d. 1945)
1875: Mihály Károlyi, Hungarian politician, President of Hungary (d. 1955)
1875: Enrique Larreta, Argentinian historian and author (d. 1961)
1873: Guy Wetmore Carryl, American journalist and poet (d. 1904)
1873: John H. Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 70th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1961)
1871: Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
1870: Thomas Sturge Moore, English author and poet (d. 1944)
1867: Jacob L. Beilhart, American activist, founded the Spirit Fruit Society (d. 1908)
1867: Charles Pelot Summerall, American Army officer (d. 1955)
1866: Eugène Cosserat, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1931)
1864: David W. Taylor, American admiral, architect, and engineer (d. 1940)
1863: R. I. Pocock, English zoologist and archaeologist (d. 1947)
1863: John Henry Wigmore, American academic and jurist (d. 1943)
1862: Jacob Robert Emden, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (d. 1940)
1861: Arthur Cushman McGiffert, American theologian and author (d. 1933)
1856: Alfred William Rich, English painter, author, and educator (d. 1921)
1854: Napier Shaw, English meteorologist and academic (d. 1945)
1851: Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (d. 1911)
1847: Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (d. 1904)
1838: Paul Lacôme, French pianist, cellist, and composer (d. 1920)
1828: Owen Wynne Jones, Welsh clergyman and poet (d. 1870)
1826: August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist, ethnographer, and theologian (d. 1907)
1826: John Buford, American general (d. 1863)
1826: Elme Marie Caro, French philosopher and academic (d. 1887)
1826: Theodore Judah, American engineer, founded the Central Pacific Railroad (d. 1863)
1823: George Caron, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1902)
1822: Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician and academic (d. 1880)
1820: Francesco Bentivegna, Italian rebel leader (d. 1856)
1817: Edwards Pierrepont, American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Attorney General (d. 1892)
1815: Mykhailo Verbytsky, Ukrainian composer of religious hymns and the national anthem of Ukraine (d. 1870)
1814: Napoleon Collins, Rear Admiral of the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War (d. 1875)
1800: William Price, Welsh physician, Chartist, and neo-Druid (d. 1893)
1793: Karl Lachmann, German philologist and critic (d. 1851)
1792: Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (d. 1886)
1782: Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1830)
1781: Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
1778: Robert Emmet, Irish republican (d. 1803)
1770: Joseph Jacotot, French philosopher and academic (d. 1840)
1769: Muhammad Ali, Ottoman military leader and pasha (d. 1849)
1760: William Payne, English painter (d. 1830)
1760: Hugh Ronalds, British nurseryman who cultivated and documented 300 varieties of apples (d. 1833)
1756: Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter and educator (d. 1823)
1745: Charles Dibdin, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1814)
1745: Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (d. 1779)
1729: Anne d'Arpajon, French wife of Philippe de Noailles (d. 1794)
1719: George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, English politician (d. 1777)
1715: James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, English historian and politician (d. 1763)
1706: Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect, designed the Hermitage Hunting Lodge and Gammel Holtegård (d. 1759)
1702: Jack Sheppard, English criminal (d. 1724)
1678: Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
1665: Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
1655: Fra Galgario, Italian painter (d. 1743)
1651: John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English lawyer, jurist, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1716)
1634: Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Polish philosopher (d. 1689)
1602: Kanō Tan'yū, Japanese painter (d. 1674)
1526: Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (d. 1596)
1519: Hindal Mirza, Mughal emperor (d. 1551)
1502: Elisabeth of Hesse, princess of Saxony (d. 1557)
1492: Francesco de Layolle, Italian organist and composer (d. 1540)
1484: George, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1543)
1394: Henry the Navigator, Portuguese explorer (d. 1460)
1188: Blanche of Castile, French queen consort (d. 1252)
977: Al-Musabbihi, Fatimid historian and official (d. 1030)
895: Liu Zhiyuan, founder of the Later Han Dynasty (d. 948)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat
2019: Keith Flint, English singer (The Prodigy) (b. 1969)
2019: Luke Perry, American actor (b. 1966)
2018: Davide Astori, Italian soccer player (b. 1987)
2017: Clayton Yeutter, American politician (b. 1930)
2016: Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1929)
2016: Pat Conroy, American author (b. 1945)
2016: P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1947)
2016: Zhou Xiaoyan, Chinese soprano and educator (b. 1917)
2015: Dušan Bilandžić, Croatian historian and politician (b. 1924)
2015: Ray Hatton, English-American runner, author, and academic (b. 1932)
2014: Mark Freidkin, Russian author and poet (b. 1953)
2014: Elaine Kellett-Bowman, English lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
2014: Jack Kinzler, American engineer (b. 1920)
2014: Wu Tianming, Chinese director and producer (b. 1939)
2013: Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (b. 1923)
2013: Mickey Moore, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)
2013: Toren Smith, Canadian businessman, founded Studio Proteus (b. 1960)
2012: Paul McBride, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1965)
2012: Don Mincher, American baseball player (b. 1938)
2011: Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Nepalese journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1924)
2011: Vivienne Harris, English journalist and publisher, co-founded the Jewish Telegraph (b. 1921)
2011: Ed Manning, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)
2011: Arjun Singh, Indian politician (b. 1930)
2011: Alenush Terian, Iranian astronomer and physicist (b. 1920)
2011: Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
2010: Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect and educator, designed the Austrian Cultural Forum New York (b. 1933)
2010: Johnny Alf, Brazilian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
2010: Vladislav Ardzinba, Abkhazian historian and politician, 1st President of Abkhazia (b. 1945)
2010: Fred Wedlock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
2009: Yvon Cormier, Canadian wrestler (b. 1938)
2009: Horton Foote, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1916)
2009: George McAfee, American football player (b. 1918)
2008: Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1938)
2008: Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
2007: Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (b. 1929)
2007: Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
2007: Ian Wooldridge, English journalist (b. 1932)
2006: John Reynolds Gardiner, American author and engineer (b. 1944)
2006: Edgar Valter, Estonian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
2005: Nicola Calipari, Italian general (b. 1953)
2005: Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian police officer and politician (b. 1951)
2005: Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-Belarusian author and activist (b. 1934)
2004: Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (b. 1929)
2003: Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian playwright, academic, and politician (b. 1926)
2003: Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1931)
2002: Ugnė Karvelis, Lithuanian author and translator (b. 1935)
2002: Elyne Mitchell, Australian skier and author (b. 1913)
2002: Velibor Vasović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
2001: Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player (b. 1961)
2001: Jean René Bazaine, French painter and author (b. 1904)
2001: Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
2001: Jim Rhodes, American businessman and politician, 61st Governor of Ohio (b. 1909)
2001: Harold Stassen, American educator and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1907)
2000: Hermann Brück, German-Scottish physicist and astronomer (b. 1905)
2000: Michael Noonan, New Zealand-Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2000: Ta-You Wu, Chinese physicist and academic (b. 1907)
1999: Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (b. 1908)
1999: Del Close, American actor and educator (b. 1934)
1999: Miłosz Magin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1929)
1998: Ivan Dougherty, Australian general (b. 1907)
1997: Joe Baker-Cresswell, English captain (b. 1901)
1997: Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1916)
1996: Minnie Pearl, American entertainer (b. 1912)
1996: John Sauer, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)
1995: Matt Urban, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
1994: John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1950)
1994: George Edward Hughes, Irish-Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1918)
1993: Art Hodes, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1904)
1993: Tomislav Ivčić, Croatian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1953)
1993: Izaak Kolthoff, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1894)
1993: Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (b. 1929)
1992: Art Babbitt, American animator and director (b. 1907)
1992: Pare Lorentz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
1991: Godfrey Bryan, English cricketer (b. 1902)
1990: Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
1989: Tiny Grimes, American guitarist (b. 1916)
1988: Beatriz Guido, Argentine author and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1987: Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (b. 1884)
1986: Albert L. Lehninger, American biochemist and academic (b. 1917)
1986: Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1943)
1986: Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and author (b. 1913)
1981: Torin Thatcher, American actor (b. 1905)
1981: Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, German admiral (b. 1900)
1980: Alan Hardaker, English lieutenant and businessman (b. 1912)
1979: Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (b. 1926)
1978: Wesley Bolin, American businessman and politician, 15th Governor of Arizona (b. 1909)
1978: Joe Marsala, American clarinet player and songwriter (b. 1907)
1977: Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)
1977: Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)
1977: Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1951)
1977: William Paul, American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
1977: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1887)
1976: John Marvin Jones, American judge and politician (b. 1882)
1976: Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (b. 1886)
1974: Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor (b. 1903)
1972: Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand general, lawyer, and politician, 8th Chief Justice of New Zealand (b. 1894)
1972: Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
1969: Nicholas Schenck, Russian-American businessman (b. 1881)
1963: William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1883)
1960: Herbert O'Conor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (b. 1896)
1954: Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (b. 1898)
1952: Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
1949: Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (b. 1882)
1948: Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (b. 1896)
1945: Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
1945: Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1944: Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855)
1944: Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (b. 1897)
1944: Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (b. 1896)
1944: René Lefebvre, French businessman (b. 1879)
1941: Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
1940: Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1860)
1938: George Foster Peabody, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)
1938: Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
1927: Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic (b. 1846)
1925: Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (b. 1854)
1925: James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
1925: John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
1916: Franz Marc, German painter (b. 1880)
1915: William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (b. 1856)
1906: John Schofield, American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War (b. 1831)
1903: Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (b. 1834)
1888: Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)
1883: Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
1872: Carsten Hauch, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1790)
1866: Alexander Campbell, Irish-American minister and theologian (b. 1788)
1864: Thomas Starr King, American minister and politician (b. 1824)
1858: Matthew C. Perry, American naval commander (b. 1794)
1853: Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (b. 1776)
1853: Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1774)
1852: Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (b. 1809)
1851: James Richardson, English explorer (b. 1809)
1832: Jean-François Champollion, French philologist and scholar (b. 1790)
1811: Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1778)
1807: Abraham Baldwin, American minister, lawyer, and politician (b. 1754)
1805: Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (b. 1725)
1795: John Collins, American politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1717)
1793: Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (b. 1725)
1762: Johannes Zick, German painter (b. 1702)
1744: John Anstis, English historian and politician (b. 1669)
1733: Claude de Forbin, French admiral and politician (b. 1656)
1710: Louis III, duke of Bourbon (b. 1668)
1615: Hans von Aachen, German painter and educator (b. 1552)
1604: Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and educator (b. 1539)
1583: Bernard Gilpin, English priest and theologian (b. 1517)
1556: Leonhard Kleber, German organist (b. 1495)
1496: Sigismund, archduke of Austria (b. 1427)
1484: Saint Casimir, Polish prince (b. 1458)
1388: Thomas Usk, English author
1371: Jeanne d'Évreux, queen consort of France (b. 1310)
1314: Jakub Świnka, Polish priest and archbishop
1303: Daniel of Moscow, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1261)
1238: Joan of England, queen of Scotland (b. 1210)
1238: Yuri II, Russian Grand Prince (b. 1189)
1193: Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid Sultanate (b. 1137)
1172: Stephen III, king of Hungary (b. 1147)
934: Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, Fatimid caliph (b. 873)
561: Pelagius I, pope of the Catholic Church
480: Landry of Sées, French bishop and saint
306: Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia, Christian martyrs

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