May 10
On This Day in History: May 10 May 10 is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 235 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day 2019 Alabama lottery plan changed; vote next week . An Alabama House committee today adopted a new version of a bill to set up a state lottery in Alabama, changing how the money would be distributed.2018 Iowa man claims $4.38 million Lotto America prize . A Davenport, Iowa, man on Thursday claimed a $4.38 million lottery jackpot, acknowledging he had beaten long odds to win a jackpot with a ticket he received as a free play in a lottery promotion.2018 Lottery tickets will not be sold in South Carolina for more than 12 hours this weekend . You're out of luck if you planned on buying Powerball or Pick 3 tickets in South Carolina on Mother's Day morning.2017 Army soldier wins $5 million lottery jackpot . An Army soldier based in Fort Drum has won a $5 million New York Lottery jackpot.2016 Breast cancer patient wins lottery second time . North Carolina Education Lottery officials said a woman who has been battling breast cancer for six years has won the lottery two times in the past three months.2016 Police track down burglary suspects by tracing stolen lottery tickets . Stolen lottery tickets, worth $6, led to the arrest of two men caught on camera burglarizing a home.2015 Alabama lottery proposal set for Senate debate Tuesday . A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in a Senate committee on a bill to create an Alabama state lottery.2014 Phoenix couple claim $3.3 million lottery prize . After almost two weeks of remaining silent, the winners of the $3.3 million Arizona Lottery "The Pick" jackpot claimed their winnings.2013 Tennessee to add Hot Lotto multi-state lottery game . Starting Sunday, Tennessee Lottery players will be able to purchase tickets for Hot Lotto, a multi-state game currently played in 14 states and Washington, D.C.2011 Financial advisor wins the lottery . A Webster City, Iowa, man today claimed a $9 million prize from Saturday night's Hot Lotto drawing, one of the biggest prizes ever awarded in the history of the Iowa Lottery.2011 N.Y. Lottery to launch new ad slogan . The lottery that contributed "Hey, you never know" to the lengthy list of memorable advertising catch phrases vernacular is hoping to do it again, with a new slogan for its scratch-off games.2010 Accused lottery killer expected to make plea in court . A woman accused of killing a Lakeland, Florida, lottery winner is expected to make a plea in court Monday morning.2007 West Virginia resisting trend to privatize Lottery . West Virginia officials say they so far have not seriously considered an initiative to sell the lottery to a private company in exchange for quick cash.2007 Expensive Michigan Lottery tickets sell-out quickly . Tickets to the Michigan Lottery's most expensive game sold out Wednesday after less than three days on sale.2007 Schwarzenegger may try to privatize California Lottery . California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is poised to call for privatizing the state lottery, a move that would bring California a cash infusion of as much as $37 billion to help solve pressing budget problems but also could sacrifice a major revenue source for decades to come.2006 Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $80 million . The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game grew to $80 million for Friday's drawing.2006 4 Massachusetts lottery licenses suspended . A top official with the Massachusetts Lottery Commission said yesterday that it has indefinitely suspended lottery licenses for four establishments where video slot machines were seized last week by state police investigating possible illegal gambling.2006 S.C. lottery sales top $1 billion mark for first time . South Carolina lottery sales for this fiscal year have topped $1 billion for the first time.2005 2 Players Share $1.17 Million Tenn. Lotto 5 Jackpot . Two tickets, worth $589,973 each, matched all five of the Tennessee Lotto 5 numbers in last night's drawing.2005 Missouri Director hired to run Oklahoma Lottery . James R. Scroggins, the executive director of the Missouri lottery for the last 13 years, was hired Tuesday to direct the startup of the Oklahoma lottery.2005 S.C. Lottery may learn lessons from Georgia . Lottery officials in Georgia may be enjoying a sense of irony, as South Carolina is now undergoing the same uncomfortable feeling that they created for the Georgia Lottery when they started their new lottery in 2002.2005 Embattled lottery pyramid scheme slammed by Australian court . World Games Inc (WGI), a loosely-based international company that has been on the run from legal authorities around the world for several years, was found to be in violation of the 1974 Trade Practices Act by the Australia Full Federal Court for organizing an international online pyramid scheme.2004 Australian Man Wins Lottery Three Times in One Night . For a 60-year-old Sydney grandfather, it was third time lucky - and second time and first.2004 Pennsylvania store sells $213M winning Powerball ticket . One lucky player purchased the winning ticket for Saturday's Powerball drawing from a convenience store near the spot where George Washington crossed the Delaware River in 1776.2004 Lottery winner's dreams live on after his death . Despite a troubled past, James Craig's family said he had started to turn his life around long before he struck it rich and won a $9.7 million Indiana Lotto jackpot earlier this year.2004 Winning lottery ticket photocopy upheld in appeal . 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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2013 One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere .2012 The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus , Syria , killing 55 people and injuring 400 others. 2005 A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet (20 meters) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi , Georgia , but it malfunctions and does not detonate. 2002 FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds . 1997 The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran 's Khorasan Province , killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes. 1994 Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president .1993 In Thailand , a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers. 1981 François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic .1975 Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.1972 In the Vietnam War , the US had two fighter ace crews. The USAF's Ritchie and DeBellevue scored their first kill while the USN's Cunningham and Driscoll scored their third, fourth and fifth kills. 1970 Bobby Orr scores "The Goal" to win the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals , for the Boston Bruins ' fourth NHL championship in their history.1969 Vietnam War : The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill .1967 The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg The Six Million Dollar Man 1962 Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk 1960 The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast , the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth . 1954 Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock ", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard 1948 The Republic of China implements "temporary provisions " granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising ; they will remain in effect until 1991. 1946 First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground . 1942 World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign . 1941 World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid . 1941 World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany . 1940 World War II : German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg .1940 World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin. 1940 World War II: Germany invades Belgium , the Netherlands and Luxembourg . 1940 World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain . 1940 World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom. 1933 Censorship : In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings .1924 J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972 .1922 The United States annexes the Kingman Reef . 1916 Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island . 1908 Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia .1904 The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company. 1881 Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom .1877 The lower chamber of the Romanian Parliament sanctions the Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire , proclaimed the previous day in the Senate by Mihail Kogălniceanu . 1876 The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II . 1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States .1869 The First Transcontinental Railroad , linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit , Utah with the golden spike . 1865 American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by U.S. troops near Irwinville, Georgia . 1865 American Civil War: In Kentucky , Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill , who lingers until his death on June 6 . 1864 American Civil War : Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania , which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12 . Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to brigadier general.1857 Indian Rebellion of 1857 : In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut .1849 Astor Place Riot : A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan , New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready , killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.1837 Panic of 1837 : New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.1833 The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Lê Văn Duyệt by Emperor Minh Mạng provokes his adopted son to start a revolt . 1824 The National Gallery in London opens to the public. 1801 First Barbary War : The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.1796 War of the First Coalition : Napoleon I of France wins a victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.1775 American Revolutionary War : A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga .1775 American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia . 1774 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.1773 The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act , designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade. 1768 John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton King George III . This action provokes rioting in London.1688 King Narai nominates his daughter Sudawadi to succeed him with Constantine Phaulkon , Mom Pi and Phetracha acting as regents. The ensuing revolution leads to the Ayutthaya Kingdom severing all ties with Europe. 1655 England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables , annexes Jamaica from Spain. 1534 Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland .1503 Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.1497 Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World .1291 Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England pending the selection of a king. AD 70 Siege of Jerusalem : Titus , son of emperor Vespasian , opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.28 BC A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han , one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. 🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1996 Tyus Jones , American basketball player1996 Kateřina Siniaková , Czech tennis player1995 Missy Franklin , American swimmer1995 Gabriella Papadakis , French ice dancer1993 Pachara Chirathivat , Thai actor, singer and model1990 Salvador Pérez , Venezuelan baseball player1990 Ivana Španović , Serbian long jumper1987 Wilson Chandler , American basketball player1987 Kévin Constant , French-Guinean footballer1986 Emilio Izaguirre , Honduran footballer1985 Ryan Getzlaf , Canadian ice hockey player1985 Jon Schofield , English canoe racer1984 Edward Mujica , Venezuelan baseball player1984 Pe'er Tasi , Israeli singer1983 Gustav Fridolin , Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education 1981 Samuel Dalembert , Haitian-Canadian basketball player1981 Humberto Suazo , Chilean footballer1978 Bruno Cheyrou , French footballer1978 Kenan Thompson , American actor1977 Henri Camara , Senegalese footballer1977 Sergei Nakariakov , Russian trumpet player1977 Chas Licciardello , Australian comedian, screenwriter and producer1975 Torbjørn Brundtland , Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer1975 Hélio Castroneves , Brazilian race car driver1975 Adam Deadmarsh , Canadian-American ice hockey player1974 Sylvain Wiltord , French footballer1973 Joshua Eagle , Australian tennis player1973 Aviv Geffen , Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1973 Ollie le Roux , South African rugby player1973 Rüştü Reçber , Turkish footballer1973 Leigh Sales , Australian journalist and television host1972 Radosław Majdan , Polish footballer1972 Christian Wörns , German footballer and manager1971 Monisha Kaltenborn , Indian-Swiss lawyer and businesswoman1971 Craig Mack , American rapper and producer1971 Ådne Søndrål , Norwegian speed skater1970 Gabriela Montero , Venezuelan-American pianist1970 David Weir , Scottish footballer and manager1969 Dennis Bergkamp , Dutch footballer and manager1969 John Scalzi , American author and blogger1968 Al Murray , English comedian and television host1968 Tatyana Shikolenko , Russian javelin thrower1967 Eion Crossan , New Zealand rugby player1967 Nobuhiro Takeda , Japanese footballer and sportscaster1966 Jonathan Edwards , English triple jumper1965 Linda Evangelista , Canadian model1965 Paul Langmack , Australian rugby league player and coach1965 Rony Seikaly , Lebanese-American basketball player and radio host1963 Lisa Nowak , American commander and astronaut1963 Debbie Wiseman , English composer and conductor1960 Bono , Irish singer-songwriter, musician, humanitarian, venture capitalist, businessman, philanthropist and activist1960 Dean Heller , American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Nevada , 15th Secretary of State of Nevada 1960 Merlene Ottey , Jamaican-Slovenian runner1959 Victoria Rowell , American actress1959 Danny Schayes , American basketball player1959 Cindy Hyde-Smith , American politician, United States Senator from Mississippi , 7th Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce 1958 Tauseef Ahmed , Pakistani cricketer1958 Gaétan Boucher , Canadian speed skater1958 Rick Santorum , American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania 1957 Sid Vicious , English singer and bass player (d. 1979)1956 Vladislav Listyev , Russian journalist (d. 1995)1955 Mark David Chapman , American murderer1952 Kikki Danielsson , Swedish singer1952 Sly Dunbar , Jamaican drummer1952 Vanderlei Luxemburgo , Brazilian footballer and manager1950 Natalya Bondarchuk , Russian actress and director1949 Miuccia Prada , Italian fashion designer1948 Meg Foster , American actress1947 Caroline B. Cooney , American author1946 Donovan , Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor1946 Graham Gouldman , English guitarist and songwriter1946 Dave Mason , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1946 Diderik Wagenaar , Dutch composer and theorist1944 Jim Abrahams , American director, producer, and screenwriter1944 Marie-France Pisier , French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)1942 Jim Calhoun , American basketball player and coach1942 Carl Douglas , Jamaican singer-songwriter1941 Aydın Güven Gürkan , Turkish academician and politician (d. 2006)1940 Arthur Alexander , American country-soul singer-songwriter (d. 1993)1940 Wayne Dyer , American author and educator (d. 2015)1938 Manuel Santana , Spanish tennis player1937 Tamara Press , Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower1935 Larry Williams , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1980)1933 Jean Becker , French actor, director, and screenwriter1933 Barbara Taylor Bradford , English-American author1932 Karthigesu Sivathamby , Sri Lankan author and academic (d. 2011)1931 Ettore Scola , Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2016)1930 George E. Smith , American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate1930 Pat Summerall , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)1929 Audun Boysen , Norwegian runner (d. 2000)1929 George Coe , American actor and producer (d. 2015)1929 Antonine Maillet , Canadian author and playwright1928 Arnold Rüütel , Estonian agronomist and politician, 3rd President of Estonia 1928 Lothar Schmid , German chess player (d. 2013)1927 Nayantara Sahgal , Indian author1927 Mike Souchak , American golfer (d. 2008)1926 Hugo Banzer , Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (d. 2002)1923 Heydar Aliyev , Azerbaijan general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003)1923 Otar Korkia , Georgian basketball player and coach (d. 2005)1922 David Azrieli , Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)1922 Nancy Walker , American actress, singer, and director (d. 1992)1920 Basil Kelly , Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (d. 2008)1920 Bert Weedon , English guitarist (d. 2012)1919 Ella T. Grasso , Governor of Connecticut (d. 1981)1918 T. Berry Brazelton , American pediatrician and author (d. 2018)1918 Desmond MacNamara , Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008)1918 Diva Diniz Corrêa , Brazilian zoologist (d. 1993)1916 Milton Babbitt , American composer and educator (d. 2011)1915 Denis Thatcher , English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2003)1911 Bel Kaufman , American author and educator (d. 2014)1909 Maybelle Carter , American autoharp player (d. 1978)1908 Carl Albert , American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000)1905 Markos Vamvakaris , Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972)1904 David Brown , English businessman (d. 1993)1903 Otto Bradfisch , German economist, jurist, and SS officer (d. 1994)1902 H. C. Asterley , British author and diplomat (d. 1973)1902 David O. Selznick , American director and producer (d. 1965)1901 John Desmond Bernal , Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (d. 1971)1901 Hildrus Poindexter , American bacteriologist (d. 1987)1900 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin , English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979)1899 Fred Astaire , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)1898 Ariel Durant , American historian and author (d. 1981)1897 Einar Gerhardsen , Norwegian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1987)1896 Alberts Ozoliņš , Latvian weightlifter (d. 1985)1894 Dimitri Tiomkin , Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (d. 1979)1893 Tonita Peña , San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist (d. 1949)1891 Mahmoud Mokhtar , Egyptian sculptor and academic (d. 1934)1890 Alfred Jodl , German general (d. 1946)1889 Mae Murray , American actress (d. 1965)1888 Max Steiner , Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1971)1886 Karl Barth , Swiss theologian and author (d. 1968)1886 Felix Manalo , Filipino religious leader, founded Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)1879 Symon Petliura , Ukrainian journalist and politician (d. 1926)1878 Konstantinos Parthenis , Greek painter (d. 1967)1878 Gustav Stresemann , German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)1876 Ivan Cankar , Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 1918)1874 Moses Schorr , Polish rabbi, historian, and orientalist (d. 1941)1872 Marcel Mauss , French sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1950)1866 Léon Bakst , Russian painter and costume designer (d. 1924)1863 Kaarle Krohn , Finnish historian and academic (d. 1933)1855 Yukteswar Giri , Indian guru and educator (d. 1936)1847 Wilhelm Killing , German mathematician and academic (d. 1923)1843 Benito Pérez Galdós , Spanish author and playwright (d. 1920)1841 James Gordon Bennett, Jr. , American publisher and broadcaster, co-founded Commercial Cable Company (d. 1918)1840 Hadzhi Dimitar , Bulgarian warlord (d. 1868)1838 John Wilkes Booth , American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)1813 Montgomery Blair , American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (d. 1883)1812 William Henry Barlow , English engineer (d. 1902)1810 E. Cobham Brewer , English lexicographer and author (d. 1897)1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel , French physicist and engineer, champion of the wave theory of light, pioneer of "stepped" lenses in lighthouses (d. 1827)1788 Catherine Pavlovna , Russian grand duchess and queen (d. 1819)1775 Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle , French general (d. 1809)1770 Louis-Nicolas Davout , French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1823)1760 Johann Peter Hebel , German author and poet (d. 1826)1760 Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle , French captain, engineer, and composer (d. 1836)1755 Robert Gray , American captain and explorer (d. 1806)1727 Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune , French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (d. 1781)1714 Sophie Charlotte Ackermann , German actress (d. 1792)1697 Jean-Marie Leclair , French violinist and composer (d. 1764)1626 Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen , Dutch art collector and merchant (d. 1666)1604 Jean Mairet , French author and playwright (d. 1686)1521 John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg , (d. 1553)1491 Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (d. 1521)1401 Thomas Tuddenham , English landowner (d. 1462)1265 Fushimi , Japanese emperor (d. 1317)1002 Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi , Iraqi historian and scholar (d. 1071)955 Al-Aziz Billah , Fatimid caliph (d. 996)874 Meng Zhixiang , Chinese general and emperor (d. 934)213 Claudius Gothicus , Roman emperor (d. 270)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2018 David Goodall , Australian botanist and ecologist (b. 1914)2016 Carlos García y García , Peruvian politician, Second Vice President (b. ?)2015 Ninad Bedekar , Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1949)2015 Chris Burden , American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (b. 1946)2014 Carmen Argibay , Argentinian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)2012 Horst Faas , German photographer and journalist (b. 1933)2012 Carroll Shelby , American race car driver and designer (b. 1923)2012 Gunnar Sønsteby , Norwegian captain and author (b. 1918)2010 Frank Frazetta , American illustrator and painter (b. 1928)2008 Leyla Gencer , Turkish soprano (b. 1928)2006 Soraya , Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)2006 Raizo Matsuno , Japanese politician (b. 1917)2005 David Wayne , American singer-songwriter (b. 1958)2003 Milan Vukcevich , Serbian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1937)2002 Kaifi Azmi , Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)2002 Yves Robert , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)2001 Sudhakarrao Naik , Indian politician, 16th Governor of Himachal Pradesh (b. 1934)2000 Jules Deschênes , Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1923)2000 Dick Sprang , American illustrator (b. 1915)1999 Shel Silverstein , American poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1930)1999 Eric Willis , Australian politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1922)1994 John Wayne Gacy , American serial killer (b. 1942)1992 K. 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Ramanathan , Indian mathematician (b. 1920)1990 Walker Percy , American novelist and essayist (b. 1916)1989 Dimitar Ilievski-Murato , Macedonian mountaineer (b. 1953)1989 Woody Shaw , American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1944)1988 Shen Congwen , Chinese author and academic (b. 1902)1982 Peter Weiss , German playwright and painter (b. 1916)1977 Joan Crawford , American actress (year of birth disputed)1976 Elias Aslaksen , Norwegian religious leader (b. 1888)1974 Hal Mohr , American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)1968 Scotty Beckett , American actor and singer (b. 1929)1967 Lorenzo Bandini , Italian race car driver (b. 1935)1965 Hubertus van Mook , Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)1964 Mikhail Larionov , Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)1962 Shunroku Hata , Japanese field marshal and politician, 48th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1879)1960 Yury Olesha , Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)1945 Richard Glücks , German SS officer (b. 1889)1945 Konrad Henlein , Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)1910 Stanislao Cannizzaro , Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)1904 Andrei Ryabushkin , Russian painter (b. 1861)1897 Andrés Bonifacio , Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)1891 Carl Nägeli , Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)1889 Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin , Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)1884 Charles Adolphe Wurtz , Alsatian French chemist (b. 1817)1868 Henry Bennett , American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)1863 Stonewall Jackson , American general (b. 1824)1849 Hokusai , Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)1829 Thomas Young , English physician and linguist (b. 1773)1818 Paul Revere , American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)1807 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau , French general (b. 1725)1798 George Vancouver , English navigator and explorer (b. 1757)1794 Élisabeth of France , French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (b.1764)1787 William Watson , English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)1774 Louis XV of France (b. 1710)1737 Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b. 1702)1726 Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1670)1721 Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (b. 1647)1717 John Hathorne , American merchant and politician (b. 1641)1691 John Birch , English soldier and politician (b. 1615)1667 Marie Louise Gonzaga , Polish queen (b. 1611)1657 Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (b. 1592)1641 Johan Banér , Swedish field marshal (b. 1596)1569 John of Ávila , Spanish mystic and saint (b. 1500)1566 Leonhart Fuchs , German physician and botanist (b. 1501)1521 Sebastian Brant , German author (b. 1457)1493 Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll , Scottish politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1433)1482 Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli , Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)1424 Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan (b. 1347)1403 Katherine Swynford , widow of John of Gaunt 1299 Kyawswa of Pagan , deposed ruler of the Pagan Kingdom (born 1260 )1299 Theingapati , heir to the Pagan Kingdom1290 Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (b. 1271)967 Renaud of Roucy , Viking nobleman 884 Ahmad ibn Tulun , ruler of Egypt and Syria (b. 835)689 Prince Kusakabe of Japan (b. 662)🔽 Show All 
