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On This Day in History: May 14

May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 231 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2020: Skyrocketing scratch-off sales indicate lotto players are resilient. While ticket sales and jackpots are down for draw games like Powerball and Mega Millions, Americans have no problem finding entertainment in other lottery alternatives.
2020: British man who saved policeman's life during lockdown wins the lottery. A British water quality worker who helped save the life of a policeman after he had a heart attack on the bus during lockdown is celebrating a £1 million (US$1.2 million) lottery win.
2019: Wisconsin Powerball winner surprises random mom with $200 gift card on Mother's Day. A Franklin Park, Wisconsin, mother shopping Sunday at Target walked out with more than just the diapers on her list.
2019: New lottery agreement with private operator Northstar expected to save NJ up to $100M. New Jersey government officials have renegotiated a contract with the private operator of the New Jersey Lottery that is expected to save taxpayers up to $100 million over the next decade.
2018: U.S. Supreme Court overturns federal sports-wagering ban. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal law that bars gambling on individual sporting events in most of the country, in a ruling likely to unleash a race among the states to attract billions of dollars in legal wagers.
2018: Massachusetts Lottery winners increasingly opting to stay anonymous. Lawyers for newly-formed trusts are increasingly claiming Massachusetts Lottery prizes, as big winners do what they can to avoid being publicly identified.
2015: NJ foursome claims $40M Powerball jackpot. Four New Jersey men who have bought lottery tickets together for the past 10 years struck it rich when they collected a $40 million Powerball jackpot.
2015: Michigan lottery winners could remain anonymous under House bill. Under a bill approved by the Michigan House Regulatory Reform committee on a 13-2 vote Wednesday, touching stories about lottery winners would probably disappear because all lottery winners would be able to remain anonymous.
2014: Two Iowa Lottery executives leave on same day. Two vice presidents of the Iowa Lottery departed on the same day last week, and Lottery President Terry Rich isn't saying why they left.
2013: $360 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raised on huge sales. Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Wednesday's drawing to $360 million.
2012: Texas Lottery launches new scratch game to celebrate 20 year anniversary. Today, the Texas Lottery launched its new 20th Anniversary scratch-off game to commemorate the lottery's two decades of generating revenue for the state of Texas.
2012: Florida Lottery's repeat winners don't always come out ahead. A Florida newspaper analyzed Florida lottery winnings of $600 or more for 2011.
2012: Lottery winner buys golf course. Recent lottery winner Wally Markham isn't just a member of his local country club -- he owns it.
2011: Spanish lottery player wins €123M Euro Millions jackpot. One lucky lottery ticket sold in Spain won the entire €123 million (US$174 million) jackpot in the Friday Euro Millions drawing.
2010: Lottery payout complicated by laser printer mishap. While the identity of the man who won a $48.8 million lottery prize in Alvin remains unknown to the public, a report released Tuesday by the Texas Lottery Commission shows the steps the agency took to verify the ticket's authenticity after it was damaged in a mishap with a laser jet printer.
2009: €126M Euro Millions lottery ticket was purchased online. Euro Million's biggest lottery winner didn't know she had won €126 million (US$170 million) because she was in bed with flu.
2007: Lottery harder to win in Atlantic Canada. A Toronto statistician said the odds in Atlantic Canada seem to be stacked higher than normal against ticket holders, in light of news that retailers have won 10 times more than statistically probable over a six-year period.
2007: $112M Mega Millions lottery ticket purchased in California. A winning Mega Millions ticket was sold at Freeman Market in Hawthorne, California, and officials are waiting for the winner of Friday night's drawing to come forward.
2007: Retiree on road buys winning lottery ticket. Retired salesman Daniel Casey of Fort Pierce, Fla., is one of two winners to match the first five of six winning numbers -- worth $250,000 -- in the April 24 Mega Millions drawing, Georgia Lottery officials have announced.
2007: Tenn. Lottery to make 4 millionaires tonight. Four $1 million prizes will be doled out Monday evening in the Tennessee Lottery's first Million $ Madness game.
2007: Millions in Atlantic Lottery winnings under police investigation. Police will examine millions of dollars worth of questionable winnings by lottery retailers after an independent investigation revealed gaping holes in how the Atlantic Lottery Corp. protects its customers from dishonest sellers.
2004: UK Lottery Winner Nearly Broke. A former dustman who won a £9.7 million (US$17 million) Lottery jackpot has reportedly spent almost his entire fortune within 18 months on extravagant houses, cars and gold "bling" jewellery.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$363.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2013
2.$316 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2019
3.$280 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 16, 2018
4.$266 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 15, 2020
5.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2019
6.$204 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 17, 2017
7.$196 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 16, 2008
8.$174 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 17, 2016
9.€151.67 Million US$170.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 14, 2019
10.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2013
11.$159 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 15, 2015
12.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 16, 2009
13.$136 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 16, 2014
14.€99 Million
US$123.06 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2010
15.€94.84 Million
US$121.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 19, 2012
16.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2010
17.$114 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 17, 2006
18.$113 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 16, 1998
19.$111 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 14, 2005
20.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 16, 2015
21.€97 Million
US$107.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 16, 2017
22.€90 Million
US$102.72 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 15, 2015
23.€71.44 Million
US$96.4 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 19, 2007
24.$94 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 16, 2006
25.€79.77 Million
US$94 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 18, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: equifax
Tuesday, May 14, 1991
29 years old
1983: paradisegal
Saturday, May 14, 1983
37 years old
1980: lifelucky35
Wednesday, May 14, 1980
40 years old
1978: Keebler68
Sunday, May 14, 1978
42 years old
1975: wutangv6
Wednesday, May 14, 1975
45 years old
1974: thomes$
Tuesday, May 14, 1974
46 years old
1973: grannyhines
Monday, May 14, 1973
47 years old
1973: Kmont73
Monday, May 14, 1973
47 years old
1971: nobull
Friday, May 14, 1971
49 years old
1970: ladyjenk
Thursday, May 14, 1970
50 years old
1968: Da Clique
Tuesday, May 14, 1968
52 years old
1962: Pixie2
Monday, May 14, 1962
58 years old
1959: shandke2001
Thursday, May 14, 1959
61 years old
1955: jump6702
Saturday, May 14, 1955
65 years old
1955: marie mitchell
Saturday, May 14, 1955
65 years old
1954: jump999
Friday, May 14, 1954
66 years old
1954: BJColl2013
Friday, May 14, 1954
66 years old
1954: mcstitty54
Friday, May 14, 1954
66 years old
1952: michaelsullivan
Wednesday, May 14, 1952
68 years old
: mrlotto-nc
(year not provided)
: DScoop
(year not provided)
: gls514
(year not provided)
: Sippi7836
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2012: Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.
2004: The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
1988: Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
1980: Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
1973: Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
1970: Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
1961: Civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
1955: Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
1951: Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
1948: Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1943: World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
1940: World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
1939: Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1935: The 1935 Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
1931: Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
1925: Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
1918: Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
1913: Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
1879: The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
1878: The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
1870: The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
1868: Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.
1863: American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
1836: The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
1811: Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
1804: The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
1800: The process of the U.S. Government moving the United States capital city from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. begins.
1796: Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
1787: In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
1747: War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
1643: Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1610: Henry IV of France is assassinated, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
1608: The Protestant Union is founded.
1607: Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
1509: Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.
1264: Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England.

Births On This Day

1998: Huang Xinchun, Chinese idol singer
1997: Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Días, Portuguese footballer
1996: Martin Garrix, Dutch musician & DJ
1995: Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior, Brazilian footballer
1995: Jonah Placid, Australian rugby player
1994: Marcos Aoás Corrêa, Brazilian footballer
1994: Pernille Blume, Danish swimmer
1994: Dennis Praet, Belgian footballer
1993: Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
1993: Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
1993: Bence Rakaczki, Hungarian footballer (d. 2014)
1989: Rob Gronkowski, American football player
1989: Alina Talay, Belorussian hurdler
1988: Jayne Appel, American basketball player
1987: Jeong Min-hyeong, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
1987: Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
1987: François Steyn, South African rugby player
1986: Andrea Bovo, Italian footballer
1986: Clay Matthews III, American football player
1986: Marco Motta, Italian footballer
1985: Dustin Lynch, American singer-songwriter
1985: Sam Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
1985: Simona Peycheva, Bulgarian gymnast
1985: Zack Ryder, American wrestler
1984: Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian footballer
1984: Luke Gregerson, American baseball player
1984: Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter
1984: Michael Rensing, German footballer
1984: Indrek Siska, Estonian footballer
1984: Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook
1983: Anahí, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1983: Keeley Donovan, English journalist
1983: Frank Gore, American football player
1983: Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
1983: Tatenda Taibu, Zimbabwean cricketer
1983: Amber Tamblyn, American actress, author, model, director
1981: Pranav Mistry, Indian computer scientist, invented SixthSense
1980: Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
1980: Pavel Londak, Estonian footballer
1980: Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
1980: Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater
1980: Hugo Southwell, English-Scottish rugby player
1980: Joe van Niekerk, South African rugby player
1979: Dan Auerbach, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1979: Edwige Lawson-Wade, French basketball player
1979: Clinton Morrison, English-Irish footballer
1979: Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
1978: Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
1978: Eddie House, American basketball player
1978: André Macanga, Angolan footballer and manager
1978: Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
1977: Sophie Anderton, English model and actress
1977: Roy Halladay, American baseball player (d. 2017)
1977: Ada Nicodemou, Cypriot-Australian actress
1976: Hunter Burgan, American bass player
1976: Brian Lawrence, American baseball player and coach
1976: Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer
1975: Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist
1974: Krister Axel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974: Anu Välba, Estonian journalist
1973: Natalie Appleton, Canadian singer and actress
1973: Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
1973: Fraser Nelson, Scottish journalist
1973: Hakan Ünsal, Turkish footballer and sportscaster
1973: Julian White, English rugby player
1972: Amma Asante, Dutch politician
1972: Kirstjen Nielsen, American attorney, 6th United States Secretary of Homeland Security
1972: Mark Ruskell, Scottish politician
1971: Deanne Bray, American actress
1971: Sofia Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Martin Reim, Estonian footballer and manager
1969: Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
1969: Sabine Schmitz, German race car driver and sportscaster
1969: Henry Smith, English politician
1969: Danny Wood, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and choreographer
1967: Natasha Kaiser-Brown, American sprinter and coach
1967: Tony Siragusa, American football player and journalist
1966: Marianne Denicourt, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1966: Mike Inez, American rock bass player and songwriter (Alice In Chains)
1966: Fab Morvan, French singer-songwriter, dancer and model (Milli Vanilli)
1966: Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965: Eoin Colfer, Irish author
1964: James M. Kelly, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1964: Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster and producer
1964: Alan McIndoe, Australian rugby league player
1964: Eric Peterson, American guitarist and songwriter (Testament)
1963: Pat Borders, American baseball player and coach
1963: David Yelland, English journalist and author
1962: Ian Astbury, English-Canadian singer-songwriter
1962: C.C. DeVille, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor
1962: Danny Huston, Italian-American actor and director
1961: David Quantick, English journalist and critic
1961: Tommy Rogers, American wrestler (d. 2015)
1961: Tim Roth, English actor and director
1961: Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960: Anne Clark, English singer-songwriter and poet
1960: Alec Dankworth, English bassist and composer
1960: Frank Nobilo, New Zealand golfer
1960: Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor
1959: Carlisle Best, Barbadian cricketer
1959: Patrick Bruel, French actor, singer, and poker player
1959: Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (d. 2013)
1959: Robert Greene, American author and translator
1959: John Holt, American football player (d. 2013)
1959: Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959: Heather Wheeler, English politician
1958: Christine Brennan, American journalist and author
1958: Chris Evans, English-Australian politician, 26th Australian Minister for Employment
1958: Wilma Rusman, Dutch runner
1956: Hazel Blears, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1956: Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and keyboardist
1955: Marie Chouinard, Canadian dancer and choreographer
1955: Alasdair Fraser, Scottish fiddler
1955: Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer and rugby player
1955: Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
1955: Jens Sparschuh, German author and playwright
1953: Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: Hywel Williams, Welsh politician
1952: David Byrne, Scottish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1952: Michael Fallon, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1952: Orna Grumberg, Israeli computer scientist and academic
1952: Raul Mälk, Estonian politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1952: Wim Mertens, Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.
1952: Donald R. McMonagle, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1952: Robert Zemeckis, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1951: Jay Beckenstein, American saxophonist
1949: Sverre Årnes, Norwegian author, screenwriter, and director
1949: Walter Day, American game designer and businessman, founded Twin Galaxies
1949: Johan Schans, Dutch swimmer
1949: Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
1948: Timothy Stevenson, English lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
1948: Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
1947: Al Ciner, American pop-rock guitarist (The American Breed)
1946: Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, English economist and journalist
1945: Francesca Annis, English actress
1945: George Nicholls, English rugby player
1945: Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
1944: Gene Cornish, Canadian-American guitarist
1944: George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
1944: David Kelly, Welsh scientist (d. 2003)
1943: Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)
1943: L. Denis Desautels, Canadian accountant and civil servant
1943: Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 5th President of Iceland
1943: Derek Leckenby, English pop-rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (d. 1994)
1943: Richard Peto, English statistician and epidemiologist
1942: Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (d. 2003)
1942: Byron Dorgan, American lawyer and politician
1942: Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (d. 2014)
1942: Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager
1942: Malise Ruthven, Irish author and academic
1941: Ada den Haan, Dutch swimmer
1940: Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
1940: H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
1940: George Mathewson, Scottish banker and businessman
1939: Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian (d. 2016)
1939: Troy Shondell, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1938: Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic
1936: Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
1936: Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
1935: Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian playwright and politician (d. 2004)
1933: Siân Phillips, Welsh actress and singer
1932: Robert Bechtle, American lithographer and painter
1931: Alvin Lucier, American composer and academic
1930: William James, Australian general and physician (d. 2015)
1929: Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author (d. 2013)
1929: Henry McGee, English actor and singer (d. 2006)
1929: Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1928: Dub Jones, American R&B bass singer (The Coasters) (d. 2000)
1928: Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch engineer, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1928: Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
1927: Herbert W. Franke, Austrian scientist and author
1926: Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor (d. 1984)
1925: Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1925: Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress (d. 2016)
1925: Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (d. 1997)
1925: Al Porcino, American trumpet player (d. 2013)
1925: Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (d. 1985)
1923: Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs
1923: Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1922: Franjo Tuđman, Yugoslav historian; later 1st President of Croatia (d. 1999)
1921: Richard Deacon, American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1919: Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
1919: John Hope, American soldier and meteorologist (d. 2002)
1917: Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (d. 2003)
1917: Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor (d. 1987)
1916: Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
1916: Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator (d. 2005)
1916: Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (d. 2001)
1914: Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1983)
1912: Alfredo Gobbi, Argentine tango musicians and composer (d. 1965)
1910: Ken Viljoen, South African cricketer (d. 1974)
1910: Ne Win, Prime Minister of Burma (1958-60, 1962-74)(d. 2002)
1909: Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel (d. 2009)
1908: Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author (d. 2000)
1907: Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
1907: Hans von der Groeben, German journalist and diplomat (d. 2005)
1905: Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian (d. 1974)
1905: Herbert Morrison, American soldier and journalist (d. 1989)
1905: Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (d. 1981)
1904: Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973)
1904: Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (d. 1961)
1903: Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
1901: Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (d. 1951)
1900: Hal Borland, American journalist and author (d. 1978)
1900: Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1900: Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation (d. 1990)
1900: Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943)
1900: Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
1899: Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist. (d.1994)
1899: Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
1899: Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
1897: Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1959)
1897: Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (d. 1948)
1893: Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright (d. 1952)
1888: Archie Alexander, African-American mathematician and engineer (d. 1958)
1887: Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)
1885: Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor (d. 1973)
1881: Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia (d. 1963)
1881: George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician (d. 1950)
1880: Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
1879: Fred Englehardt, American jumper (d. 1942)
1878: J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1872: Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal (d. 1961)
1869: Arthur Rostron, English captain (d. 1940)
1868: Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
1867: Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria (d. 1919)
1863: John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (d. 1932)
1852: Henri Julien, Canadian illustrator (d. 1908)
1851: Anna Laurens Dawes, American author and suffragist (d. 1938)
1832: Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1903)
1830: Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (d. 1905)
1820: James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1886)
1817: Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (d. 1893)
1814: Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock and Company (d. 1876)
1794: Fanny Imlay, daughter of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (d. 1816)
1781: Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic (d. 1873)
1771: Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer (d. 1858)
1771: Thomas Wedgwood, English photographer (d. 1805)
1761: Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1816)
1752: Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1817)
1752: Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author (d. 1828)
1737: George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada (d. 1806)
1727: Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (d. 1788)
1725: Ludovico Manin, French politician, Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
1710: Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. 1771)
1701: William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1782)
1699: Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian general (d. 1786)
1679: Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)
1666: Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1657: Sambhaji, Indian emperor (d. 1689)
1652: Johann Philipp Förtsch, German composer (d. 1732)
1630: Katakura Kagenaga, Japanese samurai (d. 1681)
1592: Alice Barnham, wife of statesman Francis Bacon (d. 1650)
1574: Francesco Rasi, Italian singer-songwriter, theorbo player, and poet (d. 1621)
1553: Margaret of Valois (d. 1615)
1316: Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)

Deaths On This Day

2018: Tom Wolfe, American author (b. 1931)
2017: Powers Boothe, American actor (b. 1948)
2016: Darwyn Cooke, American comic book writer and artist (b. 1962)
2015: B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1925)
2015: Micheál O'Brien, Irish footballer and hurler (b. 1923)
2015: Stanton J. Peale, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1937)
2015: Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (b. 1953)
2014: Jeffrey Kruger, English-American businessman (b. 1931)
2014: Emanuel Raymond Lewis, American librarian and author (b. 1928)
2014: Morvin Simon, New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
2013: Wayne Brown, American accountant and politician, 14th Mayor of Mesa (b. 1936)
2013: Arsen Chilingaryan, Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
2013: Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian author and activist (b. 1939)
2013: Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (b. 1939)
2012: Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2012: Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1926)
2010: Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (b. 1938)
2010: Norman Hand, American football player (b. 1972)
2010: Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)
2007: Mary Scheier, American sculptor and educator (b. 1908)
2007: Ülo Jõgi, Estonian historian and author (b. 1921)
2006: Lew Anderson, American actor and saxophonist (b. 1922)
2006: Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (b. 1905)
2006: Eva Norvind, Mexican actress, director, and producer (b. 1944)
2005: Jimmy Martin, American musician (b. 1927)
2004: Anna Lee, English-American actress (b. 1913)
2003: Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
2003: Wendy Hiller, English actress (b. 1912)
2003: Robert Stack, American actor and producer (b. 1919)
2001: Paul Bénichou, French writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian (b. 1908)
2001: Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (b. 1919)
2000: Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
1998: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and environmentalist (b. 1890)
1998: Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
1997: Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (b. 1934)
1997: Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (b. 1925)
1995: Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
1994: Cihat Arman, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1915)
1994: W. Graham Claytor Jr., American businessman, lieutenant, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1914)
1993: William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1908)
1992: Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (b. 1899)
1988: Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948-1958) (b. 1886)
1987: Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
1987: Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)
1984: Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1910)
1984: Walter Rauff, German SS officer (b. 1906)
1983: Roger J. Traynor, American academic and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
1983: Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)
1982: Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
1980: Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1912)
1979: Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist (b. 1890)
1976: Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1943)
1973: Jean Gebser, German linguist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1905)
1970: Billie Burke, American actress and singer (b. 1884)
1969: Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (b. 1893)
1969: Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
1968: Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
1962: Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)
1960: Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
1959: Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
1959: Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
1957: Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (b. 1884)
1956: Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)
1954: Heinz Guderian, Polish-German general (b. 1888)
1953: Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
1945: Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
1945: Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)
1945: Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
1943: Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
1940: Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
1940: Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
1936: Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
1935: Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
1934: Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
1931: David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
1923: N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
1923: Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
1919: Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
1918: James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
1912: Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
1912: August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
1906: Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
1893: Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
1889: Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
1881: Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
1878: Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
1873: Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
1860: Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
1847: Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
1761: Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
1754: Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
1688: Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
1667: Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
1649: Friedrich Spanheim, Swiss theologian and academic (b. 1600)
1643: Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
1610: Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
1608: Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
1603: Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1543)
1576: Tahmasp I, Shah of Persia (b. 1514)
1470: Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
1219: William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, English soldier and politician (b. 1147)
1080: William Walcher, Bishop of Durham
964: Pope John XII (b. 927)
934: Zhu Hongzhao, Chinese general and governor
649: Pope Theodore I

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