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May 6

On This Day in History

May 6

May 6 is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 239 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Former Ohio Lottery Director denies claims of harassment days before resigning for "medical reasons". Former Ohio Lottery Commissioner Pat McDonald retired from his role due to "medical reasons" one day after denying allegations of unwanted behavior toward other commission employees.
2022: 45 jackpot-winning tickets in one California Lottery Fantasy 5 drawing. A whopping 45 winning tickets won the California Lottery's Fantasy 5 jackpot worth $344,700 on Sat., Apr. 30, with each ticket getting an equal share of the prize.
2021: Massachusetts Lottery processes first mobile ticket prize. The Massachusetts Lottery announced yesterday that it processed a remote prize claim through its mobile app for the very first time.
2019: Australian man wins lotto jackpot twice. A Melbourne, Australia, man is busy counting more than $46 million after he won the top prize in Oz Lotto — twice.
2016: British Columbia Lottery wants to upgrade computerized drawing system. Canada's British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) in order to expand and improve its ability to conduct computerized lottery drawings.
2014: Maryland Mega Millions jackpot winner claims prize. The second-largest Mega Millions jackpot prize in Maryland history was quietly claimed late last week.
2013: Single mother's simple error earns her $14 million lottery prize. A California single mother of four is thanking her lucky stars after mistakenly slipping an extra dollar into the self-service Lotto machine at her local CVS store in Mission Viejo.
2012: Woman accuses son of taking $51 million lottery ticket. A California woman has sued her son and accused him of making off with her $51 million Mega Millions lottery ticket, and then racking up expenses on houses, cars, and cash gifts.
2011: Florida woman mistaken for lottery winner. A Florida woman says people are mistaking her for a $2 million Florida Lottery scratch-off game winner who shares a similar name.
2010: Siblings each score lottery jackpots two years apart. Just two years after her wealthy businessman brother won $1 million a year for life in the lottery, Manhattan party planner Cindy Altunis has scored a $1 million jackpot -- with a ticket bought at the same gas station where her brother got his.
2010: L.A. TV employee wins $266M Mega Millions lottery jackpot. An employee of a Los Angeles TV station is the sole winner of the $266 million Mega Millions ticket in Tuesday's multi-state drawing.
2008: Minnesota couple claims $180 million Powerball jackpot. Sue and Paul Rosenau are the winners of the largest lottery prize ever -- the $180.1 million Powerball -- in Minnesota. The couple said they won the jackpot exactly five years after the death of their 2-year-old granddaughter. Sue Rosenau said they must have an angel.
2008: Iowa lottery offering receipts. Players who buy lottery or scratch tickets in Iowa now can receive a receipt, a move designed to enhance players' security.
2008: Lawsuit claims NY state is ripping off lottery customers. A lawsuit claims the New York State Division of Lottery is tricking people into playing its Take Five lottery game by exaggerating the likelihood of winning.
2008: Minnesota couple to claim $180M Powerball lottery jackpot. A middle-aged couple from Waseca County in southern Minnesota is expected to come forward today and claim the largest Powerball prize ever won in the state.
2008: Record China Lottery winner collects prize in disguise. The Chinese lottery player who won the highest sports lottery, 82.34 million yuan (US $11.76 million), in China's lottery history collected his prize on Sunday under police guard.
2005: $10 Million Florida Lottery Jackpot Still Unclaimed. If the owner of a Florida Lotto ticket worth $10 million doesn't claim the winnings by midnight on June 30, the ticket won't be worth a nickel.
2005: Tonight's Tenn. Lotto 5 Jackpot: $1 Million. Excitement is building in Tennessee about the state's first million-dollar jackpot drawing.
2005: Texas legislature defeats Internet lottery bill. An Internet search for "online gambling" netted 9 million hits Wednesday, but Texas House members nixed hopes that one of those might lead to the Texas Lottery.
2005: 'Prize closet' for Illinois Lottery employees discovered. The Illinois Lottery solicited donations of MP3 players, airline ticket vouchers, video game systems and other goodies from radio and television stations it advertised with, then used the items to create a "prize closet" for lottery employees, a state audit revealed on Wednesday.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $205 Million. No one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $205 million, with a cash option of $107.3 million.
2004: Tennessee Lottery may run short on scholarship funds in 2006. Tennessee's lottery could be short of money to fund college scholarships within a couple of years if current projections of lottery revenue are correct, an analysis by the state treasurer has found.
2004: Four of 16 Lottery-Winning Lunch Ladies Have Left Kitchen. Four of the 16 Holdingford, Minnesota school employees who won half of a $190 million Powerball jackpot in October have left the school.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$429.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 7, 2016
2.$370 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 7, 2021
3.$363 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 9, 2000
4.$273 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 7, 2019
5.$233 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 9, 2018
6.$231 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2020
7.$222 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2013
8.$215 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2019
9.$212 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2004
10.€200.05 Million
US$211.02 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 7, 2022
11.€195 Million
US$205.8 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 6, 2022
12.€148.43 Million
US$176.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 6, 2021
13.€123 Million
US$165.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2009
14.€147.85 Million
US$165.49 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 7, 2019
15.$155.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2021
16.$147 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 6, 2017
17.$139 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 7, 2013
18.$138 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 6, 2016
19.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2015
20.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 6, 2008
21.€90 Million
US$101.1 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 10, 2019
22.€90 Million
US$100.94 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 8, 2015
23.€77 Million
US$98 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 7, 2010
24.$96 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2007
25.$92 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 6, 2009

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1982: Nakidu00
Thursday, May 6, 1982
41 years old
1981: geovanshay
Wednesday, May 6, 1981
42 years old
1974: Jbear-45
Monday, May 6, 1974
49 years old
1971: loves2lotto
Thursday, May 6, 1971
52 years old
1970: the choosen1
Wednesday, May 6, 1970
53 years old
1967: Patricia$
Saturday, May 6, 1967
56 years old
1966: geos*5666!
Friday, May 6, 1966
57 years old
1964: charo47
Wednesday, May 6, 1964
59 years old
1964: kenneth goodman
Wednesday, May 6, 1964
59 years old
1957: Olmazey47
Monday, May 6, 1957
66 years old
1957: olmazey57
Monday, May 6, 1957
66 years old
1953: shrtyrvs
Wednesday, May 6, 1953
70 years old
1950: Texamos
Saturday, May 6, 1950
73 years old
1948: lesbruscha
Thursday, May 6, 1948
75 years old
: lucky123
(year not provided)
: James007
(year not provided)
: mamad2
(year not provided)
: Frank1951Dillar
(year not provided)
: Just1bill
(year not provided)
: Smokey503
(year not provided)
: Solobird
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2013: Three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
2010: In just 36 minutes, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1,000 points in what is known as the 2010 Flash Crash.
2002: Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is assassinated following a radio-interview at the Mediapark in Hilversum.
2002: Founding of SpaceX.
2001: During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
1999: The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
1998: Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.
1998: Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. unveils the first iMac.
1997: The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
1996: The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
1994: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President François Mitterrand officiate at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
1988: All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.
1984: One hundred and three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
1983: The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
1976: The 6.5 M_w Friuli earthquake affected Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900-978 dead and 1,700-2,400 injured.
1975: During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian genocide.
1972: Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
1966: Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
1960: More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
1954: Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
1945: World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
1945: World War II: The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
1942: World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
1941: At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
1941: The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
1940: John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
1935: New Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration.
1933: The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
1916: Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
1916: Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
1915: Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
1915: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: The SY Aurora broke loose from its anchorage during a gale, beginning a 312-day ordeal.
1910: George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
1906: The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
1901: The first issue of Gorkhapatra, the oldest still running state-owned Nepali newspaper was published.
1889: The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
1882: Thomas Henry Burke and Lord Frederick Cavendish are stabbed to death by Fenian assassins in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
1882: The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
1877: Chief Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
1863: American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
1861: American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
1857: The East India Company disbands the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British in the lead up to the War of Indian Independence.
1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1835: James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of the New York Herald.
1801: Captain Thomas Cochrane in the 14-gun HMS Speedy captures the 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo.
1782: Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
1757: Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
1757: The end of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740-1757).
1757: English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
1682: Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
1659: English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
1594: The Dutch city of Coevorden held by the Spanish, falls to a Dutch and English force.
1542: Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
1541: King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
1536: The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
1527: Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.

Births On This Day

2019: Prince Archie of Sussex
1997: Duncan Scott, Scottish swimmer
1994: Mateo Kovačić, Austrian-Croatian footballer
1993: Gustavo Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
1993: Naomi Scott, English actress
1992: Brendan Gallagher, Canadian ice hockey player
1992: Byun Baekhyun, South Korean musician and actor
1992: Jonas Valančiūnas, Lithuanian professional basketball player
1990: José Altuve, Venezuelan baseball player
1989: Dominika Cibulková, Slovak tennis player
1989: Cameron Heyward, American football player
1989: Jesse Hughes, Canadian DJ and producer
1988: Ryan Anderson, American basketball player
1988: Dakota Kai, New Zealand professional wrestler
1987: Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer
1987: Meek Mill, American rapper
1987: Adrienne Warren, American actress
1986: Goran Dragic, Slovenian basketball player
1985: Chris Paul, American basketball player
1984: Anton Babchuk, Ukrainian ice hockey player
1984: Juan Pablo Carrizo, Argentinian footballer
1983: Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer
1983: Ingrid Jonach, Australian author
1983: Doron Perkins, American basketball player
1983: Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
1983: Trinley Thaye Dorje, Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa Lama
1983: Fredrik Sjöström, Swedish ice hockey player
1982: Jason Witten, American football player
1980: Brooke Bennett, American swimmer
1980: Dimitris Diamantidis, Greek professional basketball player
1980: Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
1980: Matthew Whiley, English cricketer
1979: Gerd Kanter, Estonian discus thrower
1979: Jan Erik Mikalsen, Norwegian composer
1979: Jon Montgomery, Canadian skeleton racer and television host
1978: John Abraham, American football player
1978: Tony Estanguet, French slalom canoeist
1978: Fredrick Federley, Swedish journalist and politician
1978: Alexandr Fedorov, Russian bodybuilder
1977: Christophe Brandt, Belgian cyclist
1977: Marc Chouinard, Canadian ice hockey player
1977: Mark Eaton, American ice hockey player and coach
1977: Chantelle Newbery, Australian diver
1976: Dean Chandler, English footballer
1976: Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer
1975: Alan Richardson, English cricketer and coach
1974: Bernard Barmasai, Kenyan runner
1974: Daniela Bártová, Czech pole vaulter and gymnast
1972: Martin Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player
1972: Naoko Takahashi, Japanese runner
1971: Chris Shiflett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
1970: Kavan Smith, Canadian actor
1969: Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1968: Worku Bikila, Ethiopian runner
1968: Lætitia Sadier, French singer and keyboard player
1965: Leslie Hope, Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Alessandra Ferri, Italian ballerina
1962: Tom Brake, English politician
1962: Brad Izzard, Australian rugby league player
1961: Oleksandr Apaychev, Ukrainian decathlete and coach
1961: George Clooney, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Tom Hunter, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
1961: Gina Riley, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and diplomat, First Vice President of the European Commission
1960: Lyudmila Andonova, Bulgarian high jumper
1960: Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic
1960: Roma Downey, Irish-American actress and producer
1960: John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960: Aleksei Lotman, Estonian biologist and politician
1960: Anne Parillaud, French actress
1959: Andreas Busse, German runner
1959: Charles Hendry, English politician
1958: Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (d. 2014)
1956: Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek actor and screenwriter
1956: Cindy Lovell, American educator and writer
1956: Roland Wieser, German race walker and coach
1955: Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
1955: Tom Bergeron, American television host
1955: John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1954: Tom Abernethy, American basketball player
1954: Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs
1954: Angela Hernández Nuñez, Dominican author and poet
1954: Ain Lutsepp, Estonian actor and politician
1953: Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (d. 1986)
1953: Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1953: Michelle Courchesne, Canadian urban planner and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
1953: Ülle Rajasalu, Estonian politician
1953: Graeme Souness, Scottish international footballer and manager
1952: Chiaki Mukai, Japanese physician and astronaut
1952: Gerrit Zalm, Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1951: Samuel Doe, Liberian sergeant and politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990)
1950: Jeffery Deaver, American journalist and author
1948: Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2013)
1947: Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
1947: Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author
1947: Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (d. 2013)
1945: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American country singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer
1945: Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944: Anton Furst, English-American production designer and art director (d. 1991)
1944: Masanori Murakami, Japanese baseball player and coach
1943: Andreas Baader, German terrorist, co-founded the Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
1943: Milton William Cooper, American conspiracy theorist and author (d. 2001)
1943: Wolfgang Reinhardt, German pole vaulter (d. 2011)
1943: James Turrell, American sculptor and illustrator
1942: Ariel Dorfman, Argentinian author, playwright, and academic
1939: Eddie C. Campbell, American singer and guitarist (d. 2018)
1939: Chet Allen, American child actor (d. 1984)
1938: Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)
1937: Rubin Carter, American-Canadian boxer (d. 2014)
1934: Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician
1932: Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (d. 1994)
1932: Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath, English lieutenant and politician (d. 2020)
1931: Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach
1931: Louis Gambaccini, American government official (d. 2018)
1929: Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic
1929: Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1929: John Taylor, English bishop and theologian (d. 2016)
1926: Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006)
1924: Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
1924: Patricia Helen Kennedy, American socialite, activist, and author (d. 2006)
1924: Denny Wright, English guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1992)
1923: Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
1922: Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1999)
1921: Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator (d. 1988)
1920: Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (d. 2004)
1920: Marguerite Piazza, American soprano and actress (d. 2012)
1919: André Guelfi, French race car driver (d. 2016)
1918: Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates (d. 2004)
1917: Kal Mann, American songwriter (d. 2001)
1916: Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997)
1915: Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1915: Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986)
1913: Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (d. 1989)
1913: Stewart Granger, English-American actor (d. 1993)
1911: Guy des Cars, French journalist and author (d. 1993)
1907: Peter Barnes, Executed Irish Republican (d. 1940)
1907: Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
1906: André Weil, French mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
1905: Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer (d. 1999)
1904: Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (d. 1984)
1904: Catherine Lacey, English actress (d. 1979)
1904: Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
1903: Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (d. 1977)
1902: Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author (d. 1981)
1902: Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1957)
1898: Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (d. 1945)
1897: Paul Alverdes, German author and poet (d. 1979)
1896: Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)
1895: Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (d. 1974)
1895: Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (d. 1946)
1895: Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)
1883: Alberto Collo, Italian actor (d. 1955)
1880: Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator (d. 1959)
1880: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
1879: Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)
1879: Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (d. 1929)
1872: Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934)
1872: Djemal Pasha, Ottoman general (d. 1922)
1871: Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
1871: Christian Morgenstern, German author and poet (d. 1914)
1870: Walter Rutherford, Scottish golfer (d. 1936)
1869: Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and central banker, 8th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (d. 1932)
1868: Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (d. 1927)
1861: Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1931)
1856: Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1939)
1856: Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (d. 1920)
1851: Aristide Bruant, French singer and actor (d. 1925)
1848: Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (d. 1937)
1843: Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (d. 1918)
1836: Max Eyth, German engineer and author (d. 1906)
1827: Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (d. 1891)
1800: Roman Sanguszko, Polish general (d. 1881)
1797: Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
1781: Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author (d. 1832)
1769: Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824)
1769: Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
1758: André Masséna, French general (d. 1817)
1758: Maximilien Robespierre, French politician (d. 1794)
1742: Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist (d. 1809)
1714: Anton Raaff, German tenor (d. 1797)
1713: Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (d. 1780)
1680: Jean-Baptiste Stuck, Italian-French cellist and composer (d. 1755)
1668: Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (d. 1747)
1635: Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (d. 1682)
1580: Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, French noble (d. 1637)
1574: Innocent X, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1655)
1501: Marcellus II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1555)
1493: Girolamo Seripando, Italian theologian and cardinal (d. 1563)
1464: Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess (d. 1512)
973: Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1024)

Deaths On This Day

2022: George Pérez, American comic book artist and writer (b. 1954)
2021: Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga artist (b. 1966)
2016: Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1990)
2016: Reg Grundy, Australian businessman (b. 1923)
2015: Novera Ahmed, Bangladeshi sculptor (b. 1930)
2015: Denise McCluggage, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1927)
2015: Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1922)
2014: Wil Albeda, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (b. 1925)
2014: William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
2014: Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (b. 1940)
2014: Billy Harrell, American baseball player and scout (b. 1928)
2014: Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1921)
2014: Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (b. 1919)
2014: Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1921)
2013: Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1919)
2013: Severo Aparicio Quispe, Peruvian bishop (b. 1923)
2013: Michelangelo Spensieri, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
2012: James R. Browning, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1918)
2012: James Isaac, American director and producer (b. 1960)
2012: Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and author (b. 1924)
2010: Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1926)
2009: Kevin Grubb, American race car driver (b. 1978)
2007: Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian physician and politician (b. 1938)
2007: Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2006: Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
2006: Lorne Saxberg, Canadian journalist (b. 1958)
2004: Virginia Capers, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
2004: Philip Kapleau, American monk and educator (b. 1912)
2004: Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (b. 1923)
2003: Art Houtteman, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1927)
2002: Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1906)
2002: Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1932)
2002: Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (b. 1948)
2002: Bjørn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist (b. 1940)
2000: Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (b. 1920)
1995: Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)
1993: Ann Todd, English actress and producer (b. 1909)
1992: Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (b. 1901)
1991: Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903)
1990: Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1900)
1989: Earl Blaik, American football player and coach (b. 1897)
1987: William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)
1984: Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (b. 1904)
1984: Bonner Pink, English politician (b. 1912)
1983: Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
1983: Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)
1980: María Luisa Bombal, Chilean writer (b. 1910)
1975: József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1892)
1973: Ernest MacMillan, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
1970: Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
1967: Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)
1963: Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
1963: Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
1963: Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
1961: Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
1959: Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
1959: Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
1952: Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
1951: Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
1949: Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
1939: Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
1919: L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
1910: Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
1907: Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
1905: Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
1882: Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
1882: Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
1877: Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
1867: Socrates Nelson, American businessman and politician (b. 1814)
1862: Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
1859: Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
1840: Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
1782: Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)
1757: Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)
1757: Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
1708: François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
1638: Cornelius Jansen, Dutch-French bishop and theologian (b. 1585)
1631: Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington, English historian and politician, founded the Cotton library (b. 1570)
1596: Giaches de Wert, Flemish-Italian composer (b. 1535)
1540: Juan Luís Vives, Spanish scholar (b. 1492)
1527: Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (b.1490)
1502: James Tyrrell, English knight (b. 1450)
1483: Queen Jeonghui, Korean regent (b. 1418)
1475: Dieric Bouts, Flemish painter (b. 1415)
1471: Edmund Beaufort, English commander (b. 1438)
1471: Thomas Tresham, Speaker of the House of Commons
1236: Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler
1187: Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (b. 1145)
1002: Ealdwulf, Archbishop of York, Abbot of Peterborough and Bishop of Worcester
988: Dirk II, count of Frisia and Holland
932: Qian Liu, Chinese warlord and king (b. 852)
850: Ninmyō, Japanese emperor (b. 808)
698: Eadberht, bishop of Lindisfarne

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