May 7
On This Day in History: May 7 May 7 is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 238 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day 2020 UK National Lottery website down before drawing . A power outage in Watford, a small town 15 miles northwest of London, caused the UK National Lottery website and smartphone app to crash and continue to remain out of action just four hours before the big drawing of £5 million (US$6.2 million) on Wednesday.2019 N.J. woman wins $4M Pick 6 lottery jackpot with loose change she found around the house . A New Jersey woman won a $4 million Pick 6 lottery drawing after buying two tickets with loose change she found scattered about her Morris County home.2018 Woman wins $1.2 million on $18 Kentucky Derby bet . A Texas woman reaped $1.2 million on an $18 bet on a series of Kentucky Derby day races, officials said on Sunday.2018 Glitch delays live Powerball drawing . Powerball officials suffered an embarrassing but short-lived glitch when the regularly scheduled, live drawing had to be shelved because of unexplained technical difficulties.2017 Lottery ticket scam costs victim $19,000 . Haines City police are looking for the pair who used the promise of a Florida Lotto payoff to scam a man out of $19,000.2015 Lottery ticket spells out insult . The purchaser of a New York State instant scratch-off Wheel of Fortune ticket was upset after she purchased a ticket that revealed an insult, according to the Chemung County Sheriff's Office.2015 Wyoming lottery survey shows most players earn middle-class income . The majority of people who played the Wyoming Lottery during its first months of operations earned at least a middle-class income, according to an online survey commissioned by the Wyoming Lottery Corp.2013 Canada's Lotto 6/49 is getting a makeover in Fall 2013 . Starting in September 2013, Lotto 6/49 will offer Canadian lottery players a new $1 million prize that's guaranteed to be won with each and every draw, jackpots that start at $5 million, and new free play prizes that can be won by matching just 2 numbers.2012 Illinois Lottery glitch causes many duplicate Quick Pick tickets . A glitch occurred this past Saturday and Sunday on Illinois Lottery terminals, causing at least 3,000 lottery tickets to contain the same random numbers as a previous tickets generated from the machine.2012 NJ Lottery sets new sales record of $2.6B . The New Jersey Lottery has set a new sales record, pulling in about $2.6 billion in the last fiscal year.2012 Court settles estate of Vancouver man who ran lottery ticket reselling firm . Almost four years after his death, the $20 million estate of Vancouver businessman Randy Thiemer has finally been wrapped up in court.2009 Lottery-winning deputies going to Disneyland . Two sheriff deputies in the San Francisco area stepped forward as the latest multimillionaire lottery winners and said they will give part of their $75 million jackpot to four local families of slain police officers.2007 Former N.C. Lottery commissioner sentenced to 4 years in prison . Former lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings was sentenced to four years in prison today on charges that he hid his financial ties to a company expected to bid for the state's lottery business.2007 How a lottery thief got away with the crime . Two British backpackers have finally settled their lawsuit with Australia's NSW Lotteries, two years after a clever thief convinced the lottery to pay him instead of the real winners.2007 Texas Lottery introduces $50 scratch ticket . The Texas Lottery's latest scratch game, dubbed $130 million Spectacular, which goes on sale Monday and offers nearly $134 million in prizes, including three grand prizes of $5 million, has the highest price for a scratch-off in the nation.2004 Powerball jackpot increased to $212 million . The state lottery directors who sell the Powerball game increased the estimated jackpot today from $205 million to $212 million after strong sales during the past two days.2004 Michigan man wins $1 million lottery jackpot twice . 78-year-old Russell Tanner won his second $1 million scratch-off lottery game last week - the only known two-time winner of the game in Michigan.2004 Birthdays Yield $100,000 Lottery Win After Ticket Rescued From Trash . A HVAC Technician from Shelbyville, Tennessee, won $100,000 on a Powerball ticket that was rescued from the trash.2004 Georgia oversight committee looks into generous lottery perks . A legislative oversight committee began looking Thursday at the generous employment policies of the Georgia Lottery Corp., whose former director and three top aides collected almost $300,000 for vacation and sick days they were due but never used when they left the state to help start Tennessee's lottery.2004 GTECH completes acquisition of lottery company . U.S.-based GTECH Holdings Corp. said Thursday it had closed a $40 million deal to buy an Antigua-based lottery company.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $429.6 Million Draw Date
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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2007 Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem .2004 American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamic militants . The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet. 2002 A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea , killing 112 people. 2000 Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.1999 Pope John Paul II travels to Romania , becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.1999 Kosovo War : Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia .1999 In Guinea-Bissau , President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup . 1998 Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.1994 Edvard Munch 's iconic painting The Scream National Gallery of Norway in February.1992 Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.1992 Space Shuttle program : The Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-49 .1992 Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia , Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada. 1986 Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits . 1976 Honda Accord officially launched.1960 Cold War : U-2 Crisis of 1960 : Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers .1954 Indochina War : The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13).1952 The concept of the integrated circuit , the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer . 1948 The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress . 1946 Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony ) is founded with around 20 employees. 1945 World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims , France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day. 1942 World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea , United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō ; the battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships. 1940 World War II : The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.1937 Spanish Civil War : The German Condor Legion , equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco 's forces.1931 The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st street, New York City . 1930 The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent ). Up to three-thousand people were killed. 1920 Kiev Offensive : Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.1920 Treaty of Moscow : Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.1920 The Art Gallery of Ontario , in Toronto, opens the first exhibition by the Group of Seven . 1915 World War I : German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania , killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire .1915 Japanese 21 Demands Ultimatum to China (commemorated as National Day of Humiliation). 1895 In Saint Petersburg , Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver . In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day . 1864 American Civil War : The Army of the Potomac , under General Ulysses S. Grant , breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.1864 The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia. 1846 The Cambridge Chronicle Cambridge, Massachusetts . 1840 The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history. 1832 Greece's independence is recognized by the Treaty of London . 1824 World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony in Vienna , Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision. 1794 French Revolution : Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic .1763 Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac 's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.1718 The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville . 1697 Stockholm 's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced in the 18th century by the current Royal Palace .1685 Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.1664 Louis XIV of France begins construction of the Palace of Versailles .1487 The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista . 1274 In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens to regulate the election of the Pope . 558 In Constantinople , the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt. 351 The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out. After his arrival at Antioch , the Jews begin a rebellion in Palestine . 🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1998 Jesse Puljujärvi , Finnish ice hockey player1997 Daria Kasatkina , Russian tennis player1996 Faker , Korean professional League of Legends player1995 Seko Fofana , French footballer1992 Alexander Ludwig , Canadian actor1989 Raina , South Korean singer, dancer, model and rapper1988 Eino Puri , Estonian footballer1988 Sander Puri , Estonian footballer1988 David Aleksander Sjølie , Norwegian guitarist1987 Asami Konno , Japanese singer1987 Aidy Bryant , American actress and comedian1987 Michael Maidens , English footballer (d. 2007)1987 Jérémy Ménez , French footballer1987 Mark Reynolds , Scottish footballer1987 David Schlemko , Canadian ice hockey player1987 Chiara Ferragni , Italian fashion blogger and businesswoman1986 Matt Helders , English drummer1985 Jarrad Hickey , Australian rugby league player1985 Drew Neitzel , American basketball player1984 James Loney , American baseball player1984 Alex Smith , American football player1984 Kevin Owens , Canadian wrestler1979 Katie Douglas , American basketball player1978 Stian Arnesen , Norwegian guitarist, drummer, and songwriter1978 James Carter , American hurdler1978 Shawn Marion , American basketball player1977 Elton Flatley , Australian rugby player1976 Calvin Booth , American basketball player1976 Berke Hatipoğlu , Turkish guitarist and songwriter1976 Stacey Jones , New Zealand rugby league player1976 Andrea Lo Cicero , Italian rugby player1976 Michael P. Murphy , American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2005)1976 Ayelet Shaked , Israeli Minister of Justice (since 2015)1975 Ashley Cowan , English cricketer1974 Lawrence Johnson , American pole vaulter1973 Kristian Lundin , Swedish songwriter and producer1973 Paolo Savoldelli , Italian cyclist1972 Peter Dubovský , Czech-Slovak footballer (d. 2000)1972 Frank Trigg , American mixed martial artist and wrestler1971 Reidar Horghagen , Norwegian drummer1971 Dave Karpa , Canadian ice hockey player1971 Thomas Piketty , French economist1969 Eagle-Eye Cherry , Swedish singer-songwriter1969 Jun Falkenstein , American director, producer, and screenwriter1969 Katerina Maleeva , Bulgarian tennis player1968 Traci Lords , American actress and singer1968 Lisa Raitt , Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport 1967 Martin Bryant , Australian mass murderer1967 Adam Price , Danish chef and screenwriter1967 Joe Rice , American colonel and politician1965 Reuben Davis , American football player1965 Owen Hart , Canadian wrestler (d. 1999)1965 Norman Whiteside , Northern Irish footballer and manager1965 Huang Zhihong , Chinese shot putter1964 Ronnie Harmon , American football player1964 Denis Mandarino , Brazilian guitarist, composer, and painter1964 Leslie O'Neal , American football player1963 Johnny Lee Middleton , American bass player and songwriter1962 Tony Campbell , American basketball player and coach1962 Judith Donath , American computer scientist and academic1961 Hans-Peter Bartels , German politician1961 Sue Black , Scottish anthropologist and academic1961 Ivar Must , Estonian composer and producer1960 Adam Bernstein , American director and screenwriter1960 Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham , Iraqi-English surgeon and academic1960 Almudena Grandes , Spanish author1959 Michael E. Knight , American actor1959 Heiki Valk , Estonian archeologist and academic1958 Mikhail Biryukov , Russian footballer and manager1958 Mark G. Kuzyk , American physicist and academic1958 Anne Marie Rafferty , English nurse and academic1957 Kristina M. Johnson , American business executive, engineer, academic and government official1956 Jan Peter Balkenende , Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1956 Anne Dudley , English pianist and composer1956 Nicholas Hytner , English director and producer1956 Jean Lapierre , Canadian talk show host and politician1956 Calum MacDonald , Scottish journalist and politician1955 Clément Gignac , Canadian politician1955 Ben Poquette , American basketball player1955 Axel Zwingenberger , German pianist and songwriter1954 Philippe Geluck , Belgian cartoonist1954 Joanna Haigh , English meteorologist and physicist1954 Amy Heckerling , American director, producer, and screenwriter1953 Pat McInally , American football player and coach1953 Ian McKay , English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)1952 Stanley Dickens , Swedish race car driver1951 Bernie Marsden , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1950 John Dowling Coates , Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman1950 Randall "Tex" Cobb , American boxer and actor1950 Prairie Prince , American rock drummer and graphic artist1950 Tim Russert , American television journalist and lawyer (d. 2008)1949 Kathy Ahern , American golfer (d. 1996)1949 Deborah Butterfield , American sculptor1946 Thelma Houston , American R&B/disco singer and actress1946 Marv Hubbard , American football player (d. 2015)1946 Bill Kreutzmann , American drummer (The Grateful Dead )1946 Michael Rosen , English author and poet1946 Brian Turner , English chef and television host1945 Christy Moore , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist1945 Robin Strasser , American actress1943 Terry Allen , American singer and painter1943 Harvey Andrews , English singer-songwriter and poet1943 John Bannon , Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (d. 2015)1943 Peter Carey , Australian novelist and short story writer1941 Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury , English lawyer and judge1940 Angela Carter , English novelist and short story writer (d. 1992)1940 Dave Chambers , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1939 Sidney Altman , Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1939 Ruggero Deodato , Italian actor, director, and screenwriter1939 Ruud Lubbers , Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2018)1939 Johnny Maestro , American pop/doo-wop singer (d. 2010)1939 Clive Soley, Baron Soley , English politician1937 Claude Raymond , Canadian baseball player and coach1936 Robin Hanbury-Tenison , English explorer and author1936 Tony O'Reilly , Irish rugby player and businessman1936 Jimmy Ruffin , American soul singer (d. 2014)1935 Avraham Heffner , Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)1935 Michael Hopkins , English architect1933 Johnny Unitas , American football player and sportscaster (d. 2002)1932 Jordi Bonet , Spanish-Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 1979)1932 Alan Cuthbert , English pharmacologist and academic (d. 2016)1932 Pete Domenici , American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Albuquerque (d. 2017)1932 Derek Taylor , English journalist and author (d. 1997)1931 Teresa Brewer , American singer (d. 2007)1931 Gene Wolfe , American author1930 Totie Fields , American comedian and author (d. 1978)1930 Babe Parilli , American football player and coach (d. 2017)1930 John Smith, Baron Kirkhill , English politician1929 Dick Williams , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)1927 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)1925 Lauri Vaska , Estonian-American chemist and academic (d. 2015)1924 Albert Band , French-American director and producer (d. 2002)1923 Anne Baxter , American actress (d. 1985)1923 Jim Lowe , American singer-songwriter, disc jockey, and radio host (d. 2016)1923 Bülent Ulusu , Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2015)1922 Darren McGavin , American actor and director (d. 2006)1922 Joe O'Donnell , American photographer and journalist (d. 2007)1921 Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs , English historian and academic (d. 2016)1921 Gaston Rébuffat , French mountaineer and author (d. 1985)1920 Rendra Karno , Indonesian actor (d. 1985)1919 Eva Perón , Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina (d. 1952)1917 Domenico Bartolucci , Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013)1917 Lenox Hewitt , Australian public servant1917 David Tomlinson , English actor (d. 2000)1916 Huw Wheldon , Welsh-English broadcaster (d. 1986)1916 W. B. Young , Scottish rugby player and physician (d. 2013)1914 Arthur Snelling , English civil servant and diplomat. British Ambassador to South Africa (d. 1996)1913 John Spencer Hardy , American general (d. 2012)1913 Simon Ramo , American physicist and engineer (d. 2016)1912 Pannalal Patel , Indian author (d. 1989)1911 Ishirō Honda , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)1911 Rıfat Ilgaz , Turkish author, poet, and educator (d. 1993)1909 Edwin H. Land , American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (d. 1991)1909 Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino , Native American teacher (d. 2005)1906 Eric Krenz , American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1931)1904 Kurt Weitzmann , German-American historian and author (d. 1993)1903 Jimmy Ball , Canadian sprinter (d. 1988)1901 Gary Cooper , American actor (d. 1961)1899 Alfred Gerrard , English sculptor and academic (d. 1998)1896 Kathleen McKane Godfree , English tennis and badminton player (d. 1992)1893 Frank J. Selke , Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (d. 1985)1892 Archibald MacLeish , American poet, playwright, and lawyer (d. 1982)1892 Josip Broz Tito , Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980)1891 Harry McShane , Scottish engineer and activist (d. 1988)1889 Viktor Puskar , Estonian colonel (d. 1943)1885 George "Gabby" Hayes , American actor (d. 1969)1882 Willem Elsschot , Belgian author and poet (d. 1960)1881 George E. Wiley , American cyclist (d. 1954)1880 Pandurang Vaman Kane , Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (d. 1972)1875 Bill Hoyt , American pole vaulter (d. 1951)1867 Władysław Reymont , Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)1861 Rabindranath Tagore , Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)1860 Tom Norman , English businessman (d. 1930)1857 William A. MacCorkle , American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930)1847 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)1845 Mary Eliza Mahoney , African American nurse and activist (d. 1926)1840 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Russian composer and educator (d. 1893)1837 Karl Mauch , German geographer and explorer (d. 1875)1836 Joseph Gurney Cannon , American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1926)1833 Johannes Brahms , German pianist and composer (d. 1897)1812 Robert Browning , English poet and playwright (d. 1889)1787 Jacques Viger , Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal (d. 1858)1774 William Bainbridge , American commodore (d. 1833)1767 Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1820)1763 Józef Poniatowski , Polish general (d. 1813)1748 Olympe de Gouges , French playwright and philosopher (d. 1793)1740 Nikolai Arkharov , Russian police officer and general (d. 1814)1724 Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser , French-Austrian field marshal (d. 1797)1711 David Hume , Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1776)1710 Thomas Reid , Scottish philosopher (d. 1796)1704 Carl Heinrich Graun , German tenor and composer (d. 1759)1700 Gerard van Swieten , Dutch-Austrian physician (d. 1772)1643 Stephanus Van Cortlandt , American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (d. 1700)1605 Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (d. 1681)1553 Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (d. 1618)1530 Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1569)1488 John III of the Palatinate , archbishop of Regensburg (d. 1538)1328 Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1365)165 Julia Maesa , Roman noblewoman (d. 224)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2015 Frank DiPascali , American businessman (b. 1956)2015 John Dixon , Australian-American author and illustrator (b. 1929)2014 Neville McNamara , Australian air marshal (b. 1923)2014 Colin Pillinger , English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943)2014 Dick Welteroth , American baseball player (b. 1927)2013 Ferruccio Mazzola , Italian footballer and manager (b. 1948)2013 George Sauer, Jr. , American football player (b. 1943)2012 Sammy Barr , Scottish trade union leader (b. 1931)2012 Ferenc Bartha , Hungarian economist and politician (b. 1943)2012 Dennis E. Fitch , American captain and pilot (b. 1942)2011 Seve Ballesteros , Spanish golfer (b. 1957)2011 Willard Boyle , Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)2011 Big George , English songwriter, producer, and radio host (b. 1957)2009 David Mellor , English designer (b. 1930)2009 Danny Ozark , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923)2007 Isabella Blow , English magazine editor (b. 1958)2007 Diego Corrales , American boxer (b. 1977)2007 Octavian Paler , Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926)2007 Yahweh ben Yahweh , American cult leader, founded the Nation of Yahweh (b. 1935)2006 Richard Carleton , Australian journalist (b. 1943)2006 Joan C. Edwards , American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918)2005 Tristan Egolf , American author and activist (b. 1971)2005 Peter Rodino , American captain and politician (b. 1909)2005 Otilino Tenorio , Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)2004 Waldemar Milewicz , Polish journalist (b. 1956)2001 Jacques de Bourbon-Busset , French author and politician (b. 1912)2000 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. , American captain, actor, and producer (b. 1909)1998 Allan McLeod Cormack , South African-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)1998 Eddie Rabbitt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)1995 Ray McKinley , American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra ) (b. 1910)1994 Clement Greenberg , American art critic (b. 1909)1993 Duane Carter , American racing driver (b. 1913)1990 Sam Tambimuttu , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)1987 Colin Blakely , Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)1987 Paul Popham , American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941)1986 Haldun Taner , Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)1978 Mort Weisinger , American journalist and author (b. 1915)1976 Alison Uttley , English children's book writer (b. 1884)1967 Margaret Larkin , American writer and poet (b. 1899)1958 Mihkel Lüdig , Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)1951 Warner Baxter , American actor (b. 1889)1946 Herbert Macaulay , Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)1943 Fethi Okyar , Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)1942 Felix Weingartner , Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)1941 James George Frazer , Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)1940 George Lansbury , English journalist and politician (b. 1859)1938 Octavian Goga , Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)1937 Ernst A. Lehmann , German captain and author (b. 1886)1925 William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme , English businessman and politician (b. 1851)1924 Alluri Sitarama Raju , Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)1922 Max Wagenknecht , German pianist and composer (b. 1857)1917 Albert Ball , English fighter pilot (b. 1896)1902 Agostino Roscelli , Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)1896 H. H. Holmes , American serial killer (b. 1861)1887 C. F. W. Walther , German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)1876 William Buell Sprague , American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)1872 Alexander Loyd , American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)1868 Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux , Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)1840 Caspar David Friedrich , German painter and educator (b. 1774)1825 Antonio Salieri , Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)1815 Jabez Bowen , American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)1805 William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne , Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)1800 Niccolò Piccinni , Italian composer (b. 1728)1793 Pietro Nardini , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)1718 Mary of Modena (b. 1658)1685 Bajo Pivljanin (b. 1630)1682 Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)1667 Johann Jakob Froberger , German organist and composer (b. 1616)1617 David Fabricius , German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564)1539 Ottaviano Petrucci , Italian printer (b. 1466)1523 Franz von Sickingen , German knight (b. 1481)1494 Eskender , Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1471)1427 Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr , English priest (b. 1352)1243 Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel 1234 Otto I, Duke of Merania (b. c. 1180)1205 Ladislaus III of Hungary (b. 1201)1202 Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey 1166 William I of Sicily 1092 Remigius de Fécamp , English monk and bishop1014 Bagrat III , 1st King of Georgia (b. 960)973 Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)833 Ibn Hisham , Muslim historian721 John of Beverley , bishop of York 🔽 Show All 
