November 11
On This Day in History: November 11 November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 50 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day 2020 Lottery Post's guide to 2020 holiday raffles . For many lottery players, the upcoming holiday season represents the return of raffle games, many of which offer their best odds of winning $1 million or more.2019 Veterans Day turns jubilant for 70-year-old Army vet after he wins lottery in NC . A 70-year-old Army veteran found himself counting cash on Veterans Day, after he won more than a quarter of a million dollars in the North Carolina Education Lottery.2019 90-year-old ND woman lost $400K to Jamaican lottery scam — but she was paid back just $287 . A 90-year-old North Dakota woman who was robbed of her life savings by a Jamaican lottery scam says she has been paid back only $287 of the $400,000 she's owed.2018 New York Lottery awards $26.6 million in prize checks to 3 big winners . Three lucky New Yorkers came forward to receive their winnings Wednesday as they became the state's newest lottery millionaires.2015 Democrats hold up lottery payouts after Illinois Gov. compromises . After Illinois' Republican Governor Bruce Rauner froze the funds that pay out Illinois Lottery earnings last month, the governor made a compromise this week to get the funds flowing again, but it's now Democrats who are holding up the payouts.2015 NY attorney general says that DraftKings and FanDuel constitute illegal gambling . The New York State attorney general on Tuesday ordered the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, to stop accepting bets from New York residents, saying their games constituted illegal gambling under state law.2015 Calif. Lottery looking for $63 million winner . The California Lottery is looking for the winner of a SuperLotto Plus ticket valued at $63 million, which was sold in August at a 7-Eleven store in Chatsworth.2014 New Jersey Lottery sells the first Monopoly Millionaires' Club jackpot winner . The Monopoly Millionaires' Club jackpot of $21 million was won in Friday night's drawing of the multi-state game by one ticket sold in New Jersey.2012 $185 MILLION: Huge Powerball lottery jackpot set for Wednesday . There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $185 million for Wednesday's drawing.2010 Historic lottery award ceremony Friday in Michigan . For the first time in Michigan Lottery history, two mega jackpot winners will collect their winnings at the same time Friday at Michigan Lottery headquarters in Lansing.2009 Longtime Director of N.H. Lottery to retire . The longtime head of the New Hampshire state lottery is retiring after more than three decades with the agency.2009 Woman buys cup of tea, wins $1 million jackpot . When Brandi Futch ordered a cup of sweet tea at a McDonald's restaurant in Goodlettsville, she had no idea just how sweet it would be.2009 Poland proposes online gambling ban . Following weeks of political scandal, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is determined to ban online gambling in the EU-member state.2009 New Jersey, California tickets will share $77M Mega Millions lottery jackpot . Two tickets matched all six numbers in the Nov. 10 Mega Millions drawing worth $77 million. One was purchased in New Jersey, and the other in California.2008 Canada selling booby-prize lottery tickets . The Canadian lottery that regulates sales of scratch-off tickets in three provinces and three territories sells tickets whose grand prizes are already won.2008 One winner of $9M Megabucks lottery jackpot . One lucky person quit worrying about the plunging markets, layoffs and other economic woes Saturday night after winning the Wisconsin Megabucks lottery.2005 $262M jackpot sparked buying frenzy . If people seemed overwhelmed by lottery fever this week, it's for good reason. The estimated $262 million jackpot in the Mega Millions game reached the fourth-largest total in Georgia's history.2005 Tennessee lottery player wins $125,692 Lotto 5 jackpot . A player who purchased a Lotto 5 ticket in Charleston in Bradley County will win the $125,692 jackpot from Wednesday night's drawing for that game.2005 New Zealand lottery shop shortchanges winner . A New Zealand lottery winner who double-checked his jackpot found he had been shortchanged thousands of dollars by a storeowner.2005 Editorial: The state lottery, starring... . The startup of the new North Carolina state lottery has of late turned into a soap opera with more twists than "All My Children."2005 Michigan Store Sells its Second $1 Million Lottery Ticket . Someone in Muskegon County, Michigan, is $1 million richer today, thanks to the second jackpot-winning lottery ticket sold at a Muskegon Township corner store.2005 Oklahama Lottery's Pick 3 game takes off . After four weeks of scratch-offs, the Oklahoma Lottery has diversified on schedule when the Pick 3 game started yesterday.2005 Arizona Lottery tracks down real winner after ticket stolen . Arizona Lottery officials have tracked down the owner of a winning $1.4 million lottery ticket authorities said was fleeced by a convenience-store clerk.2004 Wisconsin Lottery switches to computers to select winning numbers . The Wisconsin Lottery is now one of more than a dozen U.S. lotteries to use random number generating computers to select the winning numbers for its nightly on-line games, Michael J. Edmonds, Acting Lottery Director said last week.2004 Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $63 Million . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $63 million, with a cash option of $34.3 million.2004 $32 Million: Florida Lotto Keeps Rolling . No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, increasing the jackpot for Saturday's drawing to an estimated $32 million, lottery officials said Thursday.2004 Idaho gambling sting nets 50 machines . Idaho State Police investigators said they seized about 50 illegal gambling machines in a raid of 13 bars across the state, most of them in the Boise region.2003 Special projects shrink lottery proceeds . Almost $1.8 billion worth of Georgia lottery proceeds that could have gone for HOPE scholarships has instead been spent on a long list of other projects, including museums, security fences and metal detectors, and renovations of historic buildings.2003 Campaigning for an Oklahoma lottery to begin soon . A referendum on an Oklahoma lottery plan is still a year away, but Governor Henry says he's planning on campaigning for the lottery proposal. 2003 Legislators mulling changes to lottery law . Plans to amend Tennessee's lottery law are already in the works, less than six months after the Legislature authorized the games.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $262 Million Draw Date
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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2014 Fifty-eight people are killed in a bus crash in the Sukkur District in southern Pakistan 's Sindh province. 2012 A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma , killing at least 26 people. 2006 Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army .2004 New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial , Wellington .2004 The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later. 2001 Journalists Pierre Billaud , Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in. 2000 Kaprun disaster : One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun , Austria.1999 The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent , restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage. 1993 A sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War is dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. 1992 The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests. 1981 Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations .1975 Australian constitutional crisis of 1975 : Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam , appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December .1975 Independence of Angola . 1972 Vietnam War: Vietnamization : The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam . 1968 Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail , through Laos into South Vietnam . 1967 Vietnam War : In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh , Cambodia , three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden .1966 NASA launches Gemini 12 .1965 In Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe ), the white-minority government of Ian Smith unilaterally declares independence . 1962 Kuwait 's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait .1961 Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force are massacred by a mob in Kindu . 1960 A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed . 1942 World War II: France's zone libre Case Anton . 1940 World War II : In the Battle of Taranto , the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.1940 World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis top secret British mail from the Automedon 1934 The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne , Australia is opened. 1930 Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator .1926 The United States Numbered Highway System is established. 1923 Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch .1921 The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery . 1919 The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington , ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people. 1919 Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence . 1918 World War I : Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne .1918 Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence .1918 Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power. 1911 Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through. 1889 The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States. 1887 August Spies , Albert Parsons , Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed as a result of the Haymarket affair .1880 Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol . 1869 The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations . 1865 Dr Mary Edwards Walker receives the US Medal of Honor , becoming the first woman to receive the award. 1865 Treaty of Sinchula is signed whereby Bhutan cedes the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company .1864 American Civil War : General William Tecumseh Sherman begins burning Atlanta to the ground in preparation for his march to the sea .1839 The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia . 1831 In Jerusalem, Virginia , Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising . 1813 War of 1812 : Battle of Crysler's Farm : British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.1805 Napoleonic Wars : Battle of Dürenstein : Eight thousand French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.1778 Cherry Valley massacre : Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War , killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.1750 Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.1750 The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club , is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia . It is the first college fraternity. 1724 Joseph Blake , alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey , is hanged in London.1675 Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ (x ).1673 Second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine : Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used. 1634 Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton , the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery . 1620 The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod . 1572 Tycho Brahe observes the supernova SN 1572 .1500 Treaty of Granada : Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.1215 The Fourth Council of the Lateran meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation , the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ . 1100 Henry I of England marries Matilda of Scotland , the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and a direct descendant of the Saxon king Edmund Ironside .1028 Constantine VIII died, ending his uninterrupted reign as emperor or co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire of 66 years.308 At Carnuntum , Emperor emeritus Diocletian confers with Galerius , Augustus Maximianus , the recently returned former Augustus of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the Tetrarchy . 🔽 Show All Births On This Day 1995 Josh Aloiai , New Zealand rugby league player1994 Connor Price , Canadian actor1994 Ellie Simmonds , English swimmer1994 Sanju Samson , Indian cricketer1993 Jang Hee-ryung , South Korean actress1993 Jamaal Lascelles , English footballer1992 Sofía Luini , Argentine tennis player1991 Christa B. Allen , American actress1991 Emma Blackery , British singer1991 Tanvi Hegde , Indian actress1990 James Segeyaro , Papua New Guinean rugby league player1990 Tom Dumoulin , Dutch road bicycle racer1990 Georginio Wijnaldum , Dutch footballer1989 Adam Rippon , American figure skater1989 Reina Tanaka , Japanese singer1989 Lewis Williamson , Scottish race car driver1988 David Depetris , Argentinian-Slovak footballer1988 Mikako Komatsu , Japanese voice actress and singer1988 Kyle Naughton , English footballer1987 Vinny Guadagnino , American actor1987 Chanelle Hayes , English model and singer1986 François Trinh-Duc , French rugby player1986 Jon Batiste , American singer and pianist1986 Mark Sanchez , American football player1986 Radhika Kumaraswamy , Indian actress1986 Victor Cruz , American football player1985 Osvaldo Alonso , Cuban footballer1985 Austin Collie , American football player1985 Tiidrek Nurme , Estonian runner1985 Jessica Sierra , American singer1985 Robin Uthappa , Indian cricketer1984 Stephen Hunt , English footballer1984 Birkir Már Sævarsson , Icelandic footballer1983 Arouna Koné , Ivorian footballer1983 Philipp Lahm , German footballer1983 Tatsuhisa Suzuki , Japanese voice actor and singer1982 Gonzalo Canale , Argentinian-Italian rugby player1982 Jeremy Williams , English model, actor, and poet1980 Willie Parker , American football player and coach1980 Edmoore Takaendesa , Zimbabwean-German rugby player1978 Lou Vincent , New Zealand cricketer1977 Ben Hollioake , Australian-English cricketer (d. 2002)1977 Maniche , Portuguese footballer and manager1977 Marsha Mehran , Iranian-American author (d. 2014)1976 Jason Grilli , American baseball player1976 Jesse F. Keeler , Canadian bass player1975 Daisuke Ohata , Japanese rugby player1974 Jon B. , American singer-songwriter and producer1974 Leonardo DiCaprio , American actor and producer1974 Static Major , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2008)1974 Wajahatullah Wasti , Pakistani cricketer1973 Jason White , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1972 Adam Beach , Canadian actor1971 David DeLuise , American actor and director1971 Tomas Pačėsas , Lithuanian basketball player and coach1968 David L. Cook , American singer-songwriter and comedian1968 Diego Fuser , Italian footballer and manager1967 Gil de Ferran , Brazilian race car driver1967 David Doak , Northern Irish video game designer1967 Frank John Hughes , American actor, producer, and screenwriter1966 Benedicta Boccoli , Italian model and actress1966 Vince Colosimo , Australian actor1966 Alison Doody , Irish model and actress1965 Max Mutchnick , American screenwriter and producer1965 Kim Stockwood , Canadian singer-songwriter1964 Margarete Bagshaw , American painter and potter (d. 2015)1964 Calista Flockhart , American actress1963 Billy Gunn , American wrestler and actor1962 Mario Fenech , Maltese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster1962 Georgios Mitsibonas , Greek footballer (d. 1997)1962 Demi Moore , American actress, director, and producer1962 James Morrison , Australian trumpet player and composer1961 Yuri Milner , Russian entrepreneur, venture capitalist and physicist1960 Colin Harvey , English author and critic (d. 2011)1960 Chuck Hernandez , American baseball player and coach1960 Paquito Ochoa, Jr. , Filipino lawyer and politician, 37th Executive Secretary of the Philippines 1960 Cristina Odone , Kenyan-Italian journalist and author1960 Peter Parros , American actor, producer, and screenwriter1960 Stanley Tucci , American actor and director1959 Lee Haney , American bodybuilder1959 Richard Rowe , English jockey and trainer1959 Christian Schwarzenegger , Swiss criminologist and academic1959 Carl Williams , American boxer (d. 2013)1958 Luz Casal , Spanish singer-songwriter and actress1958 Kazimieras Černis , Lithuanian astronomer and astrophysicist1958 Carlos Lacámara , Cuban-American actor and playwright1958 Kathy Lette , Australian-English author1956 Ian Craig Marsh , English guitarist1956 Talat Aziz , Ghazal singer1955 Dave Alvin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1955 Jigme Singye Wangchuk , King of Bhutan1954 Steve Brain , English rugby player1954 Mary Gaitskill , American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.1954 Roger Slifer , American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2015)1953 Marshall Crenshaw , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1953 Andy Partridge , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (XTC )1951 Kim Peek , American megasavant (d. 2009)1951 Marc Summers , American television host and producer1951 Fuzzy Zoeller , American golfer1950 Mircea Dinescu , Romanian journalist and poet1950 Jim Peterik , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1949 Ismail Petra of Kelantan , former Sultan of Kelantan1949 Kathy Postlewait , American golfer1948 Andrzej Czok , Polish mountaineer (d. 1986)1948 Vincent Schiavelli , American actor (d. 2005)1948 Robert John "Mutt" Lange , British-South African record producer and songwriter1946 Al Holbert , American race car driver (d. 1988)1945 Chris Dreja , English guitarist and songwriter1945 Vince Martell , American singer and guitarist1945 Daniel Ortega , Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua 1945 Alexander Berulava , Georgian journalist, writer, and human rights activist (d. 1993 )1943 Doug Frost , Australian swim coach1942 Jonathan Fenby , English journalist and businessman1942 Roy Fredericks , Guyanese-American cricketer and politician (d. 2000)1942 Diane Wolkstein , American author and radio host (d. 2013)1940 Barbara Boxer , American journalist and politician1940 Dennis Coffey , American guitarist1939 Denise Alexander , American actress1937 Vittorio Brambilla , Italian race car driver (d. 2001)1937 Stephen Lewis , Canadian politician and diplomat, 14th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations 1937 Alicia Ostriker , American poet and scholar1936 Jack Keller , American songwriter and producer (d. 2005)1935 Bibi Andersson , Swedish actress1933 Martino Finotto , Italian race car driver (d. 2014)1933 Peter B. Lewis , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)1932 Germano Mosconi , Italian journalist (d. 2012)1930 Hugh Everett III , American physicist and mathematician (d. 1982)1930 Vernon Handley , English conductor (d. 2008)1930 Mildred Dresselhaus , American physicist and academic (d. 2017)1929 LaVern Baker , American singer (d. 1997)1929 Hans Magnus Enzensberger , German author and poet1929 Martin Jacomb , English lawyer, businessman, and academic1928 Ernestine Anderson , American singer (d. 2016)1928 Carlos Fuentes , Mexican novelist and essayist (d. 2012)1927 Mose Allison , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2016)1927 Martin Špegelj , Croatian general and politician, 2nd Croatian Minister of Defence (d. 2014)1926 Harry Lumley , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)1926 Maria Teresa de Filippis , Italian race car driver (d. 2016)1925 John Guillermin , English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)1925 June Whitfield , English actress (d. 2018)1925 Jonathan Winters , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)1922 Kurt Vonnegut , American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2007)1921 Terrel Bell , American sergeant, academic, and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Education (d. 1996)1920 Roy Jenkins , Welsh-English captain, academic, and politician, President of the European Commission (d. 2003)1920 Walter Krupinski , German captain and pilot (d. 2000)1919 Kalle Päätalo , Finnish soldier and author (d. 2000)1918 Stubby Kaye , American entertainer (d. 1997)1916 Robert Carr , English engineer and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 2012)1915 William Proxmire , American soldier, journalist, and politician (d. 2005)1915 Anna Schwartz , American economist and author (d. 2012)1914 James Gilbert Baker , American astronomer, optician, and academic (d. 2005)1914 Taslim Olawale Elias , Nigerian academic and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (d. 1991)1914 Howard Fast , American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2003)1914 Henry Wade , American soldier and lawyer (d. 2001)1914 Daisy Bates , American activist who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957 (d. 1999)1912 Thomas C. Mann , American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999)1911 Roberto Matta , Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)1909 Robert Ryan , American actor (d. 1973)1909 Piero Scotti , Italian race car driver (d. 1976)1907 Orestis Laskos , Greek director, screenwriter, and poet (d. 1992)1906 Brother Theodore , German-American monologuist and comedian (d. 2001)1904 Alger Hiss , American lawyer and convicted spy (d. 1996)1904 J. H. C. Whitehead , Indian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1960)1901 Sam Spiegel , American film producer (d. 1985)1901 F. Van Wyck Mason , American historian and author (d. 1978)1900 Maria Babanova , Russian stage and film actress (d. 1983)1899 Pat O'Brien , American actor (d. 1983)1898 René Clair , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)1896 Shirley Graham Du Bois , American author, playwright, composer, and activist (d. 1977)1896 Carlos Eduardo Castañeda , Mexican-American historian (d. 1958)1895 Wealthy Babcock , American mathematician and academic (d. 1990)1894 Beverly Bayne , American actress (d. 1982)1891 Rabbit Maranville , American baseball player and manager (d. 1954)1891 Grunya Sukhareva , Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and university lecturer (d. 1981)1888 Abul Kalam Azad , Indian activist, scholar, and politician, Indian Minister of Education (d. 1958)1888 J. B. Kripalani , Indian lawyer and politician (d.1982)1887 Roland Young , English-American actor (d. 1953)1885 George S. Patton , American general (d. 1945)1883 Ernest Ansermet , Swiss conductor and academic (d. 1969)1882 Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973)1872 David I. Walsh , American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1947)1869 Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (d. 1947)1868 Édouard Vuillard , French painter and academic (d. 1940)1864 Alfred Hermann Fried , Austrian journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)1863 Paul Signac , French painter and educator (d. 1935)1860 Thomas Joseph Byrnes , Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (d. 1898)1857 Janet Erskine Stuart , English nun and educator (d. 1914)1855 Stevan Sremac , Serbian author and activist (d. 1906)1852 Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf , Austrian-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1925)1836 Thomas Bailey Aldrich , American poet and author (d. 1907)1821 Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (d. 1881)1791 Josef Munzinger , Swiss lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1855)1748 Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)1743 Carl Peter Thunberg , Swedish botanist, entomologist, and psychologist (d. 1828)1696 Andrea Zani , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1757)1668 Johann Albert Fabricius , German author and scholar (d. 1736)1633 George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax , English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1695)1599 Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (d. 1655)1599 Ottavio Piccolomini , Austrian-Italian field marshal (d. 1656)1579 Frans Snyders , Flemish painter (d. 1657)1569 Martin Ruland the Younger , German physician and chemist (d. 1611)1512 Marcin Kromer , Prince-Bishop of Warmia (d. 1589)1493 Paracelsus , Swiss-German physician, botanist, astrologer, and occultist (d. 1541)1491 Martin Bucer , German Protestant reformer (d. 1551)1449 Catherine of Poděbrady , Hungarian Queen (d. 1464)1441 Charlotte of Savoy , French queen (d. 1483)1430 Jošt of Rožmberk , Bishop of Breslau (d. 1467)1220 Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (d. 1271)1155 Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214)1154 Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212)1050 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)990 Gisela of Swabia , Queen consort of Germany and Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1043)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2018 Douglas Rain , Canadian actor and narrator (b.1928)2017 Chiquito de la Calzada , Spanish singer, actor and comedian (b. 1932)2016 Victor Bailey , American singer and bass player (Weather Report ) (b. 1960)2016 Robert Vaughn , American actor (b. 1932)2015 Rita Gross , American theologian and author (b. 1943)2015 Nathaniel Marston , American actor and producer (b. 1975)2014 John Doar , American lawyer and activist (b. 1921)2014 Big Bank Hank , American rapper (b. 1956)2014 Philip G. Hodge , American engineer and academic (b. 1920)2014 Harry Lonsdale , American chemist, businessman, and politician (b. 1932)2014 Carol Ann Susi , American actress (b. 1952)2013 John Barnhill , American basketball player and coach (b. 1938)2013 Domenico Bartolucci , Italian cardinal and composer (b. 1917)2013 Bob Beckham , American singer-songwriter (b. 1927)2013 John S. Dunne , American priest and theologian (b. 1929)2013 Atilla Karaosmanoğlu , Turkish economist and politician, 33rd Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1931)2012 Lam Adesina , Nigerian educator and politician, Governor of Oyo State (b. 1939)2012 Joe Egan , English rugby player and coach (b. 1919)2012 Rex Hunt , English lieutenant, pilot, and diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands (b. 1926)2012 Victor Mees , Belgian footballer (b. 1927)2012 Harry Wayland Randall , American photographer (b. 1915)2011 Francisco Blake Mora , Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (b. 1966)2010 Marie Osborne Yeats , American actress and costume designer (b. 1911)2008 Herb Score , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1933)2008 Mustafa Şekip Birgöl , Turkish colonel (b. 1903)2007 Delbert Mann , American director and producer (b. 1920)2006 Belinda Emmett , Australian actress (b. 1974)2005 Moustapha Akkad , Syrian-American director and producer (b. 1930)2005 Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield , English photographer (b. 1939)2005 Peter Drucker , Austrian-American author, theorist, and educator (b. 1909)2004 Dayton Allen , American comedian and voice actor (b. 1919)2004 Yasser Arafat , Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)2004 Richard Dembo , French director and screenwriter (b. 1948)2003 Miquel Martí i Pol , Catalan poet (b. 1929)2002 Frances Ames , South African neurologist , psychiatrist, and human rights activist (b. 1920)2001 Erna Viitol , Estonian sculptor (b. 1920)2000 Sandra Schmitt , German skier (b. 1981)1999 Mary Kay Bergman , American voice actress (b. 1961)1999 Jacobo Timerman , Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1923)1998 Frank Brimsek , American ice hockey player and soldier (b. 1913)1998 Paddy Clancy , Irish singer and actor (b. 1922)1997 Rod Milburn , American hurdler and coach (b. 1950)1997 William Alland , American film producer and writer (b. 1916)1994 John A. Volpe , American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1908)1994 Tadeusz Żychiewicz , Polish journalist, historian, and publicist (b. 1922)1993 Erskine Hawkins , American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1914)1993 John Stanley , American author and illustrator (b. 1914)1990 Attilio Demaría , Argentinian footballer (b. 1909)1990 Sadi Irmak , Turkish physician and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1904)1990 Alexis Minotis , Greek actor and director (b. 1898)1990 Yiannis Ritsos , Greek poet and playwright (b. 1909)1988 Charles Groves Wright Anderson , South African-Australian colonel and politician (b. 1897)1988 William Ifor Jones , Welsh conductor and organist (b. 1900)1985 Pelle Lindbergh , Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1959)1985 Arthur Rothstein , American photographer and educator (b. 1915)1984 Martin Luther King, Sr. , American pastor, missionary, and activist (b. 1899)1980 Vince Gair , Australian politician, 27th Premier of Queensland (b. 1901)1979 Dimitri Tiomkin , Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (b. 1894)1977 Abraham Sarmiento, Jr. , Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1950)1976 Alexander Calder , American sculptor (b. 1898)1974 Alfonso Leng , Chilean dentist, composer, and academic (b. 1894)1973 Artturi Ilmari Virtanen , Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)1973 Richard von Frankenberg , German race car driver and journalist (b. 1922)1972 Berry Oakley , American bass player (b. 1948)1965 Luis Arturo González López Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (b. 1900)1962 Joseph Ruddy , American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)1961 Behiç Erkin , Turkish colonel and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1876)1953 Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1866)1950 Alexandros Diomidis , Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1875)1949 Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos , Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Minister (b. 1878)1945 Jerome Kern , American composer (b. 1885)1944 Munir Ertegun , Turkish diplomat (b. 1883)1940 Muhittin Akyüz , Turkish general and diplomat (b. 1870)1939 Bob Marshall , American author and activist (b. 1901)1931 Shibusawa Eiichi , Japanese businessman (b. 1840)1921 Léon Moreaux , French target shooter (b. 1852)1919 Pavel Chistyakov , Russian painter and educator (b. 1832)1918 George Lawrence Price , Canadian soldier (b. 1892)1917 Liliuokalani of Hawaii (b. 1838)1887 Haymarket affair defendants:1887 George Engel , German-American businessman and activist (b. 1836)1887 Adolph Fischer , German-American printer and activist (b. 1858)1887 Albert Parsons , American journalist and activist (b. 1848)1887 August Spies , American journalist and activist (b. 1855)1884 Alfred Brehm , German zoologist, author, and illustrator (b. 1827)1880 Ned Kelly , Australian criminal (b. 1855)1880 Lucretia Mott , American activist (b. 1793)1862 James Madison Porter , American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (b. 1793)1861 Pedro V of Portugal (b. 1837)1855 Søren Kierkegaard , Danish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1813)1831 Nat Turner , American slave and rebel leader (b. 1800)1812 Platon Levshin , Russian metropolitan (b. 1737)1724 Joseph Blake , English criminal (b. 1700)1638 Cornelis van Haarlem , Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1562)1623 Philippe de Mornay , French theorist and author (b. 1549)1583 Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond , Irish rebel1561 Hans Tausen , Danish reformer (b. 1494)1331 Stefan Uroš III Dečanski of Serbia (b. c. 1285)1285 King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239) 1189 King William II of Sicily ("the Good") (b. 1153) 1130 Teresa of León, Countess of Portugal , Portuguese regent (b. 1080)1089 Saint Peter Igneus , Italian Benedictine monk 1078 Udo of Nellenburg, Archbishop of Trier (during the siege of Tübingen )1028 Constantine VIII , Byzantine emperor (b. 960)875 Teutberga , queen of Lotharingia 865 Petronas , Byzantine general865 Antony the Younger , Byzantine monk and saint (b. 785)683 Yazid I , Muslim caliph (b. 647)405 Arsacius of Tarsus , Tarsian archbishop (b. 324)🔽 Show All 
