October 14
On This Day in History: October 14 October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 78 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day 2019 Lottery first-timer's $551,575 winner nearly ended up in trash . An Ireland man who bought his first-ever lottery ticket said the $551,575 winner nearly ended up in the trash at his local store.2019 'You assume all the money noise stops when you finally have it' . What would you do if you suddenly came into a large amount of money?2016 Judge rules NJ couple's lottery annuity payments can't be taxed retroactively . A New Jersey Tax Court judge has sided with a couple who won $46 million in the state lottery in 2000 and elected to have their winnings distributed in annual installments as a multiyear annuity payment, holding that the state did not have the right to retroactively tax their winnings after passing a new statute.2016 Virginia man tossed winning $10 million lottery ticket on floor . If he'd known he just purchased a lottery ticket worth $10 million, this Virginia man would probably not have casually tossed it on the floor of his car.2015 Texas authorities had previously investigated brother of lottery cheat . In Spring 2006, Texas law enforcement had initiated an investigation into Tommy Tipton, a Justice of the Peace in Texas, who was reported to have $500,000 in consecutively marked bills.2014 Chinese lottery winner claims jackpot in bear costume . To pick up his giant check worth 520 million yuan (US$84.8 million) in lottery winnings, a Shanxi man disguised himself in a silly cartoon bear costume yesterday morning, providing perhaps the most delightful-looking press conference of the year.2013 'Miracle' lottery win to let man visit gravely ill nephew, 7 . Illinois Lottery spokesman Mike Lang said he has seen a lot of prizes awarded in his 23 years with the lottery, but his meeting with Conrad Selle when he came to claim the prize Monday at the lottery office in Springfield was "one of the more touching and unique."2013 Postal worker prevents man from losing thousands to lottery scams . An observant postal clerk helped a man who had rival con-artists scheming him for cash, and it's a story that could help you or someone you know from falling for a similar scheme.2013 Pennsylvania brothers still battling over $1M lottery ticket . A $1 million winning lottery ticket still has two Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, brothers fighting each other in court.2013 Stolen lottery ticket leads to six felony charges and a winner empty-handed . Two men and one woman from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, are being charged with theft after police said they got caught stealing and claiming a winning $10,000 lottery ticket.2012 Georgia man finds $1M lottery ticket in his truck . A Clayton County, Georgia, man who won $1 million in August didn't realize he was rich until he found a forgotten Powerball ticket in his truck.2011 D.C. Lottery makes its pitch for Internet gambling . This much is clear: D.C. residents, or at least the handful of Ward 5 residents who came out to the Lamond-Riggs Library last night, don’t have much of a problem with Internet gambling.2011 Indiana Lottery chief resigns after lavish office revealed . Hoosier Lottery Director Kathryn Densborn stepped down Friday after coming under fire for moving the lottery to a posh new headquarters in Indianapolis.2011 Woman accused of killing Florida lottery winner sued by victim's estate . The estate of slain Lakeland, Florida, lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare has filed another lawsuit against the woman accused of killing him.2011 San Diego ranked luckiest town in U.S. . San Diego, which has been touted as having one of the best climates in the United States, is also the luckiest, according to a new ranking.2009 America's multi-state lottery titans agree to ticket-selling partnership . The Mega Millions consortium and Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) have reached an agreement in principle to cross-sell Mega Millions and Powerball in all U.S. lottery jurisdictions.2005 Scientific Games wrote parts of N.C. lottery law . A company that hopes to land the multimillion-dollar contract to run North Carolina's gambling operation used a link to House Speaker Jim Black to have the new lottery law written to its liking.2005 Oklahoma lottery lines linger . Oklahoma University students and Norman residents continued to raid local convenience stores for lottery tickets Thursday; some even came home with extra cash.2005 N.C. lottery now has official Internet site . The North Carolina lottery is now officially online, even though the first games aren't.2004 Powerball Jackpot Reaches $15 Million . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $15 million, with a cash option of $6.8 million. 2004 Oklahoma lottery question spurs contributions . Supporters and opponents of a state question that would allow a statewide lottery in Oklahoma have both raised more than $200,000 in the past month.2003 Mass. Lottery needs to replace 2.2M defective scratch tickets . More than two million Massachusetts lottery scratch tickets will have to be replaced because they have a "shelf life" problem. If they sit around too long, the latex in the scratching area deteriorates and may become unscratchable.2003 Florida Man Claims $3 Million Lotto Prize . Philip C. Dalton, 61, of North Port, Florida, claimed his winnings Monday afternoon from the only winning ticket in Saturday night's Florida Lotto. He had purchased the ticket at the North Port Winn-Dixie, 14483 Tamiami Trail.🔽 Show All Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day 1. $667 Million Draw Date
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🔽 Show All Worldwide Events On This Day 2017 A massive truck bombing in Somalia kills 358 people and injures more than 400 others. 2015 A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others. 2014 A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people. 2014 The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win. 2012 Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.2004 MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport , killing all seven people on board.2004 Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashes in Jefferson City, Missouri . The two pilots (the aircraft's only occupants) are killed.2003 The Steve Bartman Incident takes place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. 1998 Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia. 1994 Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government. 1991 Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 1982 U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs . 1981 Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat. 1979 The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people. 1975 An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar , Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground. 1973 In the Thammasat student uprising , over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers. 1968 The first live TV broadcast by American astronauts in orbit is performed by the Apollo 7 crew. 1968 The 6.5 Mw Meckering earthquake shakes the southwest portion of Western Australia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent ), causing $2.2 million in damage and leaving 20-28 people injured. 1968 Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.1966 The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system. 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.1964 The Soviet Presidium and the Communist Party Central Committee each vote to accept Nikita Khrushchev 's "voluntary" request to retire from his offices. 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba. 1957 The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada. 1957 At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia. 1956 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar , leader of India's Untouchable caste , converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism ). 1952 Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952. 1949 The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government. 1947 Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.1943 World War II: Prisoners at Sobibor extermination camp covertly assassinate most of the on-duty SS officers and then stage a mass breakout. 1943 World War II: The American Eighth Air Force loses 60 of 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses during the Second Raid on Schweinfurt . 1943 World War II: The Second Philippine Republic , a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president. 1940 World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz. 1939 World War II : The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.1933 Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference . 1930 The former and first President of Finland , K. J. Ståhlberg , and his wife, Ester Ståhlberg , were kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement . 1920 Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu , exchanging some territories. 1915 World War I : Bulgaria joins the Central Powers .1913 Senghenydd colliery disaster , the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.1912 Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank . With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech. 1910 English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C. 1908 The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, clinching the 1908 World Series ; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series. 1898 The steam ship SS Mohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106. 1888 Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene 1884 George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film .1863 American Civil War: Confederate troops under the command of A. P. Hill fail to drive the Union Army completely out of Virginia. 1843 Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell is arrested by the British on charges of criminal conspiracy. 1808 The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France. 1806 War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt . 1805 War of the Third Coalition: A French corps defeats an Austrian attempt to escape encirclement at Ulm. 1773 The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education , is formed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1758 Seven Years' War : Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch .1656 The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends . 1586 Mary, Queen of Scots , goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland , forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence. 1066 The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings . 🔽 Show All Births On This Day 2001 Rowan Blanchard , American actress1994 Joe Burgess , English rugby league player1994 Jaelen Feeney , Australian rugby league player1994 Jared Goff , American football player1993 Ashton Agar , Australian cricketer1992 Ahmed Musa , Nigerian footballer1990 Jordan Clark , English cricketer1988 Glenn Maxwell , Australian cricketer1986 Tom Craddock , English footballer1985 Alexandre Sarnes Negrão , Brazilian racing driver1985 Alanna Nihell , Irish boxer1985 Ivan Pernar , Croatian Member of Parliament1984 LaRon Landry , American football player1984 Alex Scott , English footballer1983 Betty Heidler , German hammer thrower1983 Lin Dan , Chinese badminton player1982 Ryan Hall , American runner1982 Matt Roth , American football player1981 Gautam Gambhir , Indian cricketer1980 Paúl Ambrosi , Ecuadorian footballer1980 Amjad Khan , Danish-English cricketer1980 Scott Kooistra , American football player1980 Niels Lodberg , Danish footballer1980 Terrence McGee , American football player1980 Ben Whishaw , English actor1979 Stacy Keibler , American wrestler and actress1979 Liina-Grete Lilender , Estonian figure skater and coach1978 Justin Lee Brannan , American guitarist and songwriter1978 Paul Hunter , English snooker player (d. 2006)1978 Jana Macurová , Czech tennis player1978 Steven Thompson , Scottish footballer1978 Usher , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor1977 Saeed Ajmal , Pakistani cricketer1977 Barry Ditewig , Dutch footballer1977 Kelly Schumacher , American-Canadian basketball and volleyball player1976 Tillakaratne Dilshan , Sri Lankan cricketer1975 Michael Duberry , English footballer1975 Floyd Landis , American cyclist1975 Carlos Spencer , New Zealand rugby player1974 Jessica Drake , American porn actress and director1974 Samuel José da Silva Vieira , Brazilian footballer1974 Natalie Maines , American singer-songwriter1974 Viktor Röthlin , Swiss runner1974 Tümer Metin , Turkish footballer1973 Thom Brooks , American-British political philosopher and legal scholar1973 George Floyd , American police brutality victim (d. 2020)1973 Lasha Zhvania , Georgian businessman and politician1972 Erika deLone , American tennis player1972 Julian O'Neill , Australian rugby league player1971 Jorge Costa , Portuguese footballer and manager1971 Robert Jaworski Jr. , Filipino basketball player and politician1970 Martin Barbarič , Czech footballer and coach (d. 2013)1970 Jim Jackson , American basketball player and sportscaster1970 Meelis Lindmaa , Estonian footballer1970 Hiromi Nagasaku , Japanese actress and singer1970 Pär Zetterberg , Swedish footballer1970 Vasko Vassilev , Bulgarian violinist1969 P. J. Brown , American basketball player1969 Viktor Onopko , Russian footballer and manager1969 David Strickland , American actor (d. 1999)1968 Jay Ferguson , Canadian guitarist and songwriter1968 Johnny Goudie , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor1968 Matthew Le Tissier , English footballer and journalist1968 Dwayne Schintzius , American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)1967 Pat Kelly , American baseball player, coach, and manager1967 Sylvain Lefebvre , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1967 Werner Daehn , German actor1965 Steve Coogan , English actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter1965 Jüri Jaanson , Estonian rower and politician1965 Constantine Koukias , Greek-Australian flute player and composer1965 Karyn White , American singer-songwriter1964 Joe Girardi , American baseball player and manager1963 Lori Petty , American actress1962 Jaan Ehlvest , Estonian chess player1962 Trevor Goddard , English-American actor (d. 2003)1962 Chris Thomas King , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor1962 Shahar Perkiss , Israeli tennis player1961 Isaac Mizrahi , American fashion designer1960 Steve Cram , English runner and coach1960 Zbigniew Kruszyński , Polish footballer and coach1959 A. J. Pero , American drummer (d. 2015)1958 Thomas Dolby , English singer-songwriter and producer1957 Michel Després , Canadian lawyer and politician1957 Gen Nakatani , Japanese lawyer and politician, 13th Japanese Minister of Defense 1956 Ümit Besen , Turkish singer-songwriter1956 Beth Daniel , American golfer and sportscaster1956 Jennell Jaquays , American game designer1956 Arleen Sorkin , American actress, producer, and screenwriter1955 Iwona Blazwick , English curator and critic1954 Mordechai Vanunu , Moroccan-Israeli technician and academic1953 Kazumi Watanabe , Japanese guitarist and composer1952 Harry Anderson , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2018)1952 Nikolai Andrianov , Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2011)1952 Rick Aviles , American comedian and actor (d. 1995)1951 Aad van den Hoek , Dutch cyclist1950 Joey Travolta , American actor, director, and producer1949 Damian Lau , Hong Kong actor, director, and producer1949 Katha Pollitt , American poet and author1949 Dave Schultz , Canadian ice hockey player and referee1948 Marcia Barrett , Jamaican-English singer1948 Norman Ornstein , American political scientist and scholar1947 Norman Harris , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1987)1947 Charlie Joiner , American football player1947 Nikolai Volkoff , Croatian-American wrestler (d. 2018)1946 François Bozizé , Gabonese general and politician, President of the Central African Republic 1946 Joey de Leon , Filipino comedian, actor and television host1946 Justin Hayward , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1946 Dan McCafferty , Scottish singer-songwriter1946 Al Oliver , American baseball player1946 Craig Venter , American biologist, geneticist, and academic1945 Colin Hodgkinson , English bass player1945 Daan Jippes , Dutch author and illustrator1945 Lesley Joseph , English actress1944 Udo Kier , German-American actor and director1943 Mohammad Khatami , Iranian scholar and politician, 5th President of Iran 1942 Bob Hiller , English rugby player1942 Evelio Javier , Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1986)1942 Péter Nádas , Hungarian author and playwright1942 Suzzanna , Indonesian actress (d. 2008)1941 Jerry Glanville , American football player and coach1941 Eddie Keher , Irish sportsman1941 Laurie Lawrence , Australian rugby player and coach1941 Art Shamsky , American baseball player and manager1941 Roger Taylor , English tennis player1940 Perrie Mans , South African snooker player1940 Cliff Richard , Indian-English singer-songwriter and actor1940 J. C. Snead , American golfer1940 Christopher Timothy , Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter1939 Ralph Lauren , American fashion designer, founded the Ralph Lauren Corporation 1939 Rocky Thompson , American golfer and politician1938 Farah Pahlavi , Empress of Iran1938 John Dean , American lawyer and author, 13th White House Counsel 1938 Elizabeth Esteve-Coll , English curator and academic1938 Ron Lancaster , American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2008)1938 Shula Marks , South African historian and academic1938 Melba Montgomery , American country music singer1936 Hans Kraay Sr. , Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2017)1936 Jürg Schubiger , Swiss psychotherapist and author (d. 2014)1932 Enrico Di Giuseppe , American tenor and actor (d. 2005)1932 Anatoly Larkin , Russian-American physicist and academic (d. 2005)1930 Robert Parker , American singer and saxophonist (d. 2020)1930 Mobutu Sese Seko , Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (d. 1997)1930 Alan Williams , Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (d. 2014)1929 Yvon Durelle , Canadian boxer and wrestler (d. 2007)1928 Joyce Bryant , American actress and singer1928 Frank E. Resnik , American chemist and businessman (d. 1995)1927 Roger Moore , English actor and producer (d. 2017)1926 Willy Alberti , Dutch singer and actor (d. 1985)1923 Joel Barnett , English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (d. 2014)1921 José Arraño Acevedo , Chilean journalist and historian (d. 2009)1918 Marcel Chaput , Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician (d. 1991)1918 Thelma Coyne Long , Australian tennis player and captain (d. 2015)1918 Doug Ring , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2003)1916 C. Everett Koop , American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (d. 2013)1915 Loris Francesco Capovilla , Italian cardinal (d. 2016)1914 Harry Brecheen , American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)1914 Raymond Davis Jr. , American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)1914 Alexis Rannit , Estonian poet and critic (d. 1985)1911 Lê Đức Thọ , Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)1910 John Wooden , American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)1909 Mochitsura Hashimoto , Japanese commander (d. 2000)1909 Dorothy Kingsley , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)1909 Bernd Rosemeyer , German racing driver (d. 1938)1907 Allan Jones , American actor and singer (d. 1992)1906 Hassan al-Banna , Egyptian religious leader, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (d. 1949)1906 Hannah Arendt , German-American philosopher and theorist (d. 1975)1904 Christian Pineau , French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1995)1904 Mikhail Pervukhin , Soviet politician, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1978)1902 Learco Guerra , Italian cyclist and manager (d. 1963)1900 W. Edwards Deming , American statistician, author, and academic (d. 1993)1898 Thomas William Holmes , Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1950)1897 Alicja Dorabialska , Polish chemist (d. 1975)1894 E. E. Cummings , American poet and playwright (d. 1962)1894 Victoria Drummond , British marine engineer (d. 1978)1893 Lois Lenski , American author and illustrator (d. 1974)1893 Lillian Gish , American actress (d. 1993)1892 Sumner Welles , American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State (d. 1961)1890 Dwight D. Eisenhower , American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (d. 1969)1888 Katherine Mansfield , New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1923)1888 Yukio Sakurauchi , Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (d. 1947)1882 Éamon de Valera , American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (d. 1975)1882 Charlie Parker , English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 1959)1872 Reginald Doherty , English tennis player (d. 1910)1871 Alexander von Zemlinsky , Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher (d. 1942)1869 Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen , English art dealer (d. 1939)1867 Masaoka Shiki , Japanese poet, author, and critic (d. 1902)1861 Julia A. Ames , American journalist, editor, and reformer (d. 1891)1853 John William Kendrick , American engineer and businessman (d. 1924)1848 Byron Edmund Walker , Canadian banker and philanthropist (d. 1924)1845 Laura Askew Haygood (d. 1900)1844 John See , English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1907)1842 Joe Start , American baseball player and manager (d. 1927)1840 Dmitry Pisarev , Russian author and critic (d. 1868)1824 Adolphe Monticelli , French painter (d. 1886)1806 Preston King , American lawyer and politician (d. 1865)1801 Joseph Plateau , Belgian physicist and academic, created the Phenakistoscope (d. 1883)1791 Friedrich Parrot , Baltic German naturalist (d. 1841)1784 Ferdinand VII of Spain (d. 1833)1733 François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt , Austrian field marshal (d. 1798)1726 Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham , Scottish-English admiral and politician (d. 1813)1712 George Grenville , English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1770)1687 Robert Simson , Scottish mathematician and academic (d. 1768)1644 William Penn , English businessman who founded Pennsylvania (d. 1718)1643 Bahadur Shah I , Mughal emperor (d. 1712)1639 Simon van der Stel , Dutch commander and politician, 1st Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (d. 1712)1633 James II of England (d. 1701)1630 Sophia of Hanover (d. 1714)1609 Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d. 1689)1569 Giambattista Marino , Italian poet (d. 1625)1563 Jodocus Hondius , Flemish engraver and cartographer (d. 1611)1542 Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1602)1493 Shimazu Tadayoshi , Japanese daimyō (d. 1568)1465 Konrad Peutinger , German humanist and antiquarian (d. 1547)1425 Alesso Baldovinetti , Italian painter (d. 1499)1404 Marie of Anjou (d. 1463)1257 Przemysł II of Poland (d. 1296)🔽 Show All Deaths On This Day 2019 Harold Bloom , American literary critic (b. 1930)2019 Sulli , South Korean actress, singer, and model (b. 1994)2016 Helen Kelly , New Zealand trade union leader (b. 1964)2015 Nurlan Balgimbayev , Kazakh politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (b. 1947)2015 Mathieu Kérékou , Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (b. 1933)2015 Margaret Keyes , American historian and academic (b. 1918)2015 Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani , Indian admiral (b. 1930)2014 A. H. Halsey , English sociologist and academic (b. 1923)2014 Leonard Liggio , American author and academic (b. 1933)2014 Elizabeth Peña , American actress (b. 1959)2013 Wally Bell , American baseball player and umpire (b. 1965)2013 Max Cahner , German-Catalan historian and politician (b. 1936)2013 Kōichi Iijima , Japanese author and poet (b. 1930)2013 Bruno Metsu , French footballer and manager (b. 1954)2013 Frank Moore , American painter and poet (b. 1946)2013 Käty van der Mije-Nicolau , Romanian-Dutch chess player (b. 1940)2012 John Clive , English actor and author (b. 1933)2012 Max Fatchen , Australian journalist and author (b. 1920)2012 James R. Grover Jr. , American lawyer and politician (b. 1919)2012 Larry Sloan , American publisher, co-founded Price Stern Sloan (b. 1922)2012 Arlen Specter , American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)2012 Dody Weston Thompson , American photographer (b. 1923)2012 Gart Westerhout , Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)2011 Reg Alcock , Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1948)2011 Ashawna Hailey , American computer scientist and philanthropist (b. 1949)2010 Simon MacCorkindale , English actor, director, and producer (b. 1952)2010 Benoit Mandelbrot , Polish-American mathematician and economist (b. 1924)2009 Martyn Sanderson , New Zealand actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)2009 Collin Wilcox , American actress (b. 1935)2009 Lou Albano , American professional wrestler (b. 1933)2008 Robert Furman , American engineer and intelligence officer (b. 1915)2008 Kazys Petkevičius , Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1926)2006 Freddy Fender , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)2006 Klaas Runia , Dutch theologian and journalist (b. 1926)2006 Gerry Studds , American educator and politician (b. 1937)2003 Patrick Dalzel-Job , English linguist, commander, and navigator (b. 1913)2002 Norbert Schultze , German composer and conductor (b. 1911)2000 Art Coulter , Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1909)2000 Tony Roper , American race car driver (b. 1964)1999 Julius Nyerere , Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania (b. 1922)1998 Cleveland Amory , American author and activist (b. 1917)1998 Frankie Yankovic , American accordion player (b. 1916)1997 Harold Robbins , American author (b. 1915)1990 Leonard Bernstein , American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1918)1986 Keenan Wynn , American actor (b. 1916)1986 Takahiko Yamanouchi , Japanese physicist (b. 1902)1985 Emil Gilels , Ukrainian-Russian pianist (b. 1916)1984 Martin Ryle , English astronomer and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)1983 Willard Price , Canadian-American historian and author (b. 1887)1982 Louis Rougier , French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1889)1977 Bing Crosby , American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1903)1976 Edith Evans , English actress (b. 1888)1973 Edmund A. Chester , American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1897)1973 Ahmed Hamdi , Egyptian general and engineer (b. 1929)1969 Haguroyama Masaji , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (b. 1914)1969 August Sang , Estonian poet and translator (b. 1914)1967 Marcel Aymé , French author and playwright (b. 1902)1965 William Hogenson , American sprinter (b. 1884)1965 Randall Jarrell , American poet and author (b. 1914)1961 Paul Ramadier , French politician, 129th Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)1961 Harriet Shaw Weaver , English journalist and activist (b. 1876)1960 Abram Ioffe , Russian physicist and academic (b. 1880)1959 Jack Davey , New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (b. 1907)1959 Errol Flynn , Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1909)1958 Douglas Mawson , Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)1953 Émile Sarrade , French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)1953 Kyuichi Tokuda , Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)1944 Erwin Rommel , German field marshal (b. 1891)1943 Sobibór uprising : Rudolf Beckmann , German SS officer (b. 1910)1943 Sobibór uprising : Siegfried Graetschus , German sergeant (b. 1916)1943 Sobibór uprising : Johann Niemann , German lieutenant (b. 1913)1942 Noboru Yamaguchi , Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)1930 Samuel van Houten , Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)1929 Henri Berger , German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)1923 Marcellus Emants , Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)1911 John Marshall Harlan , American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)1831 Jean-Louis Pons , French astronomer and educator (b. 1761)1758 James Francis Edward Keith , Scottish-Prussian field marshal (b. 1696)1711 Tewoflos , Ethiopian emperor (b. 1708)1703 Thomas Kingo , Danish bishop and poet (b. 1634)1669 Antonio Cesti , Italian organist and composer (b. 1623)1637 Gabriello Chiabrera , Italian poet (b. 1552)1631 Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow , queen of Denmark and Norway (b. 1557)1619 Samuel Daniel , English poet and historian (b. 1562)1618 Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton , English nobleman (b.c. 1570)1610 Amago Yoshihisa , Japanese daimyō (b. 1540)1568 Jacques Arcadelt , Dutch singer and composer (b. 1507)1565 Thomas Chaloner , English poet and politician (b. 1521)1552 Oswald Myconius , Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1488)1536 Garcilaso de la Vega , Spanish poet (b. 1503)1416 Henry the Mild , duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg1318 Edward Bruce , High King of Ireland (b. 1275)1256 Kujō Yoritsugu , Japanese shogun (b. 1239)1240 Razia Sultana , Only female sultan of Delhi (b. c. 1205)1217 Isabella , English noblewoman and wife of John of England (b. c. 1173)1213 Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex , English sheriff and Chief Justiciar1184 Yusuf I , Almohad caliph (b. 1135)1092 Nizam al-Mulk , Persian scholar and politician (b. 1018)1077 Andronicus Ducas , Byzantine courtier (b. 1022)1066 Harold Godwinson , English king (b. 1022)1066 Leofwine Godwinson , English nobleman and brother of Harold II 1066 Gyrth Godwinson , English nobleman and brother of Harold II996 Al-Aziz Billah , Fatimid caliph (b. 955)962 Gerloc , Frankish noblewoman869 Pang Xun , Chinese rebel leader841 Shi Yuanzhong , Chinese governor530 Antipope Dioscorus 🔽 Show All 
