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September 23

On This Day in History

September 23

September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 99 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2020: Wildfires cause shutdown of some Oregon Lottery games. 2020 just doesn't seem to let up, with wildfires in Oregon causing 115 of the state's lottery retailers to lose connection to the fiber-optic cables that support the selling of most lottery games.
2019: Colorado Lottery launches updated Lotto game. On Sunday, the Colorado Lottery's 30 year-old Lotto game was replaced with the new-and-improved Colorado Lotto+.
2019: $80 million Powerball jackpot lottery ticket sold in Michigan. A Michigan Lottery player won Saturday night's $80 million Powerball jackpot with a ticket bought in Suttons Bay, according to the Michigan Lottery.
2016: S.C. woman claims biggest Pick 4 payout in state's history. A Florence, South Carolina, woman cashed in on the largest Pick 4 payout to a single person in S.C. lottery history.
2016: N.C. school custodian cleans up with $1 million lottery win. For Michael Owenby of Candler, North Carolina, a decision to quench his thirst turned into a $1 million lottery win.
2016: New Jersey woman feared 'heart attack' when she won top Cash4Life lottery prize. A New Jersey nurse who won a $1,000-a-day prize from the lottery said she had to call a fellow nurse to make sure she wasn't having a heart attack.
2013: $400 million S.C. Powerball winner to stay anonymous. There is a man in South Carolina who has been keeping a big secret for the past five days.
2013: Oklahoma Lottery wants ban on employee purchases lifted. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission wants to change a law that bans all of its employees from purchasing tickets to assist it with investigations.
2012: Arizona Lottery launches new game. The Arizona Lottery announced a new draw game called Weekly Winnings, which launches Saunday, Sept. 23, and offers a top prize of $1,000 per week for an entire year, taxes paid.
2011: Lost lottery ticket worth $50,000 returned to winner. A winning lottery ticket worth $50,000 that was either lost or stolen from the winner was mailed to the Tennessee Lottery offices in an envelope with no return address.
2011: Virginia Lottery drawings now streamed live on Facebook. The Virginia Lottery now is streaming its drawings live on its Facebook page, in addition to its Web site.
2010: Powerball winner breaks ground on latest gift. With great blessings can come great responsibility. Reverend Dr. Solomon Jackson, Jr. won the lottery in 2009, and he turned over the winning, and the blessings, for others.
2010: Fla. Lottery awards $20M grand prize in scratch game. The Florida Lottery last week held the grand prize drawing in the $600 million High Roller Scratch-Off game, awarding one lucky winner the $20 million grand prize.
2005: New Jersey Couple are Lottery Mega Millionaires. A married couple from Rutherford is the winner of the largest single-ticket lottery jackpot in New Jersey history.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $110 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $110 million, with a cash option of $60.3 million.
2004: Elderly NJ man victim of lottery scam. Flimflam artists conned a 75-year-old Perth Amboy, New Jersey man out of $6,000 on Monday afternoon, city police said.
2004: California lottery millionaire tries not to change. Two months after Charles "Chuck" Bush became an instant millionaire, the only things that have changed are his address, the car he drives and the number of telephone solicitors who call him.
2003: Camelot launches daily lottery. Camelot is launching its latest attempt to try revive public interest in the lottery by starting a daily draw which will offer better odds of winning smaller prizes.
2003: Lottery CEO begins job early, says games could start Feb. 10. Rebecca Paul began as director of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. more than a week early, meaning the first scratch-off games could be available for sale ahead of schedule.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$748.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2023
2.$528.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2021
3.$303 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2018
4.$301 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2022
5.$274.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2022
6.€277.03 Million US$268.47 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2022
7.$235 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2015
8.$230 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2023
9.$228.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2014
10.$227 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2019
11.€190 Million
US$209.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2019
12.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2006
13.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2012
14.$193 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2018
15.€163 Million
US$192.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2017
16.€130 Million
US$189.94 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 26, 2008
17.€194 Million
US$188.72 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2022
18.€130 Million
US$183.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 28, 2007
19.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2008
20.€145.48 Million
US$163.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2016
21.€138 Million
US$162.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2018
22.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2013
23.€130 Million
US$152.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 24, 2021
24.€130 Million
US$143.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 25, 2020
25.$129 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 23, 2009

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: Ga Youngster
Monday, Sep 23, 1991
32 years old
1985: Skippa18
Monday, Sep 23, 1985
38 years old
1983: Prophit252
Friday, Sep 23, 1983
40 years old
1982: Queentiye36
Thursday, Sep 23, 1982
41 years old
1981: heavenlystarr
Wednesday, Sep 23, 1981
42 years old
1981: MDLadyStarr
Wednesday, Sep 23, 1981
42 years old
1981: mizzmdlotto
Wednesday, Sep 23, 1981
42 years old
1975: The Great1
Tuesday, Sep 23, 1975
48 years old
1970: Zionloves242
Wednesday, Sep 23, 1970
53 years old
1969: numberman
Tuesday, Sep 23, 1969
54 years old
1968: Golgo13
Monday, Sep 23, 1968
55 years old
1960: debbymf
Friday, Sep 23, 1960
63 years old
1956: Teeliz
Sunday, Sep 23, 1956
67 years old
1954: netty
Thursday, Sep 23, 1954
69 years old
1954: Tarapola
Thursday, Sep 23, 1954
69 years old
1952: thousandair
Tuesday, Sep 23, 1952
71 years old
1952: andyczop
Tuesday, Sep 23, 1952
71 years old
1951: Dave jones
Sunday, Sep 23, 1951
72 years old
1949: qqjo14r
Friday, Sep 23, 1949
74 years old
1948: jaknuth
Thursday, Sep 23, 1948
75 years old
1946: MS67PLUS
Monday, Sep 23, 1946
77 years old
1945: daily63
Sunday, Sep 23, 1945
78 years old
1940: sunjune6
Monday, Sep 23, 1940
83 years old
: angelm
(year not provided)
: Dorisdoright
(year not provided)
: glovbug
(year not provided)
: Imadreamingsoul
(year not provided)
: lovinwinning
(year not provided)
: Uneek1
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2008: Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.
2004: Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
1983: Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
1973: Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
1950: Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
1942: World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
1905: Norway and Sweden sign the Karlstad Treaty, peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
1899: The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
1884: On the night of 23-24 September, the steamship Arctique runs aground near Cape Virgenes leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold, beginning the Tierra del Fuego gold rush.
1868: The Grito de Lares occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
1846: Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
1821: Tripolitsa, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence.
1803: Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
1779: American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USS Bonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.
1561: King Philip II of Spain issues cedula, ordering a halt to colonizing efforts in Florida.
1459: The Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is won by the Yorkists.
1409: The Battle of Kherlen is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368.
1338: The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used.
1122: Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.
38: Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.

Births On This Day

1999: Song Yu-qi, Chinese singer
1994: Lee Mi-joo, South Korean singer and entertainer
1991: Lee Alexander, Scottish footballer
1991: Kim Ki-bum, South Korean singer and entertainer
1991: Melanie Oudin, American tennis player
1989: Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
1989: Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player
1988: Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player
1988: Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player
1986: Martin Cranie, English footballer
1985: Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player
1984: Patrick Ehelechner, German ice hockey player
1984: Matt Kemp, American baseball player
1984: Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American entertainer
1983: Shane del Rosario, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2013)
1983: Joffrey Lupul, Canadian ice hockey player
1982: Mait Künnap, Estonian tennis player
1982: Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (d. 2017)
1981: Robert Doornbos, Dutch racing driver
1981: Helen Richardson-Walsh, English field hockey player
1979: Ricky Davis, American basketball player
1979: Bryant McKinnie, American football player
1979: Fábio Simplício, Brazilian footballer
1979: Lote Tuqiri, Fijian-Australian rugby player
1978: Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (d. 2013)
1978: Anthony Mackie, American actor
1977: Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
1977: Dmitri Kulikov, Estonian footballer
1977: Fabio Ongaro, Italian rugby player
1977: Rachael Yamagata, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1976: Sarah Blasko, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1976: Robert James-Collier, English actor
1976: Valeriy Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
1976: Volodymyr Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
1975: Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player
1975: Chris Hawkins, English journalist and producer
1975: Eric Miller, Irish rugby player, footballer, and coach
1974: Ben Duckworth, Australian rugby league player
1974: Matt Hardy, American wrestler
1974: Layzie Bone, American rapper
1973: Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist
1973: Vangelis Krios, Greek footballer and coach
1972: Sam Bettens, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Alistair Campbell, Zimbabwean cricketer
1972: Jermaine Dupri, American rapper and producer
1972: Karl Pilkington, English actor and producer
1971: Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1971: Eric Montross, American basketball player and sportscaster
1971: Sean Spicer, 30th White House Press Secretary
1970: Adrian Brunker, Australian rugby player
1970: Lucia Cifarelli, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1970: Ani DiFranco, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Giorgos Koltsidas, Greek footballer
1969: Donald Audette, Canadian ice hockey player
1969: Patrick Fiori, French singer-songwriter
1969: Jan Suchopárek, Czech footballer and manager
1968: Yvette Fielding, English actress and producer
1968: Adam Price, Welsh politician
1967: Chris Wilder, English footballer and manager
1966: Pete Harnisch, American baseball player and coach
1965: Mark Woodforde, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1964: Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer and manager
1964: Josefa Idem, German-born Italian kayaker
1964: Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer-songwriter
1964: Larry Krystkowiak, American basketball player and coach
1964: Katie Mitchell, English director and producer
1964: Julian Parkhill, English biologist and academic
1964: Bill Phillips, American businessman and author
1963: Anne-Marie Cadieux, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
1963: Alex Proyas, Egyptian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1962: Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (d. 2019)
1961: Chi McBride, American actor
1961: William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
1960: Kurt Beyer, American wrestler
1960: Luis Moya, Spanish race car driver
1959: Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist
1959: Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter
1959: Hans Nijman, Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2014)
1959: Chris O'Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
1959: Elizabeth Peña, American actress (d. 2014)
1959: Karen Pierce, English diplomat
1958: Danielle Dax, English singer-songwriter and producer
1958: Khaled El Sheikh, Bahraini singer-songwriter
1958: Tony Fossas, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
1958: Marvin Lewis, American football player and coach
1958: Larry Mize, American golfer
1957: Rosalind Chao, American actress
1956: Peter David, American author, actor, and screenwriter
1956: Tom Hogan, Australian cricketer
1956: Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer (d. 2020)
1954: Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
1954: Cherie Blair, English lawyer and academic
1953: Nicholas Witchell, English journalist
1952: Mark Bego, American author
1952: Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
1952: Dennis Lamp, American baseball player
1952: Jim Morrison, American baseball player and manager
1951: Steven Springer, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2012)
1950: George Garzone, American saxophonist and educator
1949: Floella Benjamin, Trinidadian-English actress, academic, and politician
1949: Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949: Kostas Tournas, Greek singer-songwriter
1948: Dan Toler, American guitarist (d. 2013)
1947: Christian Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
1947: Mary Kay Place, American actress
1947: Neal Smith, American drummer and songwriter
1946: Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
1946: Bernard Maris, French economist and journalist (d. 2015)
1946: Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh, English politician
1946: Davorin Popović, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1946: Anne Wheeler, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1945: Igor Ivanov, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1945: Alan Old, English rugby player
1944: Eric Bogle, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943: Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter
1943: Marty Schottenheimer, American football player and coach (d. 2021)
1942: Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman and politician, 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
1942: Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston, Scottish scholar and politician
1942: David Renneberg, Australian cricketer
1941: George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (d. 1971)
1941: Simon Nolet, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941: Norma Winstone, English singer-songwriter
1940: Michel Temer, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th Vice President of Brazil
1940: Dick Thornett, Australian rugby player and water polo player (d. 2011)
1939: Henry Blofeld, English cricketer and journalist
1939: Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)
1939: Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham, English politician
1939: Sonny Vaccaro, American businessman
1938: Romy Schneider, German-French actress (d. 1982)
1937: Jacques Poulin, Canadian author and translator
1936: George Eastham, English footballer
1936: Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru (d. 2006)
1936: Sylvain Saudan, Swiss skier
1936: Tareq Suheimat, Jordanian physician, general, and politician (d. 2014)
1935: Prem Chopra, Pakistani-Indian actor
1935: Les McCann, American soul-jazz singer and pianist
1935: Ron Tindall, English-Australian footballer, cricketer, and manager (d. 2012)
1934: Per Olov Enquist, Swedish journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2020)
1933: Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (d. 2011)
1932: Georg Keßler, German footballer and manager
1931: Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (d. 2007)
1931: Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
1931: Gerald Merrithew, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2004)
1930: Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet and songwriter (d. 1996)
1930: Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (d. 1987)
1930: Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004)
1928: Frank Foster, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2011)
1928: Jim French, American radio personality, radio producer, and video game voice actor (d. 2017)
1928: Roger Grimsby, American journalist and actor (d. 1995)
1926: André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (d. 2013)
1926: John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967)
1925: Denis C. Twitchett, English historian and scholar (d. 2006)
1924: Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and publisher (d. 1978)
1923: Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (d. 2016)
1923: Vello Helk, Estonian-Danish historian and author (d. 2014)
1920: Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1917: Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (d. 1984)
1917: Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (d. 2006)
1916: Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1978)
1915: Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (d. 2003)
1915: Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
1913: Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
1912: Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005)
1912: Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (d. 1980)
1911: Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
1910: Jakob Streit, Swiss anthroposophist and author (d. 2009)
1909: Lorenc Antoni, Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor (d. 1991)
1908: Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician (d. 1974)
1907: Tiny Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958)
1907: Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (d. 1998)
1907: Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (d. 1976)
1906: Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1904: Arthur Folwell, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (d. 1966)
1903: Cec Fifield, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1957)
1902: Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
1901: Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1900: Bill Stone, English soldier (d. 2009)
1899: Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States (d. 1977)
1899: Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (d. 1988)
1898: Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (d. 1977)
1897: Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (d. 1994)
1897: Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1895: Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer (d. 1975)
1895: Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1890: Friedrich Paulus, German general (d. 1957)
1889: Walter Lippmann, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Republic (d. 1974)
1880: John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1876: Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 1968)
1867: John Lomax, American teacher, musicologist, and folklorist (d. 1948)
1865: Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (d. 1933)
1865: Emma Orczy, Hungarian-English author and playwright (d. 1947)
1865: Suzanne Valadon, French model and painter (d. 1938)
1863: Mary Church Terrell, American author and activist (d. 1954)
1861: Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (d. 1942)
1853: Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1923)
1852: James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (d. 1917)
1852: William Stewart Halsted, American physician and surgeon (d. 1922)
1851: Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1930)
1838: Victoria Woodhull, American journalist and activist (d. 1927)
1823: John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (d. 1902)
1819: Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (d. 1896)
1800: William Holmes McGuffey, American author and academic (d. 1873)
1791: Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (d. 1865)
1791: Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (d. 1813)
1781: Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860)
1778: Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1811)
1771: Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (d. 1840)
1756: John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (d. 1836)
1740: Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
1713: Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759)
1650: Jeremy Collier, English bishop and theologian (d. 1726)
1647: Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1720)
1642: Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1678)
1598: Eleonore Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
1597: Francesco Barberini, Catholic cardinal (d. 1679)
1495: Bagrat III of Imereti, King of Imereti (d. 1565)
1215: Kublai Khan, Mongolian emperor (d. 1294)
1158: Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
63 BC: Augustus, Roman emperor (d. 14 AD)

Deaths On This Day

2021: John Elliott, Australian businessman (b. 1941)
2021: Nino Vaccarella, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)
2020: Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (b. 1927)
2018: Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (b. 1933)
2018: Gary Kurtz, American film producer (b. 1940)
2018: Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (b.1942)
2015: Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (b. 1930)
2014: A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)
2014: Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (b. 1934)
2014: Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (b. 1934)
2014: Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1913)
2013: Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, Syrian colonel and politician (b. 1925)
2013: Gil Dozier, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934)
2013: Ruth Patrick, American botanist and immunologist (b. 1907)
2012: Henry Champ, Canadian journalist and academic (b. 1937)
2012: Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Minister of Defence for Russia (b. 1948)
2012: Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (b. 1941)
2012: Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (b. 1966)
2012: Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (b. 1920)
2010: Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (b. 1941)
2009: Paul B. Fay, American sailor and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1918)
2008: Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942)
2008: Loren Pope, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
2006: Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1921)
2006: Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
2005: Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1933)
2004: Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
2003: Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937)
2001: Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
2000: Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (b. 1947)
2000: Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
2000: Raoul Berger, American attorney and law professor (b. 1901)
1999: Ivan Goff, Australian-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
1998: Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909)
1998: Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
1997: Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (b. 1906)
1994: Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916)
1994: Robert Bloch, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
1994: Madeleine Renaud, French actress (b. 1900)
1992: Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and scholar (b. 1927)
1992: Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (b. 1918)
1992: James Van Fleet, American general (b. 1892)
1988: Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian-Serbian explorer and author (b. 1912)
1987: Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1927)
1981: Chief Dan George, Canadian actor, author, and poet (b. 1899)
1979: Catherine Lacey, English actress (b. 1904)
1978: Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (b. 1950)
1974: Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
1974: Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (b. 1950)
1973: Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1971: James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)
1968: Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)
1967: Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)
1958: Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)
1950: Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
1944: Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
1943: Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
1940: Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
1939: Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
1939: Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
1929: Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1917: Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
1913: Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
1900: William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
1896: Emmanuel Benner, French artist (b. 1836)
1889: Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
1877: Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
1873: Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
1871: Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
1870: Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
1851: Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
1850: José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
1846: John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
1835: Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
1789: John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
1773: Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
1764: Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)
1738: Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)
1728: Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)
1675: Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (b. 1603)
1605: Pontus de Tyard, French priest and poet (b. 1521)
1573: Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)
1571: John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
1535: Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1513)
1508: Beatrice of Naples, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1457)
1461: Charles, Prince of Viana, King of Navarre (b. 1421)
1448: Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (b. 1373)
1390: John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
1386: Dan I of Wallachia
1267: Beatrice of Provence, countess regnant of Provence (b. 1234)
1253: Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
1241: Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
1193: Robert de Sablé, French knight
965: Al-Mutanabbi, Arab poet (b. 915)
788: Ælfwald I, king of Northumbria

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