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April 10

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April 10

April 10 is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 265 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Florida mother spends life savings on daughter's cancer treatments, then wins $2 million in lottery. After having dipped into her life savings to pay for her daughter's cancer treatments, a Florida mother won $2 million in the lottery one day after her daughter was declared cancer-free.
2019: DOJ 'did not address' lotteries in Wire Act opinion, Deputy AG Rosenstein says in memo. A new memo from the US Department of Justice says that state lotteries are not at all impacted by the DOJ's reinterpretation of the Wire Act, a development that could mean the end of a federal court case brought earlier this year.
2019: UK factory worker claims £71 million EuroMillions lottery jackpot. A factory worker who has won £71 million (US$80 million) in the multi-country EuroMillions lottery is quite happy to admit it "bloody well will" change his life.
2018: Lottery winner says she dreamed about Fantasy 5 jackpot win the night before. For a Michigan woman, her dreams really do come true.
2014: For some, Illinois Lottery app makes ticket-buying too easy. Anti-gambling groups say an Illinois Lottery smartphone app makes playing too convenient and tempting; convenience store owners say it hurts their customer base.
2013: Woman wins $40M, not $40K, sparking wild celebrations. A Canadian woman has won $40 million, not $40,000 as she originally thought, sparking scenes of wild celebration, according to reports.
2012: Maryland Mega Millions winners claim prize anonymously. The Maryland Mega Millions lottery winners are three Maryland public school employees, who split the world's biggest lottery jackpot with two other winners from Kansas and Illinois.
2010: Irish Lottery jackpot up to €15m for tonight's draw. Cash-strapped workers tired of the economic doom and gloom will be rushing to pick up their Ireland Lotto ticket today with tonight's jackpot approaching a cool €15 million (US$20 million).
2007: $75M Texas Lotto winner a 'regular player'. A customer at a League City, Texas, convenience store bought the only winning ticket for Saturday night's $75 million Texas Lotto drawing, lottery spokeswoman Robyn Smith said.
2007: N.C. lottery tickets sold in vending machines. The North Carolina Lottery has started selling scratch-off lottery tickets in vending machines, offering 24 games costing $1 to $10 each.
2007: Mass. Lottery testing new Keno game this week. The Massachusetts State Lottery revs up a new Keno game this week that gives gamblers the chance to place $1 bets on animated stock-car races, complete with roaring engines and spectacular crashes.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$441 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2023
2.$287.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2022
3.$220 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2006
3.$220 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2002
3.$220 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2021
6.€186.66 Million US$202.51 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2022
7.$190.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2023
8.$189 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2006
9.$184 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2016
10.€134.96 Million
US$160.6 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2021
11.€126.38 Million
US$155.99 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2018
12.€135.47 Million
US$153.17 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2019
13.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2010
14.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2019
15.$136 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2020
16.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2005
17.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2022
18.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2010
19.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2020
20.€87 Million
US$94.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2022
21.$94 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2012
21.$94 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2014
23.€86.97 Million
US$92.34 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2017
24.$89 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2018
25.€83 Million
US$88.02 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Jose89
Friday, Apr 10, 1992
31 years old
1992: ShaySoSexi
Friday, Apr 10, 1992
31 years old
1984: woodside
Tuesday, Apr 10, 1984
39 years old
1983: Wilshaundra
Sunday, Apr 10, 1983
40 years old
1982: caliGal
Saturday, Apr 10, 1982
41 years old
1981: poohbear$
Friday, Apr 10, 1981
42 years old
1980: Picktor
Thursday, Apr 10, 1980
43 years old
1974: Superman53
Wednesday, Apr 10, 1974
49 years old
1964: Lottery_Analyst
Friday, Apr 10, 1964
59 years old
1960: JuliusAnita
Sunday, Apr 10, 1960
63 years old
1959: deltamike
Friday, Apr 10, 1959
64 years old
1959: hot-girl
Friday, Apr 10, 1959
64 years old
1957: pcurtis
Wednesday, Apr 10, 1957
66 years old
1957: cableman753
Wednesday, Apr 10, 1957
66 years old
1956: nhcroes
Tuesday, Apr 10, 1956
67 years old
1956: pattycake38829
Tuesday, Apr 10, 1956
67 years old
1955: MSBIKER1
Sunday, Apr 10, 1955
68 years old
1955: Isabella King
Sunday, Apr 10, 1955
68 years old
1953: cobbnurse1
Friday, Apr 10, 1953
70 years old
: nobie23
(year not provided)
: myturn08
(year not provided)
: BigDreamer10
(year not provided)
: drsolution
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announce the first ever image of a black hole, which was located in the centre of the M87 galaxy.
2016: The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.
2016: An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.
2010: Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.
2009: President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
1998: The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
1991: Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.
1991: A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
1988: The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
1979: Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
1973: Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
1972: Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
1972: Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
1971: Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
1970: Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
1968: The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm - the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
1963: One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
1944: Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
1941: World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
1939: Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
1938: The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
1925: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
1919: Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
1919: The Third Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Huliaipole.
1916: The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
1912: RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
1900: British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of Brandfort. 600 British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.
1896: 1896 Summer Olympics: The Olympic marathon is run ending with the victory of Greek athlete Spyridon Louis.
1887: On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
1875: India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
1872: The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
1868: At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
1866: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
1865: American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
1864: Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
1858: After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
1826: The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
1821: Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
1821: Greek War of Independence: the island of Psara joins the Greek struggle for independence.
1816: The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
1815: The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
1809: Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria.
1741: War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
1717: Robert Walpole resigns from the British government, commencing the Whig Split which lasts until 1720.
1710: The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
1606: The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
1545: The settlement of Villa Imperial de Carlos V (now the city of Potosí) in Bolivia is founded after the discovery of huge silver deposits in the area.
1500: Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
1407: Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing and is awarded the title "Great Treasure Prince of Dharma".
837: Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
428: Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.

Births On This Day

2001: Ky Baldwin, Australian singer and actor
2001: Noa Kirel, Israeli singer
1998: Anna Pogorilaya, Russian figure skater
1997: Claire Wineland, American activist and author (d. 2018)
1996: Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australian tennis player
1996: Audrey Whitby, American actress
1995: Ian Nelson, American actor
1994: Siobhan Hunter, Scottish footballer
1993: Sofia Carson, American singer and actress
1992: Jack Buchanan, Australian rugby league player
1992: Sadio Mané, Senegalese footballer
1992: Chaz Mostert - Australian Supercars driver
1992: Daisy Ridley, English actress
1991: AJ Michalka, American actress and singer
1990: Ben Amos, English footballer
1990: Andile Jali, South African footballer
1990: Ricky Leutele, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1990: Maren Morris, American singer
1990: Alex Pettyfer, English actor
1988: Chris Heston, American baseball pitcher
1988: Kareem Jackson, American football player
1988: Haley Joel Osment, American actor
1987: Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
1987: Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
1986: Olivia Borlée, Belgian sprinter
1986: Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer
1986: Corey Kluber, American baseball pitcher
1986: Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
1986: Tore Reginiussen, Norwegian footballer
1985: Barkhad Abdi, Somali-American actor and director
1985: Willo Flood, Irish footballer
1985: Jesús Gámez, Spanish footballer
1985: Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Faustina Agolley, Australian television host
1984: Jeremy Barrett, American figure skater
1984: Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
1984: David Obua, Ugandan footballer
1984: Damien Perquis, French-Polish footballer
1984: Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
1983: Jamie Chung, American actress
1983: Andrew Dost, American guitarist and songwriter
1983: Ryan Merriman, American actor
1983: Hannes Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
1982: Andre Ethier, American baseball player
1982: Chyler Leigh, American actress and singer
1981: Laura Bell Bundy, American actress and singer
1981: Liz McClarnon, English singer and dancer
1981: Michael Pitt, American actor, model and musician
1981: Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
1980: Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player and model
1980: Charlie Hunnam, English actor
1980: Shao Jiayi, Chinese footballer
1980: Kasey Kahne, American race car driver
1980: Andy Ram, Israeli tennis player
1980: Bryce Soderberg, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1979: Iván Alonso, Uruguayan footballer
1979: Kenyon Coleman, American football player
1979: Rachel Corrie, American author and activist (d. 2003)
1979: Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
1979: Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer-songwriter
1979: Pavlos Fyssas, Greek rapper (d. 2013)
1979: Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
1978: Sir Christus, Finnish guitarist (d. 2017)
1977: Stephanie Sheh, Taiwanese-American voice actress, director, and producer
1976: Clare Buckfield, English actress
1976: Yoshino Kimura, Japanese actress and singer
1976: Sara Renner, Canadian skier
1975: Chris Carrabba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Terrence Lewis, Indian dancer and choreographer
1975: David Harbour, American actor
1974: Eric Greitens, American soldier, author and politician
1974: Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
1973: Guillaume Canet, French actor and director
1973: Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer and manager
1973: Aidan Moffat, Scottish singer-songwriter
1973: Christopher Simmons, Canadian-American graphic designer, author, and academic
1972: Ian Harvey, Australian cricketer
1972: Priit Kasesalu, Estonian computer programmer, co-created Skype
1972: Gordon Buchanan, Scottish film maker
1971: Brad William Henke, American football player and actor
1971: Indro Olumets, Estonian footballer and coach
1971: Al Reyes, Dominican-American baseball player
1970: Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player
1970: Leonard Doroftei, Romanian-Canadian boxer
1970: Kenny Lattimore, American singer-songwriter
1970: Q-Tip, American rapper, producer, and actor
1969: Steve Glasson, Australian lawn bowler
1969: Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
1968: Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (d. 1996)
1968: Orlando Jones, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1967: Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967: David Rovics, American singer-songwriter
1966: Steve Claridge, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1965: Tim Alexander, American drummer and songwriter
1963: Warren DeMartini, American guitarist and songwriter
1963: Jeff Gray, American baseball player and coach
1963: Doris Leuthard, Swiss lawyer and politician, 162nd President of the Swiss Confederation
1962: Steve Tasker, American football player and sportscaster
1961: Nicky Campbell, Scottish broadcaster and journalist
1961: Carole Goble, English computer scientist and academic
1961: Mark Jones, American basketball player
1960: Steve Bisciotti, American businessman, co-founded Allegis Group
1960: Katrina Leskanich, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960: Terry Teagle, American basketball player
1959: Babyface, American singer-songwriter and producer
1959: Yvan Loubier, Canadian economist and politician
1959: Brian Setzer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Bob Bell, Northern Irish engineer
1958: Yefim Bronfman, Uzbek-American pianist
1958: Brigitte Holzapfel, German high jumper
1957: Aliko Dangote, Nigerian businessman, founded Dangote Group
1957: John M. Ford, American author and poet (d. 2006)
1957: Steve Gustafson, Spanish-American bass player
1957: Rosemary Hill, English historian and author
1956: Carol V. Robinson, English chemist and academic
1955: Lesley Garrett, English soprano and actress
1954: Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (d. 2013)
1954: Anne Lamott, American author and educator
1954: Peter MacNicol, American actor
1954: Juan Williams, Panamanian-American journalist and author
1953: David Moorcroft, English runner and businessman
1953: Pamela Wallin, Swedish-Canadian journalist, academic, and politician
1952: Narayan Rane, Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
1952: Masashi Sada, Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and producer
1952: Steven Seagal, American actor, producer, and martial artist
1951: David Helvarg, American journalist and activist
1950: Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player and manager
1950: Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (d. 1992)
1949: Daniel Mangeas, French banker and sportscaster
1949: Eric Troyer, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist
1948: Mel Blount, American football player
1947: David A. Adler, American author and educator
1947: Bunny Wailer, Jamaican singer-songwriter and drummer (d. 2021)
1946: David Angell, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2001)
1946: Bob Watson, American baseball player and manager (d. 2020)
1946: Adolf Winkelmann, German director, producer, and screenwriter
1945: Kevin Berry, Australian swimmer (d. 2006)
1943: Andrzej Badeński, Polish-German sprinter (d. 2008)
1943: Margaret Pemberton, English author
1942: Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)
1942: Ian Callaghan, English footballer
1942: Stuart Dybek, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
1941: Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, (d. 2022)
1941: Harold Long, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
1941: Paul Theroux, American novelist, short story writer, and travel writer
1940: Gloria Hunniford, British radio and television host
1939: Claudio Magris, Italian scholar, author, and translator
1938: Don Meredith, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2010)
1937: Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (d. 2010)
1936: John A. Bennett, American soldier (d. 1961)
1936: John Howell, English long jumper
1936: John Madden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)
1936: Bobby Smith, American singer (d. 2013)
1935: Patrick Garland, English actor and director (d. 2013)
1935: Peter Hollingworth, Australian bishop, 23rd Governor General of Australia
1935: Christos Yannaras, Greek philosopher, theologian and author
1934: David Halberstam, American journalist and author (d. 2007)
1933: Rokusuke Ei, Japanese composer and author (d. 2016)
1933: Helen McElhone, Scottish politician (d. 2013)
1932: Delphine Seyrig, Swiss/Alsatian French actress (d. 1990)
1932: Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1931: Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical vocalist (d. 2017)
1930: Claude Bolling, French pianist, composer, and actor (d. 2020)
1930: Dolores Huerta, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers
1930: Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor (d. 2001)
1929: Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (d. 1959)
1929: Liz Sheridan, American actress (d. 2022)
1929: Max von Sydow, Swedish-French actor (d. 2020)
1927: Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress (d. 2006)
1927: Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
1926: Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (d. 2014)
1926: Junior Samples, American comedian (d. 1983)
1925: Angelo Poffo, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2010)
1924: Kenneth Noland, American soldier and painter (d. 2010)
1923: Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and author (d. 2000)
1923: Jane Kean, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
1923: Floyd Simmons, American decathlete and actor (d. 2008)
1923: Sid Tickridge, English footballer (d. 1997)
1923: John Watkins, South African cricketer (d. 2021)
1921: Chuck Connors, American baseball player and actor (d. 1992)
1921: Jake Warren, Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (d. 2008)
1921: Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003)
1919: John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (d. 2014)
1917: Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (d. 2013)
1917: Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1916: Lee Jung-seob, Korean painter (d. 1956)
1915: Harry Morgan, American actor and director (d. 2011)
1915: Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (d. 2014)
1914: Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1913: Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (d. 2001)
1912: Boris Kidrič, Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia (d. 1953)
1911: Martin Denny, American pianist and composer (d. 2005)
1911: Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs for France (d. 1998)
1910: Margaret Clapp, American scholar and academic (d. 1974)
1910: Helenio Herrera, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1997)
1910: Paul Sweezy, American economist and publisher, founded the Monthly Review (d. 2004)
1906: Steve Anderson, American hurdler (d. 1988)
1903: Patroklos Karantinos, Greek architect (d. 1976)
1903: Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (d. 1970)
1901: Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil, Indian economist (d. 1971)
1900: Arnold Orville Beckman, American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (d. 2004)
1897: Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1990)
1894: Ben Nicholson, British painter (d. 1982)
1893: Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (d. 1969)
1891: Frank Barson, English footballer and coach (d. 1968)
1889: Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1982)
1887: Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1886: Johnny Hayes, American runner and trainer (d. 1965)
1880: Frances Perkins, American sociologist, academic, and politician, United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1965)
1880: Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (d. 1948)
1879: Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (d. 1939)
1879: Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (d. 1921)
1877: Alfred Kubin, Austrian author and illustrator (d. 1959)
1875: George Clawley, English footballer (d. 1920)
1873: Kyösti Kallio, Finnish farmer, banker, and politician, 4th President of Finland (d. 1940)
1868: George Arliss, English actor and playwright (d. 1946)
1868: Asriel Günzig, Moravian rabbi (d. 1931)
1867: George William Russell, Irish author, poet, and painter (d. 1935)
1865: Jack Miner, American-Canadian farmer, hunter, and environmentalist (d. 1944)
1864: Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (d. 1932)
1847: Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American journalist, publisher, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (d. 1911)
1829: William Booth, English minister, founded The Salvation Army (d. 1912)
1827: Lew Wallace, American general, lawyer, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (d. 1905)
1806: Juliette Drouet, French actress (d. 1883)
1806: Leonidas Polk, Scottish-American general and bishop (d. 1884)
1794: Matthew C. Perry, English-Scottish American commander (d. 1858)
1778: William Hazlitt, English essayist and critic (d. 1830)
1769: Jean Lannes, French marshal (d. 1809)
1762: Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1834)
1755: Samuel Hahnemann, German-French physician and academic (d. 1843)
1713: John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (d. 1788)
1707: Michel Corrette, French organist, composer, and author (d. 1795)
1704: Benjamin Heath, English scholar and author (d. 1766)
1656: René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian settler, founded Rimouski (d. 1718)
1651: Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1708)
1603: Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (d. 1647)
1583: Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and jurist (d. 1645)
1579: Augustus II, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1666)
1512: James V, king of Scotland (d. 1542)
1487: William I, count of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1559)
1480: Philibert II, duke of Savoy (d. 1504)
1472: Margaret of York, English princess (d. 1472)
1018: Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and vizier (d. 1092)
401: Theodosius II, Roman emperor (d. 450)

Deaths On This Day

2016: Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (b. 1945)
2015: Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1930)
2015: Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (b. 1916)
2015: Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (b. 1926)
2015: Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1942)
2015: Peter Walsh, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1935)
2014: Dominique Baudis, French journalist and politician (b. 1947)
2014: Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1949)
2014: Richard Hoggart, English author and academic (b. 1918)
2014: Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (b. 1946)
2013: Lorenzo Antonetti, Italian cardinal (b. 1922)
2013: Raymond Boudon, French sociologist and academic (b. 1934)
2013: Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1911)
2013: Robert Edwards, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
2013: Olive Lewin, Jamaican anthropologist, musicologist, and author (b. 1927)
2013: Gordon Thomas, English cyclist (b. 1921)
2013: Angela Voigt, German long jumper (b. 1951)
2012: Raymond Aubrac, French engineer and activist (b. 1914)
2012: Barbara Buchholz, German theremin player and composer (b. 1959)
2012: Lili Chookasian, Armenian-American operatic singer (b. 1921)
2012: Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican cardinal (b. 1922)
2012: Akin Omoboriowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2010: Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included: Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1919)
2010: Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included: Maria Kaczyńska, Polish economist, First Lady of Poland (b. 1942)
2010: Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included: Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (b. 1949)
2010: Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included: Anna Walentynowicz, Ukrainian-Polish journalist and activist (b. 1929)
2010: Dixie Carter, American actress and singer (b. 1939)
2009: Deborah Digges, American poet and educator (b. 1950)
2009: Ioannis Patakis, Greek politician (b. 1940)
2007: Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (b. 1910)
2007: Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)
2006: Kleitos Kyrou, Greek poet and translator (b. 1921)
2005: Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)
2005: Scott Gottlieb, American drummer (b. 1970)
2005: Archbishop Iakovos of America (b. 1911)
2005: Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
2005: Wally Tax, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
2004: Jacek Kaczmarski, Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (b. 1957)
2004: Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Sabancı Holding (b. 1933)
2003: Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
2000: Peter Jones, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2000: Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
1999: Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-American biochemist and physician (b. 1910)
1999: Jean Vander Pyl, American actress and voice artist (b. 1919)
1998: Seraphim of Athens, Greek archbishop (b. 1913)
1997: Michael Dorris, American author and academic (b. 1945)
1995: Morarji Desai, Indian politician, 4th Prime Minister of India (b. 1896)
1994: Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1924)
1993: Chris Hani, South African activist and politician (b. 1942)
1992: Sam Kinison, American comedian and actor (b. 1953)
1991: Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (b. 1955)
1991: Martin Hannett, English guitarist and producer (b. 1948)
1991: Natalie Schafer, American actress (b. 1900)
1988: Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek Cypriot politician (b. 1908)
1986: Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
1985: Zisis Verros, Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle (b. 1880)
1983: Issam Sartawi, Palestinian activist (b. 1935)
1981: Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (b. 1899)
1980: Kay Medford, American actress and singer (b. 1919)
1979: Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
1978: Hjalmar Mäe, Estonian politician (b. 1901)
1975: Walker Evans, American photographer (b. 1903)
1975: Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
1969: Harley Earl, American businessman (b. 1893)
1968: Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian lieutenant and politician (b. 1899)
1966: Evelyn Waugh, English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (b. 1903)
1965: Lloyd Casner, American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division (b. 1928)
1965: Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
1962: Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
1962: Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish artist and musician (b. 1940)
1960: André Berthomieu, French director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
1958: Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
1955: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1881)
1954: Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (b. 1862)
1954: Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
1950: Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1876)
1947: Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant and author (b. 1887)
1945: Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882)
1943: Andreas Faehlmann, Estonian-German sailor and engineer (b. 1898)
1942: Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor and director (b. 1881)
1938: King Oliver, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)
1935: Rosa Campbell Praed, Australian novelist (b. 1851)
1931: Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883)
1920: Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (b. 1829)
1919: Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general (b. 1879)
1909: Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (b. 1837)
1889: William Crichton, Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (b. 1827)
1871: Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1789)
1823: Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (b. 1757)
1821: Gregory V of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1746)
1813: Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736)
1806: Horatio Gates, English-American general (b. 1727)
1786: John Byron, English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1723)
1760: Jean Lebeuf, French historian and author (b. 1687)
1756: Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (b. 1661)
1704: Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg, German cardinal (b. 1629)
1667: Jan Marek Marci, Czech physician and author (b. 1595)
1646: Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
1644: William Brewster, English official and pilgrim leader (b. 1566)
1640: Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1578)
1619: Thomas Jones, English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1550)
1601: Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1562)
1599: Gabrielle d'Estrées, French mistress of Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
1598: Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (b. 1548)
1585: Gregory XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1502)
1545: Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
1533: Frederick I, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1471)
1500: Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greek scholar and poet
1362: Maud, English noblewoman (b. 1339)
1309: Elisabeth von Rapperswil, Swiss countess (b. 1261)
1282: Ahmad Fanakati, chief minister under Kublai Khan
1216: Eric X, king of Sweden (b. 1180)
1008: Notker of Liège, French bishop (b. 940)
948: Hugh of Arles, king of Italy
943: Landulf I, prince of Benevento and Capua
879: Louis the Stammerer, king of West Francia (b. 846)

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