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April 15

On This Day in History

April 15

April 15 is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 260 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Texas House passes $337 billion budget that defunds Texas Lottery. In the early hours of Friday morning, the Texas House of Representatives passed a two-year $337 billion budget that would effectively eliminate all funding for the Texas Lottery.
2024: Mississippi Lottery to begin offering Lotto America. The Mississippi Lottery officially announced today that it will expand its repertoire to begin offering tickets for the multi-state game Lotto America.
2022: North Carolina woman wins $700,000, her second lottery jackpot. A rather lucky woman made the trip back to the North Carolina Lottery to collect a $700,000 top prize, her second big jackpot win to-date.
2021: Legislation allows Montana lottery winners to remain anonymous. The Montana Lottery sent out its first news release Friday listing major lottery prizes won this week without including the names of the winners, following a new law allowing prize winners to remain anonymous.
2020: Coronavirus severely hurting Massachusetts Lottery sales. The Massachusetts State Lottery is taking a big hit as the COVID-19 state of emergency temporarily shutters many stores that sell tickets, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg told lawmakers Tuesday.
2019: Colorado man who unwittingly split a $4.8M jackpot with scammer is fighting the Colorado Lottery. A man who split a winning $4.8 million Colorado Lotto jackpot with two brothers who were eventually convicted of rigging the numbers says he is owed the full amount because he had played the game fairly.
2016: Michigan Lottery teams with PayPal for online payments. The Michigan Lottery is teaming with PayPal to offer players a new way to fund their online accounts.
2016: Michigan man arrested for impersonating lottery worker, stealing tickets. Lake Orion police have arrested a suspected thief who they say posed as a lottery agent at several Oakland and Macomb county CVS stores in order to steal Michigan Lottery scratch-off tickets.
2014: Northstar fights to keep Illinois lottery documents secret. The company hired to run the Illinois Lottery continued its fight to keep some documents under wraps, arguing their release would violate its contract with the state and expose company secrets to competitors.
2011: Three largest online poker sites shut down by FBI. The founders of the three largest online poker sites were indicted by the FBI on Friday in what could serve as a death blow to the thriving industry.
2010: Powerball lottery jackpot rises to $212M. The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $215 million, with a cash option of $101.9 million.
2010: Pa. Lottery to pull the plug on Super 7. Pennsylvania Lottery officials announced the final drawing for Super 7 will be later this month, but it doesn't seem like players will miss the game.
2009: Nevada woman hits $33 million jackpot at casino. A woman who had planned to spend a quiet Easter at home is $33 million richer after hitting the second largest Megabucks jackpot in history at a Nevada casino.
2006: Florida Lotto fever peaks with tonight's $64 million drawing. Lotto fever heated up Friday in Southwest Florida and the rest of the state as people lined up to take their shot at instant millions.
2005: Illinois Senate approves Internet lottery ticket sales trial. Illinois gamblers would be able to buy lottery tickets by computer in a program the Senate approved Thursday.
2005: $165,000 Cash 5 lottery ticket sold in Bayonne, NJ. New Jersey lottery players, check your numbers: a lottery ticket worth about $165,000 was sold in a Bayonne convenience store.
2005: Georgia Lottery has best quarter ever. The Georgia Lottery had its strongest ticket sales ever during the past quarter, relieving concerns from state officials that slow sales would prove costly to the HOPE scholarship program.
2005: Interim Virginia Lottery director appointed. The Virginia governor has promoted a Virginia Lottery administrator as its interim executive director.
2005: Mass. lawmakers to challenge lottery horse-race game. Key Massachusetts state lawmakers signaled yesterday that they intend to rein in the Massachusetts Lottery's plans to launch a virtual horse-racing game on Keno-style monitors later this year.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Soars to $75 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot grew to an estimated $75 million, with a cash option of $41.7 million.
2004: The Two Titans of the Lottery Industry. For investors, the curious thing about the lottery business is that once you peel back the glossy governmental layer, it's virtually a duopoly. Practically all of the games in this country are managed directly or indirectly by just two companies: Rhode Island-based GTech Holdings and New York-based Scientific Games.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$337.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2022
2.$331 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2002
3.$265 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 18, 2006
4.$240 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2021
5.$224.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 15, 2023
6.$212 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2010
7.$205 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2016
8.€189.1 Million US$204.45 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2022
9.€150.05 Million US$176.14 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2026
10.€137.36 Million
US$163.46 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 15, 2021
11.€130.2 Million
US$161.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2018
12.$159 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2020
13.$157 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2019
14.€132 Million
US$154.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2026
15.€136.73 Million
US$154.42 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2019
16.$148 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2024
17.$144 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 15, 2005
18.$131 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 18, 2012
19.$130 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2026
20.$122 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 18, 2018
20.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2010
22.$118 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2019
23.$113.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2025
24.€106 Million
US$112.61 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2024
25.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2014

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: Vanessak
Friday, Apr 15, 1988
38 years old
1987: Jeanenel
Wednesday, Apr 15, 1987
39 years old
1986: Msparker415
Tuesday, Apr 15, 1986
40 years old
1983: Mzbabyphat27
Friday, Apr 15, 1983
43 years old
1980: Brianacaley80
Tuesday, Apr 15, 1980
46 years old
1973: rwilson73!
Sunday, Apr 15, 1973
53 years old
1966: Doris Jamison
Friday, Apr 15, 1966
60 years old
1966: jojo4254
Friday, Apr 15, 1966
60 years old
1962: Thomas Covenant
Sunday, Apr 15, 1962
64 years old
1962: notsin11
Sunday, Apr 15, 1962
64 years old
1960: Calif-Dream $
Friday, Apr 15, 1960
66 years old
1951: DIAMOND RAY
Sunday, Apr 15, 1951
75 years old
1949: Lwdino
Friday, Apr 15, 1949
77 years old
: lynki516
(year not provided)
: DIAMONDRAY
(year not provided)
: Ike23
(year not provided)
: Lotto_Bookworm
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: A mass shooting occurred at a Fedex Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, killing nine and injuring seven.
2019: The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in France is seriously damaged by a large fire.
2014: In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, more than 400 civilians are gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.
2013: Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring over 500 others.
2013: A wave of bombings across Iraq kills at least 75 people.
2002: Air China Flight 129 crashes on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people.
1994: Marrakesh Agreement relating to foundation of World Trade Organization is adopted.
1989: Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.
1989: Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
1986: The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
1970: During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
1969: The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
1960: At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
1955: McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
1952: First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
1947: Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
1945: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.
1942: The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
1941: In the Belfast Blitz, 200 bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing some 1,000 people.
1936: First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
1923: Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
1923: Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.
1922: U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
1920: Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
1912: The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.
1900: Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
1896: Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
1892: The General Electric Company is formed.
1865: President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Three hours later, Vice President Andrew Johnson is sworn in as president.
1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 militiamen to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.
1817: Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons), the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.
1755: Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
1738: Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, receives its premiere performance in London, England.
1736: Foundation of the short-lived Kingdom of Corsica.
1715: The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
1642: Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
1632: Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
1450: Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.
1277: The Mamluk Sultanate defeats the Mongols in the battle of Elbistan.
1191: Henry VI, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by pope Celestine III.
1071: Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.
769: The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings.

Births On This Day

2006: Izan Merino, Spanish footballer
2003: Matías Soulé, Argentine footballer
2001: Shanti Dope, Filipino rapper
1999: Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player
1998: Sexyy Red, American rapper
1997: Ashleigh Gardner, Australian cricketer
1997: Sam Hughes, English footballer
1997: Maisie Williams, English actress
1995: Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer
1994: Brodie Grundy, Australian rules football player
1994: Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter
1993: Felipe Anderson, Brazilian footballer
1992: Remo Freuler, Swiss footballer
1992: John Guidetti, Swedish footballer
1992: Jeremy McGovern, Australian rules football player
1991: Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor
1991: Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater
1990: Emma Watson, English actress
1989: Darren Nicholls, Australian rugby league player
1988: Blake Ayshford, Australian rugby league player
1988: Steven Defour, Belgian footballer
1988: Chris Tillman, American baseball pitcher
1986: Tom Heaton, English footballer
1986: Sylvain Marveaux, French footballer
1985: Ryan Hamilton, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Antonio Cromartie, American football player
1984: Cam Janssen, American ice hockey player
1984: Daniel Paille, Canadian ice hockey player
1983: Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
1983: Matt Cardle, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983: Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
1983: Andreas Fransson, Swedish skier (died 2014)
1983: Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player
1983: Martin Pedersen, Danish cyclist
1982: Michael Aubrey, American baseball player
1982: Anthony Green, American singer-songwriter
1982: Albert Riera, Spanish footballer and manager
1982: Seth Rogen, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1981: Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentinian footballer
1980: Patrick Carney, American drummer, musician, and producer
1980: James Foster, English cricketer
1980: Raül López, Spanish basketball player
1980: Willie Mason, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
1980: Billy Yates, American football player
1979: Luke Evans, Welsh actor and singer
1978: Milton Bradley, American baseball player
1978: Tim Corcoran, American baseball player
1978: Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and dancer
1978: Chris Stapleton, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977: Sudarsan Pattnaik, Indian sculptor
1977: Brian Pothier, American ice hockey player
1976: Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1976: Darius Regelskis, Lithuanian footballer
1976: Kęstutis Šeštokas, Lithuanian basketball player
1976: Steve Williams, English rower
1975: Sarah Teichmann, German-American biophysicist and immunologist
1974: Kim Min-kyo, South Korean actor and director
1974: Danny Pino, American actor and screenwriter
1974: Mike Quinn, American football player
1974: Douglas Spain, American actor, director, and producer
1974: Tim Thomas, American ice hockey player
1972: Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (died 2009)
1972: Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor
1971: Philippe Carbonneau, French rugby player
1971: Finidi George, Nigerian footballer
1971: Jason Sehorn, American football player
1971: Josia Thugwane, South African runner
1971: Karl Turner, English lawyer and politician
1970: Chris Huffins, American decathlete and coach
1969: Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player
1969: Kaisa Roose, Estonian pianist and conductor
1969: Jimmy Waite, Canadian-German ice hockey player and coach
1968: Ben Clarke, English rugby player and coach
1968: Brahim Lahlafi, Moroccan-French runner
1968: Ed O'Brien, English guitarist
1967: Frankie Poullain, Scottish bass player and songwriter
1967: Dara Torres, American swimmer and journalist
1966: Samantha Fox, English singer-songwriter and actress
1966: Mott Green, American businessman (died 2013)
1965: Soichi Noguchi, Japanese engineer and astronaut
1965: Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
1965: Kevin Stevens, American ice hockey player
1964: Andre Joubert, South African rugby player
1964: Lee Kernaghan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963: Alex Crawford, Nigerian-South African journalist
1963: Manzoor Elahi, Pakistani cricketer
1963: Manoj Prabhakar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1962: Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan athlete and politician
1962: Tom Kane, American voice actor
1961: Neil Carmichael, English academic and politician
1961: Carol W. Greider, American molecular biologist
1961: Dawn Wright, American geographer and oceanographer
1960: Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player
1960: Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter
1960: Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist and sportscaster
1960: Tony Jones, English snooker player
1959: Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
1959: Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1959: Emma Thompson, English actress, comedian, author, activist and screenwriter
1958: Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958: John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer
1958: Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach
1958: Benjamin Zephaniah, English actor, author, poet, and playwright (died 2023)
1957: Evelyn Ashford, American runner and coach
1956: Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach
1955: Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (died 1997)
1955: Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwean politician
1952: Kym Gyngell, Australian actor, comedian, and screenwriter
1952: Brian Muir, English sculptor and set designer
1952: Avital Ronell, Czech-American philosopher and academic
1952: Glenn Shadix, American actor, (died 2010)
1951: Heloise, American journalist and author
1951: John L. Phillips, American captain and astronaut
1951: Stuart Prebble, English journalist and producer
1951: Marsha Ivins, American engineer and astronaut
1950: Josiane Balasko, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1950: Amy Wright, American actress
1950: Karel Kroupa, Czech football player
1949: Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer-songwriter and actress
1949: Craig Zadan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
1948: Christopher Brown, English historian, curator, and academic
1948: Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (died 2003)
1948: Phil Mogg, English singer-songwriter and musician
1947: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer
1947: Martin Broughton, English businessman
1947: Lois Chiles, American model and actress
1947: David Omand, English civil servant and academic
1947: Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish nurse and politician, Swedish Minister for Social Security
1946: John Lloyd, Scottish journalist and author
1946: Pete Rouse, American politician, White House Chief of Staff
1944: Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1943: Pınar Kür, Turkish author, playwright, and academic (died 2025)
1943: Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943: Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater, English politician (died 2022)
1943: Hugh Thompson, Jr., American soldier and pilot (died 2006)
1942: Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop (died 2017)
1942: Walt Hazzard, American basketball player and coach (died 2011)
1942: Kenneth Lay, American businessman and criminal (died 2006)
1942: Tim Lankester, English economist and academic
1941: Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician
1940: Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician
1940: Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World
1940: Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor (died 2010)
1940: Robert Lacroix, Canadian economist and academic
1940: Robert Walker, American actor (died 2019)
1939: Marty Wilde, English singer-songwriter and actor
1939: Desiré Ecaré, Ivorian filmmaker (died 2009)
1938: Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress (died 2025)
1938: Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician (died 2016)
1937: Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978)
1937: Robert W. Gore, American engineer and businessman, co-inventor of Gore-Tex (died 2020)
1936: Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist (died 2019)
1935: Stavros Paravas, Greek actor and producer (died 2008)
1933: Roy Clark, American musician and television personality (died 2018)
1933: David Hamilton, English-French photographer and director (died 2016)
1933: Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress and producer (died 1995)
1931: Kenneth Bloomfield, Northern Irish civil servant (died 2025)
1931: Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
1930: Georges Descrières, French actor (died 2013)
1930: Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland
1929: Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2008)
1929: Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (died 2015)
1927: Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (died 1999)
1926: Jurriaan Schrofer, Dutch sculptor, designer, and educator (died 1990)
1924: M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (died 1980)
1924: Rikki Fulton, Scottish comedian (died 2004)
1924: Neville Marriner, English violinist and conductor (died 2016)
1923: Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (died 1966)
1923: Robert DePugh, American activist, founded the Minutemen (an anti-Communist organization) (died 2009)
1922: Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (died 2013)
1922: Donn F. Draeger, American martial arts practitioner (died 1982)
1922: Hasrat Jaipuri, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1999)
1922: Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (died 1987)
1922: Graham Whitehead, English racing driver (died 1981)
1921: Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995)
1921: Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (died 2009)
1920: Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist and academic (died 2013)
1920: Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (died 2012)
1920: Richard von Weizsäcker, German soldier and politician, 6th President of Germany (died 2015)
1919: Alberto Breccia, Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator (died 1993)
1918: Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (died 2007)
1917: Hans Conried, American actor (died 1982)
1917: Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and bomber pilot (died 1944)
1917: James Kee, American lawyer and politician (died 1989)
1916: Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (died 1982)
1916: Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
1915: Elizabeth Catlett, African-American sculptor and illustrator (died 2012)
1912: William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (died 1998)
1912: Kim Il Sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (died 1994)
1910: Sulo Bärlund, Finnish shot putter (died 1986)
1910: Miguel Najdorf, Polish-Argentinian chess player and theoretician (died 1997)
1909: Robert Edison Fulton Jr., American inventor and adventurer (died 2004)
1908: eden ahbez, American songwriter and recording artist (died 1995)
1908: Lita Grey, American actress (died 1995)
1907: Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
1904: Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (died 1948)
1903: John Williams, English-American actor (died 1983)
1902: Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (died 2002)
1901: Joe Davis, English snooker player (died 1978)
1901: Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 1986)
1901: René Pleven, French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1993)
1900: Ramón Iribarren, Spanish civil engineer (died 1967)
1898: Harry Edward, Guyanese-English sprinter (died 1973)
1896: Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
1895: Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player (died 1980)
1895: Abigail Mejia, Dominican feminist activist, nationalist, literary critic and educator (died 1941)
1894: Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union (died 1971)
1894: Bessie Smith, African-American singer and actress (died 1937)
1892: Theo Osterkamp, German general and pilot (died 1975)
1892: Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American clocksmith, Nazi resister, and author (died 1983)
1890: Percy Shaw, English businessman, invented the cat's eye (died 1976)
1889: Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (died 1975)
1889: A. Philip Randolph, American activist (died 1979)
1888: Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (died 1904)
1887: Felix Pipes, Austrian tennis player (died 1983)
1887: William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland (died 1953)
1886: Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (died 1921)
1885: Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (died 1947)
1883: Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1967)
1879: Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet (died 1980)
1878: Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (died 1956)
1877: Georg Kolbe, German sculptor (died 1947)
1877: William David Ross, Scottish philosopher (died 1971)
1875: James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter (died 1953)
1874: George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist (died 1954)
1874: Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)
1863: Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (died 1914)
1861: Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright (died 1929)
1858: Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (died 1917)
1856: Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (died 1910)
1843: Henry James, American novelist, short story writer, and critic (died 1916)
1841: Mary Grant Roberts, Australian zoo owner (died 1921)
1841: Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company Ltd (died 1919)
1832: Wilhelm Busch, German poet, painter, and illustrator (died 1908)
1828: Jean Danjou, French captain (died 1863)
1817: William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (died 1885)
1809: Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician (died 1877)
1808: William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (died 1892)
1800: James Clark Ross, English captain and explorer (died 1862)
1795: Maria Schicklgruber, mother of Alois Hitler and the paternal grandmother of Adolf Hitler (died 1847)
1793: Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German astronomer and academic (died 1864)
1772: Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French biologist and zoologist (died 1844)
1771: Nicolas Chopin, French-Polish educator (died 1844)
1741: Charles Willson Peale, American painter and soldier (died 1827)
1731: William B. Whiting, New York politician (died 1796)
1710: William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (died 1790)
1707: Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1783)
1688: Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (died 1758)
1684: Catherine I of Russia (died 1727)
1646: Christian V of Denmark (died 1699)
1642: Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan (died 1691)
1641: Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and geographer (died 1722)
1592: Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Catholic cardinal (died 1675)
1588: Claudius Salmasius, French author and scholar (died 1653)
1563: Guru Arjan Dev, fifth Sikh leader (died 1606)
1552: Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (died 1626)
1469: Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru (died 1539)
1452: Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (died 1519)
1442: John Paston, English noble (died 1479)
1282: Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (died 1329)
68 BC: Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician (died 8 BC)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Wink Martindale, American DJ, radio personality, and TV personality (born 1933)
2024: Whitey Herzog, American professional baseball outfielder and manager (born 1931)
2024: Josip Manolić, Croatian politician, prime minister, and speaker of the Chamber of Counties (born 1920)
2022: Bilquis Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist and wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi (born 1947)
2022: Henry Plumb, British politician and farmer (born 1925)
2022: Liz Sheridan, American actress (born 1929)
2018: R. Lee Ermey, American actor (born 1944)
2018: Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1929)
2017: Clifton James, American actor (born 1920)
2017: Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, last person verified born in the 1800s (born 1899)
2015: Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (born 1966)
2015: Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1928)
2014: John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (born 1919)
2014: Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (born 1935)
2013: Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (born 1930)
2013: Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (born 1946)
2013: Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (born 1928)
2012: Paul Bogart, American director and producer (born 1919)
2012: Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (born 1968)
2011: Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (born 1975)
2010: Jack Herer, American author and activist (born 1939)
2010: Michael Pataki, American actor and director (born 1938)
2009: Clement Freud, German-English journalist, academic, and politician (born 1924)
2009: László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (born 1907)
2009: Salih Neftçi, Turkish economist and author (born 1947)
2008: Krister Stendahl, Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (born 1921)
2007: Brant Parker, American illustrator (born 1920)
2004: Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (born 1934)
2002: Damon Knight, American author and critic (born 1922)
2002: Byron White, American football player, lawyer, and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (born 1917)
2001: Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (born 1951)
2000: Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (born 1925)
1999: Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (born 1944)
1998: William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (born 1912)
1998: Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1925)
1993: Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (born 1907)
1993: John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (born 1908)
1990: Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (born 1905)
1989: Hu Yaobang, Chinese soldier and politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (born 1915)
1988: Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
1986: Jean Genet, French novelist, poet, and playwright (born 1910)
1984: Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (born 1921)
1982: Arthur Lowe, English actor (born 1915)
1980: Raymond Bailey, American actor and soldier (born 1904)
1980: Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
1979: David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (born 1912)
1971: Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (born 1915)
1971: Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (born 1886)
1967: Totò, Italian comedian (born 1898)
1966: Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan (born 1906)
1963: Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (born 1903)
1962: Clara Blandick, American actress (born 1880)
1962: Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (born 1912)
1949: Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1885)
1948: Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (born 1892)
1945: Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (born 1895)
1944: Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (born 1901)
1943: Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (born 1882)
1942: Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (born 1880)
1938: César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1892)
1927: Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (born 1868)
1925: Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (born 1879)
1917: János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (born 1839)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder (born 1873)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel, businessman, and author (born 1864)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Archibald Butt, American general and journalist (born 1865)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (born 1875)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (born 1865)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Henry B. Harris, American producer and manager (born 1866)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (born 1878)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Charles Melville Hays, American businessman (born 1856)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: James Paul Moody, English Sixth Officer (born 1887)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish First Officer (born 1873)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Jack Phillips, English telegraphist (born 1887)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Edward Smith, English Captain (born 1850)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: William Thomas Stead, English journalist (born 1849)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (born 1849)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Isidor Straus, German-American businessman and politician (born 1845)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: John B. Thayer, American business and sportsman (born 1862)
1912: Victims of the Titanic disaster: Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer (born 1872)
1898: Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
1889: Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (born 1840)
1888: Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (born 1822)
1865: Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (born 1809)
1861: Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (born 1792)
1854: Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (born 1773)
1793: Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1718)
1788: Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (born 1711)
1765: Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (born 1711)
1764: Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (born 1679)
1764: Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (born 1721)
1761: Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (born 1682)
1761: William Oldys, English historian and author (born 1696)
1757: Rosalba Carriera, Italian painter (born 1673)
1754: Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (born 1676)
1719: Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV (born 1635)
1659: Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (born 1605)
1652: Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch
1632: George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (born 1580)
1610: Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (born 1546)
1578: Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, German nobleman (born 1509)
1558: Hurrem Sultan, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent and the Haseki sultan of Ottoman Empire (born 1505)
1502: John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Prince of Orange (born 1443)
1446: Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1377)
1415: Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek philosopher and translator (born 1355)
1237: Richard Poore, English ecclesiastic
1220: Adolf of Altena, German archbishop (born 1157)
1136: Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (born 1094)
1053: Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born 1001)
956: Lin Yanyu, Chinese court official and eunuch
943: Liu Bin, emperor of Southern Han (born 920)
628: Suiko, emperor of Japan (born 554)

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