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April 16

On This Day in History

April 16

April 16 is the 106th day of the year (107th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 259 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Illinois man's $1 million lottery win was inspired by a "sign" from father. An Illinois man experienced a myriad of "signs" related to his late father before winning a $1 million prize on a lottery ticket.
2025: Virginia woman wins $100,000 in the lottery twice, this time in Powerball. Lightning struck twice for one Virginia woman, who brought home yet another $100,000 prize in the lottery in the form of a Powerball prize.
2024: U.K. convicts used stolen card to win £4 million lottery prize; now card owner wants the winnings. The owner of the debit card two United Kingdom convicts used to purchase a winning lottery ticket worth £4 million (US$4.98 million) says he wants to see at least of the portion of the prize.
2021: Maryland Lottery director Gordon Medenica to retire. Maryland Lottery and Gaming Director Gordon Medenica announced on Thursday that he will be retiring from his position as the head of the Agency on June 1.
2019: New giveaway formed after $1 million Iowa Lottery prize goes unclaimed. The Iowa Lottery released a plan for a new giveaway, funded by the money from an unclaimed prize in Nevada.
2019: Mississippi lottery board adopts rules on ethics and records. The governing board for the upcoming Mississippi Lottery is setting rules for ethics and public records, as well as taking steps to hire bankers to provide financial services and a person to run day-to-day operations.
2019: Wisconsin man wins $1.19M on his first sports bet. A Wisconsin man collected $1.19 million after winning a longshot bet on Tiger Woods winning the Masters.
2018: Woman scratches off three winning lottery tickets in a row. A Kansas woman who bought three scratch-off lottery tickets skipped one because she thought there wouldn't be two winners in a row — but she was wrong.
2015: Wyoming has its first lottery jackpot winner. One lucky lottery player who bought a lottery ticket in Douglas, Wyoming, will become the first person in the state's history to win a lottery jackpot.
2015: Connecticut Lottery makes its pitch for keno. Proponents told members of the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee on Wednesday that bringing keno to Connecticut is essential to keeping the state's lottery competitive with other states', while opponents decried the game as a short-sighted and ill-advised way to generate revenue.
2014: Illinois Lottery mulling changes to drawings. Illinois Lottery officials said Tuesday they are considering parting ways with WGN-TV, home to daily drawings since 1994, when the current one-year contract expires in June.
2013: Loopholes allow some Michigan lottery winners to stay on welfare. Michigan's Department of Human Services says they are unable to end all welfare cases for lottery winners in the state because some programs don't have asset testing.
2013: Judge throws out some charges against lottery-thieving brothers. An Onondaga County Court judge who dismissed attempted grand larceny charges against two brothers accused of stealing a winning $5 million lottery ticket in 2006 ruled the crime was beyond the statute of limitations.
2010: Missouri Lottery gives inside view of computerized drawings. The Missouri Lottery takes viewers on a tour of their computerized drawing facilities and procedures.
2010: N.J. school board member claims $211.7M Powerball jackpot. A Morristown, New Jersey, school board member has come forward as the winner of the March 13 $211.7 million Powerball jackpot, the third largest single-ticket lottery payout in New Jersey.
2010: Arkansas man wins second $10,000 Powerball prize. An Arkansas lottery player claimed a $10,000 Powerball prize at Arkansas Lottery headquarters Thursday -- for the second time.
2010: Lottery scam victim dies scarred. Lottery victim Lorraine Teicht died of cancer on April 5 at age 56, just months before the sentencing date of the convenience kiosk owner who stole her winning ticket worth $5.7 million.
2009: Washington Senate passes Powerball bill. The Washington state Senate has passed a bill that would let the state join the multi-state Powerball lottery game.
2009: Mystery Powerball lottery winner spurs new contest. "Guess the Winner" is a new online contest on the D.C. Lottery Web site that asks players whether they think the winner of the $144 million Powerball jackpot is a seasoned D.C. lottery player, an occasional player or a newbie, among other things.
2009: Man plays same number on 20 lottery tickets, wins $90K. The Virginia Lottery said Wednesday that Steve Granger of Henderson, N.C., won $90,800 in Sunday night's Pick 4 drawing by playing the same number combination, 5-1-1-7, on 20 tickets.
2006: "Lotologist" has amassed 250,000 used lotto tickets. Dennis Morse collects a lot of things but is most passionate about one thing in particular: used scratch-off lottery tickets.
2004: $109 Million Mega Millions Lottery Winner Comes Forward. Maryland State Lottery officials said Friday that the winners of a $109 million Mega Millions jackpot have come forward.
2004: IRS ruling on Lotto fought. New York Lottery winner Shirley B. Prebola of Greece could end up a $1.3 million loser if the Internal Revenue Service has its way.
2004: Wiretap equipment gets Lottery official fired. A half-joking quip about wiretapping equipment sparked an internal investigation that led to the April 2 firing of the Ohio Lottery's human resource director and a continuing criminal probe by the State Highway Patrol.
2004: GTech Profit Up as Lottery Sales Rise. GTech Holdings Corp., a leading lottery systems operator, on Thursday said quarterly earnings rose 14 percent, on acquisitions and higher lottery ticket sales driven by big jackpots.
2004: Connecticut House votes to give jackpot to winner who missed deadline. A Hamden, Connecticut man who missed a deadline to cash in his winning $5.8 million Connecticut Lotto ticket may get a second chance to hit the jackpot.
2004: Tennessee Lottery yields $64M for scholarships. The transfer of $63,774,000 from the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. to the bank account for scholarships represents the profits since the first scratchoff tickets were sold Jan. 20.

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.$237.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 17, 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.$168 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2005
11.€138.71 Million
US$165.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2021
12.€130.2 Million
US$161.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2018
13.$159 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2020
14.$157 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2019
15.€132 Million
US$154.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2026
16.€136.73 Million
US$154.42 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2019
17.$148 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2024
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
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2010
20.$122 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 18, 2018
22.$118 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2019
23.€109 Million
US$117.64 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2022
24.$113.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2025
25.€106 Million
US$112.61 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 16, 2024

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1984: alekk
Monday, Apr 16, 1984
42 years old
1982: Shereezy
Friday, Apr 16, 1982
44 years old
1977: Gamble 456
Saturday, Apr 16, 1977
49 years old
1973: bonez
Monday, Apr 16, 1973
53 years old
1972: westleygirl
Sunday, Apr 16, 1972
54 years old
1972: Bullywhip999
Sunday, Apr 16, 1972
54 years old
1965: DRGRQ
Friday, Apr 16, 1965
61 years old
1965: Tessslp
Friday, Apr 16, 1965
61 years old
1962: Cool Man
Monday, Apr 16, 1962
64 years old
1961: NITEHAWK61
Sunday, Apr 16, 1961
65 years old
1959: JoBaby59
Thursday, Apr 16, 1959
67 years old
1957: germaira
Tuesday, Apr 16, 1957
69 years old
1955: JPansy
Saturday, Apr 16, 1955
71 years old
1951: Tet510$
Monday, Apr 16, 1951
75 years old
1949: essie
Saturday, Apr 16, 1949
77 years old
: Rojo
(year not provided)
: Stew12
(year not provided)
: PATTYH
(year not provided)
: fortune44
(year not provided)
: kismet41687
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, is severely damaged by a fire.
2018: The New York Times and The New Yorker win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.
2016: Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures more than 230,000.
2014: The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.
2013: A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Balochistan province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others.
2013: The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga.
2012: The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.
2012: The Pulitzer Prize winners are announced. It was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.
2008: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Baze v. Rees decision that execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment.
2007: Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
2003: The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
2001: India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
1972: Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1963: U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.
1961: In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
1948: The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.
1947: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes Texas City in the state of Texas, United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people.
1947: Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
1945: World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights.
1945: The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz).
1945: More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine.
1944: World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
1943: Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
1942: King George VI awards the George Cross to the people of Malta in appreciation of their heroism.
1941: World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
1941: World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
1925: During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
1922: The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
1919: Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
1919: Polish-Lithuanian War: The Polish Army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
1917: Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
1912: Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
1910: The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
1908: Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
1881: In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
1878: The Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland issues a declaration establishing a city of Kotka on the southern part islands from the old Kymi parish.
1863: American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
1862: American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia.
1862: American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law.
1858: The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is dissolved.
1853: The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
1847: Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars.
1838: The French Army captures Veracruz in the Pastry War.
1818: The United States Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
1799: French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
1797: The Spithead mutiny begins, immobilising the Channel fleet.
1780: Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
1746: The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland.
1582: Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
1520: The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.
1346: Stefan Dušan, "the Mighty", is crowned Emperor of the Serbs at Skopje, his empire occupying much of the Balkans.
682: Pope Leo II is elected head of the Catholic Church, although he will not be consecrated until 17 August.
556: Pope Pelagius I is consecrated following Imperial approval by Emperor Justinian I.
73: Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish-Roman War.
69: Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide.
1457 BC: Battle of Megiddo - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.

Births On This Day

2002: Sadie Sink, American actress
1996: Anya Taylor-Joy, Argentine-British actress
1996: Taylor Townsend, American tennis player
1993: Chance the Rapper, American rapper
1993: Mirai Nagasu, Japanese-American figure skater
1992: Brian Poe Llamanzares, Filipino journalist and politician
1991: Nolan Arenado, American baseball player
1991: Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer
1990: Reggie Jackson, American basketball player
1990: Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player
1990: Tony McQuay, American sprinter
1988: Kyle Okposo, American ice hockey player
1987: Cenk Akyol, Turkish basketball player
1987: Aaron Lennon, English international footballer
1986: Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer
1986: Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player
1986: Epke Zonderland, Dutch gymnast
1985: Luol Deng, Sudanese-English basketball player
1985: Nate Diaz, American mixed martial artist
1985: Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player
1985: Katerina Stikoudi, Greek singer, actress, TV host, model, businesswoman, former champion swimmer and beauty pageant titleholder.
1985: Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer
1984: Teddy Blass, American composer and producer
1984: Claire Foy, English actress
1984: Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater
1984: Paweł Kieszek, Polish footballer
1984: Kerron Stewart, Jamaican sprinter
1983: Marié Digby, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1983: Cat Osterman, American softball player
1982: Gina Carano, American mixed martial artist and actress
1982: Boris Diaw, French basketball player
1982: Jonathan Vilma, American football player
1981: Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer
1981: Maya Dunietz, Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist
1981: Matthieu Proulx, Canadian football player
1979: Christijan Albers, Dutch racing driver
1979: Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter
1979: Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player
1977: Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
1976: Lukas Haas, American actor and musician
1976: Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer
1973: Akon, Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter
1973: Charlotta Sörenstam, Swedish golfer
1973: Teddy Cobeña, Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor
1972: Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player
1972: Tracy K. Smith, American poet and educator
1971: Cameron Blades, Australian rugby player
1971: Selena, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (died 1995)
1971: Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver
1971: Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis player
1970: Dero Goi, German singer-songwriter and drummer
1970: Margreth Olin, Norwegian filmmaker
1970: Walt Williams, American basketball player
1969: Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier
1969: Fernando Viña, American baseball player and sportscaster
1968: Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager
1968: Rüdiger Stenzel, German runner
1966: Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer
1965: Yves-François Blanchet, Canadian politician
1965: Jon Cryer, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965: Martin Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1964: Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (died 2008)
1963: Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer
1963: Jimmy Osmond, American singer
1962: Anna Dello Russo, Italian journalist
1961: Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, seventh Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (died 2014)
1960: Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (died 2007)
1960: Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager
1960: Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager
1959: Alison Ramsay, English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer
1958: Tim Flach, English photographer and director
1958: Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist
1957: Patricia De Martelaere, Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (died 2009)
1956: David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)
1956: T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (died 2010)
1956: Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
1955: Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1954: Ellen Barkin, American actress
1954: John Bowe, Australian racing driver
1954: Mike Zuke, Canadian ice hockey player
1953: Peter Garrett, Australian singer-songwriter and politician
1952: Michel Blanc, French actor and director (died 2024)
1952: Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler
1951: Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer
1950: David Graf, American actor (died 2001)
1950: Colleen Hewett, Australian singer and actress
1948: Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (died 2011)
1947: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player and coach
1947: Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2011)
1946: Margot Adler, American journalist and author (died 2014)
1946: Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (died 2014)
1946: Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (died 2015)
1946: R. Carlos Nakai, American flute player
1945: Tom Allen, American lawyer and politician
1943: Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman
1943: John Watkins, Australian cricketer
1942: Nikos Gioutsos, Greek footballer (died 2023)
1942: Jim Lonborg, American baseball pitcher
1942: Sir Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team (died 2021)
1941: Allan Segal, American director and producer (died 2012)
1940: Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport
1940: David Holford, Barbadian cricketer (died 2022)
1940: Fotis Kafatos, Greek biologist, founding president of the European Research Council (ERC) (died 2017).
1940: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
1940: Joan Snyder, American painter
1939: John Amabile, American football player and coach (died 2012)
1939: Dusty Springfield, English singer and record producer (died 1999)
1938: Rich Rollins, American baseball player
1938: Gordon Wilson, Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2017)
1937: Gert Potgieter, South African hurdler and coach
1937: George Steele, American wrestler and actor (died 2017)
1936: Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (died 2015)
1935: Marcel Carrière, Canadian director and screenwriter
1935: Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (died 2013)
1935: Lennart Risberg, Swedish boxer (died 2013)
1935: Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (died 2013)
1935: Bobby Vinton, American singer
1934: Vince Hill, English singer-songwriter (died 2023)
1934: Robert Stigwood, Australian producer and manager (died 2016)
1934: Barrie Unsworth, Australian politician, 36th Premier of New South Wales
1934: Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (died 2012)
1933: Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (died 2012)
1933: Joan Bakewell, English journalist and author
1933: Perry Botkin Jr., American composer, arranger and musician (died 2021)
1933: Vera Krepkina, Russian long jumper (died 2023)
1933: Ike Pappas, American journalist and actor (died 2008)
1932: Maury Meyers, American lawyer and politician (died 2014)
1931: Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (died 2023)
1930: Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator (died 2013)
1930: Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer (died 2003)
1929: Roy Hamilton, American singer (died 1969)
1929: Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist and ecologist (died 2012)
1929: Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2003)
1928: Night Train Lane, American football player (died 2002)
1927: Edie Adams, American actress and singer (died 2008)
1927: Pope Benedict XVI (died 2022)
1927: Rolf Schult, German actor (died 2013)
1926: Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (died 2013)
1924: Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (died 1994)
1924: Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (died 2013)
1923: Warren Barker, American composer (died 2006)
1923: Arch A. Moore Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (died 2015)
1922: Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, and critic (died 1995)
1922: Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (died 2014)
1922: Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2014)
1921: Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (died 2014)
1921: Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)
1920: Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (died 2012)
1920: Prince Georg of Denmark (died 1986)
1919: Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (died 2009)
1919: Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (died 2011)
1919: Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect (died 2013)
1918: Spike Milligan, Irish actor, comedian, and writer (died 2002)
1917: Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (died 2013)
1916: Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (died 1979)
1914: John Hodiak, American actor (died 1955)
1911: Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy (died 1963)
1910: Berton Roueché, American journalist and author (died 1994)
1908: Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (died 2004)
1908: Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader (died 1979)
1907: Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (died 1964)
1907: August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (died 1947)
1905: Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (died 2005)
1904: Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (died 1983)
1903: Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager (died 1965)
1900: Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author (died 1962)
1899: Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (died 1988)
1896: Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer (died 1944)
1895: Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup (died 1988)
1893: Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (died 1968)
1893: John Norton, American hurdler (died 1979)
1892: Dora Richter, German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender-affirming surgery (died 1966)
1892: Howard Mumford Jones, American author, critic, and academic (died 1980)
1891: Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator (died 1980)
1890: Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (died 1954)
1890: Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (died 1979)
1889: Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (died 1977)
1888: Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (died 1940)
1886: Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (died 1957)
1886: Ernst Thälmann, German politician (died 1944)
1885: Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (died 1960)
1884: Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician (died 1963)
1882: Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (died 1972)
1878: R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer (died 1914)
1874: Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (died 1936)
1871: John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1909)
1867: Wilbur Wright, American inventor (died 1912)
1866: José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1918)
1865: Harry Chauvel, Australian general (died 1945)
1851: Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (died 1930)
1848: Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (died 1919)
1847: Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (died 1906)
1844: Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)
1839: Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1908)
1834: Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant (died 1862)
1827: Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller (died 1879)
1826: Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (died 1891)
1823: Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (died 1852)
1821: Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter (died 1893)
1812: Juraj Dobrila, Croatian bishop and national revivalist (died 1882)
1808: Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1864)
1800: George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician (died 1888)
1786: John Franklin, English admiral and politician, fourth Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (died 1847)
1755: Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (died 1842)
1730: Henry Clinton, English general and politician (died 1795)
1728: Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (died 1799)
1697: Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer (died 1778)
1682: John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (died 1744)
1661: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (died 1715)
1660: Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (died 1753)
1646: Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect (probable; (died 1708)
1635: Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (died 1681)
1569: John Davies, English poet and lawyer (died 1626)
1516: Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (died 1550)
1495: Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1557)
1488: Jungjong of Joseon (died 1544)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Nora Aunor, Filipino actress and recording artist (born 1953)
2024: Carl Erskine, American baseball player (born 1926)
2024: Bob Graham, American lawyer, author, and politician, 38th governor of Florida (born 1936)
2021: Andrew Peacock, Australian politician (born 1939)
2021: Helen McCrory, British actress (born 1968)
2021: Liam Scarlett, British choreographer (born 1986)
2021: John Dawes, Welsh rugby union player (born 1940)
2018: Harry Anderson, American actor and magician (born 1952)
2015: Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1948)
2015: Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, fifth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (born 1969)
2014: Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (born 1949)
2014: Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (born 1929)
2014: Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (born 1923)
2013: Charles Bruzon, Gibraltarian politician (born 1938)
2013: Ali Kafi, Algerian politician (born 1928)
2013: Siegfried Ludwig, Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria (born 1926)
2013: Pentti Lund, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925)
2013: George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (born 1909)
2013: Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (born 1930)
2013: Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (born 1919)
2012: Sári Barabás, Hungarian soprano (born 1914)
2012: Marian Biskup, Polish author and academic (born 1922)
2012: Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and conductor (born 1938)
2012: George Kunda, Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (born 1956)
2012: Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (born 1913)
2012: Carlo Petrini, Italian footballer and coach (born 1948)
2011: Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (born 1928)
2011: Allan Blakeney, Canadian scholar and politician, tenth Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1925)
2011: Sol Saks, American screenwriter and producer (born 1910)
2010: Rasim Delić, Bosnian general and convicted war criminal (born 1949)
2010: Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (born 1926)
2009: Michael Martin Dwyer, Irish security guard (born 1984)
2009: Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, Bolivian-Hungarian-Croatian mercenary, journalist, and actor (born 1960)
2008: Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (born 1917)
2007: Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (born 1909)
2007: Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1962)
2007: Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (born 1915)
2007: Chandrabose Suthaharan, Sri Lankan journalist
2005: Kay Walsh, English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911)
2003: Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (born 1930)
2003: Graham Stuart Thomas, English horticulturalist and author (born 1909)
2002: Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (born 1952)
2002: Ruth Fertel, American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (born 1927)
2002: Robert Urich, American actor (born 1946)
2001: Robert Osterloh, American actor (born 1918)
2001: Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)
2001: Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (born 1917)
1999: Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
1998: Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (born 1920)
1998: Fred Davis, English snooker player (born 1913)
1998: Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (born 1880)
1997: Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (born 1921)
1997: Roland Topor, French actor, director, and painter (born 1938)
1996: Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (born 1917)
1994: Paul-Émilien Dalpé, Canadian labor unionist (born 1919)
1994: Ralph Ellison, American novelist and critic (born 1913)
1992: Neville Brand, American actor (born 1920)
1992: Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy and activist (born 1915)
1992: Andy Russell, American singer and actor (born 1919)
1991: David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908)
1989: Jocko Conlan, American baseball player and umpire (born 1899)
1989: Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (born 1915)
1989: Miles Lawrence, English cricketer (born 1940)
1989: Hakkı Yeten, Turkish footballer, manager and president (born 1910)
1988: Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (born 1935)
1988: Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (born 1954)
1985: Scott Brady, American actor (born 1924)
1980: Morris Stoloff, American composer (born 1898)
1978: Lucius D. Clay, American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (born 1898)
1973: István Kertész, Hungarian conductor and educator (born 1929)
1972: Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
1972: Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (born 1894)
1970: Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (born 1892)
1970: Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (born 1897)
1969: Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (born 1904)
1968: Fay Bainter, American actress (born 1893)
1968: Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1885)
1966: Eric Lambert, Australian author (born 1918)
1965: Francis Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (born 1884)
1965: Sydney Chaplin, English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (born 1885)
1961: Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (born 1912)
1960: Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (born 1884)
1958: Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (born 1920)
1957: Pieter van der Hoog, Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist (born 1888)
1955: David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (born 1872)
1950: Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (born 1905)
1950: Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (born 1867)
1947: Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (born 1900)
1946: Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American racing driver and engineer (born 1884)
1942: Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1878)
1942: Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (born 1862)
1941: Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (born 1880)
1940: Tony D'Arcy, Irish Republican died while on hunger strike (born 1908)
1938: Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (born 1874)
1937: Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, third Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (born 1870)
1935: Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (born 1884)
1930: José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (born 1894)
1928: Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (born 1840)
1928: Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (born 1900)
1925: Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (born 1867)
1915: Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (born 1841)
1914: George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (born 1838)
1904: Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (born 1888)
1904: Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (born 1812)
1899: Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (born 1875)
1888: Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (born 1845)
1879: Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (born 1844)
1859: Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1805)
1850: Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (born 1761)
1846: Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (born 1763)
1828: Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (born 1746)
1788: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (born 1707)
1783: Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (born 1719)
1756: Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (born 1677)
1742: Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (born 1672)
1689: Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (born 1640)
1687: George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (born 1628)
1645: Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (born 1569)
1640: Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (born 1579)
1587: Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (born 1497)
1496: Charles II, Duke of Savoy (born 1489)
1375: John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (born 1347)
1234: Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (born 1191)
1198: Frederick I, Duke of Austria (born 1175)
1118: Adelaide del Vasto, regent of Sicily, mother of Roger II of Sicily, queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem
1113: Sviatopolk II of Kiev (born 1050)
1090: Sikelgaita, duchess of Apulia (born c. 1040)
665: Fructuosus of Braga, French archbishop and saint
AD 69: Otho, Roman emperor (born AD 32)

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