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April 19

April 19 is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 256 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024
$1.08 billion Powerball lottery winner Yanira Alvarez filed claim for jackpot over five months ago. At the end of March, the California Lottery announced Yanira Alvarez as the sole winner of the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot drawn on July 16, 2023, but it turns out the winner presented the winning ticket to lottery officials months earlier.
2023
Mother of $500,000 Iowa lottery winner "told everybody" about win. An Iowa man had the right idea to keep his $500,000 winning lottery ticket safe, but his mother was so thrilled by the news that she couldn't help but spread the word of his big win.
2022
Faithful Iowa Lottery player bags his second major prize in two years. One loyal Iowa Lottery player is reliving the moment he won the lottery after bagging his second major prize within two years.
2021
UK National Lottery raises minimum age to play the lottery to 18. In an effort to reduce problem gambling, the National Lottery will be raising the minimum age to play the lottery in the UK from 16 to 18 on Thurs., Apr. 22, 2021.
2019
Alabama lawmakers head toward lottery vote. Alabama lawmakers are heading toward a vote on lottery legislation, with the goal of eventually putting the proposal up to a statewide vote.
2019
Lottery first-timer nearly threw out $387,000 prize. A first-time lottery player in New Jersey said a mistake when checking her tickets nearly landed her $387,391 jackpot winner in the trash.
2018
Iowa Lottery wins International Gaming-Compliance award for work in lottery rigging investigation. The Iowa Lottery has won an international gaming-compliance award for its work in the long-running lottery jackpot investigation that uncovered fraud against U.S. lotteries and resulted in guilty pleas from three men.
2018
Teen claims $15 million top prize on Florida Lottery scratch off game. A 19-year-old Bonita Springs man has claimed a $15 million top prize in the new Florida 100X the Cash Scratch-Off game at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee.
2018
Man wins $1M lottery prize for second time this year. For the second time in 2018, a very lucky lottery player from Methuen, Massachusetts, has won a $1 million prize on an instant ticket from the Massachusetts State Lottery.
2017
71-year-old Texas construction worker claims $177 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. A couple from Abernathy, Texas, Monday claimed a $177 million jackpot in Arkansas from the March 31 Mega Millions drawing.
2017
NJ Lottery adding Quick Draw game to its lineup. The New Jersey Lottery announced that it will soon be adding a new style of lottery play to its product lineup with Quick Draw, a game with drawings held every five minutes.
2017
Waitress wins $292K from the Michigan Lottery's Keno game. A waitress had to lock herself in a bathroom to calm down after winning a $292,524 Club Keno The Jack prize from the Michigan Lottery.
2016
Kentucky Lottery launches online ticket sales. Without any fanfare, the Kentucky Lottery Monday began selling tickets online to try and attract more young adults.
2014
Minnesota Lottery turns 25, shows off new logo. The Minnesota Lottery celebrated its 25th birthday Thursday by showing off its new logo, care of celebrity performance artist David Garibaldi.
2013
Non-jury trial expected next week for lottery-thieving brothers. Two brothers accused of attempting to claim $5 million from the state lottery office with a stolen scratch-off ticket will waive their right to a jury trial, according to attorneys.
2013
NJ Gov. slams Democrat tactics to derail lottery plan. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie referred to some New Jersey federal lawmakers' insistence that the U.S. Attorney General conduct a formal review of his lottery privatization plans as "naked partisanship."
2013
Iowa woman tries to cash stolen lottery tickets. A Des Moines, Iowa, woman tried to cash voided Iowa Lottery tickets she stole while working at a company hired to shred old tickets, police said.
2013
Former MD Lottery employee charged with theft of lottery tickets. A former Maryland Lottery official has been indicted for stealing tickets and collecting tens of thousands of dollars from the winnings, officials said on Thursday.
2012
Jamaican lottery scams spread despite US crackdown. U.S. officials say that Jamaican lottery scams continue to haul in millions of dollars each year, disproportionately from the elderly.
2011
Siblings fight over lottery jackpot. The family of an Australian man who won almost $2 million in a lottery and died the next day has been fighting over who is entitled to the money.
2009
Michigan Lottery winner gives prize to charity. A Kalamazoo-area man who won $10,000 in the Michigan Lottery's Club Keno game has donated his winnings to a charity.
2009
Unemployed woman gets lotto winnings after 4 years. An unemployed woman who won $1 million in a Maine State Lottery game has collected her winnings -- four years after she bought the scratch ticket in a store that's since burned down.
2009
Florida Lottery winner opens nude dude ranch. The winner of a $3.3 million lottery jackpot wanted to return to the farm life he grew up in, so he and a friend opened "CJ Dude Ranch", a "clothing optional" bed-and-breakfast.
2006
$853,492 Powerball lottery ticket expires. One of two second-place lottery tickets worth a combined $1.7 million expired Monday, 180 days after a record Powerball lottery jackpot was drawn.
2006
Big Florida Lotto prize whips up ticket frenzy. If conventional wisdom holds, Lake County will break out in Lotto fever today. The Florida Lotto jackpot has grown to $82 million and is expected to tempt residents into throwing down $1 or more for a shot at a fortune.
2006
N.C. Lottery will pay Scientific Games one way or the other. When North Carolina joins the multi-state Powerball game May 30, the state will have to pay Scientific Games for the rights, unless they work a deal.
2006
Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Cincinnati. The winning ticket from the $265 million Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night was sold at a local Kroger supermarket, an Ohio Lottery spokeswoman said.
2005
Arkansas man claims $1.4 million Missouri lottery jackpot. An Arkansas man said his seven children are full of suggestions after he won a $1.4 million Missouri Lottery jackpot.
2005
N.C. Lottery opponents put pressure on lawmakers. As the battle over a lottery in North Carolina continues, opponents are stepping up the pressure on lawmakers.
2005
N.C. Senate lottery committee to meet Wednesday. A North Carolina Senate committee commissioned to take up the House's lottery bill approved two weeks ago will meet this week for the first time.
2004
Powerball Jackpot Grows To $90 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $90 million, with a cash option of $47.6 million.
2004
Tennessee Lottery has paid nearly $700,000 in bonuses to date. State lawmakers are surprised by the number of Tennessee Lottery employees who have received bonuses totaling nearly $700,000 since the launch of the games in January.
2004
Powerball may draw new kind of Tennessee lottery player. Powerball tickets go on sale in Tennessee early this morning, and is expected to draw a different player base than its other games.
2004
New York lottery fans have Mega Mania. Mega Millions has become megapopular since its launch in New York two years ago.
2004
Man Dies In Crash Weeks After Winning Lottery. A northwestern Indiana man who won $9.7 million in a January lottery drawing died when his car struck a utility pole in a rainstorm, police said.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$372.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2022
2.$258.5 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2010
3.$257 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2021
4.$252.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2023
5.$227 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2016
6.€189.72 Million
US$204.76 Million
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2022
7.€152.65 Million
US$179.52 Million
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2026
8.$178 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2024
9.$175 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2019
10.$168 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2005
11.€139.9 Million
US$166.48 Million
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2021
12.$164 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2020
13.€130 Million
US$159.91 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2018
14.€139.49 Million
US$156.84 Million
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2019
15.$152 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2012
16.$143 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2010
17.$142 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2018
18.$140 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2026
19.$136 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2019
20.$130 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2009
21.$128.9 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2025
22.$128 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2014
23.€120 Million
US$127.86 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2024
24.€119.42 Million
US$127.24 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2024
25.€109 Million
US$117.64 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990
Thursday, Apr 19, 1990
36 years old
1985
Friday, Apr 19, 1985
41 years old
1982
Monday, Apr 19, 1982
44 years old
1980
Saturday, Apr 19, 1980
46 years old
1979
Thursday, Apr 19, 1979
47 years old
1977
Tuesday, Apr 19, 1977
49 years old
1976
Monday, Apr 19, 1976
50 years old
1976
Monday, Apr 19, 1976
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1975
Saturday, Apr 19, 1975
51 years old
1975
Saturday, Apr 19, 1975
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1975
Saturday, Apr 19, 1975
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1973
Thursday, Apr 19, 1973
53 years old
1972
Wednesday, Apr 19, 1972
54 years old
1972
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1972
Wednesday, Apr 19, 1972
54 years old
1971
Monday, Apr 19, 1971
55 years old
1971
Monday, Apr 19, 1971
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1968
Friday, Apr 19, 1968
58 years old
1965
Monday, Apr 19, 1965
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1964
Sunday, Apr 19, 1964
62 years old
1961
Wednesday, Apr 19, 1961
65 years old
1950
Wednesday, Apr 19, 1950
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1947
Saturday, Apr 19, 1947
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1947
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1944
Wednesday, Apr 19, 1944
82 years old
1943
Monday, Apr 19, 1943
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1942
Sunday, Apr 19, 1942
84 years old
1941
Saturday, Apr 19, 1941
85 years old
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021
The Ingenuity helicopter becomes the first aircraft to achieve flight on another planet.
2020
A killing spree in Nova Scotia, Canada, leaves 22 people and the perpetrator dead, making it the deadliest rampage in the country's history.
2013
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.
2011
Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
2008
The Quito Ultratumba nightclub fire in Quito, Ecuador, kills 19 people and injures at least 24 more.
2005
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
2001
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-100 carrying the Canadarm2 to the International Space Station.
2000
Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
1999
The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
1995
Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, US, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
1993
The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, US, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including 18 children under age 10, died in the fire.
1989
A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
1987
The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with "Good Night".
1985
Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
1984
Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.
1976
A violent F5 tornado strikes around Brownwood, Texas, injuring 11 people. Two people were thrown at least 1,000 yards (910 m) by the tornado and survived uninjured.
1975
India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
1975
South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.
1973
The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
1971
Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
1971
Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
1971
Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate-LaBianca murders.
1960
Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
1956
Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
1943
World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.
1943
Albert Hofmann deliberately doses himself with LSD for the first time, three days after having discovered its effects on April 16, an event commonly known and celebrated as Bicycle Day.
1942
World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
1936
The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
1927
Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
1925
Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club.
1903
The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
1861
American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
1839
The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.
1818
French physicist Augustin Fresnel signs his preliminary "Note on the Theory of Diffraction" (deposited on the following day). The document ends with what we now call the Fresnel integrals.
1810
Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.
1809
An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
1782
John Adams secures Dutch recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague becomes the first American embassy.
1775
American Revolutionary War: The war begins during the Battles of Lexington and Concord with a victory of American minutemen and other militia over British forces, later referred to as the "shot heard round the world".
1775
American Revolutionary War: Following the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Siege of Boston begins with American militias blocking land access to the British-held city.
1770
Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
1770
Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI in a proxy wedding.
1713
With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa, was not born until 1717.
1677
The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops.
1608
In Ireland, O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.
1572
England and France sign an alliance against Spain in the treaty of Blois.
1539
The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed.
1529
Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities protest the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms.
1506
The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which about two thousand Jews who had been forcibly converted to Christianity are slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics.
1042
Following the attempt of Byzantine Emperor Michael V Kalaphates to depose his wife and empress Zoe Porphyrogenita, a popular uprising in Constantinople breaks out with the intention to restore her.
1024
Election of Pope John XIX following the death of his brother Pope Benedict VIII.
531
Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at Raqqa (northern Syria).
AD 65
The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all of the conspirators are arrested.

Births On This Day

2016
The Rizzler, American internet personality
2003
Jackson Merrill, American baseball player
2002
Loren Gray, American singer and internet personality
2001
Dalton Knecht, American basketball player
1999
Sebastian Kris, Australian-NewZealand rugby league player
1991
Kelly Olynyk, Canadian basketball player
1990
Jackie Bradley Jr., American baseball player
1990
Kim Chiu, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
1989
Simu Liu, Canadian actor
1987
Joe Hart, English footballer
1987
Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
1986
Candace Parker, American basketball player
1983
Joe Mauer, American baseball player
1982
Samuel C. Morrison, Jr., Liberian-American journalist, producer, and screenwriter
1982
Ali Wong, American comedian and actress
1981
Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor
1981
Lise Klaveness, Norwegian footballer and lawyer, president of the Norwegian Football Federation
1981
Troy Polamalu, American football player
1979
Kate Hudson, American actress
1978
James Franco, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978
Amanda Sage, American-Austrian painter and educator
1976
Michelle Feldman, American bowler
1975
Jason Gillespie, Australian cricketer and coach
1972
Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira, Brazilian footballer
1970
Kelly Holmes, English athlete and double Olympic champion
1968
Ashley Judd, American actress
1968
Mswati III, King (Ngwenyama) of Eswatini (Swaziland)
1966
Véronique Gens, French soprano and actress
1966
Paul Reiffel, Australian cricketer and umpire
1965
Suge Knight, American record executive
1964
Kim Weaver, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
1960
Ara Gevorgyan, Armenian pianist, composer, and producer
1960
Gustavo Petro, Colombian politician, 34th and current President of Colombia
1960
Frank Viola, American baseball player and coach
1957
Mukesh Ambani, Indian businessman, chairman of Reliance Industries
1956
Anne Glover, Scottish biologist and academic
1954
Trevor Francis, English footballer and manager (died 2023)
1952
Simon Cowell, English conservationist and author (died 2024)
1951
Jóannes Eidesgaard, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1946
Tim Curry, English actor and singer
1944
James Heckman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1944
Bernie Worrell, American keyboard player and songwriter (died 2016)
1943
Margo MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician (died 2014)
1942
Alan Price, English keyboard player, singer, and composer
1941
Michel Roux, French-English chef and author (died 2020)
1941
Bobby Russell, American singer-songwriter (died 1992)
1939
Clay Shaw, American accountant, judge, and politician (died 2013)
1939
Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran (died 2026)
1938
Stanley Fish, American theorist, author, and scholar
1937
Antonio Carluccio, Italian-English chef and author (died 2017)
1937
Elinor Donahue, American actress
1937
Joseph Estrada, Filipino politician, 13th President of the Philippines
1936
Wilfried Martens, Belgian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2013)
1936
Jack Pardee, American football player and coach (died 2013)
1935
Dudley Moore, English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)
1935
Justin Francis Rigali, American cardinal
1934
Dickie Goodman, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1989)
1933
Dickie Bird, English cricketer and umpire (died 2025)
1933
Jayne Mansfield, American model and actress (died 1967)
1932
Fernando Botero, Colombian painter and sculptor (died 2023)
1931
Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (died 2004)
1928
John Horlock, English engineer and academic (died 2015)
1928
Azlan Shah of Perak, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (died 2014)
1927
Cora Sue Collins, American child actress (died 2025)
1926
Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (died 1997)
1925
Hugh O'Brian, American actor (died 2016)
1922
Erich Hartmann, German colonel and pilot (died 1993)
1921
Anna Lee Aldred, American jockey (died 2006)
1921
Leon Henkin, American logician (died 2006)
1921
Roberto Tucci, Italian Jesuit leader, cardinal, and theologian (died 2015)
1920
Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (died 2015)
1920
Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (died 2013)
1920
Ragnar Ulstein, Norwegian journalist and war historian (died 2019)
1919
Sol Kaplan, American pianist and composer (died 1990)
1917
Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (died 2012)
1913
Ken Carpenter, American discus thrower and coach (died 1984)
1912
Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
1908
Irena Eichlerówna, Polish actress (died 1990)
1903
Eliot Ness, American law enforcement agent (died 1957)
1902
Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author and screenwriter (died 1989)
1900
Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress (died 1978)
1900
Richard Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1976)
1900
Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (died 1991)
1900
Rhea Silberta, American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (died 1959)
1899
George O'Brien, American actor (died 1985)
1899
Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (died 1968)
1898
Constance Talmadge, American actress and producer (died 1973)
1897
Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (died 1970)
1897
Jiroemon Kimura, Japanese super-centenarian, oldest verified man ever (died 2013)
1894
Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (died 1966)
1892
Germaine Tailleferre, French composer and educator (died 1983)
1891
Françoise Rosay, French actress (died 1974)
1889
Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (died 1946)
1885
Karl Tarvas, Estonian architect (died 1975)
1883
Henry Jameson, American soccer player (died 1938)
1883
Richard von Mises, Austrian-American mathematician and physicist (died 1953)
1882
Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (died 1954)
1879
Arthur Robertson, Scottish runner (died 1957)
1877
Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American engineer, invented the outboard motor (died 1934)
1874
Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (died 1952)
1873
Sydney Barnes, English cricketer (died 1967)
1872
Alice Salomon, German social reformer (died 1948)
1863
Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (died 1940)
1861
Amalie Andersen, Norwegian actress (died 1924)
1835
Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (died 1888)
1832
José Echegaray, Spanish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
1831
Mary Louise Booth, American writer, editor and translator (died 1889)
1814
Louis Amédée Achard, French journalist and author (died 1875)
1806
Sarah Bagley, American labor organizer (died 1889)
1793
Ferdinand I of Austria (died 1875)
1787
Deaf Smith, American soldier (died 1837)
1785
Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (died 1858)
1758
William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish admiral (died 1831)
1757
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (died 1833)
1734
Karl von Ordóñez, Austrian violinist and composer (died 1786)
1721
Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician (died 1793)
1715
James Nares, English organist and composer (died 1783)
1686
Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (died 1750)
1665
Jacques Lelong, French author (died 1721)
1658
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German husband of Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (died 1716)
1655
George St Lo(e), Royal Navy officer and administrator (died 1718)
1633
Willem Drost, Dutch painter (died 1659)
1613
Christoph Bach, German musician (died 1661)
1603
Michel Le Tellier, French politician, French Minister of Defence (died 1685)
1593
Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet, English politician (died 1647)
1452
Frederick IV, King of Naples (died 1504)

Deaths On This Day

2024
Daniel Dennett, American philosopher and author (born 1942)
2023
Moonbin, South Korean singer and actor (born 1998)
2023
Ron Hamilton, American musician (born 1950)
2022
Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1903)
2021
Walter Mondale, American politician, 42nd Vice President of the United States (born 1928)
2021
Jim Steinman, American composer, lyricist (born 1947)
2020
Ian Whitcomb, English singer-songwriter (born 1941)
2017
Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (born 1929)
2016
Patricio Aylwin, Chilean politician (born 1918)
2015
Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (born 1919)
2015
Roy Mason, English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Defence (born 1924)
2013
François Jacob, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
2013
Al Neuharth, American journalist, author, and publisher, founded USA Today (born 1924)
2012
Levon Helm, American musician and actor (born 1940)
2011
Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (born 1946)
2009
J. G. Ballard, English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1930)
2007
Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (born 1932)
2006
Albert Scott Crossfield, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (born 1921)
2004
Norris McWhirter, English author and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (born 1925)
2004
John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (born 1920)
2004
Jenny Pike, Canadian WWII servicewoman and photographer (born 1922)
2002
Reginald Rose, American writer (born 1920)
2000
Louis Applebaum, Canadian composer and conductor (born 1918)
1999
Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian-German SS officer (born 1919)
1998
Octavio Paz, Mexican poet, philosopher, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (born 1914)
1993
David Koresh, American cult leader (born 1959)
1993
George S. Mickelson, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of South Dakota (born 1941)
1992
Frankie Howerd, English actor and screenwriter (born 1917)
1991
Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (born 1905)
1989
Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright (born 1907)
1988
Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (born 1901)
1975
Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (born 1899)
1971
Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (born 1913)
1967
Konrad Adenauer, German politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (born 1876)
1966
Väinö Tanner, Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland; the Prime Minister of Finland (born 1881)
1961
Max Hainle, German swimmer (born 1882)
1960
Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (born 1894)
1955
Jim Corbett, British-Indian colonel, hunter, and author (born 1875)
1952
Steve Conway, British singer (born 1921)
1950
Ernst Robert Curtius, French-German philologist and scholar (born 1886)
1949
Ulrich Salchow, Danish-Swedish figure skater (born 1877)
1941
Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (born 1878)
1940
Jack McNeela, Irish Republican Army, died on hunger strike
1937
Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English cartographer and politician (born 1856)
1937
William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and zoologist (born 1865)
1930
Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1827)
1926
Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov, Russian-Swiss statistician and theorist (born 1874)
1916
Ephraim Shay, American engineer, designed the Shay locomotive (born 1839)
1915
Thomas Playford, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia (born 1837)
1914
Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician and philosopher (born 1839)
1909
Signe Rink, Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (born 1836)
1906
Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)
1906
Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (born 1850)
1903
Oliver Mowat, Canadian politician, third Premier of Ontario, eighth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1820)
1901
Alfred Horatio Belo, American publisher, founded The Dallas Morning News (born 1839)
1893
Martin Körber, Estonian-German pastor, composer, and conductor (born 1817)
1882
Charles Darwin, English biologist and theorist (born 1809)
1881
Benjamin Disraeli, English journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1804)
1854
Robert Jameson, Scottish mineralogist and academic (born 1774)
1840
Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Canadian bishop (born 1777)
1833
James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, Bahamian-English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1756)
1831
Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1765)
1824
Lord Byron, English-Scottish poet and playwright (born 1788)
1813
Benjamin Rush, American physician and educator (born 1745)
1791
Richard Price, Welsh-English preacher and philosopher (born 1723)
1776
Jacob Emden, German rabbi and author (born 1697)
1768
Canaletto, Italian painter and etcher (born 1697)
1739
Nicholas Saunderson, English mathematician and academic (born 1682)
1733
Elizabeth Hamilton, countess of Orkney (born 1657)
1689
Christina, queen of Sweden (born 1626)
1686
Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish historian and playwright (born 1610)
1629
Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer (born 1582)
1619
Jagat Gosain, Mughal empress (born 1573)
1618
Thomas Bastard, English priest and author (born 1566)
1608
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, English poet, playwright, and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1536)
1588
Paolo Veronese, Italian painter (born 1528)
1578
Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1530)
1567
Michael Stifel, German monk and mathematician (born 1487)
1560
Philip Melanchthon, German theologian and reformer (born 1497)
1431
Adolph III, count of Waldeck (born 1362)
1405
Thomas West, 1st Baron West, English nobleman (born 1335)
1390
Robert II, king of Scotland (born 1316)
1321
Gerasimus I, patriarch of Constantinople
1054
Leo IX, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1002)
1044
Gothelo I, duke of Lorraine
1013
Hisham II, Umayyad caliph of Córdoba (born 966)
1012
Ælfheah of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint (born 954)
843
Judith of Bavaria, Frankish empress
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