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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.$178 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2024
8.$175 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2019
9.$168 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2005
10.€139.9 Million
US$166.48 Million
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2021
11.$164 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2020
12.€130 Million
US$159.91 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2018
13.€139.49 Million
US$156.84 Million
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2019
14.$152 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2012
15.$143 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2010
16.$142 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2018
17.$136 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 20, 2019
18.$130 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2009
19.$128.9 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2025
20.$128 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2014
21.€120 Million
US$127.86 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2024
22.€119.42 Million
US$127.24 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2024
23.€109 Million
US$117.64 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2022
24.€100 Million
US$110 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 21, 2023
25.$105 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 19, 2008

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990
Thursday, Apr 19, 1990
35 years old
1985
Friday, Apr 19, 1985
40 years old
1982
Monday, Apr 19, 1982
43 years old
1980
Saturday, Apr 19, 1980
45 years old
1979
Thursday, Apr 19, 1979
46 years old
1977
Tuesday, Apr 19, 1977
48 years old
1976
Monday, Apr 19, 1976
49 years old
1976
Monday, Apr 19, 1976
49 years old
1975
Saturday, Apr 19, 1975
50 years old
1973
Thursday, Apr 19, 1973
52 years old
1972
Wednesday, Apr 19, 1972
53 years old
1972
Wednesday, Apr 19, 1972
53 years old
1972
Wednesday, Apr 19, 1972
53 years old
1971
Monday, Apr 19, 1971
54 years old
1971
Monday, Apr 19, 1971
54 years old
1968
Friday, Apr 19, 1968
57 years old
1965
Monday, Apr 19, 1965
60 years old
1964
Sunday, Apr 19, 1964
61 years old
1961
Wednesday, Apr 19, 1961
64 years old
1950
Wednesday, Apr 19, 1950
75 years old
1947
Saturday, Apr 19, 1947
78 years old
1947
Saturday, Apr 19, 1947
78 years old
1944
Wednesday, Apr 19, 1944
81 years old
1943
Monday, Apr 19, 1943
82 years old
1942
Sunday, Apr 19, 1942
83 years old
1941
Saturday, Apr 19, 1941
84 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.
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, USA, 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, USA, 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 withdrew 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.
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.
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 protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms.
1506
The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which accused Jews are slaughtered by Portuguese Catholics.
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
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
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
1965
Suge Knight, American record executive
1964
Kim Weaver, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
1960
Ara Gevorgyan, Armenian pianist, composer, and producer
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 (d. 2023)
1952
Simon Cowell, English conservationist and author
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 (d. 2016)
1943
Margo MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician (d. 2014)
1942
Alan Price, English keyboard player, singer, and composer
1941
Michel Roux, French-English chef and author (d. 2020)
1941
Bobby Russell, American singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
1939
Clay Shaw, American accountant, judge, and politician (d. 2013)
1938
Stanley Fish, American theorist, author, and scholar
1937
Antonio Carluccio, Italian-English chef and author (d. 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 (d. 2013)
1936
Jack Pardee, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
1935
Dudley Moore, English actor, comedian, and pianist (d. 2002)
1935
Justin Francis Rigali, American cardinal
1934
Dickie Goodman, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1989)
1933
Jayne Mansfield, American model and actress (d. 1967)
1932
Fernando Botero, Colombian painter and sculptor (d. 2023)
1931
Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2004)
1928
John Horlock, English engineer and academic (d. 2015)
1928
Azlan Shah of Perak, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 2014)
1926
Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (d. 1997)
1925
John Kraaijkamp, Sr., Dutch actor (d. 2011)
1925
Hugh O'Brian, American actor (d. 2016)
1922
Erich Hartmann, German colonel and pilot (d. 1993)
1921
Anna Lee Aldred, American jockey (d. 2006)
1921
Leon Henkin, American logician (d. 2006)
1921
Roberto Tucci, Italian Jesuit leader, cardinal, and theologian (d. 2015)
1920
Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (d. 2015)
1920
Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (d. 2013)
1920
Ragnar Ulstein, Norwegian journalist and war historian (d. 2019)
1919
Sol Kaplan, American pianist and composer (d. 1990)
1917
Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (d. 2012)
1913
Ken Carpenter, American discus thrower and coach (d. 1984)
1912
Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
1908
Irena Eichlerówna, Polish actress (d. 1990)
1903
Eliot Ness, American law enforcement agent (d. 1957)
1902
Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1900
Iracema de Alencar, Brazilian film actress (d. 1978)
1900
Richard Hughes, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1976)
1900
Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (d. 1991)
1900
Rhea Silberta, American Yiddish songwriter and singing teacher (d. 1959)
1899
George O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
1899
Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (d. 1968)
1898
Constance Talmadge, American actress and producer (d. 1973)
1897
Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
1897
Jiroemon Kimura, Japanese super-centenarian, oldest verified man ever (d. 2013)
1894
Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (d. 1966)
1892
Germaine Tailleferre, French composer and educator (d. 1983)
1891
Françoise Rosay, French actress (d. 1974)
1889
Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (d. 1946)
1885
Karl Tarvas, Estonian architect (d. 1975)
1883
Henry Jameson, American soccer player (d. 1938)
1883
Richard von Mises, Austrian-American mathematician and physicist (d. 1953)
1882
Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (d. 1954)
1879
Arthur Robertson, Scottish runner (d. 1957)
1877
Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American engineer, invented the outboard motor (d. 1934)
1874
Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (d. 1952)
1873
Sydney Barnes, English cricketer (d. 1967)
1872
Alice Salomon, German social reformer (d. 1948)
1863
Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (d. 1940)
1861
Amalie Andersen, Norwegian actress (d. 1924)
1835
Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (d. 1888)
1832
José Echegaray, Spanish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
1831
Mary Louise Booth, American writer, editor and translator (d. 1889)
1814
Louis Amédée Achard, French journalist and author (d. 1875)
1806
Sarah Bagley, American labor organizer (d. 1889)
1793
Ferdinand I of Austria (d. 1875)
1787
Deaf Smith, American soldier (d. 1837)
1785
Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (d. 1858)
1758
William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish admiral (d. 1831)
1757
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (d. 1833)
1734
Karl von Ordóñez, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1786)
1721
Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician (d. 1793)
1715
James Nares, English organist and composer (d. 1783)
1686
Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (d. 1750)
1665
Jacques Lelong, French author (d. 1721)
1658
Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German husband of Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (d. 1716)
1655
George St Lo(e), Royal Navy officer and administrator (d. 1718)
1633
Willem Drost, Dutch painter (d. 1659)
1613
Christoph Bach, German musician (d. 1661)
1603
Michel Le Tellier, French politician, French Minister of Defence (d. 1685)
1593
Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1647)
1452
Frederick IV, King of Naples (d. 1504)

Deaths On This Day

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