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April 2

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April 2

April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 273 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Money vision: Virginia engineer goes incognito while claiming $1 million lottery prize. A Virginia woman showed up at Virginia Lottery offices behind some flashy dollar-sign shades to conceal her appearance while claiming a $1 million prize.
2024: $1.09 BILLION: Powerball jackpot is 4th-largest in game history. This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $1.09 billion.
2020: Declining lottery sales prompt more Powerball jackpot changes. The Powerball Product Group today announced its decision to further modify the rules for determining each successive Powerball jackpot roll, and set a firm implementation date rather than waiting for the next jackpot winner.
2020: CT Lottery moving operations after employee tests positive for COVID-19. A Connecticut Lottery Corp. employee who had been self-isolating at home has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting lottery officials to announce they are temporarily moving operations from the lottery's Rocky Hill headquarters to a "backup facility" they declined to identify.
2018: Speculation begins about NJ winner of Mega Millions lottery. As speculation swirled around the identity of the world's newest multi-millionaire, the owner of the mini-mart where Friday's winning Mega Millions ticket was sold said he reviewed surveillance footage to see if he could pinpoint the lucky customer.
2015: British couple win £1m in lottery draw for second time in two years. A UK couple who have won £1m (US$1.5 million) in the EuroMillions lottery for the second time have said they "just can't believe it".
2014: Sole winner of $425M February Powerball jackpot claims prize. The sole winner of February's $425.3 million Powerball jackpot came forward to claim his prize Tuesday.
2014: Legislator demands greater scrutiny of Florida Lottery. The vice chairwoman of the Florida Senate Gaming Committee, Sen. Maria Sachs, called for greater scrutiny of the Florida Lottery after a Palm Beach Post investigation revealed some people are winning big prizes against enormous odds.
2013: $338M NJ Powerball winner pays child support owed. The New Jersey deli owner who won the $338 million Powerball jackpot last week sliced off a piece of his prize to pay nearly $30,000 in back child support yesterday.
2012: Maryland Lottery officials inundated with Mega Millions rumors. Maryland lottery officials were inundated Monday with hundreds of calls fueled by rumors about the identity of the Baltimore County shopper who will share in the $656 million Mega Millions jackpot.
2012: Texas Lottery approves new game to start in fall. The three-member Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) unanimously voted to approve the new All or Nothing game, slated to begin in the fall of 2012.
2012: Man struck by lightning hours after buying lottery tickets. A Kansas man was struck by lightning hours after buying three Mega Millions lottery tickets, proving in real life the old saying that a gambler is more likely to be struck down from the sky than win the jackpot.
2012: MD Lottery: winner has not come forward yet. Rumors may be swirling, but the lucky Maryland winner who shares in Friday evening's record-breaking $656 million Mega Millions jackpot has not yet come forward.
2012: Maryland Mega Millions winner already in pool dispute. Mega Millions mania has plunged a Maryland McDonald's into a bubbling cauldron of controversy hotter than a deep-fried apple pie.
2010: Penn. Lottery loses big on 7-7-7-7 win. Wednesday night, all sevens came up in Pennsylvania Lottery's Big 4 drawing, resulting in a whopping $7.77 million payout to 3,107 winning tickets.
2008: Tennessee Lottery a step closer to restoring real drawings. A Tennessee House panel has advanced a proposal to require the state lottery to abandon computerized drawings for its games.
2007: Powerball offers 10X multiplier this month. Powerball players who purchase the Power Play feature will have a chance to multiply their prizes by 10 during the "Power Play 10X" promotion running in April.
2007: Rebecca Paul Hargrove: Former newswoman cashes in on lottery career. The latest installment of a new series in The State Journal-Register called "Headliners: A look at people who made the news."
2007: Man accused of scam wins $2,100 on lottery TV show. A man awaiting trial on charges accusing him of bilking $135,000 from three people in a home-repair scam won $2,100 on the Ohio Lottery's television game show.
2007: Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in Wisconsin. The winning Powerball ticket in the weekend drawing was purchased in Stoughton, Wisconsin, lottery officials said Sunday.
2004: Lottery winner waited 50 weeks to pick up $30 million. Raymond Sobeski waited almost an entire year before coming forward to claim his prize of $30 million because, he says, he didn't want to "do anything rash."
2004: Woman's love of lottery pays off big. Marlene Morrisette is a $1 million winner in New Yorks's Win For Life instant lottery game.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.13 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2024
2.$385 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 4, 2023
3.$223 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2022
4.$216 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 4, 2026
5.€181.59 Million US$200.64 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2022
6.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2011
7.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 4, 2020
8.$174 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 5, 2006
9.€144 Million US$169.44 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2021
10.$168 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2021
11.€143.17 Million
US$165.27 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2026
12.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 1999
13.$159.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2023
14.€131.32 Million
US$154.44 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2021
15.€122.93 Million
US$151.04 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2018
16.€129.21 Million
US$144.75 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2019
17.$138 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 4, 2006
18.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2016
19.$126 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 4, 2009
20.$121 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2020
21.$103 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2010
22.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2020
23.€83 Million
US$95.72 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2026
24.CA$125 Million
US$95.65 Million: Multi-Province
Canada Super 7
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2004
25.$92 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2002

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1997: nevaehsmama0124
Wednesday, Apr 2, 1997
29 years old
1992: BigTone713
Thursday, Apr 2, 1992
34 years old
1990: Figs42
Monday, Apr 2, 1990
36 years old
1990: JazzOne
Monday, Apr 2, 1990
36 years old
1987: Li Chun-Feng
Thursday, Apr 2, 1987
39 years old
1986: GaPlayer86
Wednesday, Apr 2, 1986
40 years old
1985: LumbeeDaddy
Tuesday, Apr 2, 1985
41 years old
1985: Lala37
Tuesday, Apr 2, 1985
41 years old
1980: Mike973
Wednesday, Apr 2, 1980
46 years old
1973: leche522
Monday, Apr 2, 1973
53 years old
1973: dannyko
Monday, Apr 2, 1973
53 years old
1968: Regina1968
Tuesday, Apr 2, 1968
58 years old
1965: pentum
Friday, Apr 2, 1965
61 years old
1961: LOTTOPOOR
Sunday, Apr 2, 1961
65 years old
1960: girlpower
Saturday, Apr 2, 1960
66 years old
1949: wowiecowie
Saturday, Apr 2, 1949
77 years old
: msmusic
(year not provided)
: Britney
(year not provided)
: brina5eva
(year not provided)
: Naiveplayer
(year not provided)
: BucsBabe
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2025: Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs.
2024: Viertola school shooting: A 12-year-old pupil is killed and two others injured by a shooter of the same age in Vantaa, Finland.
2021: At least 49 people are killed in a train derailment in Taiwan after a truck accidentally rolls onto the track.
2021: A Capitol Police officer is killed and another injured when an attacker rams his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol.
2020: COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach one million.
2015: Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
2015: Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."
2014: A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
2012: A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.
2012: UTair Flight 120 crashes after takeoff from Roshchino International Airport in Tyumen, Russia, killing 33 and injuring 10.
2011: India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
2006: Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
2004: Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
2002: Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
1992: In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
1992: Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1991: Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
1989: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
1986: Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
1982: Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
1980: United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
1979: A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
1976: Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
1975: Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
1973: Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
1972: Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
1969: LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashes into the Polica mountain near Zawoja, Poland, killing 53.
1964: The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
1956: As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
1954: A 19-month-old infant is swept up in the ocean tides at Hermosa Beach, California. Local photographer John L. Gaunt photographs the incident; 1955 Pulitzer winner "Tragedy by the Sea".
1930: After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
1921: The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
1917: American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1912: The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.
1911: The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
1902: Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Mariinsky Palace, Saint Petersburg.
1902: "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
1885: Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
1865: American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
1863: American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
1801: French Revolutionary Wars: In the Battle of Copenhagen a British Royal Navy squadron defeats a hastily assembled, smaller, mostly-volunteer Dano-Norwegian Navy at high cost, forcing Denmark out of the Second League of Armed Neutrality.
1800: Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
1792: The Coinage Act is passed by Congress, establishing the United States Mint.
1755: Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India.
1725: J. S. Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, is first performed in Leipzig on Easter Monday.
1513: Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Johns River.
1285: Election of Pope Honorius IV following the death of Pope Martin IV.
1107: Seljuq sultan Muhammad I Tapar begins with the siege of Shahdiz, a fortress of the Nizari Ismailis.

Births On This Day

2007: Brenda Fruhvirtová, Czech tennis player
2005: Adrián Liso, Spanish footballer
2004: Diana Shnaider, Russian tennis player
2002: Emma Myers, American actress
2000: Rodrigo Riquelme, Spanish footballer
2000: Josip Stanišić, Croatian footballer
1997: Dillon Bassett, American race car driver
1997: Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer
1997: Austin Riley, American baseball player
1996: Zach Bryan, American singer-songwriter
1996: André Onana, Cameroonian footballer
1995: Zack Steffen, American soccer player
1994: Pascal Siakam, Cameroonian basketball player
1993: Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower
1993: Bruno Zuculini, Argentine footballer
1991: Quavo, American rapper
1990: Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
1990: Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
1990: Amr El Solia, Egyptian footballer
1988: Ellen Adarna, Filipino actress, model and public figure
1988: Renée Good, American writer, poet and shooting victim (died 2026)
1988: Jesse Plemons, American actor
1987: Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
1987: Shane Lowry, Irish Professional Golfer, winner of the 2019 Open Championship and European Team Member for the 2021 and 2023 Ryder Cups
1986: Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
1986: Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball player
1986: Drew Van Acker, American actor, model and producer
1985: Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
1985: Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
1984: Engin Atsür, Turkish basketball player
1984: Nóra Barta, Hungarian diver
1984: Jérémy Morel, French footballer
1984: Miguel Ángel Moyá, Spanish footballer
1983: Arthur Boka, Ivorian footballer
1983: Maksym Mazuryk, Ukrainian pole vaulter
1982: Marco Amelia, Italian footballer
1982: David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player
1981: Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
1981: Kapil Sharma, Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter and actor
1980: Avi Benedi, Israeli singer and songwriter
1980: Adam Fleming, Scottish journalist
1980: Gavin Heffernan, Canadian director and screenwriter
1980: Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (died 2004)
1980: Wairangi Koopu, New Zealand rugby league player
1980: Carlos Salcido, Mexican international footballer
1977: Per Elofsson, Swedish skier
1977: Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer
1977: Hanno Pevkur, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
1976: Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
1976: Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
1975: Nate Huffman, American basketball player (died 2015)
1975: Randy Livingston, American basketball player
1975: Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower
1975: Pattie Mallette, Canadian author and film producer
1975: Pedro Pascal, Chilean and American actor
1974: Tayfun Korkut, Turkish football manager and former player
1973: Dmitry Lipartov, Russian footballer
1973: Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actress
1973: Aleksejs Semjonovs, Latvian footballer
1972: Eyal Berkovic, Israeli footballer
1972: Remo D'Souza, Indian choreographer and dancer
1972: Calvin Davis, American sprinter and hurdler (died 2023)
1972: Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer
1971: Jason Lewry, English cricketer
1971: Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1969: Ajay Devgn, Indian actor, director, and producer
1967: Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter
1966: Bill Romanowski, American football player and actor
1966: Teddy Sheringham, English international footballer and coach
1965: Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (died 2012)
1964: Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach
1964: Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler
1963: Karl Beattie, English director and producer
1963: Mike Gascoyne, English engineer
1962: Pierre Carles, French director and producer
1962: Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962: Clark Gregg, American actor
1961: Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter
1961: Christopher Meloni, American actor
1961: Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter
1960: Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter
1960: Brad Jones, Australian race car driver
1960: Pascale Nadeau, Canadian journalist
1959: Gelindo Bordin, Italian runner
1959: David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1959: Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
1959: Yves Lavandier, French director and producer
1959: Badou Ezzaki, Moroccan footballer and manager
1958: Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby player
1958: Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach
1957: Caroline Dean, English biologist and academic
1957: Hank Steinbrenner, American businessman (died 2020)
1955: Michael Stone, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary
1954: Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer
1954: Donald Petrie, American actor and director
1953: Jim Allister, Northern Irish lawyer and politician
1953: Rosemary Bryant Mariner, 20th and 21st-century U.S. Navy aviator (died 2019)
1953: Malika Oufkir, Moroccan Berber writer
1953: Debralee Scott, American actress (died 2005)
1953: James Vance, American author and playwright (died 2017)
1952: Lennart Fagerlund, Swedish cyclist
1952: Will Hoy, English race car driver (died 2002)
1952: Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (died 2001)
1951: Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
1950: Lynn Westmoreland, American politician
1949: Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host
1949: Bernd Müller, German footballer
1949: Pamela Reed, American actress
1949: David Robinson, American drummer
1948: Roald Als, Danish author and illustrator
1948: Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (died 2012)
1948: Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author
1948: Joan D. Vinge, American author
1947: Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress (died 2025)
1947: Tua Forsström, Finnish writer
1947: Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947: Camille Paglia, American author and critic
1946: Richard Collinge, New Zealand cricketer
1946: David Heyes, English politician
1946: Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (died 2014)
1946: Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (died 1997)
1945: Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter
1945: Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver
1945: Linda Hunt, American actress
1945: Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach
1945: Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2021)
1945: Anne Waldman, American poet
1944: Bill Malinchak, American football player
1943: Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 2022)
1943: Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (died 2007)
1943: Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (died 2017)
1943: Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Italian actor (died 2021)
1942: Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2016)
1942: Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor
1941: Dr. Demento, American radio host
1941: Sonny Throckmorton, American country singer-songwriter
1940: Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach
1940: Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (died 1981)
1940: Penelope Keith, English actress
1939: Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)
1939: Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
1939: Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1938: John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army (died 2022)
1938: Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (died 1961)
1938: Al Weis, American baseball player
1937: Dick Radatz, American baseball player (died 2005)
1936: Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer
1934: Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (died 2007)
1934: Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (died 1997)
1934: Carl Kasell, American journalist and game show host (died 2018)
1934: Richard Portman, American sound engineer (died 2017)
1934: Dovid Shmidel, Austrian-born Israeli rabbi
1933: György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author (died 2019)
1932: Edward Egan, American cardinal (died 2015)
1931: Keith Hitchins, American historian (died 2020)
1931: Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian javelin thrower (died 1986)
1930: Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor
1929: Ed Dorn, American poet and educator (died 1999)
1928: Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (died 1996)
1928: Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (died 1991)
1928: Roy Masters, English-American radio host (died 2021)
1928: David Robinson, Northern Irish horticulturist and academic (died 2004)
1927: Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier (died 2012)
1927: Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (died 2014)
1927: Rita Gam, American actress (died 2016)
1927: Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2015)
1927: Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic (died 1980)
1926: Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (died 2014)
1926: Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (died 2006)
1925: George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish author and screenwriter (died 2008)
1925: Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host (died 1987)
1924: Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (died 2004)
1923: Gloria Henry, actress (died 2021)
1923: Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (died 2015)
1923: G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author (died 2016)
1922: John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (died 2015)
1920: Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (died 2004)
1920: Jack Stokes, English animator and director (died 2013)
1920: Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982)
1919: Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier (died 1981)
1914: Alec Guinness, English actor (died 2000)
1910: Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1980)
1910: Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium (died 2002)
1908: Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (died 2003)
1907: Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower (died 1985)
1907: Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager (died 1991)
1906: Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator (died 1970)
1903: Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1987)
1902: Jan Tschichold, German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (died 1974)
1902: Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe (died 1994)
1900: Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (died 1942)
1900: Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1970)
1900: Alfred Strange, English footballer (died 1978)
1898: Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician (died 1990)
1898: Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (died 1940)
1896: Johnny Golden, American golfer (died 1936)
1891: Jack Buchanan, Scottish entertainer (died 1957)
1891: Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet (died 1976)
1891: Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa (died 1958)
1888: Neville Cardus, English cricket and music writer (died 1975)
1884: J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian (died 1958)
1875: Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (died 1940)
1875: William Donne, English cricketer and captain (died 1942)
1870: Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (died 1945)
1869: Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (died 1928)
1862: Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)
1861: Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author (died 1935)
1842: Dominic Savio, Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of Saint John Bosco (died 1857)
1841: Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (died 1926)
1840: Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist (died 1902)
1838: Léon Gambetta, French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (died 1882)
1835: Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (died 1907)
1827: William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter (died 1910)
1814: Henry L. Benning, American general and judge (died 1875)
1814: Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (died 1879)
1805: Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1875)
1798: August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic (died 1874)
1797: Samuel Bogart, Texas state legislator (died 1861)
1792: Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (died 1840)
1789: Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (died 1871)
1788: Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author (died 1862)
1788: Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (died 1848)
1755: Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician (died 1826)
1725: Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (died 1798)
1719: Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (died 1803)
1696: Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano (died 1778)
1653: Prince George of Denmark (died 1708)
1647: Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (died 1717)
1618: Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1663)
1602: Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Franciscan abbess (died 1665)
1586: Pietro Della Valle, Italian traveler (died 1652)
1565: Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (died 1599)
1545: Elisabeth of Valois (died 1568)
1473: John Corvinus, Hungarian noble (died 1504)
747: Charlemagne, Frankish king (died 814)
181: Emperor Xian of Han, Chinese emperor (died 234)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Khamtai Siphandone, Laotian politician, 4th President of Laos (born 1924)
2024: Jerry Abbott, American country music songwriter and record producer (born 1942)
2024: John Barth, American writer (born 1930)
2024: Maryse Condé, Guadeloupean novelist, critic, and playwright (born 1934)
2024: Christopher Durang, American playwright (born 1949)
2024: Larry Lucchino, American attorney and baseball executive (born 1945)
2024: John Sinclair, American poet (born 1941)
2024: Juan Vicente Pérez, Venezuelan supercentenarian (born 1909)
2022: Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian (born 1928)
2021: Simon Bainbridge, British composer (born 1952)
2017: Alma Delia Fuentes, Mexican actress (born 1937)
2016: Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book artist and illustrator (born 1929)
2016: Robert Abajyan, Armenian sergeant (born 1996)
2015: Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908)
2015: Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (born 1926)
2015: Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg (born 1954)
2014: Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (born 1938)
2013: Fred, French author and illustrator (born 1931)
2013: Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (born 1930)
2013: Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (born 1926)
2012: Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (born 1959)
2012: Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator (born 1915)
2012: Mauricio Lasansky, American graphic designer and academic (born 1914)
2011: John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1918)
2010: Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (born 1970)
2009: Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (born 1911)
2009: Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1926)
2008: Yakup Satar, Turkish World War I veteran (born 1898)
2007: Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (born 1910)
2006: Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (born 1925)
2005: Lillian O'Donnell, American crime novelist (born 1926)
2005: Pope John Paul II (born 1920)
2004: John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (born 1913)
2003: Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
2002: Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (born 1910)
2002: John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (born 1910)
2001: Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (born 1920)
1998: Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (born 1965)
1997: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (born 1910)
1995: Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
1994: Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (born 1916)
1994: Marc Fitch, British historian and philanthropist (born 1908)
1992: Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1954)
1992: Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (born 1909)
1989: Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (born 1939)
1987: Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1917)
1977: Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (born 1907)
1974: Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (born 1911)
1972: Franz Halder, German general (born 1884)
1972: Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (born 1887)
1966: C. S. Forester, English novelist (born 1899)
1954: Hoyt Vandenberg, US Air Force general (born 1899)
1953: Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (born 1885)
1948: Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (born 1907)
1942: Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (born 1862)
1936: Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (born 1860)
1933: Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (born 1872)
1930: Zewditu I of Ethiopia (born 1876)
1928: Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)
1923: Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (born 1883)
1917: Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (born 1891)
1914: Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1830)
1896: Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (born 1852)
1894: Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (born 1803)
1891: Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (born 1809)
1891: Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1823)
1872: Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (born 1791)
1865: A. P. Hill, American general (born 1825)
1845: Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (born 1763)
1827: Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (born 1776)
1817: Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (born 1740)
1803: Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (born 1721)
1801: Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (born 1761)
1791: Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (born 1749)
1787: Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1719)
1754: Thomas Carte, English historian and author (born 1686)
1747: Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (born 1684)
1742: James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (born 1675)
1720: Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1647)
1672: Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (born 1654)
1672: Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1627)
1657: Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1608)
1657: Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (born 1608)
1640: Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (born 1595)
1511: Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe, German nobleman (born 1428)
1507: Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (born 1416)
1502: Arthur, prince of Wales (born 1486)
1416: Ferdinand I, king of Aragon (born 1379)
1412: Ruy González de Clavijo, Spanish explorer and author
1335: Henry of Bohemia (born 1265)
1272: Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English husband of Sanchia of Provence (born 1209)
1244: Henrik Harpestræng, Danish botanical and medical author
1118: Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem
991: Bardas Skleros, Byzantine general
968: Yuan Dezhao, Chinese chancellor (born 891)
872: Muflih al-Turki, Turkish general
870: Æbbe the Younger, Frankish abbess
670: Hasan ibn Ali the second Shia Imam (born 624)

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