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April 24

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April 24

April 24 is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 251 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Look-alike actor from movie inspires Michigan man to buy lottery ticket, wins $500,000. A Michigan man won $500,000 in the lottery after identifying with an actor look-alike, whose character bought a lottery ticket in a movie.
2023: Maryland man wins third $50,000 Pick 5 lottery prize in less than a year using same numbers. A Maryland man won his third $50,000 top prize in the Maryland Lottery's Pick 5 game in less than a year while using the same set of numbers each time.
2021: Australian couple hid $100,000 lottery ticket in a safe for eight months. A man and a woman from Australia purposefully waited eight months to collect their $100,000 prize and kept their winning ticket hidden away in a safe before making the claim.
2020: Texas Lottery sales surge amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In an announcement on Tuesday afternoon, the Texas Lottery revealed that sales of scratch-off tickets surged to $112 million from the previous week's sales of $95 million.
2020: Masks: The new lottery. A new sort of lottery is brewing in Japan. Electronics manufacturer Sharp Corp. has adopted a new method of selling its popular face masks — via a lottery.
2019: Canada lotteries changing biggest games to computerized drawings. Starting mid-May, players of Canada's two largest multi-province lottery games will no longer be able to rely on real lottery ball drawings to choose the winning numbers.
2019: GOP bill would keep Wisconsin lottery winners secret. Two Republican lawmakers are introducing a bill that would allow lottery winners in Wisconsin to remain anonymous.
2017: Trial set to start for 3 people charged in $2M Hoosier Lottery scam case. A jury trial is scheduled to start Monday in the case of three people accused of trying to bilk the Hoosier Lottery out of $2 million.
2017: Pennsylvania eyes leap to internet for casinos, lottery. Facing huge deficits, Pennsylvania could become the first state to allow both its casinos and lottery to take its games online in a quest for money from new and younger players.
2017: Study: Seven Ohio residents won the lottery more than 100 times. An analysis of an Ohio Lottery database reveals that seven Ohio residents have won the state lottery more than 100 times in the last three years.
2015: 3 face charges in Indiana Lottery scam. Three people redeemed a fraudulent Hoosier Lottery ticket worth $2 million, buying a home and several vehicles with the money before police caught on to the scam, court documents allege.
2014: $2 million Hoosier Lottery winner has to give ex-wife $50,000. A man who won $2 million in the Hoosier Lottery while separated from his wife has to give her only 2.5 percent of the winnings, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
2014: New Mexico woman wins lottery twice in two weeks. A New Mexico woman is on a lucky streak, winning two major scratch-off prizes in the past two weeks.
2014: Chicago man wins lottery three times in three weeks. A Chicago man won the same lottery game three times in three weeks, officials announced Wednesday.
2013: Emotions run hot in NY brothers' $5M lottery ticket trial. By the time the trial of two New York brothers accused of stealing a $5 million lottery ticket finished its third day, emotions had run so hot that the trial judge decided to call it a day.
2012: Virginia woman wins $1 million lottery twice in the same day. Winning the lottery once in a lifetime is pretty lucky. Winning the lottery twice in the same day? Virginia Fike is one of the few people that can describe that feeling.
2009: Maryland lottery pays out big in Pick 4 game. The Thursday Pick 4 midday drawing results of 1-0-2-0 paid out more than $1.5 million in prizes, according to the Maryland Lottery.
2008: Californians to get a full year to claim Mega Millions lottery prizes. Californians who keep their winning Mega Millions lottery tickets in their sock drawers will soon get an additional six months to dig them out and cash them in.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$434.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2022
2.$297 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2021
3.$282 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2016
4.$228 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2024
5.$212 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2019
6.€193.5 Million US$206.33 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2022
7.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2010
8.$174 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2020
9.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2012
10.€142.46 Million
US$169.53 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2021
11.€138 Million
US$168.66 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2018
12.€151 Million
US$161.69 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2024
13.€142.21 Million
US$158.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2019
14.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2018
15.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2009
16.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2019
17.€137 Million
US$146.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2022
18.$144 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2008
19.$130.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2024
20.€112 Million
US$123.16 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2023
21.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2013
22.$108 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2016
23.$104 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2021
24.$103 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2004
24.$103 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2013

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Niccole2010
Friday, Apr 24, 1992
32 years old
1989: imaginewin21
Monday, Apr 24, 1989
35 years old
1983: Lilmo
Sunday, Apr 24, 1983
41 years old
1977: MaLaJa
Sunday, Apr 24, 1977
47 years old
1974: karpetkleaner
Wednesday, Apr 24, 1974
50 years old
1968: jeannieg1968
Wednesday, Apr 24, 1968
56 years old
1966: rteague
Sunday, Apr 24, 1966
58 years old
1966: moon101
Sunday, Apr 24, 1966
58 years old
1964: Margarethgustav
Friday, Apr 24, 1964
60 years old
1956: Fausto
Tuesday, Apr 24, 1956
68 years old
1955: kalan2125
Sunday, Apr 24, 1955
69 years old
: sysp34
(year not provided)
: karinda
(year not provided)
: pete63
(year not provided)
: froger1
(year not provided)
: Play2Win
(year not provided)
: ree'
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2013: A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,129 people and injuring 2,500 others.
2013: Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people.
2011: WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak.
2006: Bombings in the Egyptian resort city of Dahab kill 23 people and injure 80.
2005: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
2004: The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
1996: In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
1994: A Douglas DC-3 ditches in Botany Bay after takeoff from Sydney Airport. All 25 people on board survive.
1993: An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
1990: STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
1990: Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
1980: Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
1970: China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
1970: The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
1967: Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
1967: Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily".
1965: Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
1963: Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
1957: Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
1955: The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
1953: Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
1944: World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
1933: Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
1932: Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
1926: The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
1924: Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term).
1922: The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
1918: World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
1916: Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
1916: Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
1915: The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide.
1914: The Franck-Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
1913: The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
1895: Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
1885: American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
1877: Russo-Turkish War: Russian Empire declares war on Ottoman Empire.
1837: The great fire in Surat city of India caused more than 500 deaths and destruction of more than 9,000 houses.
1800: The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
1793: French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris.
1704: The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
1558: Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris.
1547: Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
1183 BC: Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes, among others.
1479 BC: Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).

Births On This Day

2002: Olivia Gadecki, Australian tennis player
1999: Jerry Jeudy, American football player
1998: Ryan Newman, American actress
1997: Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
1997: Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
1996: Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
1994: Jordan Fisher, American singer, dancer, and actor
1994: Caspar Lee, British-South African Youtuber
1993: Ben Davies, Welsh international footballer
1992: Joe Keery, American actor
1992: Laura Kenny, English cyclist
1992: Jack Quaid, American actor
1991: Sigrid Agren, French-Swedish model
1991: Morgan Ciprès, French figure skater
1991: Batuhan Karadeniz, Turkish footballer
1990: Kim Tae-ri, South Korean actress
1990: Jan Veselý, Czech basketball player
1989: Elīna Babkina, Latvian basketball player
1989: David Boudia, American diver
1989: Taja Mohorčič, Slovenian tennis player
1987: Ben Howard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987: Kris Letang, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Rein Taaramäe, Estonian cyclist
1987: Jan Vertonghen, Belgian international footballer
1987: Varun Dhawan, Indian actor
1986: Aaron Cunningham, American baseball player
1985: Mike Rodgers, American sprinter
1983: Hanna Melnychenko, Ukrainian heptathlete
1982: Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter, talk show host
1982: David Oliver, American hurdler
1982: Simon Tischer, German volleyball player
1981: Taylor Dent, American tennis player
1981: Yuko Nakanishi, Japanese swimmer
1980: Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
1980: Karen Asrian, Armenian chess player (d. 2008)
1978: Diego Quintana, Argentine footballer
1977: Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1977: Diego Placente, Argentine footballer
1976: Hedda Berntsen, Norwegian skier
1976: Steve Finnan, Irish international footballer
1976: Frédéric Niemeyer, Canadian tennis player and coach
1975: Marte Mjøs Persen, Norwegian politician
1975: Dejan Savić, Yugoslavian and Serbian water polo player
1974: Eric Kripke, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1974: Stephen Wiltshire, English illustrator
1973: Gabby Logan, English gymnast, television and radio host
1973: Damon Lindelof, American screenwriter and producer
1973: Brian Marshall, American bass player and songwriter
1973: Eric Snow, American basketball player and coach
1973: Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
1973: Toomas Tohver, Estonian footballer
1973: Lee Westwood, English golfer
1972: Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
1972: Chipper Jones, American baseball player
1972: Jure Košir, Slovenian skier and singer
1971: Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lankan cricketer and umpire
1971: Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1969: Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
1969: Rory McCann, Scottish actor
1969: Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish academic and politician
1968: Aidan Gillen, Irish actor
1968: Todd Jones, American baseball player
1968: Roxanna Panufnik, English composer
1968: Hashim Thaçi, Kosovan soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Kosovo
1967: Dino Rađa, Croatian basketball player
1967: Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach
1966: Pierre Brassard, Canadian comedian and actor
1966: Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
1966: David Usher, English-Canadian singer-songwriter
1965: Jeff Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1964: Helga Arendt, German sprinter (d. 2013)
1964: Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian, actor, and producer
1964: Djimon Hounsou, Beninese-American actor and producer
1964: Witold Smorawiński, Polish guitarist, composer, and educator
1963: Paula Frazer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963: Billy Gould, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1963: Mano Solo, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2010)
1962: Clemens Binninger, German politician
1962: Stuart Pearce, English footballer, coach, and manager
1962: Steve Roach, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1961: Andrew Murrison, English physician and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
1959: Paula Yates, British-Australian television host and author (d. 2000)
1958: Brian Paddick, English police officer and politician
1957: Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-English businessman and politician
1956: James A. Winnefeld, Jr., American admiral
1955: Marion Caspers-Merk, German politician
1955: John de Mol Jr., Dutch businessman, co-founded Endemol
1955: Eamon Gilmore, Irish trade union leader and politician, 25th Tánaiste of Ireland
1955: Margaret Moran, British politician and criminal
1955: Guy Nève, Belgian race car driver (d. 1992)
1955: Michael O'Keefe, American actor
1955: Bill Osborne, New Zealand rugby player
1954: Mumia Abu-Jamal, American journalist, activist, and convicted murderer
1954: Jack Blades, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1953: Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer
1952: Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
1952: Ralph Winter, American film producer
1951: Ron Arad, Israeli architect and academic
1951: Christian Bobin, French author and poet
1951: Nigel Harrison, English bass player and songwriter
1951: Enda Kenny, Irish educator and politician, 13th Taoiseach of Ireland
1950: Rob Hyman, American singer-songwriter and musician
1949: Eddie Hart, American sprinter
1949: Véronique Sanson, French singer-songwriter and producer
1948: Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2013)
1948: Eliana Gil, Ecuadorian-American psychiatrist, therapist, and author
1947: Josep Borrell, Spanish engineer and politician, 22nd President of the European Parliament
1947: João Braz de Aviz, Brazilian cardinal
1947: Claude Dubois, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947: Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician
1947: Roger D. Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1946: Doug Christie, Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2013)
1946: Phil Robertson, American hunter and television personality
1945: Doug Clifford, American drummer and songwriter
1944: Peter Cresswell, English judge
1944: Maarja Nummert, Estonian architect
1944: Tony Visconti, American record producer, musician and singer
1943: Richard Sterban, American country and gospel bass singer
1943: Gordon West, English footballer (d. 2012)
1942: Richard M. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago
1942: Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, activist, and producer
1941: Richard Holbrooke, American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2010)
1941: John Williams, Australian-English guitarist and composer
1940: Sue Grafton, American author (d. 2017)
1937: Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2001)
1936: David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto
1936: Jill Ireland, English actress (d. 1990)
1934: Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (d. 2015)
1934: Shirley MacLaine, American actress, singer, and dancer
1931: Abdelhamid Kermali, Algerian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1931: Bridget Riley, English painter and illustrator
1930: Jerome Callet, American instrument designer, educator, and author (d. 2019)
1930: Richard Donner, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2021)
1930: José Sarney, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 31st President of Brazil
1929: Dr. Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (d. 2006)
1928: Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2020)
1928: Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (d. 2008)
1928: Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (d. 2012)
1927: Josy Barthel, Luxembourgian runner and politician, Luxembourgian Minister for Energy (d. 1992)
1926: Marilyn Erskine, American actress
1926: Thorbjörn Fälldin, Swedish farmer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 2016)
1925: Franco Leccese, Italian sprinter (d. 1992)
1924: Clement Freud, German-English radio host, academic, and politician (d. 2009)
1924: Ruth Kobart, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
1923: Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2005)
1923: Doris Burn, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
1922: Marc-Adélard Tremblay, Canadian anthropologist and academic (d. 2014)
1920: Gino Valenzano, Italian race car driver (d. 2011)
1919: David Blackwell, American mathematician and academic (d. 2010)
1919: Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (d. 2013)
1916: Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2002)
1914: William Castle, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1914: Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991)
1914: Justin Wilson, American chef and author (d. 2001)
1913: Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
1912: Ruth Osburn, American discus thrower (d. 1994)
1908: Marceline Day, American actress (d. 2000)
1908: Inga Gentzel, Swedish runner (d. 1991)
1908: Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (d. 1963)
1907: Gabriel Figueroa, Mexican cinematographer (d. 1997)
1906: William Joyce, American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster (d. 1946)
1906: Mimi Smith, English nurse (d. 1991)
1905: Al Bates, American long jumper (d. 1999)
1905: Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (d. 1989)
1904: Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator (d. 1997)
1903: José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the Falange (d. 1936)
1900: Elizabeth Goudge, English author and educator (d. 1984)
1899: Oscar Zariski, Russian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1986)
1897: Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican colonel and politician, 45th President of Mexico (d. 1955)
1897: Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist, anthropologist, and engineer (d. 1941)
1889: Stafford Cripps, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1952)
1889: Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and academic (d. 1924)
1888: Pe Maung Tin, Burma-based scholar and educator (d. 1973)
1887: Denys Finch Hatton, English hunter (d. 1931)
1885: Thomas Cronan, American triple jumper (d. 1962)
1885: Con Walsh, Irish-Canadian hammer thrower and footballer (d. 1961)
1882: Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish-English air marshal (d. 1970)
1880: Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper (d. 1954)
1880: Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist (d. 1964)
1879: Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian-American circus performer (d. 1984)
1878: Jean Crotti, Swiss-French painter (d. 1958)
1876: Erich Raeder, German admiral (d. 1960)
1868: Sandy Herd, Scottish golfer (d. 1944)
1862: Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist (d. 1957)
1860: Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (d.1935)
1856: Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (d. 1951)
1845: Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1829: Luisa Cappiani, Austrian soprano, educator and essayist (d. 1919)
1823: Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (d. 1889)
1815: Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (d. 1882)
1784: Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1860)
1743: Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom (d. 1823)
1718: Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator (d. 1784)
1706: Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1780)
1620: John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (d. 1674)
1608: Gaston, Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV of France (d. 1660)
1581: Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (d. 1660)
1562: Xu Guangqi, Ming Dynasty Chinese politician, scholar and lay Catholic leader (d. 1633)
1545: Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, English Earl (d. 1581)
1538: Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (d. 1587)
1533: William I of Orange, founding father of the Netherlands (d. 1584)
1532: Thomas Lucy, English politician (d. 1600)
1492: Sabina of Bavaria, Bavarian duchess and noblewoman (d. 1564)
1086: Ramiro II of Aragon (d. 1157)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Andrew Woolfolk, American saxophonist (b. 1950)
2017: Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (b. 1928)
2016: Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (b. 1930)
2015: Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1922)
2014: Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934)
2014: Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948)
2014: Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1968)
2014: Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)
2011: Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philanthropist (b. 1926)
2008: Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (b. 1921)
2006: Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)
2006: Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (b. 1914)
2005: Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (b. 1924)
2005: Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
2004: José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (b. 1923)
2004: Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (b. 1906)
2003: Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1910)
2002: Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908)
2001: Josef Peters, German racing driver (b. 1914)
2001: Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (b. 1928)
1997: Allan Francovich, American director and producer (b. 1941)
1997: Pat Paulsen, American comedian and activist (b. 1927)
1997: Eugene Stoner, American engineer, designed the AR-15 rifle (b. 1922)
1995: Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (b. 1903)
1993: Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and activist (b. 1917)
1993: Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher and theorist (b. 1917)
1986: Wallis Simpson, American socialite, Duchess of Windsor (b. 1896)
1984: Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (b. 1891)
1983: Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist, psychologist, and academic (b. 1938)
1983: Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver (b. 1943)
1982: Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (b. 1896)
1980: Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (b. 1904)
1976: Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (b. 1890)
1974: Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (b. 1895)
1972: Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
1970: Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
1968: Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
1967: Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (b. 1927)
1967: Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1885)
1966: Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)
1965: Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
1964: Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (b. 1895)
1962: Milt Franklyn, American composer (b. 1897)
1961: Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1888)
1960: Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
1954: Guy Mairesse, French racing driver (b. 1910)
1948: Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (b. 1863)
1947: Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
1947: Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1873)
1945: Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
1944: Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)
1942: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
1941: Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
1939: Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
1938: George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
1935: Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
1931: David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
1924: G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
1891: Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
1889: Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
1852: Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
1794: Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
1779: Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
1748: Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
1731: Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
1692: Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (b. 1633)
1656: Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
1622: Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
1617: Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)
1513: Şehzade Ahmet, Ottoman prince (b. 1465)
1479: Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet (b. 1440)
1338: Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat (b. 1291)
1288: Gertrude of Austria (b. 1226)
1149: Petronille de Chemillé, abbess of Fontevrault
624: Mellitus, saint and archbishop of Canterbury

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