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April 27

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April 27

April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 248 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: VIDEO: Is a Nevada Lottery in the cards?. A bill proposing a Nevada lottery has passed the Assembly vote, making it the farthest a lottery bill has ever progressed in the state.
2022: Florida lottery winner of $1 million prize wants only one thing with winnings. A Florida veteran wants to spend his prize money on one big item after scooping up $1 million on a Florida Lottery scratch-off, but he'll have a lot left over.
2021: Michigan man who lost everything in a flood wins $2 million. A Michigan man turned his life around when he won a $2 million top prize from a scratch-off a year after he lost everything in a flood.
2021: Irish lawmakers look to crack down on private lotteries. Talks of tighter controls in the lottery and gaming industry to prevent bookies and commercial gambling operations from managing their own private lotteries are starting to ramp up in Ireland's Senate.
2020: Inside look at the mysterious booklet every Australian lottery jackpot winner receives. Apart from mind-boggling good luck, there's one thing all division one lottery winners have in common — one humble brochure that gets mailed to every winner in Australia.
2020: Cratering lottery revenue is bad luck for NJ state worker pensions. There's a new cause for concern about New Jersey's chronically underfunded public-worker pension funds — sagging state Lottery revenues.
2017: College students audition to become a Lottery announcer. Nine students from several Rhode Island colleges gathered at Twin River Casino Wednesday night to audition for jobs reading the Daily Numbers and Wild Money numbers for the Rhode Island Lottery.
2017: Vermont paying $8,000 per month on unused lottery machines. Since last June, 25 lottery machines leased by the state of Vermont have gathered cobwebs in storage — unplugged and unused — at a cost of $8,000 a month.
2017: Long Island friends win $8.3M lottery jackpot. Two longtime friends from Lido Beach, New York, won $8.3 million in the Lotto drawing on March 18, the New York State Gaming Commission announced Wednesday.
2016: New Mexico Lottery celebrates 20 years in operation. The New Mexico Lottery is celebrating its 20th anniversary, unveiling a special logo and rewarding players with extra rewards points.
2015: Canadian lottery winner fighting to remain anonymous. The winner of a $50 million lottery who waited a year to collect the prize and has still not been named more than a month later is fighting for the right to remain anonymous.
2015: Meet the man who pays out UK lottery jackpots. Ever wondered how lottery winners are paid their money or who looks after them?
2014: Undercover officers catch store clerks keeping winning lottery tickets. Since 2009, the North Carolina Education Lottery has teamed up with local authorities for what they call a "Player Protection Campaign," aimed at caching cheating lottery clerks.
2010: Indiana man says store cost him $11.5M lottery jackpot. A 70-year-old retired chemist is suing a convenience store chain for more than $11.5 million, claiming its employees cheated him out of a large jackpot by refusing to sell him a lottery ticket.
2010: Lottery winner forgets wife's birthday. After Robert McIntosh win £4.4 million (US$6.75 million) in the Lottery, his wife expected a lavish birthday present -- but had to settle for a card.
2009: National Lottery win turned couple into benefits cheats, says judge. Brian and Wendy Rushin had lived "blameless lives" until they won the money in 2002 and became "misers".
2005: Missouri couple's lottery prize is 10-times what they expected. A St. Louis couple who went to the Missouri Lottery office to claim what they thought was a $130,000 prize ended becoming a whole lot richer than they thought they would be.
2005: Illinois man claims $37.5 million Lotto jackpot. A co-owner of Wagner Hunting and Fishing in Freeport, Illinois is a lot richer after claiming a $37.5 million Illinois Lotto jackpot.
2005: Texas lottery legislation seeks to ensure state's share of revenue. One Texas legislator is trying to make sure that Texas government doesn't run afoul of gambling's basic truism: The house always wins.
2005: Bulger victims seek share of lottery jackpot. In the decade since South Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger fled to avoid federal racketeering charges, the fight over who cashes in on his $1.9 million share of a Massachusetts lottery jackpot has been nearly as intense as the hunt for the fugitive.
2005: N.C. lottery bill may be changed in the Senate. A special North Carolina Senate committee will meet today to hash out the details of the lottery bill sent to them from the House.
2004: Iowa Lottery adds machines resembling slot machines at taverns. The Iowa Lottery will begin distributing 4,000 video pull-tab machines which resemble slot machines to taverns and fraternal clubs in the next few weeks.
2004: House approves strict rules for Colorado Lottery. Legislation designed to prevent conflicts of interest at the Colorado Lottery passed a key hurdle Monday and will likely soon land on the governor's desk.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$473.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 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.$257 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
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Apr 30, 2024
5.$229 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2019
6.€194.68 Million US$204.61 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
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Apr 28, 2022
7.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
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Apr 27, 2010
8.$186 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
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Apr 28, 2020
9.$181 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
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Apr 28, 2009
10.€166 Million
US$177.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2024
11.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2018
12.€143.72 Million
US$171.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2021
13.€158 Million
US$166.67 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2022
14.$166 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
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Apr 27, 2019
15.$162 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
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Apr 30, 2008
16.€142.21 Million
US$158.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2019
17.$151.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
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Apr 27, 2024
18.€128 Million
US$141.32 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
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Apr 28, 2023
19.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
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Apr 27, 2013
20.€98 Million
US$130.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
21.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
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Apr 28, 2004
22.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2016
23.$116.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2021
24.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2013
25.$113 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1982: Tjackson0427
Tuesday, Apr 27, 1982
42 years old
1980: toosexxy26
Sunday, Apr 27, 1980
44 years old
1979: brionnaluv
Friday, Apr 27, 1979
45 years old
1979: Lovemyks
Friday, Apr 27, 1979
45 years old
1974: janelg504
Saturday, Apr 27, 1974
50 years old
1974: Rainbow
Saturday, Apr 27, 1974
50 years old
1968: JADELottery
Saturday, Apr 27, 1968
56 years old
1965: ferguson
Tuesday, Apr 27, 1965
59 years old
1962: ralisabush
Friday, Apr 27, 1962
62 years old
1961: Kirksanders5361
Thursday, Apr 27, 1961
63 years old
1948: Super8
Tuesday, Apr 27, 1948
76 years old

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict.
2012: At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
2011: The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
2007: Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
2007: Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
2006: Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
2005: Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight.
1994: South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
1993: Most of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
1992: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
1992: Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
1992: The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1989: The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1987: The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
1986: The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl disaster.
1978: John Ehrlichman, a former aide to U.S. President Richard Nixon, is released from the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, Arizona, after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
1978: The Saur Revolution begins in Afghanistan, ending the following morning with the murder of Afghan President Mohammed Daoud Khan and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
1978: Willow Island disaster: In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are killed when a cooling tower under construction collapses at the Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island, West Virginia.
1976: Thirty-seven people are killed when American Airlines Flight 625 crashes at Cyril E. King Airport in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
1974: 109 people are killed in a plane crash near Pulkovo Airport.
1967: Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
1953: Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
1945: World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken.
1945: World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
1941: World War II: German troops enter Athens.
1936: The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
1927: Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
1911: The Second Canton Uprising took place in Guangzhou, Qing China but was suppressed.
1909: Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
1906: The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
1861: American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
1813: War of 1812: American troops capture York, the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.
1805: First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' Hymn).
1667: Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register.
1650: The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
1595: The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world
1565: Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
1539: Official founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (nowadays Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
1521: Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapulapu.
1509: Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
1296: First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.
711: Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
395: Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.
247: Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ludi saeculares.

Births On This Day

1999: Peter Hola, Australian rugby league player
1997: Josh Onomah, English footballer
1995: Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player
1994: Corey Seager, American baseball player
1992: Keenan Allen, American football player
1991: Isaac Cuenca, Spanish footballer
1991: Lara Gut, Swiss skier
1990: Austin Dillon, American race car driver
1990: Trude Raad, Norwegian deaf track and field athlete
1989: Lars Bender, German footballer
1989: Sven Bender, German footballer
1989: Dmytro Kozban, Ukrainian footballer
1988: Joeri Dequevy, Belgian footballer
1988: Lizzo, American singer and rapper
1988: Kris Thackray, English footballer
1988: Semyon Varlamov, Russian ice hockey player
1987: Taylor Chorney, American ice hockey player
1987: Elliott Shriane, Australian speed skater
1987: William Moseley, English actor
1987: Wang Feifei, Chinese singer and actress
1986: Jenna Coleman, English actress
1986: Hayley Mulheron, Scottish netball player
1986: Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player
1985: José António de Miranda da Silva Júnior, Brazilian footballer
1985: Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopian runner
1984: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Daniel Holdsworth, Australian rugby league player
1984: Patrick Stump, American musician, singer, and songwriter
1983: Ari Graynor, American actress and producer
1983: Martin Viiask, Estonian basketball player
1982: François Parisien, Canadian cyclist
1982: Alexander Widiker, German rugby player
1981: Joey Gathright, American baseball player
1981: Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedish footballer
1980: Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
1980: Talitha Cummins, Australian journalist
1980: Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
1979: Will Boyd, American bass player
1979: Natasha Chokljat, Australian netball player
1979: Vladimir Kozlov, Ukrainian wrestler
1976: Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist
1976: Sally Hawkins, English actress
1976: Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
1976: Faisal Saif, Indian director, screenwriter, and critic
1975: Rabih Abdullah, American football player
1975: Chris Carpenter, American baseball player and manager
1975: Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player
1975: Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper
1974: Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player
1974: Richard Johnson, Australian footballer
1973: Duško Adamović, Serbian footballer
1973: Sharlee D'Angelo, Swedish bass player and songwriter
1973: Sébastien Lareau, Canadian tennis player
1972: Nigel Barker, English photographer and author
1972: Almedin Civa, Bosnian footballer and coach
1971: Olari Elts, Estonian conductor
1969: Cory Booker, African-American lawyer and politician
1969: Darcey Bussell, English ballerina
1968: Dana Milbank, American journalist and author
1967: Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
1967: Tommy Smith, Scottish saxophonist, composer, and educator
1967: Erik Thomson, Scottish-New Zealand actor
1967: Jason Whitlock, American football player and journalist
1966: Peter McIntyre, Australian cricketer
1966: Yoshihiro Togashi, Japanese illustrator
1965: Anna Chancellor, English actress
1963: Russell T Davies, Welsh screenwriter and producer
1962: Ángel Comizzo, Argentinian footballer and manager
1962: Seppo Räty, Finnish javelin thrower and coach
1962: Im Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter
1962: Andrew Selous, English soldier and politician
1961: Andrew Schlafly, American lawyer and activist, founded Conservapedia
1960: Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959: Sheena Easton, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
1959: Marco Pirroni, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1957: Willie Upshaw, American baseball player and manager
1956: Bryan Harvey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
1956: Jeff Probyn, English rugby player, coach, and manager
1955: Gudrun Berend, German hurdler (d. 2011)
1955: Eric Schmidt, American engineer and businessman
1954: Frank Bainimarama, Fijian commander and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Fiji
1954: Herman Edwards, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1954: Mark Holden, Australian singer, actor, and lawyer
1953: Arielle Dombasle, French-American actress and model
1952: Larry Elder, American lawyer and talk show host
1952: George Gervin, American basketball player
1952: Ari Vatanen, Finnish race car driver and politician
1951: Ace Frehley, American guitarist and songwriter
1950: Jaime Fresnedi, Filipino politician
1950: Paul Lockyer, Australian journalist (d. 2011)
1949: Grant Chapman, Australian businessman and politician
1948: Frank Abagnale Jr., American security consultant and criminal
1948: Josef Hickersberger, Austrian footballer, coach, and manager
1948: Kate Pierson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1947: G. K. Butterfield, African-American soldier, lawyer, and politician
1947: Nick Greiner, Hungarian-Australian politician, 37th Premier of New South Wales
1947: Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
1947: Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
1947: Ann Peebles, American soul singer-songwriter
1946: Franz Roth, German footballer
1945: Martin Chivers, English footballer and manager
1945: Jack Deverell, English general
1945: Helen Hodgman, Scottish-Australian author
1945: Terry Willesee, Australian journalist and television host
1945: August Wilson, American author and playwright (d. 2005)
1944: Michael Fish, English meteorologist and journalist
1944: Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer (d. 2017)
1944: Herb Pedersen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943: Helmut Marko, Austrian race car driver and manager
1942: Ruth Glick, American author
1942: Jim Keltner, American drummer
1941: Fethullah Gülen, Turkish preacher and theologian
1941: Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist
1941: Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
1939: Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (d. 2015)
1939: Stanisław Dziwisz, Polish cardinal
1938: Earl Anthony, American bowler and sportscaster (d. 2001)
1938: Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
1937: Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992)
1937: Robin Eames, Irish Anglican archbishop
1937: Richard Perham, English biologist and academic (d. 2015)
1936: Geoffrey Shovelton, English singer and illustrator (d. 2016)
1935: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1935: Ron Morris, American pole vaulter and coach
1933: Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert, English police officer and politician, Lord Lieutenant for Greater London (d. 2017)
1932: Anouk Aimée, French actress
1932: Pik Botha, South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 8th South African Ambassador to the United States (d. 2018)
1932: Casey Kasem, American disc jockey, radio celebrity, and voice actor; co-created American Top 40 (d. 2014)
1932: Chuck Knox, American football coach (d. 2018)
1932: Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
1932: Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999)
1931: Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist and educator (d. 2021)
1929: Nina Ponomaryova, Russian discus thrower and coach (d. 2016)
1927: Coretta Scott King, African-American activist and author (d. 2006)
1927: Joe Moakley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2001)
1926: Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (d. 2016)
1926: Basil A. Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 59th Secretary of State of New York (d. 2014)
1926: Alan Reynolds, English painter and educator (d. 2014)
1925: Derek Chinnery, English broadcaster (d. 2015)
1924: Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (d. 2013)
1923: Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Seminole chief (d. 2011)
1922: Jack Klugman, American actor (d. 2012)
1922: Sheila Scott, English nurse and pilot (d. 1988)
1921: Robert Dhéry, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1920: Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)
1920: Mark Krasnosel'skii, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
1920: James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2010)
1920: Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet and translator (d. 2010)
1918: Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist (d. 2008)
1917: Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 2001)
1916: Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)
1916: Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002)
1913: Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (d. 2004)
1913: Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (d. 2012)
1913: Luz Long, German long jumper and soldier (d. 1943)
1912: Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (d. 2001)
1912: Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
1911: Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009)
1911: Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter and footballer (d. 1965)
1910: Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (d. 1988)
1906: Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (d. 1966)
1905: John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter (d. 1986)
1904: Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (d. 1972)
1904: Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician (d. 1973)
1902: Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist (d. 1942)
1900: August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (d. 1989)
1899: Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor (d. 1994)
1898: Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1962)
1896: Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1963)
1896: William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (d. 1978)
1896: Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon (d. 1937)
1894: George Petty, American painter and illustrator (d. 1975)
1894: Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1995)
1893: Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (d. 1946)
1893: Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1939)
1891: Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1953)
1888: Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (d. 1917)
1887: Warren Wood, American golfer (d. 1926)
1882: Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet (d. 1961)
1880: Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1958)
1875: Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer (d. 1960)
1866: Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (d. 1916)
1861: William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian (d. 1948)
1857: Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1914)
1853: Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (d. 1914)
1850: Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician (d. 1921)
1848: Otto, King of Bavaria (d. 1916)
1840: Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator (d. 1911)
1822: Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)
1820: Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1903)
1812: William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (d. 1886)
1812: Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (d. 1883)
1791: Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code (d. 1872)
1788: Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist, and writer (d. 1863)
1759: Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (d. 1797)
1755: Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1836)
1748: Adamantios Korais, Greek-French philosopher and scholar (d. 1833)
1718: Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American surveyor and lawyer (d. 1790)
1701: Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (d. 1773)
1654: Charles Blount, English deist and philosopher (d. 1693)
1650: Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Queen Consort of Denmark (1670-1699) (d. 1714)
1593: Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal empress buried at the Taj Mahal (d. 1631)
1564: Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (d. 1632)
1556: François Béroalde de Verville, French writer (d. 1626)
1468: Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (d. 1503)
85 BC: Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Roman politician and general (d. 43 BC)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Jerry Springer, American politician and actor (b. 1944)
2022: Liao Guoxun, Chinese politician (b. 1963)
2021: Manoj Das, Indian writer (b. 1934)
2017: Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (b. 1946)
2017: Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1938)
2015: Gene Fullmer, American boxer (b. 1931)
2015: Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (b. 1926)
2015: Alexander Rich, American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (b. 1924)
2014: Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (b. 1929)
2014: Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
2014: Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
2014: Harry Firth, Australian race car driver and manager (b. 1918)
2013: Aída Bortnik, Argentinian screenwriter (b. 1938)
2013: Lorraine Copeland, Scottish archaeologist (b. 1921)
2013: Antonio Díaz Jurado, Spanish footballer (b. 1969)
2013: Jérôme Louis Heldring, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1917)
2013: Aloysius Jin Luxian, Chinese bishop (b. 1916)
2013: Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician, Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1948)
2012: Daniel E. Boatwright, American soldier and politician (b. 1930)
2012: Bill Skowron, American baseball player (b. 1930)
2011: Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (b. 1935)
2009: Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1914)
2009: Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (b. 1983)
2009: Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (b. 1939)
2007: Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
2006: Julia Thorne, American author (b. 1944)
2005: Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909)
2002: George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)
2002: Ruth Handler, American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (b. 1916)
1999: Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1922)
1999: Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
1999: Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (b. 1914)
1998: John Bassett, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1915)
1998: Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (b. 1925)
1998: Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (b. 1907)
1998: Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (b. 1924)
1996: William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1920)
1996: Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1995: Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (b. 1911)
1995: Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1921)
1992: Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (b. 1908)
1992: Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1927)
1989: Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (b. 1894)
1988: Fred Bear, American hunter and author (b. 1902)
1977: Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1973: Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914)
1972: Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (b. 1909)
1970: Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (b. 1896)
1969: René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)
1967: William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
1965: Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
1962: A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
1961: Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
1952: Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)
1949: Benjamin Faunce, American druggist and businessman (b. 1873)
1938: Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)
1937: Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
1936: Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
1932: Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
1915: John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
1915: Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
1896: Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
1893: John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
1882: Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
1873: William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
1813: Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (b. 1779)
1782: William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (b. 1710)
1702: Jean Bart, French admiral (b. 1651)
1695: John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1640)
1694: John George IV, Elector of Saxony (b. 1668)
1656: Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1596)
1613: Robert Abercromby, Scottish priest and missionary (b. 1532)
1607: Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Governor of Lecale (b. 1560)
1605: Pope Leo XI (b. 1535)
1599: Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)
1521: Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese sailor and explorer (b. 1480)
1463: Isidore of Kiev (b. 1385)
1404: Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1342)
1403: Maria of Bosnia, Countess of Helfenstein (b. 1335)
1353: Simeon of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
1321: Nicolò Albertini, Italian cardinal statesman (b. c. 1250)
1272: Zita, Italian saint (b. 1212)
1160: Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (b. 1081)
630: Ardashir III of Persia (b. 621)

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