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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

2026: DC Lottery offers compensation for players affected by computerized draw error. After Lottery Post alerted the DC Lottery to a possible error that prevented tickets from winning in three of its local draw games for weeks, the DC Lottery has announced several different forms of compensation for players who may have been impacted by the computerized drawing glitch.
2026: Michigan $733,968 Fantasy 5 jackpot winner wins again, this time a $1M Millionaire Raffle prize. As if winning part of a $733,968 jackpot in the Fantasy 5 draw game wasn't cool enough, one Michigan man won the $1 million top prize in the Michigan Lottery's Millionaire Raffle just over a year later.
2025: Massachusetts woman digs $100,000 winning lottery ticket out of junk drawer right before it expired. A Massachusetts woman dug through her junk drawer and found a $100,000 Mass Cash lottery ticket after her son informed her of a news story about an expiring ticket.
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
Draw Date
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
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2022
7.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2010
8.$186 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2020
9.€155.3 Million US$181.97 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2026
10.$181 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2009
11.€166 Million
US$177.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2024
12.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2018
13.€143.72 Million
US$171.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2021
14.€158 Million
US$166.67 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2022
15.$166 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2019
16.$163 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2026
17.$162 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2008
18.€142.21 Million
US$158.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2019
19.$151.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2024
20.€128 Million
US$141.32 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2023
21.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2013
22.$130.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2026
23.€98 Million
US$130.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
24.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2004
25.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: Muffy35
Friday, Apr 27, 1990
36 years old
1985: Anginell85$
Saturday, Apr 27, 1985
41 years old
1982: Tjackson0427
Tuesday, Apr 27, 1982
44 years old
1980: toosexxy26
Sunday, Apr 27, 1980
46 years old
1979: brionnaluv
Friday, Apr 27, 1979
47 years old
1979: Lovemyks
Friday, Apr 27, 1979
47 years old
1974: janelg504
Saturday, Apr 27, 1974
52 years old
1974: Rainbow
Saturday, Apr 27, 1974
52 years old
1972: P8ntr
Thursday, Apr 27, 1972
54 years old
1968: JADELottery
Saturday, Apr 27, 1968
58 years old
1965: ferguson
Tuesday, Apr 27, 1965
61 years old
1962: ralisabush
Friday, Apr 27, 1962
64 years old
1961: Kirksanders5361
Thursday, Apr 27, 1961
65 years old
1948: Super8
Tuesday, Apr 27, 1948
78 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 the 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" in 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.
1522: A Spanish-Imperial army defeats French-Venetian army in the battle of Bicocca. The battle marks the end of dominance of Swiss mercenaries on the battlefield and is one of the first where firearms play a decisive role.
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

2005: Mathys Tel, French footballer
2004: Arch Manning, American football player
2003: Xavier Worthy, American football player
2002: Anthony Elanga, Swedish footballer
1999: Peter Hola, Australian rugby league player
1998: Cristian Romero, Argentine footballer
1997: Jesse Ramien, Australian rugby league player
1995: Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player
1994: Corey Seager, American baseball player
1992: Keenan Allen, American football player
1991: Lara Gut, Swiss skier
1990: Austin Dillon, American race car driver
1989: Lars Bender, German footballer
1989: Sven Bender, German footballer
1988: Lizzo, American singer and rapper
1988: Semyon Varlamov, Russian ice hockey player
1987: Taylor Chorney, American ice hockey player
1987: William Moseley, English actor
1987: Wang Feifei, Chinese singer and actress
1986: Jenna Coleman, English actress
1986: Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player
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
1980: Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player
1980: Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer
1979: Vladimir Kozlov, Ukrainian actor and wrestler
1976: Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter and cellist
1976: Sally Hawkins, English actress
1976: Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer
1975: Chris Carpenter, American baseball player
1975: Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player
1975: Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper
1974: Frank Catalanotto, American baseball player
1973: Sharlee D'Angelo, Swedish bass player and songwriter
1973: Sébastien Lareau, Canadian tennis player
1972: Nigel Barker, English photographer and author
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: Siobhan Finneran, English actress
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: Dietmar Keck, Austrian politician
1957: Willie Upshaw, American baseball player and manager
1956: Bryan Harvey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
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 (died 2025)
1950: Jaime Fresnedi, Filipino politician
1950: David W. Duclon, American television writer and producer (died 2025)
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 (died 1975)
1947: Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2003)
1947: Ann Peebles, American soul singer-songwriter
1946: Franz Roth, German footballer
1945: Martin Chivers, English footballer and manager (died 2026)
1945: Terry Willesee, Australian journalist and television host
1945: August Wilson, American author and playwright (died 2005)
1944: Michael Fish, English meteorologist and journalist
1944: Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer (died 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 (died 2024)
1941: Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist
1941: Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
1939: Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (died 2015)
1939: Stanisław Dziwisz, Polish cardinal
1938: Earl Anthony, American bowler and sportscaster (died 2001)
1938: Alain Caron, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1986)
1937: Sandy Dennis, American actress (died 1992)
1937: Robin Eames, Irish Anglican archbishop
1937: Richard Perham, English biologist and academic (died 2015)
1936: Geoffrey Shovelton, English singer and illustrator (died 2016)
1935: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
1935: Ron Morris, American pole vaulter and coach (died 2024)
1933: Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert, English police officer and politician, Lord Lieutenant for Greater London (died 2017)
1932: Anouk Aimée, French actress (died 2024)
1932: Pik Botha, South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 8th South African Ambassador to the United States (died 2018)
1932: Casey Kasem, American disc jockey, radio celebrity, and voice actor; co-created American Top 40 (died 2014)
1932: Chuck Knox, American football coach (died 2018)
1932: Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (died 2015)
1932: Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-American mathematician and philosopher (died 1999)
1931: Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist and educator (died 2021)
1929: Nina Ponomaryova, Russian discus thrower and coach (died 2016)
1927: Coretta Scott King, African-American activist and author (died 2006)
1927: Joe Moakley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2001)
1926: Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (died 2016)
1926: Basil A. Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 59th Secretary of State of New York (died 2014)
1926: Alan Reynolds, English painter and educator (died 2014)
1925: Derek Chinnery, English broadcaster (died 2015)
1924: Vernon B. Romney, American lawyer and politician, 14th Attorney General of Utah (died 2013)
1923: Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Seminole chief (died 2011)
1922: Jack Klugman, American actor (died 2012)
1922: Sheila Scott, English nurse and pilot (died 1988)
1921: Robert Dhéry, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)
1920: Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (died 1956)
1920: Mark Krasnosel'skii, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (died 1997)
1920: James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2010)
1920: Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet and translator (died 2010)
1918: Sten Rudholm, Swedish lawyer and jurist (died 2008)
1917: Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (died 2001)
1916: Robert Hugh McWilliams, Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and judge (died 2013)
1916: Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (died 2002)
1913: Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (died 2004)
1913: Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (died 2012)
1913: Luz Long, German long jumper and soldier (died 1943)
1912: Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (died 2001)
1912: Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)
1911: Bruno Beger, German anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009)
1911: Chris Berger, Dutch sprinter and footballer (died 1965)
1910: Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (died 1988)
1909: Lim Bo Seng, Chinese businessman, resistance fighter of Force 136 and war hero of Singapore (died 1944)
1906: Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (died 1966)
1905: John Kuck, American javelin thrower and shot putter (died 1986)
1904: Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (died 1972)
1904: Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician (died 1973)
1902: Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté, Malian educator and activist (died 1942)
1900: August Koern, Estonian politician and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile (died 1989)
1899: Walter Lantz, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor (died 1994)
1898: Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (died 1962)
1896: Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1963)
1896: William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (died 1978)
1896: Wallace Carothers, American chemist and inventor of nylon (died 1937)
1894: George Petty, American painter and illustrator (died 1975)
1894: Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1995)
1893: Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (died 1946)
1893: Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1939)
1891: Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1953)
1888: Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (died 1917)
1887: Warren Wood, American golfer (died 1926)
1882: Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet (died 1961)
1880: Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1958)
1875: Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer (died 1960)
1866: Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (died 1916)
1861: William Arms Fisher, American composer and music historian (died 1948)
1857: Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1914)
1853: Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (died 1914)
1850: Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician (died 1921)
1848: Otto, King of Bavaria (died 1916)
1840: Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator (died 1911)
1822: Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (died 1885)
1820: Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (died 1903)
1812: William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (died 1886)
1812: Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (died 1883)
1791: Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor, co-invented the Morse code (died 1872)
1788: Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archaeologist, and writer (died 1863)
1759: Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (died 1797)
1755: Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (died 1836)
1748: Adamantios Korais, Greek-French philosopher and scholar (died 1833)
1718: Thomas Lewis, Irish-born American surveyor and lawyer (died 1790)
1701: Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia (died 1773)
1654: Charles Blount, English deist and philosopher (died 1693)
1650: Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Queen Consort of Denmark (1670-1699) (died 1714)
1593: Mumtaz Mahal, Mughal empress buried at the Taj Mahal (died 1631)
1564: Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland (died 1632)
1556: François Béroalde de Verville, French writer (died 1626)
1468: Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (died 1503)
85 BC: Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Roman politician and general (died 43 BC)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Jiggly Caliente, Filipino-American drag performer, singer and actress (born 1980)
2024: C. J. Sansom, British author (born 1952)
2023: Jerry Springer, American politician and actor (born 1944)
2022: Liao Guoxun, Chinese politician (born 1963)
2021: Manoj Das, Indian writer (born 1934)
2017: Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (born 1946)
2017: Sadanoyama Shinmatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1938)
2015: Gene Fullmer, American boxer (born 1931)
2015: Verne Gagne, American football player, wrestler, and trainer (born 1926)
2015: Alexander Rich, American biologist, biophysicist, and academic (born 1924)
2014: Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (born 1929)
2014: Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1931)
2014: Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (born 1935)
2014: Harry Firth, Australian race car driver and manager (born 1918)
2013: Aída Bortnik, Argentinian screenwriter (born 1938)
2013: Lorraine Copeland, Scottish archaeologist (born 1921)
2013: Antonio Díaz Jurado, Spanish footballer (born 1969)
2013: Jérôme Louis Heldring, Dutch journalist and author (born 1917)
2013: Aloysius Jin Luxian, Chinese bishop (born 1916)
2013: Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician, Kenyan Minister of Justice (born 1948)
2012: Daniel E. Boatwright, American soldier and politician (born 1930)
2012: Bill Skowron, American baseball player (born 1930)
2011: Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (born 1935)
2009: Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (born 1914)
2009: Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (born 1983)
2009: Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (born 1939)
2007: Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (born 1927)
2006: Julia Thorne, American author (born 1944)
2005: Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1909)
2002: George Alec Effinger, American author (born 1947)
2002: Ruth Handler, American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (born 1916)
1999: Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1922)
1999: Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian, author, and academic (born 1923)
1999: Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (born 1914)
1998: John W. H. Bassett, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1915)
1998: Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (born 1925)
1998: Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (born 1907)
1998: Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (born 1924)
1996: William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1920)
1996: Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (born 1911)
1995: Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (born 1911)
1995: Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1921)
1992: Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (born 1908)
1992: Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (born 1927)
1989: Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (born 1894)
1988: Fred Bear, American hunter and author (born 1902)
1977: Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1915)
1973: Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (born 1914)
1972: Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician, 1st President of Ghana (born 1909)
1970: Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (born 1896)
1969: René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (born 1919)
1967: William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (born 1884)
1965: Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (born 1908)
1964: Jack Critchley, Australian politician (born 1892)
1962: A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (born 1873)
1961: Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1893)
1952: Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (born 1865)
1949: Benjamin Faunce, American druggist and businessman (born 1873)
1938: Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (born 1859)
1937: Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (born 1891)
1936: Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (born 1857)
1932: Hart Crane, American poet (born 1899)
1915: John Labatt, Canadian businessman (born 1838)
1915: Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (born 1872)
1896: Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (born 1815)
1893: John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1839)
1882: Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (born 1803)
1873: William Macready, English actor and manager (born 1793)
1813: Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (born 1779)
1782: William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (born 1710)
1702: Jean Bart, French admiral (born 1651)
1695: John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1640)
1694: John George IV, Elector of Saxony (born 1668)
1656: Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1596)
1613: Robert Abercromby, Scottish priest and missionary (born 1532)
1607: Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Governor of Lecale (born 1560)
1605: Pope Leo XI (born 1535)
1599: Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (born 1538)
1521: Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese sailor and explorer (born 1480)
1463: Isidore of Kiev (born 1385)
1404: Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (born 1342)
1403: Maria of Bosnia, Countess of Helfenstein (born 1335)
1353: Simeon of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir
1321: Nicolò Albertini, Italian cardinal statesman (born c. 1250)
1272: Zita, Italian saint (born 1212)
1160: Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (born 1081)
630: Ardashir III of Persia (born 621)

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