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April 29

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April 29

April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 246 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Factory workers share $80.4 million Lotto Max prize, largest payout in Canadian lottery history. Two friends made Canadian Lottery history last week when they split $80.4 million (US$59 million) in Lotto Max winnings, officially making it the largest lottery payout in the nation.
2022: VIDEO: How are lottery jackpots calculated?. In Lottery Post's latest video, we break down how lotteries calculate jackpots and cash value amounts and answer a bunch of questions we regularly receive about how lottery jackpots work.
2021: UPDATE: New Jersey Lottery restores Fast Play sales following glitch. The New Jersey Lottery today announced that sales for its Fast Play family of games will be restored this evening after a software issue forced ticket sales offline and provided details regarding compensation for affected tickets.
2019: Lottery-scamming brothers avoid asset seizures by transferring property to their mother. Two brothers who were behind the largest lottery scam in U.S. history and owe more than $2.3 million in unpaid restitution and court fees recently transferred several properties they owned to their mother.
2016: Lottery winner wins again with $1M scratch ticket at lottery headquarters. A Medford, Massachusetts, man cashing in a $1,000 scratch ticket won another $1 million after he stopped to buy another ticket in the lobby of the Massachusetts State Lottery's Braintree headquarters.
2014: Players snapping up Mass. Lottery's new $30 tickets. The Massachusetts State Lottery, following the lead of a handful of other states, has rolled out new scratch tickets at a significantly higher price -- $30 a pop -- saying there is a market for more costly games with the chance of bigger winnings.
2014: Minn. Gov. says lottery needs time to end online games. The Minnesota legislature may soon vote to strip the state lottery's ability to sell tickets online, and the Governor is unlikely to stand in the way of the prohibition.
2011: GREAT DAD: Gives $400K lottery ticket to daughter. A Savannah, Georgia, dad can expect more than a tie for Father's Day after giving his daughter a winning lottery ticket worth $400,000.
2011: Lottery ticket worth $1M purchased in tornado-ravaged N.C. neighborhood. Someone purchased a Powerball ticket worth $1 million from a convenience store on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh, North Carolina, in a part of the city wracked by a tornado.
2010: Amid family tragedies, man wins $1M lottery jackpot. Reeling from the loss of his wife to cancer last month and the earlier death of his son in a construction accident, an Iowa man found a spot of brightness this week by cashing in a $1 million lottery ticket.
2009: Georgia Lottery holds first Weekly WinFall drawing. The Georgia Lottery held the first of 11 Weekly WinFall drawings, combining the big payout of a raffle game with the drawings of a weekly draw game.
2009: $220 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot soars. Lottery jackpot hunters will have a big target this Friday night, when a $220 million jackpot is up from grabs in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game.
2007: Lawsuit challenges N.C. Lottery. An esoteric argument under way in the courts over the North Carolina lottery -- Is a part of each ticket a tax or is the state just making a profit? -- could have an effect that's easy to understand: No more lottery. The N.C. Court of Appeals will hear arguments in three weeks.
2005: Mega Millions to change lottery game's game and prize structure. When California becomes the 12th state in which the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game is played, players across the country will see changes that will make it even more exciting.
2005: Winners of $208 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot step forward. Ralph and Mary Stebbins of Port Huron, Michigan have always wanted to travel, so they're using part of their third-largest-ever Mega Millions jackpot to buy a recreational vehicle.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $145 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $145 million, with a cash option of $76.3 million.
2004: Ohio Man Wins $22 Million Lottery Jackpot. A retired aircraft industry worker from Columbus, Ohio was the sole ticketholder of a winning $22 million Super Lotto Plus jackpot earleir this month, the Ohio Lottery announced Wednesday.
2004: S.C. lottery machines crash on drawing day. Some North Carolina lottery players hoping to cash in on South Carolina's Powerball lottery walked away with nothing Wednesday after the state's lottery buying network went down.
2004: Florida man claims $1 million Mega Money prize. An Estero, Florida man has beaten the odds - 1 in 2,986,522 to be exact - to win the Florida Lottery's $1 million Mega Money jackpot.
2004: Ontario mulling lottery tax. Ontario's finance minister is opposed to a scheme to tax lottery and gambling winnings.
2004: Tennessee retailers reluctant to pay lottery prizes in cash. Rebecca Paul, CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp., said she is concerned because retailers do not want to pay out lottery prizes in cash.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$319 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2021
2.$314 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2016
3.$257 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2024
4.$229 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2019
5.$225 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
6.$224 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2010
7.€196.06 Million US$206.71 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2022
8.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2020
9.$195 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 2, 2018
10.€156.88 Million
US$183.6 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2026
11.$181 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2019
12.$178 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2026
13.€166 Million
US$177.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2024
14.€144.89 Million
US$172.42 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2021
15.€158 Million
US$166.67 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2022
16.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2013
17.$164.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2024
18.$162 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2008
19.€143.21 Million
US$159.98 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2019
20.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2000
21.€141 Million
US$154.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2023
22.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2004
23.$143.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2026
24.$131.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2021
25.€98 Million
US$130.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: mama1988
Friday, Apr 29, 1988
38 years old
1986: stayfluid24
Tuesday, Apr 29, 1986
40 years old
1982: Atteari
Thursday, Apr 29, 1982
44 years old
1979: JordanT1021
Sunday, Apr 29, 1979
47 years old
1979: love2gamble
Sunday, Apr 29, 1979
47 years old
1979: MARGIEN
Sunday, Apr 29, 1979
47 years old
1978: Platinum-Ent
Saturday, Apr 29, 1978
48 years old
1978: TIKASHA69
Saturday, Apr 29, 1978
48 years old
1976: white-money
Thursday, Apr 29, 1976
50 years old
1975: funkboogie75
Tuesday, Apr 29, 1975
51 years old
1974: APRIL29$
Monday, Apr 29, 1974
52 years old
1965: mygoodness
Thursday, Apr 29, 1965
61 years old
1963: cats135
Monday, Apr 29, 1963
63 years old
1962: Bug
Sunday, Apr 29, 1962
64 years old
1962: Taurus$
Sunday, Apr 29, 1962
64 years old
1958: Bud3253
Tuesday, Apr 29, 1958
68 years old
1956: OHIO
Sunday, Apr 29, 1956
70 years old
: atlready
(year not provided)
: tkr333
(year not provided)
: zephbe
(year not provided)
: tonia29
(year not provided)
: ganut10
(year not provided)
: toniab
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
2013: A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
2011: The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.
2004: The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production.
1997: The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
1992: Riots in Los Angeles begin, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
1991: A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.
1991: The 7.0 M_w  Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.
1986: A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
1986: The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.
1986: An assembly of Sikhs, known as a Sarbat Khalsa, officially declared independence for a state of Khalistan.
1985: Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on STS-51-B.
1975: Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end. This happens after the Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base.
1975: Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese Army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnam-held Trường Sa Islands.
1974: Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
1970: Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.
1967: After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
1953: The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
1952: Pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil, killing 50 people.
1946: The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
1945: World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.
1945: World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.
1945: World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.
1945: Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
1916: World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
1916: Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
1911: Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
1910: The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
1903: A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
1864: Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
1862: American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
1862: American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth begins as Union forces under General Henry Halleck moves to engage Confederate forces led by General P. G. T. Beauregard.
1861: Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
1826: The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop.
1781: American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
1770: James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
1760: French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British.
1521: Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.
1492: The Crown's decision to expel the Jews is announced in Zaragoza, Aragon, to the kingdom's procurators.
1483: Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.
1429: Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.
1091: Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
801: An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura.

Births On This Day

2007: Mirra Andreeva, Russian tennis player
2007: Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess
2006: Xochitl Gomez, American actress
2005: Aarón Anselmino, Argentine footballer
2002: Sinja Kraus, Austrian tennis player
2001: Danilo, Brazilian footballer
1999: Mateo Retegui, Argentine-Italian footballer
1998: Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player
1998: Mallory Pugh, American soccer player
1997: Lucas Tousart, French footballer
1996: Katherine Langford, Australian actress
1994: Christina Shakovets, German tennis player
1992: Alina Rosenberg, German paralympic equestrian
1991: Adam Smith, English footballer
1991: Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress
1991: Misaki Doi, Japanese tennis player
1990: James Faulkner, Australian cricketer
1990: Chris Johnson, American basketball player
1989: Candace Owens, American political commentator and activist
1989: Domagoj Vida, Croatian footballer
1988: Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer
1988: Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian athlete
1988: Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player
1988: Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer
1987: Rob Atkinson, English footballer
1987: Sara Errani, Italian tennis player
1987: Andre Russell, Jamaican cricketer
1986: Byun Yo-han, South Korean actor
1986: Lee Chae-young, South Korean actress
1984: Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer
1984: Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player
1983: Megan Boone, American actress
1983: Jay Cutler, American football player
1983: Sam Jones III, American actor
1981: George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
1980: Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
1980: Bre Blair, Canadian actress
1979: Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer
1979: Jo O'Meara, English pop singer
1978: Bob Bryan, American tennis player
1978: Mike Bryan, American tennis player
1978: Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician
1978: Tyler Labine, Canadian actor and comedian
1977: Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player
1977: Claus Jensen, Danish international footballer and manager
1977: David Sullivan, American film and television actor
1976: Micol Ostow, American author, editor and educator
1976: God Shammgod, American basketball player and coach
1975: Garrison Starr, American singer-songwriter and producer
1975: April Telek, Canadian actress
1970: Andre Agassi, American tennis player
1970: Uma Thurman, American actress
1969: Paul Adelstein, American actor and writer
1968: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Croatian politician and diplomat, 4th President of Croatia
1966: Christian Tetzlaff, German violinist
1965: Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic
1965: Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (died 2017)
1964: Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1964: Lúðvík Bergvinsson, Icelandic politician
1963: Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962: Polly Samson, English novelist, lyricist and journalist
1960: Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author and academic
1958: Kevin Moore, English footballer (died 2013)
1958: Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
1958: Eve Plumb, American actress
1957: Daniel Day-Lewis, British actor
1957: Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Samoan politician, 7th Prime Minister of Samoa
1957: Joseph Morelle, American politician
1955: Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (died 2022)
1955: Kate Mulgrew, American actress
1954: Mo Brooks, American attorney and politician
1954: Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor and producer
1953: Bill Drummond, British musician
1952: Geraldine Doogue, Australian journalist and television host
1952: Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian
1952: Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach
1952: Dave Valentin, American flautist (died 2017)
1951: Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (died 2001)
1951: Jon Stanhope, Australian politician
1950: Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (died 2013)
1950: Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer
1950: Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician
1948: Edith Brown Clement, American judge
1947: Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1947: Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster
1947: Jim Ryun, American runner and politician
1946: Rodney Frelinghuysen, American politician and lobbyist
1945: Hugh Hopper, English bass guitarist (died 2009)
1945: Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist
1945: Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter (died 1970)
1944: Francis Lee, English footballer and businessman (died 2023)
1943: Duane Allen, American country singer
1943: Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, English union leader and politician (died 2018)
1943: Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech, English lawyer and academic
1942: Dick Chrysler, American politician
1942: Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic
1941: Hanne Darboven, German painter (died 2009)
1940: George Adams, American musician (died 1992)
1940: Peter Diamond, American economist
1939: Klaus Rinke, German artist (died 2026)
1938: Steven Bach, American writer, businessman and educator (died 2009)
1938: Bernie Madoff, American businessman, financier and convicted felon (died 2021)
1937: Jill Paton Walsh, English author (died 2020)
1936: Zubin Mehta, Indian conductor
1936: Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 2020)
1936: Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (died 1972)
1936: Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist (died 2024)
1935: Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
1934: Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player
1934: Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde
1933: Ed Charles, American baseball player and coach (died 2018)
1933: Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (died 2015)
1933: Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor
1932: David Tindle, English painter and educator
1932: Dmitry Zaikin, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (died 2013)
1931: Frank Auerbach, German-British painter (died 2024)
1931: Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
1931: Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (died 2014)
1930: Jean Rochefort, French actor and director (died 2017)
1929: Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (died 2007)
1929: Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (died 2014)
1929: April Stevens, American singer (died 2023)
1929: Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (died 2015)
1929: Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (died 2014)
1928: Carl Gardner, American singer (died 2011)
1928: Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic (died 2017)
1927: Dorothy Manley, English sprinter (died 2021)
1927: Bill Slater, English footballer (died 2018)
1926: Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (died 2009)
1925: John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (died 2007)
1925: Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (died 2007)
1924: Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress (died 2020)
1923: Irvin Kershner, American actor, director and producer (died 2010)
1922: Parren Mitchell, American politician (died 2007)
1922: Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (died 2016)
1920: Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (died 1996)
1920: Harold Shapero, American composer (died 2013)
1919: Gérard Oury, French actor, director and screenwriter (died 2006)
1918: George Allen, American football player and coach (died 1990)
1917: Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (died 1961)
1917: Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (died 2012)
1915: Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (died 1997)
1912: Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1977)
1909: Tom Ewell, American actor (died 1994)
1908: Jack Williamson, American author and academic (died 2006)
1907: Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (died 1997)
1901: Hirohito, Japanese emperor (died 1989)
1900: Amelia Best, Australian politician (died 1979)
1899: Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer and bandleader (died 1974)
1899: Mary Petty, American illustrator (died 1976)
1898: E. J. Bowen, British physical chemist (died 1980)
1895: Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic (died 1970)
1895: Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer and conductor (died 1967)
1894: Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic (died 1970)
1893: Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
1891: Edward Wilfred Taylor, British businessman (died 1980)
1888: Michael Heidelberger, American immunologist (died 1991)
1887: Robert Cushman Murphy, American ornithologist (died 1973)
1885: Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (died 1948)
1882: Auguste Herbin, French painter (died 1960)
1882: Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (died 1945)
1880: Adolf Chybiński, Polish historian, musicologist and academic (died 1952)
1879: Thomas Beecham, English conductor (died 1961)
1875: Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (died 1950)
1872: Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (died 1930)
1872: Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (died 1952)
1863: Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (died 1933)
1863: William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (died 1951)
1863: Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary (died 1922)
1854: Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist and engineer (died 1912)
1848: Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic (died 1906)
1847: Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, composer and conductor (died 1907)
1842: Carl Millöcker, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1899)
1837: Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1891)
1818: Alexander II of Russia (died 1881)
1810: Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author (died 1892)
1784: Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (died 1850)
1783: David Cox, English landscape painter (died 1859)
1780: Charles Nodier, French librarian and author (died 1844)
1762: Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1833)
1758: Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (died 1820)
1745: Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (died 1807)
1727: Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer (died 1810)
1667: John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath (died 1735)
1665: James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1745)
1636: Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer (died 1679)
1587: Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (died 1635)
1469: William II, Landgrave of Hesse (died 1509)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Padma Desai, Indian-American development economist (born 1931)
2022: Joanna Barnes, American actress and writer (born 1934)
2021: Cate Haste, English author (born 1945)
2020: Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (born 1967)
2020: Guido Münch, Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1921)
2019: Josef Šural, Czech footballer (born 1990)
2018: Luis García Meza, Bolivian general, 57th President of Bolivia (born 1929)
2018: Michael Martin, British politician (born 1945)
2017: R. Vidyasagar Rao, Indian bureaucrat and activist (born 1939)
2016: Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian singer (born 1925)
2016: Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1948)
2015: François Michelin, French businessman (born 1926)
2015: Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (born 1923)
2015: Calvin Peete, American golfer (born 1943)
2015: Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (born 1922)
2014: Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (born 1966)
2014: Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (born 1925)
2014: Bob Hoskins, English actor (born 1942)
2013: Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (born 1992)
2013: Pesah Grupper, Israeli politician, 13th Israel Minister of Agriculture (born 1924)
2013: John La Montaine, American pianist and composer (born 1920)
2013: Kevin Moore, English footballer (born 1958)
2013: Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (born 1990)
2012: Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Libya (born 1942)
2012: Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (born 1957)
2012: Roland Moreno. French engineer, invented the smart card (born 1945)
2012: Kenny Roberts, American singer-songwriter (born 1926)
2011: Siamak Pourzand, Iranian journalist and critic (born 1931)
2011: Joanna Russ, American writer, academic and radical feminist (born 1937)
2010: Avigdor Arikha, French-Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian (born 1929)
2008: Gordon Bradley, English-American footballer (born 1933)
2008: Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (born 1906)
2007: Josh Hancock, American baseball player (born 1978)
2007: Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (born 1940)
2007: Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (born 1944)
2006: John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (born 1908)
2005: William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (born 1927)
2005: Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (born 1924)
2004: John Henniker-Major, British diplomat and civil servant (born 1916)
2003: Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (born 1919)
2002: Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (born 1936)
2001: Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., American physicist and academic (born 1936)
2000: Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1906)
1997: Mike Royko, American journalist and author (born 1932)
1993: Michael Gordon, American actor and director (born 1909)
1993: Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter and producer (born 1946)
1992: Mae Clarke, American actress (born 1910)
1982: Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer and screenwriter (born 1907)
1980: Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (born 1899)
1979: Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (born 1892)
1979: Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (born 1907)
1978: Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (born 1913)
1968: Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (born 1877)
1968: Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident (born 1932)
1967: J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1929)
1966: William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (born 1875)
1966: Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach (born 1909)
1959: Kenneth Anderson, English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (born 1891)
1956: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (born 1876)
1951: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (born 1889)
1947: Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (born 1867)
1944: Billy Bitzer, American cinematographer (born 1872)
1944: Pyotr Stolyarsky, Soviet violinist (born 1871)
1943: Joseph Achron, Russian composer and violinist (born 1886)
1943: Ricardo Viñes, Spanish pianist (born 1875)
1937: William Gillette, American actor and playwright (born 1853)
1935: Leroy Carr, American singer, songwriter and pianist (born 1905)
1933: Clay Stone Briggs, American politician (born 1876)
1933: Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (born 1863)
1925: Ralph Delahaye Paine, American journalist and author (born 1871)
1924: Ernest Fox Nichols, American educator and physicist (born 1869)
1922: Richard Croker, Irish American political boss (born 1843)
1917: Florence Farr, British actress, composer and director (born 1860)
1916: Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (born 1850)
1905: Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (born 1847)
1903: Godfrey Carter, Australian businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of Melbourne (born 1830)
1903: Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (born 1835)
1854: Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1768)
1848: Chester Ashley, American politician (born 1790)
1833: William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (born 1756)
1776: Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (born 1713)
1768: Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (born 1694)
1707: George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (born 1678)
1676: Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (born 1607)
1658: John Cleveland, English poet and author (born 1613)
1630: Agrippa d'Aubigné, French soldier and poet (born 1552)
1594: Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (born 1517)
1380: Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic, philosopher and saint (born 1347)
1109: Hugh of Cluny, French abbot (born 1024)

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