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April 30

On This Day in History

April 30

April 30 is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 245 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: $1.3 billion Powerball winner revealed by Oregon Lottery as three people splitting jackpot. The Oregon Lottery revealed the identity of the winner for the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot at a press conference Monday, which turned out to be three people sharing one winning ticket.
2021: Lottery Post now live on Instagram. Starting today, players have a whole new avenue of getting their lottery news, site updates, exciting announcements, and more through Lottery Post's official Instagram account.
2020: NJ Lottery temporarily suspends sales and drawings for 5 Card Cash due to coronavirus. The New Jersey Lottery temporarily suspended sales and drawings of its 5 Card Cash, effective Monday, May 4, 2020, due to COVID-19.
2020: State of Oregon forcing retailers to pay taxes on video lottery machines that are shut down. Hundreds of bars and restaurants already struggling to survive are now facing another financial setback. The Oregon Lottery is collecting taxes on each video lottery machine, even though the machines are shut down.
2018: Lawyer for trust claims $456.7 million Powerball lottery jackpot. A lawyer working for a trust claimed a $457 million Powerball ticket sold at a Pennsylvania convenience store, leaving state lottery officials with no details about the person or people who will get the money.
2018: Uber driver wins $140,000 after passenger tips him with lottery ticket. A Colorado Uber driver received a tip from a passenger that eventually landed him $140,000.
2015: 16 N.Y. biotech workers claim $58M Mega Millions jackpot. A group of 16 workers at a Manhattan biotech company who pooled their cash to buy Mega Millions tickets have claimed a $58 million jackpot from the March 24 drawing.
2015: Factory worker quits job after winning $12.3M UK lottery jackpot. A food factory worker and his partner both quit their jobs after the pair won a lottery jackpot worth nearly £8 million (US$12.3 million).
2014: Pennsylvania Lottery to drive profits by boosting payouts. The state House on Tuesday approved a change to the Pennsylvania Lottery that the Corbett administration says will allow it to maximize profits for senior programs by meeting consumer demand for high-payout instant tickets.
2013: Ultimate Poker to become first legal, real-money online poker site in US. On Tuesday, UltimatePoker.com is expected to launch what will become the country's first fully legal online poker site, with one major catch: it will be limited to those physically present within the state of Nevada.
2013: Decision in $5 million lottery ticket theft trial in Judge's hands. Judge Joseph Fahey said Friday he will take a few days to make his decision after closing arguments in the trial of two New York brothers accused of stealing a winning $5 million lottery ticket.
2013: Relatives fight over estate of poisoned lottery winner. The family of a Chicago businessman who died of cyanide poisoning after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot is disputing a deal he purportedly signed leaving his share of several dry cleaning stores to his wife.
2012: 48 Philly transit workers win $172M Powerball jackpot. Trains and subways might zip along a little faster in Philadelphia this week after a group of 48 transit workers hit a $172 million Powerball lottery jackpot.
2012: States up the online ante. When the U.S. Justice Department in December narrowed its interpretation of the 50-year-old Wire Act, saying it banned only sports betting and not other forms of online gambling, the decision sparked hope in state capitals that lotteries could start selling tickets online and lead a charge into online gambling.
2010: Mega Millions: $224 million lottery drawing tonight. Tonight across the United States, millions of lottery ticket holders will be hoping to match all of the Mega Millions winning numbers to win a $224 million jackpot.
2010: Mass. Lottery on track to $50 million surplus. The Massachusetts Legislature gambled a year ago that the state Lottery would generate at least $759 million in profits for local aid to cities and towns -- which is turning out to be a pretty safe bet after all.
2010: N.Y. Lottery posts record sales. The New York Lottery posted record revenue and profit in its latest fiscal year, the state announced on Thursday.
2008: Scientific Games wins Pennsylvania Lottery contract. Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf today announced that after reviewing best and final offers, the department has selected Scientific Games International Inc. to supply terminal-based game services to the Pennsylvania Lottery.
2008: Youths prefer online betting. Young adults -- a key growth sector for Canada's gambling industry -- are very interested in such "technology driven" options as online gambling, which is not yet legal in Canada, an industry conference heard yesterday.
2008: Kentucky man thought he won lottery jackpot. A Kentucky man was shocked and happy when he scratched his lottery game card, but found out later it was worth $10 instead of $100,000.
2008: Tenn. proposal for real lottery drawings withdrawn. A proposal to require the Tennessee Lottery to abandon computerized drawings has been withdrawn for the year.
2007: Newspaper analyzes Fla. Lottery education funding. This highly biased newspaper article was published in Boca Raton News on Friday, April 27. It is presented here to educate lottery players about an unfortunately common form of so-called "analysis", which in reality is nothing more than slanted opinions of certain journalists, who seek only the information that will support their narrow agenda.

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.€173 Million
US$182.05 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2022
11.$181 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2019
12.$180.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2024
13.€166 Million
US$177.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2024
14.€146.19 Million
US$173.96 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 3, 2021
15.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2013
16.$162 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2008
17.€144.16 Million
US$161.6 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2019
18.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2000
19.€141 Million
US$154.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2023
20.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2004
21.$131.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2021
22.€98 Million
US$130.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
23.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 3, 2017
24.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2016
25.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1986: angel29910
Wednesday, Apr 30, 1986
38 years old
1982: merritt42
Friday, Apr 30, 1982
42 years old
1977: THECAVES06
Saturday, Apr 30, 1977
47 years old
1973: cashmoney73
Monday, Apr 30, 1973
51 years old
1973: MrTyrone430
Monday, Apr 30, 1973
51 years old
1971: aharrell0330
Friday, Apr 30, 1971
53 years old
1970: Nechole
Thursday, Apr 30, 1970
54 years old
1968: makingmoney
Tuesday, Apr 30, 1968
56 years old
1968: strengthinnumb
Tuesday, Apr 30, 1968
56 years old
1965: afstyle
Friday, Apr 30, 1965
59 years old
1965: purpose
Friday, Apr 30, 1965
59 years old
1960: Shalom
Saturday, Apr 30, 1960
64 years old
1960: vlmicheals
Saturday, Apr 30, 1960
64 years old
1959: k4you
Thursday, Apr 30, 1959
65 years old
1957: Journey421
Tuesday, Apr 30, 1957
67 years old
1954: thomsol
Friday, Apr 30, 1954
70 years old
1953: md2020
Thursday, Apr 30, 1953
71 years old
1949: LUINIS
Saturday, Apr 30, 1949
75 years old
1948: lottery player
Friday, Apr 30, 1948
76 years old
1947: Playagain
Wednesday, Apr 30, 1947
77 years old
: Miss G
(year not provided)
: TXLotto214
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
2012: An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 103 people.
2009: Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
2009: Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.
2008: Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
2004: U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers committing war crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
2000: Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
1999: Neo-Nazi David Copeland carries out the last of his three nail bombings in London at the Admiral Duncan gay pub, killing three people and injuring 79 others.
1994: Formula One racing driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash during the qualifying session of the San Marino Grand Prix run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari outside Imola, Italy.
1993: CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
1982: The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India.
1980: Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
1980: The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
1979: Eruption of Mount Marapi: Mount Marapi, a complex volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, erupted. 80 up to 100 people were killed.
1975: Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.
1973: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon fires White House Counsel John Dean; other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, resign.
1963: The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
1961: K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
1957: Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
1956: Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
1948: In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
1947: In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
1945: World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
1945: World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,000 American and British airmen.
1943: World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
1939: The 1939-40 New York World's Fair opens.
1939: NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
1937: The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
1927: The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
1925: Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146 million plus $50 million for charity.
1905: Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
1900: Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
1897: J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
1885: Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
1871: The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
1863: A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
1838: Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
1812: The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
1803: Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
1789: On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first President of the United States.
1636: Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
1598: Juan de Oñate begins the conquest of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.
1598: Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots.
1557: Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
1513: Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
1492: Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers.
1315: Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
311: The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.

Births On This Day

2003: Emily Carey, British actress
2003: Jung Yun-seok, South Korean actor
2002: Anna Cramling, Spanish-Swedish chess player
2002: Teden Mengi, English footballer
2000: Yui Hiwatashi, Japanese singer
1999: Jorden van Foreest, Dutch chess grandmaster
1999: Krit Amnuaydechkorn, Thai actor and singer
1998: Georgina Amorós, Spanish actress
1997: Adam Ryczkowski, Polish footballer
1996: Luke Friend, English singer
1994: Chae Seo-jin, South Korean actress
1994: Wang Yafan, Chinese tennis player
1993: Dion Dreesens, Dutch swimmer
1993: Martin Fuksa, Czech canoeist
1992: Marc-André ter Stegen, German footballer
1991: Chris Kreider, American ice hockey player
1991: Travis Scott, American rapper and producer
1990: Jonny Brownlee, English triathlete
1990: Mac DeMarco, Canadian singer-songwriter
1990: Kaarel Kiidron, Estonian footballer
1990: Paula Ribó, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress
1989: Jang Wooyoung, South Korean singer and actor
1988: Andy Allen, Australian chef
1988: Sander Baart, Dutch field hockey player
1988: Ana de Armas, Cuban actress
1988: Liu Xijun, Chinese singer
1988: Oh Hye-ri, South Korean taekwondo athlete
1987: Alipate Carlile, Australian footballer
1987: Chris Morris, South African cricketer
1987: Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
1986: Dianna Agron, American actress and singer
1986: Martten Kaldvee, Estonian biathlete
1985: Brandon Bass, American basketball player
1985: Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model
1985: Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American journalist, singer, and prostitute
1984: Seimone Augustus, American basketball player
1984: Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager
1984: Risto Mätas, Estonian javelin thrower
1984: Lee Roache, English footballer
1983: Chris Carr, American football player
1983: Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
1983: Marina Tomić, Slovenian hurdler
1983: Troy Williamson, American football player
1982: Kirsten Dunst, American actress
1982: Drew Seeley, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1981: Nicole Kaczmarski, American basketball player
1981: John O'Shea, Irish footballer
1981: Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor
1981: Justin Vernon, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer
1980: Luis Scola, Argentinian basketball player
1980: Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer
1979: Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
1978: Liljay, Taiwanese singer
1977: Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
1977: Meredith L. Patterson, American technologist, journalist, and author
1976: Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter
1976: Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1976: Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player
1976: Victor J. Glover, American astronaut
1975: Johnny Galecki, American actor
1974: Christian Tamminga, Dutch athlete
1973: Leigh Francis, English comedian and actor
1972: Takako Tokiwa, Japanese actress
1969: Warren Defever, American bass player and producer
1969: Justine Greening, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
1969: Paulo Jr., Brazilian bass player
1967: Phil Chang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
1967: Philipp Kirkorov, Bulgarian-born Russian singer, composer and actor
1967: Turbo B, American rapper
1966: Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1966: Dave Meggett, American football player and coach
1965: Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower
1965: Adrian Pasdar, American actor
1964: Tony Fernandes, Malaysian-Indian businessman, co-founded Tune Group
1964: Ian Healy, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1964: Lorenzo Staelens, Belgian footballer and manager
1964: Abhishek Chatterjee, Indian actor
1963: Andrew Carwood, English tenor and conductor
1963: Michael Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
1961: Arnór Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
1961: Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1960: Geoffrey Cox, English lawyer and politician
1960: Kerry Healey, American academic and politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1959: Stephen Harper, Canadian economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
1958: Charles Berling, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1957: Wonder Mike, American rapper and songwriter
1956: Lars von Trier, Danish director and screenwriter
1955: Nicolas Hulot, French journalist and environmentalist
1955: David Kitchin, English lawyer and judge
1955: Pradeep Sarkar, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 2023)
1955: Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian writer and screenwriter
1954: Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
1954: Kim Darroch, English diplomat, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union
1954: Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer
1953: Merrill Osmond, American singer and bass player
1952: Jacques Audiard, French director and screenwriter
1952: Jack Middelburg, Dutch motorcycle racer (d. 1984)
1949: Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager
1949: António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations
1949: Karl Meiler, German tennis player (d. 2014)
1948: Wayne Kramer, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (d. 2024)
1948: Pierre Pagé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1948: Margit Papp, Hungarian athlete
1947: Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic
1947: Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947: Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager
1947: Mats Odell, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets
1946: King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
1946: Bill Plympton, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
1946: Don Schollander, American swimmer
1945: J. Michael Brady, British radiologist
1945: Annie Dillard, American novelist, essayist, and poet
1945: Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2001)
1945: Michael J. Smith, American pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986)
1944: Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (d. 2014)
1944: Jill Clayburgh, American actress (d. 2010)
1943: Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (d. 2011)
1943: Bobby Vee, American pop singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1942: Sallehuddin of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah
1941: Stavros Dimas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
1941: Max Merritt, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2020)
1940: Jeroen Brouwers, Dutch journalist and writer
1940: Michael Cleary, Australian rugby player and politician
1940: Ülo Õun, Estonian sculptor (d. 1988)
1940: Burt Young, American actor and painter (d. 2023)
1938: Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (d. 2012)
1938: Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter (d. 2023)
1938: Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter
1937: Tony Harrison, English poet and playwright
1934: Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
1934: Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)
1933: Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, English politician
1930: Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist and philosopher (d. 1992)
1928: Hugh Hood, Canadian author and academic (d. 2000)
1928: Orlando Sirola, Italian tennis player (d. 1995)
1926: Shrinivas Khale, Indian composer (d. 2011)
1926: Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian (d. 2021)
1925: Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)
1925: Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1960)
1924: Sheldon Harnick, American lyricist (d. 2023)
1924: Uno Laht, Estonian KGB officer and author (d. 2008)
1923: Percy Heath, American bassist (d. 2005)
1923: Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (d. 2004)
1922: Anton Murray, South African cricketer (d. 1995)
1921: Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (d. 2014)
1920: Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver and pilot (d. 1994)
1920: Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian and woman's history author (d. 2013)
1920: Tom Moore, British army officer and fundraiser (d. 2021)
1917: Bea Wain, American singer (d. 2017)
1916: Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (d. 2003)
1916: Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer (d. 2001)
1916: Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
1914: Charles Beetham, American middle-distance runner (d. 1997)
1914: Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (d. 2008)
1910: Levi Celerio, Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 2002)
1909: F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor and educator (d. 1992)
1909: Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1908: Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
1908: Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic professor of law and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1970)
1908: Frank Robert Miller, Canadian air marshal and politician (d. 1997)
1905: Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
1902: Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1901: Simon Kuznets, Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1900: Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (d. 1984)
1897: Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1896: Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist (d. 1972)
1896: Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company (d. 1996)
1895: Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (d. 1960)
1893: Harold Breen, Australian public servant (d. 1966)
1893: Joachim von Ribbentrop, German soldier and politician, 14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1946)
1888: John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic (d. 1974)
1884: Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
1883: Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author (d. 1923)
1883: Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer (d. 1947)
1880: Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist (d. 1967)
1879: Richárd Weisz, Hungarian Olympic champion wrestler (d. 1945)
1878: Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (d. 1948)
1877: Léon Flameng, French cyclist (d. 1917)
1877: Alice B. Toklas, American memoirist (d. 1967)
1876: Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (d. 1937)
1874: Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author (d. 1949)
1870: Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (d. 1948)
1870: Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1944)
1869: Hans Poelzig, German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus (d. 1936)
1866: Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist (d. 1936)
1865: Max Nettlau, German historian and academic (d. 1944)
1857: Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (d. 1940)
1857: Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (d. 1920)
1848: Eugène Simon, French naturalist (d. 1924)
1829: Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (d. 1884)
1803: Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (d. 1879)
1799: Joseph Dart, American businessman and entrepreneur (d. 1879)
1777: Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1855)
1770: David Thompson, English-Canadian cartographer and explorer (d. 1857)
1758: Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician (d. 1802)
1723: Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (d. 1806)
1710: Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
1664: François Louis, Prince of Conti (d. 1709)
1662: Mary II of England (d. 1694)
1651: Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint (d. 1719)
1623: François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop and saint (d. 1708)
1553: Louise of Lorraine (d. 1601)
1504: Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter (d. 1570)
1425: William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (d. 1482)
1383: Anne of Gloucester, English countess, granddaughter of King Edward III of England (d. 1438)
1331: Gaston III, Count of Foix (d. 1391)
1310: King Casimir III of Poland (d. 1368)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Jock Zonfrillo, Scottish television presenter and chef (b. 1976)
2022: Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1946)
2022: Mino Raiola, Italian football agent (b. 1967)
2021: Anthony Payne, English composer (b. 1936)
2020: Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer and composer (b. 1940)
2020: Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor, film director and producer (b. 1952)
2019: Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (b. 1944)
2017: Belchior, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1946)
2016: Daniel Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1921)
2016: Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939)
2015: Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
2014: Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (b. 1919)
2014: Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (b. 1946)
2014: Carl E. Moses, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
2014: Ian Ross, Australian journalist (b. 1940)
2013: Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1937)
2013: Shirley Firth, Canadian skier (b. 1953)
2013: Viviane Forrester, French author and critic (b. 1925)
2012: Tomás Borge, Nicaraguan poet and politician, co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (b. 1930)
2012: Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (b. 1985)
2012: Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (b. 1958)
2012: Benzion Netanyahu, Russian-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1910)
2011: Dorjee Khandu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1955)
2011: Evald Okas, Estonian painter (b. 1915)
2011: Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist, author, and painter (b. 1911)
2009: Henk Nijdam, Dutch cyclist (b. 1935)
2008: Juancho Evertsz, Dutch Antillean politician (b. 1923)
2007: Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
2007: Tom Poston, American actor, comedian, and game show panelist (b. 1921)
2007: Gordon Scott, American film and television actor (b. 1926)
2006: Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (b. 1924)
2006: Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author and academic (b. 1925)
2005: Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1918)
2003: Mark Berger, American economist and academic (b. 1955)
2003: Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
2002: Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (b. 1928)
2000: Poul Hartling, Danish politician, 36th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1914)
1998: Nizar Qabbani, Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (b. 1926)
1995: Maung Maung Kha, Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)
1994: Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
1994: Richard Scarry, American author and illustrator (b. 1919)
1993: Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
1989: Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
1986: Robert Stevenson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
1983: George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
1983: Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
1983: Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (b. 1897)
1982: Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (b. 1949)
1980: Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1898)
1974: Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
1973: Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)
1972: Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
1970: Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)
1970: Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
1956: Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
1953: Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
1945: Eva Braun, German photographer and office and lab assistant, wife of Adolf Hitler (b. 1912)
1945: Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German politician and author, dictator of Nazi Germany (b. 1889)
1943: Eddy Hamel, American footballer (b. 1902)
1943: Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
1943: Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
1939: Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
1936: A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
1926: Bessie Coleman, American pilot (b. 1892)
1910: Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)
1903: Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
1900: Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (b. 1864)
1891: Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)
1883: Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
1879: Emma Smith, American religious leader (b. 1804)
1875: Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
1870: Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792)
1865: Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (b. 1805)
1863: Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)
1847: Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)
1841: Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (b. 1758)
1806: Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758)
1795: Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (b. 1716)
1792: John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1718)
1758: François d'Agincourt, French organist and composer (b. 1684)
1736: Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (b. 1668)
1733: Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (b. 1676)
1712: Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (b. 1633)
1696: Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (b. 1640)
1672: Marie of the Incarnation, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Ursulines of Quebec (b. 1599)
1660: Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1576)
1655: Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
1637: Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (b. 1571)
1632: Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
1632: Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (b. 1566)
1550: Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (b. 1516)
1544: Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1488)
1524: Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
1439: Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (b. 1382)
1341: John III, duke of Brittany (b. 1286)
1305: Roger de Flor, Italian military adventurer (b. 1267)
1131: Adjutor, French knight and saint
1063: Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1010)
1030: Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (b. 971)
1002: Eckard I, German nobleman
783: Hildegard of the Vinzgau, Frankish queen
535: Amalasuntha, Ostrogothic queen and regent
125: An, Chinese emperor (b. 94)
AD 65: Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)

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