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April 5

On This Day in History

April 5

April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 270 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2021: North Carolina Lottery celebrates 15th anniversary. On Tuesday, March 26, 2006, the North Carolina Education Lottery began selling lottery tickets. 15 years later, over $18 billion has been awarded to players in the form of prizes.
2019: Virginia lottery jackpot winners can stay anonymous, starting in July. A new law passed by the Virginia General Assembly and signed by the Governor prohibits the Virginia Lottery from disclosing information about big jackpot winners.
2018: Woman who won $1,500 in first state lottery wins $1 million 44 years later. A woman who won $1,500 in the Illinois Lottery's inaugural draw now won $1 million in the state's St. Patrick's Day Millionaire Raffle.
2016: Oregon man wins largest Keno 8-Spot prize ever. More than three months after hitting the winning numbers, a Springfield, Oregon, man has claimed a record-breaking Keno win of more than $300,000.
2015: Nine sentenced to federal prison in lottery scam. Nine people were sentenced Thursday to serve federal prison time and pay restitution for a bogus lottery scam that targeted elderly victims across the country, according to the U.S. Attorney for South Carolina Bill Nettles.
2012: N.Y. woman claims $70 million Powerball jackpot. A Hartsdale, New York, woman has hit it big with a winning $70 million lottery ticket.
2012: N.Y. man lost $100,000 in lottery scam. A Saratoga County, New York, man may have lost more than $100,000 in an international email-based scheme that used fraudulent IRS forms to dupe victims into believing they'd won a multi-million dollar lottery but needed to pay fees to collect their winnings.
2012: Penn. Lottery seeking outside help for marketing efforts. An aging population's increased demand for services and the need for stable funding for those programs sparked Gov. Tom Corbett administration's decision to seek private managers for the Pennsylvania Lottery, senior administration officials told a House oversight committee Tuesday.
2012: $17 million California lottery winner claims prize. Bakersfield, California, now knows which of its citizens won $17 million over the weekend playing the lottery.
2012: Firefighters donate lottery winnings to help colleague. A group of Albuquerque, New Mexico, firefighters who became Mega Millions winners this week said they're donating money to help save the life of one of their own.
2012: 2nd Powerball winner from Rhode Island announced. A Rhode Island woman claimed the second Powerball jackpot in that state in recent months Tuesday -- but it fell to her attorney to pose alongside the oversized lottery check.
2010: Illinois Lottery may privatize lottery to solve budget woes. The search for revenue to help fix to the state's budget woes has put a spotlight on the Illinois State Lottery.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $162 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $162 million for Friday's drawing.
2006: N.J. Cash 5 lottery player uses very lucky numbers. A Williamstown, New Jersey, woman who insists "I'm not lucky" won the New Jersey Cash 5 jackpot of $545,559 March 2 after hitting four of five numbers in the same lottery game a mind-altering 13 times in 16 months.
2006: Despite rain, N.C. lottery has a sunny start. A thunderstorm Monday might have stymied the N.C. Education Lottery leader's personal goal of selling $25 million worth of tickets in the games' first five days.
2006: NC lottery addiction hotline gets different callers than planned. Many callers to the toll-free problem gambling hot line set up for North Carolina's new lottery have sought help of another kind.
2004: GTech to buy Leeward Islands Lottery. GTech Holdings Corp., the world's largest lottery systems operator, on Monday said it would acquire a lottery operator based in the Caribbean for $40 million in cash.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $90 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $90 million Saturday.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Grows to $47 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $47 million, with a cash option of $26.1 million.
2004: $19 million winning Lotto South ticket sold in Georgia. Officials said a single ticket sold in Suwanee, Georgia matched all six numbers to win the $19 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto South drawing.
2004: Port Richey ticket wins $3 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One lucky shopper at Gulf View Square Mall matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a $3 million jackpot, lottery officials said Sunday.
2004: Paul, 3 lottery executives paid $300,000 when they quit Georgia jobs. When Rebecca Paul quit her Georgia job last fall as the nation's highest-paid lottery director to become Tennessee's lottery chief, she left with one final perk - a check for $125,139.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$414 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 7, 2023
2.$247.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 6, 2022
3.$221.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 6, 2011
4.€182.86 Million US$199.92 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 5, 2022
5.$190 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 8, 2020
5.$190 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 6, 1999
7.$184 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 6, 2021
8.$174 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 5, 2006
9.$170.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 5, 2023
10.$162 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 7, 2006
11.€132.48 Million
US$156.92 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 6, 2021
12.€124.07 Million
US$152 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 5, 2018
13.$148 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 6, 2016
14.€131.7 Million
US$147.78 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 6, 2019
15.$143 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 8, 2009
16.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 7, 2020
17.$125 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 7, 2010
18.$117 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 5, 2002
19.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 6, 2007
20.$104 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 5, 2019
21.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2020
22.€76 Million
US$93.19 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 6, 2018
23.$90 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 6, 2004
24.$86 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 5, 2005
25.$81 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 5, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: hooperm
Tuesday, Apr 5, 1994
29 years old
1984: orly30
Thursday, Apr 5, 1984
39 years old
1979: green1
Thursday, Apr 5, 1979
44 years old
1976: fairguess
Monday, Apr 5, 1976
47 years old
1975: Naks75
Saturday, Apr 5, 1975
48 years old
1974: MikeDonovan
Friday, Apr 5, 1974
49 years old
1973: Iesha Kelly
Thursday, Apr 5, 1973
50 years old
1973: prd2937
Thursday, Apr 5, 1973
50 years old
1971: numberlady
Monday, Apr 5, 1971
52 years old
1971: Tan4051
Monday, Apr 5, 1971
52 years old
1970: RicketyCat
Sunday, Apr 5, 1970
53 years old
1958: Mobile Merchant
Saturday, Apr 5, 1958
65 years old
1957: andycurry08873
Friday, Apr 5, 1957
66 years old
1953: james3919
Sunday, Apr 5, 1953
70 years old
: Diamond564
(year not provided)
: muzakjunke
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Nguyễn Xuân Phúc took office as President of Vietnam after dismissing the title of Prime Minister.
2018: Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest workplace raids in the history of the United States.
2010: Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
2009: North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
2007: The cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead.
1999: Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
1998: In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.
1992: Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
1992: Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.
1991: An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.
1977: The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip.
1976: In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
1971: In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
1969: Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
1966: During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempts to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down.
1958: Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
1956: Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
1951: Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
1949: A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
1946: Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
1946: A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
1945: Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".
1943: World War II: United States Army Air Forces bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit.
1942: World War II: Adolf Hitler issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 summarizing Case Blue, including the German Sixth Army's planned assault on Stalingrad.
1942: World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
1936: Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
1933: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
1933: Andorran Revolution: The Young Andorrans occupy the Casa de la Vall and force the government to hold democratic elections with universal male suffrage.
1932: Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
1922: The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
1910: The Transandine Railway connecting Chile and Argentina is inaugurated.
1902: A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England.
1879: Bolivia declares war on Chile, and Chile declares war on Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
1862: American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
1818: In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
1795: Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.
1792: United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
1621: The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.
1614: In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
1566: Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.
1536: Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph.
1242: During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
919: The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his army.
823: Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.

Births On This Day

2001: Thylane Blondeau, French model and actress
2000: Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Indian actor
1997: Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer
1997: Dominik Mysterio, American wrestler
1996: Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver
1996: Raouf Benguit, Algerian footballer
1995: Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player
1995: Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer
1995: Gleb Rassadkin, Belarusian footballer
1995: Sebastian Starke Hedlund, Swedish footballer
1994: Mateusz Bieniek, Polish volleyball player
1994: Edem Rjaïbi, Tunisian footballer
1994: Richard Sánchez, Mexican footballer
1993: Andreas Bouchalakis, Greek footballer
1993: Maya DiRado, American swimmer
1993: Laura Feiersinger, Austrian footballer
1993: Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player
1993: Scottie Wilbekin, American-Turkish basketball player
1992: Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
1992: Shintaro Kurumaya, Japanese footballer
1992: Kaveh Rezaei, Iranian footballer
1992: Dmytro Ryzhuk, Ukrainian footballer
1991: Yassine Bounou, Moroccan footballer
1991: Nathaniel Clyne, English footballer
1991: Adriano Grimaldi, Italian-German footballer
1991: Joël Mall, Swiss footballer
1991: Guilherme dos Santos Torres, Brazilian footballer
1990: Amer Said Al-Shatri, Omani footballer
1990: Alex Cuthbert, Welsh rugby player
1990: Patrick Dangerfield, Australian footballer
1990: Fredy Hinestroza, Colombian footballer
1990: Chen Huijia, Chinese swimmer
1990: Haruma Miura, Japanese actor and singer (d. 2020)
1990: Ismaeel Mohammad, Qatari footballer
1990: Iryna Pamialova, Belarusian canoeist
1990: Jakub Sedláček, Czech ice hockey player
1990: Sercan Yıldırım, Turkish footballer
1990: Género Zeefuik, Dutch footballer
1989: Kader Amadou, Nigerien footballer
1989: Yémi Apithy, Beninese fencer
1989: Liemarvin Bonevacia, Dutch sprinter
1989: Freddie Fox, English actor
1989: Emre Güral, Turkish footballer
1989: Justin Holiday, American basketball player
1989: Rachel Homan, Canadian curler
1989: Lily James, English actress
1989: Trevor Marsicano, American speed skater
1989: Jonathan Rossini, Swiss footballer
1989: Kiki Sukezane, Japanese actress
1989: Sosuke Takatani, Japanese wrestler
1988: Gerson Acevedo, Chilean footballer
1988: Teresa Almeida, Angolan handball player
1988: Quade Cooper, New Zealand-Australian rugby player and boxer
1988: Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby union player
1988: Gevorg Ghazaryan, Armenian footballer
1988: Alisha Glass, American ex-indoor volleyball player
1988: Vurğun Hüseynov, Azerbaijani footballer
1988: Matthias Jaissle, German footballer and manager
1988: Jon Kwang-ik, North Korean footballer
1988: Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Cypriot skier
1988: Zack Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
1988: Pape Sy, French basketball player
1988: Alexey Volkov, Russian biathlete
1987: Max Grün, German footballer
1987: Balázs Hárai, Hungarian water polo player
1987: Anton Kokorin, Russian sprint athlete
1987: Fyodor Kudryashov, Russian footballer
1987: Etiënne Reijnen, Dutch footballer
1986: Anna Sophia Berglund, American model and actress
1986: Anzor Boltukayev, Chechen wrestler
1986: Diego Chará, Colombian footballer
1986: Charlotte Flair, American wrestler, author and actress
1986: Róbert Kasza, Hungarian Modern pentathlete
1986: Eetu Muinonen, Finnish footballer
1986: Manuel Ruz, Spanish footballer
1986: Albert Selimov, Azerbaijani boxer
1985: Daniel Congré, French footballer
1985: Erwin l'Ami, Dutch chess player
1985: Jolanda Keizer, Dutch heptathlete
1985: Sergey Khachatryan, Armenian violinist
1985: Linas Pilibaitis, Lithuanian footballer
1985: Jan Smeets, Dutch chess grandmaster
1985: Kristof Vandewalle, Belgian cyclist
1984: Marshall Allman, American actor
1984: Aram Mp3, Armenian singer and comedian
1984: Rune Brattsveen, Norwegian biathlete
1984: Alexei Glukhov, Russian ice hockey player
1984: Maartje Goderie, Dutch field hockey player
1984: Darija Jurak, Croatian tennis player
1984: Dejan Kelhar, Slovenian footballer
1984: Dmitry Kozonchuk, Russian cyclist
1984: Shin Min-a, South Korean actress
1984: Jess Sum, Hong Kong actress
1984: Peter Penz, Austrian luger
1984: Samuele Preisig, Swiss footballer
1984: Cristian Săpunaru, Romanian footballer
1984: Fabio Vitaioli, San Marinese footballer
1984: Kisho Yano, Japanese footballer
1984: Saba Qamar, Pakistani actress-model
1983: Jaime Castrillón, Colombian footballer
1983: Jorge Andrés Martínez, Uruguayan footballer
1983: Brock Radunske, Canadian-South Korean ice hockey player
1983: Yohann Sangaré, French basketball player
1983: Cécile Storti, French cross-country skier
1983: Shikha Uberoi, Indian-American tennis player
1982: Hayley Atwell, English-American actress
1982: Matheus Coradini Vivian, Brazilian footballer
1982: Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
1982: Kelly Pavlik, American boxer
1982: Matt Pickens, American soccer player
1982: Alexandre Prémat, French race car driver
1982: Danylo Sapunov, Ukrainian-Kazakhstani triathlete
1982: Hubert Schwab, Swiss cyclist
1982: Marcel Seip, Dutch former footballer
1981: Matthew Emmons, American rifle shooter
1981: Michael A. Monsoor, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2006)
1981: Mariqueen Maandig, Filipino-American musician and singer-songwriter
1981: Daba Modibo Keïta, Malian taekwondo athlete
1981: Marissa Nadler, American musician
1981: Tom Riley, English actor and producer
1981: Mompati Thuma, Botswana footballer
1981: Pieter Weening, Dutch cyclist
1980: Matt Bonner, American basketball player
1980: Alberta Brianti, Italian tennis player
1980: Rafael Cavalcante, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1980: David Chocarro, Argentinian baseball player and actor
1980: Mike Glumac, Canadian ice hockey player
1980: Mario Kasun, Croatian basketball player
1980: Lee Jae-won, South Korean DJ and singer
1980: Joris Mathijsen, Dutch footballer
1980: Rasmus Quist Hansen, Danish rower
1980: Odlanier Solís, Cuban boxer
1979: Vlada Avramov, Serbian footballer
1979: Josh Boone, American screenwriter and director
1979: Song Dae-nam, South Korean judoka
1979: Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
1979: Imany, French singer
1979: Barel Mouko, Congolese footballer
1979: Cesare Natali, Italian footballer
1979: Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese footballer
1979: Alexander Resch, German luger
1979: Andrius Velička, Lithuanian footballer
1979: Dante Wesley, American football player
1979: Chen Yanqing, Chinese weightlifter
1978: Dwain Chambers, British track sprinter
1978: Marcone Amaral Costa, Qatari footballer
1978: Tarek El-Said, Egyptian footballer
1978: Jairo Patiño, Colombian footballer
1978: Sohyang, South Korean singer
1978: Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
1978: Arnaud Tournant, French cyclist
1978: Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
1978: Günther Weidlinger, Austrian long-distance runner
1977: Jonathan Erlich, Israeli tennis player
1977: Trevor Letowski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1977: Daniel Majstorović, Swedish footballer
1976: Luis de Agustini, Uruguayan footballer
1976: Péter Biros, Hungarian water polo player
1976: Sterling K. Brown, American actor
1976: Aleksei Budõlin, Estonian judoka
1976: Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
1976: Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer and coach
1976: Natascha Ragosina, Russian boxer
1976: Henrik Stenson, Swedish golfer
1976: Valeria Straneo, Italian long-distance runner
1976: Indrek Tobreluts, Estonian biathlete
1976: Anouska van der Zee, Dutch cyclist
1975: Sarah Baldock, English organist and conductor
1975: John Hartson, Welsh footballer and coach
1975: Juicy J, American rapper and producer
1975: Serhiy Klymentiev, Ukrainian ice hockey player
1975: Caitlin Moran, English journalist, author, and critic
1975: Marcos Vales, Spanish footballer
1975: Shammond Williams, American basketball player and coach
1974: Sandra Bagarić, Croatian opera singer and actress
1974: Julien Boutter, French tennis player
1974: Katja Holanti, Finnish biathlete
1974: Oleg Khodkov, Russian handball player
1974: Ariel López, Argentine footballer
1974: Lukas Ridgeston, Slovak actor and director
1974: Vyacheslav Voronin, Russian high jumper
1973: Élodie Bouchez, French-American actress
1973: Brendan Cannon, Australian rugby player
1973: Lidia Trettel, Italian snowboarder
1973: Pharrell Williams, American singer, songwriter and rapper
1972: Nima Arkani-Hamed, American-Canadian theoretical physicist
1972: Tom Coronel, Dutch race car driver
1972: Paul Okon, Australian footballer and manager
1972: Duncan Spencer, English cricketer
1972: Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and director (d. 2019)
1972: Junko Takeuchi, Japanese actress
1971: Dong Abay, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971: Krista Allen, American actress
1971: Austin Berry, Costa Rican footballer
1971: Simona Cavallari, Italian actress
1971: Victoria Hamilton, English actress
1971: Nelson Parraguez, Chilean footballer
1971: Kim Soo-nyung, South Korean archer
1970: Soheil Ayari, French race car driver
1970: Valérie Bonneton, French actress
1970: Diamond D, American hip hop producer
1970: Petar Genov, Bulgarian chess grandmaster
1970: Thea Gill, Canadian actress
1970: Miho Hatori, Japanese singer-songwriter
1970: Irina Timofeyeva, Russian long-distance runner
1969: Dinos Angelidis, Greek basketball player
1969: Viatcheslav Djavanian, Russian cyclist
1969: Pontus Kåmark, Swedish footballer
1969: Pavlo Khnykin, Ukrainian swimmer
1969: Tomislav Piplica, Bosnian footballer and manager
1969: Ravindra Prabhat, Indian writer and journalist
1968: Paula Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1967: Troy Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1967: Franck Silvestre, French footballer
1967: Erland Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
1967: Laima Zilporytė, Soviet cyclist
1966: Yoon Hyun, South Korean judoka
1966: Mike McCready, American guitarist and songwriter
1966: Peter Overton, English-Australian journalist and television host
1965: Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager
1965: Lang Tzu-yun, Taiwanese actress
1965: Elizabeth McIntyre, American freestyle skier
1965: Svetlana Paramygina, Belarusian biathlete
1964: Neil Eckersley, British judoka
1964: Vakhtang Iagorashvili, Soviet modern pentathlete
1964: Levon Julfalakyan, Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler
1964: Marius Lăcătuș, Romanian footballer and coach
1963: Arthur Adams, American comic book artist and writer
1962: Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (d. 2003)
1962: Sara Danius, Swedish scholar of literature and aesthetics (d. 2019)
1962: Richard Gough, Swedish born Scottish international footballer
1962: Arild Monsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
1962: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian businessman and politician, 1st President of Kalmykia
1961: Andrea Arnold, English filmmaker and actress
1961: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian soprano
1961: Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Bahraini-Danish human rights activist
1961: Lisa Zane, American actress and singer
1960: Asteris Koutoulas, Romanian-German record producer, manager, and author
1960: Larry McCray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960: Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1960: Hiromi Taniguchi, Japanese long-distance runner
1960: Adnan Terzić, Bosnian politician
1959: Paul Chung, Hong Kong actor and host (d. 1989)
1958: Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (d. 2021)
1958: Henrik Dettmann, Finnish basketball coach
1958: Ryoichi Kawakatsu, Japanese footballer
1958: Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player
1958: Daniel Schneidermann, French journalist
1958: Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist (d. 2009)
1957: Sebastian Adayanthrath, Indian bishop
1957: Karin Roßley, German hurdler
1956: Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler and actor
1956: Leonid Fedun, Russian businessman
1956: Reid Ribble, American politician
1955: Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress, producer, and screenwriter
1955: Ricardo Ferrero, Argentine footballer (d. 2015)
1955: Christian Gourcuff, French footballer and manager
1955: Anthony Horowitz, English author and screenwriter
1955: Bernard Longley, English prelate
1955: Akira Toriyama, Japanese illustrator
1955: Takayoshi Yamano, Japanese footballer
1954: Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist and radio host
1954: Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954: Mohamed Ben Mouza, Tunisian footballer
1954: Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954: Yoshiichi Watanabe, Japanese footballer
1953: Frank Gaffney, American journalist and radio host
1953: Keiko Han, Japanese actress
1953: Tae Jin-ah, South Korean singer
1953: Raleb Majadele, Israeli politician
1953: Ian Swales, English accountant and politician
1952: Alfie Conn, Scottish international footballer
1952: John C. Dvorak, American author and editor
1952: Sandy Mayer, American tennis player
1952: Dennis Mortimer, English footballer
1952: Mitch Pileggi, American actor
1951: Les Binks, Irish drummer and songwriter
1951: Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler
1951: Nedim Gürsel, Turkish writer
1951: Dean Kamen, American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.
1951: Dave McArtney, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1951: Ubol Ratana, Thai Princess
1950: Ann C. Crispin, American writer (d. 2013)
1950: Franklin Chang Díaz, Costa Rican-Chinese American astronaut and physicist
1950: Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1950: Toshiko Fujita, Japanese actress, singer and narrator (d. 2018)
1950: Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor
1949: Stanley Dziedzic, American wrestler
1949: Larry Franco, American film producer
1949: Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (d. 1986)
1948: Pierre-Albert Chapuisat, Swiss footballer
1948: Dave Holland, English drummer (d. 2018)
1948: Roy McFarland, English footballer and manager
1947: Đurđica Bjedov, Yugoslav swimmer
1947: Willy Chirino, Cuban-American musician
1947: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines
1947: Ramón Mifflin, Peruvian footballer
1947: Virendra Sharma, Indian-English lawyer and politician
1946: Jane Asher, English actress
1946: Julio Ángel Fernández, Uruguayan astronomer
1946: Björn Granath, Swedish actor (d. 2017)
1946: Georgi Markov, Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler
1945: Ove Bengtson, Swedish tennis player
1945: Steve Carver, American director and producer (d. 2021)
1945: Cem Karaca, Turkish musician (d. 2004)
1945: Tommy Smith, English footballer (d. 2019)
1944: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dutch actress and director
1944: János Martonyi, Hungarian politician
1944: Evan Parker, British musician
1944: Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (d. 2014)
1944: Willy Planckaert, Belgian cyclist
1944: Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico
1944: Peter T. King, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
1943: Dean Brown, Australian politician, 41st Premier of South Australia
1943: Max Gail, American actor and director
1943: Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer
1943: Miet Smet, Belgian politician
1943: Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal (d. 2018)
1942: Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter
1942: Pascal Couchepin, Swiss politician
1942: Juan Gisbert Sr., Spanish tennis player
1942: Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter
1941: Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor
1941: Dave Swarbrick, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2016)
1940: Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1940: Gilles Proulx, Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host
1939: Leka I, Crown Prince of Albania (d. 2011)
1939: Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1939: Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of Yemen
1939: Ronald White, American singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
1939: David Winters, English-American actor, choreographer and producer (d. 2019)
1938: Colin Bland, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (d. 2018)
1938: Mal Colston, Australian educator and politician (d. 2003)
1938: Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (d. 2014)
1938: Natalya Kustinskaya, Soviet actress (d. 2012)
1938: Giorgos Sideris, Greek footballer
1937: Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and author
1937: Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State (d. 2021)
1937: Andrzej Schinzel, Polish mathematician (d. 2021)
1937: Arie Selinger, Israeli volleyball player and manager
1937: Juan Vicente Lezcano, Paraguayan footballer (d. 2012)
1936: Ronnie Bucknum, American race car driver (d. 1992)
1936: Glenn Jordan, American director and producer
1936: Dragoljub Minić, Yugoslavian chess Grandmaster (d. 2005)
1935: Giovanni Cianfriglia, Italian actor
1935: Peter Grant, English talent manager (d. 1995)
1935: Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 2018)
1935: Frank Schepke, German rower (d. 2017)
1934: John Carey, English author and critic
1934: Roman Herzog, German lawyer and politician, 7th President of Germany (d. 2017)
1934: Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (d. 2014)
1934: Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2000)
1933: Feridun Buğeker, Turkish footballer (d. 2014)
1933: Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)
1933: Barbara Holland, American author (d. 2010)
1933: K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (d. 1982)
1931: Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1931: Héctor Olivera, Argentine director, producer and screenwriter
1930: Mary Costa, American singer and actress
1930: Pierre Lhomme, French director of photography (d. 2019)
1929: Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and painter (d. 2008)
1929: Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1929: Nigel Hawthorne, English actor and producer (d. 2001)
1929: Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (d. 1967)
1929: Mahmoud Mollaghasemi, Iranian wrestler
1928: Enzo Cannavale, Italian actor (d. 2011)
1928: Tony Williams, American singer (d. 1992)
1927: Thanin Kraivichien, Thai lawyer and politician
1927: Arne Hoel, Norwegian ski jumper (d. 2006)
1926: Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1926: Liang Yusheng, Chinese writer (d. 2009)
1925: Janet Rowley, American human geneticist (d. 2013)
1925: Pierre Nihant, Belgian cyclist (d. 1993)
1924: Igor Borisov, Soviet rower (d. before 2005)
1923: Ernest Mandel, German-born Belgian Marxist economist, Trotskyist activist and theorist (d. 1995)
1923: Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995)
1923: Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)
1922: Tom Finney, English footballer (d. 2014)
1922: Harry Freedman, Polish-Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (d. 2005)
1922: Andy Linden, American race car driver (d. 1987)
1922: Gale Storm, American actress and singer (d. 2009)
1921: Christopher Hewett, English actor and theatre director (d. 2001)
1920: Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001)
1920: Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian soldier and author (d. 2004)
1920: Alfonso Thiele, Turkish-Italian race car driver (d. 1986)
1920: John Willem Gran, Swedish bishop (d. 2008)
1919: Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2018)
1917: Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
1917: Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (d. 1996)
1916: Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (d. 2003)
1914: Felice Borel, Italian footballer (d. 1993)
1913: Antoni Clavé, Catalan artist (d. 2005)
1913: Nicolas Grunitzky, 2nd President of Togo (d. 1969)
1913: Ruth Smith, Faroese artist (d. 1958)
1912: Jehan Buhan, French fencer (d. 1999)
1912: Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (d. 1979)
1912: Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist (d. 1975)
1912: Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (d. 2000)
1912: Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997)
1912: John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983)
1912: István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979)
1912: Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (d. 2001)
1911: Hedi Amara Nouira, Tunisian politician (d. 1993)
1911: Johnny Revolta, American golfer (d. 1991)
1910: Sven Andersson, Swedish politician (d. 1987)
1910: Oronzo Pugliese, Italian football manager (d. 1990)
1909: Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (d. 1996)
1909: Giacomo Gentilomo, Italian film director and painter (d. 2001)
1909: Károly Sós, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1991)
1909: Erwin Wegner, German hurdler (d. 1945)
1908: Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
1908: Kurt Neumann, German director (d. 1958)
1908: Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1986)
1908: Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1989)
1907: Sanya Dharmasakti, Thai jurist (d. 2002)
1906: Albert Charles Smith, American botanist (d. 1999)
1906: Fernando Germani, Italian organist (d. 1998)
1906: Ted Morgan, New Zealand boxer (d. 1952)
1904: Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (d. 2005)
1903: Marion Aye, American actress (d. 1951)
1902: Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi (d. 1994)
1901: Curt Bois, German actor (d. 1991)
1901: Chester Bowles, American diplomat and ambassador (d. 1986)
1901: Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)
1901: Doggie Julian, American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (d. 1967)
1900: Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer (d. 1985)
1900: Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1939)
1900: Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
1899: Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic (d. 1964)
1897: Hans Schuberth, German politician (d. 1976)
1896: Einar Lundborg, Swedish aviator (d. 1931)
1895: Mike O'Dowd, American boxer (d. 1957)
1894: Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (d. 1956)
1894: Hans Hüttig, German SS officer (d. 1980)
1894: Carl Rudolf Florin, Swedish botanist (d. 1965)
1893: Frithjof Andersen, Norwegian wrestler (d. 1975)
1893: Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)
1892: Raymond Bonney, American ice hockey player (d. 1964)
1891: Arnold Jackson, English runner, soldier, and lawyer (d. 1972)
1891: Laura Vicuña, Chilean nun (d. 1904)
1890: Karl Kirk, Danish gymnast (d. 1955)
1890: William Moore, British track and field athlete (d. 1956)
1889: Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, Brazilian martial artist (d. 1981)
1887: William Cowhig, British gymnast (d. 1964)
1886: Gotthelf Bergsträsser, German linguist (d. 1933)
1886: Frederick Lindemann, British physicist (d. 1957)
1886: Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (d. 1933)
1885: Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer (d. 1978)
1884: Ion Inculeț, Bessarabian academic and politician, President of Moldova (d. 1940)
1883: Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1950)
1882: Song Jiaoren, Chinese revolutionary (d. 1913)
1882: Natalia Sedova, 2nd wife of Leon Trotsky (d. 1962)
1880: Eric Carlberg, Swedish Army officer, diplomat, shooter, fencer and modern pentathlete (d. 1963)
1880: Vilhelm Carlberg, Swedish Army officer and shooter (d. 1970)
1879: Arthur Berriedale Keith, Scottish lawyer (d. 1944)
1879: Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, German naval officer and author (d. 1956)
1878: Albert Champion, French cyclist (d. 1927)
1878: Georg Misch, German philosopher (d. 1965)
1878: Paul Weinstein, German high jumper (d. 1964)
1874: Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French Cardinal of the Catholic Church (d. 1949)
1874: Manuel María Ponce Brousset, President of Peru (d. 1966)
1873: Joseph Rheden, Austrian astronomer (d. 1946)
1872: Samuel Cate Prescott, American microbiologist and chemist (d. 1962)
1871: Stanisław Grabski, Polish economist and politician (d. 1949)
1870: Motobu Chōki, Japanese karateka (d. 1944)
1869: Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1942)
1869: Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937)
1867: Ernest Lewis, British tennis player (d. 1930)
1863: Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1950)
1862: Louis Ganne, French conductor (d. 1923)
1862: Leo Stern, English cellist (d. 1904)
1860: Harry S. Barlow, British tennis player (d. 1917)
1859: Reinhold Seeberg, German theologian (d. 1935)
1858: Washington Atlee Burpee, Canadian businessman, founded Burpee Seeds (d. 1915)
1857: Alexander of Battenberg (d. 1893)
1856: Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, essayist and historian (d. 1915)
1852: Émile Billard, French sailor (d. 1930)
1852: Walter W. Winans, American marksman and sculptor (d. 1920)
1852: Franz Eckert, German composer and musician (d. 1916)
1850: Enrico Mazzanti, Italian engineer and cartoonist (d. 1910)
1848: Thure de Thulstrup, American illustrator (d. 1930)
1848: Ulrich Wille, Swiss army general (d. 1925)
1846: Sigmund Exner, Austrian physiologist (d. 1926)
1846: Henry Wellesley, British peer and politician (d. 1900)
1845: Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, German anatomist and histopathologist (d. 1919)
1845: Jules Cambon, French diplomat (d. 1935)
1842: Hans Hildebrand, Swedish archaeologist (d. 1913)
1840: Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (d. 1911)
1839: Robert Smalls, African-American ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician (d. 1915)
1837: Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (d. 1909)
1835: Vítězslav Hálek, Czech poet, writer, journalist, dramatist and theatre critic. (d. 1874)
1834: Prentice Mulford, American humorist and author (d. 1891)
1834: Wilhelm Olbers Focke, German medical doctor and botanist (d. 1922)
1834: Frank R. Stockton, American writer and humorist (d. 1902)
1832: Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (d. 1893)
1827: Joseph Lister, English surgeon and academic (d. 1912)
1822: Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye, Belgian economist (d. 1892)
1814: Felix Lichnowsky, Czech soldier and politician (d. 1848)
1811: Jules Dupré, French painter (d. 1889)
1810: Sir Henry Rawlinson, British East India Company army officer and politician (d. 1895)
1809: Karl Felix Halm, German scholar and critic (d. 1882)
1804: Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist (d. 1881)
1801: Félix Dujardin, French biologist (d. 1860)
1801: Vincenzo Gioberti, Italian philosopher, publicist and politician (d. 1852)
1799: Jacques Denys Choisy, Swiss clergyman and botanist (d. 1859)
1795: Henry Havelock, British general (d. 1857)
1793: Casimir Delavigne, French poet and dramatist (d. 1843)
1793: Felix de Muelenaere, Belgian politician (d. 1862)
1788: Franz Pforr, German painter (d. 1812)
1784: Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1859)
1782: Wincenty Krasiński, Polish nobleman (d. 1858)
1777: Marie Jules César Savigny, French zoologist (d. 1851)
1773: José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (d. 1844)
1773: Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, (d. 1839)
1769: Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (d. 1839)
1761: Sybil Ludington, American figure of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1839)
1752: Sébastien Érard, French instrument maker (d. 1831)
1739: Philemon Dickinson, American lawyer and politician (d. 1809)
1735: Franziskus Herzan von Harras, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1804)
1732: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and etcher (d. 1806)
1730: Jean Baptiste Seroux d'Agincourt, French archaeologist and historian (d. 1814)
1729: Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1809)
1727: Pasquale Anfossi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1797)
1726: Benjamin Harrison V, American politician, planter and merchant (d. 1791)
1719: Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord Marshal of Sweden (d. 1794)
1692: Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
1691: Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1768)
1674: Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, (d. 1748)
1664: Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine, French noblewoman and Princess of Epinoy (d. 1748)
1656: Nikita Demidov, Russian industrialist (d. 1725)
1649: Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)
1622: Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1703)
1616: Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1661)
1604: Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
1595: John Wilson, English composer and educator (d. 1674)
1591: Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (d. 1634)
1588: Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)
1568: Pope Urban VIII (d. 1644)
1549: Princess Elizabeth of Sweden (d. 1597)
1539: George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1603)
1533: Giulio della Rovere, Italian Catholic Cardinal (d. 1578)
1523: Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer and diplomat (d. 1596)
1521: Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect (d. 1570)
1472: Bianca Maria Sforza, Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)
1365: William II, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1417)
1315: James III of Majorca (d. 1349)
1288: Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
1279: Al-Nuwayri, Egyptian Muslim historian (d. 1333)
1219: Wonjong of Goryeo, 24th ruler of Goryeo (d. 1274)
1170: Isabella of Hainault (d. 1190)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor (b. 1919)
2022: Jimmy Wang Yu, Taiwanese actor (b. 1943)
2021: Paul Ritter, English actor (b. 1966)
2019: Sydney Brenner, South African biologist (b. 1927)
2018: Isao Takahata, Japanese director (b. 1935)
2017: Attilio Benfatto, Italian cyclist (b. 1943)
2017: Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (b. 1929)
2017: Paul G. Comba, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (b. 1926)
2017: Makoto Ōoka, Japanese poet and literary critic (b. 1931)
2017: Paul O'Neill, American rock composer and producer (b. 1956)
2017: Tim Parnell, British race car driver (b. 1932)
2017: Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (b. 1947)
2017: Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (b. 1942)
2017: Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (b. 1958)
2016: Koço Kasapoğlu, Turkish footballer (b. 1936)
2015: Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (b. 1949)
2015: Juan Carlos Cáceres, Argentinian singer and pianist (b. 1936)
2014: Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (b. 1920)
2014: Mariano Díaz, Spanish cyclist (b. 1939)
2014: Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (b. 1927)
2014: John Pinette, American comedian (b. 1964)
2014: José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)
2013: Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (b. 1921)
2013: Piero de Palma, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924)
2013: Nikolaos Pappas, Greek Navy admiral (b. 1930)
2012: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German designer (b. 1935)
2012: Pedro Bartolomé Benoit, Dominican Republican politician military officer
2012: Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (b. 1923)
2012: Barney McKenna, Irish musician (b. 1939)
2012: Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawian economist and politician, 3rd President of Malawi (b. 1934)
2011: Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and geneticist (b. 1925)
2011: Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African politician (b. 1937)
2010: Vitaly Sevastyanov, Soviet cosmonaut and engineer (b. 1935)
2009: I. J. Good, British mathematician (b. 1916)
2008: Charlton Heston, American actor, director, and political activist (b. 1923)
2007: Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1923)
2007: Leela Majumdar, Indian author and academic (b. 1908)
2007: Werner Maser, German historian and journalist (b. 1922)
2007: Mark St. John, American guitarist (b. 1956)
2007: Thomas Stoltz Harvey, American pathologist (b. 1912)
2006: Allan Kaprow, American painter and educator (b. 1927)
2006: Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2006: Yevgeny Seredin, Russian swimmer (b. 1958)
2006: Pasquale Macchi, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1923)
2005: Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
2005: Robert Borg, American military officer and equestrian (b. 1913)
2005: Chung Nam-sik, South Korean footballer (b. 1917)
2004: Fernand Goyvaerts, Belgian footballer (b. 1938)
2004: Sławomir Rawicz, Polish lieutenant (b. 1915)
2004: Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician and academic (b. 1936)
2003: Keizo Morishita, Japanese painter (b. 1944)
2002: Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
2002: Kim Won-gyun, North Korean composer and politician (b. 1917)
2001: Aldo Olivieri, Italian footballer (b. 1910)
2000: Heinrich Müller, Austrian footballer (b. 1909)
2000: Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)
1999: Giulio Einaudi, Italian book publisher (b. 1912)
1998: Frederick Charles Frank, British theoretical physicist (b. 1911)
1998: Cozy Powell, English drummer (b. 1947)
1997: Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
1996: Charlene Holt, American actress (b. 1928)
1995: Nicolaas Cortlever, Dutch chess player (b. 1915)
1995: Emilio Greco, Italian sculptor and engraver (b. 1913)
1995: Christian Pineau, French Resistance fighter (b. 1904)
1994: Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
1993: Divya Bharti, Indian actress (b. 1974)
1992: Takeshi Inoue, Japanese footballer (b. 1928)
1992: Molly Picon, American actress (b. 1898)
1992: Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (b. 1918)
1991: Sonny Carter, American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (b. 1947)
1991: Jay Miller, American basketball player (b. 1943)
1991: Jiří Mucha, Czech journalist, writer and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1991: William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle (b. 1909)
1991: John Tower, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1925)
1989: Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (b. 1895)
1989: Karel Zeman, Czech director, artist, production designer and animator (b. 1910)
1988: Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (b. 1920)
1987: Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (b. 1914)
1986: Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (b. 1903)
1984: Hans Lunding, Danish military officer (b. 1899)
1984: Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar of oriental cultures (b. 1894)
1983: Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari, Saudi Arabian historian, journalist and writer. (b. 1907)
1982: Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1910)
1981: Émile Hanse, Belgian footballer (b. 1892)
1981: Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
1981: Pinchus Kremegne, French artist (b. 1890)
1977: Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba, (b. 1903)
1977: Yuri Zavadsky, Russian actor and director (b. 1894)
1976: Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (b. 1905)
1976: Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon and academic (b. 1891)
1976: Harry Wyld, British cyclist (b. 1900)
1975: Tell Berna, American middle and long-distance runner (b. 1891)
1975: Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician (b. 1917)
1975: Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
1975: Harold Osborn, American track and fielder (b. 1899)
1974: Bino Bini, Italian fencer (b. 1900)
1974: A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)
1973: David Murray, British race car driver (b. 1909)
1973: Isabel Jewell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
1973: Alla Tarasova, Russian ballerina (b. 1898)
1971: José Cubiles, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1894)
1970: Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (b. 1877)
1970: Alfred Sturtevant, American geneticist and academic (b. 1891)
1970: Karl von Spreti, German diplomat (b. 1907)
1969: Alberto Bonucci, Italian actor and director (b. 1918)
1969: Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician (b. 1917)
1969: Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian SS officer (b. 1903)
1968: Félix Couchoro, Togolese writer (b. 1900)
1968: Lajos Csordás, Hungarian footballer
1968: Giuseppe Paris, Italian gymnast (b. 1895)
1967: Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1891)
1967: Johan Falkberget, Norwegian author (b. 1879)
1967: Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
1967: Herbert Johnston, British runner (b. 1902)
1965: Pedro Sernagiotto, Italian-Brazilian footballer (b. 1908)
1965: Sándor Szalay, Hungarian figure skater (b. 1893)
1964: James Chapin, American ornithologist (b. 1889)
1964: Aloïse Corbaz, Swiss artist (b. 1886)
1964: Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)
1963: Jacobus Oud, Dutch architect (b. 1890)
1962: Boo Kullberg, Swedish gymnast (b. 1889)
1961: Nikolai Kryukov, Russian composer (b. 1908)
1958: Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, (b. 1884)
1958: Ásgrímur Jónsson, Icelandic painter (b. 1876)
1958: Isidora Sekulić, Serbian writer (b. 1877)
1956: William Titt, British gymnast (b. 1881)
1955: Tibor Szele, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1918)
1954: Princess Märtha of Sweden, (b. 1901)
1954: Claude Delvincourt, French pianist and composer (b. 1888)
1952: Agnes Morton, British tennis player (b.
1950: Hiroshi Yoshida, Japanese painter (b. 1876)
1949: Erich Zeigner, Prime Minister of Saxony (b. 1886)
1948: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1874)
1947: Bernhard Pankok, German painter, artist and architect (b. 1872)
1947: Elis Strömgren, Swedish-Danish astronomer (b. 1870)
1946: Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)
1945: Heinrich Borgmann, German officer (b. 1912)
1945: Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897)
1941: Parvin E'tesami, Persian poet (b. 1907)
1941: Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)
1941: Franciszek Kleeberg, Polish general (b. 1888)
1940: Charles Freer Andrews, English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1871)
1940: Robert Maillart, Swiss civil engineer (b. 1872)
1940: Jay O'Brien, American bobsledder (b. 1883)
1940: Song Zheyuan, Chinese general (b. 1885)
1938: Helena Westermarck, Finnish artist and writer (b. 1857)
1938: Verner Lehtimäki, Finnish revolutionary (b. 1890)
1937: Gustav Adolf Deissmann, (b. 1866)
1937: José Benlliure y Gil, Spanish painter (b. 1858)
1936: Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (b. 1884)
1935: Achille Locatelli, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1856)
1935: Emil Młynarski, Polish conductor, violinist, composer, and pedagogue (b. 1870)
1935: Franz von Vecsey, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1893)
1934: Salvatore Di Giacomo, Italian poet, playwright, songwriter and fascist intellectual (b. 1860)
1934: Jiro Sato, Japanese tennis player (b. 1908)
1933: Earl Derr Biggers, American novelist and playwright (b. 1884)
1933: Hjalmar Mellin, Finnish mathematician and functional theorist (b. 1854)
1932: María Blanchard, Spanish painter (b. 1881)
1929: Francis Aidan Gasquet, English Benedictine monk (b. 1846)
1929: Ludwig von Sybel, German archeologist (b. 1846)
1928: Roy Kilner, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1890)
1928: Viktor Oliva, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
1924: Victor Hensen, German zoologist (b. 1835)
1923: George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and businessman (b. 1866)
1921: Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (b. 1862)
1921: Sophie Elkan, Swedish writer and translator (b. 1853)
1920: Laurent Marqueste, French sculptor (b. 1848)
1918: George Tupou II, King of Tonga (b. 1874)
1918: Paul Vidal de La Blache, French geographer (b. 1845)
1916: Maksim Kovalevsky, Russian sociologist (b. 1851)
1914: Bernard Borggreve, German forestry scientist (b. 1836)
1906: Eastman Johnson, American painter (b. 1824)
1904: Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)
1904: Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (b. 1822)
1902: Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (b. 1850)
1901: Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820)
1900: Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)
1900: Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
1891: Johann Hermann Bauer, (b. 1861)
1888: Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
1882: Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (b. 1806)
1873: Milivoje Blaznavac, Serbian soldier and politician (b. 1824)
1872: Paul-Auguste-Ernest Laugier, French astronomer (b. 1812)
1871: Paolo Savi, Italian geologist and ornithologist (b. 1798)
1868: Karel Purkyně, Czech painter (b. 1834)
1866: Thomas Hodgkin, British physician (b. 1798)
1865: Manfredo Fanti, Italian general (b. 1806)
1862: Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Dutch artist (b. 1803)
1861: Ferdinand Joachimsthal, German mathematician (b. 1818)
1852: Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, (b. 1800)
1842: Shah Shujah Durrani, 5th Emir of Afghanistan (b. 1785)
1831: Pierre Léonard Vander Linden, Belgian entomologist (b. 1797)
1830: Richard Chenevix, Irish chemist and playwright (b. 1774)
1808: Johann Georg Wille, German engraver (b. 1715)
1804: Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (b. 1761)
1799: Johann Christoph Gatterer, German historian (b. 1727)
1794: Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1759)
1794: François Chabot, French politician (b. 1756)
1794: Camille Desmoulins, French journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1760)
1794: Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, dramatist, poet and politician (b. 1750)
1794: Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, French judge and politician (b. 1759)
1794: Pierre Philippeaux, French lawyer (b. 1754)
1794: François Joseph Westermann, French general (b. 1751)
1769: Marc-Antoine Laugier, Jesuit priest (b. 1713)
1768: Egidio Forcellini, Italian philologist (b. 1688)
1767: Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1685)
1765: Edward Young, English poet and author (b. 1683)
1751: Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (b. 1676)
1735: William Derham, English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)
1723: Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect, sculptor and historian (b. 1656)
1717: Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
1712: Jan Luyken, Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver (b. 1649)
1709: Roger de Piles, French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat (b. 1635)
1708: Christian Heinrich, German prince and member of the House of Hohenzollern (b. 1661)
1704: Christian Ulrich I, German nobleman and Duke of Württemberg-Oels (b. 1652)
1697: Charles XI, king of Sweden (b. 1655)
1695: George Savile, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1633)
1693: Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, French noblewoman (b. 1627)
1693: Philip William August, German nobleman (b. 1668)
1684: William Brouncker, English mathematician (b. 1620)
1684: Karl Eusebius, prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1611)
1679: Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, French princess (b. 1619)
1673: François Caron, Belgian-French explorer and politician, 8th Governor of Formosa (b. 1600)
1626: Anna Koltovskaya, Russian tsarina
1617: Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)
1612: Diana Scultori, Italian engraver
1594: Catherine of Palma, Spanish nun (b. 1533)
1534: Jan Matthys, Dutch anabaptist reformer
1512: Lazzaro Bastiani, Italian painter (b. 1429)
1431: Bernard I, margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1364)
1419: Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)
1325: Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron of Monthermer and Earl of Gloucester (b. c.1270)
1308: Ivan Kőszegi, Hungarian baron and oligarch
1258: Juliana of Liège, Belgian canoness and saint
1205: Isabella I of Jerusalem, queen regnant of Jerusalem (b. 1172)
1183: Ramon Berenguer III, Spanish count of Cerdanya and Provence
1168: Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1104)
902: Al-Mu'tadid, Abbasid caliph
584: Ruadán of Lorrha, Irish abbot
582: Eutychius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch
517: Timothy I of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch

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