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December 12

On This Day in History

December 12

December 12 is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 19 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion after building for months. Arriving together with the year's holiday season, the current Powerball jackpot of $1 billion could make the winner into the ultimate real-life Santa Claus.
2022: Maryland Lottery to switch to computerized drawings. The Maryland Lottery announced today that it has plans to switch its draw methods from traditional lottery ball drawing machines to digital computerized drawings.
2021: $699.8 million Powerball winner from California steps forward to claim jackpot. The California Lottery announced on Thursday that the winner of the largest jackpot ever won in the state was finally claimed by a winning ticketholder from Morro Bay.
2018: Alabama lawmakers provide insight into upcoming push for state lottery. One of the most influential men in Alabama politics said he expects a statewide lottery and gaming bill to be considered when the Alabama Legislature convenes March 5.
2018: Michigan lawmaker pushes bill to deduct cash from paycheck for lotto game. Instead of recommending his constituents invest some of each paycheck in a 401K, one Michigan legislator introduced a bill that would take a portion of each paycheck to play a lottery game.
2015: Florida lottery winner accused of grand theft. The man who claimed a half-million dollar Florida Lottery prize a few days ago was determining Friday how much money he would need to post bail after police took him into custody on a warrant.
2014: States pull the plug on Monopoly Millionaires' Club. The states involved in the Monopoly Millionaires' Club lottery game have decided to halt tickets sales for the game as of Dec. 26.
2013: Lotto-winning coworkers' advice for $400M Mega Millions jackpot. The winner of a $1 million Powerball prize with nine of her coworkers at a Staten Island, N.Y., nursing home, has very simple advice for those eyeing this Friday's $400 million Mega Millions jackpot.
2012: Idaho $1M Powerball ticket to expire Friday. Time is quickly running out for the holder of an unclaimed $1 million Powerball ticket that was sold last summer.
2012: Mass. Treasurer pushing for Internet lottery sales. Massachusetts State Treasurer Steven Grossman is gearing up to ask state lawmakers for permission to create and test what he hopes will be a first wave of Internet lottery games in Massachusetts.
2012: DC lottery contract is the subject of a federal probe with numerous officials under scrutiny. A federal grand jury is investigating the awarding of the $38 million contract to run the District of Columbia lottery, a process that raises further questions about corruption in a city government already beleaguered by criminal prosecutions.
2011: Retailer perspective: Selling a $254M lottery ticket. As exciting and frenzied events can be surrounding a lottery winner, the lottery retailers who sold the ticket for the gigantic prize can go on a ride of their own.
2011: State lotteries get creative to drive higher sales. Lottery income decreased nationwide in 2009 for the first time in more than a decade, prompting many of the 43 states that operate lotteries to redouble their efforts to win back players.
2008: $100,000 Virginia lottery prize expires today. A lucky winner stands to net $207 million in Friday's Mega Millions lottery draw, but someone in Hampton, Virginia, faces losing $100,000.
2008: Hollywood stuntman in Harry Potter film celebrates magic $10.5M lottery win. A stuntman who has rubbed shoulders with some of Hollywood's leading stars was celebrating today after scooping a £7 million (US$10.5 million) lottery windfall.
2008: Cool $207 million up for grabs in lottery. Need some extra spending money this holiday season? Would $207 million be enough? That's the jackpot for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, if a single ticket matches all six numbers in the multi-state lottery.
2006: Calif. Lottery misprint leaves 'winners' with nothing. California Lottery officials blame a misprint, an error, to explain why some folks got a free game ticket instead of thousands of dollars in cash.
2003: Lottery Event of the Year Happens in 10 Days. It is awaited with all the excitement and ritual proper to the season, and now it is only ten days away. Spain's Christmas lottery is worth a record US$2.14 billion to the winners this year, including US$465 million for "El Gordo" ("The Fat One").
2003: Punter wins $30 million jackpot. A punter from the NSW far north coast is $30 million (US$22.3 million) richer after winning the entire first division in last night's Australian Powerball - the equal-biggest lottery win in Australia.
2003: $40 Million Florida Lotto Jackpot. The Florida Lotto Jackpot has rolled over seven times to an estimated $40 million, the 28th highest Jackpot in Florida Lotto history.
2003: Lottery authorizations puzzle officer. A Metro Vice sergeant wants to know how two brothers convicted of gambling charges could be lucky enough to be among the first independent retailers authorized by Tennessee to sell lottery tickets.
2003: Elderly woman loses $20,000 in lottery swindle. Police have issued a fraud alert after an 87-year-old Oakville woman was cheated out of more than $20,000.
2003: Trying to Sell California's Lottery. Several California agencies are preparing for the third time in 18 months to compete for the account of the California Lottery Commission.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.06 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2025
2.$695 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2024
3.$504.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2023
4.$425 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2013
5.$400 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2022
6.€326.01 Million US$345.67 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2022
7.$340 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2019
8.$321.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2021
9.$291 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 15, 2020
10.$277 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2020
11.$262 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2018
12.$230 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2018
13.$229 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2017
14.$207 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2008
15.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2017
16.$164 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2015
17.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2019
18.$148 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2021
19.€124.44 Million
US$140.32 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2021
20.$137 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2007
21.€115 Million
US$135.16 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2017
22.$129 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2002
23.$124.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2022
24.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 15, 2009
25.$116 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: averyhse
Wednesday, Dec 12, 1990
35 years old
1983: Koreyp
Monday, Dec 12, 1983
42 years old
1982: BabyBoy33
Sunday, Dec 12, 1982
43 years old
1982: Tbone82
Sunday, Dec 12, 1982
43 years old
1982: Koolluvin21
Sunday, Dec 12, 1982
43 years old
1982: sunspot
Sunday, Dec 12, 1982
43 years old
1979: zinotech
Wednesday, Dec 12, 1979
46 years old
1977: Jaseparker1$
Monday, Dec 12, 1977
48 years old
1973: tbettyboop2000
Wednesday, Dec 12, 1973
52 years old
1972: Fjones
Tuesday, Dec 12, 1972
53 years old
1972: Tann1972
Tuesday, Dec 12, 1972
53 years old
1970: bigtshaka
Saturday, Dec 12, 1970
55 years old
1969: Fdr0s1n
Friday, Dec 12, 1969
56 years old
1967: lainebest
Tuesday, Dec 12, 1967
58 years old
1965: Rosemarie
Sunday, Dec 12, 1965
60 years old
1963: babygirl63
Thursday, Dec 12, 1963
62 years old
1962: Luckyhope217
Wednesday, Dec 12, 1962
63 years old
1962: Man$tisman62
Wednesday, Dec 12, 1962
63 years old
1962: Milovano
Wednesday, Dec 12, 1962
63 years old
1961: Erwincox
Tuesday, Dec 12, 1961
64 years old
1961: jgorion542
Tuesday, Dec 12, 1961
64 years old
1960: Tracy1212
Monday, Dec 12, 1960
65 years old
1960: Tracy60
Monday, Dec 12, 1960
65 years old
1959: chickadeee
Saturday, Dec 12, 1959
66 years old
1959: MorningAngel
Saturday, Dec 12, 1959
66 years old
1952: mimigrand3
Friday, Dec 12, 1952
73 years old
1949: BenAsh69
Monday, Dec 12, 1949
76 years old
: Delicate1
(year not provided)
: Kee12
(year not provided)
: Bklyn247
(year not provided)
: hyqf01
(year not provided)
: Tiger82
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Indian Grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju became the undisputed World Chess Champion in a tournament held in Singapore, making him the 18th and the youngest champion in chess history.
2021: Dutch Formula One racing driver Max Verstappen wins the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton to become the first Formula One World Champion to come from the Netherlands.
2015: The Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted.
2012: North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2.
2001: Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.
2000: The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
1999: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits the Philippines's main island of Luzon, killing six people, injuring 40, and causing power outages that affected the capital Manila.
1988: The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains-one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
1985: Arrow Air Flight 1285R, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.
1979: The 8.2 M_w Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300-600, and generating a large tsunami.
1979: Coup d'état of December Twelfth occurs in South Korea.
1969: The Piazza Fontana bombing; a bomb explodes at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (the National Agricultural Bank) in Piazza Fontana in Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and wounding 88. The same afternoon, three more bombs are detonated in Rome and Milan, and another is found unexploded.
1963: Kenya declares independence from Great Britain.
1956: United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to the United Nations is adopted.
1946: United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam (now Thailand) to the United Nations is adopted.
1945: The People's Republic of Korea is outlawed in the South, by order of the United States Army Military Government in Korea.
1941: World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.
1941: The Holocaust: Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
1939: HMS Duchess sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.
1939: Winter War: The Battle of Tolvajärvi, also known as the first major Finnish victory in the Winter War, begins.
1937: Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USS Panay on the Yangtze river in China.
1936: The beginning of Xi'an incident. As a result, Chiang Kai Shek is captured.
1935: The Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
1917: Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
1915: Yuan Shikai declares the establishment of the Empire of China and proclaims himself Emperor.
1901: Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [•••] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
1870: Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman.
1866: Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers.
1862: American Civil War: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River.
1787: Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the US Constitution.
1388: Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice.
627: Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh.

Births On This Day

2001: Michael Olise, French footballer
1997: Ed Oliver, American football player
1996: Lucas Hedges, American actor
1994: Otto Warmbier, American student imprisoned in North Korea (died 2017)
1993: Zeli Ismail, English footballer
1991: Shohjahon Ergashev, Uzbek professional boxer
1991: Joseph Leilua, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
1990: Nixon Chepseba, Kenyan runner
1990: Dawin, American singer-songwriter
1990: Victor Moses, Nigerian footballer
1990: Tyron Smith, American football player
1988: Isaac John, New Zealand rugby league player
1988: Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Israeli Olympic marathon runner
1986: Daddy Birori, Rwandan footballer
1986: Përparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer
1986: Nina Kolarič, Slovenian long jumper
1986: T. J. Ward, American football player
1985: Pat Calathes, Greek-American basketball player
1985: Andrew Ladd, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Daniel Agger, Danish footballer
1983: Roni Porokara, Finnish footballer
1982: Ervin Santana, Dominican baseball player
1982: Dmitry Tursunov, Russian tennis player and coach
1981: Eddie Kingston, American wrestler
1981: Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer
1981: Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer
1981: Stephen Warnock, English footballer
1981: Andrew Whitworth, American football player and commentator
1980: Dejene Berhanu, Ethiopian runner (died 2010)
1980: Dorin Goian, Romanian footballer
1979: Garrett Atkins, American baseball player
1979: Nate Clements, American football player
1979: John Salmons, American basketball player
1977: Yoel Hernández, Cuban hurdler
1977: Orlando Hudson, American baseball player
1977: Dean Macey, English decathlete and bobsledder
1977: Colin White, Canadian ice hockey player
1975: Mayim Bialik, American actress, neuroscientist, and author
1975: Craig Moore, Australian footballer and manager
1974: Bernard Lagat, Kenyan-American runner
1974: Nolberto Solano, Peruvian footballer and manager
1972: Nicky Eaden, English footballer and coach
1972: Craig Field, Australian rugby league player
1972: Wilson Kipketer, Kenyan-Danish runner
1972: Georgios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter
1971: Sammy Korir, Kenyan runner
1970: Mädchen Amick, American actress and director
1970: Jennifer Connelly, American actress
1970: Regina Hall, American actress
1969: Wilfred Kirochi, Kenyan runner
1969: Fiona May, English-Italian long jumper
1969: Michael Möllenbeck, German discus thrower (died 2022)
1968: Sašo Udovič, Slovenian footballer
1967: John Randle, American football player
1965: Russell Batiste Jr., American funk and R&B drummer (died 2023)
1965: Will Carling, English rugby union player
1964: Haywood Jeffires, American football player and coach
1964: Sabu, American wrestler
1963: Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (died 2012)
1962: Tracy Austin, American tennis player and sportscaster
1962: Arturo Barrios, Mexican-American runner
1962: Mike Golic, American football player and radio host
1961: Andrey Perlov, Russian race walker
1960: Martina Hellmann, German discus thrower
1958: Sheree J. Wilson, American actress
1957: Sheila E., American singer and musician
1956: Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
1955: Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist
1955: Stephen Smith, Australian politician
1953: Martin Ferguson, Australian lawyer and politician
1953: Rafael Septién, Mexican-American football player
1952: Cathy Rigby, American gymnast
1951: Rehman Malik, Pakistani politician, Pakistani Minister of Interior (died 2022)
1950: Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican journalist
1950: Heiner Flassbeck, German economist and academic
1950: Rajinikanth, Indian actor
1950: Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1950: Gorman Thomas, American baseball player
1949: Bill Nighy, English actor
1949: Marc Ravalomanana, Malagasy businessman and politician, President of Madagascar
1948: Randy Smith, American basketball player (died 2009)
1948: Colin Todd, English football player and coach
1947: Wings Hauser, American actor (died 2025)
1947: Don Keith, American writer
1947: Chris Mullin, English journalist and politician
1946: Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian racing driver
1945: Gísli S. Einarsson, Icelandic politician
1945: Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (died 1997)
1943: Dickey Betts, American musician and songwriter (died 2024)
1943: Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (died 1999)
1942: Bob Thompson, American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
1940: Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Agriculture
1940: Dionne Warwick, American singer
1937: Connie Francis, American singer, musician, and actress (died 2025)
1937: Philip Ledger, English pianist, composer, and academic (died 2012)
1936: Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper and educator (died 2016)
1934: Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican lawyer and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (died 2012)
1933: Christa Stubnick, German sprinter (died 2021)
1932: Bob Pettit, American basketball player and coach
1929: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese pianist and composer
1928: Helen Frankenthaler, American painter and academic (died 2011)
1927: Robert Noyce, American inventor and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation (died 1990)
1926: Étienne-Émile Baulieu, French biochemist and endocrinologist (died 2025)
1925: Ted Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2009)
1925: Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer (died 1985)
1925: Vladimir Shainsky, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer (died 2017)
1924: Ed Koch, American politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (died 2013)
1923: Bob Barker, American game show host and producer (died 2023)
1923: Bob Dorough, American musician, composer, and producer (died 2018)
1923: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Ethiopian pianist, composer and nun (died 2023)
1920: Josef Doležal, Czech race walker (died 1999)
1918: Joe Williams, American singer and pianist (died 1999)
1915: Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer (died 1998)
1914: Patrick O'Brian, English author (died 2000)
1912: Henry Armstrong, American boxer (died 1988)
1907: Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer (died 2015)
1901: Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (died 1942)
1893: Edward G. Robinson, American actor (died 1973)
1881: Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author (died 1966)
1876: Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and runner (died 1928)
1870: Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company (died 1912)
1866: Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
1863: Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (died 1944)
1845: Bruce Price, American architect, designed the American Surety Building and Bank of the Metropolis (died 1903)
1842: Adolf Bötticher, German journalist and historian (died 1901)
1830: Joseph Orville Shelby, Confederate general (died 1897)
1821: Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (died 1880)
1812: John Sandfield Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Ontario (died 1872)
1806: Stand Watie, American general (died 1871)
1805: Henry Wells, American businessman, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express (died 1878)
1799: Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (died 1852)
1786: William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (died 1857)
1724: Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, English admiral and politician (died 1816)
1685: Lodovico Giustini, Italian pianist and composer (died 1743)
1526: Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (died 1588)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Vicente Fernández, Mexican actor, ranchera singer, and film producer (born 1940)
2021: Bernie Fowler, American politician and environmental advocate (born 1924)
2021: Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi, Tongan politician and military officer, Deputy Prime Minister (born 1955)
2020: John le Carré, English author (born 1931)
2020: Ann Reinking, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (born 1949)
2019: Danny Aiello, American actor (born 1933)
2017: Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco (born 1952)
2017: Pat DiNizio, American singer and songwriter (born 1955)
2016: Shirley Hazzard, Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1931)
2015: Frans Geurtsen, Dutch footballer (born 1942)
2015: Evelyn S. Lieberman, American politician, White House Deputy Chief of Staff (born 1944)
2014: Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog (born 1928)
2014: Ivor Grattan-Guinness, English mathematician, historian, and academic (born 1941)
2014: Herb Plews, American baseball player (born 1928)
2013: Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, screenwriter, author, educator, and activist (born 1931)
2013: Abdul Quader Molla, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (born 1948)
2013: Audrey Totter, American actress (born 1917)
2012: Joe Allbritton, American banker, publisher, and philanthropist, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (born 1924)
2012: David Tait, English rugby player (born 1987)
2010: Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver, founded Tom Walkinshaw Racing (born 1946)
2008: Avery Dulles, American cardinal and theologian (born 1918)
2008: Van Johnson, American actor (born 1916)
2007: François al-Hajj, Lebanese general (born 1953)
2007: Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1931)
2006: Paul Arizin, American basketball player (born 1928)
2006: Peter Boyle, American actor (born 1935)
2006: Raymond P. Shafer, American attorney and politician, 39th Governor of Pennsylvania (born 1917)
2006: Alan Shugart, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Seagate Technology (born 1930)
2005: Robert Newmyer, American actor and producer (born 1956)
2005: Annette Stroyberg, Danish actress (born 1936)
2005: Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and politician (born 1957)
2003: Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijani general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (born 1923)
2002: Dee Brown, American historian and author (born 1908)
2001: Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and explorer (born 1897)
1999: Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator (born 1904)
1999: Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright(born 1923)
1998: Lawton Chiles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 41st Governor of Florida (born 1930)
1998: Morris Udall, American captain and politician (born 1922)
1997: Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (born 1921)
1996: Vance Packard, American journalist, author, and critic (born 1914)
1994: Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1933)
1993: József Antall, Hungarian historian and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1932)
1985: Anne Baxter, American actress (born 1923)
1980: Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Quebec (born 1912)
1975: Richard Baggallay, English colonel and cricketer (born 1884)
1970: Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (born 1889)
1968: Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (born 1902)
1966: Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (born 1880)
1958: Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (born 1900)
1951: Mildred Bailey, American singer (born 1907)
1948: Marjory Stephenson, British biochemist (born 1885)
1941: César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (born 1915)
1939: Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1883)
1934: Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (born 1894)
1923: Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (born 1903)
1921: Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (born 1868)
1913: Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (born 1844)
1894: John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1845)
1889: Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (born 1804)
1858: Jacques Viger, Canadian archeologist and politician, 1st Mayor of Montreal (born 1787)
1803: Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden (born 1750)
1794: Meshullam Feivush Heller, Ukrainian author (born 1742)
1766: Johann Christoph Gottsched, German philosopher, author, and critic (born 1700)
1751: Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary at War (born 1678)
1572: Loredana Marcello, Dogaressa of Venice, botanist, author
1296: Isabella of Mar, first wife of Robert Bruce VII (born 1277)
1204: Maimonides, Jewish physician, philosopher, and scholar (born 1135 or 1138)
884: King Carloman II of the Franks (born c.866; hunting accident)

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