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December 28

On This Day in History

December 28

December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 3 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: One California ticket wins $1.269 billion Mega Millions jackpot. After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.22 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in California matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.
2023: Ohio Lottery halts some prize payouts due to Christmas Eve cybersecurity incident. The Ohio Lottery temporarily suspended lottery payouts for prizes over a certain amount after a "cybersecurity event" impacted their computer systems on Christmas Eve.
2021: Lucky Wisconsin retailer sells its third $100,000 winning lottery ticket this year. There's a Wisconsin Lottery retailer that's had particularly good luck after it sold its third winning lottery ticket worth $100,000 this year.
2020: N.C. man wins $250,000 in lottery after losing job of 20 years and father to COVID-19. It's been a seriously difficult time for a North Carolina man who just recently lost his job as a preschool teacher after 20 years and even more so after losing his father to the coronavirus a month later, but a lottery jackpot win to the tune of $250,000 was the Christmas miracle waiting to happen.
2018: Rush of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts surprise jackpot increase. Lottery officials announced today that the jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing has been raised from $348 million to $370 million, as a result of rapid sales.
2016: New Jersey makes case to Supreme Court on sports betting. New Jersey's chances of getting the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its attempt to allow legal sports gambling hinge on how a bedrock constitutional principle is applied.
2016: Chicago mayor toyed with idea of city-only lottery. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has toyed with the concept of establishing a city lottery to help ease the city's financial woes and, while the idea has not progressed, it could get backing from at least one key Democrat in Springfield.
2010: $200 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased. Players of the Mega Millions multi-state lottery have an even better reason to rush out and buy some tickets before tonight's drawing.
2009: One winner in Israel's largest-ever lottery drawing. 7 million tickets were purchased for the largest cash prize in Israel's lottery history but only one person won, taking the first prize of NIS 74 million (US$19.5 million).
2009: Iowa lottery offering bonus holiday drawing. Officials with the Iowa Lottery say those playing holiday scratch-off games shouldn't throw away their tickets if they lose.
2009: Mega Millions coming to North Dakota. The North Dakota Lottery Division is launching Mega Millions in January.
2009: Store that sold $128.6M Powerball lottery ticket identified. Kentucky lottery officials have identified the store that sold the state's largest Powerball jackpot winning ticket over the weekend, but no one has claimed the prize as of Monday morning.
2009: Md. man claims $250K prize 1 day before deadline. An Elkton, Maryland, man claimed a $250,000 Mega Millions prize -- with one day left before he missed the deadline.
2009: 1 ticket wins $7M Calif. lottery jackpot. California's SuperLotto Plus game may soon be delivering a heck of a stocking stuffer for someone in the Coachella Valley.
2009: $128.6M Powerball lottery ticket sold in Kentucky. Kentucky lottery officials say there was a single $128.6 million winning Powerball ticket sold in Georgetown, 65 miles east of Louisville, making it the largest jackpot won in the history of the Kentucky lottery.
2008: Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle tickets sold out. The last ticket for the Pennsylvania Lottery's Jan. 3 Millionaire Raffle was sold Saturday at 10:21 a.m. at McCunes News, 606 Central Avenue in Johnstown, Cambria County.
2006: $208M Lottery Winner Dies At Age 43. The Michigan man who won a $208 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot with his wife in April 2005 has died, police and a family spokesman said.
2006: Luck pays off for a whole lot of Maryland Lottery players. Saturday's Maryland Bonus Match 5 lottery game yielded a record 21 tickets winning the top prize, 15 of them bought at a Bethesda convenience store. Lottery officials think one person bought all 15 tickets with the same numbers.
2005: A look back at the North Carolina lottery in 2005. Lottery Post documents the wide array of new stories about the North Carolina Lottery in 2005.
2005: Georgia lottery sales climb during holidays. The holiday season has lottery sales climbing in South Georgia.
2005: Tenn. Senator seeks more funds for lottery scholars. A state lawmaker's crusade to increase the amount of Tennessee's lottery scholarships is raising concerns among his colleagues and the governor, who say giving full scholarships this early in the program may create a financial crisis down the road.
2005: N.C. Lottery commission approves contracts for potential retailers. The North Carolina Lottery Commission is closer to putting together a network of ticket retailers after approving a proposed contract with about 30 guidelines for stores.
2005: Lottery company misses bid deadline. One of the two major American lottery companies Tuesday let a key deadline pass for winning the right to operate a major chunk of North Carolina's new lottery games.
2004: NJ lottery player pursues an idea to help the environment. Ed Knorr, chairman of the Williamstown-based Green Action Alliance and inventor of New Jersey's "Best Dam Lottery Game," is working on a new game that aids the environment.
2004: Texas woman wins $175,000 Mega Millions lottery prize. Patricia Higgins, a mother of five and grandmother to nine, had an exciting Christmas Day, matching the first 5 Mega Millions lottery numbers to win a $175,000 prize.
2004: Texas Couple Loses $14,000 In Lottery Scam. The Upshur County Sheriff's Department is the last place Thomas McRee, 77, expected to be Monday morning after Christmas. He was there to sort out the mess that has cost him more than all of his life savings.
2004: Virginia Lottery loses its shirt on triple-eights. There were so many winners in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 3 game yesterday that the lottery came out a loser.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$786.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2023
2.$685 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2022
3.$459.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2021
4.$384 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2017
5.$376 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2020
6.$370 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 28, 2018
7.$363 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2020
8.€337.08 Million US$359.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2022
9.$306 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2017
10.$301.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2015
11.$222 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 28, 2022
12.$221 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2003
13.$201 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 28, 2021
14.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 28, 2019
14.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 28, 2010
16.$172 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2014
17.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2003
18.$151.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 28, 2024
19.€131.51 Million
US$148.79 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 28, 2021
20.$138 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2025
21.€119 Million
US$136.26 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 28, 2018
22.€97 Million
US$133.52 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2013
23.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2014
24.$117 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2015
25.€97.75 Million
US$115.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Ryuji
Monday, Dec 28, 1992
33 years old
1983: DeeKay33
Wednesday, Dec 28, 1983
42 years old
1982: pou21
Tuesday, Dec 28, 1982
43 years old
1980: CountryGirl2
Sunday, Dec 28, 1980
45 years old
1979: StylezP
Friday, Dec 28, 1979
46 years old
1979: Sweetnessvml79
Friday, Dec 28, 1979
46 years old
1977: shahla
Wednesday, Dec 28, 1977
48 years old
1971: wheeltowin
Tuesday, Dec 28, 1971
54 years old
1967: Myra Smith
Thursday, Dec 28, 1967
58 years old
1966: curt777
Wednesday, Dec 28, 1966
59 years old
1965: inittowinit1
Tuesday, Dec 28, 1965
60 years old
1965: jerseyjoe
Tuesday, Dec 28, 1965
60 years old
1962: LPCRISPINO22
Friday, Dec 28, 1962
63 years old
1959: NCHONEY
Monday, Dec 28, 1959
66 years old
1952: wolfediva1
Sunday, Dec 28, 1952
73 years old
1949: granslam
Wednesday, Dec 28, 1949
76 years old
1942: tulsalee
Monday, Dec 28, 1942
83 years old
1937: Chewie
Tuesday, Dec 28, 1937
88 years old

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: A truck bomb is detonated in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 85 people and injuring over 140 more. The militant group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
2014: Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.
2014: Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters.
2009: Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.
2006: War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
1989: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
1978: United Airlines Flight 173 crashes in a residential neighborhood near Portland International Airport, killing 10 people.
1973: The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
1972: The last scheduled day for induction into the military by the Selective Service System. Due to the fact that President Richard Nixon declared this day a national day of mourning due to former President Harry S Truman's death, approximately 300 men were not able to report due to most Federal offices being closed. Since the draft was not resumed in 1973, they were never drafted.
1967: American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
1958: "Greatest Game Ever Played": The Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium to win the NFL Championship.
1956: Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
1948: The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Miami.
1944: Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.
1943: Soviet authorities launch Operation Ulussy, beginning the deportation of the Kalmyk nation to Siberia and Central Asia.
1943: World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
1941: World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.
1918: Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, becomes the first woman to be elected Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons.
1912: The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
1908: The 7.1 M_w Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between about 80,000.
1902: The Syracuse Athletic Club defeat the New York Philadelphians, 5-0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
1895: The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
1885: Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.
1879: Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
1846: Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
1836: South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
1836: Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María-Calatrava Treaty.
1835: Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.
1832: John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign. He resigned after being elected Senator from South Carolina.
1795: Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).
1768: King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
1659: The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur.
1308: The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.
1065: Edward the Confessor's Romanesque monastic church at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
893: An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.
484: Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).
457: Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman emperor.
418: A papal election begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I.

Births On This Day

2002: Tom Cannon, British-Irish footballer
2001: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress
1999: Iqbaal Ramadhan, Indonesian actor and singer
1996: Tanguy Ndombele, French footballer
1995: Dylan Cease, American baseball player
1995: Mauricio Lemos, Uruguayan footballer
1995: Nahitan Nández, Uruguayan footballer
1994: Adam Peaty, English swimmer
1992: Tomáš Jurčo, Slovak ice hockey player
1990: Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner
1990: Marcos Alonso, Spanish footballer
1990: David Archuleta, American singer
1990: John Henson, American basketball player
1990: Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer
1989: Austin Barnes, American baseball player
1989: Mackenzie Rosman, American actress
1987: Thomas Dekker, American actor and musician
1986: Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
1984: Martin Kaymer, German golfer
1984: Duane Solomon, American runner
1982: Cedric Benson, American football player (died 2019)
1982: Beau Garrett, American actress and model
1982: François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete
1982: Curtis Glencross, Canadian hockey player
1981: Khalid Boulahrouz, Dutch footballer
1981: Elizabeth Jordan Carr, American journalist
1981: Sienna Miller, American-British actress and fashion designer
1981: David Moss, American ice hockey player
1981: Narsha, South Korean singer and dancer
1981: Frank Turner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981: Mika Väyrynen, Finnish footballer
1980: Lomana LuaLua, Congolese footballer
1980: Ryta Turava, Belarusian race walker
1979: James Blake, American tennis player
1979: Senna Gammour, German singer-songwriter
1979: Bill Hall, American baseball player
1979: Zach Hill, American musician and artist
1979: André Holland, American actor
1979: Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
1978: Chris Coyne, Australian footballer and manager
1978: John Legend, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
1977: Derrick Brew, American sprinter
1977: Shane Elford, Australian rugby league player
1977: Vanessa Ferlito, American actress
1977: Seun Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter
1976: Brendan Hines, American actor and singer
1976: Joe Manganiello, American actor
1976: Trond Nymark, Norwegian race walker
1976: Ben Tune, Australian rugby player
1976: Igor Žiković, Croatian footballer
1976: Deddy Corbuzier, Indonesian presenter and magician
1975: B. J. Ryan, American baseball player
1974: Jocelyn Enriquez, American singer
1974: Rob Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player
1974: Markus Weinzierl, German footballer and manager
1973: Holger Blume, German sprinter
1973: Marc Blume, German sprinter
1973: Seth Meyers, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host
1973: Ids Postma, Dutch speed skater
1972: Roberto Palacios, Peruvian footballer
1972: Patrick Rafter, Australian-Bermudian tennis player and model
1972: Adam Vinatieri, American football player
1971: Benny Agbayani, American baseball player
1971: Sergi Barjuán, Spanish footballer and manager
1971: Anita Doth, Dutch singer-songwriter
1971: William Gates, American basketball player
1970: Elaine Hendrix, American actress
1970: James Jett, American sprinter and football player
1970: Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Dutch tennis player
1969: Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel
1968: Akihiko Hoshide, Japanese engineer and astronaut
1967: Chris Ware, American illustrator
1965: Allar Levandi, Estonian skier
1964: Tex Perkins, Australian singer-songwriter
1964: Maite Zúñiga, Spanish runner
1962: Michel Petrucciani, French jazz pianist (died 1999)
1961: Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
1960: Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player
1960: John Fitzgerald, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
1960: Chad McQueen, American actor and race car driver (died 2024)
1960: Melvin Turpin, American basketball player (died 2010)
1959: Hansjörg Kunze, German runner and sportscaster
1959: Daniel Léo Simpson, American composer
1959: Ana Torroja, Spanish singer-songwriter
1958: Terry Butcher, English footballer and manager
1958: Curt Byrum, American golfer
1958: Zoran Gajić, Serbian volleyball trainer
1956: Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
1955: Stephen Frost, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1955: Liu Xiaobo, Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
1954: Tony Ables, American serial killer
1954: Gayle King, American television journalist
1954: Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer
1953: Richard Clayderman, French pianist
1953: Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded Dradition wrestling promotion
1953: Charlie Pierce, American journalist and author
1953: Martha Wash, American singer-songwriter
1952: Arun Jaitley, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Indian Minister of Law and Justice (died 2019)
1952: Bridget Prentice, Scottish educator and politician
1950: Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
1950: Clifford Cocks, English mathematician and cryptographer
1950: Rainer Maria Latzke, German-American painter and academic
1948: Ziggy Modeliste, American drummer
1947: Dick Diamonde, Dutch-Australian rock bass player (died 2024)
1947: Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2000)
1946: Mike Beebe, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Arkansas
1946: Pierre Falardeau, Canadian director, screenwriter, and activist (died 2009)
1946: Hubert Green, American golfer (died 2018)
1946: Tim Johnson, American lawyer and politician (died 2024)
1946: Barbara, Lady Judge, American-English lawyer and businesswoman (died 2020)
1946: Bill Lee, American baseball player and author
1946: Laffit Pincay Jr., Panamanian jockey
1946: Edgar Winter, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1945: Birendra, King of Nepal (died 2001)
1945: Max Hastings, English journalist, historian, and author
1944: Sandra Faber, American astronomer and academic
1944: Johnny Isakson, American sergeant and politician (died 2021)
1944: Kary Mullis, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)
1944: Gordon Taylor, English footballer
1943: Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Peruvian cardinal
1943: David Peterson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Ontario
1943: Joan Ruddock, Welsh politician
1942: Roger Swerts, Belgian cyclist
1941: Intikhab Alam, Indian-Pakistani cricketer and coach
1940: A. K. Antony, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
1940: Don Francisco, Chilean-American journalist and talk show host
1939: Philip Anschutz, American businessman, founded Anschutz Entertainment Group
1939: Frank McLintock, Scottish footballer and manager
1939: Michelle Urry, American journalist and illustrator (died 2006)
1938: Dick Sudhalter, American trumpet player, scholar, and critic (died 2008)
1937: Ratan Tata, Indian businessman and philanthropist (died 2024)
1936: Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
1936: Lawrence Schiller, American journalist, director, and producer
1934: Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer and manager (died 2000)
1934: Maggie Smith, English actress (died 2024)
1933: John Y. Brown Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 55th Governor of Kentucky (died 2022)
1932: Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (died 2002)
1932: Dorsey Burnette, American singer-songwriter (died 1979)
1932: Roy Hattersley, English journalist and politician, Shadow Home Secretary
1932: Harry Howell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2019)
1932: Nichelle Nichols, American actress (died 2022)
1932: Manuel Puig, Argentine author and playwright (died 1990)
1931: Guy Debord, French theorist and author (died 1994)
1931: Martin Milner, American actor (died 2015)
1930: Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian illustrator and academic (died 2010)
1929: Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (died 1994)
1929: Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 1970)
1929: Maarten Schmidt, Dutch astronomer (died 2022)
1928: Moe Koffman, Canadian flute player, saxophonist, and composer (died 2001)
1928: John William Thomson, Canadian politician (died 2025)
1926: Donald Carr, German-English cricketer and referee (died 2016)
1925: Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (died 2002)
1925: Milton Obote, Ugandan engineer and politician, 2nd President of Uganda (died 2005)
1924: Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopian politician; President of Ethiopia (died 2018)
1922: Lionel Bowen, Australian politician, 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (died 2012)
1922: Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor (died 2018)
1921: Johnny Otis, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2012)
1920: Tufty Mann, South African cricketer (died 1952)
1920: Bruce McCarty, American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building (died 2013)
1920: Steve Van Buren, Honduran-American football player (died 2012)
1920: Al Wistert, American football player and coach (died 2016)
1919: Emily Cheney Neville, American author (died 1997)
1917: Ellis Clarke, Trinidadian politician, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2010)
1914: Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (died 1974)
1914: Pops Staples, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)
1913: Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (died 2009)
1911: Wil van Beveren, Dutch sprinter and journalist (died 2003)
1910: Billy Williams, American singer (died 1972)
1908: Lew Ayres, American actor (died 1996)
1907: Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (died 2013)
1903: Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader (died 1983)
1903: John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (died 1957)
1902: Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (died 2001)
1902: Shen Congwen, Chinese author and educator (died 1988)
1900: Ted Lyons, American baseball player (died 1986)
1898: Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (died 1957)
1898: Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (died 1947)
1895: Carol Ryrie Brink, American author and playwright (died 1981)
1890: Quincy Wright, American political scientist, historian, and academic (died 1970)
1888: F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1931)
1887: Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic (died 1946)
1882: Arthur Eddington, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1944)
1882: Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (died 1931)
1870: Charles Bennett, English runner (died 1949)
1869: Kathleen O'Melia, Canadian religious sister (died 1939)
1865: Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (died 1925)
1856: Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)
1842: Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (died 1891)
1818: Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist and academic (died 1897)
1798: Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer and mathematician (died 1844)
1789: Catharine Maria Sedgwick, American novelist of "domestic fiction" (died 1867)
1775: Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker and photographer (died 1863)
1763: John Molson, English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewery (died 1836)
1724: Christoph Franz von Buseck, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (died 1805)
1722: Eliza Lucas, Caribbean-American agriculturalist (died 1793)
1665: George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (died 1716)
1655: Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (died 1698)
1651: Johann Krieger, German organist and composer (died 1735)
1635: Elizabeth Stuart, second daughter of King Charles I of England (died 1650)
1619: Antoine Furetière, French author and scholar (died 1688)
1535: Martin Eisengrein, German theologian (died 1578)
1510: Nicholas Bacon, English politician (died 1579)
1461: Louise of Savoy, French nun (died 1503)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO (born 1926)
2023: Vijayakanth, Indian actor and politician (born 1952)
2022: Philomena Franz, German Romani author (born 1922)
2021: Grichka Bogdanoff, French television presenter and scientific essayist (born 1949)
2021: John Madden, American football Hall of Fame coach and commentator (born 1936)
2021: Harry Reid, American lawyer, politician, and former Senate majority leader (born 1939)
2017: Rose Marie, American actress and comedienne (born 1923)
2016: Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1932)
2016: Jean-Christophe Victor, French political scientist (born 1947)
2015: John Bradbury, English drummer and songwriter (born 1953)
2015: Eloy Inos, Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 8th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (born 1949)
2015: Lemmy, English musician, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)
2014: Leelah Alcorn, American transgender teenager (born 1997)
2014: Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian politician (born 1956)
2014: Frankie Randall, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
2013: Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and critic (born 1927)
2013: Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (born 1913)
2013: Andrew Jacobs, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1932)
2013: Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls (born 1919)
2013: Joseph Ruskin, American actor and producer (born 1924)
2013: Ilya Tsymbalar, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (born 1969)
2012: Nicholas Ambraseys, Greek-English seismologist and engineer (born 1929)
2012: Mark Crispin, American computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP (born 1956)
2012: Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (born 1980)
2012: Frankie Walsh, Irish hurler and manager (born 1936)
2010: Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (born 1921)
2010: Terry Peder Rasmussen, American serial killer (born 1943)
2009: Jimmy Sullivan, American musician, composer and songwriter. Known by his stage name The Rev (born 1981)
2008: Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (born 1923)
2006: Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (born 1956)
2004: Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (born 1935)
2004: Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (born 1933)
2003: Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (born 1935)
2001: Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (born 1919)
2001: William X. Kienzle, American priest and author (born 1928)
1999: Clayton Moore, American actor (born 1914)
1994: Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1911)
1993: William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (born 1904)
1992: Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (born 1917)
1990: Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (born 1946)
1989: Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (born 1894)
1986: John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (born 1916)
1986: Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (born 1922)
1984: Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1925)
1984: Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator (born 1903)
1984: Peter Kihss, American journalist
1983: Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1944)
1981: Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1885)
1976: Katharine Byron, American politician (born 1903)
1971: Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1888)
1968: David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (born 1893)
1967: Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (born 1875)
1963: Paul Hindemith, German violist, composer, and conductor (born 1895)
1960: Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (born 1895)
1959: Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (born 1889)
1949: Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (born 1910)
1947: Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (born 1869)
1946: Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (born 1882)
1945: Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (born 1871)
1943: Steve Evans, American baseball player (born 1885)
1942: Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (born 1869)
1938: Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (born 1886)
1937: Maurice Ravel, French pianist and composer (born 1875)
1935: Clarence Day, American author and illustrator (born 1874)
1932: Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (born 1854)
1924: Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (born 1866)
1919: Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (born 1854)
1918: Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet and journalist (born 1865)
1917: Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot (born 1892)
1916: Eduard Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1835)
1913: Ahmet Mithat Efendi, Turkish journalist and translator (born 1844)
1907: Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (born 1812)
1900: Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese soldier and explorer (born 1846)
1897: William Corby, American priest and academic (born 1833)
1890: Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (born 1861)
1872: James Van Ness, American lawyer and politician, 7th Mayor of San Francisco (born 1808)
1859: Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English historian and politician, Secretary at War (born 1800)
1795: Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian physician and lawyer (born 1747)
1785: Peter Ernst Wilde, Polish-Estonian physician and journalist (born 1732)
1736: Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (born 1670)
1734: Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (born 1671)
1715: William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (born 1649)
1708: Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist and mycologist (born 1656)
1706: Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (born 1647)
1694: Mary II of England (born 1662)
1671: Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (born 1611)
1663: Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (born 1618)
1622: Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint (born 1567)
1558: Hermann Finck, German organist and composer (born 1527)
1547: Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (born 1465)
1538: Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (born 1455)
1503: Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (born 1471)
1491: Bertoldo di Giovanni, Italian sculptor (born c. 1435)
1446: Antipope Clement VIII (born 1369)
1394: Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, queen of Epirus (born 1350)
1367: Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shōgun (born 1330)
1326: Sir David II Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, Constable of Scotland, and Chief Warden of Northumberland
1297: Hugh Aycelin, French cardinal (born 1230)
1218: Robert II, Count of Dreux (born 1154)
925: Wang Zongbi, general of the Chinese state of Former Shu

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