On This Day in History

December 29

December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022
Michigan man buys last two scratch-off lottery tickets in store's roll, wins $4 million. A Michigan man who noticed only two Diamond 7s scratch-off lottery tickets were left at his local store decided to buy both of them and won the $4 million top prize.
2022
Store owners return $1M lottery ticket to woman who had thrown it away. A Massachusetts woman who accidentally tossed out a $1 million lottery ticket eventually collected her winnings thanks to the kindness and honesty of the owners of the convenience store where she bought it.
2020
New York Lottery launches "Money Dots" Quick Draw feature. New York Lottery players can now try out the Lottery's newest feature to accompany their Quick Draw keno-style game, an additional drawing called "Money Dots" that takes place every four minutes, right after the drawing for Quick Draw.
2019
EuroMillions £161 million lottery jackpot winner Colin Weir dies aged 71. Colin Weir, winner of the £161 million EuroMillions jackpot in what was Europe's biggest lottery prize, has died at the age of 71 after a short illness. At the time, the jackpot was worth $260.5 million in US dollars.
2015
Tipton granted delay in next trial until July. A judge has delayed the trial for a former lottery official accused of fixing jackpots in several states.
2015
Dutch court rules woman who won lottery during divorce can keep it all. A woman who won a €2.1 million (US$2.3 million) lottery prize during a divorce has no obligation to share it with her ex-husband, according to a Dutch court decision published on Tuesday.
2015
Largest-ever UK Lotto jackpot has players... angry?. In the United States, a record jackpot is cause for celebration and waves of ticket-buying, but in the United Kingdom players are bemoaning tomorrow night's record £42.2 million (US$62.62 million) Lotto jackpot and threatening to boycott the game, according to local media reports.
2014
Elderly Detroit man who recently won lottery missing. The Detroit Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding an 86-year-old man who was last seen earlier this month.
2011
Iowa $16.5M Hot Lotto winner claims prize with two hours to spare. The winning ticket for a $16.5 million lottery jackpot was turned in Thursday less than two hours before it expired, the head of the Iowa Lottery said.
2010
$237 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised again. Will an incredibly lucky lottery player end 2010 with a life-changing windfall, or will the first jackpot of 2011 be more than a quarter billion dollars?
2009
Weeks from losing house, couple wins $7M lottery jackpot. A semi-retired security guard and a social worker from Desert Hot Springs claimed a $7 million lottery jackpot on Monday.
2008
Powerball lottery to have larger jackpot, but harder to win. The Powerball lottery game will be going through some changes beginning in January, including having a larger starting jackpot that is more difficult to win.
2008
CEO: Bonuses in lottery business are necessary. In a year in which the state is cutting back on spending, freezing pay and laying off staffers, Georgia Lottery CEO Margaret DeFrancisco received a $150,000 bonus, and her staff received $2.5 million in bonuses this year.
2008
National Lottery computer fiasco cost winner £800,000. A systems failure at the lottery operator Camelot caused terminals in shops to crash as they tried to issue tickets for the main Lotto draw and even halted Internet sales.
2006
Ontario Lottery delays payouts to 'insider' winners. Christmas came four days early but seven weeks late for a trio of "insider" lottery winners from a small town northeast of Peterborough, Ontario, who faced a lengthy investigation before receiving their big payout.
2006
Connecticut lottery machines offline for hours. Lottery sales were fully restored in New Haven County Friday night, hours after telephone line problems shut down more than 900 state lottery machines earlier in the day.
2005
Breakfast buddies file suit over lottery ticket. A Howland, Ohio couple who won $250,000 playing Mega Millions discovered the hard way that money can come between friends.
2005
N.D. Lottery sales remain strong after two years. It's too early to determine if lottery sales are leveling off nearly two years after the first tickets were sold, according to Chuck Keller, director of the North Dakota Lottery Division.
2005
Penn. man strikes it rich with $1M lottery ticket. Kevin Lutz's lucky number used to be "7" until Christmas Eve and a match of the number "31" made him the second resident near Sayre Borough, Pennsylvania, in two months to win $1 million on a scratch-off ticket.
2005
Lottery winner has just 4 days left to claim $16 million. A UK Lotto multi-millionaire has just four days left to claim £9.4 million (US$16 million).
2005
Horoscope predicted lottery win. Gabrielle and Darren Nash should not have been surprised when they won the £15 million (US$26 million) UK Lotto jackpot on Christmas Eve -- as it had already been predicted.
2004
Mega Millions Jackpot Leaps to $58 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $58 million dollars.
2004
Secret Lottery millionaire leaves fortune to charities. Gail German hit the jackpot when she won £1 million (US$1.92 million) playing the UK Lotto, but no one in the tiny hamlet where she lived knew about it.
2004
Oregon lottery sales averaged $249 per resident last year. Oregon Lottery spokesman Chuck Baumann said that per capita Lottery spending totaled $249 during fiscal 2004, up slightly from $239 the previous year.
2004
Kentucky Cash Ball player wins 5 jackpots totaling $1 million. In what Kentucky lottery officials described as a relatively unusual manner of play, the winner of Monday's Cash Ball game picked the same numbers on all five plays: 11, 14, 21, 24 and, for the Cash Ball, 22.
2004
Mass. lottery winner, 94, sues to get lump-sum payment. Louise Outing is 94 years old, and she knows it would be foolish to expect to live another 20. So the lottery winner wants all of her cash now, not in payments spread out over the next two decades.
2003
Tuesday's Mega Millions Jackpot Raised to $155 Million. Today, the 11-member group of Mega Millions announced Tuesday's jackpot would be worth an estimated $155 million, up $5 million from the previous estimated amount.
2003
$210 Million Powerball Jackpot up for Grabs on New Year's Eve. No one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $210 million, with a cash option of $113.9 million. That would rank as the 5th largest Powerball jackpot ever, and would rank as the 7th largest lottery jackpot all-time.
2003
$150M pot so sweet!. With the Mega Millions jackpot growing to $150 million, New Yorkers had at least one lofty New Year's resolution: Get rich - quick.
2003
State lottery kickoff nears. About six weeks from now, Tennesseans will be able to participate in their own state lottery, and through it finance higher education for 65,000 students.
2003
Millionaire antsy. He's got a million reasons to retire, but the idea of sitting back and relaxing in his plush new west-side home is driving lottery winner Donald Majore to distraction.
2003
One ticket wins $3 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $3 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

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.$425 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 1, 2019
5.$384 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2017
6.$376 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2020
7.$363 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2020
8.€337.08 Million
US$359.12 Million
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.$258.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2022
12.$242 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2010
13.$221 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2003
13.$221 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2021
15.$220 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 1, 2020
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.€132.67 Million
US$150.17 Million
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2021
19.€128 Million
US$147.05 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 1, 2019
20.€97 Million
US$133.52 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2013
21.$120 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2014
22.$117 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2015
23.€103.94 Million
US$114.87 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2023
24.€83.79 Million
US$102.69 Million
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2020
25.$96 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989
Friday, Dec 29, 1989
34 years old
1988
Thursday, Dec 29, 1988
35 years old
1987
Tuesday, Dec 29, 1987
36 years old
1983
Thursday, Dec 29, 1983
40 years old
1983
Thursday, Dec 29, 1983
40 years old
1982
Wednesday, Dec 29, 1982
41 years old
1981
Tuesday, Dec 29, 1981
42 years old
1981
Tuesday, Dec 29, 1981
42 years old
1979
Saturday, Dec 29, 1979
44 years old
1979
Saturday, Dec 29, 1979
44 years old
1978
Friday, Dec 29, 1978
45 years old
1977
Thursday, Dec 29, 1977
46 years old
1977
Thursday, Dec 29, 1977
46 years old
1977
Thursday, Dec 29, 1977
46 years old
1971
Wednesday, Dec 29, 1971
52 years old
1969
Monday, Dec 29, 1969
54 years old
1969
Monday, Dec 29, 1969
54 years old
1961
Friday, Dec 29, 1961
62 years old
1961
Friday, Dec 29, 1961
62 years old
1960
Thursday, Dec 29, 1960
63 years old
(year not provided)
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2020
A large explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden kills at least 22 people and wounds 50.
2020
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing 7 people.
2013
A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
2013
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.
2012
A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.
2006
The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
2003
The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
1998
Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.
1996
Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
1994
Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.
1992
Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
1989
Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.
1989
The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.
1975
A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.
1972
Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.
1940
In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians during World War II.
1937
The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
1934
Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
1930
Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
1913
Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.
1911
Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
1890
On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
1876
The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
1874
The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
1860
The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.
1845
The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state.
1835
The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
1812
USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.
1778
American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
1607
According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.
1503
The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.
1170
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.

Births On This Day

2000
Julio Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
1998
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor
1996
Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer
1996
Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer
1995
Myles Garrett, American football player
1995
Ross Lynch, American singer and actor
1993
Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast
1991
Steven Caulker, English footballer
1989
Jane Levy, American actress
1989
Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
1989
Harri Säteri, Finnish ice hockey player
1988
Eric Berry, American football player
1988
Christen Press, American footballer
1988
Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
1987
Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor
1986
Derek Ryan, American ice hockey player
1985
Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter
1984
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American playwright
1983
Jessica Andrews, American singer and songwriter
1982
Alison Brie, American actress
1982
Julia Wertz, American cartoonist, writer and urban explorer
1981
Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster
1981
Janice Lynn Mather, Bahamian-Canadian author
1981
Anna Woltz, Dutch author
1979
Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer
1979
Reihan Salam, American political commentator, columnist and author
1978
Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach
1978
Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist
1976
Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player
1976
Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter
1976
Katherine Moennig, American actress
1975
Shawn Hatosy, American actor
1974
Maria Dizzia, American actress
1974
Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer
1974
Mahal, Filipino actress, comedian and vlogger (d. 2021)
1974
Mekhi Phifer, American actor
1974
Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer
1973
Theo Epstein, American businessman
1973
Jenny Lawson, American journalist and author
1972
Andreas Dackell, Swedish ice hockey player
1972
Jude Law, English actor
1971
Mike Pesca, American radio journalist and podcaster
1970
Kevin Weisman, American actor
1969
Jason Cook, English footballer
1969
Jennifer Ehle, American actress
1969
Scott Patterson, American financial journalist and author
1968
James Mouton, American baseball player
1967
Lilly Wachowski, American director, screenwriter and producer
1966
Jason Gould, American actor and singer
1966
Christian Kracht, Swiss author
1965
Dexter Holland, American musician, singer, songwriter, and biologist
1965
John Newton, American actor
1964
Michael Cudlitz, American actor
1963
Sean Payton, American football player and coach
1962
Leza Lowitz, American author
1962
Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and journalist, former president
1961
Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (d. 2007)
1960
Brian A. Hopkins, American author
1960
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots
1960
Michael James Pappas, American politician
1959
Patricia Clarkson, American actress
1959
Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer
1959
Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author
1958
Tyrone Benskin, English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician
1958
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
1957
Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2017)
1957
Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
1956
Zaki Chehab, Lebanese-British journalist
1956
Katy Munger, American writer
1955
Chris Goodall, English businessman and author
1955
Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and author
1953
Alan Rusbridger, Zambian-English journalist and academic
1953
Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (d. 2005)
1952
Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer
1951
Willem de Blécourt, Dutch historical anthropologist
1951
Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress
1950
Jon Polito, American actor (d. 2016)
1949
David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (d. 2008)
1948
Jacky Clark Chisholm, American gospel singer
1948
Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland
1947
Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (d. 2012)
1947
Ted Danson, American actor and producer
1947
Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet
1947
Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1998)
1947
Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (d. 1998)
1946
Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress
1946
Paul Trible, American attorney, politician and academic administrator
1945
Keith Milow, British artist
1944
Gerard Windsor, Australian author and literary critic
1943
Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (d. 2010)
1943
Molly Bang, American author and illustrator
1943
Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1999)
1942
Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (d. 2012)
1941
Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (d. 2018)
1939
Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2021)
1938
Jon Voight, American actor and producer
1937
Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation (d. 2018)
1936
Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (d. 2017)
1936
Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)
1934
Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)
1933
Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author (d. 2020)
1932
Inga Swenson, American actress and singer (d. 2023)
1929
Bernard Cribbins, British actor (d. 2022)
1925
Pete Dye, American golfer and architect (d. 2020)
1924
Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (d. 2012)
1924
Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (d. 2014)
1923
Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (d. 1986)
1923
Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator (d. 2017)
1923
Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (d. 2017)
1923
Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (d. 2012)
1922
Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1922
William Gaddis, American author and academic (d. 1998)
1921
Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2014)
1921
Michael Horne, English structural engineer, scientist and academic (d. 2000)
1920
Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (d. 1995)
1919
Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (d. 2014)
1919
Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1917
Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
1917
Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005)
1915
Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (d. 1965)
1915
Jo Van Fleet, American actress (d. 1996)
1914
Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (d. 1976)
1914
Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (d. 1989)
1914
Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
1911
Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (d. 1988)
1910
Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1908
Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (d. 1993)
1908
Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (d. 1992)
1904
Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994)
1903
Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (d. 1962)
1896
David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)
1894
J. Lister Hill, American politician (d. 1984)
1886
Georg Hermann Struve, German astronomer (d. 1933)
1881
Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)
1879
Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (d. 1936)
1876
Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (d. 1973)
1876
Lionel Tertis, English violist (d. 1975)
1870
Earl Gregg Swem, American historian, bibliographer and librarian (d. 1965)
1859
Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (d. 1920)
1857
Sydney Young, English chemist (d. 1937)
1856
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)
1855
August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (d. 1927)
1844
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress (d. 1906)
1816
Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (d. 1895)
1811
Francisco Palau, Catalan Discalced Carmelite friar and priest (d. 1872)
1809
William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)
1808
Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
1804
John Langdon Sibley, American librarian (d. 1885)
1800
Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (d. 1860)
1796
Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (d. 1877)
1788
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish antiquarian (d. 1865)
1766
Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (d. 1843)
1746
Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader (d. 1805)
1721
Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (d. 1764)
1633
Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (d. 1692)
1550
García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller (d. 1624)
1536
Henry VI, German nobleman (d. 1572)

Deaths On This Day

2022
Pelé, Brazilian footballer (b. 1940)
2022
Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (b. 1950)
2022
Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (b. 1941)
2021
Peter Klatzow, South African composer (b. 1945)
2020
Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (b. 1922)
2020
Joe Louis Clark, American educator (b. 1937)
2019
Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (b. 1934)
2019
Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (b. 1944)
2018
Brian Garfield, American novelist, historian and screenwriter (b. 1939)
2018
Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (b. 1935)
2017
Peggy Cummins, Irish actress (b. 1925)
2017
John C. Portman Jr., American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer (b. 1924)
2016
Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (b. 1977)
2016
LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (b. 1930)
2015
Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (b. 1922)
2015
Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (b. 1968)
2014
Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
2014
Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1933)
2013
C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (b. 1921)
2013
Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (b. 1978)
2013
Connie Dierking, American basketball player (b. 1936)
2013
Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical and film music composer (b. 1932)
2012
Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1946)
2012
William Rees-Mogg, British newspaper journalist (b. 1928)
2011
Constance Bartlett Hieatt, American scholar (b. 1928)
2010
Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1956)
2010
Bill Erwin, American actor and cartoonist (b. 1914)
2009
Janina Bauman, Polish journalist and writer (b. 1926)
2009
David Levine, American artist and illustrator (b. 1926)
2008
Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
2008
Victor H. Krulak, American soldier (b. 1913)
2007
Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
2007
Phil Dusenberry, American advertising executive (b. 1936)
2005
Cyril Philips, British historian and academic director (b. 1912)
2005
Basil William Robinson, British art scholar and author (b. 1912)
2004
Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
2004
Peter Davison, American poet, essayist, teacher, lecturer, editor and publisher (b. 1928)
2003
Dinsdale Landen, English actor (b. 1932)
2003
Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)
2002
Lloyd Barbee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
2001
Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
2001
György Kepes, Hungarian painter, photographer, designer, educator and art theorist (b. 1906)
1999
Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (b. 1906)
1998
Ralph Siu, American scholar, military and civil servant, and author (b. 1917)
1998
Don Taylor, American actor and film director (b. 1920)
1996
Pennar Davies, Welsh clergyman and author (b. 1911)
1996
Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)
1996
Peggy Herbison, Scottish politician (b. 1907)
1995
Hans Henkemans, Dutch pianist, composer and psychiatrist (b. 1913)
1994
Frank Thring, Australian actor (b. 1926)
1992
Vivienne Segal, American actress and singer (b. 1897)
1988
Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)
1988
Ieuan Maddock, Welsh scientist and nuclear researcher (b. 1917)
1987
Jun Ishikawa, Japanese author (b. 1899)
1987
Wilbert E. Moore, American sociologist (b. 1914)
1986
Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
1986
Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
1984
P. H. Polk, American photographer (b. 1898)
1984
Leo Robin, American composer, lyricist and songwriter (b. 1900)
1981
Philip Handler, American nutritionist, and biochemist (b. 1917)
1981
Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
1980
Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)
1980
Irvin F. Westheimer, American businessman and social reformer (b. 1879)
1979
F. Edward Hébert, American journalist and politician (b. 1901)
1979
Richard Tecwyn Williams, Welsh biochemist (b. 1909)
1976
Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)
1975
Euell Gibbons, American author and naturalist (b. 1911)
1972
Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)
1971
John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1899)
1970
William King Gregory, American zoologist and anatomist (b. 1876)
1970
Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
1968
Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
1967
Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
1965
Frank Nugent, American screenwriter, journalist and film reviewer (b. 1908)
1965
Kōsaku Yamada, Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1886)
1960
Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)
1959
Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)
1958
Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1895)
1956
Miles Vandahurst Lynk, American physician and author (b. 1871)
1954
William Merriam Burton, American chemist (b. 1865)
1952
Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
1952
Beryl Rubinstein, American pianist, composer and teacher (b. 1898)
1949
Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
1948
Harry Farjeon, British composer and music teacher (b. 1878)
1946
Camillo Schumann, German composer and organist (b. 1872)
1945
Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (b. 1887)
1944
Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
1943
Art Young, American cartoonist and writer (b. 1866)
1941
Louis Eilshemius, American painter (b. 1864)
1941
Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
1940
Stephen Birch, American businessman (b. 1873)
1939
Kelly Miller, American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist and author (b. 1863)
1939
Madeleine Pelletier, French psychiatrist, feminist and political activist (b. 1874)
1937
Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
1929
Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
1929
Edward Christopher Williams, American librarian (b. 1871)
1926
Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)
1925
Félix Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (b. 1865)
1924
Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
1921
Hermann Paul, German philologist, linguist and lexicographer (b. 1846)
1919
William Osler, Canadian physician and professor (b. 1849)
1918
Abby Leach, American educator (b. 1855)
1911
Rosamund Marriott Watson, English poet, author and critic (b. 1860)
1910
Samuel Butcher, Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician (b. 1850)
1910
Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
1905
Charles Yerkes, American financier (b. 1837)
1900
John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
1897
William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
1894
Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
1891
Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
1890
Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
1890
Octave Feuillet, French novelist and dramatist (b. 1821)
1825
Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
1807
Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)
1785
Johann Heinrich Rolle, German composer (b. 1716)
1785
Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
1731
Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
1720
Maria Margaretha Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
1689
Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
1661
Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
1606
Stephen Bocskai, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1557)
1563
Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (b. 1515)
1550
Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (b. 1468)
1380
Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1305)
1208
Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, (b. 1168)
1170
Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (b. 1118)