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December 4

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December 4

December 4 is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 27 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2021: Man who had open-heart surgery wins $1 million from lottery ticket stuffed in a get-well card. A Massachusetts man recovering from open-heart surgery won a $1 million lottery prize on a scratch-off ticket given to him by a friend, according to lottery officials.
2020: Australian grandmother wins lottery using late husband's numbers. A woman was confused when a retailer told her that they wouldn't be able to pay out her winning ticket. As it turns out, the numbers she played every week for 20 years earned her a X Lotto top prize of $1 million (US$743,400).
2020: New Jersey scammer defrauds 3 elderly women of $675,000. A scammer from New Jersey tricked three elderly women across the country into sending her over $675,000 by convincing them that they owed "prepaid taxes" as a prerequisite for claiming a prize that didn't exist.
2019: State auditor general to audit Pennsylvania Lottery, with special focus on high-frequency winners. State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale announced a new performance audit of the Pennsylvania Lottery Wednesday, with a special emphasis on studying the state-run gaming franchise's protections against being ripped off by players or retailers who are intentionally gaming the system.
2019: Michigan woman learns she won $5M lottery prize while scrolling Facebook. A woman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, says she had no idea she'd won a $5 million Lotto 47 prize until she was on Facebook the night after the drawing.
2017: Will NC Lottery players move online and hurt retail stores?. The N.C. Retail Merchants Association wants legislators to put the brakes on a proposal to offer online instant lottery games, arguing the move could harm stores that sell lottery tickets.
2017: Jamaican court goes easy on lottery scammers. There are reports of disquiet among Jamaican law enforcement officials over news that 15 men who pleaded guilty to lottery scam-related charges in the Hanover Circuit Court were sentenced to fines totaling $367,000.
2015: Faulty $50 Wisonsin lottery ticket causing a flap. A Milwaukee woman spent $5 on a ticket that appears to be a $50 winner, but the ticket never paid out, despite extraordinary efforts by Wisconsin Lottery staff to validate it.
2014: First NJ Lottery Cash4Life top prize winners celebrate their win at retailer. New Jersey's first Cash4Life Top Prize winners, Joseph Ianiro and John Opaluch from Hasbrouck Heights, celebrated their win from the Nov. 13 drawing at the retail location from which the winning ticket was purchased.
2013: $291 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot enters top 25 list. Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Friday's massive $291 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $257 million grand prize.
2007: N.D. Lottery wrestles with credit card buying options. The North Dakota Lottery's recently announced holiday sale of ticket subscriptions highlights a quirk in its operations. Gamblers are barred from using a credit card to buy tickets, but they may use plastic to play one of the lottery's four games dozens of times over an extended period.
2006: Some people think $20 is too much for lottery ticket. The New Jersey Lottery recently introduced "Million Dollar New Year" that offers players the best-ever odds at winning a million dollars, but some people don't like the $20 price tag.
2005: Newspaper takes a hard look at the N.J. Lottery. The first in a three-part series examining the financial asepcts of the New Jersey Lottery, this first installment looks at those who are buying and winning the most.
2003: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $66 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $66 million, with a cash option of $35.8 million.
2003: Texas Lotto Sales Keeping Pace. As Texas players are buying their first tickets for Mega Millions, they're also sticking by Lotto Texas, the first big jackpot game in the Lone Star State.
2003: Colorado Lottery to hire new Director from within. The Colorado Lottery's search for a new director will be an in-house effort among state employees.
2003: Texas Mega Millions sales off to a good start. If the lines Wednesday at the "luckiest store in Texas" were any indication, lottery players were ready for the state's first day of ticket sales in the multistate Mega Millions game.
2003: Lottery law firm pick didn't meet bid requirement. The Tennessee lottery hired a Memphis law firm to help handle legal issues for the games even though board members knew it didn't meet a bid requirement of being in business for three years.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$354 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 6, 2022
2.€321.71 Million US$337.28 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 6, 2022
3.$297 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 6, 2013
4.$285 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 6, 2019
5.$270.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2021
6.$244 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2020
7.$243 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2020
8.€200 Million US$242.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2020
9.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2018
10.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2018
11.$193 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 6, 2017
12.€143 Million
US$161.12 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2021
13.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2017
14.€143 Million
US$149.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 6, 2022
15.$146 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2008
16.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2004
17.€119.67 Million
US$135.38 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2021
18.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2015
19.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2021
20.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2019
21.€97 Million
US$114.82 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2017
22.$89.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2022
23.€73.28 Million
US$88.83 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2020
24.$87 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2005
24.$87 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 6, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1984: ChocTini12
Tuesday, Dec 4, 1984
38 years old
1984: Joseph Hall
Tuesday, Dec 4, 1984
38 years old
1983: LilMeMe
Sunday, Dec 4, 1983
39 years old
1981: raursby
Friday, Dec 4, 1981
41 years old
1981: Lady803
Friday, Dec 4, 1981
41 years old
1976: latoya76
Saturday, Dec 4, 1976
46 years old
1974: terrice1
Wednesday, Dec 4, 1974
48 years old
1972: nikkig
Monday, Dec 4, 1972
50 years old
1972: cashmanB
Monday, Dec 4, 1972
50 years old
1971: msthickness
Saturday, Dec 4, 1971
51 years old
1970: FROSTY03
Friday, Dec 4, 1970
52 years old
1970: Wildcatt
Friday, Dec 4, 1970
52 years old
1968: tdaiken2
Wednesday, Dec 4, 1968
54 years old
1967: shadia2006
Monday, Dec 4, 1967
55 years old
1967: wreedgarden
Monday, Dec 4, 1967
55 years old
1966: bencartwright
Sunday, Dec 4, 1966
56 years old
1965: IceFizz
Saturday, Dec 4, 1965
57 years old
1964: tinymaus
Friday, Dec 4, 1964
58 years old
1963: JACKYL1313
Wednesday, Dec 4, 1963
59 years old
1961: NobodySpecial
Monday, Dec 4, 1961
61 years old
1960: Joepapa
Sunday, Dec 4, 1960
62 years old
1954: bernardpfife
Saturday, Dec 4, 1954
68 years old
1953: Skony1
Friday, Dec 4, 1953
69 years old
1951: fdhooks
Tuesday, Dec 4, 1951
71 years old
: Rachel007
(year not provided)
: tiggs95
(year not provided)
: EdG1955
(year not provided)
: bigbb422
(year not provided)
: YARBANGEL$
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Semeru on the Indonesian island of Java erupts, killing at least 43 people.
2017: The Thomas Fire starts near Santa Paula in California. It eventually became the largest wildfire in modern California history to date after burning 440 square miles (1,140 km) in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
2015: A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people.
2014: Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.
2006: Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
2005: Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
1998: The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
1992: Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
1991: Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
1991: Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years.
1986: The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the port of Savannah in the United States, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 l).
1984: Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107-150 civilians in Mannar.
1983: US Navy aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy and USS Independence attack Syrian missile sites in Lebanon in response to an F-14 being fired on by an SA-7. One A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair are shot down. One American pilot is killed, one is rescued, and one is captured.
1982: The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
1981: South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
1979: The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
1978: Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor.
1977: Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
1977: Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
1971: Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
1971: The PNS Ghazi, a Pakistan Navy submarine, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
1971: During a concert of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention at the Montreux Casino, an audience member fires a flare gun into the venue's ceiling, causing a fire that destroys the venue. Rock band Deep Purple, who were to use the Casino as the site for the recording of their next album, witnesses the fire from their hotel; the incident would be immortalized in their best known song, "Smoke on the Water".
1969: Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
1967: Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta.
1965: Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.
1964: Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.
1956: The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
1949: Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
1948: Chinese Civil War: The SS Kiangya, carrying Nationalist refugees from Shanghai, explodes in the Huangpu River.
1945: By a vote of 65-7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
1943: World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
1943: World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
1942: World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
1939: World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
1928: Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.
1918: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
1917: After drafting the Declaration of Independence, the Finnish Senate headed by P. E. Svinhufvud submitted to the Parliament of Finland a proposal for the form of government of the Republic of Finland and issued a communication to Parliament declaring independence of Finland.
1909: In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26-6.
1909: The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
1906: Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
1893: First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
1881: The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1875: Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.
1872: The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.
1867: Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
1865: North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed soon by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
1864: American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
1861: The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.
1829: In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide.
1791: The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
1786: Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
1783: At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
1745: Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
1676: The Royal Danish Army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish Army commanded by the Swedish king Charles XI at the Battle of Lund, to this day it is counted as the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Scanian War.
1619: Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
1563: The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)
1259: Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
1110: The Kingdom of Jerusalem captures Sidon.
771: Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.

Births On This Day

1996: Diogo Jota, Portuguese professional footballer
1996: Sebastián Vegas, Chilean footballer
1996: Sheryl Sheinafia, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
1996: Ivan Belikov, Russian footballer
1992: Peta Hiku, New Zealand rugby league player
1992: Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer
1992: Kim Seok-Jin, South Korean singer, songwriter and actor
1991: Reality Winner, American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage
1990: Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer
1990: Blake Leary, Australian rugby league player
1990: Igor Sjunin, Estonian triple jumper
1988: Andriy Pylyavskyi, Ukrainian footballer
1988: Yeng Constantino, Filipina singer and songwriter
1987: Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper
1986: Kaija Udras, Estonian skier
1986: Martell Webster, American basketball player
1985: Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
1985: Stephen Dawson, Irish footballer
1985: Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
1984: Marco Giambruno, Italian footballer
1984: Anna Petrakova, Russian basketball player
1984: Joe Thomas, American football player
1983: Jimmy Bartel, Australian footballer
1983: Chinx, American rapper (d. 2015)
1982: Nathan Douglas, English triple jumper
1982: Waldo Ponce, Chilean footballer
1982: Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese race car driver
1982: Nick Vujicic, Australian evangelist
1981: Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist
1980: Rick Victor, Canadian wrestler and manager
1979: Ysabella Brave, American singer-songwriter
1979: Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
1978: Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and actress
1977: Ajit Agarkar, Indian cricketer
1977: Darvis Patton, American sprinter
1977: Morten Veland, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
1976: Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater
1974: Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
1973: Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer
1973: Frank Boeijen, Dutch keyboard player
1973: Mina Caputo, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1973: Michael Jackson, English footballer and manager
1973: Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league player
1973: Kate Rusby, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player
1972: Yūko Miyamura, Japanese voice actress and singer
1971: Shannon Briggs, American boxer and actor
1969: Dionne Farris, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
1969: Jay-Z, American rapper, producer, and actor, co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records
1969: Plum Sykes, English journalist and author
1968: Tahir Dawar, Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet (d. 2018)
1967: Guillermo Amor, Spanish footballer and manager
1966: Fred Armisen, American actor and musician
1966: Andy Hess, American bass player
1966: Suzanne Malveaux, American journalist
1966: Suzette M. Malveaux, American lawyer and academic
1965: Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1965: Shaun Hollamby, English race car driver and businessman
1965: Ulf Kirsten, German footballer and manager
1964: Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
1964: Marisa Tomei, American actress
1963: Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
1963: Nigel Heslop, English rugby player
1962: Vinnie Dombroski, American singer-songwriter and musician
1962: Gary Freeman, New Zealand rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1962: Nixon Kiprotich, Kenyan runner
1962: Kevin Richardson, English footballer and manager
1961: Frank Reich, American football player and coach
1960: David Green, Nicaraguan-American baseball player
1960: Glynis Nunn, Australian heptathlete and hurler
1957: Raul Boesel, Brazilian race car driver and radio host
1957: Eric S. Raymond, American computer programmer and author
1957: Lee Smith, American baseball player
1956: Nia Griffith, Welsh educator and politician, former Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
1956: Bernard King, American basketball player and sportscaster
1955: Philip Hammond, English businessman and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
1955: Dave Taylor, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
1955: Cassandra Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1953: Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1953: Jean-Marie Pfaff, Belgian footballer and manager
1951: Gary Rossington, American guitarist
1951: Patricia Wettig, American actress and playwright
1950: Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist and composer
1949: Jeff Bridges, American actor
1949: Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician
1948: Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter
1947: Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
1946: Karina, Spanish singer/actress
1945: Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
1944: Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944: Anna McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
1944: François Migault, French race car driver (d. 2012)
1944: Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer (d. 1983)
1942: Bob Mosley, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1941: Marty Riessen, American tennis player and coach
1940: Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager
1940: Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)
1939: Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (d. 2016)
1939: Joan Brady, American-British author
1939: Freddy Cannon, American singer and guitarist
1938: Andre Marrou, American lawyer and politician
1938: Yvonne Minton, Australian-English soprano and actress
1937: Max Baer, Jr., American actor, director, and producer
1936: John Giorno, American poet and performance artist (d. 2019)
1935: Paul O'Neill, American businessman and politician, 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 2020)
1934: Bill Collins, Australian film critic and author (d. 2019)
1934: Victor French, American actor and director (d. 1989)
1933: Wink Martindale, American game show host and producer
1933: Horst Buchholz, German actor (d. 2003)
1932: Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (d. 2021)
1931: Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1931: Wally George, American radio and television host (d. 2003)
1930: Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1930: Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (d. 2013)
1929: Şakir Eczacıbaşı, Turkish pharmacist, photographer, and businessman (d. 2010)
1925: Albert Bandura, Canadian-American psychologist and academic (d. 2021)
1924: John C. Portman, Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square (d. 2017)
1923: Charles Keating, American lawyer and financier (d. 2014)
1923: Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2012)
1923: John Krish, English director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1921: Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress and singer (d. 2013)
1920: Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (d. 2013)
1920: Michael Bates, English actor (d. 1978)
1920: Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (d. 2013)
1919: I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (d. 2012)
1916: Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1915: Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1914: Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
1914: Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)
1913: Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1978)
1912: Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1988)
1910: Alex North, American composer and conductor (d. 1991)
1910: R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 2009)
1908: Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1904: Albert Norden, German journalist and politician (d. 1982)
1903: Cornell Woolrich, American author (d. 1968)
1899: Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician (d. 1934)
1899: Charlie Spencer, English footballer and manager (d. 1953)
1897: Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (d. 1958)
1895: Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
1893: Herbert Read, English poet and critic (d. 1968)
1892: Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1975)
1892: Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician (d. 1986)
1887: Winifred Carney, Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish republican (d. 1943)
1884: R. C. Majumdar, Indian historian (d. 1980)
1883: Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and playwright (d. 1969)
1882: Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (d. 1963)
1881: Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)
1875: Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (d. 1964)
1875: Joe Corbett, American baseball player and coach (d. 1945)
1875: Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian-Swiss poet and author (d. 1926)
1868: Jesse Burkett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1953)
1867: Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1940)
1865: Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) (d. 1915)
1861: Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1922)
1844: Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)
1835: Samuel Butler, English author and critic (d. 1902)
1817: Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author (d. 1845)
1798: Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (d. 1881)
1795: Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1881)
1777: Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (d. 1849)
1713: Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (d. 1786)
1670: John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1742)
1667: Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer and educator (d. 1737)
1660: André Campra, French composer and conductor (d. 1744)
1647: Daniel Eberlin, German composer (d. 1715)
1595: Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (d. 1674)
1585: John Cotton, English-American minister and theologian (d. 1652)
1580: Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)
1575: Sister Virginia Maria, Italian nun (d. 1650)
1555: Heinrich Meibom, German poet and historian (d. 1625)
1506: Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (d. 1558)
1428: Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (d. 1511)
846: Hasan al-Askari 11th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam (d. 874)
AD 34: Persius, Roman poet (d. 62)

Deaths On This Day

2017: Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor (b. 1938)
2016: Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (b. 1921).
2015: Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1932)
2015: Robert Loggia, American actor and director (b. 1930)
2015: Yossi Sarid, Israeli journalist and politician, 15th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1940)
2014: Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (b. 1957)
2014: V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914)
2014: Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
2014: Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
2013: Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author and poet (b. 1913)
2012: Vasily Belov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
2012: Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922)
2012: Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971)
2012: Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (b. 1917)
2011: Sonia Pierre, Haitian-Dominican activist (b. 1965)
2011: Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954)
2011: Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
2010: King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler (b. 1937)
2009: Liam Clancy, Irish singer, actor, and guitarist (b. 1935)
2007: Pimp C, American rapper (b. 1973)
2006: K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)
2006: Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987)
2005: Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
2005: Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
2004: Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano and actress (b. 1943)
2003: Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
2000: Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)
1999: Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
1993: Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (b. 1903)
1993: Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1940)
1992: Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
1988: Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)
1987: Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
1987: Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
1984: Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)
1981: Jeanne Block, American psychologist (b. 1923)
1980: Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
1980: Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)
1980: Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)
1976: Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)
1976: Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
1976: W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)
1975: Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
1971: Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
1969: Fred Hampton, American Black Panthers activist (b. 1948)
1967: Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)
1963: Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (b. 1882)
1955: József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)
1954: George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)
1948: Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
1945: Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
1945: Richárd Weisz, Hungarian Olympic champion wrestler (b. 1879)
1944: Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
1942: Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
1942: Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
1938: Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
1935: Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
1935: Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
1933: Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
1926: Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
1902: Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
1897: Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
1893: John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
1850: William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
1845: Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
1841: David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
1839: John Leamy, Irish-American merchant (b. 1757)
1828: Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
1798: Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
1732: John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
1696: Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
1680: Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
1679: Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)
1649: William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585)
1642: Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1585)
1637: Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (b. 1592)
1609: Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (b. 1560)
1603: Maerten de Vos, Flemish painter and draughtsman (b. 1532)
1585: John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)
1576: Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514)
1459: Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (b. 1401)
1456: Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1401)
1408: Valentina Visconti, wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans
1341: Janisław I, Archbishop of Gniezno
1340: Henry Burghersh, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1292)
1334: Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
1270: Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238)
1260: Aymer de Valence, Bishop of Winchester (b. 1222)
1214: William the Lion, Scottish king (b. 1143)
1131: Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
1075: Anno II, German archbishop and saint (b. 1010)
870: Suairlech ind Eidnén mac Ciaráin, Irish bishop
771: Carloman I, Frankish king (b. 751)
749: John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (b. 676)
530 BC: Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (b. 600 BC)

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