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February 1

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February 1

February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 333 days remain until the end of the year (334 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Father buys winning $1 million lottery ticket while wife waits in hospital with newborn. A data analyst became a father of two and a millionaire in one day after he bought a $1 million (US$747,045) winning lottery ticket while his wife waited at the hospital with their newborn.
2023: Two $31 million Mega Millions lottery jackpots won in Massachusetts in one week. In just one week, two Mega Millions lottery jackpots both valued at $31 million were won in Massachusetts.
2022: Maryland Lottery to swap out 5 Card Cash for new Pick 5 game. The Maryland Lottery announced that it will be ending 5 Card Cash and will replace it with a new Pick 5 game, the state's newest draw game in six years since it joined Cash4Life in 2016.
2021: Idaho man wins lottery for the sixth time. There's a player in Idaho whose luck refuses to run out after he played the lottery and won a large prize for the sixth time last week to the tune of $250,000, his largest prize yet.
2019: Woman steals credit cards, buys winning lottery ticket, gets arrested. A 33-year-old Canadian woman hit it big in the lottery, but ended up on the losing end when the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary charged her with theft of a credit card used to purchase the winning ticket.
2018: Tennessee bill would remove cash-only obstacle when purchasing lottery tickets. A billed filed by Tennessee legislators would make it easier to purchase lottery tickets.
2017: Indiana lawmaker wants scratch-off lottery game to help homeless veterans. An Indiana Senate lawmaker wants the Hoosier Lottery to create a new scratch-off game to benefit homeless veterans.
2017: Woman finds $100,000 lottery ticket while cleaning. South Carolina Lottery officials say a Georgia woman found a winning Powerball ticket in a stack of old tickets.
2016: Va. grocery store worker's lottery ticket mistake turns into $7 million grand prize. A Virginia grocery store employee's mistake during Powerball jackpot fever earlier this month ended up turning into a $7 million windfall.
2012: D.C. Council poised to repeal online gambling. After becoming the first jurisdiction in the nation to legalize online gambling within its borders, the District of Columbia is poised to repeal the program before it launches.
2012: Iowa Legislators satisfied with Lottery's handling of mystery jackpot winner. State lawmakers gave Iowa Lottery officials high marks Tuesday for the way they handled the mysterious circumstances surrounding a winning Hot Lotto jackpot that went unclaimed when attorneys representing a trust that turned in a valid ticket withdrew a claim for the multimillion-dollar prize last week.
2011: Wyoming House gives preliminary OK to lottery bill. The Wyoming House of Representatives has given preliminary approval to a bill to allow the sale of in-state and multi-state lottery tickets.
2011: Arkansas Lottery sets raffle draw date. At long last, the Arkansas Lottery has fixed the drawing date for its Arkansas Million Dollar Raffle.
2010: Some stores just 'luckier' than others in N.C. lottery. Will's Food Store in Mount Holly, Pennington boasts the most lottery payouts of any retailer in Gaston County, according to figures from the N.C. Education Lottery.
2010: Montana Lottery starts new Keno-style game today. The Montana Lottery is starting a new keno-like game today called 10 Spot, featuring two daily drawings.
2008: Ohio Gov. plans lottery expansion to increase revenues. Gov. Ted Strickland's plan to boost Ohio's struggling economy anticipates $73 million in new revenue from an expansion of the lottery, which includes a video version of Keno to be offered in bars and other age-controlled venues.
2008: Man wins, then loses, then wins lottery. An Australian retiree won a $1.8 million lottery prize, then lost it, and then won it again Wednesday through a court ruling.
2007: Man with terminal illness wins 20-year annuity lottery jackpot. A man diagnosed with terminal lung cancer won a million dollars in a New York state lottery scratch-off game, but he was required to take the prize as a 20-year annuity.
2007: Texan claims $74 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. Holding a mock check for nearly $74 million, Ronald Crump kept cracking jokes and thanked all the people who purchased losing tickets.
2007: N.C. Lottery chief adding new games to overcome revenue shortfall. The head of the N.C. Education Lottery Tuesday urged patience for critics who say the games have fallen short of their first-year sales goal.
2007: Couple wins $15 million lottery jackpot after redeeming $10,000 ticket. Just days after winning $10,000 with a ticket bought at a northern Arizona café, Barry and Barbara Salzman traveled to Phoenix, collected their winnings, and ended up buying another ticket that won a $15 million Powerball jackpot.
2007: Sex offender wins $14 million Florida Lotto jackpot. Florida lottery officials announced Monday that a state registered sex offender was the sole winner of the $14 million lottery drawing from Jan. 13.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$646.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2023
2.€361.58 Million US$395.5 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2023
3.$333 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2024
4.$324.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2015
5.$323 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2026
6.€183 Million US$220.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2006
7.$206 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2017
8.$202.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2024
9.$194 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2014
10.$191 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2019
11.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2013
12.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2012
13.$168 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2020
14.€148.88 Million
US$167.66 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2022
15.$156 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2006
16.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2018
17.€120 Million
US$137.51 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2019
18.€100 Million
US$136.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2010
19.€115.04 Million
US$135.88 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2026
20.€108 Million
US$134.67 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2018
21.$125.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2022
22.$125 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2019
23.€100.6 Million
US$121.14 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2021
24.€93.05 Million
US$116.01 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2018
25.$115 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2010

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: LotteryHyper
Tuesday, Feb 1, 1994
32 years old
1982: aroune2003
Monday, Feb 1, 1982
44 years old
1981: fashohits
Sunday, Feb 1, 1981
45 years old
1981: lottostud4life
Sunday, Feb 1, 1981
45 years old
1980: Goatdagreat
Friday, Feb 1, 1980
46 years old
1979: docrob160
Thursday, Feb 1, 1979
47 years old
1979: moneymakinmitch
Thursday, Feb 1, 1979
47 years old
1974: don2u
Friday, Feb 1, 1974
52 years old
1974: Lucy 333
Friday, Feb 1, 1974
52 years old
1973: smile4me
Thursday, Feb 1, 1973
53 years old
1972: brwnisblue
Tuesday, Feb 1, 1972
54 years old
1972: picky2
Tuesday, Feb 1, 1972
54 years old
1966: notmyday
Tuesday, Feb 1, 1966
60 years old
1966: kaadog
Tuesday, Feb 1, 1966
60 years old
1964: playerhot
Saturday, Feb 1, 1964
62 years old
1963: lottofan21
Friday, Feb 1, 1963
63 years old
1957: john palmeri
Friday, Feb 1, 1957
69 years old
1953: Adobo123
Sunday, Feb 1, 1953
73 years old
1948: MsMyLove923
Sunday, Feb 1, 1948
78 years old
1947: Aid*Dyl
Saturday, Feb 1, 1947
79 years old
1943: AKA LEE
Monday, Feb 1, 1943
83 years old
: benmas
(year not provided)
: Lew293
(year not provided)
: MisterSix
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Five-year-old Moroccan boy Rayan Aourram falls into a 32-meter (105 feet) deep well in Ighran village in Tamorot commune, Chefchaouen Province, Morocco, but dies four days later, before rescue workers reached him.
2021: A coup d'état in Myanmar removes Aung San Suu Kyi from power and restores military rule.
2013: The Shard, the sixth-tallest building in Europe, opens its viewing gallery to the public.
2012: Seventy-four people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al Masry and Al Ahly in the city of Port Said.
2009: The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
2007: The National Weather Service in the United States switches from the Fujita scale to the new Enhanced Fujita scale to measure the intensity and strength of tornadoes.
2005: King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
2004: Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
2004: Double suicide attack in Erbil on the offices of Iraqi Kurdish political parties by members of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
2003: Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2002: Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, kidnapped on January 23, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
1998: Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
1996: The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
1992: The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
1991: A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
1991: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Hindu Kush region, killing at least 848 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan and present-day Tajikistan.
1981: The Underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when Trevor Chappell bowls underarm on the final delivery of a game between Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
1979: Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
1974: A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
1972: Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
1968: Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
1968: Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
1968: The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
1964: The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
1960: Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1957: Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island in New York City, killing 20 people and injuring 78 others.
1950: The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
1946: Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
1946: The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
1942: World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
1942: World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
1942: Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
1942: Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.
1924: Russia-United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
1908: Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
1900: Great Britain, defeated by Boers in key battles, names Lord Roberts commander of British forces in South Africa.
1897: Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
1896: La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
1895: Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
1893: Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
1884: The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
1865: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1864: Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.
1861: American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States and joins the Confederacy a week later.
1835: Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
1814: Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, which was the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
1796: The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
1793: French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
1713: The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
1662: The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
1411: The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
1327: The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

Births On This Day

2000: Talanoa Hufanga, American football player
1999: Mohamed Abdelmonem, Egyptian footballer
1997: Drew Eubanks, American basketball player
1997: Jihyo, South Korean singer
1996: Ahmad Abughaush, Jordanian taekwondo athlete
1996: Doyoung, South Korean singer
1994: Anna-Lena Friedsam, German tennis player
1994: Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter and actor
1993: Diego Mella, Italian footballer
1992: Sean Manaea, American baseball player
1991: Blake Austin, Australian rugby league player
1990: Tyler Myers, American-Canadian ice hockey player
1989: Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer
1988: Brett Anderson, American baseball player
1987: Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
1987: Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer
1987: Austin Jackson, American baseball player
1987: Heather Morris, American actress, singer, and dancer
1987: Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
1987: Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist, wrestler and actress
1986: Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater
1986: Lauren Conrad, American fashion designer and author
1986: Ladislav Šmíd, Czech ice hockey player
1985: Dean Shiels, Irish footballer
1984: Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
1983: Heather DeLoach, American actress
1983: Kevin Martin, American basketball player
1983: Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
1983: Andrew VanWyngarden, American singer-songwriter and musician
1982: Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby player
1982: Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
1981: Hins Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter
1981: Christian Giménez, Argentinian footballer
1981: Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
1980: Héctor Luna, Dominican baseball player
1979: Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (died 2006)
1979: Jason Isbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979: Juan, Brazilian footballer
1978: Tim Harding, Australian singer and actor
1977: Robert Traylor, American basketball player (died 2011)
1976: Phil Ivey, American poker player
1976: Mat Rogers, Australian rugby player
1975: Big Boi, American rapper
1975: Martijn Reuser, Dutch footballer
1975: Tomáš Vlasák, Czech ice hockey player
1974: Walter McCarty, American basketball player and coach
1973: Andrew DeClercq, American basketball player and coach
1973: Óscar Pérez Rojas, Mexican footballer
1972: Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist
1972: Christian Ziege, German footballer
1971: Michael C. Hall, American actor and producer
1971: Tommy Salo, Swedish ice hockey player
1970: Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese racing driver
1970: Malik Sealy, American basketball player and actor (died 2000)
1969: Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian footballer
1969: Andrew Breitbart, American journalist, author, and publisher (died 2012)
1969: Brian Krause, American actor
1969: Joshua Redman, American musician and composer
1969: Franklyn Rose, Jamaican cricketer
1969: Patrick Wilson, American musician and songwriter
1968: Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2023)
1968: Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968: Pauly Shore, American actor and comedian
1967: Meg Cabot, American author and screenwriter
1966: Michelle Akers, American soccer player
1965: Sherilyn Fenn, American actress
1965: Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (died 1993)
1965: Stéphanie of Monaco
1964: Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
1964: Eli Ohana, Israeli football player, and club chairman
1964: Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer-songwriter
1964: Linus Roache, English actor
1962: José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (died 2004)
1962: Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962: Takashi Murakami, Japanese painter and sculptor
1961: Volker Fried, German field hockey player and coach
1961: Kaduvetti Guru, Indian politician (died 2018)
1961: Daniel M. Tani, American engineer and astronaut
1959: Wade Wilson, American football player and coach (died 2019)
1958: Luther Blissett, Jamaican-English footballer and manager
1958: Eleanor Laing, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
1957: Gilbert Hernandez, American author and illustrator
1957: Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi Arabian businessman (died 2007)
1956: Exene Cervenka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955: T. R. Dunn, American basketball player and coach
1954: Chuck Dukowski, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1954: Bill Mumy, American actor, writer, and musician
1952: Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (died 2012)
1951: Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
1950: Mike Campbell, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1950: Ali Haydar Konca, Turkish politician, 4th Turkish Minister of European Union Affairs
1950: Rich Williams, American guitarist and songwriter
1949: Lex Marinos, Australian actor (died 2024)
1948: Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2004)
1947: Adam Ingram, Scottish computer programmer and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1947: Normie Rowe, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
1947: Jessica Savitch, American journalist (died 1983)
1946: Karen Krantzcke, Australian tennis player (died 1977)
1946: Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (died 2011)
1945: Serge Joyal, Canadian lawyer and politician, 50th Secretary of State for Canada
1945: Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (died 2013)
1945: Mary Jane Reoch, American cyclist (died 1993)
1944: Burkhard Ziese, German footballer and manager (died 2010)
1942: Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (died 1996)
1942: Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2020)
1941: Jerry Spinelli, American author
1939: Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist, author, and academic
1939: Claude François, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (died 1978)
1939: Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (died 2007)
1939: Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (died 2009)
1939: Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (died 2014)
1938: Jimmy Carl Black, American drummer and singer (died 2008)
1938: Jacky Cupit, American golfer
1938: Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (died 2012)
1937: Don Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
1937: Garrett Morris, American actor and comedian
1936: Tuncel Kurtiz, Turkish actor, playwright, and director (died 2013)
1934: Marina Kondratyeva, Russian ballet dancer (died 2024)
1932: John Nott, British politician (died 2024)
1932: Hassan al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (died 2016)
1931: Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (died 2007)
1930: Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi judge and politician, 12th President of Bangladesh (died 2022)
1930: Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Bangladeshi general and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh (died 2019)
1928: Sam Edwards, Welsh physicist and academic (died 2015)
1928: Tom Lantos, Hungarian-American academic and politician (died 2008)
1928: Stuart Whitman, American actor (died 2020)
1927: Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (died 2014)
1926: Vivian Maier, American street photographer (died 2009)
1924: Emmanuel Scheffer, German-Israeli footballer, coach, and manager (died 2012)
1923: Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (died 2008)
1922: Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress (died 2004)
1921: Teresa Mattei, Italian feminist partisan and politician (died 2013)
1921: Patricia Robins, English writer and WAAF officer (died 2016)
1921: Peter Sallis, English actor (died 2017)
1920: Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese-French painter (died 2013)
1918: Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist (died 2006)
1918: Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (died 2012)
1917: José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (died 2013)
1917: Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (died 1944)
1915: Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (died 2000)
1910: Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Chinese general and politician (died 2009)
1909: George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1908: George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (died 1980)
1908: Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist and banker (died 1998)
1907: Günter Eich, German author and songwriter (died 1972)
1907: Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian pianist and composer (died 1993)
1906: Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (died 1993)
1905: Emilio Segrè, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)
1904: S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (died 1979)
1902: Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard (died 1947)
1902: Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (died 1967)
1901: Frank Buckles, American soldier (died 2011)
1901: Clark Gable, American actor (died 1960)
1898: Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and author (died 2012)
1897: Denise Robins, English journalist and author (died 1985)
1895: Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman (died 1980)
1894: John Ford, American director and producer (died 1973)
1894: James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (died 1955)
1890: Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (died 1942)
1887: Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author (died 1947)
1884: Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician (died 1949)
1884: Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (died 1937)
1882: Vladimir Dimitrov, Bulgarian artist (died 1960)
1882: Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1973)
1881: Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (died 1966)
1878: Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika (died 1955)
1878: Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (died 1944)
1874: Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (died 1929)
1873: John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1901)
1872: Clara Butt, English opera singer (died 1936)
1872: Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (died 1949)
1870: Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (died 1949)
1868: Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and illustrator (died 1917)
1866: Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (died 1924)
1859: Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor (died 1924)
1858: Ignacio Bonillas, Mexican diplomat (died 1942)
1851: Durham Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat (died 1908)
1844: G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (died 1924)
1836: Emil Hartmann, Danish organist and composer (died 1898)
1820: George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman and theologian (died 1897)
1801: Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (died 1881)
1796: Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss minister, poet, and educator (died 1865)
1763: Thomas Campbell, Irish minister and theologian (died 1854)
1761: Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (died 1836)
1701: Johan Agrell, Swedish-German pianist and composer (died 1765)
1690: Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1768)
1687: Johann Adam Birkenstock, German violinist and composer (died 1733)
1666: Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Princess of Conti and titular queen of Poland (died 1732)
1663: Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (died 1748)
1659: Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (died 1729)
1648: Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (died 1724)
1635: Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (died 1689)
1561: Henry Briggs, British mathematician (died 1630)
1552: Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (died 1634)
1462: Johannes Trithemius, German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer (died 1516)
1459: Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (died 1508)
1447: Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (died 1504)
1435: Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (died 1472)
1261: Walter de Stapledon, English bishop and politician, Lord High Treasurer (died 1326)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany (born 1943)
2025: Fay Vincent, American lawyer and businessman, 8th Commissioner of Baseball (born 1938)
2022: Remi De Roo, Canadian bishop of the Catholic Church (born 1924)
2021: Dustin Diamond, American actor, director, stand-up comedian, and musician (born 1977)
2021: Temur Tsiklauri, Georgian pop singer and actor (born 1946)
2019: Jeremy Hardy, English comedian, radio host and panelist (born 1961)
2019: Clive Swift, English actor (born 1936)
2019: Wade Wilson, American football player and coach (born 1959)
2018: Barys Kit, Belarusian rocket scientist (born 1910)
2018: Mowzey Radio, Ugandan singer and songwriter (born 1985)
2017: Desmond Carrington, British actor and broadcaster (born 1926)
2016: Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, Guatemalan general and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (born 1930)
2015: Aldo Ciccolini, Italian-French pianist (born 1925)
2015: Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (born 1935)
2015: Monty Oum, American animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1981)
2014: Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1938)
2014: Vasily Petrov, Russian marshal (born 1917)
2014: Rene Ricard, American poet, painter, and critic (born 1946)
2014: Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
2013: Helene Hale, American politician (born 1918)
2013: Ed Koch, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (born 1924)
2013: Shanu Lahiri, Indian painter and educator (born 1928)
2013: Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1947)
2012: Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (born 1936)
2012: Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)
2008: Beto Carrero, Brazilian actor and businessman (born 1937)
2007: Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American playwright and composer (born 1911)
2005: John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (born 1932)
2004: Suha Arın, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)
2003: Space Shuttle Columbia crew Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1959)
2003: Space Shuttle Columbia crew David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1956)
2003: Space Shuttle Columbia crew Kalpana Chawla, Indian-American engineer and astronaut (born 1961)
2003: Space Shuttle Columbia crew Laurel Clark, American captain, surgeon, and astronaut (born 1961)
2003: Space Shuttle Columbia crew Rick Husband, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1957)
2003: Space Shuttle Columbia crew William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1961)
2003: Space Shuttle Columbia crew Ilan Ramon, Israeli colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1954)
2003: Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer and bandleader (born 1922)
2002: Aykut Barka, Turkish geologist and academic (born 1951)
2002: Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (born 1925)
2001: André D'Allemagne, Canadian political scientist and academic (born 1929)
1999: Paul Mellon, American art collector and philanthropist (born 1907)
1997: Herb Caen, American journalist and author (born 1916)
1996: Ray Crawford, American race car driver, pilot, and businessman (born 1915)
1993: Sven Thofelt, Swedish modern pentathlete and épée fencer (born 1904)
1992: Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (born 1909)
1991: Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar, Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (born 1916)
1989: Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (born 1918)
1989: Eduardo Franco, Uruguayan lead singer of the band "Los Iracundos" (born 1945)
1988: Heather O'Rourke, American child actress (born 1975)
1987: Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1900)
1986: Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
1981: Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American engineer and businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (born 1892)
1981: Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1908)
1980: Yolanda González (activist), Basque activist (born1961)
1979: Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist (born 1929)
1976: Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
1976: George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1878)
1970: Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician and academic (born 1921)
1968: Echol Cole and Robert Walker - sparking the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike
1966: Hedda Hopper, American actress and journalist (born 1885)
1966: Buster Keaton, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1895)
1965: Johan Scharffenberg, Norwegian psychiatrist (born 1869)
1959: Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (born 1873)
1958: Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
1957: Friedrich Paulus, German general (born 1890)
1949: Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (born 1880)
1949: Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (born 1885)
1944: Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (born 1872)
1940: Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (born 1888)
1940: Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (born 1877)
1936: Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1878)
1928: Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (born 1869)
1924: Maurice Prendergast, American painter (born 1858)
1922: William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (born 1872)
1917: Georg Andreas Bull, Norwegian architect (born 1829)
1916: James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia (born 1831)
1908: Carlos I of Portugal (born 1863)
1907: Léon Serpollet, French businessman (born 1858)
1903: Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (born 1819)
1897: Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (born 1826)
1893: George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (born 1824)
1871: Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (born 1820)
1851: Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (born 1797)
1832: Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (born 1777)
1803: Anders Chydenius, Finnish economist, philosopher and Lutheran priest (born 1729)
1793: William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1717)
1768: Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (born 1685)
1761: Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French priest and historian (born 1682)
1750: Bakar of Georgia (born 1699)
1743: Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (born 1657)
1734: John Floyer, English physician and author (born 1649)
1733: Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (born 1670)
1718: Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1660)
1691: Pope Alexander VIII (born 1610)
1590: Lawrence Humphrey, English theologian and academic (born 1527)
1563: Menas of Ethiopia
1542: Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (born 1480)
1501: Sigismund of Bavaria (born 1439)
1328: Charles IV of France (born 1294)
1248: Henry II, Duke of Brabant (born 1207)
1222: Alexios Megas Komnenos, first Emperor of Trebizond
850: Ramiro I, king of Asturias
772: Pope Stephen III (born 720)
583: Kan Bahlam I, ruler of Palenque (born 524)

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