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February 12

On This Day in History

February 12

February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 322 days remain until the end of the year (323 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Two-member group wins $4.14 million, largest Fast Cash lottery jackpot in Michigan. A two-member group noticed that the Fast Cash progressive jackpot had reached a record-breaking $4.14 million in Michigan, and their discerning eye led them straight to a record win.
2025: Michigan man's lottery play method almost causes him to lose out on $4 million prize. A Michigan man's interesting scratch-off play style almost led him to losing out on a $4 million lottery prize.
2024: Massachusetts store clerk who tried to steal customer's $3M lottery prize sentenced to probation. A Massachusetts store clerk embroiled in the unique case involving a $3 million lottery ticket admitted Friday that she tried to cash in on the winnings, despite knowing they belonged to someone else.
2023: Two record prizes claimed by Mississippi lottery players in one day. Two Mississippi Lottery players scooped up two remarkable prizes in one day, setting a new record for the state's largest prizes won in two particular lottery games.
2021: Hawaii is the latest state to take first steps of starting a lottery. A bill that advocates for the creation of a state lottery was approved by the Hawaii Senate Education Committee on Wednesday, which means that the state is one step closer to potentially operating its own lottery.
2020: Ireland lottery jackpot winner loses ticket twice. A Dublin woman admitted to losing her winning Lotto ticket twice after finding out that she was one of two lucky winners to sharing a massive €7.7 million (US$8.4 million) jackpot.
2019: Jamaican lottery winner wears 'Scream' mask to hide identity. A lottery winner in Jamaica who seemingly wanted to remain anonymous chose quite the mask to conceal his face.
2016: NJ Lottery holds annual second-chance drawing. The New Jersey Lottery held the Grand Prize Drawing of the 2015 Million Dollar Replay program with more than 100 semi-finalists and their guests in attendance at the War Memorial in Trenton.
2016: Man to use lottery winnings to open new business. A Kansas man who won a $10,000 lottery prize plans to use his winnings to make his dreams come true by opening his own business.
2015: Three tickets to split massive $564 million Powerball jackpot. Three Powerball lottery tickets sold in North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Texas matched all the winning numbers Wednesday night to share a $564.1 million jackpot.
2014: Orlando man claims $46 million Florida Lotto jackpot. The Florida Lottery announced Tuesday that James Caldwell of Orlando claimed a $46 million jackpot from the Dec. 18 drawing.
2014: N.M. Lottery announces CEO finalists. The New Mexico Lottery has announced four finalists for the chief executive officer's position, which became vacant in November the lottery's board of directors fired former CEO Tom Romero without explanation.
2013: Wyoming lottery bill advances to Senate floor. A Senate committee has endorsed a bill that would bring the lottery to Wyoming.
2013: 29 co-workers share $1 million Powerball prize. Tuesday morning a group of self-proclaimed IT geeks who work at the Humana headquarters in Louisville claimed a $1 million Powerball prize, with the group voting to include their co-workers who hadn't been able to participate in the win.
2012: Arkansas Lottery Commission picks new director. The Arkansas Lottery Commission today picked Bishop Woosley, the lottery's chief legal counsel, to be the state's new lottery director.
2010: Lawmakers recommend expansion of Maine Lottery. Maine lawmakers say they want to expand the state lottery by adding a video version of keno and joining the multistate Mega Millions, but Gov. John Baldacci is against the idea.
2010: New games send lottery sales soaring. Tennessee lottery officials say sales are surging because of two new games: Mega Millions and Millionaire Jumbo Bucks.
2009: Early talks for a joint Powerball-British lottery game. Will Powerball marry up with the British lottery or even Euro Millions, creating the largest lottery jackpots on the face of the earth?
2009: Once again, no lottery for Wyoming. The Wyoming House has defeated legislation that would have created a state lottery and allowed Wyoming to take part in the Powerball lottery.
2008: £10 million lottery winner blows fortune, in debt. When hospital porter John McGuinness won a Â£10 million (US$19.5 million) British National Lottery jackpot, he thought his good fortune would never end. Eleven years later, he is deep in debt, looking for a job and applying for public housing.
2004: Tennessee Lottery wastes $1M on needless legal activities. The Tennessee Lottery has incurred out-of-control legal expenses that stem from needless and insignficant legal activities, according to recent reports.
2004: Need $150 million? Try for Mega Millions jackpot. Lottery players have another chance at the good life Friday night when the Mega Millions lottery jackpot reaches an estimated $150 million.
2004: Can a lottery win make you happy?. The first Euro Millions lottery draw takes place on Friday, with the prospect of multi-million pound jackpots. How do windfall winners come to grips with their newfound wealth - and does it make them happy?
2004: Strongly worded letter sent to lottery director before his death. After being directed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, the state's finance commissioner has worked with the Minnesota State Lottery since last spring to tighten operations, but enough lapses continued that a strongly worded letter was sent to lottery director George Andersen shortly before his death, the Pioneer Press reported.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$425 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2024
2.€369.66 Million US$396.95 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2023
3.$385 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2026
4.$317 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2017
5.$300 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2006
6.$286.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2014
7.$269.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2024
8.$242 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2019
9.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2018
10.€163 Million
US$197.47 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2021
11.€155.17 Million
US$176.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2022
12.$176.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2022
13.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2016
14.€129 Million
US$175.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2010
15.$173 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2019
16.€151 Million
US$170.78 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2019
17.€138 Million
US$170.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2018
18.$153.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2025
19.$153 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2018
20.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2004
20.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2008
22.$142.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2026
23.€119.35 Million
US$141.7 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2026
24.$139 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2014
25.€106.7 Million
US$129.32 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1978: Mayor McCheese
Sunday, Feb 12, 1978
48 years old
1978: abm718
Sunday, Feb 12, 1978
48 years old
1974: Sassy704
Tuesday, Feb 12, 1974
52 years old
1970: Virden
Thursday, Feb 12, 1970
56 years old
1965: Kidzmom
Friday, Feb 12, 1965
61 years old
1965: gascogne2006
Friday, Feb 12, 1965
61 years old
1965: SweepingTeresa
Friday, Feb 12, 1965
61 years old
1964: smokey 84
Wednesday, Feb 12, 1964
62 years old
1962: reddog
Monday, Feb 12, 1962
64 years old
1956: Automann52
Sunday, Feb 12, 1956
70 years old
1955: purple*myrtle
Saturday, Feb 12, 1955
71 years old
1951: Iggerine
Monday, Feb 12, 1951
75 years old
1949: R$2122K
Saturday, Feb 12, 1949
77 years old
1946: sandollar
Tuesday, Feb 12, 1946
80 years old
1930: dkight
Wednesday, Feb 12, 1930
96 years old
: unclelotto
(year not provided)
: greendemon
(year not provided)
: llawrenc
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: The country known as the Republic of Macedonia renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia in accordance with the Prespa agreement, settling a long-standing naming dispute with Greece.
2016: Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
2009: Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
2004: The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
2002: The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
2002: An Iran Airtour Tupolev Tu-154 crashes in the mountains outside Khorramabad, Iran while descending for a landing at Khorramabad Airport, killing 119.
2001: NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
1999: United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
1994: Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
1993: Two-year-old James Bulger is abducted from New Strand Shopping Centre by two ten-year-old boys, who later torture and murder him.
1992: The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
1990: Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
1988: Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
1983: One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
1974: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
1968: Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
1966: Rabbi Morris Adler is fatally shot by a disgruntled congregant at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, Michigan, United States.
1965: Malcolm X visits Smethwick near Birmingham following the racially-charged 1964 United Kingdom general election.
1963: Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
1963: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 crashes into the Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing all 45 people on board.
1961: The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
1947: The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
1947: Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
1946: World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
1946: African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
1945: A devastating tornado outbreak in Mississippi and Alabama kills 45 people and injures 427 others.
1935: USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
1921: Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
1919: The Second Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Huliaipole.
1912: The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
1909: New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
1894: Café Terminus bombing by Émile Henry during the Ère des attentats (1892-1894). Influential event for the birth of modern terrorism.
1889: Antonín Dvořák's Jakobín is premiered at National Theater in Prague
1832: Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands.
1825: The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
1818: Bernardo O'Higgins formally approves the Chilean Declaration of Independence near Concepción, Chile.
1817: An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
1771: Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden.
1733: Georgia Day: Englishman James Oglethorpe founds Georgia, the 13th colony of the Thirteen Colonies, by settling at Savannah.
1689: The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
1593: Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwŏn Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
1541: Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
1502: Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.
1502: Vasco da Gama sets sail with 15 ships and 800 men from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.
1429: English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orléans in the Battle of the Herrings.
1404: The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen-Geist Spital in Vienna.
1096: Pope Urban II confirms the foundation of the abbey of La Roë under Robert of Arbrissel as a community of canons regular.
1059: Upon reaching Rome, Bruno of Toul is elected as pope Leo IX and starts initiating reforms.

Births On This Day

2001: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Georgian footballer
2000: Kim Ji-min, South Korean actress
1994: Kemal Bilmez, Belgian politician
1994: Arman Hall, American sprinter
1994: Paxton Lynch, American football player
1993: Bud Dupree, American football player
1993: Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
1993: Jennifer Stone, American actress
1992: Magda Linette, Polish tennis player
1991: Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
1991: Kane Richardson, Australian cricketer
1990: Katherine Barrell, Canadian actress, director, writer, and producer
1990: Robert Griffin III, American football player
1989: Josh Harrellson, American basketball player
1988: DeMarco Murray, American football player
1988: Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine footballer
1988: Josh Phegley, American baseball player
1988: Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer
1987: Jérémy Chardy, French tennis player
1987: Gabriela Mărginean, Romanian basketball player
1986: Todd Frazier, American baseball player
1985: Konstantin Pushkaryov, Kazakhstani ice hockey player
1984: Brad Keselowski, American race car driver
1984: Andrei Sidorenkov, Estonian footballer
1984: Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer
1983: Carlton Brewster, American football player and coach
1982: Jonas Hiller, Swiss ice hockey player
1982: Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
1982: Anthony Tuitavake, New Zealand rugby player
1981: Wade McKinnon, Australian rugby league player
1980: Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
1980: Sarah Lancaster, American actress
1980: Gucci Mane, American rapper
1980: Christina Ricci, American actress and producer
1979: Jesse Spencer, Australian actor and violinist
1978: Paul Anderson, English actor
1977: Jimmy Conrad, American soccer player and manager
1976: Christian Cullen, New Zealand rugby player
1975: Scot Pollard, American basketball player and actor
1974: Naseem Hamed, English boxer
1973: Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
1973: Tara Strong, Canadian-American voice actress and singer
1972: Owen Nolan, Northern Irish-Canadian ice hockey player
1971: Scott Menville, American voice actor, singer, actor and musician
1970: Jim Creeggan, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
1970: Bryan Roy, Dutch footballer and manager
1970: Judd Winick, American author and illustrator
1969: Darren Aronofsky, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician (died 2014)
1969: Steve Backley, English javelin thrower
1969: Anneli Drecker, Norwegian singer and actress
1969: Hong Myung-bo, South Korean footballer and manager
1968: Josh Brolin, American actor
1968: Chynna Phillips, American singer and actress
1968: Nathan Rees, Australian politician, 41st Premier of New South Wales
1966: Greg Carberry, Australian rugby league player
1966: Paul Crook, American musician, songwriter, and producer
1966: Lochlyn Munro, Canadian actor
1965: Rubén Amaro, Jr., American baseball player and manager
1965: Christine Elise, American actress and producer
1965: Brett Kavanaugh, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1965: David Westlake, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964: Omar Hakim, American drummer, producer, arranger, and composer
1964: Raphael Sbarge, American actor and director
1963: John Michael Higgins, American actor and comedian
1961: David Graeber, American anthropologist and activist (died 2020)
1961: Jim Harris, Canadian environmentalist and politician
1961: Michel Martelly, Haitian singer and politician, 56th President of Haiti
1959: Larry Nance, American basketball player
1958: Bobby Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1956: Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
1956: Ad Melkert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
1956: Brian Robertson, Scottish musician and songwriter
1955: Bill Laswell, American musician and producer
1955: Chet Lemon, American baseball player and coach
1954: Zach Grenier, American actor
1954: Joseph Jordania, Georgian-Australian musicologist and academic
1954: Tzimis Panousis, Greek comedian, singer, and author (died 2018)
1954: Phil Zimmermann, American cryptographer and programmer
1953: Joanna Kerns, American actress and director
1952: Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer (died 2010)
1952: Michael McDonald, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1950: Angelo Branduardi, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950: Steve Hackett, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1950: Michael Ironside, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1949: Lenny Randle, American baseball player
1949: Gundappa Viswanath, Indian cricketer
1948: Ray Kurzweil, American computer scientist and engineer
1948: Nicholas Soames, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1946: Jean Eyeghé Ndong, Gabonese politician, Prime Minister of Gabon
1946: Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer-songwriter and actress
1945: Maud Adams, Swedish model and actress
1945: David D. Friedman, American economist, physicist, and scholar
1942: Ehud Barak, Israeli general and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Israel
1942: Terry Bisson, American science fiction and fantasy author (died 2024)
1942: Pat Dobson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2006)
1941: Dominguinhos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (died 2013)
1941: Naomi Uemura, Japanese mountaineer and explorer (died 1984)
1939: Leon Kass, American physician, scientist, and educator
1939: Ray Manzarek, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2013)
1938: Judy Blume, American author and educator
1936: Joe Don Baker, American actor (died 2025)
1936: Alan Ebringer, Australian immunologist
1935: Gene McDaniels, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2011)
1934: Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress
1934: Anne Osborn Krueger, American economist and academic
1934: Bill Russell, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)
1933: Ivan Anikeyev, Soviet cosmonaut (died 1992)
1933: Costa-Gavras, Greek-French director and producer
1932: Axel Jensen, Norwegian author and poet (died 2003)
1932: Julian Simon, American economist, author, and academic (died 1998)
1931: Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch-American author and translator (died 2008)
1930: John Doyle, Irish hurler and politician (died 2010)
1930: Arlen Specter, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 2012)
1928: Vincent Montana, Jr., American drummer and composer (died 2013)
1926: Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (died 2014)
1926: Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2016)
1926: Charles Van Doren, American academic (died 2019)
1925: Anthony Berry, English politician (died 1984)
1925: Joan Mitchell, American-French painter (died 1992)
1923: Franco Zeffirelli, Italian director, producer, and politician (died 2019)
1922: Hussein Onn, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 1990)
1920: Raymond Mhlaba, South African anti-apartheid and ANC activist (died 2005)
1919: Forrest Tucker, American actor (died 1986)
1918: Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (died 2015)
1918: Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
1917: Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach (died 2009)
1917: Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (died 2009)
1916: Joseph Alioto, American lawyer and politician, 36th Mayor of San Francisco (died 1998)
1915: Lorne Greene, Canadian-American actor (died 1987)
1915: Olivia Hooker, American sailor (died 2018)
1914: Tex Beneke, American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader (died 2000)
1914: Hanna Neumann, German-Canadian mathematician (died 1971)
1912: R. F. Delderfield, English author and playwright (died 1972)
1911: Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater (died 1994)
1909: Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator (died 2005)
1909: Sigmund Rascher, German physician (died 1945)
1908: Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist (died 1982)
1908: Jacques Herbrand, French mathematician and philosopher (died 1931)
1907: Joseph Kearns, American actor (died 1962)
1904: Ted Mack, American radio and television host (died 1976)
1903: Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (died 1980)
1903: Chick Hafey, American baseball player and manager (died 1973)
1902: William Collier, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1987)
1900: Roger J. Traynor, American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (died 1983)
1898: Wallace Ford, English-American actor and singer (died 1966)
1897: Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician (died 1988)
1897: Lincoln LaPaz, American astronomer and academic (died 1985)
1895: Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1984)
1893: Omar Bradley, American general (died 1981)
1889: Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge (died 1999)
1885: James Scott, American composer (died 1938)
1885: Julius Streicher, German publisher, founded Der Stürmer (died 1946)
1884: Max Beckmann, German painter and sculptor (died 1950)
1884: Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general (died 1953)
1884: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American author (died 1980)
1884: Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (died 1957)
1882: Walter Nash, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1968)
1881: Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina and actress (died 1931)
1880: George Preca, Maltese priest and saint (died 1962)
1880: John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader (died 1969)
1877: Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault (died 1944)
1876: 13th Dalai Lama (died 1933)
1870: Marie Lloyd, English actress and singer (died 1922)
1869: Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (died 1884)
1866: Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (died 1938)
1861: Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (died 1937)
1857: Eugène Atget, French photographer (died 1927)
1857: Bobby Peel, English cricketer and coach (died 1943)
1837: Thomas Moran, British-American painter and printmaker of the Hudson River School (died 1926)
1828: George Meredith, English novelist and poet (died 1909)
1824: Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher, founded Arya Samaj (died 1883)
1819: William Wetmore Story, American sculptor, architect, poet and editor (died 1895)
1809: Charles Darwin, English naturalist, geologist, biologist and theorist (died 1882)
1809: Abraham Lincoln, American lawyer and statesman, 16th President of the United States (died 1865)
1804: Heinrich Lenz, German-Italian physicist and academic (died 1865)
1794: Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player and composer (died 1867)
1794: Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician (died 1850)
1791: Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union (died 1883)
1788: Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (died 1869)
1787: Norbert Provencher, Canadian bishop and missionary (died 1853)
1785: Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist (died 1838)
1777: Bernard Courtois, French chemist and academic (died 1838)
1777: Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German author and poet (died 1843)
1775: Louisa Adams, 6th First Lady of the United States (died 1852)
1768: Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1835)
1761: Jan Ladislav Dussek, Czech pianist and composer (died 1812)
1753: François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (died 1798)
1728: Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (died 1799)
1706: Johann Joseph Christian, German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver (died 1777)
1704: Charles Pinot Duclos, French author (died 1772)
1665: Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (died 1721)
1663: Cotton Mather, English-American minister and author (died 1728)
1637: Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist and zoologist (died 1680)
1608: Daniello Bartoli, Italian Jesuit priest (died 1685)
1606: John Winthrop the Younger, English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of Connecticut (died 1676)
1584: Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (died 1648)
1567: Thomas Campion, English composer, poet, and physician (died 1620)
1540: Wŏn Kyun, Korean general and admiral (died 1597)
1480: Frederick II of Legnica, Duke of Legnica (died 1547)
1443: Giovanni II Bentivoglio, Italian noble (died 1508)
1322: John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (died 1375)
1218: Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shōgun (died 1256)
1074: Conrad II of Italy (died 1101)
661: Princess Ōku of Japan (died 702)
528: Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, nominal empress regnant of Northern Wei
AD 41: Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (died 55)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Ivan Reitman, Slovak-Canadian actor, director, and producer (born 1946)
2020: Christie Blatchford, Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (born 1951)
2020: Geert Hofstede, Dutch social psychologist (born 1928)
2019: Gordon Banks, English footballer (born 1937)
2019: Lyndon LaRouche, American political activist (born 1922)
2019: Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican professional wrestler and commentator (born 1942)
2018: Bill Crider, American author (born 1941)
2017: Al Jarreau, American singer (born 1940)
2017: Anna Marguerite McCann, first female American underwater archaeologist (born 1933)
2017: Ren Xinmin, Chinese rocket scientist (born 1915)
2016: Dominique D'Onofrio, Italian-Belgian footballer and coach (born 1953)
2016: Yannis Kalaitzis, Greek cartoonist (born 1945)
2016: Yan Su, Chinese general and composer (born 1930)
2015: Movita Castaneda, American actress and singer (born 1916)
2015: Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (born 1931)
2015: Gary Owens, American radio host and voice actor (born 1934)
2015: Steve Strange, Welsh singer (born 1959)
2014: Sid Caesar, American actor and comedian (born 1922)
2014: John Pickstone, English historian and author (born 1944)
2013: Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1941)
2013: Reginald Turnill, English journalist and author (born 1915)
2013: Hennadiy Udovenko, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, 2nd Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ukraine (born 1931)
2012: Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (born 1945)
2012: Denis Flannery, Australian rugby player and coach (born 1928)
2012: David Kelly, Irish actor (born 1929)
2012: John Severin, American illustrator (born 1921)
2011: Peter Alexander, Austrian singer and actor (born 1926)
2011: Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1919)
2011: Kenneth Mars, American actor and comedian (born 1935)
2010: Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (born 1988)
2009: Colgan Air Flight 3407 victims: Alison Des Forges, American historian and activist (born 1942)
2009: Colgan Air Flight 3407 victims: Beverly Eckert, American activist (born 1951)
2009: Colgan Air Flight 3407 victims: Mat Mathews, Dutch accordion player (born 1924)
2009: Colgan Air Flight 3407 victims: Coleman Mellett, American guitarist (born 1974)
2009: Colgan Air Flight 3407 victims: Gerry Niewood, American saxophonist (born 1943)
2008: David Groh, American actor (born 1939)
2007: Ann Barzel, American writer and dance critic (born 1905)
2007: Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader (born 1905)
2005: Dorothy Stang, American-Brazilian nun and missionary (born 1931)
2002: John Eriksen, Danish footballer (born 1957)
2001: Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and producer (born 1912)
2000: Tom Landry, American football player and coach (born 1924)
2000: Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (born 1922)
1998: Gardner Ackley, American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1915)
1995: Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (born 1952)
1994: Donald Judd, American painter and sculptor (born 1928)
1992: Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (born 1907)
1991: Roger Patterson, American bass player (born 1968)
1989: Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and author (born 1931)
1985: Nicholas Colasanto, American actor and director (born 1924)
1984: Anna Anderson, Polish-American woman, who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (born 1896)
1984: Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and poet (born 1914)
1983: Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (born 1887)
1982: Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (born 1902)
1980: Muriel Rukeyser, American poet and activist (born 1913)
1979: Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)
1977: Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher and scholar (born 1894)
1976: Frank Stagg, Irish Republican died on hunger strike (born 1941)
1976: Sal Mineo, American actor (born 1939)
1975: Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (born 1895)
1971: James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (born 1875)
1970: Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (born 1903)
1960: Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and academic (born 1887)
1958: Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (born 1897)
1954: Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (born 1896)
1949: Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian educator, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (born 1906)
1947: Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (born 1866)
1942: Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1909)
1942: Avraham Stern, Polish-Israeli militant leader (born 1907)
1942: Grant Wood, American painter and academic (born 1891)
1935: Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (born 1846)
1931: Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (born 1855)
1929: Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (born 1853)
1916: Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (born 1831)
1915: Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1837)
1912: Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (born 1841)
1896: Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (born 1811)
1894: Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1830)
1886: Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (born 1846)
1834: Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (born 1768)
1804: Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1724)
1789: Ethan Allen, American farmer, general, and politician (born 1738)
1771: Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (born 1710)
1763: Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (born 1688)
1728: Agostino Steffani, Italian priest and composer (born 1653)
1713: Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor (born 1664)
1624: George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist, founded George Heriot's School (born 1563)
1612: Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer (born 1563)
1600: Edward Denny, Knight Banneret of Bishop's Stortford, English soldier, privateer and adventurer (born 1547)
1590: François Hotman, French lawyer and author (born 1524)
1578: Pari Khan Khanum, Iranian princess (born 1548)
1571: Nicholas Throckmorton, English politician and diplomat (born 1515)
1554: Lord Guildford Dudley, English son of Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland (born 1536; executed)
1554: Lady Jane Grey, de facto monarch of England and Ireland for nine days (born 1537; executed)
1538: Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, engraver, and architect (born 1480)
1517: Catherine of Navarre (born 1468)
1266: Amadeus of the Amidei, Italian saint
1247: Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg, ruler (born 1185)
981: Ælfstan, bishop of Ramsbury
941: Wulfhelm, Archbishop of Canterbury
914: Li, empress of Yan
901: Antony II, patriarch of Constantinople
890: Henjō, Japanese priest and poet (born 816)
821: Benedict of Aniane, French monk and saint (born 747)

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