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February 13

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February 13

February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 321 days remain until the end of the year (322 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Virginia daughter convinces father to play Powerball, he wins $100,000 lottery prize. A Virginia man almost did not play the lottery, but then won $100,000 after his daughter convinced him to take a swing at winning the $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot in November 2022.
2022: 3-3-3 in North Carolina Lottery Pick 3 drawing delivers nearly $5 million in lottery winnings. 3-3-3 is the latest triple combination to come up in a North Carolina Lottery's Pick 3 drawing, and local players are celebrating the nearly $5 million prize payout.
2019: Canadian businessman named $33 million lottery winner. A 48-year-old father of two from Owen Sound, Ontario, won just shy of $33.4 million (US$25.2 million) in the Feb. 2 Lotto 6/49 draw, Ontario's gaming operator announced Monday.
2018: NH Lottery Commission wants Powerball winner's lawsuit dismissed, citing Right-to-Know Law. The New Hampshire lottery commission is asking a judge to dismiss a recent lawsuit brought forward by a local woman claiming to own the winning $560 million Powerball ticket and fighting to remain anonymous.
2018: Ohio Lottery rolls out new initiatives. The Ohio Lottery is undertaking several new initiatives expected to increase revenue and offer new options to players.
2015: NC Powerball winner identifies herself. A woman from Shallotte, North Carolina, has come forward with what she believes is the winning Powerball ticket from Wednesday's drawing.
2015: Will the Puerto Rico Powerball winner pay Federal tax? Nobody knows. For the first time ever, Puerto Rico has a Powerball winner, and now everyone is trying to figure out if the winner will be taxed -- and how much.
2014: $330 MILLION: Powerball jackpot quickly ramping up. For the 5th time in the past year, a Powerball jackpot run-up has crossed the threshold to the top 25 jackpots of all time.
2012: Lottery jackpots may get bigger. The Powerball lottery that provided a lucky Rhode Island ticket holder $336.4 million could soon produce jackpots of $500 million or more.
2012: $336 million Powerball ticket sold at R.I. supermarket. Rhode Island Lottery officials say the winning ticket in Saturday's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot was sold at a Stop & Shop supermarket at 250 Bellevue Avenue in Newport.
2010: Iowa court says man can't collect casino winnings. A man who won more than $9,000 at an Iowa casino can't collect his winnings because he was banned from the casino 10 years earlier, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
2007: Lotteries long for 'jackpot fever'. A seven-month streak of jackpots that were big, but not gigantic, has sent traditional lottery sales plummeting in many states.
2007: Widow recounts slaying of CT Lottery chief in new book. The memoir of 47-year-old Denise Brown, a Delaware native, is about the minutes, hours, days and years following the violent death of her husband, Otho R. "Ott" Brown in 1998, who was gunned down, along with three co-workers, by a disgruntled employee at the Connecticut Lottery headquarters.
2007: Police Looking for Cross-Dressing Lottery Ticket Thief. Police are following the trail of a cross-dressing thief who stole a display case full of lottery tickets from a convenience store in Depew, New York, and was caught in the act on camera.
2007: Ohio Lottery panel rejects new Gov.'s call for smaller prizes. Ohio Lottery Commission officials say a recommendation from Ohio's new Governor that they reduce prizes to give their profits a boost would have the opposite effect.
2007: N.C. Lottery Plans $1 Million Raffle. A raffle -- a favorite fundraising tool of school parent groups and peewee sports teams -- could be coming to the North Carolina Education Lottery.
2007: 'Lucky guy' sells ticket that wins half of $42 mllion Lotto jackpot. On Sunday a man who has won $25,000 in Florida lottery games three years in a row sold a customer a lottery ticket worth $21 million.
2004: French Winner Takes First Euro Millions Jackpot. Friday 13th proved lucky for one French ticketholder, as they scooped the 15 million euro (£10 million or US$19 million) jackpot in the first Euro Millions lottery draw.
2004: Euro Millions Launches Tonight. The first draw of a new European multi-country lottery game which offers jackpots of up to £50m takes place tonight.
2004: Founding Official of Maryland State Lottery Dies. Robert J. Laird, a founding official of the Maryland State Lottery who created some of the early games and directed its marketing and advertising, died of cancer Friday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. He was 75 and lived in the Wiltondale section of Towson.
2004: Judge awards excluded worker $1 million share of Big Game jackpot. A New Jersey Superior Court Judge ruled that a supermarket employee who thought she was included in a ticket-buying pool even though she couldn't immediately pay is entitled to share in a $32.9 million Big Game lottery jackpot.
2004: Woman Who Claimed Mega Millions Jackpot Changes Plea. The woman who gained national attention when she said she lost a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket has changed her mind about her legal case.
2004: Sergeant accused of stealing Georgia lottery tickets. A 24-year veteran of the Richmond County Sheriffs Office was suspended without pay after he was charged with stealing lottery tickets while on duty at a grocery store.
2004: Nebraska Lottery Director Cleared in Trip. The Nebraska Lottery director will not face criminal charges over a trip to Greece with his wife, whose expenses were paid by a lottery vendor, the attorney general said Thursday.
2004: S.C. lottery to make more than expected, board says. The South Carolina lottery should generate $80 million more than the state Board of Economic Advisors expected, and that could help buy school buses, cover scholarship programs or increase public school spending.
2004: Lottery director's friend also tried to commit suicide, report says. The former owner of Media Rare, one of the vendors under investigation for its relationship with the Minnesota lottery, tried to commit suicide 10 days after lottery director George Andersen took his life.
2004: S.C. officials still looking for $600,000 lottery winner. South Carolina Education Lottery officials still are waiting for the winner of Tuesday night's Carolina 5 to redeem six winning tickets, each worth $100,000.
2004: Minnesota Lottery to cut ties with bass event. The Minnesota State Lottery will not sponsor any fishing tournaments this year, Gov. Tim Pawlenty's chief of staff said Thursday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.€369.66 Million US$396.95 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2023
2.$330.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2014
3.$317 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2017
4.$300 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2006
5.$242 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2019
6.€179 Million US$216.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2021
7.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2018
8.$190 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2019
9.$185.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2022
10.€164 Million
US$185.04 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2019
11.$179 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2008
12.€156.41 Million
US$177.5 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2022
13.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2016
14.€138 Million
US$170.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2018
15.$153 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2018
16.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2004
17.$139 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2014
18.€106.7 Million
US$129.32 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2021
19.€98.55 Million
US$121.68 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2018
20.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2006
21.€105.37 Million
US$118.91 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 14, 2019
22.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 13, 2007
23.$101 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2011
24.$96 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2021
25.$94 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2002: HUN RockMan
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2002
21 years old
1996: Loteriaplayer1
Tuesday, Feb 13, 1996
27 years old
1982: thirdprince
Saturday, Feb 13, 1982
41 years old
1981: cheryltucker38
Friday, Feb 13, 1981
42 years old
1981: Judgehell99
Friday, Feb 13, 1981
42 years old
1978: Slush13
Monday, Feb 13, 1978
45 years old
1978: annslates
Monday, Feb 13, 1978
45 years old
1977: Fatts0277
Sunday, Feb 13, 1977
46 years old
1976: RollChris76
Friday, Feb 13, 1976
47 years old
1972: Kdizz*213
Sunday, Feb 13, 1972
51 years old
1963: dannyboyhouston
Wednesday, Feb 13, 1963
60 years old
1962: Lloydgladstone
Tuesday, Feb 13, 1962
61 years old
: AUG$Master1
(year not provided)
: hitrightnow
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Former U.S. President Donald Trump is acquitted in his second impeachment trial.
2021: A major winter storm causes blackouts and kills at least 82 people in Texas and northern Mexico.
2017: Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
2012: The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
2011: For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, are able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.
2010: A bomb explodes in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 60 more.
2008: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
2007: Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.
2004: The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
2001: An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter magnitude scale hits El Salvador, killing at least 944.
1996: The Nepalese Civil War is initiated in the Kingdom of Nepal by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).
1991: Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.
1990: German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
1984: Konstantin Chernenko succeeds the late Yuri Andropov as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1983: A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
1981: A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
1979: An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
1978: Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
1975: Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the World Trade Center in New York.
1967: American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.
1961: An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
1960: With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
1960: Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
1955: Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
1955: Twenty-nine people are killed when Sabena Flight 503 crashes into Monte Terminillo near Rieti, Italy.
1954: Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
1951: Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
1945: World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.
1945: World War II: Royal Air Force bombers are dispatched to Dresden, Germany to attack the city with a massive aerial bombardment.
1935: A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
1931: The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
1920: The Negro National League is formed.
1914: Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
1913: The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
1880: Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
1867: Work begins on the covering of the Senne, burying Brussels's primary river and creating the modern central boulevards.
1861: Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
1849: The delegation headed by Metropolitan bishop Andrei Șaguna hands out to the Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria the General Petition of Romanian leaders in Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina, which demands that the Romanian nation be recognized.
1755: Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into two: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
1726: Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723-26.
1692: Massacre of Glencoe: Almost 80 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange.
1689: William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
1660: With the accession of young Charles XI of Sweden, his regents begin negotiations to end the Second Northern War.
1642: The Clergy Act becomes law, excluding bishops of the Church of England from serving in the House of Lords.
1633: Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
1542: Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
1503: Challenge of Barletta: Tournament between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.
1462: The Treaty of Westminster is finalised between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles.
1322: The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th-13th.
962: Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the Diploma Ottonianum, recognizing John as ruler of Rome.

Births On This Day

2001: Kaapo Kakko, Finnish ice hockey player
1994: Memphis Depay, Dutch footballer
1991: Eliaquim Mangala, French footballer
1991: Junior Roqica, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1991: Vianney, French singer
1989: Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian footballer
1988: Ryan Goins, American baseball player
1988: Eddy Pettybourne, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
1987: Eljero Elia, Dutch footballer
1986: Luke Moore, English footballer
1986: Aqib Talib, American football player
1985: Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress
1984: Hinkelien Schreuder, Dutch swimmer
1983: Mike Nickeas, Canadian baseball player
1983: Anna Watkins, English rower
1982: Even Helte Hermansen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1982: Michael Turner, American football player
1981: Luisão, Brazilian footballer
1980: Carlos Cotto, Puerto Rican-American wrestler and boxer
1979: Anders Behring Breivik, Norwegian murderer
1979: Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
1979: Rachel Reeves, English economist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1979: Mena Suvari, American actress and fashion designer
1978: Niklas Bäckström, Finnish ice hockey player
1978: Philippe Jaroussky, French countertenor
1977: Randy Moss, American football player and coach
1976: Jörg Bergmeister, German race car driver
1976: Shannon Nevin, Australian rugby league player
1975: Ben Collins, English race car driver
1975: Katie Hopkins, English media personality and columnist
1974: Fonzworth Bentley, American rapper and actor
1974: Robbie Williams, English singer-songwriter
1972: Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuanian discus thrower
1972: Charlie Garner, American football player
1971: Sonia Evans, English singer-songwriter
1971: Mats Sundin, Swedish ice hockey player
1971: Todd Williams, American baseball player
1970: Karoline Krüger, Norwegian singer-songwriter and pianist
1969: Joyce DiDonato, American soprano and actress
1969: Bryan Thomas Schmidt, American science fiction author and editor
1968: Kelly Hu, American actress
1967: Stanimir Stoilov, Bulgarian footballer and coach
1966: Neal McDonough, American actor and producer
1966: Jeff Waters, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1966: Freedom Williams, American rapper and singer
1965: Peter O'Neill, Papua New Guinean accountant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
1964: Stephen Bowen, American engineer, captain, and astronaut
1964: Ylva Johansson, Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Employment
1962: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician
1962: Baby Doll, American wrestler and manager
1962: Michele Greene, American actress
1961: Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961: cEvin Key, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboard player, and producer
1961: Henry Rollins, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1960: Pierluigi Collina, Italian footballer and referee
1960: John Healey, English journalist and politician
1960: Gary Patterson, American football player and coach
1960: Artur Yusupov, Russian-German chess player and author
1959: Gaston Gingras, Canadian ice hockey player
1958: Pernilla August, Swedish actress
1958: Marc Emery, Canadian publisher and activist
1958: Jean-François Lisée, Canadian journalist and politician
1958: Derek Riggs, English painter and illustrator
1958: Øivind Elgenes, Norwegian vocalist, guitarist, and composer
1957: Denise Austin, American fitness trainer and author
1956: Peter Hook, English singer, songwriter, bass player, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
1955: Joe Birkett, American lawyer, judge, and politician
1954: Donnie Moore, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1953: Akio Sato, Japanese wrestler and manager
1952: Ed Gagliardi, American bass player (d. 2014)
1950: Vera Baird, English lawyer and politician
1950: Peter Gabriel, English singer-songwriter and musician
1949: Peter Kern, Austrian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1947: Stephen Hadley, American soldier and diplomat, 21st United States National Security Advisor
1947: Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball player and coach
1947: Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin-Bosnian professional basketball coach
1947: Kevin Bloody Wilson, Australian comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
1946: Richard Blumenthal, American sergeant and politician, 23rd Attorney General of Connecticut
1946: Janet Finch, English sociologist and academic
1946: Colin Matthews, English composer and educator
1945: Marian Dawkins, English biologist and academic
1945: King Floyd, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1945: Simon Schama, English historian and author
1945: William Sleator, American author and composer (d. 2011)
1944: Stockard Channing, American actress
1944: Jerry Springer, English-American television host, actor, and politician, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati
1943: Elaine Pagels, American theologian and academic
1942: Carol Lynley, American model and actress (d. 2019)
1942: Peter Tork, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (d. 2019)
1942: Donald E. Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2016)
1941: Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer (d. 2010)
1941: Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor, director, and producer
1940: Bram Peper, Dutch sociologist and politician, Mayor of Rotterdam
1938: Oliver Reed, English actor (d. 1999)
1937: Ali El-Maak, Sudanese author and academic (d. 1992)
1937: Sigmund Jähn, German pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2019)
1937: Angelo Mosca, American-Canadian football player and wrestler
1934: George Segal, American actor (d. 2021)
1933: Paul Biya, Cameroon politician, 2nd President of Cameroon
1933: Kim Novak, American actress
1933: Emanuel Ungaro, French fashion designer (d. 2019)
1932: Susan Oliver, American actress (d. 1990)
1930: Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015)
1930: Israel Kirzner, English-American economist, author, and academic
1929: Omar Torrijos, Panamanian commander and politician, Military Leader of Panama (d. 1981)
1928: Gerald Regan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2019)
1926: Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, American nuclear physicist (d. 2012)
1924: Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician (d. 2006)
1923: Michael Anthony Bilandic, American soldier, judge, and politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (d. 2002)
1923: Chuck Yeager, American general and pilot; first test pilot to break the sound barrier (d. 2020)
1922: Francis Pym, Baron Pym, Welsh soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 2008)
1922: Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (d. 2014)
1921: Jeanne Demessieux, French pianist and composer (d. 1968)
1921: Aung Khin, Burmese painter (d. 1996)
1920: Boudleaux Bryant, American songwriter (d. 1987)
1920: Eileen Farrell, American soprano and educator (d. 2002)
1919: Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (d. 1991)
1919: Eddie Robinson, American football player and coach (d. 2007)
1916: Dorothy Bliss, American invertebrate zoologist (d. 1987)
1915: Lyle Bettger, American actor (d. 2003)
1915: Aung San, Burmese general and politician, 5th Premier of British Crown Colony of Burma (d. 1947)
1913: Khalid of Saudi Arabia (d. 1982)
1912: Harald Riipalu, Russian-Estonian commander (d. 1961)
1912: Margaretta Scott, English actress (d. 2005)
1911: Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Indian-Pakistani poet and journalist (d. 1984)
1911: Jean Muir, American actress and educator (d. 1996)
1910: William Shockley, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
1907: Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress (d. 2004)
1906: Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher and author (d. 1994)
1903: Georgy Beriev, Georgian-Russian engineer, founded the Beriev Aircraft Company (d. 1979)
1903: Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author (d. 1989)
1902: Harold Lasswell, American political scientist and theorist (d. 1978)
1901: Paul Lazarsfeld, Austrian-American sociologist and academic (d. 1976)
1900: Barbara von Annenkoff, Russian-born German film and stage actress (d. 1979)
1898: Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (d. 1979)
1892: Robert H. Jackson, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 57th United States Attorney General (d. 1954)
1891: Kate Roberts, Welsh author and activist (d. 1985)
1891: Grant Wood, American painter and academic (d. 1942)
1889: Leontine Sagan, Austrian actress and director (d. 1974)
1888: Georgios Papandreou, Greek lawyer, economist, and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968)
1887: Géza Csáth, Hungarian playwright and critic (d. 1919)
1885: Bess Truman, 35th First Lady of the United States (d. 1982)
1884: Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (d. 1961)
1883: Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (d. 1947)
1883: Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Russian-Armenian actor and director (d. 1922)
1881: Eleanor Farjeon, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1965)
1880: Dimitrie Gusti, Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1955)
1879: Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (d. 1949)
1876: Fritz Buelow, German-American baseball player and umpire (d. 1933)
1873: Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (d. 1938)
1870: Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
1867: Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (d. 1905)
1863: Hugo Becker, German cellist and composer (d. 1941)
1855: Paul Deschanel, Belgian-French politician, 11th President of France (d. 1922)
1849: Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1895)
1835: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader (d. 1908)
1834: Heinrich Caro, Sephardic Jewish Polish-German chemist and academic (d. 1910)
1831: John Aaron Rawlins, American general and politician, 29th United States Secretary of War (d. 1869)
1815: Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, editor, poet and critic (d. 1857)
1811: François Achille Bazaine, French general (d. 1888)
1805: Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (d. 1859)
1769: Ivan Krylov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1844)
1768: Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (d. 1835)
1766: Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and scholar (d. 1834)
1728: John Hunter, Scottish surgeon and anatomist (d. 1793)
1721: John Reid, Scottish general (d. 1807)
1719: George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician (d. 1792)
1683: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian painter (d. 1754)
1672: Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (d. 1731)
1602: William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1637)
1599: Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)
1569: Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1625)
1539: Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine (d. 1582)
1523: Valentin Naboth, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1593)
1480: Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (d. 1542)
1469: Elia Levita, Renaissance Hebrew grammarian (d. 1549)
1457: Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)
1440: Hartmann Schedel, German physician (d. 1514)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Kadir Topbaş, Turkish politician (b. 1945)
2019: Callistus Ndlovu, Zimbabwean academic and politician (b. 1936)
2018: Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, French-born Danish royal (b. 1934)
2017: Ricardo Arias Calderón, Panamanian politician (b. 1933)
2017: Aileen Hernandez, American union organizer and activist (b. 1926)
2017: Seijun Suzuki, Japanese filmmaker (b. 1923)
2017: Kim Jong-nam, North Korean politician (b. 1971)
2017: E-Dubble, American rapper (b. 1982)
2016: O. N. V. Kurup, Indian poet and academic (b. 1931)
2016: Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (b. 1936)
2015: Faith Bandler, Australian activist and author (b. 1918)
2015: Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (b. 1923)
2014: Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
2014: Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1937)
2014: Ralph Waite, American actor and activist (b. 1928)
2013: Gerry Day, American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2013: Miles J. Jones, American pathologist and physician (b. 1952)
2013: Pieter Kooijmans, Dutch judge and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for The Netherlands (b. 1933)
2013: Andrée Malebranche, Haitian artist (b. 1916)
2013: Yuko Tojo, Japanese activist and politician (b. 1939)
2012: Russell Arms, American actor and singer (b. 1920)
2012: Louise Cochrane, American-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
2012: Daniel C. Gerould, American playwright and academic (b. 1928)
2010: Lucille Clifton, American poet and academic (b. 1936)
2010: Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
2009: Edward Upward, English author and educator (b. 1903)
2008: Kon Ichikawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
2007: Elizabeth Jolley, English-Australian author and academic (b. 1923)
2007: Charlie Norwood, American captain and politician (b. 1941)
2007: Richard Gordon Wakeford, English air marshal (b. 1922)
2006: P. F. Strawson, English philosopher and author (b. 1919)
2005: Nelson Briles, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1943)
2005: Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (b. 1907)
2004: François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1942)
2004: Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Chechen politician, 2nd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1952)
2003: Kid Gavilán, Cuban-American boxer (b. 1926)
2003: Walt Whitman Rostow, American economist; 7th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1916)
2002: Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
2000: Anders Aalborg, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1914)
2000: James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author (b. 1921)
2000: John Leake, English soldier (b. 1949)
1997: Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman (b. 1906)
1997: Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
1996: Martin Balsam, American actor (b. 1919)
1992: Nikolay Bogolyubov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1909)
1991: Arno Breker, German sculptor and illustrator (b. 1900)
1989: Wayne Hays, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1911)
1986: Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (b. 1907)
1984: Cheong Eak Chong, Singaporean entrepreneur (b. 1888)
1980: David Janssen, American actor (b. 1931)
1976: Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian general and politician, 4th President of Nigeria (b. 1938)
1976: Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (b. 1904)
1975: André Beaufre, French general (b. 1902)
1973: Marinus Jan Granpré Molière, Dutch architect and educator (b. 1883)
1968: Mae Marsh, American actress (b. 1895)
1968: Portia White, Canadian opera singer (b. 1911)
1967: Yoshisuke Aikawa, entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (b. 1880)
1967: Abelardo L. Rodríguez, substitute president of Mexico (1932-1934) (b. 1889)
1964: Paulino Alcántara, Filipino-Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1896)
1964: Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1902)
1958: Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (b. 1880)
1958: Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
1956: Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
1954: Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1890)
1952: Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896)
1951: Lloyd C. Douglas, American minister and author (b. 1877)
1950: Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875)
1942: Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist (b. 1895)
1942: Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th President of Brazil (b. 1865)
1934: József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
1906: Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)
1905: Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (b. 1844)
1893: Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Mexican intellectual and journalist (b. 1834)
1892: Provo Wallis, Canadian-English admiral (b. 1791)
1888: Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (b. 1814)
1883: Richard Wagner, German composer (b. 1813)
1877: Costache Caragiale, Romanian actor and manager (b. 1815)
1859: Eliza Acton, English food writer and poet (b. 1799)
1845: Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-German philosopher and poet (b. 1773)
1837: Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1809)
1831: Edward Berry, English admiral (b. 1768)
1826: Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1745)
1818: George Rogers Clark, American general (b. 1752)
1813: Samuel Ashe, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1725)
1787: Roger Joseph Boscovich, Croatian physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1711)
1787: Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French lawyer and politician, Foreign Minister of France (b. 1717)
1741: Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer and theorist (b. 1660)
1732: Charles-René d'Hozier, French historian and author (b. 1640)
1728: Cotton Mather, American minister and author (b. 1663)
1727: William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (b. 1666)
1693: Johann Caspar Kerll, German organist and composer (b. 1627)
1662: Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia (b. 1596)
1660: Charles X Gustav, king of Sweden (b. 1622)
1602: Alexander Nowell, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1507)
1585: Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish priest and scholar (b. 1515)
1571: Benvenuto Cellini, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1500)
1542: Catherine Howard, English wife of Henry VIII of England (executed; b. 1521)
1539: Isabella d'Este, Italian noblewoman (b. 1474)
1351: Kō no Morofuyu, Japanese general
1332: Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1259)
1219: Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shōgun (b. 1192)
1199: Stefan Nemanja, Serbian grand prince (b. 1113)
1141: Béla II, king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1110)
1130: Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1060)
1021: Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (b. 985)
988: Adalbert Atto, Lombard nobleman
942: Muhammad ibn Ra'iq, Abbasid emir and regent
936: Xiao Wen, empress of the Liao Dynasty
921: Vratislaus I, duke of Bohemia
858: Kenneth MacAlpin, Scottish king (probable; b. 810)
721: Chilperic II, Frankish king (b. 672)
106: Emperor He of Han (Han Hedi) of the Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty (b. AD 79)

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