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February 15

On This Day in History

February 15

February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 319 days remain until the end of the year (320 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: New Michigan lottery player wins $500,000 on his first-ever ticket. A Michigan man who has never played the lottery before won $500,000 on his first try after having been inspired by his mother to play.
2019: New Hampshire sues DOJ over new Wire Act ruling. New Hampshire on Friday became the first state to legally challenge last month's U.S. Department of Justice decision to revise the Federal Wire Act, filing a federal lawsuit that would halt enforcement of the opinion that could keep the state from selling lottery tickets online.
2018: A look behind the scenes at Hoosier Lottery drawings. Hoosier Lottery televised drawings take less than a minute to complete but as a local media report shows, it takes hours of preparation every day to make it all happen.
2018: After fire destroys family home, couple wins $1M lottery prize. A man who has spent the last two years rebuilding his fire-ravaged home can finally finish the project after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot.
2017: Idaho Lottery-winner secrecy bill headed to House floor. Lottery winners in Idaho would be allowed to hide their identities under legislation headed to the House floor.
2017: Florida House Speaker prepares to sue Lottery. The Florida Speaker of the House is drafting a lawsuit that would pit the House against the Florida Lottery.
2016: N.C. Powerball winner target of $10M lawsuit by local pastor. Marie Holmes, North Carolina's $188 million Powerball lottery winner, is back in the news again.
2015: JUDGE: Florida sex offender allowed to spend $3M lottery winnings. A convicted sex offender can spend his $3 million Florida lottery winnings any way he wants, over the protestations of two of his alleged victims, a judge ruled Friday.
2012: 'Ordinary' Louisiana couple claims $1M Powerball prize. Mary Roberts of Boyce, Louisiana, became the Louisiana Lottery's first millionaire of 2012 when she claimed a $1 million Powerball prize from the Feb. 11 drawing at Lottery headquarters on Tuesday, accompanied by her husband, Mike.
2012: CNN producer wins Ga. Lottery twice. After winning $100,000 in November, a CNN producer has won big again in the Georgia Lottery.
2011: Disputed $50M lottery jackpot partially paid out. Two groups fighting over an Ontario lottery jackpot have agreed to split the $50 million prize. One group has picked up a check for nearly $31.7 million, but the other group awaits a court decision on their share.
2011: N.C. lottery ticket worth $1 million expires Wednesday. Odds are the N.C. Lottery is about to hit an unwanted milestone -- its first unclaimed $1 million ticket.
2007: Will Maryland sell off its lottery?. With a huge cash crunch on the horizon and soaring demands for school construction, new roads and mass transit, some Maryland lawmakers are talking up the idea of selling one of the state's most valuable assets: the lottery.
2007: AMAZING: Minnesota man wins back-to-back lottery jackpots. Raymond Snouffer Jr. became a $25,000 Northstar Cash lottery jackpot winner Feb. 10. The next day, he did it again.
2006: $13m Lotto winner having trouble sleeping. A New Zealand man is having trouble sleeping after belatedly finding out he won $13.1 million in a Lotto draw last week.
2006: N.C. Lottery staff used common clip art to create logo. With a bit of drama Tuesday, lottery chief Tom Shaheen whipped away a towel and revealed a new logo for the state's $1 billion-a-year lottery -- created from clip art.
2006: N.C. Lottery has false start on logo. After North Carolina lottery officials unveiled the lottery's new logo Tuesday, they found out someone else might have the copyright to the image, and had to pull the image from distribution.
2005: Delaware legislation eliminates computerized lottery drawings. Two key Delaware lawmakers have finished drafting a bill, which if enacted, will eliminate computerized lottery drawings in Delaware, and force the state lottery to conduct live drawings on TV and over the Internet.
2005: Georgia Lottery Scratch Games' Empty Promises. Most players know the odds of getting rich from the Georgia Lottery are slim, but a recent investigation found you have no chance of winning the top cash prize when you play some scratch-off games.
2005: Pennsylvania Lottery Scratch Games Investigated. Pennsylvania lottery players who are plunking down big bucks for scratch games have no idea that, in some cases, they have no chance of winning the big prize because the big prize has already been won.
2005: NY Lottery Suspends 2 Downstate Quick Draw Vendors. The New York Lottery has suspended the Quick Draw licenses of two more vendors.
2005: Single mother's 'clairvoyant' £9m lottery win. A single mother has walked off with a £9 million lotto win after a clairvoyant said she would have a "big win".

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$457 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2024
2.€371.13 Million US$396.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2023
3.$330.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2014
4.$317 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2017
5.$316.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2024
6.$300 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2006
7.$260 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2019
8.$223 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2018
9.€179 Million US$216.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2021
10.$190 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2019
11.$189 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2016
12.€151 Million
US$188.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2018
13.€164 Million
US$185.04 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2019
14.$179 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2008
15.€156.41 Million
US$177.5 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2022
16.$177 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2004
17.$168 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2018
18.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 18, 2014
19.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2006
20.€107.9 Million
US$130.74 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2021
21.$130 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2007
22.€99.61 Million
US$124.44 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 15, 2018
23.€106.34 Million
US$120.1 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 16, 2019
24.$105 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 18, 2009
25.$103 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 17, 2009

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: Tabby91
Friday, Feb 15, 1991
33 years old
1987: Chefleroy1987
Sunday, Feb 15, 1987
37 years old
1978: kruk
Wednesday, Feb 15, 1978
46 years old
1977: hafee4coll
Tuesday, Feb 15, 1977
47 years old
1976: MdLot66
Sunday, Feb 15, 1976
48 years old
1972: Blfonte
Tuesday, Feb 15, 1972
52 years old
1967: Dadreamer75
Wednesday, Feb 15, 1967
57 years old
1960: mchammer
Monday, Feb 15, 1960
64 years old
1959: val215
Sunday, Feb 15, 1959
65 years old
1951: H2Taylor
Thursday, Feb 15, 1951
73 years old
1947: donATlake$
Saturday, Feb 15, 1947
77 years old
: L6223
(year not provided)
: Ocie22
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on the Congo River near the village of Longola Ekoti, Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2013: A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.
2012: Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua.
2010: Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people.
2003: Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million and 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
2001: The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
1996: At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3B rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, veers off course and crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing somewhere between six and 100 people.
1996: The Embassy of the United States, Athens, is attacked by an antitank rocket, launched by the Revolutionary Organization 17 November.
1992: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is sentenced in Milwaukee to 15 terms of life in prison.
1992: Air Transport International Flight 805 crashes in Swanton, Ohio, near Toledo Express Airport, killing all four people on board.
1991: The Visegrád Group, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
1989: Soviet-Afghan War: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
1982: The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers.
1972: Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
1972: José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
1971: The decimalisation of the currencies of the United Kingdom and Ireland is completed on Decimal Day.
1965: A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
1961: Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
1954: Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
1952: King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
1949: Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
1946: ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
1945: World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden.
1944: World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
1944: World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
1942: World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
1933: In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6.
1925: The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
1923: Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
1909: The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
1899: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia issues a declaration known as the February Manifesto, which reduces the autonomy of the Grand Duchy of Finland, thus beginning the first period of oppression.
1898: The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing about 274 of the ship's roughly 354 crew. The disaster pushes the United States to declare war on Spain.
1879: Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
1870: Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, US, and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering.
1862: American Civil War: Confederates commanded by Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd attack General Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces besieging Fort Donelson in Tennessee. Unable to break the fort's encirclement, the Confederates surrender the following day.
1852: The Helsinki Cathedral (known as St. Nicholas' Church at time) is officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland.
1835: Serbia's Sretenje Constitution briefly comes into effect.
1798: The Roman Republic is proclaimed after Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome five days earlier.
1764: The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
1690: Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia, and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
1637: Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
1493: While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.
1214: During the Anglo-French War (1213-1214), an English invasion force led by John, King of England, lands at La Rochelle in France.
1113: Pope Paschal II issues Pie Postulatio Voluntatis, recognizing the Order of Hospitallers.
1002: At an assembly at Pavia of Lombard nobles, Arduin of Ivrea is restored to his domains and crowned King of Italy.
706: Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberios III publicly executed in the Hippodrome of Constantinople.
590: Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
438: Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus

Births On This Day

2001: Brad Schneider, Australian rugby league player
1998: George Russell, English racing driver
1997: Derrick Jones Jr., American basketball player
1995: Megan Thee Stallion, American rapper
1994: Sodapoppin, American Twitch streamer and Internet personality
1993: Ravi, South Korean rapper
1991: Ángel Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer
1988: Tim Mannah, Australian-born Lebanese rugby league player
1988: Rui Patrício, Portuguese footballer
1988: Papu Gómez, Argentine footballer
1987: Jarrod Sammut, Australian rugby league player
1986: Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
1986: Johnny Cueto, Dominican baseball player
1986: Amber Riley, American actress and singer
1986: Laura Sallés, Andorran judoka
1985: Serkan Kırıntılı, Turkish footballer
1983: Don Cowie, Scottish footballer
1983: David Degen, Swiss footballer
1983: Philipp Degen, Swiss footballer
1983: Russell Martin, Canadian baseball player
1982: Shameka Christon, American basketball player
1982: James Yap, Filipino basketball player
1981: Heurelho Gomes, Brazilian international footballer
1981: Matt Hoopes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981: Rita Jeptoo, Kenyan runner
1981: Diego Martínez, Mexican footballer
1981: Vivek Shraya, Canadian singer and songwriter
1980: Conor Oberst, American singer-songwriter
1979: Hamish Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
1979: James Marshall, New Zealand cricketer
1976: Brandon Boyd, American singer-songwriter
1976: Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
1975: Serge Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1975: Annemarie Kramer, Dutch sprinter
1975: Brendon Small, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor
1974: Miranda July, American actress, director, and screenwriter
1974: Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan baseball player
1974: Alexander Wurz, Austrian racing driver and businessman
1973: Kateřina Neumannová, Czech skier
1973: Amy van Dyken, American swimmer
1972: Jaromír Jágr, Czech ice hockey player
1971: Alex Borstein, American actress, voice artist, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Renee O'Connor, American actress, director, and producer
1970: Shepard Fairey, American artist and activist
1969: Birdman, American rapper and producer
1967: Jane Child, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1967: Syed Kamall, English academic and politician
1967: Craig Simpson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1965: Craig Matthews, South African cricketer
1964: Chris Farley, American comedian and actor (d. 1997)
1964: Leland D. Melvin, American engineer and astronaut
1964: Mark Price, American basketball player and coach
1962: Milo Đukanović, Montenegrin politician, 29th Prime Minister of Montenegro
1960: Darrell Green, American football player
1960: Jock Hobbs, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2012)
1959: Ali Campbell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959: Brian Propp, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1959: Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler and sportscaster
1958: Chrystine Brouillet, Canadian author
1958: Tony McKegney, Canadian ice hockey player
1958: Matthew Ward, American singer-songwriter
1956: Desmond Haynes, Barbadian cricketer and coach
1956: Ann Westin, Swedish comedian
1955: Janice Dickinson, American model, agent, and author
1955: Christopher McDonald, American actor
1954: Matt Groening, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
1953: Ernie Howe, English footballer and manager
1953: Lynn Whitfield, American actress and producer
1952: Tomislav Nikolić, Serbian politician, 4th President of Serbia
1952: Nikolai Sorokin, Russian actor and director (d. 2013)
1951: Markku Alén, Finnish racing driver
1951: Melissa Manchester, American singer-songwriter and actress
1951: Jane Seymour, English-American actress, producer, and jewelry designer
1949: Ken Anderson, American football player
1948: Art Spiegelman, Swedish-American cartoonist and critic
1947: John Adams, American composer
1947: Marisa Berenson, American model and actress
1946: John Trudell, American author, poet, and actor (d. 2015)
1946: Clare Short, English civil servant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
1945: Jack Dann, American-Australian author and poet
1945: Douglas Hofstadter, American author and academic
1941: Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
1941: Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer
1940: İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2007)
1940: Hamzah Haz, Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia
1937: Gregory Mcdonald, American author (d. 2008)
1937: Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)
1935: Susan Brownmiller, American journalist and author
1935: Roger B. Chaffee, American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)
1935: Gene Hickerson, American football player (d. 2008)
1934: Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1934: Graham Kennedy, Australian television host and actor (d. 2005)
1934: Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist, created the Pascal programming language (d. 2024)
1934: Abe Woodson, American football player and minister (d. 2014)
1931: Claire Bloom, English actress
1931: Jonathan Steele, English journalist and author
1930: Bruce Dawe, Australian poet and academic (d. 2020)
1929: Graham Hill, English racing driver and businessman (d. 1975)
1929: James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2014)
1928: Joseph Willcox Jenkins, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2014)
1927: Frank Dunlop, English actor and director
1927: Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
1927: Yehoshua Neuwirth, Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013)
1925: Angella D. Ferguson, American pediatrician
1924: Robert Drew, American director and producer (d. 2014)
1923: Yelena Bonner, Soviet-Russian activist (d. 2011)
1922: John B. Anderson, Swedish-American lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
1921: Norman C. Deno, American chemist and plant scientist, (d. 2017)
1920: Endicott Peabody, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1997)
1920: Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player (d. 2010)
1919: Ducky Detweiler, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
1918: Allan Arbus, American actor and photographer (d. 2013)
1918: Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1916: Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999)
1914: Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (d. 1972)
1914: Kevin McCarthy, American actor (d. 2010)
1913: Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (d. 1997)
1912: George Mikes, Hungarian-English journalist and author (d. 1987)
1910: Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian, Righteous Gentile (d. 2008)
1909: Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family (d. 2010)
1908: Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1980)
1907: Jean Langlais, French organist and composer (d. 1991)
1907: Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
1905: Harold Arlen, American composer (d. 1986)
1904: Mary Adshead, English painter (d. 1995)
1904: Antonin Magne, French cyclist and manager (d. 1983)
1899: Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
1899: Gale Sondergaard, Danish-American actress (d. 1985)
1898: Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
1897: Gerrit Kleerekoper, Dutch gymnast and coach (d. 1943)
1893: Roman Najuch, Polish professional tennis player (d. 1967)
1892: James Forrestal, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1949)
1890: Robert Ley, German politician (d. 1945)
1883: Sax Rohmer, English-American author (d. 1959)
1874: Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish captain and explorer (d. 1922)
1873: Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1861: Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
1861: Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
1856: Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist and academic (d. 1926)
1851: Spiru Haret, Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician, 55th Romanian Minister of Internal Affairs (d. 1912)
1850: Sophie Bryant, Irish mathematician, academic and activist (d. 1922)
1849: Rickman Godlee, English surgeon and academic (d. 1925)
1847: Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1927)
1845: Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
1841: Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Brazil (d. 1913)
1840: Titu Maiorescu, Romanian philosopher, academic, and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1917)
1835: Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and philanthropist (d. 1908)
1834: V. A. Urechia, Moldavian-Romanian historian, author, and playwright (d. 1901)
1825: Carter Harrison, Sr., American lawyer and politician, 29th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1893)
1820: Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist and activist (d. 1906)
1812: Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (d. 1902)
1811: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (d. 1888)
1810: Mary S. B. Shindler, American poet, writer, and editor (d. 1883)
1809: André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (d. 1857)
1809: Cyrus McCormick, American journalist and businessman, co-founded International Harvester (d. 1884)
1760: Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer and educator (d. 1837)
1759: Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist and critic (d. 1824)
1748: Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (d. 1832)
1739: Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Paris Bourse (d. 1813)
1734: William Stacy, American colonel (d. 1802)
1725: Abraham Clark, American surveyor, lawyer, and politician (d. 1794)
1710: Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
1705: Charles-André van Loo, French painter (d. 1765)
1638: Zeb-un-Nissa, Mughal princess and poet (d. 1702)
1627: Charles Morton, Cornish nonconformist minister (d. 1698)
1612: Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal (d. 1676)
1564: Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1642)
1557: Alfonso Fontanelli, Italian composer (d. 1622)
1519: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, first Spanish Governor of Florida (d. 1574)
1506: Juliana of Stolberg, German countess (d. 1580)
1472: Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (d. 1503)
1458: Ivan the Young, son of Ivan III of Russia (d. 1490)
1377: Ladislaus of Naples (d. 1414)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Raquel Welch, American actress and singer (b. 1940)
2022: Bappi Lahiri, Indian singer, composer and record producer (b. 1952)
2020: Caroline Flack, English actress and TV presenter (b. 1979)
2019: Lee Radziwill, American socialite (b. 1933)
2017: Stuart McLean, Canadian radio broadcaster (b. 1948)
2016: George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (b. 1917)
2016: Vanity, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (b. 1959)
2015: Haron Amin, Afghan diplomat, Afghan Ambassador to Japan (b. 1969)
2015: Arnaud de Borchgrave, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
2015: Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1979)
2014: Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1924)
2014: Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1946)
2013: Sanan Kachornprasart, Thai general and politician (b. 1935)
2013: Ahmed Rajib Haider, Bangladeshi atheist blogger
2012: Cyril Domb, English-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1920)
2010: Jeanne M. Holm, American general (b. 1921)
2008: Johnny Weaver, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1935)
2007: Walker Edmiston, American actor (b. 1925)
2007: Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
2005: Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
2005: Sam Francis, American historian and journalist (b. 1947)
2004: Jens Evensen, Norwegian lawyer, judge, and politician, Norwegian Minister of Trade (b. 1917)
2002: Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (b. 1914)
2002: Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
2000: Angus MacLean, Canadian commander and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1914)
1999: Henry Way Kendall, American physicist and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
1998: Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
1996: McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
1992: María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)
1992: William Schuman, American composer and academic (b. 1910)
1988: Richard Feynman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
1984: Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
1981: Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
1981: Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (b. 1926)
1974: Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer and engineer (b. 1887)
1973: Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
1970: Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish air marshal (b. 1882)
1967: Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (b. 1887)
1966: Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian (b. 1909)
1966: Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest and theologian (b. 1929)
1965: Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)
1961: Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
1959: Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
1956: Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
1939: Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)
1933: Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
1932: Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
1928: H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
1924: Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
1911: Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)
1905: Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)
1897: Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)
1885: Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)
1885: Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
1869: Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
1857: Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
1849: Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
1848: Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
1847: Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
1844: Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
1842: Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
1839: François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
1835: Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
1818: Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
1781: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)
1738: Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
1637: Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
1621: Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1571)
1600: José de Acosta, Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist (b. 1540)
1508: Giovanni II Bentivoglio, tyrant of Bologna (b. 1443)
1417: Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1385)
1382: William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (b. c. 1339)
1152: Conrad III, king of Germany (b. 1093)
1145: Lucius II, pope of the Catholic Church
1043: Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress (b. 990)
956: Su Yugui, Chinese chancellor (b. 895)
815: Ibn Tabataba, Zaydi anti-caliph
706: Leontios, Byzantine emperor
706: Tiberios III, Byzantine emperor
670: Oswiu, king of Northumbria (b. c. 612)

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