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On This Day in History
February 18
February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 316 days remain until the end of the year (317 in leap years).
Lottery News On This Day
- 2025
- $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot won by a single ticket. One ticket, purchased at a retailer likely affiliated with a lottery courier service, won last night's $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot.
- 2022
- North Carolina woman claims half-million lottery jackpot right before ticket expired. A North Carolina Lottery player claimed a half-million Cash 5 jackpot just in time after losing the winning ticket for months.
- 2021
- Low on gas, NC man goes into store and picks out $10 million winning lottery ticket. A North Carolina man is $10 million richer after the low-fuel light came on in his Silverado truck and he decided to fill up with gas, N.C. lottery officials said Wednesday.
- 2020
- Pa. Lottery blames growth of skill games, lack of big jackpots for drop in profits. The growing proliferation of so-called skill games at Pennsylvania Lottery retailers are having an impact on the lottery's ability to generate revenue to pay for programs for senior citizens, a lottery official told state lawmakers on Tuesday.
- 2017
- California man claims $191M Mega Millions jackpot. A California man won $191 million dollars off a Mega Millions lottery ticket he bought in Primm, officials with California Lottery announced Friday.
- 2015
- Bill would allow Texas Lottery winners to pay for anonymity. Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow big lottery winners to keep their identity a secret, but they would have to pay for that privilege.
- 2013
- Brothers celebrate lottery win by blowing up house. Two brothers who were celebrating a $75,000 winning lottery ticket by purchasing marijuana and meth accidentally blew up their house on Friday, said Sgt. Bruce Watts of the Wichita Police Department.
- 2013
- Tech industry sets its sights on gambling. Silicon Valley is betting that online gambling is its next billion-dollar business, with developers across the industry turning casual games into occasions for adults to wager.
- 2009
- Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls to $120 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing was raised to $120 million.
- 2008
- Killer of lottery winner convicted. A Toronto-area doctor was convicted of poisoning his 66-year-old wife for squandering $5 million she won in a Canadian lottery, Toronto media reported.
- 2004
- Mega Millions lottery jackpot soars to $215 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $215 million Wednesday, the highest in almost two years.
- 2004
- Group of 17 gets $9.7 million Indiana Lottery jackpot. A group of 17 people from Lake County, Indiana claimed a $9.7 million Hoosier Lottery jackpot on Tuesday.
- 2004
- School Board Discusses Resolution Supporting N.C. Lottery. North Carolina school leaders near Virginia seem especially passionate about the lottery money that goes north of the border.
- 2004
- Two former workers win suit against Kentucky lottery. A Jefferson Circuit Court jury has awarded $2.8 million to two former Kentucky Lottery employees who claimed they endured racial discrimination on the job.
Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day
- 1.$493 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Feb 20, 2024 - 2.$425.3 Million
- Multi-State
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Feb 19, 2014 - 3.$365 Million
- Multi-State
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Feb 18, 2006 - 4.$361 Million
- Multi-State
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Feb 18, 2017 - 5.$331.9 Million
- Multi-State
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Feb 19, 2024 - 6.$282 Million
- Multi-State
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Feb 20, 2019 - 7.$246 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Feb 21, 2018 - 8.€202 Million
US$244.86 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Feb 19, 2021 - 9.$239 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Feb 20, 2004 - 10.$220 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Feb 19, 2008 - 11.$212 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Feb 20, 2016 - 12.$206 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Feb 19, 2019 - 13.€176 Million
US$199.34 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Feb 19, 2019 - 14.€160 Million
US$197.54 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Feb 20, 2018 - 15.$195.5 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Feb 19, 2025 - 16.$185 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Feb 20, 2018 - 17.€158.94 Million
US$179.95 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Feb 19, 2022 - 18.$175 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Feb 21, 2006 - 19.$154 Million
- Multi-State
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Feb 18, 2014 - 20.$150 Million
- Multi-State
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Feb 20, 2007 - 21.$145 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Feb 18, 2025 - 22.€109.02 Million
US$131.67 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Feb 18, 2021 - 23.$126 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Feb 19, 2011 - 24.€102.03 Million
US$125.96 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Feb 20, 2018 - 25.€107.49 Million
US$121.74 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Feb 19, 2019
Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day
- 1993
- Thursday, Feb 18, 1993
32 years old - 1991
- Monday, Feb 18, 1991
34 years old - 1989
- Saturday, Feb 18, 1989
36 years old - 1984
- Saturday, Feb 18, 1984
41 years old - 1983
- Friday, Feb 18, 1983
42 years old - 1983
- Friday, Feb 18, 1983
42 years old - 1982
- Thursday, Feb 18, 1982
43 years old - 1981
- Wednesday, Feb 18, 1981
44 years old - 1981
- Wednesday, Feb 18, 1981
44 years old - 1979
- Sunday, Feb 18, 1979
46 years old - 1979
- Sunday, Feb 18, 1979
46 years old - 1978
- Saturday, Feb 18, 1978
47 years old - 1977
- Friday, Feb 18, 1977
48 years old - 1976
- Wednesday, Feb 18, 1976
49 years old - 1976
- Wednesday, Feb 18, 1976
49 years old - 1973
- Sunday, Feb 18, 1973
52 years old - 1973
- Sunday, Feb 18, 1973
52 years old - 1973
- Sunday, Feb 18, 1973
52 years old - 1971
- Thursday, Feb 18, 1971
54 years old - 1971
- Thursday, Feb 18, 1971
54 years old - 1970
- Wednesday, Feb 18, 1970
55 years old - 1961
- Saturday, Feb 18, 1961
64 years old - 1958
- Tuesday, Feb 18, 1958
67 years old - 1958
- Tuesday, Feb 18, 1958
67 years old - 1956
- Saturday, Feb 18, 1956
69 years old - 1955
- Friday, Feb 18, 1955
70 years old - 1954
- Thursday, Feb 18, 1954
71 years old - 1940
- Sunday, Feb 18, 1940
85 years old - (year not provided)
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Worldwide Events On This Day
- 2021
- Perseverance, a Mars rover designed to explore Jezero crater on Mars, as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, lands successfully.
- 2018
- 66 people die when Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704 crashes in the Dena sub-range in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.
- 2014
- At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2013
- Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium.
- 2010
- WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning.
- 2004
- Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
- 2003
- 192 people die when an arsonist sets fire to a subway train in Daegu, South Korea.
- 2001
- FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 2001
- Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
- 1991
- The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
- 1983
- Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
- 1979
- Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
- 1977
- The Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire started during Chinese New Year when a firecracker ignited memorial wreaths of the late Mao Zedong, killing 694 personnel. It remains the deadliest fireworks accident in the world.
- 1977
- A thousand armed soldiers raid Kalakuta Republic, the commune of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, leading to the death of Funmilayo Anikulapo Kuti.
- 1977
- The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
- 1972
- The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
- 1970
- The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
- 1965
- The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1957
- Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
- 1957
- Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
- 1955
- Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
- 1954
- The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
- 1947
- First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
- 1946
- Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
- 1943
- World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
- 1943
- World War II: Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
- 1942
- World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.
- 1938
- Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
- 1932
- The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
- 1930
- While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
- 1930
- Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
- 1915
- U-boat Campaign: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare in the waters around Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1911
- The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
- 1906
- Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
- 1900
- Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
- 1885
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
- 1878
- John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
- 1873
- Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
- 1861
- In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
- 1861
- With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
- 1814
- Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Montereau.
- 1797
- French Revolutionary Wars: Sir Ralph Abercromby and a fleet of 18 British warships invade Trinidad.
- 1791
- Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
- 1781
- Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
- 1735
- The ballad opera called Flora, or Hob in the Well went down in history as the first opera of any kind to be produced in North America (Charleston, S.C.)
- 1637
- Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
- 1478
- George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is executed in private at the Tower of London.
- 1332
- Amda Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim provinces.
- 1268
- The Battle of Wesenberg is fought between the Livonian Order and Dovmont of Pskov.
- 1229
- The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
- 3102 BC
- Kali Yuga, the fourth and final yuga of Hinduism, starts with the death of Krishna.
Births On This Day
- 2002
- Manu Bhaker, Indian sports shooter
- 2001
- Tanguy Coulibaly, French footballer
- 2001
- Jaime Jaquez Jr., American basketball player
- 2000
- Zakaria Aboukhlal, Moroccan footballer
- 2000
- Giacomo Raspadori, Italian footballer
- 1998
- Vernon, South Korean and American rapper, singer and songwriter
- 1997
- DK, South Korean singer
- 1996
- Tyler Dorsey, American-Greek basketball player
- 1995
- Nathan Aké, Dutch footballer
- 1994
- J-Hope, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer
- 1994
- Paul Zipser, German basketball player
- 1993
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, American basketball player
- 1992
- Le'Veon Bell, American football player
- 1992
- Martin Marinčin, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1992
- Logan Miller, American actor
- 1991
- Sebastian Neumann, German footballer
- 1990
- Monica Aksamit, American saber fencer
- 1990
- Didi Gregorius, Dutch baseball player
- 1990
- Cody Hodgson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990
- Bryan Oviedo, Costa Rican footballer
- 1989
- Sonja Vasić, Serbian basketball player
- 1988
- Roman Neustädter, German-Russian footballer
- 1988
- Sarah Sutherland, American actress
- 1988
- Maiara Walsh, American-Brazilian actress
- 1986
- Kyle Weaver, American basketball player
- 1984
- Carlos Kameni, Cameroonian footballer
- 1983
- Kara Braxton, American basketball player
- 1983
- Jermaine Jenas, English footballer
- 1983
- Jason Maxiell, American basketball player
- 1982
- Christian Tiffert, German footballer
- 1981
- Andrei Kirilenko, Russian-American basketball player
- 1981
- Alex Ríos, American baseball player
- 1980
- Nik Antropov, Kazakhstani-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980
- Regina Spektor, Russian-American musician and songwriter
- 1977
- Ike Barinholtz, American actor and comedian
- 1977
- Kristoffer Polaha, American actor
- 1975
- Gary Neville, English footballer
- 1974
- Carrie Ann Baade, American painter and academic
- 1974
- Radek Černý, Czech footballer
- 1974
- Julia Butterfly Hill, American environmentalist and author
- 1974
- Jillian Michaels, American personal trainer and television personality
- 1971
- Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer
- 1969
- Alexander Mogilny, Russian ice hockey player
- 1968
- Molly Ringwald, American actress
- 1967
- Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
- 1967
- Colin Jackson, Welsh sprinter and hurdler
- 1966
- Phillip DeFreitas, Dominican-English cricketer
- 1966
- Ryan Routh, American suspected assassin
- 1965
- Dr. Dre, American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur
- 1964
- Matt Dillon, American actor
- 1960
- Andy Moog, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960
- Greta Scacchi, Italian-Australian actress
- 1959
- Jayne Atkinson, English-American actress
- 1957
- Marita Koch, German sprinter
- 1957
- Vanna White, American television personality
- 1955
- Lisa See, American writer and novelist
- 1954
- John Travolta, American actor, singer and producer
- 1952
- Randy Crawford, American jazz and R&B singer
- 1952
- Maurice Lucas, American basketball player (d. 2010)
- 1952
- Juice Newton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951
- Queen Komal of Nepal
- 1951
- Isabel Preysler, Filipino-Spanish journalist
- 1950
- Nana Amba Eyiaba I, Ghanaian queen mother and advocate
- 1950
- John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1950
- Cybill Shepherd, American actress
- 1947
- Dennis DeYoung, American musician, singer, and songwriter
- 1946
- Michael Buerk, English journalist
- 1946
- Jess Walton, American actress
- 1944
- Elizabeth Nunez, American novelist (d. 2024)
- 1941
- Irma Thomas, American singer-songwriter
- 1940
- Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
- 1939
- Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic (d. 1996)
- 1936
- Jean M. Auel, American author
- 1934
- Audre Lorde, American writer and activist (d. 1992)
- 1933
- Yoko Ono, Japanese-American multimedia artist and musician
- 1933
- Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (d. 2009)
- 1933
- Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (d. 1975)
- 1932
- Miloš Forman, Czech-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
- 1931
- Johnny Hart, American cartoonist, co-created The Wizard of Id (d. 2007)
- 1931
- Toni Morrison, American novelist and editor, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019).
- 1929
- Len Deighton, English historian and author
- 1929
- André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1968)
- 1927
- Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2005)
- 1926
- Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (d. 1976)
- 1925
- George Kennedy, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1922
- Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (d. 1997)
- 1922
- Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (d. 2012)
- 1922
- Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player (d. 1995)
- 1921
- Mary Amdur, American toxicologist and public health researcher (d. 1998)
- 1921
- Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and composer (d. 2013)
- 1920
- Rolande Falcinelli, French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue (d. 2006)
- 1919
- Jack Palance, American boxer and actor (d. 2006)
- 1918
- Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003)
- 1915
- Phyllis Calvert, English actress (d. 2002)
- 1915
- Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)
- 1914
- Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2000)
- 1909
- Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1993)
- 1906
- Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1980)
- 1903
- Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (d. 1983)
- 1899
- Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist (d. 1985)
- 1898
- Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet and politician, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (d. 1980)
- 1896
- Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (d. 1970)
- 1893
- Maksim Haretski, Belarusian prose writer, journalist and activist (d. 1938)
- 1892
- Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1944)
- 1890
- Edward Arnold, American actor (d. 1956)
- 1890
- Adolphe Menjou, American actor (d. 1963)
- 1885
- Henri Laurens, French sculptor and illustrator (d. 1954)
- 1883
- Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (d. 1957)
- 1871
- Harry Brearley, English inventor (d. 1948)
- 1870
- William Laurel Harris, American painter and author (d. 1924)
- 1867
- Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer (d. 1950)
- 1862
- Charles M. Schwab, American businessman, co-founded Bethlehem Steel (d. 1939)
- 1860
- Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (d. 1920)
- 1855
- Jean Jules Jusserand, French historian, author, and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (d. 1932)
- 1850
- George Henschel, German-English singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (d. 1934)
- 1849
- Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician (d. 1906)
- 1848
- Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (d. 1933)
- 1846
- Wilson Barrett, English actor, playwright, and manager (d. 1904)
- 1838
- Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. 1916)
- 1836
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and yogi (d. 1886)
- 1818
- John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1883)
- 1818
- Konstanty Schmidt-Ciążyński, Polish collector and art connoisseur who donated a large collection to the National Museum in Kraków (d. 1889)
- 1817
- Lewis Armistead, American general (d. 1863)
- 1814
- Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (d. 1900)
- 1754
- Emanuel Granberg, Finnish church painter (d. 1797)
- 1745
- Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, invented the battery (d. 1827)
- 1732
- Johann Christian Kittel, German organist and composer (d. 1809)
- 1658
- Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French philosopher and author (d. 1743)
- 1642
- Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)
- 1632
- Giovanni Battista Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1692)
- 1626
- Francesco Redi, Italian physician (d. 1697)
- 1609
- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1674)
- 1602
- Per Brahe the Younger, Swedish soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (d. 1680)
- 1602
- Michelangelo Cerquozzi, Italian painter (d. 1660)
- 1589
- Henry Vane the Elder, English politician (d. 1655)
- 1589
- Maarten Gerritsz Vries, Dutch explorer (d. 1646)
- 1559
- Isaac Casaubon, Swiss philologist and scholar (d. 1614)
- 1547
- Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (d. 1621)
- 1543
- Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
- 1530
- Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese daimyō (d. 1578)
- 1516
- Mary I of England (d. 1558)
- 1486
- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Indian monk and saint (d. 1534)
- 1372
- Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Egyptian jurist and scholar (d. 1448)
- 1201
- Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Persian scientist and writer (d. 1274)
Deaths On This Day
- 2020
- Flavio Bucci, Italian actor and voice actor (b. 1947)
- 2019
- Alessandro Mendini, Italian designer and architect (b. 1931)
- 2015
- Elchanan Heilprin, Czechoslovakian-born English rabbi (b. 1920 or 1922)
- 2014
- Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (b. 1922)
- 2014
- Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1914)
- 2001
- Balthus, Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1908)
- 2001
- Dale Earnhardt, American racer and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion (b. 1951)
- 1982
- Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895)
- 1981
- Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895)
- 1977
- Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1969
- Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
- 1967
- J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
- 1966
- Grigory Nelyubov, Soviet pilot and military officer (b. 1934)
- 1960
- Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)
- 1956
- Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
- 1938
- David King Udall, American missionary and politician (b. 1851)
- 1933
- James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)
- 1915
- Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
- 1910
- Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
- 1902
- Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
- 1893
- Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)
- 1880
- Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (b. 1812)
- 1873
- Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)
- 1851
- Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
- 1803
- Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)
- 1788
- John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
- 1780
- Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
- 1778
- Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
- 1772
- Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
- 1748
- Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
- 1743
- Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1667)
- 1712
- Louis, Dauphin of France, (b. 1682)
- 1695
- William Phips, governor of Massachusetts (b. 1650)
- 1683
- Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
- 1658
- John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck, English courtier (b. c. 1591)
- 1654
- Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French author (b. 1594)
- 1564
- Michelangelo, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1475)
- 1546
- Martin Luther, German priest and theologian, leader of the Protestant Reformation (b. 1483)
- 1535
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German magician, astrologer, and theologian (b. 1486)
- 1502
- Hedwig Jagiellon, duchess of Bavaria (b. 1457)
- 1478
- George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, English nobleman (b. 1449)
- 1455
- Fra Angelico, Italian priest and painter (b. 1395)
- 1397
- Enguerrand VII, French nobleman (b. 1340)
- 1379
- Albert II, duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)
- 1294
- Kublai Khan, Mongol emperor (b. 1215)
- 1225
- Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, Norman nobleman
- 1218
- Berthold V, duke of Zähringen (b. 1160)
- 1139
- Yaropolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1082)
- 999
- Gregory V, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 972)
- 901
- Thābit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and physician (b. 826)
- 814
- Angilbert, Frankish monk and diplomat (b. 760)
- 675
- Colmán, bishop of Lindisfarne