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February 23

February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 311 days remain until the end of the year (312 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2026
Kentucky $167.3 million Powerball jackpot winner arrested again. The Kentucky lottery winner who scooped a $167.3 million Powerball jackpot last year has been arrested again, adding yet another charge to his already extensive criminal track record.
2025
Legislation and media misconceptions plague Connecticut Lottery over technical errors. The Connecticut Lottery is being forced to revisit a 2023 software glitch that caused confusion for some players trying to claim prizes — and this time it's being made worse by local media blowing the matter out of proportion.
2024
UK couple battle over £1 million lottery prize. A United Kingdom couple are at war over a lottery payout worth £1 million (US$1.27 million) after allegedly buying the ticket "together" before splitting up weeks later.
2023
Maine winner of $1.35 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot comes forward. The Maine Lottery announced this week the lone winning ticket-holder of the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawn in January has come forward.
2023
Green Ball promotion returning to New Jersey Lottery, offers extra prizes. The Green Ball promotion is making its way back to the New Jersey Lottery, which offers a chance for players to win extra prizes in the Jersey Cash 5 game.
2022
No more overtime for $500,000 South Carolina Lottery winner. One thing that is certain for a South Carolina winner of a $500,000 lottery prize is that working overtime will no longer be a necessity.
2021
Wisconsin veteran claims two major lottery prizes in two weeks. After winning a Wisconsin Lottery Badger 5 jackpot and Powerball prize in just two weeks, one Wisconsin veteran is walking away $171,000 richer.
2020
Massachusetts woman wins her second $1M lottery prize. A Massachusetts woman who won a $1 million lottery prize 10 years ago has hit it rich again.
2019
4 months later, mystery and rumors surround Mega Millions $1.5 billion jackpot. Four months after South Carolina's first Mega Millions jackpot win, the staggering $1.5 billion prize remains unclaimed.
2019
Furloughed Staten Island park ranger wins $29.5 million in New Jersey Lottery. A New York City park ranger from New Jersey who was furloughed during the partial federal government shutdown has claimed a $29.5 million lottery jackpot.
2017
One ticket sold in Indiana wins $435 million Powerball jackpot. One ticket sold in the Hoosier State won Wednesday's $435.3 million Powerball lottery jackpot, which had been accumulating for 18 consecutive draws without a winner.
2016
Store employees accused of stealing $140,000 in lottery tickets. Three Oshkosh, Wisconsin, women each face a felony theft charge after authorities say they collectively stole more than $140,000 in lottery tickets from their employer during the course of three years.
2016
Twin sisters split $6 million California Lottery prize. Twin sisters from California are now millionaires after winning $6 million in a scratch-off lotto ticket.
2016
Iowa House votes to allow touchscreen lottery machines. The Iowa House kicked off the seventh week of the 2016 session by approving a bill to make buying lottery tickets easier.
2016
How a group of MIT students gamed the Massachusetts Lottery. The story of how a group of MIT students, as well as rival groups, legally gamed the Massachusetts Lottery by taking advantage of a unique in-state lottery game.
2015
Georgia Lottery launches new Georgia-only lotto game. The Georgia Lottery tonight is kicking off the first drawing of its latest Georgia-only lotto game: Jumbo Bucks Lotto with Cash Match.
2015
CT lawmakers again seek lottery winnings from 1995 ticket. A long-running battle to claim the winnings of a 19-year-old lottery ticket has been revived in the legislature.
2012
Indiana man wins $5M on scratch-off. A Muncie, Indiana, man is the latest lucky Hoosier to win big money from the Hoosier Lottery.
2011
N.J. Gov. may veto online gambling bill. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie next week is expected to veto a bill that would have allowed state residents to become the first in the country to place legal bets from their living rooms over the Internet.
2010
Movie box office: Real betting is on the way. Soon, everyone will be able to bet on how well movies perform -- or under-perform -- at the boxoffice.
2006
Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised to $212 million. A dramatic increase in sales of Mega Millions lottery tickets has prompted the twelve Mega Millions states to raise the jackpot mid-week to $212 million.
2005
Mega Millions lottery jackpot leaps to $96 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $96 million Wednesday.
2005
California's lottery retailer of the month is small family-owned store. A relatively small Vallejo, California family business in a diminutive strip mall beat out more than 18,000 stores of all sizes to be named California's State Lottery Retailer of the Month for March.
2005
Oklahoma Lottery Commission Holds First Meeting Today. Oklahoma's Education Lottery Commission holds its first meeting this afternoon at the state Capitol.
2004
NJ Resident Dreams Up Scratch Game. A retired Edison, New Jersey police captain literally dreamed up Six Shooters, a New Jersey Lottery scratch game.
2004
Indiana lottery player wins $1 million. An Evansville, Indiana man who won $1,026,000 on a special edition of the "Hoosier Millionaire" show plans to use winnings to pay off his home mortgage.
2004
Miami ticket takes $6 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $6 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
2004
Virginia Lottery Rains on Lady Luck's Parade. The Virginia Lottery is considering legal action against North Dakota because the North Dakota Lottery chose a mascot similar to Virginia's Lady Luck.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$525 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2024
2.$438 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2026
3.$375.9 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2024
4.$304 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2019
5.$269 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2018
6.€210 Million
US$255.21 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2021
7.$245 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2019
8.$236 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2016
9.$233 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2025
10.€174 Million
US$214 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2018
11.$212 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2006
12.$204 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2018
13.$202.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2026
14.$195 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2014
15.$181 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2025
16.€161.39 Million
US$180.7 Million
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2022
17.$177 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2007
18.€142 Million
US$167.29 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2026
19.$155 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2011
20.$150 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2009
21.€125.32 Million
US$147.63 Million
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2026
22.$145 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2009
23.€111.52 Million
US$135.53 Million
Draw Date
Feb 23, 2021
24.€104.36 Million
US$128.3 Million
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2018
25.$126 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2023

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1993
Tuesday, Feb 23, 1993
33 years old
1987
Monday, Feb 23, 1987
39 years old
1986
Sunday, Feb 23, 1986
40 years old
1986
Sunday, Feb 23, 1986
40 years old
1985
Saturday, Feb 23, 1985
41 years old
1984
Thursday, Feb 23, 1984
42 years old
1981
Monday, Feb 23, 1981
45 years old
1978
Thursday, Feb 23, 1978
48 years old
1975
Sunday, Feb 23, 1975
51 years old
1973
Friday, Feb 23, 1973
53 years old
1972
Wednesday, Feb 23, 1972
54 years old
1969
Sunday, Feb 23, 1969
57 years old
1969
Sunday, Feb 23, 1969
57 years old
1966
Wednesday, Feb 23, 1966
60 years old
1955
Wednesday, Feb 23, 1955
71 years old
1955
Wednesday, Feb 23, 1955
71 years old
1955
Wednesday, Feb 23, 1955
71 years old
1950
Thursday, Feb 23, 1950
76 years old
1942
Monday, Feb 23, 1942
84 years old
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2025
A snap election is held in Germany.
2021
Four simultaneous prison riots leave at least 62 people dead in Ecuador.
2020
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.
2019
Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.
2018
Parliamentary elections are held in Djibouti.
2017
The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.
2012
A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
2010
Unknown criminals pour more than 2+1⁄2 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.
2008
A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
2008
The Japanese WINDS satellite is launched.
2007
A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
2002
An Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre carrying Intelsat 904.
1999
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
1999
An avalanche buries the town of Galtür, Austria, killing 31.
1998
In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
1991
In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
1988
Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq.
1987
Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
1983
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
1981
In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
1980
Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
1974
The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
1971
Operation Lam Son 719: South Vietnamese General Do Cao Tri was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign.
1966
In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.
1958
Five-time Argentine Formula One champion Juan Manuel Fangio is kidnapped by rebels involved in the Cuban Revolution, on the eve of the Cuban Grand Prix. He was released the following day after the race.
1954
The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
1950
General elections are held in the United Kingdom.
1947
International Organization for Standardization is founded.
1945
World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
1945
World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free all 2,147 captives of the Los Baños internment camp, in what General Colin Powell later would refer to as "the textbook airborne operation for all ages and all armies."
1945
World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
1945
World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
1945
World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
1945
American Airlines Flight 009 crashes near Rural Retreat, Virginia, killing 17.
1944
The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
1943
The Cavan Orphanage fire kills thirty-five girls and an elderly cook.
1943
Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
1942
World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
1941
Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
1934
Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
1927
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
1927
German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
1917
First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
1909
The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
1905
Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
1903
Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
1900
Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
1898
Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
1887
The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
1886
Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
1885
Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
1883
Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
1870
Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
1861
President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
1854
The official independence of the Orange Free State, South Africa is declared.
1847
Mexican-American War: Battle of Buena Vista: In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
1836
Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1820
Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed and the conspirators arrested.
1778
American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to help train the Continental Army.
1763
Berbice slave uprising in Guyana: The first major slave revolt in South America.
1725
J. S. Bach leads his Tafel-Music Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.
1455
Traditionally the date of publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
705
Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.
628
Khosrow II, last Sasanian shah of Iran, is overthrown.
532
Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople - the Hagia Sophia.
303
Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.

Births On This Day

2002
Emilia Jones, English actress
2000
Femke Bol, Dutch hurdler and sprinter
1997
Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player
1996
D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player
1995
Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player
1994
Dakota Fanning, American actress
1994
Triptii Dimri, Indian actress
1992
Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
1992
Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
1992
Samara Weaving, Australian actress and model
1990
Kevin Connauton, Canadian ice hockey player
1990
Marco Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player
1989
Evan Bates, American ice dancer
1989
Jérémy Pied, French footballer
1989
Wilin Rosario, Dominican baseball player
1988
Nicolás Gaitán, Argentine footballer
1987
Ab-Soul, American rapper
1987
Malik Hairston, American basketball player
1987
Theophilus London, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
1986
Emerson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
1986
Skylar Grey, American singer-songwriter
1986
Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
1986
Jerod Mayo, American football player and coach
1986
Ola Svensson, Swedish singer-songwriter
1983
Aziz Ansari, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1983
Emily Blunt, English actress
1983
Mido, Egyptian footballer, manager and sportscaster
1983
Dijon Thompson, American basketball player
1982
Jia Perkins, American basketball player and coach
1982
Karan Singh Grover, Indian actor
1981
Gareth Barry, English footballer
1981
Josh Gad, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1981
Charles Tillman, American football player
1978
Residente, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
1978
Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2003)
1977
Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian skier
1976
Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
1975
Michael Cornacchia, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1975
Robert Lopez, American songwriter and playwright
1974
Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer
1974
Robbi Kempson, South African rugby player
1973
Jeff Nordgaard, American-Polish basketball player
1972
Alessandro Sturba, Italian footballer
1972
Rondell White, American baseball player
1971
Carin Koch, Swedish golfer
1971
Melinda Messenger, English model and television host
1971
Joe-Max Moore, American soccer player
1970
Niecy Nash, American actress and producer
1969
Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer
1969
Martine Croxall, English journalist and television news presenter
1969
Daymond John, American fashion designer and businessman, founded FUBU
1969
Bhagyashree, Indian actress
1967
Steve Stricker, American golfer
1967
Chris Vrenna, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
1965
Kristin Davis, American actress and producer
1965
Michael Dell, American businessman
1965
Helena Suková, Czech-Monacan tennis player
1964
John Norum, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
1963
Bobby Bonilla, American baseball player
1963
Radosław Sikorski, Polish journalist and politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
1962
Michael Wilton, American guitarist
1960
Naruhito, Emperor of Japan
1959
Clayton Anderson, American engineer and astronaut
1959
Nick de Bois, English politician
1959
Ian Liddell-Grainger, Scottish soldier and politician
1959
Linda Nolan, Irish singer and actress (died 2025)
1958
David Sylvian, English singer-songwriter
1957
Charlie Brandt, American serial killer (died 2004)
1956
Sandra Osborne, Scottish politician
1955
Howard Jones, English singer-songwriter
1955
Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
1955
Francesca Simon, American-British author
1954
Rajini Thiranagama, Sri Lankan physician and academic (died 1989)
1954
Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian captain and politician, 3rd President of Ukraine
1953
Kenny Bee, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1953
Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
1952
Brad Whitford, American guitarist and songwriter
1951
Eddie Dibbs, American tennis player
1951
Debbie Friedman, American singer-songwriter of Jewish melodies (died 2011)
1951
Ed "Too Tall" Jones, American football player and boxer
1951
Patricia Richardson, American actress
1950
Rebecca Goldstein, American philosopher and author
1950
John Greaves, Welsh bass guitarist and composer
1949
César Aira, Argentine author and translator
1949
Marc Garneau, Canadian engineer, astronaut, and politician (died 2025)
1948
Bill Alexander, English director and producer
1948
Trevor Cherry, English footballer (died 2020)
1948
Steve Priest, English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2020)
1947
Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician, Speaker of the Danish Parliament
1947
Anton Mosimann, Swiss chef and author
1946
Rusty Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
1945
Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician
1944
Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator
1944
Florian Fricke, German keyboard player and composer (died 2001)
1944
Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2014)
1943
Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
1943
Bobby Mitchell, American golfer (died 2018)
1941
Ron Hunt, American baseball player
1940
Peter Fonda, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)
1940
Jackie Smith, American football player
1939
Lee Shaffer, American basketball player
1938
Sylvia Chase, American broadcast journalist (died 2019)
1938
Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
1938
Diane Varsi, American actress (died 1992)
1937
Tom Osborne, American football player, coach, and politician
1932
Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (died 2008)
1931
Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (died 2004)
1930
Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (died 2015)
1929
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (died 2008)
1929
Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (died 1980)
1928
Hans Herrmann, German racing driver (died 2026)
1928
Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut (died 1990)
1927
Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress (died 2007)
1927
Jessica Huntley, Guyanese activist and publisher (died 2013)
1925
Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (died 2015)
1924
Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
1923
Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (died 2014)
1923
Harry Clarke, English footballer (died 2000)
1923
Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece (died 2016)
1923
Dante Lavelli, American football player (died 2009)
1923
Clarence D. Lester, American fighter pilot (died 1986)
1923
Mary Francis Shura, American author (died 1991)
1922
Johnny Franz, English record producer (died 1977)
1920
Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2018)
1919
Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (died 1995)
1915
Jon Hall, American actor and director (died 1979)
1915
Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot (died 2007)
1908
William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1988)
1904
Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (died 1980)
1904
William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (died 1993)
1899
Erich Kästner, German author and poet (died 1974)
1899
Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (died 1981)
1894
Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1978)
1892
Kathleen Harrison, English actress (died 1995)
1892
Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer (died 1950)
1889
Musidora, French actress and director (died 1957)
1889
Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (died 1975)
1889
Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer (died 1949)
1889
John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire (died 1947)
1884
Casimir Funk, Polish biochemist (died 1967)
1883
Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (died 1969)
1883
Guy C. Wiggins, American painter (died 1962)
1878
Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist (died 1935)
1874
Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia (died 1956)
1873
Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (died 1929)
1868
W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (died 1963)
1868
Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director (died 1947)
1850
César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris (died 1918)
1842
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (died 1906)
1831
Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter (died 1915)
1830
Magdalene Osenbroch, Norwegian actress (died 1854)
1805
Johan Jakob Nervander, Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (died 1848)
1792
José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general (died 1854)
1744
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman (died 1812)
1723
Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher (died 1791)
1685
George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (died 1759)
1680
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (died 1767)
1646
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shōgun (died 1709)
1633
Samuel Pepys, English diarist and politician (died 1703)
1606
George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen, officer in the Dutch Army (died 1674)
1592
Balthazar Gerbier, Dutch painter (died 1663)
1583
Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (died 1656)
1539
Henry XI of Legnica, thrice Duke of Legnica (died 1588)
1539
Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (died 1612)
1529
Onofrio Panvinio, Italian historian (died 1568)
1443
Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian king (died 1490)
1417
Pope Paul II (died 1471)
1417
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (died 1479)
1133
Al-Zafir, Fatimid caliph (died 1154)

Deaths On This Day

2025
Larry Dolan, American attorney (born 1931)
2025
Chris Jasper, American singer, composer and producer (born 1951)
2025
Al Trautwig, American sports commentator (born 1956)
2024
Flaco, Eurasian eagle-owl (born 2010)
2023
Tony Earl, American politician, 40th Governor of Wisconsin (born 1936)
2023
John Motson, English football commentator (born 1945)
2021
Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (born 1930)
2019
Katherine Helmond, American actress (born 1929)
2016
Peter Lustig, German television host and author (born 1937)
2016
Jacqueline Mattson, American baseball player (born 1928)
2015
James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (born 1918)
2015
Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (born 1942)
2015
W. E. "Bill" Dykes, American soldier and politician (born 1925)
2014
Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English Holocaust survivor, pianist and educator (born 1903)
2014
Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (born 1919)
2013
Eugene Bookhammer, American soldier and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (born 1918)
2013
Joseph Friedenson, Holocaust survivor, Holocaust historian, Yiddish writer, lecturer and editor (born 1922)
2013
Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (born 1920)
2013
Lotika Sarkar, Indian lawyer and academic (born 1945)
2012
William Raggio, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)
2012
David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (born 1924)
2012
Kazimierz Żygulski, Polish sociologist and activist (born 1919)
2011
Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (born 1923)
2010
Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (born 1967)
2008
Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (born 1950)
2008
Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and journalist (born 1917)
2007
Hanna Barysiewicz, the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of Records (born 1888)
2007
John Ritchie, English footballer (born 1941)
2006
Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1912)
2006
Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (born 1921)
2004
Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1934)
2004
Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (born 1918)
2003
Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (born 1955)
2003
Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and academic (born 1910)
2000
Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (born 1957)
2000
Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (born 1915)
1999
The Renegade, American wrestler (born 1965)
1998
Philip Abbott, American actor and director (born 1924)
1997
Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (born 1945)
1995
James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (born 1916)
1990
José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (born 1925)
1983
Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (born 1892)
1979
W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (born 1900)
1976
L. S. Lowry, English painter (born 1887)
1974
Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (born 1895)
1973
Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1895)
1969
Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (born 1933)
1969
Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (born 1902)
1965
Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (born 1890)
1955
Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (born 1868)
1948
John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (born 1866)
1946
Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (born 1885)
1944
Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (born 1863)
1934
Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (born 1857)
1931
Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (born 1861)
1930
Horst Wessel, German SA officer (born 1907)
1918
Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born 1882)
1908
Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (born 1823)
1900
Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1867)
1897
Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (born 1828)
1879
Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (born 1803)
1871
Amanda Cajander, Finnish medical reformer (born 1827)
1859
Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (born 1812)
1855
Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (born 1777)
1848
John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (born 1767)
1844
Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada, Brazilian politician, twice Minister of Finance, brother of José Bonifácio and Antônio Carlos (born 1775)
1821
John Keats, English poet (born 1795)
1792
Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (born 1723)
1781
George Taylor, Founding Father of the United States (born 1716)
1766
Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (born 1677)
1704
Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (born 1653)
1620
Nicholas Fuller, English politician (born 1543)
1603
Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (born 1519)
1603
Franciscus Vieta, French mathematician (born 1540)
1554
Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire (born 1515)
1526
Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies (born c. 1479)
1473
Arnold, Duke of Gelderland (born 1410)
1464
Emperor Yingzong of Ming (born 1427)
1447
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (born 1390)
1447
Pope Eugene IV (born 1383)
1270
Isabel of France (born 1225)
1100
Emperor Zhezong of Song (born 1076)
1011
Willigis, German archbishop (born 940)
943
Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, (born 884)
943
David I, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)
908
Li Keyong, Shatuo military governor during the Tang dynasty in China (born 856)
715
Al-Walid I, Umayyad caliph (born 668)
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