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February 3

February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 331 days remain until the end of the year (332 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2026
Kentucky office pool of eight employees scoops $200,000 Powerball lottery prize. An office pool consisting of eight company employees from Kentucky are splitting a $200,000 Powerball lottery prize.
2024
30 Kentucky middle school employees win $1M Powerball prize, hid lottery ticket in math textbook. A group of 30 middle school employees carpooled to the Kentucky Lottery after the final school bell rang on Tuesday to collect their $1 million Powerball prize.
2023
Australian woman ignores calls from the Lottery about $40 million jackpot win. An Australian woman ignored multiple calls from the Australian Lottery when they tried to let her know of a $40 million (US$27.7 million) Powerball jackpot win.
2021
Hoosier Lottery holds secondary Daily 3 drawing following technical issue. After a technical difficulty occurred during the evening Daily 3 drawing on Saturday, Jan. 30, the Hoosier Lottery held a secondary drawing.
2021
Unclaimed Lotto 6/49 ticket worth $1 million expires next month. The expiration date for an unclaimed Guaranteed Prize Lotto 6/49 ticket worth $1 million is fast approaching, giving the prospective winner just a little over one month to claim the big prize.
2020
NC couple married 70 years has weekly lottery tradition that finally paid off. A couple with a weekly tradition of playing the lottery is finally celebrating a big prize in North Carolina.
2020
Lottery legislation: Inside Alabama's lottery debate. Will 2020 be the year Alabama finally approves a state lottery?
2020
Despite predictions, state lottery ticket sales have not been hurt by casinos. When Massachusetts lawmakers were considering legalizing casino gambling a decade ago, opponents argued that the industry could take a big bite out of the lottery program, which generates a huge share of the state government's revenue. But with three casinos now open, the lottery appears to be chugging along as if nothing has changed.
2016
$63 million California Lottery jackpot expires Thursday. Like a magical horse-drawn carriage that transforms into a pumpkin at midnight, someone's winning $63-million lottery ticket is about to turn into a worthless scrap of paper, according to California Lottery officials.
2016
Tennessee Powerball lottery winners sued by inmate. A prison inmate has filed a lawsuit that attempts to halt the payout of the Tennessee Powerball winners' share of the $1.6 billion jackpot.
2014
NY's Lotto no match for Powerball, Mega Millions. New York's venerable twice-weekly Lotto drawing continues its long-term decline in an age of multi-state mega jackpots.
2011
Lottery fails in Wyoming. For the third time in six years, state lawmakers have killed a proposal to establish a lottery in Wyoming.
2010
Friend charged with hiding lottery winner's death. Dorice "DeeDee" Moore was charged Tuesday with trying to conceal the slaying of the man who disappeared after winning millions in the Florida Lottery.
2010
Confucius lottery tickets draw ire. Confucius, the ancient Chinese philosopher who prodded his fellow countrymen to seek their fortunes in a decent manner, would now find his portraits and sermons printed on lottery tickets, the only form of gambling allowed by the Chinese government.
2009
Wyoming lawmakers again debate state lottery. A Wyoming state House of Representatives committee will decide Friday whether a bill to create a state lottery to benefit education and the horse industry will survive.
2009
Couple at odds over Powerball lottery prize. The proceeds from a winning Powerball ticket have split a Sevierville, Tennessee, couple who have two children together and are expecting a third, according to documents filed in Sevier County Circuit Court.
2004
Store Clerk Pleads 'Not Guilty' In Lottery Ticket Theft Case. A convenience store clerk who allegedly stole a woman's $20,000 lottery ticket is denying the charge.
2004
Interim Minnesota lottery chief named. The Minnesota Lottery will be temporarily led by Michael Vekich, the former chairman of a state colleges board who was among Gov. Tim Pawlenty's challengers for the Republican nomination in 2002.
2004
Counterfeit lottery tickets in Tennessee. The Tennessee Attorney General's Office is working with the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation (TELC) to determine how to deal with illegal tickets being circulated throughout Tennessee.
2004
Mystery person claims $70 million Texas Lotto prize. The Texas Lotto ticketholder who apparently won the $70 million jackpot over the Super Bowl weekend laid claim to the prize Monday, the state lottery commission reported.
2004
Kentucky Lottery has record sales over six months. Two large Powerball jackpots and some high-priced scratch-off games helped the Kentucky Lottery post record sales for the first half of the fiscal year.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$704.4 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2023
2.€363.35 Million
US$392.71 Million
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2023
3.$365 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2024
4.$324.7 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2015
5.$323 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2026
6.$229 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2017
7.€183 Million
US$220.88 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2006
8.$219.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2014
9.$208 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
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Feb 6, 2013
10.$204 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
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Feb 6, 2019
11.$202.9 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2024
12.$200 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2012
13.€139.02 Million
US$191.23 Million
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2010
14.€130 Million
US$188.4 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2008
15.$180 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2006
16.€150.05 Million
US$170.86 Million
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2022
17.$168 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2020
18.€130 Million
US$155.52 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2021
19.€130 Million
US$148.89 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2022
20.€128 Million
US$146.07 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2019
21.$145 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2018
22.€116 Million
US$143.6 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2018
23.$139.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2022
24.$139 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2019
25.€100 Million
US$136.73 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2010

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2003
Monday, Feb 3, 2003
23 years old
2002
Sunday, Feb 3, 2002
24 years old
2000
Thursday, Feb 3, 2000
26 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
39 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
39 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
39 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
39 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
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1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
39 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
39 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
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1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
39 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
39 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
39 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 3, 1987
39 years old
1985
Sunday, Feb 3, 1985
41 years old
1980
Sunday, Feb 3, 1980
46 years old
1975
Monday, Feb 3, 1975
51 years old
1974
Sunday, Feb 3, 1974
52 years old
1969
Monday, Feb 3, 1969
57 years old
1967
Friday, Feb 3, 1967
59 years old
1962
Saturday, Feb 3, 1962
64 years old
1961
Friday, Feb 3, 1961
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1960
Wednesday, Feb 3, 1960
66 years old
1955
Thursday, Feb 3, 1955
71 years old
1955
Thursday, Feb 3, 1955
71 years old
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2023
2023 Ohio train derailment: A freight train containing vinyl chloride and other hazardous materials derails and burns in East Palestine, Ohio, United States, releasing hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air and contaminating the Ohio River.
2014
A school shooting in Moscow, Russia leaves 2 people dead and 1 wounded.
2007
A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.
2005
One hundred five people are killed when Kam Air Flight 904 crashes in the Pamir Mountains in Afghanistan.
1998
Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.
1995
Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
1994
Space Shuttle program: STS-60 is launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle.
1989
After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
1989
A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
1984
Doctor John Buster and a research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in the United States announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth.
1984
Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
1972
The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
1971
New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.
1966
The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.
1961
The United States Air Force begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
1960
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
1959
Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash along with the pilot near Clear Lake, Iowa, an event later known as The Day the Music Died.
1959
Sixty-five people are killed when American Airlines Flight 320 crashes into the East River on approach to LaGuardia Airport in New York City.
1958
Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
1953
The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
1945
World War II: As part of Operation Thunderclap, 1,000 B-17s of the Eighth Air Force bomb Berlin, a raid which kills between 2,500 and 3,000 and dehouses another 120,000.
1945
World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
1944
World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
1943
The SS Dorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
1933
Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Nazi foreign policy.
1931
The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
1930
The Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
1927
A revolt against the military dictatorship of Portugal breaks out at Porto.
1918
The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,630 meters) long.
1917
World War I: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
1916
The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of seven lives.
1913
The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
1870
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
1862
Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
1830
The London Protocol of 1830 establishes the full independence and sovereignty of Greece from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence.
1813
José de San Martín defeats a Spanish royalist army at the Battle of San Lorenzo, part of the Argentine War of Independence.
1809
The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress.
1807
A British military force, under Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty captures the Spanish Empire city of Montevideo, now the capital of Uruguay.
1787
Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
1783
Spain-United States relations are first established.
1781
American Revolutionary War: British forces seize the Dutch-owned Caribbean island Sint Eustatius.
1716
The 1716 Algiers earthquake sequence began with an Mw 7.0 mainshock that caused severe damage and killed 20,000 in Algeria.
1706
During the Battle of Fraustadt Swedish forces defeat a superior Saxon-Polish-Russian force by deploying a double envelopment.
1690
The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas.
1639
The House of Assembly of Barbados meets for the first time.
1637
Tulip Mania collapses within the Dutch Republic.
1583
Battle of São Vicente takes place off Portuguese Brazil where three English warships led by navigator Edward Fenton fight off three Spanish galleons sinking one in the process.
1509
The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India.
1488
Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.
1451
Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
1112
Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
1047
Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy.

Births On This Day

2004
Rei, Japanese rapper and singer
2004
Scoot Henderson, American basketball player
2001
Tre Mann, American basketball player
2001
Rhys Williams, English footballer
1999
Kanna Hashimoto, Japanese actress
1998
Tyler Huntley, American football player
1998
Isaiah Roby, American basketball player
1995
Tao Tsuchiya, Japanese actress
1994
Rougned Odor, Venezuelan baseball player
1992
Olli Aitola, Finnish ice hockey player
1992
James White, American football player
1990
Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
1989
Jia, Chinese singer and actress
1989
Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
1988
Cho Kyu-hyun, South Korean singer
1987
Elvana Gjata, Albanian singer
1986
Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater
1986
Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress
1985
Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress
1985
Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
1984
Elizabeth Holmes, American fraudster, founder of Theranos
1984
Matthew Moy, American actor
1982
Becky Bayless, American wrestler
1982
Marie-Ève Drolet, Canadian speed skater
1982
Bridget Regan, American actress
1978
Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer
1978
Amal Clooney, British-Lebanese barrister and activist
1977
Maitland Ward, American actress and model
1977
Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer
1977
Marek Židlický, Czech ice hockey player
1976
Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian ice hockey player
1976
Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress
1976
Tim Heidecker, American actor, comedian, and musician
1976
Eihi Shiina, Japanese fashion model and actress
1974
Ayanna Pressley, American politician
1973
Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist and producer
1971
Elisa Donovan, American actress
1971
Sarah Kane, English playwright (died 1999)
1971
Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor
1970
Óscar Córdoba, Colombian footballer
1970
Warwick Davis, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969
Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (died 2015)
1969
Retief Goosen, South African golfer
1968
Vlade Divac, Serbian-American basketball player and sportscaster
1968
Marwan Khoury, Lebanese singer, songwriter, and composer
1968
František Kučera, Czech ice hockey player
1967
Tim Flowers, English footballer and coach
1967
Mixu Paatelainen, Finnish footballer and coach
1966
Danny Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1965
Manuel Loff, Portuguese politician
1965
Maura Tierney, American actress and producer
1964
Indrek Tarand, Estonian historian, journalist, and politician
1963
Vũ Đức Đam, Vietnamese politician
1963
Raghuram Rajan, Indian economist and academic
1962
Michele Greene, American actress, singer, and author
1960
Marty Jannetty, American wrestler
1960
Joachim Löw, German footballer and manager
1959
Thomas Calabro, American actor
1959
Lol Tolhurst, English musician and songwriter
1959
Óscar Iván Zuluaga, Colombian economist and politician, 67th Colombian Minister of Finance
1958
Joe F. Edwards, Jr., American commander, pilot, and astronaut
1958
Greg Mankiw, American economist and academic
1957
Eric Lander, American mathematician, geneticist, and academic
1956
Nathan Lane, American actor and comedian
1956
Lee Ranaldo, American musician and songwriter
1954
Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951
Arsène Auguste, Haitian footballer (died 1993)
1951
Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian footballer and manager
1950
Morgan Fairchild, American actress
1950
Pamela Franklin, Japanese-English actress
1950
Grant Goldman, Australian radio and television host (died 2020)
1948
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese Roman Catholic bishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1948
Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (died 2015)
1947
Paul Auster, American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2024)
1947
Dave Davies, English musician
1947
Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor and director
1947
Melanie, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)
1945
Bob Griese, American football player and sportscaster
1943
Blythe Danner, American actress
1941
Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer
1940
Fran Tarkenton, American football player and sportscaster
1939
Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
1938
Victor Buono, American actor (died 1982)
1938
Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (died 2013)
1937
Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer
1936
Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2025)
1935
Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American blues, soul, and funk singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996)
1934
Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter (died 2013)
1933
Paul Sarbanes, American lawyer and politician (died 2020)
1927
Kenneth Anger, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2023)
1927
Blas Ople, Filipino journalist and politician, 21st President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 2003)
1926
Hans-Jochen Vogel, German lawyer and politician, 8th Mayor of Berlin (died 2020)
1925
Shelley Berman, American actor and comedian (died 2017)
1925
John Fiedler, American actor (died 2005)
1924
Martial Asselin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2013)
1924
E. P. Thompson, English historian and author (died 1993)
1920
Henry Heimlich, American physician and author (died 2016)
1918
Joey Bishop, American actor and producer (died 2007)
1918
Helen Stephens, American runner, baseball player, and manager (died 1994)
1917
Shlomo Goren, Polish-Israeli rabbi and general (died 1994)
1915
Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler and hammer thrower (died 1998)
1914
Mary Carlisle, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018)
1912
Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (died 1990)
1911
Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (died 1940)
1909
André Cayatte, French lawyer and director (died 1989)
1909
Simone Weil, French mystic and philosopher (died 1943)
1907
James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (died 1997)
1906
George Adamson, Indian-English author and activist (died 1989)
1905
Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (died 1990)
1905
Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic (died 1986)
1904
Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (died 1934)
1903
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier, pilot, and politician (died 1973)
1900
Mabel Mercer, English-American singer (died 1984)
1899
Café Filho, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th President of Brazil (died 1970)
1898
Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre (died 1976)
1894
Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (died 1978)
1893
Gaston Julia, Algerian-French mathematician and academic (died 1978)
1892
Juan Negrín, Spanish physician and politician, 67th Prime Minister of Spain (died 1956)
1889
Artur Adson, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (died 1977)
1889
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (died 1968)
1889
Risto Ryti, Finnish lawyer, politician and the Governor of the Bank of Finland; 5th President of Finland (died 1956)
1887
Georg Trakl, Austrian pharmacist and poet (died 1914)
1878
Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1943)
1878
Grigory Petrovsky, Ukrainian Soviet revolutionary and politician (died 1958)
1874
Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, playwright, (died 1946)
1872
Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (died 1934)
1867
Charles Henry Turner, American biologist, educator and zoologist (died 1923)
1862
James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge (died 1946)
1859
Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (died 1935)
1857
Giuseppe Moretti, Italian sculptor, designed the Vulcan statue (died 1935)
1843
William Cornelius Van Horne, American-Canadian businessman (died 1915)
1842
Sidney Lanier, American composer and poet (died 1881)
1840
Allan McLean, Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (died 1911)
1830
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1903)
1826
Walter Bagehot, English journalist and businessman (died 1877)
1824
Ranald MacDonald, American explorer and educator (died 1894)
1821
Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician and educator (died 1910)
1817
Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (died 1881)
1817
Émile Prudent, French pianist and composer (died 1864)
1816
Ram Singh Kuka, Indian credited with starting the Non-cooperation movement
1815
Edward James Roye, 5th President of Liberia (died 1872)
1811
Horace Greeley, American journalist and politician (died 1872)
1809
Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1847)
1807
Joseph E. Johnston, American general and politician (died 1891)
1795
Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (died 1830)
1790
Gideon Mantell, English scientist (died 1852)
1780
Mihail G. Boiagi, Aromanian grammarian and professor (died uncertain)
1777
John Cheyne, Scottish physician and author (died 1836)
1763
Caroline von Wolzogen, German author (died 1847)
1757
Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (died 1833)
1747
Samuel Osgood, American soldier and politician, 1st United States Postmaster General (died 1813)
1736
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer and theorist (died 1809)
1721
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (died 1773)
1689
Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (died 1741)
1677
Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Karlova Koruna Chateau (died 1723)
1504
Scipione Rebiba, Italian cardinal (died 1577)
1478
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (died 1521)
1428
Helena Palaiologina, Queen of Cyprus (died 1458)
1393
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English nobleman and military commander (died 1455)
1338
Joanna of Bourbon (died 1378)

Deaths On This Day

2025
Harry Jayawardena, Sri Lankan industrialist (born 1942)
2025
Kandiah Balendra, Sri Lankan corporate leader and executive (born 1940)
2020
George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (born 1929)
2019
Julie Adams, American actress (born 1926)
2019
Kristoff St. John, American actor (born 1966)
2017
Dritëro Agolli, Albanian poet, writer and politician (born 1931)
2016
Joe Alaskey, American actor (born 1952)
2016
Balram Jakhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Madhya Pradesh (born 1923)
2016
József Kasza, Serbian politician and economist (born 1945)
2015
Martin Gilbert, English historian, author, and academic (born 1936)
2015
Mary Healy, American actress and singer (born 1918)
2015
Charlie Sifford, American golfer (born 1922)
2015
Nasim Hasan Shah, Pakistani lawyer and judge, 12th Chief Justice of Pakistan (born 1929)
2013
Cardiss Collins, American politician (born 1931)
2013
Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian composer and producer (born 1921)
2013
James Muri, American soldier and pilot (born 1918)
2013
Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (born 1954)
2012
Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (born 1921)
2012
Ben Gazzara, American actor and director (born 1930)
2012
Terence Hildner, American general (born 1962)
2012
Raj Kanwar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1961)
2012
Zalman King, American actor, director, and producer (born 1942)
2012
Andrzej Szczeklik, Polish physician and academic (born 1938)
2011
Maria Schneider, French actress (born 1952)
2010
Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (born 1926)
2010
Frances Reid, American actress (born 1914)
2009
Sheng-yen, Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain (born 1930)
2006
Al Lewis, American actor and activist (born 1923)
2005
Zurab Zhvania, Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (born 1963)
2005
Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (born 1904)
2004
Mrs. Ngô Bá Thành, Vietnamese lawyer, politician, and activist (born 1931)
1999
Gwen Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1950)
1996
Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (born 1922)
1993
Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1927)
1991
Nancy Kulp, American actress (born 1921)
1989
John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)
1989
Lionel Newman, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1916)
1985
Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (born 1912)
1975
William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (born 1873)
1975
Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1904)
1969
C. N. Annadurai, Indian journalist and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Madras State (born 1909)
1969
Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambican activist and academic (born 1920)
1967
Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (born 1929)
1963
Benjamin R. Jacobs, American biochemist (born 1879)
1961
William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, Scottish-Australian captain and politician, 14th Governor-General of Australia (born 1893)
1961
Anna May Wong, American actress (born 1905)
1960
Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (born 1921)
1959
The Day the Music Died The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1930)
1959
The Day the Music Died Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)
1959
The Day the Music Died Ritchie Valens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
1956
Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (born 1871)
1956
Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (born 1916)
1955
Vasily Blokhin, Russian general (born 1895)
1952
Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1874)
1947
Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (born 1887)
1945
Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (born 1893)
1944
Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (born 1865)
1935
Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (born 1859)
1929
Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (born 1878)
1924
Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)
1922
Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (born 1854)
1922
John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (born 1839)
1899
Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Dutch supercentenarian (born 1788)
1873
Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (born 1811)
1866
François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (born 1809)
1862
Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1774)
1832
George Crabbe, English surgeon and poet (born 1754)
1820
Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (born 1762)
1813
Juan Bautista Cabral, Argentinian sergeant (born 1789)
1802
Pedro Rodríguez, Spanish statesman and economist (born 1723)
1737
Tommaso Ceva, Italian mathematician and academic (born 1648)
1619
Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1564)
1618
Philip II, duke of Pomerania (born 1573)
1566
George Cassander, Flemish theologian and author (born 1513)
1537
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (born 1513)
1475
John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (born 1410)
1468
Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher, invented the printing press (born 1398)
1451
Murad II, Ottoman sultan (born 1404)
1428
Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shōgun (born 1386)
1399
John of Gaunt, Belgian-English politician, Lord High Steward (born 1340)
1252
Sviatoslav III, Russian Grand Prince (born 1196)
1161
Inge I, king of Norway (born 1135)
1116
Coloman, king of Hungary
1014
Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark and England (born 960)
994
William IV, duke of Aquitaine (born 937)
938
Zhou Ben, Chinese general (born 862)
929
Guy, margrave of Tuscany
865
Ansgar, Frankish archbishop (born 801)
699
Werburgh, English nun and saint
639
K'inich Yo'nal Ahk I, ruler of Piedras Negras
456
Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II, ruler of Tikal
6
Ping, emperor of the Han Dynasty (born 9 BC)
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