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February 4

On This Day in History

February 4

February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 330 days remain until the end of the year (331 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2021: Canadian family claims $60 million Lotto Max jackpot. A man from Winnipeg, Canada could barely comprehend the lifechanging notion that he was the sole winner of the $60 million (US$46.77 million) Lotto Max jackpot from the Jan. 22 drawing and initially shook off the idea.
2017: 18-year-old wins $1M Powerball prize. An 18-year-old Kentucky woman has won $1 million from Wednesday night's Powerball drawing.
2016: First lawsuit in state lottery-fixing scandal seeks millions. An Iowa man could become a key player in a barrage of litigation that threatens to cost state lotteries tens of millions of dollars in damages in an insider jackpot-rigging scandal.
2016: With $63M jackpot expiring today, Calif. Lottery sued by owner of damaged ticket. With just hours remaining before California Lottery officials declare a $63-million jackpot winner an official no-show, a Los Angeles County man has filed legal papers saying he is the rightful winner and that lottery officials have "destroyed" the evidence.
2015: Missing 86-year-old Detroit lottery winner found dead. An 86-year-old Detroit man whose family said he disappeared a day after winning $20,000 in the lottery in December was found stabbed to death in a vacant house, authorities said on Wednesday.
2015: Tonight's Ireland Lotto draw cancelled because of network failure. Tonight's Ireland Lotto jackpot may be €10 million but National Lottery machines around the country aren't keen on it being won -- they've been out of commission since this morning.
2011: Christmas Day Powerball lottery winner claims $48.8M jackpot. The winner of a $48.8 million Christmas Day jackpot has come forward to claim the prize, New York Lottery officials confirmed Thursday.
2011: 28 arrested in N.Y. gambling sting. Officers from the Rockland County Intelligence Center and the town rounded up 28 people Thursday night in a crackdown on an illegal lottery ring.
2008: Ex-friends square off in trial over $1M lottery ticket. A western Maryland man testified Monday that he gave his neighbor $20 to buy them a state lottery ticket that ended up a $1 million winner -- a story that the ticket-holder disputes.
2008: N.Y. Lottery apologizes for mob ad. The New York state lottery has apologized to Italian-Americans after it aired a series of TV ads that featured Sopranos-esque mob characters.
2008: Flight attendant wins $1M Georgia Lottery jackpot. A Delta flight attendant can fly the friendly skies as a new millionaire.
2008: N.Y. takes first step toward lottery privatization. New York has taken a step toward privatizing the state lottery. The state's Budget Division has started the process of hiring an independent investment adviser to guide Gov. Eliot Spitzer's proposal.
2006: Mass. Lottery dispute takes bizarre turn. A man who claimed to have thrown away a winning $1 million lottery ticket that another man found in the trash suffered a fatal heart attack while traveling in Hyannis on Tuesday.
2006: N.C. lottery: About 4,000 retailers apply to sell tickets. About 4,000 retailers have filed applications by Friday's deadline to be guaranteed the chance to sell the first North Carolina Education Lottery tickets, projected to start at the end of next month.
2006: Illinois lottery winner gets 30-month prison sentence. A man who won an Illinois lottery jackpot less than a year ago was sentenced to 30 months in prison Friday on gun and drug charges, federal officials said.
2006: Euro Million Lottery's $222 Million Cash Prize Held by 3 Tickets. Three winning ticket-holders will share the 126 million British pounds (US$222 million) top prize in EuroMillions, the lottery held in nine European countries.
2005: Indiana legislator attacks computerized lottery drawings. In a move hailed by opponents of computerized lottery drawings, Indiana State Representative Robert Alderman (R) introduced a bill last month that would force the Hoosier Lottery to revert back to traditional lottery ball machines.
2005: Dispute erupts over use of Tennessee lottery funds. Tennessee State Sen. Steve Cohen Thursday attacked Gov. Phil Bredesen's pre-kindergarten initiative, saying the use of lottery money to fund the program is "illegal" and "unconstitutional."
2005: Arkansas legislator wants voters to decide on state lottery. A west Arkansas legislator is proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a state lottery to benefit public schools.
2005: Wyoming closer to starting a lottery. A bill that would bring a lottery to Wyoming made it past a second hurdle Thursday, prompting some to wonder how far it will go this year.
2005: Mystery lottery winner claims $3.8 million jackpot. Michigan law allows lottery winners to remain anonymous, and the man who cashed in a winning WinFall ticket this week took full advantage of it.
2004: Nebraska's Top Lottery Official Suspended. The head of the Nebraska lottery has been suspended pending an investigation of gifts involving a vendor, officials said.
2004: Ohio man wins lottery twice. Bob Woerner of Zanesville, Ohio won the Dec. 18 drawing of the Buckeye Five with two different tickets bought at two different stores.
2004: Mega Millions Jackpot Swells to $102 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $102 million Wednesday when none of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $85 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball.
2004: GTECH Named Apparent Winning Vendor for Mexico Lottery Contract. GTECH Corporation has been selected by Pronosticos para la Asistencia Publica (Pronosticos) as the apparent successful vendor to provide equipment and services for a new online lottery system and associated telecommunications network in Mexico under a proposed six-year contract.
2004: Ruling taxes lottery winner at higher rate. An Oregon Lottery jackpot winner is going to have to pay a higher tax rate after a federal appeals court rejected his argument the prize money should be taxed like an investment at the lower capital gains rate.
2004: Alabama man hits Florida Lotto jackpot. Earl S. Luellen of Foley, Alabama won half of a $7 million jackpot in the Saturday night drawing, according to a statement released by Florida officials Tuesday.
2004: Colorado Lottery contracts not renewed. The Colorado Department of Revenue will not extend two key Colorado Lottery contracts, choosing instead to seek new bids for advertising and public relations services.
2004: Rightful owner of Powerball ticket finally gets $100,000 prize. A Morgan City, Louisiana man whose $100,000 Powerball ticket was allegedly stolen finally got his money on Tuesday.

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: Italy
SuperEnalotto
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.$229 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2017
6.$219.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2014
7.$214.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2024
8.$208 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2013
9.$204 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2019
10.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2012
11.€139.02 Million
US$191.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2010
12.€130 Million
US$188.4 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2008
13.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2006
14.€151.4 Million
US$173.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2022
15.$168 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2020
16.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2018
17.€130 Million
US$155.52 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2021
18.€130 Million
US$148.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2022
19.€128 Million
US$146.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2019
20.€116 Million
US$143.6 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2018
21.$141 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2010
22.$139.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2022
23.$139 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2019
24.€100 Million
US$136.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2010
25.$136 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: jettliya
Saturday, Feb 4, 1995
30 years old
1990: UnTouchableKemp
Sunday, Feb 4, 1990
35 years old
1982: silkkdarockstar
Thursday, Feb 4, 1982
43 years old
1981: MsDiaT
Wednesday, Feb 4, 1981
44 years old
1980: Ladyg123
Monday, Feb 4, 1980
45 years old
1979: tnwatchman
Sunday, Feb 4, 1979
46 years old
1975: gthompson
Tuesday, Feb 4, 1975
50 years old
1968: sweetCee7
Sunday, Feb 4, 1968
57 years old
1963: buff4
Monday, Feb 4, 1963
62 years old
1963: jbuff
Monday, Feb 4, 1963
62 years old
1962: LolaB
Sunday, Feb 4, 1962
63 years old
1961: CrazySister
Saturday, Feb 4, 1961
64 years old
1950: shoelace32!
Saturday, Feb 4, 1950
75 years old
1949: archiezoro
Friday, Feb 4, 1949
76 years old
1937: rockydog
Thursday, Feb 4, 1937
88 years old
1932: TommyB
Thursday, Feb 4, 1932
93 years old
: Kash3geek
(year not provided)
: lou123
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days.
2015: TransAsia Airways Flight 235, with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after takeoff, killing 43 people.
2008: Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name A million voices against the FARC.
2004: Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.
2003: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
2000: The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
1999: Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
1998: The 5.9 M_w Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
1997: En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel, killing 73.
1997: The Bojnurd earthquake measuring M_w 6.5 strikes Iran. With a Mercalli intensity of VIII, it kills at least 88 and damages 173 villages.
1992: A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
1977: A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
1976: In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
1975: Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
1974: M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
1967: Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
1966: All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
1961: The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
1948: Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
1945: World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp is liberated from Japanese authority.
1945: World War II: The Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea.
1945: World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
1941: The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
1938: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
1932: Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
1899: The Philippine-American War begins when four Filipino soldiers enter the "American Zone" in Manila, igniting the Battle of Manila.
1861: American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six breakaway U.S. states meet and initiate the process that would form the Confederate States of America on February 8.
1859: The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
1846: The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley.
1825: The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
1820: The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the two-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and two ships.
1810: Napoleonic Wars: Britain seizes Guadeloupe.
1801: John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
1797: The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
1794: The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French First Republic. It would be reestablished in the French West Indies in 1802.
1789: George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
1758: The city of Macapá in Brazil is founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral.
1703: In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
1555: John Rogers is burned at the stake, becoming the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England.
1454: Thirteen Years' War: The Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, sparking the Thirteen Years' War.
1169: A strong earthquake strikes the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania.
960: Zhao Kuangyin declares himself Emperor Taizu of Song, ending the Later Zhou and beginning the Song dynasty.
211: Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling sons, Caracalla and Geta, whom he had instructed to make peace.

Births On This Day

2003: Kyla Kenedy, American actress
2003: Rasmus Højlund, Danish footballer
1998: Malik Monk, American basketball player
1998: Maximilian Wöber, Austrian footballer
1996: Mohamed Sherif, Egyptian footballer
1989: Lavoy Allen, American basketball player
1988: Charlie Barnett, American actor
1988: Carly Patterson, American gymnast and singer
1987: Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer
1987: Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player
1986: Maximilian Götz, German racing driver
1986: Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984: Doug Fister, American baseball player
1984: Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer
1983: Hannibal Buress, American comedian and actor
1983: Rebecca White, Australian politician
1982: Ivars Timermanis, Latvian basketball player
1981: Jason Kapono, American basketball player
1981: Johan Vansummeren, Belgian cyclist
1980: Raimonds Vaikulis, Latvian basketball player
1979: Giorgio Pantano, Italian racing driver
1977: Gavin DeGraw, American singer-songwriter
1976: Cam'ron, American rapper and actor
1975: Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1973: Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer
1972: Giovanni, Brazilian footballer and manager
1972: Dara Ó Briain, Irish comedian and television host
1971: Rob Corddry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Michael A. Goorjian, American actor, director, and writer
1970: Gabrielle Anwar, English-American actress
1970: Hunter Biden, American attorney and lobbyist
1967: Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1995)
1966: Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist
1965: Jerome Brown, American football player (d. 1992)
1964: Elke Philipp, German Paralympic equestrian
1963: Noodles, American musician and songwriter
1963: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss skier
1962: Clint Black, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1962: Vern Fleming, American basketball player
1961: Denis Savard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960: Siobhan Dowd, English author and activist (d. 2007)
1960: Jonathan Larson, American lyricist, composer, and playwright (d. 1996)
1959: Christian Schreier, German footballer and manager
1959: Lawrence Taylor, American football player
1958: Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author (d. 2005)
1957: Matthew Cobb, British zoologist and author
1955: Mikuláš Dzurinda, Slovak politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia
1952: Lisa Eichhorn, American actress, writer, and producer
1952: Jenny Shipley, New Zealand politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand
1952: Thomas Silverstein, American criminal and prisoner (d. 2019)
1951: Patrick Bergin, Irish actor
1949: Michael Beck, American actor
1949: Rasim Delić, Bosnian general (d. 2010)
1948: Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter
1948: Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler
1947: Dennis C. Blair, American admiral and politician, third Director of National Intelligence
1947: Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
1944: Florence LaRue, American singer and actress
1944: Alan Shields, American artist and ship captain (d. 2005)
1943: Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese journalist and politician, second President of the Regional Government of Madeira
1943: Wanda Rutkiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer (d. 1992)
1943: Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the B programming language
1941: Russell Cooper, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Queensland
1941: Ron Rangi, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988)
1941: Jiří Raška, Czech skier and coach (d. 2012)
1941: John Steel, English musician and songwriter
1940: George A. Romero, American director and producer (d. 2017)
1940: John Schuck, American actor
1939: Stan Lundine, American lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New York
1938: Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (d. 2010)
1937: Birju Maharaj, Indian dancer, composer, singer and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance (d. 2022)
1937: David Newman, American director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1936: David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2014)
1936: Gary Conway, American actor
1936: Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (d. 2013)
1935: Wallis Mathias, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1994)
1935: Martti Talvela, Finnish opera singer (d. 1989)
1935: Collin Wilcox, American actress (d. 2009)
1932: Robert Coover, American novelist (d. 2024)
1931: Isabel Perón, Argentinian dancer and politician, 41st President of Argentina
1930: Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 2012)
1930: Arthur E. Chase, American businessman and politician (d. 2015)
1930: Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1929: Jerry Adler, American actor, director, and producer
1929: Paul Burlison, American musician (d. 2003)
1929: Neil Johnston, American basketball player (d. 1978)
1928: Oscar Cabalén, Argentinian racing driver (d. 1967)
1928: Osmo Antero Wiio, Finnish journalist, academic, and politician (d. 2013)
1927: Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1999)
1926: Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1925: Russell Hoban, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
1925: Stanley Karnow, American journalist and historian (d. 2013)
1925: Christopher Zeeman, English mathematician and academic (d. 2016)
1923: Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (d. 2013)
1922: Bhimsen Joshi, Indian vocalist of the Hindustani classical music tradition (d. 2011)
1921: Betty Friedan, American author and feminist (d. 2006)
1921: Lotfi Zadeh, Iranian-American mathematician and computer scientist and founder of fuzzy logic (d. 2017)
1920: Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist (d. 2016)
1918: Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director (d. 1995)
1918: Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1991)
1917: Yahya Khan, Pakistan general and politician, third President of Pakistan (d. 1980)
1915: William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1915: Norman Wisdom, English comedian, actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1914: Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author and publisher (d. 1980)
1913: Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005)
1912: Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian banker and politician, Norwegian Minister of Industry (d. 1999)
1912: Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (d. 1993)
1912: Byron Nelson, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2006)
1908: Julian Bell, English poet and academic (d. 1937)
1906: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (d. 1945)
1906: Letitia Dunbar-Harrison, Irish librarian (d. 1994)
1906: Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto (d. 1997)
1905: Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress and music hall performer (d. 1986)
1904: MacKinlay Kantor, American author and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1904: Deng Yingchao, Chinese politician, Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (d. 1968)
1903: Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (d. 2014)
1902: Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (d. 1974)
1902: Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 2003)
1900: Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1899: Virginia M. Alexander, American physician and founder of the Aspiranto Health Home (d. 1949)
1897: Ludwig Erhard, German soldier and politician, second Chancellor of West Germany (d. 1977)
1896: Friedrich Glauser, Austrian-Swiss author (d. 1938)
1896: Friedrich Hund, German physicist and academic (d. 1997)
1895: Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953)
1893: Raymond Dart, Australian paleoanthropologist (d. 1988)
1892: E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and academic (d. 1964)
1891: M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, second Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 1978)
1883: Reinhold Rudenberg, German-American inventor and a pioneer of electron microscopy (d. 1961)
1881: Eulalio Gutiérrez, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico (d. 1939)
1881: Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor (d. 1955)
1881: Kliment Voroshilov, Soviet politician and Marshal of the Soviet Union, People's Commissar for Defence (d. 1969)
1877: Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (d. 1953)
1875: Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (d. 1953)
1873: Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1905)
1872: Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist (d. 1903)
1871: Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, first President of Germany (d. 1925)
1869: Bill Haywood, American labor organizer (d. 1928)
1868: Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons (d. 1927)
1865: Abe Isoo, Japanese minister and politician (d. 1949)
1862: Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (d. 1942)
1849: Jean Richepin, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1926)
1848: Jean Aicard, French poet, author, and playwright (d. 1921)
1831: Oliver Ames, American financier and politician, 35th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)
1818: Emperor Norton, San Francisco eccentric and visionary (d. 1880)
1799: Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (d. 1854)
1778: Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (d. 1841)
1740: Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (d. 1795)
1725: Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (d. 1804)
1688: Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (d. 1763)
1677: Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (d. 1731)
1646: Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet and politician (d. 1699)
1575: Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian, founded the French school of spirituality (d. 1629)
1505: Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet and author (d. 1580)
1495: Francesco II Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1535)
1495: Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (d. 1568)
1447: Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet (d. 1500)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Barry John, Welsh rugby player (b. 1945)
2023: Vani Jairam, Indian playback singer (b. 1945)
2023: Sherif Ismail, 53rd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1955)
2022: Kim In-hyeok, South Korean volleyball player (b. 1995)
2021: Millie Hughes-Fulford, American astronaut, molecular biologist and NASA payload specialist (b. 1945)
2020: Daniel arap Moi, Former President of Kenya (b. 1924)
2019: Matti Nykänen, Finnish Olympic-winning ski jumper and singer (b. 1963)
2018: John Mahoney, English-American actor, voice artist, and comedian (b. 1940)
2017: Steve Lang, Canadian bass player (b. 1949)
2017: Bano Qudsia, Pakistani writer (b. 1928)
2016: Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
2015: Fitzhugh L. Fulton, American colonel and pilot (b. 1925)
2014: Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
2014: Eugenio Corti, Italian soldier, author, and playwright (b. 1921)
2014: Dennis Lota, Zambian footballer (b. 1973)
2013: Donald Byrd, American trumpet player (b. 1932)
2013: Reg Presley, English singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2012: István Csurka, Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1934)
2012: Florence Green, English soldier (b. 1901)
2012: Robert Daniel, American farmer, soldier, and politician (b. 1936)
2012: Mike deGruy, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1951)
2012: Susanne Suba, Hungarian-born watercolorist and illustrator, active in the United States (b. 1913)
2011: Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, first Prime Minister of Haiti (b. 1913)
2010: Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (b. 1924)
2010: Helen Tobias-Duesberg, Estonian-American composer (b. 1919)
2008: Augusta Dabney, American actress (b. 1918)
2008: Stefan Meller, Polish academic and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (b. 1942)
2007: José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2007: Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian-English poet and translator (b. 1959)
2007: Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934)
2007: Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
2007: Alfred Worm, Austrian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1945)
2006: Betty Friedan, American author and activist (b. 1921)
2005: Ossie Davis, American actor, director, and playwright (b. 1917)
2004: Hilda Hilst, Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright (b. 1930)
2003: Benyoucef Benkhedda, Algerian pharmacist and politician (b. 1920)
2002: Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1907)
2000: Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1908)
1995: Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1921)
1992: John Dehner, American actor (b. 1915)
1990: Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
1987: Liberace, American singer-songwriter and pianist, (b. 1919)
1987: Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (b. 1956)
1987: Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (b. 1902)
1983: Karen Carpenter, American singer (b. 1950)
1982: Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
1982: Georg Konrad Morgen, German lawyer and judge (b. 1909)
1975: Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1908)
1974: Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894)
1970: Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (b. 1897)
1968: Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)
1959: Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
1958: Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1956: Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
1944: Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
1943: Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
1940: Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
1936: Wilhelm Gustloff, German-Swiss soldier, founded Swiss NSDAP/AO (b. 1895)
1933: Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
1928: Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
1926: İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
1912: Franz Reichelt, French tailor and inventor (b. 1878)
1905: Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
1891: Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (b. 1816)
1843: Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
1799: Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728)
1781: Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737)
1774: Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)
1713: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (b. 1671)
1617: Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch publisher, co-founded the House of Elzevir (b. 1546)
1615: Giambattista della Porta, Italian playwright and scholar (b. 1535)
1590: Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1517)
1555: John Rogers, English clergyman and translator (b. 1505)
1508: Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (b. 1459)
1505: Jeanne de Valois, daughter of Louis XI of France (b. 1464)
1498: Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Italian artist (b. 1429/1433)
1169: John of Ajello, Bishop of Catania
870: Ceolnoth, archbishop of Canterbury
856: Rabanus Maurus, Frankish archbishop and theologian (b. 780)
708: Pope Sisinnius (b. 650)
211: Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 145)

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