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February 5

On This Day in History

February 5

February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 329 days remain until the end of the year (330 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Arkansas woman will use $1 million lottery prize to buy headstone for her son. An Arkansas woman will be able to cross off several top priority action items on her to-do list with the $1 million prize she won in the lottery, including purchasing a headstone for her son.
2022: VA man wins $132,000 in two Pick 3 drawings. One very lucky Virginia man collected a six-figure lottery win in Virginia, after all 264 of his tickets came up winners in two separate drawings, Virginia Lottery officials say.
2021: Delaware man "Spare Change" wins $1 million in Maryland Lottery. A vending machine attendant who goes by the name "Spare Change" has just won $1 million from a scratch-off in the Maryland Lottery.
2019: Lottery ticket purchased in central Iowa puts man's dream car within reach. An East Moline man stopped in a central Iowa convenience store last month to grab a coffee, snack and what ended up being a pretty lucky piece of paper, the Iowa Lottery announced Monday.
2016: Jury: Lottery winner must pay ex-boyfriend part of winnings. A jury Thursday ruled that a former middle school teacher who won a $1 million lottery jackpot must pay $291,000 to her former sweetheart, who testified that he handed her the money to buy the winning ticket.
2015: Wisconsin man repeats same feat of winning multiple lottery jackpots. A Wisconsin man has claimed all three jackpot prizes from last week's SuperCash! lottery drawing -- the second time he has won multiple jackpots in a single drawing.
2014: Georgia's new $30 lottery tickets selling 'like crazy'. Lottery players are lining up to lay down some serious scratch in Georgia and Tennessee, which recently joined a number of states offering instant tickets that cost more than $25 apiece.
2013: $208 MILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot to be drawn Wednesday. There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $208 million for Wednesday's drawing.
2012: $250 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot ramps up. There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $250 million for Wednesday's drawing.
2009: Nationwide, lottery jackpots keep getting bigger. Around the United States, lottery jackpots are continuing to grow larger, making the allure of picking up a couple extra lottery tickets ever-stronger.
2008: Editorial criticizes N.J. Lottery privatization proposal. A New Jersey paper exposes a privatization proposal floated by a state legislative leader as more of a political ploy than a realistic plan to help the state's economy.
2008: Court: elderly sisters' gambling pact forces lottery jackpot split. The Connecticut Appeals Court has ruled a 1995 pact struck by two widowed sisters to split each other's future gambling winnings is still binding despite the fact they no longer speak to one another.
2004: $85.5 Million Powerball Jackpot Won in New Hampshire. Powerball paid off big Wednesday night for one winning ticket, worth $85.5 million, sold in New Hampshire.
2004: Record lottery sales prompt questions about need to cut HOPE. Record sales figures show the Georgia lottery is hotter than ever, prompting some legislators to question whether they need to cut the HOPE scholarship program this fall.
2004: EuroMillions lottery launches; jackpots 'may top £50m'. A new European lottery with jackpots possibly reaching £50 million or more has been launched.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$754.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2023
2.$394.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2015
3.€364.91 Million US$391.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2023
4.$365 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2024
5.$255 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2017
6.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2012
7.$219.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2014
8.$214.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2024
9.$210 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2006
10.$208 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2013
11.$204 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2019
12.€139.02 Million
US$191.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2010
13.€130 Million
US$188.4 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2008
14.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2020
15.€151.4 Million
US$173.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2022
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.€128 Million
US$146.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2019
19.€116 Million
US$143.6 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2018
20.€130 Million
US$143.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2020
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

2003: dandav595
Wednesday, Feb 5, 2003
21 years old
1988: RepublicanSouth
Friday, Feb 5, 1988
36 years old
1987: RagnarLB
Thursday, Feb 5, 1987
37 years old
1984: Nitad3
Sunday, Feb 5, 1984
40 years old
1980: MR 921
Tuesday, Feb 5, 1980
44 years old
1977: FreshEyes77
Saturday, Feb 5, 1977
47 years old
1976: israel123107
Thursday, Feb 5, 1976
48 years old
1976: Scentrys
Thursday, Feb 5, 1976
48 years old
1975: GillyRunks
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1975
49 years old
1974: chrissycat
Tuesday, Feb 5, 1974
50 years old
1974: edubb123
Tuesday, Feb 5, 1974
50 years old
1974: Mystiq6
Tuesday, Feb 5, 1974
50 years old
1974: sclay2574
Tuesday, Feb 5, 1974
50 years old
1973: noahwill
Monday, Feb 5, 1973
51 years old
1964: Burl
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1964
60 years old
1964: chip2564
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1964
60 years old
1964: gatorswag
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1964
60 years old
1958: rmunch
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1958
66 years old
1953: givememymoney$
Thursday, Feb 5, 1953
71 years old
1944: chattam4194
Saturday, Feb 5, 1944
80 years old
: luckyshoes
(year not provided)
: LadyV
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Police riot in Mexico City as they try to break up a demonstration by cyclists who were protesting after a bus ran over a bicyclist. Eleven police officers are arrested.
2020: United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial.
2019: Pope Francis becomes the first Pope in history to visit and perform papal mass in the Arabian Peninsula during his visit to Abu Dhabi.
2008: A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
2004: Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion.
2000: Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
1997: The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
1994: Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
1994: Markale massacres, more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell explodes in a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo.
1988: Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
1985: Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage, meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.
1981: Operation Soap: The Metropolitan Toronto Police Force raids four gay bathhouses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, arresting just under 300, triggering mass protest and rallies.
1975: Riots break out in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.
1971: Astronauts land on the Moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
1967: Cultural Revolution: The Shanghai People's Commune is formally proclaimed, with Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunqiao being appointed as its leaders.
1963: The European Court of Justice's ruling in Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the most important, if not the most important, decisions in the development of European Union law.
1962: French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
1958: Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
1958: A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
1945: World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
1941: World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea.
1939: Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain.
1933: Mutiny on Royal Netherlands Navy warship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën off the coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies.
1924: The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
1919: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
1918: Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
1918: SS Tuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
1917: The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
1917: The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
1913: Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
1913: Claudio Monteverdi's last opera L'incoronazione di Poppea was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years.
1907: Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
1905: In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
1901: J. P. Morgan incorporates U.S. Steel in the state of New Jersey, although the company would not start doing business until February 25 and the assets of Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company, Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company, and William Henry Moore's National Steel Company were not acquired until April 1.
1885: King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
1869: The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
1862: Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
1859: Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Moldavia, is also elected as prince of Wallachia, joining the two principalities as a personal union called the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered in the birth of the modern Romanian state.
1852: The New Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, opens to the public.
1818: Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
1810: Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins.
1783: In Calabria, a sequence of strong earthquakes begins.
1597: A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.
1576: Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
62: Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.

Births On This Day

2016: Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince
1997: Patrick Roberts, English footballer
1996: Stina Blackstenius, Swedish footballer
1995: Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer
1993: Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player
1993: Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player
1992: Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer
1992: Neymar, Brazilian footballer
1991: Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer
1991: Gerald Tusha, Albanian footballer
1990: Dmitry Andreikin, Russian chess player
1990: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian cricketer
1990: Jordan Rhodes, Scottish footballer
1989: Marina Melnikova, Russian tennis player
1988: Karin Ontiveros, Mexican model
1987: Darren Criss, American actor, singer, and entrepreneur
1987: Curtis Jerrells, American basketball player
1987: Alex Kuznetsov, Ukrainian-American tennis player
1987: Linus Omark, Swedish ice hockey player
1987: Donald Sanford, American-Israeli sprinter
1986: Vedran Ćorluka, Croatian footballer
1986: Kevin Gates, American rapper, singer, and entrepreneur
1986: Sekope Kepu, Australian rugby player
1986: Billy Sharp, English footballer
1986: Reed Sorenson, American race car driver
1986: Carlos Villanueva, Chilean footballer
1985: Lloyd Johansson, Australian rugby player
1985: Laurence Maroney, American football player
1985: Paul Vandervort, American actor, film producer, and former model
1985: Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer
1984: Carlos Tevez, Argentinian footballer
1983: Anja Hammerseng-Edin, Norwegian handball player
1982: Laura del Río, Spanish footballer
1982: Kevin Everett, American football player
1982: Tomáš Kopecký, Slovak ice hockey player
1982: Rodrigo Palacio, Argentinian footballer
1981: Mia Hansen-Løve, French director and screenwriter
1981: Loukas Vyntra, Czech-Greek footballer
1980: Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer, created LiveJournal
1980: Jo Swinson, Scottish politician
1979: Nate Holzapfel, American entrepreneur and television personality
1978: Brian Russell, American football player
1978: Samuel Sánchez, Spanish cyclist
1977: Ben Ainslie, English sailor
1977: Adam Dykes, Australian rugby league player
1977: Adam Everett, American baseball player and coach
1976: John Aloisi, Australian footballer and manager
1976: Abhishek Bachchan, Indian actor
1975: Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer and manager
1974: Michael Maguire, Australian rugby league player and coach
1973: Richard Matvichuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973: Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch singer-songwriter
1973: Luke Ricketson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1972: Queen Mary of Denmark
1972: Brad Fittler, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1971: Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (d. 1996)
1971: Sara Evans, American country singer
1970: Jean-Marc Jaumin, Belgian basketball player and coach
1970: Darren Lehmann, Australian cricketer and coach
1970: Jeremy Rockliff, Australian politician, 47th Premier of Tasmania
1969: Bobby Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1969: Michael Sheen, Welsh actor and director
1969: Derek Stephen Prince, American voice actor
1968: Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1968: Marcus Grönholm, Finnish race car driver
1967: Chris Parnell, American actor and comedian
1966: José María Olazábal, Spanish golfer
1966: Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (d. 1993)
1965: Tarik Benhabiles, Algerian-French tennis player and coach
1965: Gheorghe Hagi, Romanian footballer and manager
1965: Keith Moseley, American bass player and songwriter
1965: Quique Sánchez Flores, Spanish footballer and manager
1964: Laura Linney, American actress
1964: Ha Seung-moo, Korean poet, pastor, historical theologian
1964: Duff McKagan, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1963: Steven Shainberg, American film director and producer
1962: Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress, screenwriter, producer and director
1961: Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
1961: Tim Meadows, American actor and screenwriter
1960: Aris Christofellis, Greek soprano and musicologist
1960: Bonnie Crombie, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 6th Mayor of Mississauga
1960: Micky Hazard, English footballer
1959: Jennifer Granholm, Canadian-American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Michigan
1957: Jüri Tamm, Estonian hammer thrower and politician (d. 2021)
1956: Vinnie Colaiuta, American drummer
1956: Héctor Rebaque, Mexican race car driver
1956: David Wiesner, American author and illustrator
1956: Mao Daichi, Japanese actress
1955: Mike Heath, American baseball player and manager
1954: Cliff Martinez, American drummer and songwriter
1954: Frank Walker, Australian journalist and author
1953: Freddie Aguilar, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: John Beilein, American basketball player and coach
1953: Gustavo Benítez, Paraguayan footballer and manager
1952: Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1986)
1952: Vladimir Moskovkin, Ukrainian-Russian geographer, economist, and academic
1951: Nikolay Merkushkin, Mordovian engineer and politician, 1st Head of the Republic of Mordovia
1950: Jonathan Freeman, American actor and singer
1950: Rafael Puente, Mexican footballer
1949: Kurt Beck, German politician
1949: Maidarjavyn Ganzorig, Mongolian cosmonaut and academic (d. 2021)
1949: Yvon Vallières, Canadian educator and politician
1948: Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager
1948: Christopher Guest, American actor and director
1948: Barbara Hershey, American actress
1948: Errol Morris, American director and producer
1948: Tom Wilkinson, English actor (d. 2023)
1947: Mary L. Cleave, American engineer and astronaut
1947: Clemente Mastella, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Justice
1947: Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
1946: Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author (d. 2013)
1946: Charlotte Rampling, English actress
1945: Douglas Hogg, English lawyer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1944: J. R. Cobb, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2019)
1944: Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator (d. 1988)
1944: Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer
1944: Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (d. 1971)
1943: Nolan Bushnell, American engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc.
1943: Michael Mann, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1943: Craig Morton, American football player and sportscaster
1943: Dušan Uhrin, Czech and Slovak footballer and manager
1942: Roger Staubach, American football player, sportscaster, and businessman
1941: Stephen J. Cannell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1941: Henson Cargill, American country music singer (d. 2007)
1941: David Selby, American actor and playwright
1941: Barrett Strong, American soul singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2023)
1941: Kaspar Villiger, Swiss engineer and politician, 85th President of the Swiss Confederation
1941: Cory Wells, American pop-rock singer (d. 2015)
1940: H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (d. 2014)
1940: Luke Graham, American wrestler (d. 2006)
1939: Brian Luckhurst, English cricketer (d. 2005)
1938: Rafael Nieto Navia, Colombian lawyer, jurist, and diplomat
1937: Stuart Damon, American actor and singer (d. 2021)
1937: Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)
1937: Gaston Roelants, Belgian runner
1937: Alar Toomre, Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician
1937: Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)
1936: K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet and academic (d. 2020)
1935: Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1982)
1935: Johannes Geldenhuys, South African military commander (d. 2018)
1934: Hank Aaron, American baseball player (d. 2021)
1934: Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1933: Jörn Donner, Finnish director and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1933: B. S. Johnson, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1973)
1932: Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2016)
1929: Hal Blaine, American session drummer (d. 2019)
1929: Luc Ferrari, French pianist and composer (d. 2005)
1929: Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (d. 2008)
1928: Hristu Cândroveanu, Romanian editor, literary critic and writer (d. 2013)
1928: Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (d. 1985)
1928: Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (d. 2013)
1928: P. J. Vatikiotis, Israeli-American historian and political scientist (d. 1997)
1927: Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (d. 2000)
1927: Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot (d. 1977)
1924: Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (d. 2014)
1923: Claude King, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1923: James E. Bowman, American physician and academic (d. 2011)
1921: Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director (d. 2016)
1919: Red Buttons, American actor (d. 2006)
1919: Tim Holt, American actor (d. 1973)
1919: Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1996)
1917: Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (d. 2002)
1917: Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (d. 2012)
1915: Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
1914: William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1997)
1914: Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1911: Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (d. 1960)
1910: Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (d. 2007)
1910: Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2010)
1909: Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1969)
1908: Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver (d. 1948)
1908: Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress (d. 1932)
1908: Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (d. 1939)
1907: Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (d. 2007)
1907: Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)
1906: John Carradine, American actor (d. 1988)
1903: Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1994)
1903: Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 1975)
1900: Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1965)
1897: Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO (d. 1979)
1892: Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (d. 1979)
1891: Renato Petronio, Italian rower (d. 1976)
1889: Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)
1889: Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
1889: Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician (d. 1950)
1880: Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (d. 1973)
1878: André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën (d. 1935)
1876: Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1931)
1870: Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator (d. 1938)
1866: Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1963)
1852: Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1919)
1848: Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (d. 1907)
1848: Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant (d. 1882)
1847: Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (d. 1903)
1840: John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (d. 1921)
1840: Hiram Maxim, American engineer, invented the Maxim gun (d. 1916)
1837: Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers (d. 1899)
1827: Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician (d. 1889)
1810: Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (d. 1880)
1808: Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet (d. 1885)
1804: Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer (d. 1877)
1795: Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (d. 1871)
1788: Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1850)
1748: Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (d. 1798)
1725: James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)
1723: John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (d. 1794)
1703: Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American minister (d. 1764)
1650: Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (d. 1708)
1626: Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)
1608: Gaspar Schott, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1666)
1594: Biagio Marini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1663)
1589: Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet and educator (d. 1669)
1534: Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian soldier, composer, and critic (d. 1612)
1533: Andreas Dudith, Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and diplomat (d. 1589)
1525: Juraj Drašković, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. 1587)
1519: René of Châlon, prince of Orange (d. 1544)
1505: Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss statesman and historian (d. 1572)
1438: Philip II, duke of Savoy (d. 1497)
1321: John II, marquess of Montferrat (d. 1372)
976: Sanjō, emperor of Japan (d. 1017)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani military officer and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (b. 1943)
2021: Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (b. 1929)
2020: Kirk Douglas, American actor (b. 1916)
2016: Ciriaco Cañete, Filipino martial artist (b. 1919)
2015: K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka (b. 1933)
2015: Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (b. 1931)
2015: Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
2015: Herman Rosenblat, Polish-American author (b. 1929)
2014: Robert Dahl, American political scientist and academic (b. 1915)
2013: Reinaldo Gargano, Uruguayan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay (b. 1934)
2013: Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer and conductor (b. 1924)
2013: Tom McGuigan, New Zealand soldier and politician, 23rd New Zealand Minister of Health (b. 1921)
2012: Sam Coppola, American actor (b. 1932)
2012: Al De Lory, American keyboard player, conductor, and producer (b. 1930)
2012: John Turner Sargent Sr., American publisher (b. 1924)
2012: Jo Zwaan, Dutch sprinter (b. 1922)
2011: Brian Jacques, English author and radio host (b. 1939)
2011: Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (b. 1921)
2010: Brendan Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and activist (b. 1988)
2010: Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, anti-apartheid leader, and diplomat, 13th South Africa Ambassador to United States (b. 1924)
2008: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founded Transcendental Meditation (b. 1918)
2007: Leo T. McCarthy, New Zealand-American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1930)
2006: Norma Candal, Puerto Rican-American actress (b. 1927)
2005: Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togolese general and politician, President of Togo (b. 1937)
2005: Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1921)
2004: John Hench, American animator (b. 1908)
2000: Claude Autant-Lara, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901)
1999: Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1998: Tim Kelly, American guitarist (b. 1963)
1997: Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (b. 1920)
1997: René Huyghe, French historian and author (b. 1906)
1995: Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
1993: Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1922)
1993: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
1993: William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
1992: Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian-Brazilian physiologist and academic (b. 1913)
1991: Dean Jagger, American actor (b. 1903)
1989: Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)
1987: William Collier Jr., American actor and producer (b. 1902)
1983: Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist and academic (b. 1925)
1982: Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (b. 1953)
1981: Ella Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (b. 1919)
1977: Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1894)
1976: Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1926)
1972: Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (b. 1887)
1970: Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1913)
1969: Thelma Ritter, American actress (b. 1902)
1967: Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872)
1962: Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (b. 1890)
1957: Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (b. 1890)
1955: Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)
1954: Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876)
1952: Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
1948: Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
1946: George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)
1941: Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)
1941: Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
1938: Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
1937: Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
1933: Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
1931: Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
1927: Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
1922: Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
1917: Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
1915: Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
1892: Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
1882: Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
1881: Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
1818: Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
1807: Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (b. 1725)
1790: William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)
1775: Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (b. 1692)
1766: Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705)
1754: Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (b. 1678)
1751: Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1668)
1705: Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (b. 1635)
1661: Shunzhi, Chinese emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1638)
1578: Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter (b. 1520)
1146: Zafadola, Arab emir of Zaragoza
1036: Alfred Aetheling, Anglo-Saxon prince
1015: Adelaide, German abbess and saint
994: William IV, duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
523: Avitus of Vienne, Gallo-Roman bishop

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