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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

2026: Proposed bill would let voters decide on an Alabama state lottery. Alabama legislators proposed a bill on Tuesday that would allow Alabama residents to vote on whether they want to have a state lottery.
2025: South Carolina Senate passes lottery-funded voucher bill for private schools. The South Carolina Senate passed a bill Tuesday allowing low-income parents of private school children to receive financial support, similar to what public school kids have been receiving for years from the state lottery.
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.$346 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2026
6.$255 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2017
7.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2012
8.$219.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2014
9.$214.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2024
10.$210 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2006
11.$208 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2013
12.$204 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2019
13.€139.02 Million
US$191.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2010
14.€130 Million
US$188.4 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2008
15.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2020
16.€151.4 Million
US$173.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2022
17.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2018
18.€130 Million
US$155.52 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2021
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.€130 Million
US$143.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2020
22.$141 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 6, 2010
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: dandav595
Wednesday, Feb 5, 2003
23 years old
1999: brownf05
Friday, Feb 5, 1999
27 years old
1988: RepublicanSouth
Friday, Feb 5, 1988
38 years old
1987: RagnarLB
Thursday, Feb 5, 1987
39 years old
1986: Sear$Pride
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1986
40 years old
1984: Nitad3
Sunday, Feb 5, 1984
42 years old
1980: MR 921
Tuesday, Feb 5, 1980
46 years old
1978: Eric02051978
Sunday, Feb 5, 1978
48 years old
1977: FreshEyes77
Saturday, Feb 5, 1977
49 years old
1976: israel123107
Thursday, Feb 5, 1976
50 years old
1976: Scentrys
Thursday, Feb 5, 1976
50 years old
1975: GillyRunks
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1975
51 years old
1974: chrissycat
Tuesday, Feb 5, 1974
52 years old
1974: edubb123
Tuesday, Feb 5, 1974
52 years old
1974: KrunchinMunchin
Tuesday, Feb 5, 1974
52 years old
1974: Mystiq6
Tuesday, Feb 5, 1974
52 years old
1974: sclay2574
Tuesday, Feb 5, 1974
52 years old
1973: noahwill
Monday, Feb 5, 1973
53 years old
1964: Burl
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1964
62 years old
1964: chip2564
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1964
62 years old
1964: gatorswag
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1964
62 years old
1958: rmunch
Wednesday, Feb 5, 1958
68 years old
1953: givememymoney$
Thursday, Feb 5, 1953
73 years old
1944: chattam4194
Saturday, Feb 5, 1944
82 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.
2020: Pegasus Airlines Flight 2193 overshoots the runway at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport and crashes, killing three people and injuring 179.
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.
2016: New Zealand politician Steven Joyce is hit by a flung rubber dildo in a Waitangi Day protest.
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.
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.
756: Chinese New Year; An Lushan proclaims himself Emperor of China and founds the short-lived state of Yan.
62: Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
2 BC: Caesar Augustus is granted the title pater patriae by the Roman Senate.

Births On This Day

2016: Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince
2002: Jisung, South Korean rapper
2002: Taehyun, South Korean singer-songwriter
2001: Kim Min-ju, South Korean actress
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
1989: Jeremy Sumpter, American actor
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 (died 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: Chris Barron, American rock singer
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 (died 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
1965: Jon Spencer, American singer, guitarist, and bandleader
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 (died 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 (died 2025)
1953: John Beilein, American basketball player and coach
1953: Gustavo Benítez, Paraguayan footballer and manager
1952: Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter and producer (died 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 (died 2021)
1949: Yvon Vallières, Canadian educator and politician
1948: Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager (died 2024)
1948: Christopher Guest, British-American actor and director
1948: Barbara Hershey, American actress
1948: Errol Morris, American director and producer
1948: Tom Wilkinson, English actor (died 2023)
1947: Mary L. Cleave, American engineer and astronaut (died 2023)
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 (died 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 (died 2019)
1944: Henfil, Brazilian journalist, author, and illustrator (died 1988)
1944: Al Kooper, American singer-songwriter and producer
1944: Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (died 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 (died 2010)
1941: Henson Cargill, American country music singer (died 2007)
1941: David Selby, American actor and playwright
1941: Barrett Strong, American soul singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2023)
1941: Kaspar Villiger, Swiss engineer and politician, 85th President of the Swiss Confederation
1940: H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (died 2014)
1940: Luke Graham, American wrestler (died 2006)
1939: Brian Luckhurst, English cricketer (died 2005)
1939: Jane Bryant Quinn, American financial journalist
1938: Rafael Nieto Navia, Colombian lawyer, jurist, and diplomat
1937: Stuart Damon, American actor and singer (died 2021)
1937: Larry Hillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)
1937: Gaston Roelants, Belgian runner
1937: Alar Toomre, Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician
1937: Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist and academic (died 2006)
1936: K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet and academic (died 2020)
1935: Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1982)
1935: Johannes Geldenhuys, South African military commander (died 2018)
1934: Hank Aaron, American baseball player (died 2021)
1934: Don Cherry, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1933: Jörn Donner, Finnish director and screenwriter (died 2020)
1933: B. S. Johnson, English author, poet, and critic (died 1973)
1932: Cesare Maldini, Italian footballer and manager (died 2016)
1929: Hal Blaine, American session drummer (died 2019)
1929: Luc Ferrari, French pianist and composer (died 2005)
1929: Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (died 2008)
1928: Hristu Cândroveanu, Romanian editor, literary critic and writer (died 2013)
1928: Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (died 1985)
1928: Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (died 2013)
1928: P. J. Vatikiotis, Israeli-American historian and political scientist (died 1997)
1927: Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (died 2000)
1927: Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot (died 1977)
1924: Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (died 2014)
1923: Claude King, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
1923: James E. Bowman, American physician and academic (died 2011)
1921: Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director (died 2016)
1919: Red Buttons, American actor (died 2006)
1919: Tim Holt, American actor (died 1973)
1919: Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1996)
1917: Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (died 2002)
1917: Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (died 2012)
1915: Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1990)
1914: William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 1997)
1914: Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
1911: Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (died 1960)
1910: Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (died 2007)
1910: Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer (died 2010)
1909: Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish violinist and composer (died 1969)
1908: Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver (died 1948)
1908: Peg Entwistle, Welsh-American actress (died 1932)
1908: Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (died 1939)
1907: Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (died 2007)
1907: Pierre Pflimlin, French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 2000)
1906: John Carradine, American actor (died 1988)
1903: Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations (died 1994)
1903: Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 1975)
1900: Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1965)
1897: Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO (died 1979)
1892: Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player (died 1979)
1891: Renato Petronio, Italian rower (died 1976)
1889: Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer (died 1962)
1889: Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (died 1962)
1889: Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician (died 1950)
1880: Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (died 1973)
1878: André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën (died 1935)
1876: Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1931)
1870: Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator (died 1938)
1866: Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State (died 1963)
1852: Terauchi Masatake, Japanese field marshal and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1919)
1848: Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (died 1907)
1848: Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean lieutenant (died 1882)
1847: Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (died 1903)
1840: John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber (died 1921)
1840: Hiram Maxim, American engineer, invented the Maxim gun (died 1916)
1837: Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Church, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers (died 1899)
1827: Peter Lalor, Irish-Australian activist and politician (died 1889)
1810: Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist and composer (died 1880)
1808: Carl Spitzweg, German painter and poet (died 1885)
1804: Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet and hymn-writer (died 1877)
1795: Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (died 1871)
1788: Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1850)
1748: Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (died 1798)
1725: James Otis Jr., American lawyer and politician (died 1783)
1723: John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (died 1794)
1703: Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American minister (died 1764)
1650: Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (died 1708)
1626: Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (died 1696)
1608: Gaspar Schott, German mathematician and physicist (died 1666)
1594: Biagio Marini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1663)
1589: Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet and educator (died 1669)
1534: Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian soldier, composer, and critic (died 1612)
1533: Andreas Dudith, Croatian-Hungarian nobleman and diplomat (died 1589)
1525: Juraj Drašković, Croatian Catholic cardinal (died 1587)
1519: René of Châlon, prince of Orange (died 1544)
1505: Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss statesman and historian (died 1572)
1438: Philip II, duke of Savoy (died 1497)
1321: John II, marquess of Montferrat (died 1372)
976: Sanjō, emperor of Japan (died 1017)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Irv Gotti, American record producer, co-founded Murder Inc Records (born 1970)
2024: Toby Keith, American country singer (born 1961)
2023: Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani military officer and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (born 1943)
2021: Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (born 1929)
2020: Kirk Douglas, American actor (born 1916)
2016: Ciriaco Cañete, Filipino martial artist (born 1919)
2015: K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka (born 1933)
2015: Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (born 1931)
2015: Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)
2015: Herman Rosenblat, Polish-American author (born 1929)
2014: Robert Dahl, American political scientist and academic (born 1915)
2013: Reinaldo Gargano, Uruguayan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Uruguay (born 1934)
2013: Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer and conductor (born 1924)
2013: Tom McGuigan, New Zealand soldier and politician, 23rd New Zealand Minister of Health (born 1921)
2012: Sam Coppola, American actor (born 1932)
2012: Al De Lory, American keyboard player, conductor, and producer (born 1930)
2012: John Turner Sargent Sr., American publisher (born 1924)
2012: Jo Zwaan, Dutch sprinter (born 1922)
2011: Brian Jacques, English author and radio host (born 1939)
2011: Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (born 1921)
2010: Brendan Burke, Canadian ice hockey player and activist (born 1988)
2010: Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, anti-apartheid leader, and diplomat, 13th South Africa Ambassador to United States (born 1924)
2008: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru, founded Transcendental Meditation (born 1918)
2007: Leo T. McCarthy, New Zealand-American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 43rd Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1930)
2006: Norma Candal, Puerto Rican-American actress (born 1927)
2005: Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Togolese general and politician, President of Togo (born 1937)
2005: Michalina Wisłocka, Polish gynecologist and sexologist (born 1921)
2004: John Hench, American animator (born 1908)
2000: Claude Autant-Lara, French director and screenwriter (born 1901)
1999: Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
1998: Tim Kelly, American guitarist (born 1963)
1997: Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (born 1920)
1997: René Huyghe, French historian and author (born 1906)
1995: Doug McClure, American actor (born 1935)
1993: Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (born 1922)
1993: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1909)
1993: William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (born 1916)
1992: Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian-Brazilian physiologist and academic (born 1913)
1991: Dean Jagger, American actor (born 1903)
1989: Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (born 1937)
1987: William Collier Jr., American actor and producer (born 1902)
1983: Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American chemist and academic (born 1925)
1982: Neil Aggett, Kenyan-South African physician and union leader (born 1953)
1981: Ella Grasso, American politician, 83rd Governor of Connecticut (born 1919)
1977: Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (born 1894)
1976: Rudy Pompilli, American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (born 1926)
1972: Marianne Moore, American poet, author, critic, and translator (born 1887)
1970: Rudy York, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1913)
1969: Thelma Ritter, American actress (born 1902)
1967: Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (born 1872)
1962: Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (born 1890)
1957: Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (born 1890)
1955: Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (born 1885)
1954: Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (born 1876)
1952: Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (born 1877)
1948: Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (born 1883)
1946: George Arliss, English actor and playwright (born 1868)
1941: Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (born 1864)
1941: Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1875)
1938: Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (born 1903)
1937: Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (born 1861)
1933: Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (born 1863)
1931: Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1849)
1927: Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (born 1882)
1922: Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (born 1871)
1917: Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (born 1860)
1915: Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (born 1850)
1892: Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (born 1807)
1882: Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (born 1841)
1881: Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (born 1795)
1818: Charles XIII, king of Sweden (born 1748)
1807: Pasquale Paoli, Corsican commander and politician (born 1725)
1790: William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (born 1710)
1775: Eusebius Amort, German theologian and academic (born 1692)
1766: Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (born 1705)
1754: Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch astronomer and cartographer (born 1678)
1751: Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (born 1668)
1705: Philipp Spener, German theologian and author (born 1635)
1661: Shunzhi, Chinese emperor of the Qing Dynasty (born 1638)
1578: Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter (born 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 (born 937)
523: Avitus of Vienne, Gallo-Roman bishop

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