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February 7

On This Day in History

February 7

February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 327 days remain until the end of the year (328 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Arkansas woman sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing $250,000 in lottery tickets. An Arkansas woman was sentenced to 120 months in prison after getting caught stealing nearly $250,000 worth of lottery tickets from her workplace.
2024: New $50 Massachusetts Lottery ticket offers "unprecedented" top prize of $1 million a year for life. The Massachusetts Lottery released a new $50 scratch-off ticket that boasts an "unprecedented" top prize of $1 million a year for life.
2023: $754.6 million Powerball lottery jackpot won by single ticket sold in Washington. One Powerball lottery ticket sold in Washington won the ninth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Monday night.
2022: Bill granting limited lottery winner anonymity passes in Florida House. The Florida House passed a bill that would allow lottery winners of $250,000 and over to keep their identity hidden from public eye for 90 days.
2019: Iowa Lottery prepared to take sports bets if lawmakers approve. On Wednesday the Iowa legislature began what will likely be a long conversation over legalizing sports gambling in Iowa.
2019: Chicago man wins $20M prize on first lottery scratch-off. A Chicago man just won $20,000 a week for 20 years thanks to a persistent co-worker and his first-ever $20 scratch ticket.
2018: Alabama Democrat Gov. candidate campaigns on starting lottery. Democrat gubernatorial candidate Sue Bell Cobb laid out a detailed plan for a state lottery Wednesday, saying the proposal would put Alabamians in a better position to get higher paying jobs.
2012: Florida Lottery education spending investigated. Florida Lottery education dollars that used to go mainly to K-12 education are now being spread into several different educational initiatives, raising the ire of local Superintendents, but pleasing those who feel that education spending should be more diverse.
2010: N.Y. Lottery's Yolanda Vega celebrates 20th anniversary with the state. Yolanda Vega, the most recognizable voice of the New York Lottery, celebrated her 20th anniversary with the state Friday and there are no signs her number is up.
2010: Columnist proposes lottery for new Vikings stadium. A Minnesota columnist explains the upside of a Vikings stadium lottery -- and the downside.
2009: Wyoming lottery bill clears first hurdle. A Wyoming House panel recommended Friday that the state House pass a bill creating a lottery.
2007: Publix workers win $1 million lottery jackpot. Two grocery store workers who won $1 million in the Georgia Lottery will take part in a check presentation ceremony this afternoon at the store where they purchased the tickets.
2007: 90-year-old wins $1 million in Fla. Lottery's Monopoly game. The Florida Lottery announced Friday the $1 million top prize for the Million Dollar Monopoly scratch-off game was claimed by Myrna Fonda, 90, of Seffner.
2007: Spain nabs con artists in major lottery scam. Spanish authorities said yesterday they have arrested 43 people in Seville, Spain, for allegedly running a multi-million-euro lottery scam in different cities across Europe, including Athens.
2007: Tenn. legislator no longer pursuing national lottery. U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., said Tuesday that he has abandoned the idea of sponsoring a bill to create a national lottery, saying it had little support from his party leaders, and would take money from the hands of Tennesseans.
2007: Wyoming lottery bill killed once again. The Wyoming state House on Monday voted 31-27 to kill yet another attempt to legalize a lottery in the state.
2006: Maryland Lottery breaks weekly sales record. The Maryland Lottery broke several records last week, bringing in nearly $35 million in sales.
2006: Calif. lottery sales up 7 percent. Lottery sales are up 7 percent halfway through the fiscal year, the California Lottery reported over the weekend, representing an increase of $119 million.
2006: Arkansas lottery surfaces again. The Arkansas Supreme Court's order to boost funding for public schools could bring proposals for a state lottery front and center again.
2006: Iowa legislators explain controversial lottery issue. Larger-than-usual audiences met with Iowa legislators Saturday to hear what's going on at the Statehouse and to share their own concerns.
2006: Arkansas Man Wins $200,000 Powerball Prize. An Arkansas man was too excited to finish his meal when he learned he won $200,000 with a Powerball ticket purchased in Roland, Oklahoma.
2005: Memphis woman wins $1 million. An exhilarated Minnie Williams, 54, of Memphis, Tennessee, won $1 million Saturday evening at the culmination of the Tennessee Lottery's second "Millionaire Live!" drawing event.
2005: Thieves Attack, Steal Truck of Lottery Player. A suspect accused of carjacking a man outside a southeast Houston convenience store was arrested and placed behind bars Monday morning, but his accomplice remains on the run, police told an area news station.
2005: Crumpled lottery ticket left in drawer wins $5.6 million. Joanne and David Austin from West Hull collected a check for £3 million (US$5.6 million) nearly a month after becoming one of five ticket holders to share a £15 million (US$28 million) UK Lotto Superdraw on January 8th.
2004: Lottery Post Adds New Lottery Predictions Features. Lottery Post, a leading Internet Web site focused on the lottery industry, increased its offerings today with the addition of a section dedicated to future lottery predictions.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $121 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $121 million Saturday, as none of the tickets sold for Friday's $102 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$394.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2015
2.$394 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2024
3.€364.91 Million US$391.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2023
4.$366 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2026
5.$255 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2017
6.$253.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2014
7.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2012
8.$229.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2024
9.$224 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2019
10.$210 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2006
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.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2020
14.€129 Million
US$175.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2010
15.€144 Million
US$174.53 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2021
16.€152.65 Million
US$174.28 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2022
17.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2018
18.€141 Million
US$159.74 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2019
19.$157 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2019
19.$157 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2016
21.€128 Million
US$156.8 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2018
22.$147.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2022
23.€130 Million
US$143.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2020
24.€117.58 Million
US$138.92 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 7, 2026
25.$136 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: hellokitty154
Sunday, Feb 7, 1988
38 years old
1987: Enasty$4545
Saturday, Feb 7, 1987
39 years old
1987: ScottBrice45
Saturday, Feb 7, 1987
39 years old
1985: cbw03b
Thursday, Feb 7, 1985
41 years old
1982: rogermubel
Sunday, Feb 7, 1982
44 years old
1982: tonyyr1
Sunday, Feb 7, 1982
44 years old
1980: Elvina
Thursday, Feb 7, 1980
46 years old
1977: knowles77
Monday, Feb 7, 1977
49 years old
1976: schmuckatelly
Saturday, Feb 7, 1976
50 years old
1976: Tricia76
Saturday, Feb 7, 1976
50 years old
1972: sashismom
Monday, Feb 7, 1972
54 years old
1972: Vilese
Monday, Feb 7, 1972
54 years old
1971: Tinkie
Sunday, Feb 7, 1971
55 years old
1970: Candlelight777
Saturday, Feb 7, 1970
56 years old
1968: WholeLottoLuv
Wednesday, Feb 7, 1968
58 years old
1968: Peekaboo54
Wednesday, Feb 7, 1968
58 years old
1967: crosstimbers
Tuesday, Feb 7, 1967
59 years old
1967: Lottowiz34
Tuesday, Feb 7, 1967
59 years old
1966: egage43
Monday, Feb 7, 1966
60 years old
1964: allise020764
Friday, Feb 7, 1964
62 years old
1964: sweettea207
Friday, Feb 7, 1964
62 years old
1961: cmpmcg25
Tuesday, Feb 7, 1961
65 years old
1961: xoffer
Tuesday, Feb 7, 1961
65 years old
1961: xofferroundell
Tuesday, Feb 7, 1961
65 years old
1961: xoffersarnia
Tuesday, Feb 7, 1961
65 years old
1959: crotchrocket
Saturday, Feb 7, 1959
67 years old
1959: summer67
Saturday, Feb 7, 1959
67 years old
1956: LottoHackJack
Tuesday, Feb 7, 1956
70 years old
1955: Zocker36
Monday, Feb 7, 1955
71 years old
1954: SquirrelLady70
Sunday, Feb 7, 1954
72 years old
: Ant$
(year not provided)
: Pretty207
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Pakistan election offices are hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before general elections.
2021: The 2021 Uttarakhand flood begins.
2016: North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world.
2014: Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.
2013: The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.
2012: President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
2009: Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
2001: Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station.
1999: Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
1995: Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
1992: The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
1991: Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
1991: The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.
1990: Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
1986: Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
1984: Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
1981: A plane crash at Pushkin Airport kills 50 people, including 16 members of the Pacific Fleet.
1979: Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
1974: Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1966: The Great Fire of Iloilo breaks out in a lumber yard in Iznart Street and burns for almost half a day destroying nearly three-quarters of the City Proper area and Php 50 million pesos in total properties' damage.
1964: The Beatles land in the United States for the first time, at the newly renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1962: The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
1951: Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
1944: World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
1943: World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal campaign.
1940: The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
1904: The Great Baltimore Fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
1900: Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
1900: A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
1898: Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse...!
1894: The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
1863: HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
1854: A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
1842: Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
1819: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
1813: In the action of 7 February 1813 near the Îles de Los, the frigates Aréthuse and Amelia batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand.
1812: The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
1807: Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
1795: The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
1783: American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
1756: Guaraní War: The leader of the Guaraní rebels, Sepé Tiaraju, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops.
1497: In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books, in a "Bonfire of the vanities".
1365: Albert III of Mecklenburg (King Albert of Sweden) grants city rights to Ulvila (Swedish: Ulvsby).
1313: King Thihathu founds the Pinya Kingdom as the de jure successor state of the Pagan Kingdom.
1301: Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
1285: A synod at Blachernae convened by anti-Unionist Greek clergy condemns the former pro-Unionist patriach John XI of Constantinople.
987: Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
457: Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.

Births On This Day

2007: Diego Aguado, Spanish footballer
2003: Alessandro Fontanarosa, Italian footballer
2002: Shedeur Sanders, American football player
2001: R. J. Hampton, American basketball player
2000: Jayden Campbell, Australian rugby league player
1999: Omar Marmoush, Egyptian footballer
1997: Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer
1997: Anhelina Kalinina, Ukrainian tennis player
1996: Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player
1996: Pierre Gasly, French racing driver
1995: Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and musician
1995: Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player
1994: Riley Barber, American ice hockey player
1994: Nathan Walker, Welsh-Australian ice hockey player
1993: Javon Hargrave, American football player
1993: Chris Mears, English diver
1992: Sergi Roberto, Spanish footballer
1992: Ksenia Stolbova, Russian figure skater
1992: Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer and actress
1991: Gabbie Hanna, American Internet personality and singer-songwriter
1991: Ryan O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player
1991: Richard Pánik, Slovak ice hockey player
1990: Morris Claiborne, American football player
1990: Jacksepticeye, Irish YouTuber
1990: Gianluca Lapadula, Italian footballer
1990: Dalilah Muhammad, American hurdler
1990: Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
1989: Nick Calathes, American-Greek basketball player
1989: Isaiah Thomas, American basketball player
1989: Elia Viviani, Italian cyclist
1988: Ai Kago, Japanese singer and actress
1988: Matthew Stafford, American football player
1987: Joel Freeland, English basketball player
1985: Josh Hennessy, American ice hockey player
1985: Bernard James, American basketball player
1985: Tina Majorino, American actress
1985: Deborah Ann Woll, American actress
1984: Trey Hardee, American decathlete
1984: Jeremy Meeks American model and actor
1983: Scott Feldman, American baseball player
1983: Federico Marchetti, Italian footballer
1982: Mohammed Bijeh, Iranian serial killer (died 2006)
1982: Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor
1982: Mickaël Piétrus, French basketball player
1981: Neto, Brazilian footballer
1981: Lee Ok-sung, South Korean boxer
1980: Dalibor Bagarić, Croatian basketball player
1980: Mikey Erg, American drummer, guitarist, and vocalist
1979: Daniel Bierofka, German footballer and coach
1979: Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1979: Sam J. Miller, American author
1978: David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player
1978: Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player
1978: Ashton Kutcher, American model, actor, producer, and entrepreneur
1978: Milt Palacio, American-Belizean basketball player and coach
1978: Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
1977: Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japanese footballer
1976: Chito Miranda, Filipino singer-songwriter
1975: Wes Borland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Miriam Corowa, Australian journalist, television presenter and producer
1975: Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
1975: Rémi Gaillard, French comedian and actor
1974: J Dilla, American rapper and producer (died 2006)
1974: Steve Nash, South African-Canadian basketball player
1974: Nujabes, Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (died 2010)
1973: Juwan Howard, American basketball player and coach
1972: Essence Atkins, American actress
1972: Robyn Lively, American actress
1971: Anita Tsoy, Russian singer-songwriter
1969: Franz Jantscher, Austrian politician
1969: Andrew Micallef, Maltese painter and musician
1968: Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-Slovak ice hockey player and manager
1968: Christian Drobits, Austrian politician
1968: Sully Erna, American singer-songwriter and musician
1968: Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster
1966: Kristin Otto, German swimmer
1965: Chris Rock, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1964: Ashok Banker, Indian journalist, author, and screenwriter
1963: Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, American Naval officer and astronaut
1962: Garth Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962: David Bryan, American keyboard player and songwriter
1962: Eddie Izzard, English comedian, actor, and producer
1960: Robert Smigel, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1960: James Spader, American actor and producer
1959: Mick McCarthy, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1958: Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer and manager
1958: Terry Marsh, English boxer and politician
1958: Matt Ridley, English journalist, author, and politician
1957: Dámaso García, Dominican baseball player and footballer (died 2020)
1956: John Nielsen, Danish racing driver
1956: Mark St. John, American guitarist (died 2007)
1955: Rolf Benirschke, American football player and game show host
1955: Miguel Ferrer, American actor and director (died 2017)
1954: Dieter Bohlen, German singer-songwriter and producer
1953: Robert Brazile, American football player
1950: Karen Joy Fowler, American author
1949: Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian police officer and politician
1949: Alan Lancaster, English-Australian bass player singer and songwriter Status Quo (died 2022)
1946: Héctor Babenco, Argentinian-Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
1946: Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist (died 2009)
1946: Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (died 2011)
1945: Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player and journalist
1943: Eric Foner, American historian, author, and academic
1942: Gareth Hunt, English actor (died 2007)
1940: Tony Tan, Singaporean academic and politician, 7th President of Singapore
1937: Peter Jay, English economist, journalist, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (died 2024)
1937: Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (died 2021)
1936: Jas Gawronski, Italian journalist and politician
1935: Cliff Jones, Welsh international footballer
1935: Herb Kohl, American businessman and politician (died 2023)
1935: Jörg Schneider, Swiss actor and author (died 2015)
1934: Eddie Fenech Adami, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Malta
1934: King Curtis, American saxophonist and producer (died 1971)
1934: Earl King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2003)
1933: K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Sri Lankan Minister of Finance (died 2015)
1932: Gay Talese, American journalist and memoirist
1932: Alfred Worden, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2020)
1929: Jim Langley, English international footballer and manager (died 2007)
1928: Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (died 2014)
1927: Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (died 2020)
1927: Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach (died 1975)
1927: Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor (died 1973)
1926: Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (died 2009)
1925: Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (died 2012)
1923: Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (died 2014)
1922: Hattie Jacques, English actress (died 1980)
1921: Athol Rowan, South African cricketer (died 1998)
1920: Oscar Brand, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and author (died 2016)
1920: An Wang, Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded Wang Laboratories (died 1990)
1919: Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2006)
1919: Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (died 1989)
1916: Frank Hyde, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2007)
1915: Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (died 2007)
1915: Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer (died 2002)
1912: Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (died 1981)
1912: Roberta McCain, American socialite and oil heiress (died 2020)
1909: Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (died 1999)
1909: Amedeo Guillet, Italian soldier (died 2010)
1908: Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (died 1983)
1908: Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian journalist and author (died 2000)
1906: Oleg Antonov, Soviet engineer, founded the Antonov Design Bureau (died 1984)
1906: Puyi, Chinese emperor (died 1967)
1905: Paul Nizan, French philosopher and author (died 1940)
1905: Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983)
1904: Ernest E. Debs, American politician (died 2002)
1901: Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (died 1989)
1895: Anita Stewart, American actress (died 1961)
1893: Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1988)
1893: Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher (died 1934)
1889: Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist (died 1976)
1887: Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (died 1983)
1885: Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1951)
1885: Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (died 1953)
1878: Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (died 1936)
1877: G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist (died 1947)
1875: Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (died 1937)
1873: Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the RMS Titanic (died 1912)
1871: Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1927)
1870: Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist (died 1937)
1867: Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (died 1957)
1864: Arthur Collins, American baritone singer (died 1933)
1837: James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (died 1915)
1834: Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, French architect (died 1895)
1825: Karl Möbius, German zoologist and ecologist (died 1908)
1812: Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (died 1870)
1804: John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company (died 1886)
1802: Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic (died 1892)
1796: Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date; (died 1874)
1758: Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer (died 1826)
1741: Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic (died 1825)
1726: Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (died 1766)
1722: Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet (died 1781)
1693: Empress Anna of Russia (died 1740)
1622: Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble (died 1694)
1612: Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (died 1683)
1500: João de Castro, viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548)
1487: Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort (died 1557)
1478: Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (died 1535)
1449: Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, German countess (died 1477)
1102: Empress Matilda, Holy Roman Empress and claimant to the English throne (probable; (died 1167)
574: Prince Shōtoku of Japan (died 622)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician (born 1946)
2025: Tony Roberts, American actor and singer (born 1939)
2020: Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist who initially warned about COVID-19 (born 1986)
2019: John Dingell, American politician (born 1926)
2019: Albert Finney, English actor (born 1936)
2019: Jan Olszewski, Polish politician, 3rd Prime Minister (born 1930)
2019: Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1935)
2017: Richard Hatch, American actor (born 1945)
2017: Hans Rosling, Swedish academic (born 1948)
2017: Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian philosopher (born 1939)
2015: Billy Casper, American golfer (born 1931)
2015: Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (born 1934)
2015: Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (born 1931)
2015: John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (born 1922)
2014: Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1933)
2013: Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (born 1933)
2012: Harry Keough, American soccer player and coach (born 1927)
2010: Franco Ballerini, Italian cyclist and coach (born 1964)
2009: Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (born 1924)
2006: Princess Durru Shehvar of the Ottoman Empire (born 1914)
2005: Atli Dam, Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1932)
2003: Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (born 1921)
2001: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (born 1906)
2000: Doug Henning, Canadian magician and politician (born 1947)
1999: King Hussein of Jordan (born 1935)
1999: Bobby Troup, American actor, pianist, and composer (born 1918)
1994: Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (born 1913)
1991: Amos Yarkoni, Israeli colonel (born 1920)
1990: Alan Perlis, American computer scientist and academic (born 1922)
1990: Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (born 1905)
1986: Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (born 1923)
1979: Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (born 1911)
1972: Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (born 1896)
1968: Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1931)
1964: Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1894)
1963: Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (born 1902)
1960: Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (born 1903)
1959: Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (born 1874)
1959: Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1874)
1959: Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (born 1926)
1944: Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (born 1874)
1942: Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (born 1876)
1940: James McCormick (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (born 1910)
1940: Peter Barnes (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (born 1907)
1939: Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (born 1886)
1938: Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (born 1868)
1937: Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)
1921: John J. Gardner, American politician (born 1845)
1920: Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (born 1874)
1920: Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (born 1850)
1919: William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1841)
1897: Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (born 1847)
1891: Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (born 1849)
1878: Pope Pius IX (born 1792)
1873: Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (born 1814)
1871: Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (born 1797)
1864: Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (born 1787)
1862: Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (born 1787)
1849: Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) (born 1797)
1837: Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (born 1778)
1823: Ann Radcliffe, English author (born 1764)
1819: August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (born 1737)
1801: Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (born 1726)
1799: Qianlong Emperor of China (born 1711)
1779: William Boyce, English organist and composer (born 1711)
1736: Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (born 1666)
1693: Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (born 1624)
1642: William Bedell, English bishop and academic (born 1571)
1626: William V, Duke of Bavaria (born 1548)
1623: Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (born 1546)
1603: Bartholomäus Sastrow, German politician (born 1520)
1560: Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Florentine sculptor (born 1493)
1520: Alfonsina de' Medici, Regent of Florence (born 1472)
1333: Nikko, Japanese priest, founder of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism (born 1246)
1320: Jan Muskata, Bishop of Kraków (born 1250)
1317: Robert, Count of Clermont (born 1256)
1259: Thomas, Count of Flanders
1165: Marshal Stephen of Armenia
1127: Ava, German poet (born 1060)
1065: Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim (born c. 1010)
1045: Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (born 1009)
999: Boleslaus II the Pious, Duke of Bohemia (born 932)
318: Jin Mindi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (born 300)
199: Lü Bu, Chinese warlord

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