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January 14

On This Day in History

January 14

January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 351 days remain until the end of the year (352 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2023: One ticket sold in Maine wins $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Friday the 13th was the luckiest day in the life of someone in Maine who purchase a lottery ticket that won a staggering $1.35 billion last night.
2022: Ireland Lottery retailers trying to keep up with jackpot frenzy. Ireland National Lottery retailers are experiencing a massive surge of lottery ticket sales in advance of the must-win Lotto draw to be held on Saturday.
2021: Lottery courier service pioneers online sales model in Texas. Lottery courier service theLotter is changing the way people in the state of Texas are buying lottery tickets, and two multi-state mega jackpots combined with pandemic-driven online sales are proving to be the perfect storm.
2021: N.C. COVID nurse 'in shock' after $1 million second-chance lottery win. A North Carolina nurse who works in the COVID-19 unit at a long-term care facility just hit a $1 million lottery jackpot.
2021: $640 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls again. This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $640 million.
2020: NJ lottery winners might soon be able to stay anonymous. Big jackpot winners and lucky scratch-off ticket holders in New Jersey are one step closer to keeping their winnings a secret after the state Assembly passed a bill that would shield the identity of lottery winners in the state.
2019: DOJ reverses 2011 opinion of the Wire Act; legal online gaming in question. The U.S. Department of Justice's legal counsel office reversed a 2011 opinion that the Federal Wire Act applies only to sports betting, potentially throwing the small U.S. Internet gaming market into question.
2016: Record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot won by 3 tickets. The largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Wednesday night by three tickets sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee.
2014: N.J. woman wins $500 a week for life after buying lottery ticket in N.C.. An 82-year-old Union, New Jersey, woman struck it rich when she bought a scratch-off lottery ticket in North Carolina in November while en route to Georgia to visit family.
2014: Ohio Lottery to sell $30 ticket that offers a chance to win $10 million. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Ohio Lottery will debut a $30 instant scratch-off ticket on Thursday.
2013: Florida Powerball winner claims $50 million jackpot. The man who bought a winning $50 million Powerball jackpot ticket from a St. Petersburg, Florida, grocery store has come forward to claim his prize.
2012: CA couple expecting first baby wins $208M lottery jackpot. San Jose, California, resident Daniel Bruckner visited relatives in New York for the holidays last month and came home with quite a souvenir: a $208 million winning lottery ticket.
2012: Mich. lottery winner burns through money, gets jail time for drugs. A Williams Township, Michigan, lottery winner will be spending about the next month and a half behind bars for illegally possessing a prescription painkiller.
2010: N.J. Lottery featuring Frank Sinatra on new instant ticket. The 'Sinatra' Instant Ticket game is a recent addition to the N.J. lottery, utilizing the Frank Sinatra name and likeness.
2009: Georgia Lottery considers casino options. Dan O'Leary and John Aderhold, the leaseholders of Underground Atlanta, have approached the Georgia Lottery board with plans for a half billion-dollar casino and hotel complex that would inject cash into the HOPE Scholarship and generate millions of tax dollars for the region.
2009: Infamous Alaska lottery winner attacked. The man who won Alaska's first half-million-dollar lottery was attacked on a downtown Anchorage street yesterday afternoon with a tire iron or metal pipe, according to police.
2005: Ohio man claims $20 million Super Lotto jackpot. The winner of a $20 million Super Lotto jackpot from Nov. 24 has come forward to claim the prize, said Mardele Cohen, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery Commission.
2005: Ohio lottery pool lawsuit focuses on time of purchase. In a lawsuit brought by lottery pool members who claim to be cheated by the ticket buyer, Lottery records showing how many tickets were bought, and when they were bought, prompted the Defendant to change his story.
2005: Tenn. Gov. wants to use lottery funds for preschools. Tennessee Governor Bredesen plans to funnel some lottery money into his preschool education initiative when he unveils his budget to lawmakers in the coming weeks.
2005: Indiana gets new gaming and lottery chiefs. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels on Thursday appointed marketing executive and political fund-raiser Esther Q. Schneider to lead the State Lottery Commission.
2005: One ticket wins $81M California lottery jackpot. One ticket purchased in Orange had all the numbers drawn for an $81 million jackpot in the mid-week SuperLotto Plus game, California Lottery officials said Thursday.
2005: N.H. Lottery Proposes $25 Scratch Tickets. New Hampshire's lottery chief warned House and Senate tax experts Thursday that revenue will remain flat unless lawmakers agree to raise the price of instant scratch tickets.
2005: Texas Lottery recalls 'Set For Life' tickets. The Texas Lottery Commission announced today that, effective immediately, it is recalling all Set For Life instant tickets (Game #499) from Texas Lottery retail locations.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$750 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2021
2.$639.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2021
3.$397.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2023
4.€348.85 Million US$378.09 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2023
5.$325 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2022
6.$296 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2020
7.$270 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2015
8.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 17, 2007
9.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2015
10.€140.59 Million
US$160.47 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2022
11.€125 Million
US$151.19 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 20, 2006
12.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 17, 2017
13.$146 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2009
14.$121 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2017
15.$112 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2019
16.$111 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2005
17.€91.28 Million
US$110.9 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2021
18.€90 Million
US$108.91 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2021
19.€85.46 Million
US$104.69 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2018
20.€90.97 Million
US$103.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2019
21.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2020
22.$95 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2008
23.$93 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2014
24.$91 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2020
25.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2013

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: TimmyT419
Wednesday, Jan 14, 1987
36 years old
1982: Koqui
Thursday, Jan 14, 1982
41 years old
1979: texish
Sunday, Jan 14, 1979
44 years old
1978: rukiafae
Saturday, Jan 14, 1978
45 years old
1977: Christathios
Friday, Jan 14, 1977
46 years old
1976: Misskickrocks
Wednesday, Jan 14, 1976
47 years old
1975: jalna34
Tuesday, Jan 14, 1975
48 years old
1974: puckettb
Monday, Jan 14, 1974
49 years old
1973: smith2376
Sunday, Jan 14, 1973
50 years old
1963: Tadd
Monday, Jan 14, 1963
60 years old
1959: CBandme
Wednesday, Jan 14, 1959
64 years old
1957: jeffreypjohnson
Monday, Jan 14, 1957
66 years old
1956: imre
Saturday, Jan 14, 1956
67 years old
1955: jackhammerjohn
Friday, Jan 14, 1955
68 years old
1955: Fishstew
Friday, Jan 14, 1955
68 years old
1952: casiecoco
Monday, Jan 14, 1952
71 years old
1949: mvchops1
Friday, Jan 14, 1949
74 years old
1936: Noodle
Tuesday, Jan 14, 1936
87 years old
: jay14jay01
(year not provided)
: titia65
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crashes at Fath Air Base near Karaj in Alborz Province, Iran, killing 15 people.
2011: President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia seeks refuge in Saudi Arabia after a series of demonstrations against his regime, considered to be the birth of the Arab Spring.
2010: Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
2004: The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
1993: In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers and crew; nine crew-members are saved.
1973: Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
1972: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
1969: USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people.
1967: Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
1960: The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established.
1957: Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
1954: The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
1953: Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia.
1952: NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
1943: World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
1943: World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
1939: Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
1911: Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
1907: An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
1900: Giacomo Puccini's Tosca opens in Rome.
1858: Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris.
1814: Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania.
1784: American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
1761: The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
1639: The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
1301: Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1236: King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.

Births On This Day

1999: Declan Rice, English footballer
1998: Maddison Inglis, Australian tennis player
1997: Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer
1995: Georgios Diamantakos, Greek basketball player
1995: Alex Johnston, Australian rugby league player
1994: Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer
1993: Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer
1992: Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
1992: Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player
1992: Qiang Wang, Chinese tennis player
1990: Kacy Catanzaro, American athlete and professional wrestler
1990: Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner
1990: Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
1990: Áron Szilágyi, Hungarian fencer
1989: Frankie Bridge, English singer-songwriter and dancer
1988: Kacey Barnfield, English actress
1988: Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
1987: Atsushi Hashimoto, Japanese actor
1987: Jess Fishlock, Welsh footballer
1986: Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
1986: Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
1986: Matt Riddle, American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
1985: Joel Rosario, Dominican-American jockey
1985: Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater
1984: Erick Aybar, American baseball player
1984: Erika Matsuo, Japanese violinist
1984: Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
1983: Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer
1983: Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
1982: Marc Broussard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982: Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
1982: Thomas Longosiwa, Kenyan runner
1982: Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer
1981: Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
1981: Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
1981: Concepción Montaner, Spanish long jumper
1981: Jadranka Đokić, Croatian actress
1980: Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
1980: Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
1979: Karen Elson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model
1979: Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
1978: Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
1977: Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver
1977: Terry Ryan, Canadian ice hockey player
1976: Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
1975: Georgina Cates, English actress
1974: David Flitcroft, English footballer and manager
1973: Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
1973: Paul Tisdale, English footballer and manager
1972: Kyle Brady, American football player and sportscaster
1972: Dion Forster, South African minister, theologian, and author
1972: James Key, English engineer
1971: Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
1971: Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer and manager
1971: Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer and manager
1969: Jason Bateman, American actor, director, and producer
1969: Martin Bicknell, English cricketer
1969: Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
1968: LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
1968: Ruel Fox, English-Montserratian footballer, manager and chairman
1967: Leonardo Ortolani, Italian author and illustrator, created Rat-Man
1967: Emily Watson, English actress
1967: Zakk Wylde, American guitarist and singer
1966: Terry Angus, English footballer
1966: Marko Hietala, Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1966: Nadia Maftouni, Iranian philosopher
1966: Dan Schneider, American TV producer
1965: Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player, coach, and lawyer
1965: Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964: Beverly Kinch, English long jumper and sprinter
1964: Shepard Smith, American television journalist
1963: Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (d. 1996)
1959: Geoff Tate, German-American singer-songwriter and musician
1957: Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author
1956: Étienne Daho, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer
1954: Jim Duggan, American professional wrestler
1953: David Clary, English chemist and academic
1953: Denzil Douglas, Caribbean educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
1953: Hans Westerhoff, Dutch biologist and academic
1952: Sydney Biddle Barrows, American businesswoman and author
1952: Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author
1952: Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager
1952: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Romanian engineer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania
1951: O. Panneerselvam, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1950: Rambhadracharya, Indian religious leader, scholar, and author
1950: Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter
1949: Lawrence Kasdan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1949: Mary Robison, American short story writer and novelist
1949: İlyas Salman, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
1949: Lamar Williams, American bass player (d. 1983)
1948: T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1948: Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
1948: Carl Weathers, American football player and actor
1947: Taylor Branch, American historian and author
1947: Bev Perdue, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of North Carolina
1947: Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
1945: Kathleen Chalfant, American actress
1945: Maina Gielgud, English ballerina and director
1944: Marjoe Gortner, American actor and evangelist
1944: Graham Marsh, Australian golfer and architect
1944: Nina Totenberg, American journalist
1943: Angelo Bagnasco, Italian cardinal
1943: Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor (d. 2019)
1943: Shannon Lucid, American biochemist and astronaut
1943: Holland Taylor, American actress and playwright
1942: Dave Campbell, American baseball player and sportscaster
1942: Gerben Karstens, Dutch cyclist (d. 2022)
1941: Nicholas Brooks, English historian (d. 2014)
1941: Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer
1941: Gibby Gilbert, American golfer
1941: Milan Kučan, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia
1940: Julian Bond, American academic and politician (d. 2015)
1940: Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
1940: Siegmund Nimsgern, German opera singer
1940: Trevor Nunn, English director and composer
1940: Vasilka Stoeva, Bulgarian discus thrower
1939: Kurt Moylan, Guamanian businessman and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam
1938: Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
1938: Jack Jones, American singer and actor
1938: Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2015)
1937: J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet (d. 2012)
1937: Ken Higgs, English cricketer and coach (d. 2016)
1937: Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1937: Rao Gopal Rao, Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 1994)
1937: Sonny Siebert, American baseball player
1937: Billie Jo Spears, American country singer (d. 2011)
1936: Clarence Carter, American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
1934: Richard Briers, English actor (d. 2013)
1934: Pierre Darmon, French tennis player
1934: Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1977)
1933: Stan Brakhage, American director and producer (d. 2003)
1932: Don Garlits, American race car driver and engineer
1931: Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
1931: Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic
1930: Johnny Grande, American pianist and accordion player (d. 2006)
1930: Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (d. 2014)
1928: Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter (d. 2007)
1928: Hans Kornberg, German-English biologist and academic (d. 2019)
1928: Garry Winogrand, American photographer and author (d. 1984)
1927: Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player (d. 2017)
1926: Frank Aletter, American actor (d. 2009)
1926: Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1926: Tom Tryon, American actor and author (d. 1991)
1925: Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (d. 2013)
1925: Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina (d. 2012)
1925: Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)
1924: Carole Cook, American actress and singer (d. 2023)
1923: Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2008)
1923: Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author (d. 2017)
1922: Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (d. 2010)
1921: Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (d. 2006)
1921: Kenneth Bulmer, American author (d. 2005)
1920: Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1982)
1919: Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)
1919: Andy Rooney, American soldier, journalist, critic, and television personality (d. 2011)
1915: Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (d. 1992)
1914: Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (d. 2002)
1914: Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish diplomat (d. 2003)
1912: Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (d. 2007)
1911: Anatoly Rybakov, Russian-American author (d. 1998)
1909: Brenda Forbes, English-American actress (d. 1996)
1909: Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1908: Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (d. 1934)
1907: Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1985)
1906: William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
1905: Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (d. 1991)
1905: Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
1904: Cecil Beaton, English photographer, painter, and costume designer (d. 1980)
1904: Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
1904: Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1939)
1901: Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971)
1901: Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983)
1899: Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1985)
1897: Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
1896: John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)
1894: Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier and nurse (d. 1917)
1892: Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (d. 1984)
1892: Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1992)
1892: George Wilson, English footballer (d. 1961)
1887: Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1972)
1886: Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (d. 1947)
1883: Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1970)
1882: Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
1875: Albert Schweitzer, French-German physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1870: George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician (d. 1952)
1869: Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician (d. 1937)
1863: Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
1863: Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator (d. 1928)
1862: Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (d. 1941)
1861: Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (d. 1926)
1856: J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin (d. 1919)
1850: Pierre Loti, French captain and author (d. 1923)
1845: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, English politician, 34th Governor-General of India (d. 1927)
1841: Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
1836: Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (d. 1904)
1834: Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (d. 1903)
1824: Vladimir Stasov, Russian critic (d. 1906)
1819: Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet and politician (d. 1872)
1818: Zachris Topelius, Finnish author and journalist (d. 1898)
1806: Charles Hotham, English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)
1806: Matthew Fontaine Maury, American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian (d. 1873)
1800: Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (d. 1877)
1798: Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1872)
1793: John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (d. 1852)
1792: Christian de Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
1780: Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician (d. 1844)
1767: Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1827)
1741: Benedict Arnold, American-British general (d. 1801)
1705: Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician (d. 1786)
1702: Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d. 1737)
1700: Picander, German poet and playwright (d. 1764)
1699: Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist (d. 1762)
1684: Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (d. 1742)
1684: Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
1683: Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker (d. 1753)
1552: Alberico Gentili, Italian-English academic and jurist (d. 1608)
1551: Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Grand vizier of emperor Akbar (d. 1602)
1507: Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (d. 1578)
1507: Luca Longhi, Italian painter (d. 1580)
1477: Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (d. 1552)
1476: Anne St Leger, Baroness de Ros, English baroness (d. 1526)
1451: Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1522)
1273: Joan I of Navarre, queen regnant of Navarre, queen consort of France (d. 1305)
1131: Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
83 BC: Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Joel Robert, Belgian professional motocross racer (b. 1943)
2018: Spanky Manikan, Filipino veteran actor (b. 1942)
2018: Cyrille Regis, French Guianan-English footballer (b. 1958)
2017: Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (b. 1906)
2016: René Angélil, Canadian music producer, talent manager, and singer (b. 1942)
2016: Alan Rickman, English actor (b. 1946)
2015: Bob Boyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2015: Zhang Wannian, Chinese general (b. 1928)
2014: Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (b. 1944)
2014: Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1930)
2014: Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (b. 1923)
2013: Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923)
2012: Txillardegi, Spanish linguist and politician (b. 1929)
2012: Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (b. 1935)
2012: Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy, youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in 2004 (b. 1995)
2012: Giampiero Moretti, Italian entrepreneur and race car driver (b. 1940)
2012: Rosy Varte, Armenian-French actress (b. 1923)
2011: Georgia Carroll, American singer, model and actress (b. 1919)
2010: Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and academic (b. 1923)
2009: Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (b. 1937)
2009: Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (b. 1920)
2008: Judah Folkman, American physician, biologist, and academic (b. 1933)
2007: Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, director, and set designer (b. 1934)
2006: Henri Colpi, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2006: Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
2006: Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
2005: Charlotte MacLeod, Canadian-American author (b. 1922)
2005: Conroy Maddox, English painter and educator (b. 1912)
2005: Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
2005: Jesús Rafael Soto, Venezuelan sculptor and painter (b. 1923)
2004: Uta Hagen, German-American actress (b. 1919)
2004: Ron O'Neal, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2000: Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
1997: Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
1996: Onno Tunç, Armenian-Turkish composer (b. 1948)
1995: Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (b. 1926)
1991: Gordon Bryant, Australian educator and politician (b. 1914)
1988: Georgy Malenkov, Russian engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1902)
1987: Turgut Demirağ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1987: Douglas Sirk, German-Swiss director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1986: Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
1984: Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1902)
1981: John O'Grady, Australian author and poet (b. 1907)
1981: G. Lloyd Spencer, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1893)
1980: Robert Ardrey, American-South African author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1978: Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (b. 1899)
1978: Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1906)
1978: Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
1978: Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
1977: Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
1977: Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (b. 1916)
1977: Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist (b. 1903)
1976: Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922)
1972: Horst Assmy, German footballer (b. 1933)
1972: Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
1970: William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
1970: Asım Gündüz, Turkish general (b. 1880)
1968: Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet and author (b. 1885)
1966: Sergei Korolev, Ukrainian-Russian engineer and academic (b. 1906)
1965: Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
1962: M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and politician (b. 1860)
1961: Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
1959: Eivind Berggrav, Norwegian bishop and translator (b. 1884)
1957: Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
1952: Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
1951: Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
1949: Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
1944: Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
1943: Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
1942: Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
1937: Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
1934: Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
1926: August Sedláček, Czech historian and author (b. 1843)
1920: John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)
1919: Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (b. 1869)
1915: Richard Meux Benson, English priest and saint, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824)
1908: Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846)
1907: Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Scottish soldier and politician, 6th Governor of New Zealand (b. 1832)
1905: Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (b. 1840)
1901: Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)
1901: Charles Hermite, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822)
1898: Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (b. 1832)
1892: Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
1892: Alexander J. Davis, American architect (b. 1803)
1889: Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
1888: Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
1883: Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
1874: Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (b. 1834)
1867: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (b. 1780)
1833: Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk and saint (b. 1759)
1825: George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (b. 1741)
1823: Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (b. 1760)
1786: Michael Arne, English organist and composer (b. 1741)
1786: Meshech Weare, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
1776: Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1713)
1766: Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
1753: George Berkeley, Anglo-Irish philosopher and author (b. 1685)
1701: Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyō (b. 1628)
1679: Jacques de Billy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602)
1676: Francesco Cavalli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1602)
1648: Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (b. 1584)
1640: Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1578)
1555: Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (b. 1478)
1476: John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (b. 1444)
1465: Thomas Beckington, English statesman and prelate
1331: Odoric of Pordenone, Italian priest and explorer (b. 1286)
1301: Andrew III of Hungary (b. 1265)
1236: Saint Sava, Serbian archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
1163: Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
1092: Vratislaus II of Bohemia
973: Ekkehard I, Frankish monk and poet
937: Zhang Yanlang, Chinese official
927: Wang Yanhan, king of Min (Ten Kingdoms)
769: Cui Huan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

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