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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

2026: "I can't believe it!" North Carolina man hugs store clerk after winning $2 million prize. A North Carolina lottery winner experienced a moment of unbridled delight upon discovering his $2 million win, embracing the store clerk who sold him the ticket.
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.$305.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2025
7.$296 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2020
8.$270 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2015
9.$230 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2026
10.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2024
11.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 17, 2007
12.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2015
13.€140.59 Million
US$160.47 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2022
14.$157.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2026
15.€125 Million
US$151.19 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 20, 2006
16.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 17, 2017
17.$146 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2009
18.€120 Million
US$130.58 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2024
19.€105.78 Million
US$122.87 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2026
20.$121 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2017
21.$112 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2019
22.$111 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2005
23.€91.28 Million
US$110.9 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2021
24.€90 Million
US$108.91 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2021
25.€85.46 Million
US$104.69 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: geak38
Wednesday, Jan 14, 1987
39 years old
1987: TimmyT419
Wednesday, Jan 14, 1987
39 years old
1982: Koqui
Thursday, Jan 14, 1982
44 years old
1979: texish
Sunday, Jan 14, 1979
47 years old
1978: rukiafae
Saturday, Jan 14, 1978
48 years old
1977: Christathios
Friday, Jan 14, 1977
49 years old
1976: Misskickrocks
Wednesday, Jan 14, 1976
50 years old
1975: jalna34
Tuesday, Jan 14, 1975
51 years old
1974: puckettb
Monday, Jan 14, 1974
52 years old
1973: smith2376
Sunday, Jan 14, 1973
53 years old
1971: JBurns28
Thursday, Jan 14, 1971
55 years old
1963: Tadd
Monday, Jan 14, 1963
63 years old
1959: CBandme
Wednesday, Jan 14, 1959
67 years old
1957: jeffreypjohnson
Monday, Jan 14, 1957
69 years old
1956: imre
Saturday, Jan 14, 1956
70 years old
1955: jackhammerjohn
Friday, Jan 14, 1955
71 years old
1955: Fishstew
Friday, Jan 14, 1955
71 years old
1952: casiecoco
Monday, Jan 14, 1952
74 years old
1949: mvchops1
Friday, Jan 14, 1949
77 years old
1936: Noodle
Tuesday, Jan 14, 1936
90 years old
: Angie777
(year not provided)
: jay14jay01
(year not provided)
: titia65
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Queen Margrethe II abdicates as Queen of Denmark and is succeeded by her son, Frederik X.
2019: A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crashes at Fath Air Base near Karaj in Alborz Province, Iran, killing 15 people.
2016: Multiple explosions reported near the Sarinah Building, Jakarta, followed by shootout between perpetrators and the police, killing seven people. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility.
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: Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz: 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 Frederik 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.
1951: National Airlines Flight 83 crashes during landing at Philadelphia International Airport, killing seven passengers and crew.
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.
1899: RMS Oceanic, the largest ship afloat since SS Great Eastern, is launched.
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.
1797: The Battle of Rivoli is fought with a decisive French victory by Napoleon Bonaparte, marking the beginning of the end of the War of the First Coalition and the start of French hegemony over Italy for two decades.
1784: American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States: Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
1761: The Third Battle of Panipat, the largest battle of the 18th century, is fought in India between the Afghan Durrani Empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani, and the Maratha Empire under Sadashivrao Bhau.
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

2002: JJ Peterka, German ice hockey player
2001: Cora Jade, American wrestler
2000: Jonathan David, Canadian soccer player
1999: Declan Rice, English footballer
1999: Emerson Royal, Brazilian footballer
1999: D'Andre Swift, American football player
1998: Maddison Inglis, Australian tennis player
1997: Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer
1994: Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer
1993: Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer
1993: David Nwaba, American basketball player
1992: Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
1992: Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player
1992: Qiang Wang, Chinese tennis player
1990: Kacy Catanzaro, American athlete and 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
1989: Emma Greenwell, American-English actress
1988: Kacey Barnfield, English actress
1988: Hakeem Nicks, American football player
1988: Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
1987: Jess Fishlock, Welsh footballer
1987: Atsushi Hashimoto, Japanese actor
1986: Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
1986: Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
1986: Matt Riddle, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1985: Aaron Brooks, American basketball player
1985: Jake Choi, American actor
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: Vincent Jackson, American football player (died 2021)
1983: Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
1982: Marc Broussard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982: Zach Gilford, American actor
1982: Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
1982: Thomas Longosiwa, Kenyan runner
1982: Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer
1981: Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
1981: Jadranka Đokić, Croatian actress
1981: Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
1981: Concepción Montaner, Spanish long jumper
1980: Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
1980: Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
1980: Byron Leftwich, American football player and coach
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
1975: Jordan Ladd, American actress
1974: Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
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: Ruel Fox, English-Montserratian footballer, manager and chairman
1968: LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
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
1965: Jemma Redgrave, English actress
1965: Slick Rick, English-American rapper and producer
1964: Beverly Kinch, English long jumper and sprinter
1964: Sergei Nemchinov, Russian ice hockey player
1964: Shepard Smith, American television journalist
1963: Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (died 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: Ron Behagen, American basketball player
1951: O. Panneerselvam, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1950: Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter
1950: Swen Nater, Dutch-American basketball player
1950: Rambhadracharya, Indian religious leader, scholar, and author
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 (died 1983)
1948: T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1948: Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
1948: Nasrollah Mardani, Iranian poet, (died 2004)
1948: Carl Weathers, American football player and actor (died 2024)
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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 2022)
1941: Nicholas Brooks, English historian (died 2014)
1941: Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer
1941: Gibby Gilbert, American golfer
1941: Barry Jenner, American actor (died 2016)
1941: Milan Kučan, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia
1940: Julian Bond, American academic and politician (died 2015)
1940: Ron Kostelnik, American football player (died 1993)
1940: Siegmund Nimsgern, German opera singer (died 2025)
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 (died 2024)
1938: Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2015)
1937: J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet (died 2012)
1937: Ken Higgs, English cricketer and coach (died 2016)
1937: Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (died 2015)
1937: Rao Gopal Rao, Indian actor, producer, and politician (died 1994)
1937: Sonny Siebert, American baseball player
1937: Billie Jo Spears, American country singer (died 2011)
1936: Clarence Carter, American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
1934: Richard Briers, English actor (died 2013)
1934: Pierre Darmon, French tennis player
1934: Alberto Rodríguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (died 1977)
1933: Stan Brakhage, American director and producer (died 2003)
1932: Don Garlits, American race car driver and engineer
1931: Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer and politician (died 2009)
1931: Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic
1931: Caterina Valente, Italian-French singer and dancer (died 2024)
1930: Johnny Grande, American pianist and accordion player (died 2006)
1930: Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (died 2014)
1929: Peter Barkworth, English actor (died 2006)
1928: Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter (died 2007)
1928: Hans Kornberg, German-English biologist and academic (died 2019)
1928: Garry Winogrand, American photographer and author (died 1984)
1927: Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player (died 2017)
1926: Frank Aletter, American actor (died 2009)
1926: Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
1926: Tom Tryon, American actor and author (died 1991)
1925: Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (died 2013)
1925: Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina (died 2012)
1925: Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1970)
1924: Carole Cook, American actress and singer (died 2023)
1924: Guy Williams, American actor (died 1989)
1923: Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (died 2008)
1923: Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author (died 2017)
1922: Hank Biasatti, Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player (died 1996)
1922: Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (died 2010)
1921: Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (died 2006)
1921: Kenneth Bulmer, American author (died 2005)
1921: Ken Sailors, American basketball player (died 2016)
1920: Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer and manager (died 1982)
1919: Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (died 2013)
1919: Andy Rooney, American soldier, journalist, critic, and television personality (died 2011)
1915: Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (died 1992)
1914: Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (died 2002)
1914: Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish diplomat (died 2003)
1912: Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (died 2007)
1911: Anatoly Rybakov, Russian-American author (died 1998)
1909: Brenda Forbes, English-American actress (died 1996)
1909: Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1984)
1908: Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (died 1934)
1907: Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1985)
1906: William Bendix, American actor (died 1964)
1905: Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (died 1991)
1905: Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1995)
1905: Sterling Holloway, American actor (died 1992)
1904: Cecil Beaton, English photographer, painter, and costume designer (died 1980)
1904: Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (died 1997)
1904: Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1939)
1901: Bebe Daniels, American actress (died 1971)
1901: Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (died 1983)
1899: Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1985)
1897: Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (died 1978)
1896: John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1970)
1894: Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier and nurse (died 1917)
1892: Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (died 1984)
1892: Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer (died 1992)
1892: George Wilson, English footballer (died 1961)
1887: Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1972)
1886: Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (died 1947)
1883: Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (died 1970)
1882: Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (died 1944)
1875: Albert Schweitzer, French-German physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
1870: George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician (died 1952)
1869: Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician (died 1937)
1863: Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (died 1929)
1863: Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator (died 1928)
1862: Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (died 1941)
1861: Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (died 1926)
1856: J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin (died 1919)
1850: Pierre Loti, French captain and author (died 1923)
1849: Frank Cowper, English yachtsman, author and illustrator (died 1930)
1845: Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, English politician, 34th Governor-General of India (died 1927)
1841: Berthe Morisot, French painter (died 1895)
1836: Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (died 1904)
1834: Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (died 1903)
1824: Vladimir Stasov, Russian critic (died 1906)
1820: Bezalel HaKohen, Russian rabbi (died 1878)
1819: Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet and politician (died 1872)
1818: Zachris Topelius, Finnish author and journalist (died 1898)
1806: Charles Hotham, English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria (died 1855)
1806: Matthew Fontaine Maury, American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian (died 1873)
1800: Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (died 1877)
1798: Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1872)
1793: John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (died 1852)
1792: Christian de Meza, Danish general (died 1865)
1780: Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician (died 1844)
1767: Maria Theresa of Austria (died 1827)
1749: James Garrard, American farmer, Baptist minister and politician (died 1822)
1741: Benedict Arnold, American-British general (died 1801)
1705: Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician (died 1786)
1702: Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (died 1737)
1700: Picander, German poet and playwright (died 1764)
1699: Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist (died 1762)
1684: Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (died 1742)
1684: Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (died 1745)
1683: Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker (died 1753)
1552: Alberico Gentili, Italian-English academic and jurist (died 1608)
1551: Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Grand vizier of emperor Akbar (died 1602)
1507: Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (died 1578)
1507: Luca Longhi, Italian painter (died 1580)
1477: Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (died 1552)
1476: Anne St Leger, Baroness de Ros, English baroness (died 1526)
1451: Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (died 1522)
1273: Joan I of Navarre, queen regnant of Navarre, queen consort of France (died 1305)
1131: Valdemar I of Denmark (died 1182)
83 BC: Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (died 30 BC)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Arthur Blessitt, American Christian preacher (born 1940)
2025: Tony Slattery, British actor, comedian and television personality (born 1959)
2023: Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (born 1933)
2021: Joel Robert, Belgian motorcycle racer (born 1943)
2018: Spanky Manikan, Filipino veteran actor (born 1942)
2018: Cyrille Regis, French Guianan-English footballer (born 1958)
2017: Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (born 1906)
2016: René Angélil, Canadian music producer, talent manager, and singer (born 1942)
2016: Alan Rickman, English actor (born 1946)
2015: Bob Boyd, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)
2015: Zhang Wannian, Chinese general (born 1928)
2014: Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (born 1944)
2014: Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (born 1930)
2014: Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (born 1923)
2013: Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (born 1923)
2012: Txillardegi, Spanish linguist and politician (born 1929)
2012: Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (born 1935)
2012: Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy, youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in 2004 (born 1995)
2012: Giampiero Moretti, Italian entrepreneur and race car driver (born 1940)
2012: Rosy Varte, Armenian-French actress (born 1923)
2011: Georgia Carroll, American singer, model and actress (born 1919)
2010: Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and academic (born 1923)
2009: Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (born 1937)
2009: Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (born 1920)
2008: Judah Folkman, American physician, biologist, and academic (born 1933)
2007: Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, director, and set designer (born 1934)
2006: Henri Colpi, French director and screenwriter (born 1921)
2006: Jim Gary, American sculptor (born 1939)
2006: Shelley Winters, American actress (born 1920)
2005: Charlotte MacLeod, Canadian-American author (born 1922)
2005: Conroy Maddox, English painter and educator (born 1912)
2005: Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (born 1940)
2005: Jesús Rafael Soto, Venezuelan sculptor and painter (born 1923)
2004: Uta Hagen, German-American actress (born 1919)
2004: Ron O'Neal, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1937)
2000: Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator (born 1916)
1997: Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (born 1913)
1996: Onno Tunç, Armenian-Turkish composer (born 1948)
1995: Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (born 1926)
1991: Gordon Bryant, Australian educator and politician (born 1914)
1988: Georgy Malenkov, Russian engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1902)
1987: Turgut Demirağ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
1987: Douglas Sirk, German-Swiss director and screenwriter (born 1900)
1986: Donna Reed, American actress (born 1921)
1984: Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1902)
1981: G. Lloyd Spencer, American lieutenant and politician (born 1893)
1980: Robert Ardrey, American-South African author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1908)
1978: Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (born 1899)
1978: Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher (born 1906)
1978: Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (born 1886)
1978: Blossom Rock, American actress (born 1895)
1977: Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1897)
1977: Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (born 1916)
1977: Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist (born 1903)
1976: Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1922)
1972: Horst Assmy, German footballer (born 1933)
1972: Frederik IX of Denmark (born 1899)
1970: William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic (born 1906)
1970: Asım Gündüz, Turkish general (born 1880)
1968: Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet and author (born 1885)
1966: Sergei Korolev, Ukrainian-Russian engineer and academic (born 1906)
1965: Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (born 1903)
1961: Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (born 1888)
1959: Eivind Berggrav, Norwegian bishop and translator (born 1884)
1957: Humphrey Bogart, American actor (born 1899)
1952: Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1878)
1951: Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (born 1867)
1949: Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (born 1892)
1947: Gustave Mathieu, French illegalist anarchist, suspected of being one of Ravachol's main accomplices (born 1866)
1944: Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (born 1869)
1943: Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (born 1850)
1942: Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (born 1883)
1938: Jaakko Mäki, Finnish politician (born 1878)
1937: Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (born 1889)
1934: Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (born 1863)
1926: August Sedláček, Czech historian and author (born 1843)
1920: John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (born 1864)
1919: Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (born 1869)
1915: Richard Meux Benson, English priest and saint, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (born 1824)
1908: Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (born 1846)
1907: Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Scottish soldier and politician, 6th Governor of New Zealand (born 1832)
1905: Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (born 1840)
1901: Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (born 1843)
1901: Charles Hermite, French mathematician and theorist (born 1822)
1898: Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (born 1832)
1892: Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (born 1864)
1892: Alexander J. Davis, American architect (born 1803)
1889: Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (born 1834)
1888: Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1813)
1883: Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (born 1806)
1874: Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (born 1834)
1867: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (born 1780)
1833: Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk and saint (born 1759)
1825: George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (born 1741)
1823: Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (born 1760)
1786: Michael Arne, English organist and composer (born 1741)
1786: Meshech Weare, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (born 1713)
1776: Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (born 1713)
1766: Frederick V of Denmark (born 1723)
1753: George Berkeley, Anglo-Irish philosopher and author (born 1685)
1701: Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyō (born 1628)
1679: Jacques de Billy, French mathematician and academic (born 1602)
1676: Francesco Cavalli, Italian organist and composer (born 1602)
1648: Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (born 1584)
1640: Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1578)
1555: Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (born 1478)
1476: John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (born 1444)
1465: Thomas Beckington, English statesman and prelate
1331: Odoric of Pordenone, Italian priest and explorer (born 1286)
1301: Andrew III of Hungary (born 1265)
1236: Saint Sava, Serbian archbishop and saint (born 1175)
1163: Ladislaus II of Hungary (born 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
378: Chak Tok Ichʼaak I, ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal

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