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January 15

On This Day in History

January 15

January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 350 days remain until the end of the year (351 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Ontario Lottery launches a new type of instant ticket. The Ontario Lottery (OLG) launched a new type of instant draw game, in which the draw has already been conducted and players must go on the "hunt" to find one of the winning tickets.
2019: N.J. woman wins $2M from gift scratch-off lottery ticket from dad, takes family on vacation. A New Jersey woman who received scratch-off lottery tickets as a gift from her father won big when one turned out to be worth $2 million.
2016: Tennessee couple claims share of $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot. A Tennessee couple that won a share of the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot says they plan to return to their jobs after winning the mammoth prize.
2016: NC Powerball winner in trouble again. The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office has served a misdemeanor criminal summons to North Carolina's $188 million Powerball winner, Marie Holmes.
2016: Arizona Lottery director resigns amid controversy. Arizona Lottery Director Tony Bouie has resigned his post in Gov. Doug Ducey's administration amid controversy and concerns about his management of the department.
2015: MUSL employee arrested in Hot Lotto jackpot mystery. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has made an arrest in the four-year-old case involving a winning Hot Lotto ticket worth more than $16 million which the winner mysteriously decided not to claim.
2014: Woman and son claim Tennessee's first Mega Millions jackpot win. Bettina Still and her son Jonathan have played lottery games together for years and will split the $61 million prize from Tennessee's first Mega Millions jackpot win.
2014: Wyoming Lottery targets June for first ticket sales. The leader of the Wyoming Lottery Corporation says he is confident lottery tickets will go on sale in the state in June.
2013: Multi-state Wild Card game to change. Starting with the Wednesday night drawing, the multi-state Wild Card 2 lottery game will undergo some minor changes that will make the jackpots a little bigger, while making the game a little harder to win.
2013: Millions in lottery winnings go unclaimed each year. It is hard for some to believe, but even as some Americans dream of hitting it big in the Lotto, Powerball, and Mega Millions jackpots, for some it might have happened and whizzed by unnoticed.
2011: Losing NJ Lottery tickets may soon be lucrative. New Jersey Lottery officials plan to soon roll out "Million Dollar Replay," a program that will allow scratch-off holders to enter their losing tickets into a yearly $1 million drawing.
2011: S.C. man facing foreclosure wins lottery. A Pawleys Island, South Carolina, man told lottery officials winning $200,000 this week saved his home from being in foreclosure, according to a news release from the S.C. Education Lottery.
2007: Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $180 million. There were no jackpot winners in the Saturday night Powerball drawing, creating a new jackpot for the Wednesday, January 17th drawing of $180 million, with a cash option of $86 million.
2007: Gang 'used 007-style gadgets' to cheat casinos. A chef who turned high-tech poker cheat with an array of James Bond-style spy equipment to pocket an estimated £250,000 (US$491,000) was jailed for nine months today.
2007: S.C. Lottery will probably offer raffle game again. The S.C. lottery will likely offer its million dollar raffle game again, said Ernie Passailaigue, executive director.
2007: R.I. lottery machine prints invalid tickets. A lottery machine mix-up Thursday resulted in roughly 70 invalid tickets being printed at a Cranston convenience store, the Rhode Island Lottery said Friday.
2007: $17 million in Ohio Lottery scratch prizes unclaimed. Ohioans won $17 million and never bothered to collect their prizes.
2007: N.J. is next state to consider bad election lottery idea. First Arizona, now New Jersey: Two New Jersey Democrats are suggesting that a lottery be held each year on Dec. 31 for a million-dollar prize to be awarded to a registered voter who cast a ballot that year in a primary or general election.
2004: Lotto tickets only good one time around. An apparent gold mine found in the convenience store trash was too good to be true.
2004: Lottery Loser Pleads No Contest in Mega Case. The woman who claimed she lost a winning $162 million Mega Millions lottery ticket pleaded no contest Thursday to lying on a police report.
2004: One winner takes $35 million New York Lotto jackpot. One ticket matched all six numbers in Wednesday's New York Lotto drawing to win a jackpot of $35 million.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $37 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $37 million, with a cash option of $20.3 million.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $35 million. The Mega Millions jackpot grew to $35 million Wednesday after none of the tickets sold for Tuesday's drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball.
2004: Alabama may revisit lottery this year. State Sen. Pro Tem Lowell Barron expects the lottery to return to Alabama this year as an option to deal with the state's continuing budget crisis.
2004: Kansas Lottery joins Amber Alert. The Kansas Lottery announced Wednesday that it joined the Kansas Amber Alert program, which helps locate missing and abducted children.
2004: Tenn. lottery officials show off security measures for tickets. Before you start scratching a Tennessee lottery ticket, know there are security measures ensuring your ticket is valid.
2004: Tenn. merchants worry training for lottery machines insufficient. Lottery tickets go on sale in Tennessee in five days, and several merchants are concerned the Tennessee lottery board is doing too little to teach retailers how to use the ticket-generating equipment.

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.$416.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2023
4.€350.44 Million US$378.69 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 17, 2023
5.$347 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 18, 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.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2024
9.$194 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 17, 2015
10.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 17, 2007
11.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 17, 2009
12.€140.59 Million
US$160.47 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2022
13.€125 Million
US$151.19 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 20, 2006
14.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 17, 2017
15.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 18, 2017
16.€120 Million
US$130.58 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2024
17.$130 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 18, 2005
18.$112 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2019
19.€92.52 Million
US$111.72 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2021
20.€100 Million
US$110.25 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 17, 2020
21.€90 Million
US$108.91 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2021
22.€85.46 Million
US$104.69 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2018
23.€90.97 Million
US$103.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2019
24.$103 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 17, 2020
25.€88 Million
US$95.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 16, 2024

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1993: Inner G
Friday, Jan 15, 1993
31 years old
1990: Cash3Addict
Monday, Jan 15, 1990
34 years old
1989: bangs45
Sunday, Jan 15, 1989
35 years old
1983: Tupacalive247
Saturday, Jan 15, 1983
41 years old
1982: Shante M
Friday, Jan 15, 1982
42 years old
1974: Mr collect
Tuesday, Jan 15, 1974
50 years old
1972: Igbinomwanhia
Saturday, Jan 15, 1972
52 years old
1970: hcrnab
Thursday, Jan 15, 1970
54 years old
1966: taxijohn
Saturday, Jan 15, 1966
58 years old
1966: Crisco
Saturday, Jan 15, 1966
58 years old
1966: HAL 9000
Saturday, Jan 15, 1966
58 years old
1964: ALEXANDER FERGU
Wednesday, Jan 15, 1964
60 years old
1961: Cruzo117
Sunday, Jan 15, 1961
63 years old
1959: MIA-JEWEL
Thursday, Jan 15, 1959
65 years old
1958: donna
Wednesday, Jan 15, 1958
66 years old
1954: keke1954
Friday, Jan 15, 1954
70 years old
1946: silentwinner
Tuesday, Jan 15, 1946
78 years old
: LuckyGa3
(year not provided)
: RoverGirl77
(year not provided)
: mrsinful
(year not provided)
: Kimbabrt
(year not provided)
: LUEGINA
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes near Pokhara International Airport, killing all 72 people on board.
2022: The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts, cutting off communications with Tonga and causing a tsunami across the Pacific.
2021: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sulawesi island killing at least 105 and injuring 3,369 people.
2020: The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Japan.
2019: Somali militants attack the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19.
2019: Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230.
2018: British multinational construction and facilities management services company Carillion went into liquidation - officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK"
2016: The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.
2015: The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets.
2013: A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others.
2009: US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued.
2005: ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
2001: Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, is launched.
1991: The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
1991: Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
1981: Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from the Polish trade union Solidarity at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
1977: Linjeflyg Flight 618 crashes in Kälvesta near Stockholm Bromma Airport in Stockholm, Sweden, killing 22 people.
1976: Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
1975: The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
1973: Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
1970: Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
1970: Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
1969: The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
1967: The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.
1966: The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
1962: The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
1962: Netherlands New Guinea Conflict: Indonesian Navy fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore Yos Sudarso sunk in Arafura Sea by the Dutch Navy.
1949: Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist government.
1947: The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
1943: World War II: The Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh begins.
1943: The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington County, Virginia.
1937: Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republicans both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
1936: The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
1934: The 8.0 M_w Nepal-Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000-10,700 people.
1919: Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent communists in Germany, are clubbed and then shot to death by members of the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
1919: Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
1911: Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
1910: Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 99 m (325 ft).
1908: The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
1892: James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
1889: The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
1876: The first newspaper in Afrikaans, Die Afrikaanse Patriot, is published in Paarl.
1870: A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
1867: Forty people die when ice covering the boating lake at Regent's Park, London, collapses.
1865: American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
1822: Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
1818: A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
1815: War of 1812: American frigate USS President, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
1782: Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
1777: American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declares its independence.
1759: The British Museum opens to the public.
1582: Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1559: Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England and Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London.
1541: King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
69: Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.

Births On This Day

2004: Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter
2000: Triston Casas, American baseball player
1998: Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast
1996: Dove Cameron, American actress and singer
1996: Deebo Samuel, American football player
1993: Kadeem Allen, American basketball player
1992: Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer
1991: Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer
1991: Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer
1991: Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper
1991: James Mitchell, Australian basketball player
1990: Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer
1989: Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1989: Nicole Ross, American Olympic foil fencer
1988: Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer
1988: Skrillex, American DJ and producer
1987: Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player
1987: Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian runner
1987: David Knight, English footballer
1987: Kelleigh Ryan, Canadian fencer
1986: Fred Davis, American football player
1985: René Adler, German footballer
1985: Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player
1985: Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
1984: Ben Shapiro, American author and commentator
1983: Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
1982: Francis Zé, Cameroonian footballer
1981: Pitbull, American rapper and producer
1981: Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower
1981: Vanessa Henke, German tennis player
1980: Matt Holliday, American baseball player
1979: Drew Brees, American football player
1979: Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer
1979: Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
1978: Eddie Cahill, American actor
1978: Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
1978: Ryan Sidebottom, English cricketer
1976: Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player and sportscaster
1976: Iryna Lishchynska, Ukrainian runner
1976: Scott Murray, Scottish rugby player
1976: Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer and manager
1975: Mary Pierce, Canadian-American tennis player and coach
1974: Séverine Deneulin, international development academic
1973: Essam El Hadary, Egyptian footballer
1972: Shelia Burrell, American heptathlete
1972: Christos Kostis, Greek footballer
1972: Claudia Winkleman, English journalist and critic
1971: Regina King, American actress
1970: Shane McMahon, American wrestler and businessman
1969: Delino DeShields, American baseball player and manager
1968: Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer
1967: Ted Tryba, American golfer
1965: Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
1965: Bernard Hopkins, American boxer and coach
1965: James Nesbitt, Northern Irish actor
1964: Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
1961: Serhiy N. Morozov, Ukrainian footballer and coach
1961: Yves Pelletier, Canadian actor and director
1959: Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league player
1959: Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (d. 2008)
1958: Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2016)
1958: Boris Tadić, Serbian psychologist and politician, 16th President of Serbia
1957: David Ige, American politician
1957: Marty Lyons, American football player and sportscaster
1957: Andrew Tyrie, English journalist and politician
1957: Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-American actor and director
1956: Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect
1956: Mayawati, Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
1956: Marc Trestman, American football player and coach
1955: Nigel Benson, English author and illustrator
1955: Andreas Gursky, German photographer
1955: Khalid Islambouli, Egyptian lieutenant (d. 1982)
1954: Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter
1953: Randy White, American football player
1952: Boris Blank, Swiss singer-songwriter
1952: Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer
1952: Muhammad Wakkas, Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (d. 2021)
1950: Marius Trésor, French footballer and coach
1949: Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2001)
1949: Alasdair Liddell, English businessman (d. 2012)
1949: Ian Stewart, Scottish runner
1949: Howard Twitty, American golfer
1948: Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (d. 1977)
1947: Mary Hogg, English lawyer and judge
1947: Andrea Martin, American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter
1946: Charles Brown, American actor (d. 2004)
1945: Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (d. 2015)
1945: Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (d. 1993)
1945: William R. Higgins, American colonel (d. 1990)
1945: Princess Michael of Kent
1945: David Pleat, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1944: Jenny Nimmo, English author
1943: George Ambrum, Australian rugby league player (d. 1986)
1943: Margaret Beckett, English metallurgist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1943: Stuart E. Eizenstat, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the European Union
1943: Mike Marshall, American baseball player (d. 2021)
1942: Frank Joseph Polozola, American academic and judge (d. 2013)
1941: Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (d. 2010)
1939: Per Ahlmark, Swedish journalist and politician, first Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 2018)
1939: Tony Bullimore, British sailor (d. 2018)
1938: Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
1938: Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler
1938: Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer (d. 2020)
1937: Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer
1934: V. S. Ramadevi, Indian civil servant and politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (d. 2013)
1933: Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host (d. 2020)
1933: Ernest J. Gaines, American author and academic (d. 2019)
1933: Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic (d. 2022)
1932: Lou Jones, American sprinter (d. 2006)
1931: Lee Bontecou, American painter and sculptor (d. 2022)
1930: Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (d. 1985)
1929: Earl Hooker, American guitarist (d. 1970)
1929: Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1928: W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (d. 2015)
1927: Phyllis Coates, American actress (d. 2023)
1926: Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (d. 2005)
1925: Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer
1925: Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor (d. 2023)
1924: George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 2013)
1923: Ivor Cutler, Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet (d. 2006)
1923: Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese economist and politician, fourth President of the Republic of China (d. 2020)
1922: Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (d. 1996)
1922: Eric Willis, Australian sergeant and politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1999)
1921: Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, eighth Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2007)
1921: Frank Thornton, English actor (d. 2013)
1920: Bob Davies, American basketball player and coach (d. 1990)
1920: Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1920: John O'Connor, American cardinal (d. 2000)
1919: Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (d. 2012)
1919: George Cadle Price, Belizean politician, first Prime Minister of Belize (d. 2011)
1918: João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (d. 1999)
1918: Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007)
1918: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, second President of Egypt (d. 1970)
1917: K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994)
1914: Stefan Bałuk, Polish general (d. 2014)
1914: Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (d. 2003)
1913: Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (d. 2002)
1913: Lloyd Bridges, American actor (d. 1998)
1913: Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2005)
1913: Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963)
1912: Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1996)
1909: Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer (d. 1939)
1909: Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (d. 1973)
1908: Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (d. 2003)
1907: Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier (d. 1940)
1903: Paul A. Dever, American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
1902: Nâzım Hikmet, Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1963)
1902: Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
1896: Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress (d. 1982)
1895: Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1893: Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1951)
1891: Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)
1890: Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
1885: Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author (d. 1973)
1885: Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1882: Henry Burr, Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (d. 1941)
1882: Princess Margaret of Connaught (d. 1920)
1879: Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (d. 1961)
1878: Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (d. 1941)
1877: Lewis Terman, American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1956)
1875: Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and journalist (d. 1929)
1872: Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (d. 1944)
1870: Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1954)
1869: Ruby Laffoon, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 1941)
1869: Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish poet, playwright, and painter (d. 1907)
1866: Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
1863: Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
1859: Archibald Peake, English-Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia (d. 1920)
1858: Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (d. 1899)
1855: Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and actor (d. 1889)
1850: Leonard Darwin, English soldier, eugenicist, and politician (d. 1943)
1850: Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1889)
1850: Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)
1842: Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (d. 1925)
1842: Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (d. 1909)
1841: Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, English captain and politician, sixth Governor General of Canada (d. 1908)
1834: Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (d. 1911)
1815: William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, third President of the Church of Jesus Christ (d. 1905)
1812: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (d. 1885)
1809: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician (d. 1865)
1803: Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author (d. 1811)
1795: Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet (d. 1829)
1791: Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1872)
1754: Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1834)
1747: John Aikin, English surgeon and author (d. 1822)
1716: Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (d. 1778)
1671: Abraham de la Pryme, English archaeologist and historian (d. 1704)
1623: Algernon Sidney, British philosopher (probable) (d. 1683)
1622: Molière, French actor and playwright (d. 1673)
1595: Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician (d. 1661)
1538: Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
1481: Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shōgun (d. 1511)
1462: Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1528)
1432: Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Alexa McDonough, first female politician to lead a major provincial political party in Canada, former leader of the federal New Democratic Party. (b. 1944)
2020: Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944)
2020: Lloyd Cowan, British athlete and coach (b. 1962)
2019: Carol Channing, American actress (b. 1921)
2019: Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (b. 1936)
2018: Dolores O'Riordan, Irish pop singer (b. 1971)
2017: Jimmy Snuka, Fijian professional wrestler (b. 1943)
2016: Francisco X. Alarcón, American poet and educator (b. 1954)
2016: Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958)
2016: Manuel Velázquez, Spanish footballer (b. 1943)
2015: Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (b. 1919)
2015: Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1939)
2015: Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (b. 1927)
2014: Curtis Bray, American football player and coach (b. 1970)
2014: John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author (b. 1915)
2014: Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944)
2013: Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2013: John Thomas, American high jumper (b. 1941)
2012: Ed Derwinski, American soldier and politician, first United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (b. 1926)
2012: Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish lawyer and politician, third President of the Xunta of Galicia (b. 1922)
2012: Carlo Fruttero, Italian journalist and author (b. 1926)
2012: Samuel Jaskilka, American general (b. 1919)
2012: Ib Spang Olsen, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1921)
2012: Hulett C. Smith, American lieutenant and politician, 27th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1918)
2011: Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2011: Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, French soldier, race car driver, and businessman (b. 1908)
2011: Susannah York, English actress and activist (b. 1939)
2009: Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
2008: Robert V. Bruce, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2008: Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)
2007: Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi lawyer and judge (b. 1945)
2007: Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi intelligence officer (b. 1951)
2007: James Hillier, Canadian-American computer scientist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (b. 1915)
2007: Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino educator and diplomat (b. 1905)
2007: Bo Yibo, Chinese commander and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1908)
2006: Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1926)
2005: Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1923)
2005: Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
2005: Elizabeth Janeway, American author and critic (b. 1913)
2005: Ruth Warrick, American actress (b. 1916)
2004: Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949)
2003: Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
2002: Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
2002: Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (b. 1913)
2001: Leo Marks, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2000: Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
1999: Betty Box, English film producer (b. 1915)
1998: Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India (b. 1898)
1998: Junior Wells, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1934)
1996: Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (b. 1922)
1996: Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. 1938)
1994: Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (b. 1921)
1994: Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1994: Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (b. 1916)
1993: Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1990: Gordon Jackson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1923)
1990: Peggy van Praagh, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1910)
1988: Seán MacBride, Irish republican activist and politician, Minister for External Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1987: Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
1984: Fazıl Küçük, Cypriot journalist and politician (b. 1906)
1983: Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (b. 1898)
1983: Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (b. 1907)
1982: Red Smith, American journalist (b. 1905)
1981: Graham Whitehead, English race car driver (b. 1922)
1974: Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
1973: Coleman Francis, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
1973: Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1901)
1972: Daisy Ashford, English author (b. 1881)
1970: Frank Clement, English race car driver (b. 1886)
1970: William T. Piper, American engineer and businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (b. 1881)
1968: Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938)
1967: David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)
1964: Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)
1959: Regina Margareten, Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863)
1955: Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (b. 1900)
1952: Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)
1951: Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (b. 1868)
1951: Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)
1950: Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)
1948: Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862)
1945: Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
1939: Kullervo Manner, Finnish Speaker of the Parliament, the Prime Minister of the FSWR and the Supreme Commander of the Red Guards (b. 1880)
1937: Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
1936: Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, seventh Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
1929: George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
1926: Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
1919: Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
1919: Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
1916: Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
1909: Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
1905: George Thorn, Australian politician, sixth Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
1896: Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
1893: Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
1880: Carl Georg von Wächter, German jurist (b. 1797)
1876: Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
1866: Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
1864: Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
1855: Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
1815: Emma, Lady Hamilton, English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
1813: Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
1804: Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
1790: John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
1783: Lord Stirling, American Revolutionary War Major General (b. 1726)
1775: Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
1683: Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
1672: John Cosin, English bishop and academic (b. 1594)
1623: Paolo Sarpi, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552)
1584: Martha Leijonhufvud, Swedish noblewoman (b. 1520)
1569: Catherine Carey, lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England (b. 1524)
1568: Nicolaus Olahus, Romanian archbishop (b. 1493)
1477: Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, German countess (b. 1449)
1149: Berengaria of Barcelona, queen consort of Castile (b. 1116)
950: Wang Jingchong, Chinese general
936: Rudolph of France (b. 880)
849: Theophylact, Byzantine emperor (b. 793)
570: Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun and saint (b. 475)
378: Chak Tok Ich'aak I, Mayan ruler
69: Galba, Roman emperor (b. 3 BC)

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