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January 18

On This Day in History

January 18

January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 347 days remain until the end of the year (348 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Mississippi Lottery passes $2 billion in gross sales. Since the first tickets were sold in November 2019, the Mississippi Lottery has passed $2 billion in gross sales.
2023: Memory lapse wins Michigan man two $110,000 Fantasy 5 lottery prizes. A Michigan man won two $110,000 Fantasy 5 Double Play prizes and is crediting himself for playing it safe.
2021: Alabama residents cross state lines in droves to play lottery as jackpots soar. The jackpots for multi-state games Mega Millions and Powerball are at record highs this week, and Alabama residents are doing all they can to join in on the fun while they wait endlessly for an approval of a state-run lottery of their own.
2019: Iowa lottery player wins $1 but is treated like millionaire. Tyler Heep was not a big winner, but he still wanted the big check.
2018: Michigan Lottery's gamble on new website doesn't pay off on first try. The Michigan Lottery launched a refreshed website Wednesday morning, but it didn't go as planned.
2016: Multi-state Wild Card 2 game ending in February. Wild Card 2, a multi-state lottery game currently offered in four states, is ending with the Feb. 24 drawing.
2016: Powerball renews interest in Mississippi state lottery. By all accounts, Mississippians by droves participated in the $1.6 billion Powerball lottery that was awarded this past week, but the state of Mississippi did not participate, renewing interest in starting a state lottery.
2015: $270 million Mega Millions jackpot won in Illinois. An Illinois lottery player won the first jackpot of 2015, worth an estimated $270 million in a Mega Millions drawing Friday.
2013: Kansas couple claims $9.43M Hot Lotto jackpot. A couple in their 40s from Kansas City, Kansas, say they both like their jobs and will continue to work, even though they are the winners of a $9.43 million Hot Lotto jackpot.
2010: Arkansas Powerball lottery winner in no rush to claim jackpot. Work might not be the top priority for someone who's just won the lottery, but financial experts say deciding what to do with a multimillion-dollar prize is a job in itself.
2008: Employee lottery pool wins on first ticket. Talk about instant gratification -- the first time the 23 people on the night shift at the Sherwin-Williams plant in Andover, Kansas, decided to pool money and buy Powerball tickets, the first ticket they bought proved to be a winner.
2008: Lottery ticket worth $200,000 expired. The holder of a winning Powerball ticket sold in Dakota County, Minnesota, last year has missed the opportunity to cash in. The winner had until 5 p.m. Thursday to claim the $200,000 prize they won by matching the five white balls drawn on Jan. 17, 2007.
2008: Winner of New York's biggest lottery jackpot sold himself the ticket. The winner of New York's biggest scratch-off lottery jackpot won't have to go out of his way if he wants to thank the person who sold him the lucky ticket. Waleed Alsaidi bought it from his family's Harlem deli while working alone there on New Year's Eve.
2008: Judge rules thief keeps lottery jackpot. The Massachusetts bank robber accused of violating his probation by scratching and winning a $1 million lottery ticket will keep his windfall and will not face jail time as a result of a court hearing this morning in Barnstable.
2007: Powerball lottery jackpot largest in 9 months. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in the Wednesday Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $205 million, with a cash option of $98.3 million.
2005: Misssissippi lottery proposals filed. Among hundreds of proposals filed in Mississippi by lawmakers hoping to beat the midnight filing deadline were two separate bills to create a state lottery.
2005: Ex-cop told to lie to claim Illinois Lottery prize. Ron Smith was surprised and amazed when an Illinois Lottery staffer asked him if he wanted to claim a lottery prize on a wink-and-nod basis, even though his position has rules against claiming lottery prizes.
2005: The NC lottery debate continues. North Carolina Governor Mike Easley's support for a lottery is backed in varying degrees among local legislators from his own party and from Republicans who support a voter referendum on a lottery because they say it's favored by a majority of their constituents.
2005: Lottery yields $6, new heart for Missouri man. A timely winning lottery ticket was a harbinger for a sick man's new heart.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$865 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 19, 2021
2.$731.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 20, 2021
3.$441.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 18, 2023
4.€351.95 Million US$380.88 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 19, 2023
5.$347 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 18, 2022
6.$321 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 18, 2020
7.$236 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 19, 2024
8.$208 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 21, 2015
9.$205 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 20, 2007
10.$162 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 20, 2017
11.€141.8 Million
US$160.98 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 18, 2022
12.€125 Million
US$151.19 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 20, 2006
13.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 18, 2017
14.$130 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 18, 2005
15.$129 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 19, 2019
16.$123.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 20, 2024
17.$116 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 21, 2020
18.€93.65 Million
US$113.57 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 19, 2021
19.$113 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 18, 2014
20.€93.16 Million
US$105.88 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 19, 2019
21.€86.47 Million
US$105.78 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 18, 2018
22.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 19, 2013
23.€89 Million
US$97.01 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 19, 2016
24.$96 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 19, 2011
25.€74 Million
US$90.58 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 19, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: Calieha
Monday, Jan 18, 1988
36 years old
1988: lilgick88
Monday, Jan 18, 1988
36 years old
1984: BrandiMaria
Wednesday, Jan 18, 1984
40 years old
1981: Only1Stallion
Sunday, Jan 18, 1981
43 years old
1979: raelle033
Thursday, Jan 18, 1979
45 years old
1975: nova1972
Saturday, Jan 18, 1975
49 years old
1975: peteroutten
Saturday, Jan 18, 1975
49 years old
1974: NUNZIO372
Friday, Jan 18, 1974
50 years old
1972: ashleyaddams
Tuesday, Jan 18, 1972
52 years old
1970: Cold18
Sunday, Jan 18, 1970
54 years old
1969: sexy39black
Saturday, Jan 18, 1969
55 years old
1967: megagrl
Wednesday, Jan 18, 1967
57 years old
1961: kidjoe
Wednesday, Jan 18, 1961
63 years old
1959: bigred99
Sunday, Jan 18, 1959
65 years old
1959: Jflyref
Sunday, Jan 18, 1959
65 years old
1958: Luckyboy
Saturday, Jan 18, 1958
66 years old
: ianandari
(year not provided)
: NM1947
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.
2019: An oil pipeline explosion near Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, kills 137 people.
2018: A bus catches fire on the Samara-Shymkent road in Yrgyz District, Aktobe, Kazakhstan. The fire kills 52 passengers, with three passengers and two drivers escaping.
2008: The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2007: The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
2005: The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
2003: A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
2002: The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
1993: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.
1990: Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
1988: China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 crashes near Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, killing all 98 passengers and 10 crew members.
1986: An Aerovías Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes on approach to Mundo Maya International Airport in Flores, Petén, Guatemala, killing all 94 people on board.
1983: The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
1981: Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
1978: The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
1977: Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
1977: Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney, killing 83.
1977: SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1976: Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
1974: A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
1972: Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, a month after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army.
1969: United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
1967: Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
1960: Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
1958: Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
1945: World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.
1943: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
1941: World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
1919: World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
1919: Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
1915: Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
1913: First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
1911: Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
1896: An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
1886: Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
1871: Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
1866: Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
1806: Jan Willem Janssens surrenders the Dutch Cape Colony to the British.
1788: The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
1778: James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
1701: Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
1670: Henry Morgan captures Panama.
1586: The magnitude 7.9 Tenshō earthquake strikes Honshu, Japan, killing 8,000 people and triggering a tsunami.
1562: Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
1486: King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
1126: Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
532: Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
474: Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.

Births On This Day

2002: Anastasia Zakharova, Russian tennis player
1999: Tee Higgins, American football player
1999: Mateus Ward, American actor
1998: Aitana Bonmatí, Spanish footballer
1995: Bryce Alford, American basketball player
1995: Leonard Fournette, American football player
1994: Max Fried, American baseball player
1994: Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer
1994: Ilona Kremen, Belarusian tennis player
1993: Sean Keenan, Australian actor
1992: Francesco Bardi, Italian footballer
1991: Diego Simões, Brazilian footballer
1991: DougDoug, American YouTuber
1990: Nacho, Spanish footballer
1990: Hayle Ibrahimov, Ethiopian-Azerbaijani runner
1990: Brett Lawrie, Canadian baseball player
1990: Gift Ngoepe, South African baseball player
1990: Zeeko Zaki, Egyptian-born American actor
1989: Rubén Miño, Spanish footballer
1989: Michael Pineda, Dominican baseball player
1988: Ronnie Day, American singer-songwriter
1988: Angelique Kerber, German tennis player
1988: Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer
1988: Ashleigh Murray, American actress and singer
1988: Boy van Poppel, Dutch cyclist
1987: Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer
1987: Christopher Liebig, German rugby player
1987: Grigoris Makos, Greek footballer
1986: Marya Roxx, Estonian-American singer-songwriter
1986: Ikusaburo Yamazaki, Japanese actor and singer
1986: Eugene Lee Yang, Korean-American actor, filmmaker, and activist
1985: Dale Begg-Smith, Canadian-Australian skier
1985: Mark Briscoe, American wrestler
1985: Riccardo Montolivo, Italian footballer
1985: Hyun Woo, South Korean actor
1984: Kristy Lee Cook, American singer-songwriter
1984: Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer
1984: Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer
1984: Michael Kearney, American biochemist and academic
1984: Seung-Hui Cho, South Korean student who perpetrated the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech (d. 2007)
1984: Benji Schwimmer, American dancer and choreographer
1984: Viktoria Shklover, Estonian figure skater
1983: Amir Blumenfeld, Israeli-American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
1983: Samantha Mumba, Irish singer-songwriter and actress
1982: Quinn Allman, American guitarist and producer
1982: Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, Kenyan runner
1981: Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
1981: Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
1981: Kang Dong-won, South Korean actor
1980: Estelle, English singer-songwriter and producer
1980: Robert Green, English footballer
1980: Kert Haavistu, Estonian footballer and manager
1980: Julius Peppers, American football player
1980: Jason Segel, American actor and screenwriter
1979: Ruslan Fedotenko, Ukrainian ice hockey player
1979: Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
1979: Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
1979: Kenyatta Jones, American football player (d. 2018)
1979: Wandy Rodriguez, Dominican baseball player
1978: Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
1978: Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist
1978: Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer
1977: Richard Archer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player
1976: Marcelo Gallardo, Argentinian footballer and coach
1976: Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Derek Richardson, American actor
1974: Christian Burns, English singer-songwriter
1973: Burnie Burns, American actor, director, and producer, co-founded Rooster Teeth Productions
1973: Luke Goodwin, Australian rugby league player and coach
1973: Benjamin Jealous, American civic leader and activist
1973: Joe Kehoskie, American baseball executive
1973: Anthony Koutoufides, Australian footballer
1973: Crispian Mills, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director
1973: Rolando Schiavi, Argentinian footballer and coach
1972: Vinod Kambli, Indian cricketer, sportscaster, and actor
1972: Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
1972: Kjersti Plätzer, Norwegian race walker
1971: Amy Barger, American astronomer
1971: Jonathan Davis, American singer-songwriter
1971: Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
1971: Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer and manager
1971: Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (d. 2019)
1970: Peter Van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
1969: Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
1969: Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
1969: Jim O'Rourke, American guitarist and producer
1967: Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2014)
1967: Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
1966: Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player and author
1966: Kazufumi Miyazawa, Japanese singer
1966: André Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver
1964: Brady Anderson, American baseball player
1964: Richard Dunwoody, Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster
1964: Virgil Hill, American boxer
1964: Jane Horrocks, English actress and singer
1963: Maxime Bernier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
1963: Ian Crook, English footballer and manager
1963: Carl McCoy, English singer-songwriter
1963: Martin O'Malley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 61st Governor of Maryland
1962: Alison Arngrim, Canadian-American actress
1961: Peter Beardsley, English footballer and manager
1961: Bob Hansen, American basketball player and sportscaster
1961: Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1961: Jeff Yagher, American actor and sculptor
1960: Mark Rylance, English actor, director, and playwright
1956: Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton, English banker and politician
1955: Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer
1953: B. K. Misra, Indian neurosurgeon
1953: Peter Moon, Australian comedian and actor
1953: Brett Hudson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1952: Michael Behe, American biochemist, author, and academic
1952: R. Stevie Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and activist (d. 1982)
1951: Bob Latchford, English footballer
1950: Gianfranco Brancatelli, Italian race car driver
1950: Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982)
1949: Bill Keller, American journalist
1949: Philippe Starck, French interior designer
1947: Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player and journalist (d. 2018)
1947: Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
1946: Perro Aguayo, Mexican wrestler (d. 2019)
1946: Joseph Deiss, Swiss economist and politician, 156th President of the Swiss Confederation
1946: Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (d. 2013)
1945: Rocco Forte, English businessman and philanthropist
1944: Paul Keating, Australian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
1944: Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1944: Kei Ogura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
1944: Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria
1943: Paul Freeman, English actor
1943: Kay Granger, American educator and politician
1943: Dave Greenslade, English keyboard player and composer
1943: Charlie Wilson, American businessman and politician (d. 2013)
1941: Denise Bombardier, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2023)
1941: Bobby Goldsboro, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1941: David Ruffin, American singer (d. 1991)
1940: Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican race car driver (d. 1971)
1938: Curt Flood, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
1938: Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic
1938: Werner Olk, German footballer and manager
1938: Hargus "Pig" Robbins, American Country Music Hall of Fame session keyboard and piano player (d. 2022)
1937: John Hume, Northern Irish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
1936: David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1935: Albert Millaire, Canadian actor and director (d. 2018)
1935: Jon Stallworthy, English poet, critic, and academic (d. 2014)
1935: Gad Yaacobi, Israeli academic and diplomat, 10th Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2007)
1934: Raymond Briggs, English author and illustrator (d. 2022)
1933: Emeka Anyaoku, Nigerian politician, 8th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1933: David Bellamy, English botanist, author and academic (d. 2019)
1933: John Boorman, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1933: Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (d. 2013)
1933: William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, English lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
1933: Frank McMullen, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2004)
1933: Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (d. 2017)
1932: Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2007)
1931: Chun Doo-hwan, South Korean general and politician, 5th President of South Korea (d. 2021)
1928: Alexander Gomelsky, Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach (d. 2005)
1927: S. Balachander, Indian actor, singer, and veena player (d. 1990)
1926: Randolph Bromery, American geologist and academic (d. 2013)
1925: Gilles Deleuze, French metaphysician and philosopher (d. 1995)
1925: John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (d. 2014)
1925: Sol Yurick, American soldier and author (d. 2013)
1923: John Graham, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Wales (d. 2012)
1923: Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist (d. 2015)
1921: Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1919: Toni Turek, German footballer (d. 1984)
1918: Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator (d. 1996)
1917: Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
1917: Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese-American businessman (d. 2008)
1915: Syl Apps, Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician (d. 1998)
1915: Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician (d. 2012)
1915: Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1984)
1914: Arno Schmidt, German author and translator (d. 1979)
1914: Vitomil Zupan, Slovene author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
1913: Carroll Cloar, American artist (d. 1993)
1913: Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer (d. 1972)
1911: José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (d. 1969)
1911: Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)
1910: Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist and academic (d. 1993)
1908: Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, historian, and television host (d. 1974)
1907: János Ferencsik, Hungarian conductor (d. 1984)
1905: Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss (d. 2002)
1904: Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer (d. 2006)
1904: Cary Grant, English-American actor (d. 1986)
1903: Berthold Goldschmidt, German pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1901: Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973)
1898: Albert Kivikas, Estonian journalist and author (d. 1978)
1896: C. M. Eddy Jr., American author (d. 1967)
1896: Ville Ritola, Finnish-American runner (d. 1982)
1894: Toots Mondt, American wrestler and promoter (d. 1976)
1893: Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet, critic, and academic (d. 1984)
1892: Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian (d. 1957)
1892: Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach (d. 1957)
1892: Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (d. 1956)
1888: Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot (d. 1989)
1886: Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator (d. 1962)
1882: A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)
1881: Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (d. 1975)
1880: Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1933)
1880: Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (d. 1954)
1879: Henri Giraud, French general and politician (d. 1949)
1877: Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company (d. 1961)
1868: Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)
1867: Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (d. 1916)
1856: Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon and cardiologist (d. 1931)
1854: Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (d. 1934)
1850: Seth Low, American academic and politician, 92nd Mayor of New York City (d. 1916)
1849: Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
1848: Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (d. 1925)
1843: Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African farmer, soldier, and gun-maker (d. 1900)
1842: A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911)
1841: Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (d. 1894)
1840: Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and author (d. 1921)
1835: César Cui, Russian general, composer, and critic (d. 1918)
1815: Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar (d. 1874)
1793: Pratap Singh Bhosle, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (d. 1847)
1782: Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (d. 1852)
1779: Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian (d. 1869)
1764: Samuel Whitbread, English politician (d. 1815)
1752: John Nash, English architect (d. 1835)
1751: Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1831)
1743: Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher (d. 1803)
1734: Caspar Friedrich Wolff, German physiologist and embryologist (d. 1794)
1701: Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist (d. 1785)
1689: Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (d. 1755)
1688: Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)
1672: Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (d. 1731)
1659: Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher and theologian (d. 1708)
1641: François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, Secretary of State for War (d. 1691)
1540: Catherine, Duchess of Braganza (d. 1614)
1519: Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary (d. 1559)
1457: Antonio Trivulzio, seniore, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1508)
1404: Sir Philip Courtenay, English noble (d. 1463)

Deaths On This Day

2023: David Crosby, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2022: Francisco Gento, Spanish football player (b. 1933)
2022: Yvette Mimieux, American actress (b. 1942)
2022: André Leon Talley, American fashion journalist (b. 1948)
2019: John Coughlin, American figure skater (b. 1985)
2017: Peter Abrahams, South African-Jamaican writer (b. 1919)
2017: David P. Buckson, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Delaware (b. 1920)
2017: Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1939)
2017: Roberta Peters, American coloratura soprano (b. 1930)
2016: Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
2016: Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1948)
2016: T. S. Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore (b. 1930)
2016: Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (b. 1924)
2015: Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer and prosecutor (b. 1963)
2015: Christine Valmy, Romanian cosmetologist and author (b. 1926)
2015: Piet van der Sanden, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1924)
2015: Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (b. 1933)
2014: Kathryn Abbe, American photographer and author (b. 1919)
2014: Michael Botmang, Nigerian politician, 17th Governor of Plateau State (b. 1938)
2014: Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
2014: Andy Graver, English footballer (b. 1927)
2014: Sarah Marshall, English actress (b. 1933)
2014: Eugenio Cruz Vargas, Chilean poet and painter (b. 1923)
2013: Sean Fallon, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
2013: Jim Horning, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1942)
2013: Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (b. 1989)
2013: Lewis Marnell, Australian skateboarder (b. 1982)
2013: Ron Nachman, Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
2012: Anthony Gonsalves, Indian composer and educator (b. 1927)
2012: Georg Lassen, German captain (b. 1915)
2012: Yuri Rasovsky, American playwright and producer, founded The National Radio Theater of Chicago (b. 1944)
2011: Sargent Shriver, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to France (b. 1915)
2010: Kate McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
2010: Robert B. Parker, American author and academic (b. 1932)
2009: Tony Hart, English painter and television host (b. 1925)
2009: Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (b. 1931)
2009: Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
2009: Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet and author (b. 1935)
2008: Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
2008: Frank Lewin, American composer and theorist (b. 1925)
2008: Lois Nettleton, American actress (b. 1927)
2008: John Stroger, American politician (b. 1929)
2007: Brent Liles, American bass player (b. 1963)
2006: Jan Twardowski, Polish priest and poet (b. 1915)
2005: Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (b. 1973)
2004: Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (b. 1935)
2003: Ed Farhat, American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924)
2003: Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (b. 1907)
2001: Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939)
2000: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)
1998: Dan Georgiadis, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1922)
1997: Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
1996: N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1923)
1995: Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1995: Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)
1993: Dionysios Zakythinos, Greek historian, academic, and politician (b. 1905)
1990: Melanie Appleby, English singer (b. 1966)
1990: Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947)
1989: Bruce Chatwin, English-French author (b. 1940)
1984: Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902)
1984: Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1915)
1980: Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904)
1978: Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919)
1975: Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
1973: Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (b. 1924)
1971: Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (b. 1914)
1970: David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873)
1969: Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887)
1967: Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921)
1966: Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (b. 1880)
1963: Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)
1956: Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
1956: Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
1955: Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1954: Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
1952: Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
1951: Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
1940: Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
1936: Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
1936: Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1934: Joseph Devlin, Northern Irish political leader (Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) (b. 1871)
1923: Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
1896: Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
1892: Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
1886: Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
1878: Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
1873: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
1862: John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
1849: Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
1803: Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (b. 1743)
1783: Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (b. 1699)
1756: Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682)
1677: Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
1589: Magnus Heinason, Faroese naval hero (b. 1545)
1586: Margaret of Parma (b. 1522)
1547: Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal and scholar (b. 1470)
1479: Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1417)
1471: Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)
1451: Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen (1442-1451) (b. 1414)
1425: Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)
1411: Jobst of Moravia, ruler of Moravia, King of the Romans
1367: Peter I of Portugal (b. 1320)
1357: Maria of Portugal, infanta (b. 1313)
1326: Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, English baron (b. 1247)
1271: Saint Margaret of Hungary (b. 1242)
1253: King Henry I of Cyprus (b. 1217)
1213: Tamar of Georgia (b. 1160)
896: Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of the Tulunids, murdered (b. 864)
748: Odilo, duke of Bavaria
474: Leo I, Byzantine emperor (b. 401)
52 BC: Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman politician (b. 93 BC)

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