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January 2

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January 2

January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 363 days remain until the end of the year (364 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: One Michigan lottery ticket wins $842.4 million Powerball jackpot. Someone in the state of Michigan started off the new year better than the rest of us.
2023: North Carolina man is Powerball First Millionaire of the Year. A North Carolina man was the first lottery player to be named a newly minted millionaire in 2023 during ABC's broadcast of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Secrest 2023."
2022: Powerball and Mega Millions bundle promotion returns to Arkansas. Multi-state lottery game lovers in Arkansas are in for a New Year's surprise with the return of the Arkansas Lottery's 5-Buck Bundle starting back up this month.
2020: Few filing claims in $4.3 million lottery scam settlement; deadline Jan. 7. Victims of the largest lottery scam in U.S. history are expected to pocket only a small fraction of a $4.3 million settlement because of a lack of applicants laying claim to the money, court records show.
2018: Connecticut Lottery forced to redraw special New Year's raffle after 'human error'. Players of a special New Year's lottery raffle game in Connecticut may be out of luck if they tossed their tickets, after officials disclosed they need to hold a new drawing after 100,000 eligible tickets were mistakenly disregarded Monday.
2017: State audit questions Georgia Lottery business practices despite record profits to education. A state audit recognized that the Georgia Lottery continues to ramp up its contributions to education every year, but that it could do a better job at maximizing those contributions through efficiencies and other measures.
2017: Lottery winner recalls moment he became a millionaire. A pizza twirler from Greece by way of Long Island, New York, got the birthday wish of his dreams — a $1 million winning lottery ticket.
2014: Lottery wranglings could delay new D.C. scratch-off tickets for months. It could be many months before D.C. lottery players see their usual array of new tickets for sale, with a contract controversy that has depleted the D.C. Lottery's supply of scratch-off tickets and has cost the District government hundreds of thousands of dollars showing no sign of ending soon.
2013: Powerball jackpot a mixed blessing. Sandra Hayes won millions in a Powerball jackpot, and now she is warning others to be careful what they wish for, as she was both blessed and cursed with the big win.
2012: Ohio Lottery kicks off 2012 with raffle draw. For four lucky Ohio lottery players, 2012 will begin with a windfall of one million dollars.
2011: Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionaires. The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires.
2010: Ohio Lottery rings in the New Year with raffle. For four lucky Ohio lottery players, 2010 will begin with a windfall of one million dollars.
2010: Pennsylvania Lottery's raffle makes 4 millionaires. The Pennsylvania Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn Saturday, and made four instant millionaires.
2010: Minnesota Lottery draws winning numbers in raffle. The Minnesota Lottery selected the winning numbers Friday for its special New Year's Day "Millionaire Raffle" drawing.
2010: Arkansas Lottery finishes 2009 with $132M in sales. The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery marked the end of its first 95 days of operation at midnight December 31 with a year-end sales total of $132,097,968.
2008: Tennessee Lottery glitch parade marches on. The new year brought another glitch to the Tennessee lottery, this time with a miscounting Web site clock.
2008: $1M Wisconsin lottery ticket sold on 'Miracle Mile'. Another winning $1 million lottery ticket was sold at a legendary little Wisconsin store located at 506 S. Main St. in Fond du Lac, along a strip dubbed "The Miracle Mile."
2007: Kentucky Lottery raffle tickets now on sale. Sales of Kentucky Lottery Corp.'s new game called "Million Dollar Draw," for which only 500,000 tickers will be sold at $10 each, went on sale yesterday.
2007: Maryland Lottery raffle game sells fewer tickets than hoped. Countdown to Millions, Maryland's raffle-like lottery, didn't sell as many tickets as lottery officials had hoped, and the drawing was delayed one day to sell more.
2007: Mother of 4 among Florida Lottery raffle winners. Michelle Strother, of Deltona, Florida, said she was elated to be one of the $1 million top prize winners of Florida's holiday raffle game.
2007: Maryland Lottery Countdown to Millions Raffle Winning Numbers Drawn. The winning numbers for the Maryland Lottery's first-ever raffle were selected on New Year's Day, 2007.
2007: Minnesota Lottery Millionaire Raffle Results. The Minnesota Lottery selected the winning numbers Monday for its special "Millionaire Raffle" drawing.
2006: N.C. anti-lottery trying to halt all progress on games. An anti-lottery legal foundation wants a judge to prevent the North Carolina Education Lottery from doing any work while a lawsuit challenging the lottery's passage in the Legislature is heard.
2006: Lottery winner doesn’t live like a millionaire. When South Dakota resident Pat Fossum of describes her day, it doesn't sound like the lifestyle of a millionaire.
2006: West Lafayette man wins $1 million on last 'Hoosier Millionaire'. A West Lafayette, Indiana, man won $1,022,000 on the final "Hoosier Millionaire" television show, which ended its 16-year run Saturday night with a special broadcast.
2006: 2005 a trying year for Texas Lottery chairman. Tom Clowe says he was never much of a gambling man, but he was willing to take his chances when he asked Gov. George W. Bush in 1998 to give him an opportunity to serve the state in a volunteer capacity.
2006: Penn. Lottery's Raffle Drawing Creates Four New Millionaires. The Pennsylvania Lottery's Millionaire Raffle game has produced four new millionaires to begin the new year.
2004: Penn. Match 6 Lotto Rules Finalized. Lottery Post presents a summary of the rules for the new Pennsylvania Match 6 Lotto game.
2004: N.C. Couple Claims Half of $221.5 Million Powerball Prize. Norman and Deanna Shue went to a burger joint Thursday after finding out they had won half of Wednesday's $221.5 million Powerball jackpot. They wanted to claim the prize but couldn't because state offices were closed for New Year's Day.
2004: Wichita Scoutmaster Claims $1.2 Million Super Kansas Cash Jackpot. Michael Irwin of Wichita, Kansas claimed a $1.2 million jackpot on his Super Kansas Cash ticket for the Dec. 31, 2003 drawing.
2004: $3.4 Million Vermont Megabucks Winner for New Year's Eve. The holder of the single winning Tri-State Megabucks ticket for the New Year's Eve drawing will be starting 2004 with a lot more than just a few New Year's resolutions.
2004: Convenience store sells winning PA Powerball ticket. A Powerball ticket whose owner can claim half of a $221.5 million New Year's Eve jackpot was sold at a convenience store outside York, Pennsylvania, officials said yesterday.
2004: Clover, S.C. store sold winning lottery ticket. As people drove past the tidy mill houses in town and the mobile homes on the outskirts of town Thursday, they couldn't help but wonder: Is somebody in one of those homes holding the $110 million ticket?
2004: Three Lottery Winners Wait to Step Forward. Someone who buys lottery tickets in this Cleveland suburb is going to have a prosperous new year. Ditto for ticket buyers in Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
2004: Tennessee Students Can Begin Applying for Lottery Scholarships. Today is the first day for high school students to begin applying for Tennessee lottery scholarships.
2004: Tennessee lottery debate looms. With a state lottery poised to launch next month, Tennessee state legislators face an early decision on whether to unseat those who are directing it and later debate on other gambling issues.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$785 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2023
2.$561.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2022
3.$460.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2018
4.$447 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2021
5.$384 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2021
6.$380 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 4, 2011
7.$361 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2018
8.€340.76 Million US$360.04 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2023
9.$355.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2016
10.$274.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2023
11.$253 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 4, 2022
12.$237 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 4, 2020
13.$188 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2015
14.€112 Million
US$152.49 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2014
15.€133.91 Million
US$151.32 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2022
16.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2016
17.$131 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2015
18.€117.83 Million
US$129.25 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2024
19.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2024
20.€88 Million
US$106.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2006
21.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2017
22.€86.04 Million
US$104.95 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2021
23.€78 Million
US$102.47 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2007
24.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2007
25.€84.96 Million
US$96.72 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: miguelr4720
Sunday, Jan 2, 1994
30 years old
1988: kd110705
Saturday, Jan 2, 1988
36 years old
1986: LEVARN
Thursday, Jan 2, 1986
38 years old
1985: lizagomez8
Wednesday, Jan 2, 1985
39 years old
1984: BlessedShar
Monday, Jan 2, 1984
40 years old
1983: sweetie010283
Sunday, Jan 2, 1983
41 years old
1980: chesylNyt
Wednesday, Jan 2, 1980
44 years old
1979: ICNUMBERS
Tuesday, Jan 2, 1979
45 years old
1971: frogger74
Saturday, Jan 2, 1971
53 years old
1969: Edin Halkic
Thursday, Jan 2, 1969
55 years old
1968: Remus1913
Tuesday, Jan 2, 1968
56 years old
1967: Orlando9669
Monday, Jan 2, 1967
57 years old
1966: Bacchuska50
Sunday, Jan 2, 1966
58 years old
1964: Advmovinghobe
Thursday, Jan 2, 1964
60 years old
1961: cajunken
Monday, Jan 2, 1961
63 years old
1961: Roostercobra2
Monday, Jan 2, 1961
63 years old
1958: Retiredga
Thursday, Jan 2, 1958
66 years old
1957: blmurphy
Wednesday, Jan 2, 1957
67 years old
1956: Diamond*
Monday, Jan 2, 1956
68 years old
1951: vscott1620
Tuesday, Jan 2, 1951
73 years old
1950: swamper1
Monday, Jan 2, 1950
74 years old
: MrPhilly1
(year not provided)
: G-Man*1
(year not provided)
: KeVON-MONEY
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Massive nationwide protests and unrest break out in Kazakhstan over the sudden increase of liquefied petroleum gas prices, leaving over 200 people dead and thousands injured.
2019: Adventist Health System and its subsidiaries rebranded to AdventHealth.
2004: Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
1993: Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
1991: Sharon Pratt Dixon becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
1988: Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people.
1981: One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
1978: On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
1976: The Gale of January 1976 begins, resulting in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, affecting countries from Ireland to Yugoslavia and causing at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
1975: At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.
1975: The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.
1974: United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 mph in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
1971: The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
1967: Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California.
1963: Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory, at the Battle of Ap Bac.
1959: Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
1955: Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
1954: India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
1949: Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
1942: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history; Also known as the Duquesne Spy Ring.
1942: World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces, enabling them to control the Philippines.
1941: World War II: The Cardiff Blitz severely damages the cathedral in Cardiff, Wales.
1921: World premiere of the science fiction play R.U.R. by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a theater in Hradec Králové.
1920: The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
1900: American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
1900: Chicago Canal opens.
1865: Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
1818: The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
1791: Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, North America, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
1788: Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1777: American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
1680: Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his bodyguards execute the rebel leader Trunajaya.
1492: Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
533: Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
366: The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.
69: The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.

Births On This Day

1999: Georgios Kalaitzakis, Greek basketball player
1999: Fernando Tatís Jr., American baseball player
1998: Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
1996: Jonah Bolden, Australian-American basketball player
1994: Ronald Darby, American football player
1993: Bryson Tiller, American singer and rapper
1992: Paulo Gazzaniga, Argentine footballer
1992: Alexey Marchenko, Russian ice hockey player
1992: Teemu Pulkkinen, Finnish ice hockey player
1992: Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1988: Luke Harangody, American basketball player
1988: Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
1987: Shelley Hennig, American actress and model
1987: Robert Milsom, English footballer
1983: Kate Bosworth, American actress
1983: Anthony Carrigan, American actor
1981: Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
1981: Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
1979: Jonathan Greening, English footballer
1977: Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
1977: Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
1976: Paz Vega, Spanish actress
1975: Dax Shepard, American actor
1975: Jeff Suppan, American baseball player
1975: Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player
1974: Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner
1974: Juha Lind, Finnish ice hockey player
1974: Tomáš Řepka, Czech footballer
1972: Rodney MacDonald, Canadian educator and politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia
1972: Shiraz Minwalla, Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist
1972: Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player and manager
1971: Taye Diggs, American actor and singer
1971: Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress
1970: Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor
1969: István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter
1969: William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider and journalist
1969: Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
1969: Christy Turlington, American model
1968: Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor and producer
1968: Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
1967: Tia Carrere, American actress
1967: Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavík
1965: Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
1964: Chris Welp, German-American basketball player (d. 2015)
1964: Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (d. 2019)
1963: David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster
1963: Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
1961: Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
1961: Paula Hamilton, English model
1961: Todd Haynes, American film director, screenwriter, and producer
1961: Craig James, American football player and sportscaster
1961: Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician
1954: Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician
1954: Évelyne Trouillot, Haitian playwright and author
1952: Indulis Emsis, Latvian biologist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Latvia
1952: Wendy Phillips, American actress
1949: Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter
1949: Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006)
1948: Judith Miller, American journalist
1947: Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author
1947: Calvin Hill, American football player
1947: David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic
1944: Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer
1944: Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
1944: Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 2021)
1943: Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (d. 2004)
1942: Thomas Hammarberg, Swedish lawyer and diplomat
1942: Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1940: Jim Bakker, American televangelist
1940: Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)
1938: David Bailey, English photographer and painter
1938: Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer
1938: Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer (d. 1973)
1936: Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (d. 1992)
1934: John Hollowbread, English footballer, goalkeeper (d. 2007)
1931: Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2022)
1929: Tellervo Koivisto, Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland
1928: Dan Rostenkowski, American politician (d. 2010)
1926: Gino Marchetti, American football player (d. 2019)
1921: Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1920: Isaac Asimov, American writer and professor of biochemistry (d. 1992)
1920: Bob Feerick, American basketball player and coach (d. 1976)
1919: Ernest Bender, American Indologist (d. 1996)
1919: Beatrice Hicks, American engineer (d. 1979)
1918: Willi Graf, German physician and activist (d. 1943)
1917: Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003)
1913: Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992)
1913: Anna Lee, English-American actress (d. 2004)
1909: Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009)
1909: Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author (d. 1998)
1905: Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (d. 1998)
1905: Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1904: Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist (d. 1981)
1903: Kane Tanaka, Japanese Supercentenarian, Oldest Japanese person ever, Second oldest verified person in world history (d. 2022)
1902: Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 2007)
1901: Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society (d. 1939)
1900: Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy (d. 1965)
1897: Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian (d. 1965)
1896: Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1954)
1896: Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer (d. 1982)
1895: Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (d. 1948)
1892: Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
1891: Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (d. 1990)
1889: Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1973)
1886: Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author (d. 1959)
1885: Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
1884: Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education (d. 1973)
1878: Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society (d. 1970)
1873: Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (d. 1960)
1873: Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (d. 1897)
1870: Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (d. 1938)
1870: Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman (d. 1929)
1866: Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar (d. 1957)
1860: Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (d. 1931)
1860: William Corless Mills, American historian and curator (d. 1928)
1857: M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)
1837: Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1910)
1836: Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (d. 1917)
1836: Queen Emma of Hawaii (d. 1885)
1833: Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (d. 1893)
1827: Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician (d. 1914)
1822: Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician (d. 1888)
1803: Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1869)
1777: Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator (d. 1857)
1732: František Brixi, Czech organist and composer (d. 1771)
1727: James Wolfe, English general (d. 1759)
1713: Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
1699: Osman III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1757)
1647: Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)
1642: Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1693)
1509: Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (d. 1572)
1462: Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1522)
869: Yōzei, Japanese emperor (d. 949)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Ken Block, - American rally driver (b. 1967)
2022: Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist and politician (b. 1944)
2019: Daryl Dragon, American musician (b. 1942)
2019: Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian (b. 1942)
2019: Gene Okerlund, American wrestling announcer (b. 1942)
2018: Guida Maria, Portuguese actress (b. 1950)
2018: Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1927)
2017: Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (b. 1933)
2017: John Berger, English art critic, novelist and painter (b. 1926)
2016: Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
2016: Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1935)
2016: Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabian religious leader (b. 1959)
2016: Gisela Mota Ocampo, mayor of Temixco, Morelos, Mexico, assassinated (b. 1982)
2015: Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (b. 1929)
2014: Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (b. 1924)
2014: Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2013: Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)
2013: Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (b. 1944)
2012: Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1918)
2012: Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (b. 1953)
2012: William P. Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (b. 1930)
2011: Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930)
2011: Bali Ram Bhagat, Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1922)
2011: Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)
2010: David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (b. 1958)
2009: Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935)
2008: George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (b. 1925)
2008: Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician, Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1926)
2007: A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)
2007: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1941)
2007: Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
2006: Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)
2006: Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (b. 1914)
2005: Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (b. 1911)
2001: William P. Rogers, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (b. 1913)
2000: Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (b. 1920)
2000: Patrick O'Brian, English author and translator (b. 1914)
1999: Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (b. 1910)
1999: Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. 1907)
1995: Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921)
1995: Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia (b. 1919)
1994: Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington (b. 1914)
1994: Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French lawyer and businessman (b. 1915)
1990: Alan Hale Jr., American film and television actor (b. 1921)
1990: Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (b. 1910)
1989: Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)
1987: Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899)
1986: Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
1977: Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
1975: Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (b. 1944)
1974: Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
1963: Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
1963: Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)
1960: Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
1953: Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
1951: William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
1951: Edith New, English militant suffragette (b. 1877)
1950: James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
1946: Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
1941: Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
1939: Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
1924: Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
1920: Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
1917: Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
1915: Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
1913: Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
1904: James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
1892: George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
1861: Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
1850: Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
1763: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
1726: Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
1614: Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566)
1613: Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)
1557: Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1494)
1543: Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (b. 1497)
1514: William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460)
1512: Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460)
1470: Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
1298: Lodomer, Hungarian prelate, Archbishop of Esztergom
1184: Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, daughter of Andronikos Komnenos
1169: Bertrand de Blanchefort, sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1109)
1096: William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England
951: Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Later Han
951: Su Fengji, Chinese official and chancellor

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