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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

2026: New Jersey Lottery brings back Green Ball promotion for extra Pick 3 drawings. The New Jersey Lottery is kicking off the new year with additional Pick 3 drawings and more chances to win in the special Green Ball promotion.
2025: Iowa woman's dream comes true on Christmas after being gifted $250,000 winning lottery ticket. One Iowa woman's dream of winning the lottery came true on Christmas Day after she received a gift from her husband in the form of a winning $250,000 ticket.
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.$205.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 4, 2025
14.$188 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2015
15.$157 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2026
16.€112 Million
US$152.49 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2014
17.€133.91 Million
US$151.32 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2022
18.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2016
19.$131 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2015
20.€117.83 Million
US$129.25 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2024
21.€99.41 Million
US$116.59 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2026
22.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2024
23.€88 Million
US$106.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2006
24.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 3, 2017
25.€86.04 Million
US$104.95 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 2, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: miguelr4720
Sunday, Jan 2, 1994
32 years old
1988: kd110705
Saturday, Jan 2, 1988
38 years old
1987: Peppy1201
Friday, Jan 2, 1987
39 years old
1986: LEVARN
Thursday, Jan 2, 1986
40 years old
1985: lizagomez8
Wednesday, Jan 2, 1985
41 years old
1984: BlessedShar
Monday, Jan 2, 1984
42 years old
1983: sweetie010283
Sunday, Jan 2, 1983
43 years old
1980: chesylNyt
Wednesday, Jan 2, 1980
46 years old
1979: ICNUMBERS
Tuesday, Jan 2, 1979
47 years old
1975: Showboy
Thursday, Jan 2, 1975
51 years old
1971: frogger74
Saturday, Jan 2, 1971
55 years old
1969: Edin Halkic
Thursday, Jan 2, 1969
57 years old
1968: Remus1913
Tuesday, Jan 2, 1968
58 years old
1967: Orlando9669
Monday, Jan 2, 1967
59 years old
1966: Bacchuska50
Sunday, Jan 2, 1966
60 years old
1964: Advmovinghobe
Thursday, Jan 2, 1964
62 years old
1961: cajunken
Monday, Jan 2, 1961
65 years old
1961: Roostercobra2
Monday, Jan 2, 1961
65 years old
1958: Retiredga
Thursday, Jan 2, 1958
68 years old
1957: blmurphy
Wednesday, Jan 2, 1957
69 years old
1956: Diamond*
Monday, Jan 2, 1956
70 years old
1951: vscott1620
Tuesday, Jan 2, 1951
75 years old
1950: swamper1
Monday, Jan 2, 1950
76 years old
: MrPhilly1
(year not provided)
: G-Man*1
(year not provided)
: KeVON-MONEY
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Two aircraft collide on a runway at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, killing 5 and injuring 18.
2022: Massive nationwide protests and unrest break out in Kazakhstan over the sudden increase of liquefied petroleum gas prices, leading to 238 people dead and thousands injured by January 11.
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.
1971: The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football 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.
1932: The Young Brothers engaged in a gun battle resulting in the deaths of six law enforcement officers; the worst single killing of US police officers in the 20th century.
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.
1863: American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Stones River ends in a Union victory when the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg are repulsed for the final time by the Army of the Cumberland under General William S. Rosecrans.
1818: The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
1791: Northwest Indian War: The Big Bottom massacre is committed by Lenape and Wyandot warriors in the Ohio Country, North America.
1788: Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1777: American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of General George Washington repulse a British attack led by General Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
1776: Empress Maria Theresa of Austria amends the Constitutio Criminalis Theresiana to include the abolition of torture throughout the Habsburg-ruled countries of Austria and Bohemia.
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.
1444: Christian forces defeat the Turks in the battle of Kunovica.
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

2006: Claudio Echeverri, Argentine footballer
2001: Cole Caufield, American ice hockey player
2001: Luiz Henrique, Brazilian footballer
2000: Spencer Arrighetti, American baseball player
1999: Georgios Kalaitzakis, Greek basketball player
1999: Fernando Tatís Jr., Dominican baseball player
1999: Aaron Wiggins, American professional basketball player
1998: Tfue, American online streamer
1998: Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer
1997: Carlos Soler, Spanish 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
1991: Ben Hardy, English actor
1988: Germán Cano, Argentine footballer
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
1987: Loïc Rémy, French footballer
1983: Kate Bosworth, American actress
1983: Anthony Carrigan, American actor
1981: Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
1981: Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
1980: David Gyasi, British actor
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: Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
1967: Tia Carrere, American actress
1967: Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavík
1964: Chris Welp, German-American basketball player (died 2015)
1964: Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (died 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 (died 2024)
1949: Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic (died 2006)
1948: Judith Miller, American journalist
1948: Deborah Watling, English actress (died 2017)
1947: Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author
1947: Calvin Hill, American football player
1947: David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic (died 2024)
1944: Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer
1944: Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor (died 2024)
1944: Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 2021)
1944: Mohamed Ali Yusuf, Somali politician (died 2024)
1943: Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (died 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 (died 2015)
1938: David Bailey, English photographer and painter
1938: Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer (died 2024)
1938: Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer (died 1973)
1936: Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (died 1992)
1934: John Hollowbread, English footballer, goalkeeper (died 2007)
1931: Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2022)
1929: Charles Beaumont, screenwriter and American author of speculative fiction (died 1967)
1929: Tellervo Koivisto, Finnish politician, former First Lady of Finland
1928: Dan Rostenkowski, American politician (died 2010)
1926: Gino Marchetti, American football player (died 2019)
1921: Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007)
1920: Isaac Asimov, American writer and professor of biochemistry (died 1992)
1920: Bob Feerick, American basketball player and coach (died 1976)
1919: Ernest Bender, American Indologist (died 1996)
1919: Beatrice Hicks, American engineer (died 1979)
1918: Willi Graf, German physician and activist (died 1943)
1917: Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (died 2003)
1913: Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (died 1992)
1913: Anna Lee, English-American actress (died 2004)
1909: Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (died 2009)
1909: Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author (died 1998)
1905: Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (died 1998)
1905: Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1991)
1904: Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist (died 1981)
1903: Kane Tanaka, Japanese Supercentenarian, Oldest Japanese person ever, Second oldest verified person in world history (died 2022)
1902: Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (died 2007)
1901: Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society (died 1939)
1900: Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy (died 1965)
1897: Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian (died 1965)
1896: Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (died 1954)
1896: Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer (died 1982)
1895: Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (died 1948)
1892: Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (died 1962)
1891: Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (died 1990)
1889: Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (died 1973)
1886: Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author (died 1959)
1885: Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1918)
1884: Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education (died 1973)
1878: Jaakko Mäki, Finnish politician (died 1938)
1878: Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society (died 1970)
1873: Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (died 1960)
1873: Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (died 1897)
1870: Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (died 1938)
1870: Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman (died 1929)
1866: Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar (died 1957)
1860: Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (died 1931)
1860: William Corless Mills, American historian and curator (died 1928)
1857: M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (died 1935)
1837: Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (died 1910)
1836: Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (died 1917)
1836: Queen Emma of Hawaii (died 1885)
1833: Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (died 1893)
1827: Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician (died 1914)
1822: Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician (died 1888)
1803: Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1869)
1777: Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator (died 1857)
1732: František Brixi, Czech organist and composer (died 1771)
1727: James Wolfe, English general (died 1759)
1713: Marie Dumesnil, French actress (died 1803)
1699: Osman III, Ottoman sultan (died 1757)
1647: Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (died 1676)
1642: Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (died 1693)
1509: Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (died 1572)
1462: Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (died 1522)
869: Yōzei, Japanese emperor (died 949)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (born 1921)
2025: Francesc Antich, Spanish politician (born 1958)
2019: Daryl Dragon, American musician (born 1942)
2019: Julia Grant, British transgender activist (born 1954)
2019: Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian (born 1942)
2019: Gene Okerlund, American wrestling announcer (born 1942)
2018: Guida Maria, Portuguese actress (born 1950)
2018: Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1927)
2017: Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (born 1933)
2017: John Berger, English art critic, novelist and painter (born 1926)
2016: Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1924)
2016: Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (born 1935)
2016: Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabian religious leader (born 1959)
2016: Gisela Mota Ocampo, mayor of Temixco, Morelos, Mexico, assassinated (born 1982)
2015: Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (born 1929)
2014: Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (born 1924)
2014: Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (born 1923)
2013: Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (born 1920)
2013: Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (born 1944)
2012: Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (born 1918)
2012: Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (born 1953)
2012: William P. Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (born 1930)
2011: Anne Francis, American actress (born 1930)
2011: Bali Ram Bhagat, Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan (born 1922)
2011: Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (born 1946)
2010: David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (born 1958)
2009: Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (born 1935)
2008: George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (born 1925)
2008: Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician, Governor of Wisconsin (born 1926)
2007: A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (born 1951)
2007: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (born 1941)
2007: Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (born 1911)
2006: Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1913)
2006: Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (born 1914)
2005: Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (born 1911)
2001: William P. Rogers, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (born 1913)
2000: Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (born 1920)
2000: Patrick O'Brian, English author and translator (born 1914)
1999: Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (born 1910)
1999: Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (born 1907)
1995: Nancy Kelly, American actress (born 1921)
1995: Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia (born 1919)
1994: Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington (born 1914)
1994: Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French lawyer and businessman (born 1915)
1990: Alan Hale Jr., American film and television actor (born 1921)
1990: Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (born 1910)
1989: Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (born 1954)
1987: Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (born 1899)
1986: Una Merkel, American actress (born 1903)
1977: Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (born 1921)
1975: Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (born 1944)
1974: Tex Ritter, American actor (born 1905)
1963: Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (born 1904)
1963: Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (born 1910)
1960: Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (born 1907)
1953: Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (born 1881)
1951: William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (born 1870)
1951: Edith New, English militant suffragette (born 1877)
1950: James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (born 1877)
1946: Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (born 1870)
1941: Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (born 1898)
1939: Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1864)
1924: Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (born 1834)
1920: Paul Adam, French author (born 1862)
1917: Léon Flameng, French cyclist (born 1877)
1915: Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (born 1830)
1913: Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (born 1855)
1904: James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (born 1821)
1892: George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (born 1801)
1876: Meta Heusser-Schweizer, Swiss poet (born 1797)
1861: Frederick William IV of Prussia (born 1795)
1850: Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (born 1789)
1816: Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, French chemist and politician (born 1793)
1763: John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (born 1690)
1726: Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (born 1688)
1614: Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (born 1566)
1613: Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (born 1539)
1598: Morris Kyffin, Welsh soldier and writer (born c.1555)
1557: Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (born 1494)
1543: Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (born 1497)
1514: William Smyth, English bishop and academic (born 1460)
1512: Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (born 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 (born 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 (born 931)
951: Su Fengji, Chinese official and chancellor

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