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January 29

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January 29

January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 336 days remain until the end of the year (337 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Ohio Lottery cashing services restored after 'cybersecurity incident' in December. Weeks after a cybersecurity incident at the Ohio Lottery made it next to impossible to cash in winning tickets over $599, the Lottery said all options are again available.
2021: Oregon friends of over 40 years split $7.4 million lottery jackpot. Two friends from Oregon who have shared a friendship for over 40 years are now sharing a $7.4 million Megabucks jackpot.
2021: Québec Lottery launches first-ever lottery ticket printed on 100% recycled materials. The Québec Lottery announced last week that they have just launched the first-ever lottery ticket printed on entirely recycled materials.
2019: Maryland lottery player wins three $50K prizes on identical tickets. A Maryland man said his adherence to lottery superstitions earned him three top prizes in the same Bonus Match 5 drawing.
2019: Multi-state Cash4Life may become daily lottery game. Lottery players in nine states may soon have a chance to play the game Cash4Life on daily basis.
2018: Georgia group fights to prevent lottery winners from claiming anonymously. An open-government advocacy group has denounced a bipartisan proposal being considered by the Georgia Senate that would allow lottery winners to remain anonymous.
2018: Three Ohio Lottery Commission workers fired after theft accusations. Three Ohio Lottery Commission workers lost their jobs last week after a watchdog agency accused them of stealing nearly $3,000 in goods that belonged to the state from a Cleveland warehouse.
2018: NY man dies weeks after winning $1 million lottery jackpot. A New York man who hit the jackpot with a $1 million dollar scratch-off ticket three weeks ago died suddenly Friday, succumbing to stage four cancer, according to multiple reports.
2016: Michigan man wins second lottery jackpot. Clad in a basic t-shirt and jeans, you may never believe Pat Kukla is the luckiest man in Calhoun County, Michigan.
2016: Some lawmakers say Hawaii lottery has a chance this year. It comes up nearly every legislative session, but could this be the year that Hawaii lawmakers legalize gambling with a lottery?
2015: Retired Brooklyn bus driver hits $7M Cash4Life jackpot. Frederick McClendon claimed his $7 million prize Tuesday in the New York Lottery's Cash4Life draw game.
2014: Snowstorms hurt Massachusetts Lottery sales. Lottery ticket sales dipped in December by nearly $1 million below last year’s total -- a drop Lottery officials attribute to two snowstorms that kept buyers out of stores.
2014: Mass. Lottery wants to experiment with online gaming. Massachusetts Lottery officials asked lawmakers Tuesday to pass legislation that would let the agency experiment with online gambling.
2013: N.J. Assembly approves measures to slow Gov.'s plan to privatize lottery. The New Jersey Assembly Monday passed a measure that would force Gov. Chris Christie to seek the Legislature's approval for his plan to privatize parts of the state lottery, which Democratic lawmakers said is being pushed through "under the radar" without oversight.
2009: Lottery win bad news for gas station employees. Four employees at a gas station that sold a $25.5 million Illinois lottery ticket allege that they were fired because the Wadsworth Mobil owner did not want to share the one percent commission he received for the winning ticket.
2009: $14M lottery winner promises big tip. Standing in front of reporters yesterday at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's prize office, Jorma Hogbacka said he wasn't surprised he won $14.8 million because it was in the stars.
2008: Calif. Lottery director's job doesn't depend on auditor's report. The California state Senate's decision on confirmation of Joan Borucki as director of the state lottery will be history by the time the state auditor completes its report on a questionable employee recognition celebration.
2007: Last-minute lottery ticket wins $254 million Powerball jackpot. A retired electrician and World War II veteran is the winner of the largest lottery jackpot ever sold in Missouri -- worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars.
2004: Partnership Claims $35 Million Florida Lotto Jackpot. The Florida Lottery announced today the $35 million Florida Lotto jackpot from the January 21 drawing was claimed in the name of the Cruz Family Partnership of Carol City, Florida.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $74 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $74 million, with a cash option of $40.9 million.
2004: Kansas Lottery Sales Above Projections. The Kansas Lottery has experienced sales increases for Fiscal Year 2004, owing largely to new games and improved marketing practices.
2004: Self-service machines coming for Texas Lottery games. Texas Lottery officials plan to install about 1,000 ATM-like machines at retail outlets across the state that will dispense tickets for such games as Lotto Texas, Mega Millions and Cash Five.
2004: Friends Say Audit Troubled Minnesota Lottery Chief. The suicide of Minnesota Lottery Director George Anderson has focused new attention on criticism that the Minnesota Lottery has had higher overhead costs than comparable state lotteries.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$606.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2023
2.$394 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2020
3.€360.07 Million US$390.71 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 31, 2023
4.$311 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2024
5.$285.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 31, 2015
6.€183 Million US$220.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2006
7.$206 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2017
8.$174.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2024
9.$174 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2019
10.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2014
11.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2012
12.€147.64 Million
US$164.6 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2022
13.$156 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 1, 2006
14.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 31, 2020
15.€143 Million
US$154.93 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2024
16.$151 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2013
17.$144 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2010
18.€131 Million
US$142.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2016
19.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 31, 2018
20.€98 Million
US$121.54 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2018
21.€99.4 Million
US$120.64 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2021
22.€107.47 Million
US$116.61 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 31, 2023
23.€92.02 Million
US$114.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 30, 2018
24.€90 Million
US$112.22 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2018
25.€97.49 Million
US$111.46 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 29, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: sdspeed29
Wednesday, Jan 29, 1992
32 years old
1988: Silvy-xoxo
Friday, Jan 29, 1988
36 years old
1988: HatchetExecutio
Friday, Jan 29, 1988
36 years old
1988: senpublisher
Friday, Jan 29, 1988
36 years old
1985: mike cos
Tuesday, Jan 29, 1985
39 years old
1984: William1984
Sunday, Jan 29, 1984
40 years old
1981: MoneyMind
Thursday, Jan 29, 1981
43 years old
1979: Luckyplucky
Monday, Jan 29, 1979
45 years old
1979: mushtaq
Monday, Jan 29, 1979
45 years old
1974: armandger
Tuesday, Jan 29, 1974
50 years old
1971: BahamasCandy
Friday, Jan 29, 1971
53 years old
1971: msrubia
Friday, Jan 29, 1971
53 years old
1971: RiteOnYourMoney
Friday, Jan 29, 1971
53 years old
1970: DAVID45
Thursday, Jan 29, 1970
54 years old
1965: MyLocs
Friday, Jan 29, 1965
59 years old
1964: hotstuff
Wednesday, Jan 29, 1964
60 years old
1915: Tren3t
Friday, Jan 29, 1915
109 years old
: Mo monie
(year not provided)
: DrumSlinger
(year not provided)
: kellycat
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: COVID-19 pandemic: The Trump administration establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force under Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar.
2017: A gunman opens fire at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, killing six and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting.
2014: Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.
2013: SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashes near the Kazakh city of Almaty, killing 21 people.
2009: Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
2008: An Egyptian court rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions, while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still eligible to receive government identity documents.
2005: The first direct commercial flights from mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines flight lands in Beijing.
2002: In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
2001: Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
1996: President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
1991: Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
1989: Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
1983: Singapore cable car crash: Panamanian-registered oil rig, Eniwetok, strikes the cables of the Singapore Cable Car system linking the mainland and Sentosa Island, causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours.
1973: EgyptAir Flight 741 crashes into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing 37 people.
1959: The first Melodifestivalen is held at Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden.
1944: World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
1944: World War II: In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is completely destroyed in an air-raid.
1943: World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USS Chicago (CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
1940: Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.
1936: The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
1918: Ukrainian-Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kyiv, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
1918: Ukrainian-Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
1911: Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
1907: Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
1891: Liliʻuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
1886: Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
1863: The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
1861: Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
1856: Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
1850: Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
1845: "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
1819: Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
1814: War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
946: Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
904: Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

Births On This Day

2003: Jarell Quansah, English footballer
1993: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer
1992: Markel Brown, American basketball player
1989: Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
1989: Mohamed Abou Gabal, Egyptian footballer
1988: Ayobami Adebayo, Nigerian author
1988: Jake Auchincloss, American politician, businessman, and Marine veteran
1988: Shay Logan, English footballer
1987: José Abreu, Cuban baseball player
1987: Jessica Burkhart, American author
1985: Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
1985: Isabel Lucas, Australian actress and model
1982: Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor
1981: Jonny Lang, American singer, songwriter and guitarist
1980: Jason James Richter, American actor and musician
1979: Christina Koch, American engineer and astronaut
1977: Justin Hartley, American actor
1977: Sam Jaeger, American actor and screenwriter
1975: Sharif Atkins, American actor
1975: Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host
1973: Megan McArdle, American journalist
1972: Brian Wood, American writer, illustrator and graphic designer
1971: Clare Balding, English broadcaster, journalist and author
1970: Heather Graham, American actress
1970: Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
1970: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian colonel and politician
1970: Paul Ryan, American politician, 62nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1969: Sam Trammell, American actor
1968: Monte Cook, American game designer and writer
1968: Aeneas Williams, American football player
1967: Stacey King, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1965: David Agus, American physician and author
1965: Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player
1964: Roddy Frame, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician
1964: Andre Reed, American football player
1962: Gauri Lankesh, Indian journalist and activist (d. 2017)
1962: Lee Terry, American politician and lawyer
1962: Nicholas Turturro, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Strive Masiyiwa, Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist
1960: Cho-liang Lin, Taiwanese-American musician
1960: Greg Louganis, American diver and author
1960: Steve Sax, American baseball player
1958: Judy Norton, American actress and theater director
1957: Ron Franscell, American author and journalist
1956: Irlene Mandrell, American musician, actress, and model
1956: Amii Stewart, American singer and dancer
1955: John Tate, American boxer, WBA heavyweight champion (d. 1998)
1954: Terry Kinney, American actor and director
1954: Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions
1953: Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
1953: Charlie Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1952: Pete Geren, American attorney and politician
1952: Tim Healy, British actor
1950: Ann Jillian, American actress and singer
1950: Miklós Vámos, Hungarian writer, novelist, screenwriter and translator
1949: Doris Davenport, American poet and teacher
1949: Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (d. 2014)
1948: Raymond Keene, English chess player and author
1948: Cristina Saralegui, Cuban-American journalist, actress and talk show host
1947: Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1947: David Byron, English singer-songwriter (d. 1985)
1947: Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer (d. 2017)
1946: Geater Davis, American singer and songwriter (d. 1984)
1945: Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (d. 2022)
1945: Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman
1943: Tony Blackburn, English radio and television host
1943: Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
1943: Mark Wynter, English singer and actor
1942: Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Cuban military officer, legislator and cosmonaut
1941: Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author
1940: Justino Díaz, Puerto Rican opera singer
1940: Katharine Ross, American actress and author
1939: Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author
1939: Jeanne Lee, American jazz singer, poet and composer (d. 2000)
1937: Jeff Clyne, British musician (d. 2009)
1936: James Jamerson, American bass player (d. 1983)
1936: Veturi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2010)
1934: Alan Cowley, British chemist (d. 2020)
1933: Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
1932: Raman Subba Row, English cricketer and referee
1931: Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer (d. 2021)
1931: Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (d. 2011)
1929: Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1928: Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010)
1927: Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author (d. 1989)
1926: Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1923: Paddy Chayefsky, American author and screenwriter (d. 1981)
1923: Eddie Taylor, American electric blues guitarist and singer (d. 1985)
1920: Paul Gayten, American R&B pianist, songwriter, producer, and record company executive (d. 1991)
1918: John Forsythe, American actor (d. 2010)
1917: John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
1916: Roy Markham, British plant virologist (d. 1979)
1915: Bill Peet, American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
1915: John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (d. 2003)
1913: Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999)
1905: Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher (d. 1970)
1901: Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network (d. 1965)
1901: E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder (d. 1989)
1895: Muna Lee, American poet and author (d. 1965)
1892: Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor (d. 1947)
1888: Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (d. 1970)
1888: Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman (d. 1985)
1886: Karl Freudenberg, German chemist (d. 1983)
1884: Juhan Aavik, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor (d. 1982)
1881: Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (d. 1975)
1880: W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
1876: Havergal Brian, English composer (d. 1972)
1874: John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1960)
1867: Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish journalist and author (d. 1928)
1866: Romain Rolland, French historian, author, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944)
1864: Richard Arman Gregory, British astronomer (d. 1952)
1862: Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)
1861: Florida Ruffin Ridley, American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer (d. 1943)
1860: Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (d. 1904)
1858: Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (d. 1916)
1852: Frederic Hymen Cowen, Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1935)
1846: Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist (d. 1915)
1843: William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
1810: Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1893)
1810: Mary Whitwell Hale, American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter (d. 1862)
1801: Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1857)
1792: Lemuel H. Arnold, American politician (d. 1852)
1782: Daniel Auber, French composer (d. 1871)
1761: Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1849)
1756: Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia (d. 1818)
1754: Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1806)
1749: Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)
1737: Thomas Paine, English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary (d. 1809)
1718: Paul Rabaut, French pastor (d. 1794)
1717: Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1797)
1715: Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1777)
1711: Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (d. 1788)
1688: Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1772)
1632: Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (d. 1703)
1602: Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1651)
1591: Franciscus Junius, German pioneer philologist (d. 1677)
1584: Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647)
1525: Lelio Sozzini, Italian humanist and reformer (d. 1562)
1499: Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther; formerly a Roman Catholic nun (d. 1552)
1475: Giuliano Bugiardini, Italian painter (d. 1555)
1455: Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist and scholar (d. 1522)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 5th Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1921)
2023: Will Steffen, American-Australian chemist (b. 1947)
2023: Gero Storjohann, German politician (b. 1958)
2022: Howard Hesseman, American actor (b. 1940)
2021: Walker Boone, Canadian actor (b. 1944)
2019: George Fernandes, Indian politician (b. 1930)
2019: James Ingram, American musician (b. 1952)
2016: Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1938)
2016: Jacques Rivette, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1928)
2015: Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic (b. 1937)
2015: Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1933)
2015: Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot (b. 1918)
2012: Ranjit Singh Dyal, Indian general and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (b. 1928)
2012: Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (b. 1918)
2012: Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (b. 1919)
2011: Milton Babbitt, American composer, educator, and theorist (b. 1916)
2009: Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
2009: John Martyn, British singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
2008: Margaret Truman, American singer and author (b. 1924)
2006: Nam June Paik, South Korean-American artist (b. 1932)
2005: Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1924)
2004: Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1924)
2003: Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)
2002: Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)
1999: Lili St. Cyr, American model and dancer (b. 1918)
1994: Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (b. 1967)
1993: Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (b. 1906)
1992: Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1915)
1991: Yasushi Inoue, Japanese author and poet (b. 1907)
1989: Morton DaCosta, American theatre and film director, film producer, writer and actor (b. 1914)
1988: James Rhyne Killian, American educator, scientist and White House advisor (b. 1904)
1987: Vincent R. Impellitteri, American politician and judge, 101st Mayor of New York City (b. 1900)
1984: Frances Goodrich, American actress, dramatist and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1984: John Macnaghten Whittaker, British mathematician (b. 1905)
1983: Stuart H. Ingersoll, American naval aviator, USN vice admiral (b. 1898)
1982: Rudolph Peters, British biochemist (b. 1889)
1982: Roger Stanier, Canadian microbiologist (b. 1916)
1982: Charles Sykes, British physicist and metallurgist (b. 1905)
1981: Jack A. W. Bennett, New Zealander literary scholar (b. 1911)
1981: John Glassco, Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist (b. 1909)
1980: Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (b. 1893)
1979: Sonny Payne, American jazz drummer (b. 1926)
1978: Tim McCoy, American actor and military officer (b. 1891)
1978: Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (b. 1895)
1977: Johnny Franz, English record producer and pianist (b. 1922)
1977: Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)
1976: Jesse Fuller, American one-man band musician (b. 1896)
1974: H. E. Bates, English writer (b. 1905)
1973: Johannes Paul Thilman, German composer (b. 1903)
1970: Lawren Harris, Canadian painter (b. 1885)
1970: B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)
1969: Allen Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)
1969: Max Weinreich, Russian-American-Jewish linguist and cofounder of YIVO (b. 1894)
1967: Harold Munro Fox, English zoologist (b. 1889)
1966: Pierre Mercure, Canadian composer, TV producer, bassoonist and administrator (b. 1927)
1965: Jack Hylton, English pianist, composer, band leader and impresario (b. 1892)
1964: Vera Hall, American folk singer (b. 1902)
1964: Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
1963: Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
1962: Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
1962: William Francis Gray Swann, Anglo-American physicist (b. 1884)
1961: Angela Thirkell, English novelist (b. 1890)
1960: Mack Harrell, American operatic and concert baritone vocalist (b. 1909)
1960: George S. Messersmith, American diplomat (b. 1883)
1959: Pauline Smith, South African novelist, short story writer, memoirist and playwright (b. 1882)
1956: H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
1955: Hans Hedtoft, Danish politician (b. 1903)
1954: Walter Conrad Arensberg, American art collector, critic and poet (b. 1878)
1951: James Bridie, Scottish playwright, screenwriter and physician (b. 1888)
1948: Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
1946: Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
1946: Sidney Jones, English conductor and composer (b. 1861)
1944: William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
1941: Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
1940: Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (b. 1874)
1935: Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh, American explorer (b. 1853)
1934: Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
1934: Dukinfield Henry Scott, British botanist (b. 1854)
1933: Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
1929: Jacques Bouhy, Belgian baritone (b. 1848)
1929: Charles Fox Parham, American preacher and evangelist (b. 1873)
1928: Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
1923: Elihu Vedder, American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet (b. 1836)
1917: Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator (b. 1841)
1916: Sibylle von Olfers, German art teacher, author and nun (b. 1881)
1912: Herman Bang, Danish journalist and author (b. 1857)
1910: Édouard Rod, French-Swiss novelist (b. 1857)
1906: Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
1901: Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt, French bassoonist, composer and pedagogue (b. 1815)
1899: Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
1888: Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
1870: Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
1829: Paul Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
1820: George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
1763: Juan José Eguiara y Eguren, Mexican bishop and Catholic scholar (b. 1696)
1763: Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
1743: André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (b. 1653)
1737: George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish-English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1666)
1706: Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1643)
1678: Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (b. 1593)
1647: Francis Meres, English priest and author (b. 1565)
1597: Elias Ammerbach, German organist and composer (b. 1530)
1119: Pope Gelasius II (b. 1060)
757: An Lushan, Chinese general (b. 703)

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