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January 4

On This Day in History

January 4

January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 361 days remain until the end of the year (362 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2023: $940 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot ready to make another billionaire. Just four months after Mega Millions delivered a $1.34 billion jackpot to one ticket sold in Illinois, the multi-state lottery game came roaring back with a jackpot to be drawn Friday that could top $1 billion.
2022: Multiple increases yield massive $610 million Powerball jackpot. Today, multiple state lotteries announced increases for both the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots driven by higher-than-normal lottery ticket sales.
2022: Virginia Lottery to add Cash Pop draw game to its lineup. Virginia Lottery players will soon get the chance to try out the new Cash Pop game that's quickly rising in popularity around the United States.
2021: €11.3 million Germany Lottery jackpot goes unclaimed. After three and a half years of waiting for the winner of a €11.3 million (US$13.9 million) Lotto 6aus49 jackpot to turn up, one of Germany's largest-ever unclaimed prizes is going back into the prize pool.
2018: Two CT Lottery employees on paid leave during probe of botched drawing. The Connecticut Lottery Corp. said Wednesday that it has placed two employees on paid administrative leave while it investigates a "human error" that shut 100,000 eligible tickets out of Monday's drawing in the "New Year's $1,000,000 Super Draw" game, forcing a second drawing yet to be scheduled.
2018: $445 MILLION: Mega Millions raises jackpot on huge sales. A rush of ticket sales for the rocketing Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Friday night drawing to $445 million.
2018: $550 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot soars on rollover. With the Powerball jackpot increasing to $550 million after the Wed. evening drawing, there is now close to $1 billion in combined jackpots on tap for lottery players this week.
2017: Man files lawsuit over rigged lottery jackpots. Hundreds of thousands of lottery players who were allegedly cheated by an insider's long-running scheme to rig jackpots should be reimbursed for their losing tickets, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday that seeks class action certification.
2017: Philadelphia woman facing 53 charges for threatening PA Lottery. A woman who repeatedly aired her frustration at failing to win a jackpot by making obscene and violent threats against Pennsylvania Lottery headquarters faces 53 charges, police said Wednesday.
2016: N.C. lottery winner bails out convict fiancé fourth time. He might win a prize of his own — for being the worst fiancé ever. Or maybe she'll win a prize for being most gullible.
2011: $355 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot second-biggest of all time. The lotteries have raised the official Mega Millions jackpot estimate for the second time in as many days to a knee-weakening $355 million for tonight's drawing.
2009: 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.
2009: Conn. man's last lotto ticket wins $10M for widow. On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family.
2008: Study ranks Missouri lottery as ninth best in U.S.. According to San Antonio professor Gerald Busald, Missouri ranks in the top ten for disclosure and fairness, compared to the other 43 states that offer lotteries.
2007: New York Lottery making some changes. It looks like the New York Lottery's new year's resolution is to become more interesting. To accomplish that they are adding one new game and two changes.
2006: Iowa Powerball lottery winner recently filed for bankruptcy. Hugh Allen Hawkins, owner of a modest home on 34th Street in Des Moines, is the mystery winner of the Dec. 14 Powerball jackpot.
2005: Kansas Man Claims $258,207 Super Kansas Cash Jackpot. A recent trip to the grocery store was a good reminder to check lottery tickets for one Cimarron, Kansas resident, because when he did, he discovered he had a Super Kansas Cash lottery ticket worth $258,207.
2005: A couple of NY Lottery millionaires. Kicking off the New Year, the New York Lottery made two instant millionaires: Louise and Hamed Ganemtore, winners of a $1 million instant game, and Cliff and Arlene Maxwell, who hit Lotto for $40 million on Quick Pick ticket four days before Christmas.
2005: 'El Gordo' Lottery Scams Target Elderly. Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Nora Dowd Eisenhower today warned older Pennsylvanians to beware of an international lottery scam that adopts the name of Spain's largest lottery prize, "El Gordo."
2005: Ohio player nets $208,000 in Rolling Cash 5 lottery game. James Gray of Campbell, Ohio won the top $291,000 prize in the Dec. 28 Rolling Cash 5 game.
2005: UK officials consider donating unclaimed lottery prizes to tsunami aid. Calls are growing for national lottery operator Camelot to donate the £16.3 million (US$30.9 million) worth of unclaimed winnings from last year to Asia's tsunami appeal.
2005: Tennessee lawmakers eyeing surplus lottery money for pre-K initiative. With millions of dollars in surplus lottery money projected this year, Tennessee lawmakers are debating how much should be used for pre-kindergarten programs, even though Gov. Phil Bredesen has said that he wants most of the money to go toward college scholarships.
2005: Divorced couple to split Florida Lotto jackpot. Before Robert G. Swofford Jr. could come forward and claim his $60 million Lotto prize, he had to take care of some unfinished business: his divorce.
2005: Huge UK Lotto prizes yet to be claimed. The UK National Lottery operator Camelot has launched a New Year search for the winners of £16.3 million (US$30.9 million) in unclaimed prize money from last year.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$940 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2023
2.$632.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2022
3.$559.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2018
4.$524.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2016
5.$451 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2018
6.$447 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2021
7.$410 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2021
8.$380 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 4, 2011
9.€342.18 Million US$361.24 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2023
10.$296.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 4, 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.$206 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2015
14.€127 Million
US$173 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 7, 2014
15.€134.98 Million
US$152.4 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 4, 2022
16.$146 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 7, 2015
17.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2016
18.$117 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2017
19.$115 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2007
20.€87.15 Million
US$107.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2021
21.€88 Million
US$106.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 6, 2006
22.$105 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 7, 2009
23.€78 Million
US$102.47 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2007
24.$102 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2007
25.€86.21 Million
US$98.19 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 5, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: C0w Pi3
Friday, Jan 4, 1991
32 years old
1986: Hermanus104
Saturday, Jan 4, 1986
37 years old
1983: Flippa202
Tuesday, Jan 4, 1983
40 years old
1980: sarahjames31
Friday, Jan 4, 1980
43 years old
1978: jaycat78
Wednesday, Jan 4, 1978
45 years old
1972: sueluvs2
Tuesday, Jan 4, 1972
51 years old
1971: Imforty
Monday, Jan 4, 1971
52 years old
1962: Hamp101
Thursday, Jan 4, 1962
61 years old
1954: pima54
Monday, Jan 4, 1954
69 years old
1942: barsea
Sunday, Jan 4, 1942
81 years old
1942: garfieldgray
Sunday, Jan 4, 1942
81 years old
1939: geoblk
Wednesday, Jan 4, 1939
84 years old
1935: rkempsells
Friday, Jan 4, 1935
88 years old
: bd2lucky
(year not provided)
: pima1954
(year not provided)
: PrettyLady38
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: Hennenman-Kroonstad train crash: A passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collides with a truck on a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa. Twenty people are killed and 260 injured.
2013: A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.
2010: The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.
2007: The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
2006: Ehud Olmert becomes acting Prime Minister of Israel after the incumbent, Ariel Sharon, suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke.
2004: Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
2004: Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
2000: A Norwegian passenger train departing from Trondheim, collides with a local train coming from Hamar in Åsta, Åmot; 19 people are killed and 68 injured in the accident.
1999: Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
1998: A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
1990: In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
1989: Second Gulf of Sidra incident: A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
1987: The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
1976: The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
1975: This date overflowed the 12-bit field that had been used in the Decsystem 10 operating systems. There were numerous problems and crashes related to this bug while an alternative format was developed.
1972: Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.
1959: Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
1958: Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
1956: The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
1951: Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
1948: Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
1944: World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
1918: The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
1912: The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
1903: Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
1896: Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
1885: Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.
1884: The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
1878: Russo-Turkish War (1877-78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
1863: The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
1854: The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
1853: After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
1798: Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.
1762: Great Britain declares war on Spain, which meant the entry of Spain into the Seven Years' War.
1717: The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
1649: English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
871: Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.
46 BC: Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.

Births On This Day

1999: Nico Hischier, Swiss ice hockey player
1999: Jaeman Salmon, Australian rugby league player
1998: Liza Soberano, Filipina actress
1997: Ante Žižić, Croatian basketball player
1996: Jackson Hastings, Australian rugby league player
1994: Derrick Henry, American football player
1992: Kris Bryant, American baseball player
1990: Iago Falque, Spanish footballer
1990: Toni Kroos, German footballer
1990: Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer
1989: Graham Rahal, American race car driver
1988: Anestis Argyriou, Greek footballer
1988: Maximilian Riedmüller, German footballer
1987: Kay Voser, Swiss footballer
1986: Younès Kaboul, French footballer
1986: Andrei Krauchanka, Belarusian decathlete
1986: James Milner, English footballer
1985: Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player
1985: Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer
1985: Al Jefferson, American basketball player
1984: Kho Jabing, Malaysian and convicted murderer executed in Singapore (d. 2016).
1982: Richard Logan, English footballer
1982: Danny Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
1980: Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
1980: Justin Ontong, South African cricketer
1979: Shergo Biran, German footballer
1979: Tristan Gommendy, French race car driver
1978: Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player
1976: Ted Lilly, American baseball player
1975: Shane Carwin, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1975: Paul Watson, English footballer and physiotherapist
1974: Danilo Hondo, German cyclist
1973: Frank Høj, Danish cyclist
1971: Shane Walker, Australian rugby league player
1971: Colin Ward, Australian rugby league player
1969: Kees van Wonderen, Dutch footballer and manager
1967: Johnny Nelson, English boxer and sportscaster
1967: David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist
1967: David Wilson, Australian rugby player
1966: Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Guy Forget, French tennis player
1965: Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director
1965: Julia Ormond, English actress and producer
1964: Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player
1964: Adrian Shelford, New Zealand rugby league player (d. 2003)
1963: Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
1963: Martina Proeber, German diver
1961: Sidney Green, American basketball player and coach
1960: Gavin Miller, Australian rugby league player
1960: Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer
1958: Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor
1957: Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956: Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist
1956: Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician
1956: Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954: Rob Kerin, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of South Australia
1954: Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon
1953: Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer
1950: Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (d. 2013)
1949: Mick Mills, English footballer and manager
1948: Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (d. 1992)
1948: Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
1947: Chris Cutler, English percussionist, lyricist and music theorist
1947: Marie-Thérèse Letablier, French sociologist and academic
1946: Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1945: Richard R. Schrock, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1944: Gary Stevens, Australian rugby league player
1944: Alan Sutherland, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2020)
1943: Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author
1943: Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author and educator
1942: Bolaji Akinyemi, Nigerian political scientist, academic, and politician
1942: Jim Downing, American race car driver and inventor
1942: John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter
1941: George P. Cosmatos, Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1941: Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician (d. 1999)
1940: Gao Xingjian, Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940: Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1937: Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano
1937: Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1935: Floyd Patterson, American boxer (d. 2006)
1934: Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, 2nd President of Slovakia
1932: Clint Hill, American secret service agent and author
1932: Carlos Saura, Spanish director and screenwriter
1931: William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia
1931: Nora Iuga, Romanian poet, writer and translator
1931: Coşkun Özarı, Turkish footballer and coach (d. 2011)
1930: Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (d. 1994)
1930: Don Shula, American football player and coach (d. 2020)
1929: Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician (d. 2015)
1927: Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1927: Barbara Rush, American actress
1925: Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (d. 2003)
1924: Marianne Werner, German shot putter
1920: William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1996)
1916: Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1916: Robert Parrish, American actor and director (d. 1995)
1913: Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007)
1905: Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992)
1902: John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1991)
1901: C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist (d. 1989)
1900: James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1989)
1897: Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China (d. 1965)
1896: Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)
1896: André Masson, French painter and illustrator (d. 1987)
1895: Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (d. 1982)
1891: Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)
1889: M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India (d. 1963)
1884: Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator (d. 1958)
1883: Max Eastman, American author and poet (d. 1969)
1883: Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (d. 1961)
1881: Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919)
1878: A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer (d. 1957)
1878: Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator (d. 1961)
1877: Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet (d. 1943)
1874: Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1935)
1869: Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1960)
1864: Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish doctor and author (d. 1928)
1858: Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1946)
1848: Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)
1839: Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer (d. 1896)
1838: General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (d. 1883)
1832: George Tryon, English admiral (d. 1893)
1813: Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator (d. 1897)
1809: Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (d. 1852)
1785: Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (d. 1863)
1720: Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (d. 1774)
1710: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist (d. 1736)
1672: Hugh Boulter, English-Irish archbishop (d. 1742)
1654: Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (d. 1742)
1643: Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1727)
1581: James Ussher, Irish archbishop and historian (d. 1656)
1467: Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (d. 1538)
1334: Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (d. 1383)
1077: Emperor Zhezong of China (d. 1100)
659: Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (d.680)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Tanya Roberts, American actress (b. 1955)
2020: Tom Long, Australian actor (b. 1968)
2019: Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1927)
2017: Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1918)
2017: Georges Prêtre, French orchestral and opera conductor (b. 1924)
2016: S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (b. 1947)
2016: Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (b. 1939)
2015: Pino Daniele, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1955)
2013: Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (b. 1931)
2013: Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1951)
2012: Eve Arnold, American photographer and journalist (b. 1912)
2012: Rod Robbie, English-Canadian architect, designed the Canadian Pavilion and Rogers Centre (b. 1928)
2011: Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (b. 1937)
2011: Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
2011: Salmaan Taseer, Pakistani businessman and politician, 26th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan (b. 1944)
2010: Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname (b. 1910)
2010: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer (b. 1916)
2009: Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright, and author (b. 1946)
2008: Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1932)
2007: Helen Hill, American director and producer (b. 1970)
2007: Steve Krantz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
2007: Marais Viljoen, South African politician, 5th State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
2006: Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (b. 1912)
2006: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati politician, 1st Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1946)
2006: Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer, author, and academic (b. 1918)
2005: Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1924)
2005: Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
2005: Humphrey Carpenter, English radio host and author (b. 1946)
2005: Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (b. 1919)
2004: Brian Gibson, English director and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2004: Joan Aiken, English author (b. 1924)
2004: John Toland, American historian and author (b. 1912)
2001: Les Brown, American bandleader and composer (b. 1912)
2000: Spyros Markezinis, Greek lawyer and politician, 170th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1909)
2000: Tom Fears, Mexican-American football player and coach (b. 1922)
1999: Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (b. 1904)
1998: Mae Questel, American actress (b. 1908)
1997: Harry Helmsley, American businessman (b. 1909)
1995: Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (b. 1942)
1995: Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1907)
1994: R. D. Burman, Indian film composer and music director (b. 1939)
1990: Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (b. 1903)
1990: Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (b. 1908)
1988: Lily Laskine, French harp player (b. 1893)
1986: Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
1986: Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)
1985: Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
1975: Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
1969: Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
1967: Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
1965: T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1962: Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
1961: Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1960: Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1944: Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
1943: Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
1943: Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (b. 1912)
1941: Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
1940: Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
1931: Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
1931: Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
1931: Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
1927: Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
1925: Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
1924: Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
1920: Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
1919: Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
1912: Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
1910: Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
1904: Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
1901: Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)
1900: Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
1896: Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
1891: Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
1883: Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
1882: John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
1880: Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
1880: Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
1877: Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
1874: Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
1863: Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
1825: Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)
1821: Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (b. 1774)
1804: Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1730)
1786: Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1729)
1782: Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (b. 1698)
1761: Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (b. 1677)
1752: Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1704)
1695: François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (b. 1628)
1604: Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (b. 1555)
1584: Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1539)
1428: Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1370)
1424: Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero
1399: Nicholas Eymerich, Catalan theologian and inquisitor
1344: Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle, English peer (b. 1288)
1248: Sancho II of Portugal (b. 1209)
874: Hasan al-Askari, eleventh of the Twelve Imams (probable; b. 846)
871: Æthelwulf, Saxon ealdorman

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