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January 8

January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 357 days remain until the end of the year (358 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2025
Maryland man uses rude driver's license plate numbers to win $500,000 in a single Pick 5 drawing. An encounter with an inconsiderate driver on the road led to a Maryland man using their license plate numbers in a Pick 5 drawing and winning an astounding $500,000 prize.
2021
Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $520 million on strong sales. Lottery officials have just announced that the jackpot for tonight's Mega Millions drawing has been raised from $510 million to $520 million, making this week's Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots just $10 million shy of a combined $1 billion.
2021
Woman's winning lottery ticket almost ended up in a Christmas card. An Australian woman who bought a handful of scratch-off lottery tickets to put in her Christmas cards said she ended up with one ticket left over — and it won more than $7,000.
2020
One of the UK's first lottery millionaires reveals how she's lived off her $3.5 million win. Next week will mark a quarter of a century since the first National Lottery draw and to mark it, we have tracked down one of the first batch of millionaires it created.
2017
Odds of a Mississippi Lottery still long, but may be improving. This year there is a little additional optimism around the idea of starting a Mississippi Lottery, as the state's Republican governor said he would be open to discussions of a lottery.
2017
Trials for Tipton brothers charged in lottery scandal delayed. Trials for brothers charged with ongoing criminal conduct in Iowa for allegedly fixing lottery games to collect jackpots have been delayed.
2016
$800 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot approaches billion-dollar range. This is the lottery jackpot every lottery player has been waiting for!
2016
Republican lawmakers to sponsor Alabama lottery bill. Republican Senator Jim McClendon from Springville plans to sponsor a bill during the legislative session that begins Feb. 2 that would allow the people to vote on whether to create a lottery in Alabama.
2016
$1,000-a-month lifetime lottery ticket auctioned for $40,000. An online auction for a lottery ticket that pays $1,000 a month for the rest of a 73-year-old Kalamazoo man's life went into overtime on Thursday, Jan. 7, ending with a winning bid of more than $40,000.
2014
Man thought he scratched a $1,000 prize, really won $100,000. David Lane thought he'd won $1,000 with an Oregon Lottery Cash Flurries Scratch-it ticket -- but he forgot to scratch off the final symbol.
2014
Keno: The Next Big Bet For The N.H. Lottery?. A push is underway to legalize Keno in bars and restaurants in an attempt to capture money spent by New Hampshire residents in Massachusetts.
2013
New look for Florida Lottery. The Florida Lottery used its 25th anniversary to unveil a new logo on Monday, aiming to boost the $4.8 billion-a-year gaming system that is a major funding source for Florida's schools.
2013
Pennsylvania Lottery privatization Q&A. Pennsylvania Revenue Secretary Dan Meuser and Aging Secretary Brian Duke took a few minutes to talk about the proposed privatization of the state lottery and the bid submitted by a North American subsidiary of the Camelot Group, which runs the National Lottery in the United Kingdom.
2013
Kentucky Lottery adds new rewards program. The Kentucky Lottery has launched the new Fun Club Rewards program, a multi-part initiative which rewards players with points for eligible non-winning scratch-off tickets purchased while making them automatically entered into drawings to win large cash prizes.
2010
Casino table games are coming to Pennsylvania. It's a done deal at last. Table games are coming to Pennsylvania by the end of the year.
2009
24 year-old Calif. man claims lottery riches. The $47 million winner of the Mega Millions lottery game was all smiles Wednesday afternoon when he claimed his winnings and was introduced at a news conference as Todd Moitz, California Lottery officials said.
2009
Lottery ticket 'printing error' voids huge jackpot. Unlucky lotto "winner" Thomas Noftall may not have won the jackpot, but the 27-year-old will take home some cash from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. after all.
2009
Colorado Lottery investigates 21-time prize winner. The Colorado Lottery launched an investigation into a repeat winner and his self-described "system" for winning the Cash Five jackpot again and again.
2004
'I Lied' -- Woman Drops Lottery Lawsuit. Elecia Battle is dropping her claim to the winning ticket sold in last week's $162 million Mega Millions jackpot.
2004
N.H. Lottery Accidentally Draws 2 Sets Of Winning Numbers. Players in the Tri-State Pick 3 lottery had two chances to win the midday jackpot Tuesday.
2004
Powerball Jackpot Jumps To $21 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $21 million, with a cash option of $11.7 million.
2004
South Carolina Education Lottery Turns 2. In the two years since its launch, lottery officials said total sales racked up at more than $1.5 billion.
2004
Florida Lottery Seeks Winner Of July 23 Fantasy 5. The Florida Lottery is looking for the winner of an unclaimed Fantasy 5 ticket worth $61,796.56.
2004
Clerk free on bail in lottery ticket case. A Cook County judge set bail at $25,000 Wednesday for a Chicago Board Options Exchange clerk accused of swiping her co-workers' winning $175,000 lottery ticket.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.1 Billion
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2023
2.$949.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2016
3.$520 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2021
4.$489.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2021
5.€345.49 Million
US$370.89 Million
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2023
6.$341.4 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2023
7.$300 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2022
8.$258 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2020
9.$238 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2025
10.$221 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2015
11.$165 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2024
11.$165 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2016
13.$162 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2015
14.€136.36 Million
US$154.92 Million
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2022
15.€120 Million
US$131.22 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2024
16.$131 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2007
17.$126 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2017
18.€103 Million
US$124.76 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2006
19.$122 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2007
20.$120 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2009
21.€89.38 Million
US$109.23 Million
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2021
22.$106 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2017
23.€87.76 Million
US$100.45 Million
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2019
24.€81.62 Million
US$97.77 Million
Draw Date
Jan 8, 2018
25.£66.07 Million
US$95.92 Million
United Kingdom
Lotto
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2000
Saturday, Jan 8, 2000
25 years old
1997
Wednesday, Jan 8, 1997
28 years old
1994
Saturday, Jan 8, 1994
31 years old
1987
Thursday, Jan 8, 1987
38 years old
1987
Thursday, Jan 8, 1987
38 years old
1985
Tuesday, Jan 8, 1985
40 years old
1981
Thursday, Jan 8, 1981
44 years old
1981
Thursday, Jan 8, 1981
44 years old
1979
Monday, Jan 8, 1979
46 years old
1975
Wednesday, Jan 8, 1975
50 years old
1974
Tuesday, Jan 8, 1974
51 years old
1973
Monday, Jan 8, 1973
52 years old
1971
Friday, Jan 8, 1971
54 years old
1970
Thursday, Jan 8, 1970
55 years old
1970
Thursday, Jan 8, 1970
55 years old
1967
Sunday, Jan 8, 1967
58 years old
1965
Friday, Jan 8, 1965
60 years old
1964
Wednesday, Jan 8, 1964
61 years old
1960
Friday, Jan 8, 1960
65 years old
1958
Wednesday, Jan 8, 1958
67 years old
1956
Sunday, Jan 8, 1956
69 years old
1951
Monday, Jan 8, 1951
74 years old
1946
Tuesday, Jan 8, 1946
79 years old
1915
Friday, Jan 8, 1915
110 years old
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2023
Supporters of former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro storm the Brazilian Congress.
2021
Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela.
2020
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashes immediately after takeoff at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport; all 176 on board are killed. The plane was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.
2016
Joaquín Guzmán, widely regarded as the world's most powerful drug trafficker, is recaptured following his escape from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
2016
West Air Sweden Flight 294 crashes near the Swedish reservoir of Akkajaure; both pilots, the only people on board, are killed.
2011
Sitting US Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is shot in the head along with 18 others in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords survived the assassination attempt, but six others died, including John Roll, a federal judge.
2010
Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attack a bus carrying the Togo national football team on its way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, killing three people and injuring another nine.
2009
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
2005
The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
2004
The RMS Queen Mary 2, then the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
2003
Turkish Airlines Flight 634 crashes near Diyarbakır Airport, Turkey, killing the entire crew and 70 of the 75 passengers.
2003
Air Midwest Flight 5481 crashes at Charlotte-Douglas Airport, in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing all 21 people on board.
2002
President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
1996
An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 people on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.
1994
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
1989
Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
1982
Breakup of the Bell System: In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
1981
A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
1977
Three bombs explode in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
1975
Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
1973
Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
1973
Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
1972
Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
1961
In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
1959
Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
1956
Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making first contact.
1946
Andrei Zhdanov, Chairman of the Finnish Allied Commission, submitted to the Finnish War Criminal Court an interrogation report by General Erich Buschenhagen, a German prisoner of war, on the contacts between Finnish and German military personnel before the Continuation War and a copy of Hitler's Barbarossa plan.
1945
World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack invading Japanese Imperial forces.
1940
World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
1936
Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
1926
Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ is crowned emperor of Vietnam, the country's last monarch.
1926
Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
1920
The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
1918
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" as conditions for ending World War I.
1912
The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
1900
President William McKinley places Alaska under military rule.
1889
Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' - his punched card calculator.
1877
Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle against the United States Cavalry at Wolf Mountain, Montana Territory.
1867
The United States Congress passes the bill to allow African American men the right to vote in Washington, D.C.
1863
American Civil War: Second Battle of Springfield.
1835
US President Andrew Jackson announces a celebratory dinner after having reduced the United States national debt to zero for the only time.
1828
The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
1815
War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
1811
Charles Deslondes leads an unsuccessful slave revolt in the North American settlements of St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
1806
The Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa becomes the British Cape Colony as a result of the Battle of Blaauwberg.
1790
George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
1746
Second Jacobite rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling.
1735
The premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante takes place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
1547
The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg.
1499
Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII.
1454
The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador.
1297
François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco.
871
Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.
307
Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying.

Births On This Day

2000
Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress
1999
Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter
1993
Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer
1992
Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player
1992
Koke, Spanish footballer
1991
Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer
1991
Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer
1991
Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer
1989
Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player
1988
Adrián López, Spanish footballer
1988
Michael Mancienne, English footballer
1988
Alex Tyus, American-Israeli basketball player
1982
Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
1982
(or 1983) Kim Jong-un, North Korean soldier and politician, 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea
1981
Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player
1979
Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer and manager
1979
Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer
1979
Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer
1979
Sarah Polley, Canadian actress and director
1978
Marco Fu, Hong Kongese snooker player
1977
Amber Benson, American actress, writer, director, and producer
1973
Mike Cameron, American baseball player
1972
Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager
1971
Jason Giambi, American baseball player
1971
Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer and coach
1967
R. Kelly, American convicted sex offender and former singer-songwriter, record producer, and professional basketball player
1967
Tom Watson, English politician
1966
Willie Anderson, American basketball player
1966
Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2009)
1966
Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
1964
Ron Sexsmith, Canadian singer-songwriter
1961
Calvin Smith, American sprinter
1960
Dave Weckl, American drummer
1959
Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005)
1958
Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
1958
Rey Misterio, Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor
1957
Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer
1955
Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer
1953
Bruce Sutter, American baseball pitcher (d. 2022)
1952
Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist and educator
1952
Peter McCullagh, Irish mathematician and academic
1951
Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
1949
Lawrence Rowe, Jamaican cricketer
1948
Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director and screenwriter
1947
David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2016)
1947
Antti Kalliomäki, Finnish pole vaulter and politician
1946
Robby Krieger, American guitarist and songwriter
1946
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mexican drug lord
1945
Nancy Bond, American author and academic
1945
Phil Beal, English footballer
1944
Terry Brooks, American lawyer and author
1942
Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (d. 2018)
1942
Junichirō Koizumi, Japanese politician, 56th Prime Minister of Japan
1942
Yvette Mimieux, American actress (d. 2022)
1941
Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1940
Cristy Lane, American country and gospel singer
1939
Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer
1938
Bob Eubanks, American game show host and producer
1937
Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
1936
Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic (d. 2020)
1935
Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 1977)
1934
Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (d. 1987)
1934
Roy Kinnear, British actor (d. 1988)
1933
Charles Osgood, American soldier and journalist
1933
Jean-Marie Straub, French director and screenwriter (d. 2022)
1931
Bill Graham, German-American businessman (d. 1991)
1931
Clarence Benjamin Jones, American lawyer and scholar
1929
Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (d. 2015)
1928
Slade Gorton, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington (d. 2020)
1927
Charles Tomlinson, English poet and academic (d. 2015)
1926
Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (d. 2012)
1926
Kerwin Mathews, American actor (d. 2007)
1926
Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian dancer and choreographer (d. 2004)
1926
Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (d. 2022)
1926
Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (d. 2009)
1925
Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (d. 1972)
1924
Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer (d. 2010)
1924
Ron Moody, English actor and singer (d. 2015)
1923
Larry Storch, American actor and comedian(d. 2022)
1923
Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor (d. 2011)
1923
Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d. 1985)
1923
Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author (d. 2008)
1922
Dale D. Myers, American engineer (d. 2015)
1917
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1994)
1915
Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
1912
José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director (d. 1992)
1912
Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (d. 2014)
1911
Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author (d. 1970)
1910
Galina Ulanova, Russian actress and ballerina (d. 1998)
1909
Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet (d. 1995)
1909
Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (d. 1995)
1909
Evelyn Wood, American author and educator (d. 1995)
1908
Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (d. 1996)
1908
William Hartnell, English actor (d. 1975)
1905
Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (d. 1997)
1904
Karl Brandt, German physician and SS officer (d. 1948)
1902
Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (d. 1987)
1900
Dorothy Adams, American character actress (d. 1988)
1900
Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter (d. 1969)
1899
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 1959)
1897
Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author (d. 1977)
1896
Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic (d. 1967)
1891
Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
1891
Storm Jameson, English journalist and author (d. 1986)
1891
Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1972)
1888
Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic (d. 1972)
1885
John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1945)
1885
Mór Kóczán, Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor (d. 1972)
1885
A. J. Muste, Dutch-American pastor and activist (d. 1967)
1883
Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (d. 1941)
1883
Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War (d. 1963)
1881
Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician (d. 1960)
1881
Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (d. 1945)
1873
Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1953)
1871
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1940)
1870
Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1930)
1867
Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
1866
William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1940)
1865
Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist (d. 1943)
1864
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892)
1862
Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (d. 1934)
1860
Emma Booth-Tucker, English author (d. 1903)
1859
Fanny Bullock Workman, American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (d. 1925)
1852
James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)
1843
Frederick Abberline, English police officer (d. 1929)
1836
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-English painter and academic (d. 1912)
1830
Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (d. 1894)
1824
Wilkie Collins, English novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 1889)
1824
Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (d. 1861)
1823
Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer (d. 1913)
1821
James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey (d. 1904)
1817
Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (d. 1893)
1812
Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1871)
1805
John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California (d. 1871)
1805
Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (d. 1878)
1792
Lowell Mason, American composer and educator (d. 1872)
1788
Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop (d. 1831)
1786
Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier (d. 1844)
1763
Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat (d. 1834)
1735
John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University (d. 1815)
1638
Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (d. 1665)
1635
Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish cardinal (d. 1709)
1632
Samuel von Pufendorf, German economist and jurist (d. 1694)
1628
François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. 1695)
1601
Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (d. 1658)
1589
Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1638)
1587
Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer and academic (d. 1616)
1587
Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1629)
1583
Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1643)
1529
John Frederick II, duke of Saxony (d. 1595)
1345
Kadi Burhan al-Din, poet, kadi, and ruler of Sivas (d. 1398)
1037
Su Dongpo, Chinese calligrapher and poet (d. 1101)

Deaths On This Day

2022
Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (b. 1944)
2021
Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (b. 1922)
2020
Pat Dalton, Australian footballer (b. 1942)
2020
Buck Henry, American actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1930)
2017
Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (b. 1925)
2017
James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (b. 1939)
2017
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician (b. 1934)
2017
Peter Sarstedt, Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
2016
Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (b. 1926)
2016
German Moreno, Filipino television host, actor, comedian and talent manager (b. 1933)
2015
Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (b. 1942)
2015
Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1926)
2015
Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
2014
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (b. 1925)
2014
Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1939)
2013
Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1927)
2013
Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (b. 1920)
2013
Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (b. 1930)
2012
Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (b. 1938)
2012
T. J. Hamblin, English haematologist and academic (b. 1943)
2012
Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (b. 1929)
2011
Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1937)
2011
Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1924)
2010
Art Clokey, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2009
Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1958)
2008
George Moore, Australian jockey and trainer (b. 1923)
2007
Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (b. 1908)
2007
Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1916)
2007
Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1922)
2007
David Ervine, Northern Irish politician and activist (b. 1953)
2007
Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1925)
2006
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish broadcaster and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics (b. 1943)
2003
Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b. 1925)
2002
Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2002
Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (b. 1932)
1998
Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
1997
Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1996
Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1968)
1996
François Mitterrand, French sergeant and politician, 21st President of France (b. 1916)
1994
Pat Buttram, American actor and comedian (b. 1915)
1994
Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)
1991
Steve Clark, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
1990
Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (b. 1919)
1990
Terry-Thomas, English actor and comedian (b. 1911)
1986
Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (b. 1906)
1983
Gerhard Barkhorn, German general and pilot (b. 1919)
1982
Grégoire Aslan, Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1980
John Mauchly, American physicist and academic (b. 1907)
1976
Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
1975
Richard Tucker, American operatic tenor (b. 1913)
1963
Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898)
1961
Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
1958
Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869)
1954
Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1898)
1953
Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)
1952
Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1866)
1950
Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (b. 1883)
1948
Kurt Schwitters, German painter and graphic designer (b. 1887)
1945
Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900)
1944
William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American lieutenant and sailor (b. 1878)
1943
Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (b. 1879)
1942
Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1869)
1941
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general and founder of the Scout movement (b. 1857)
1941
Vladimír Mandl, Czechoslovak lawyer (b. 1899)
1938
Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (b. 1880)
1934
Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)
1934
Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
1925
George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)
1920
Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
1918
Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
1916
Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
1916
Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
1914
Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
1896
William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
1896
Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
1883
Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
1880
Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
1878
Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
1874
Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
1865
Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)
1854
William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
1825
Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765)
1815
Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778)
1794
Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)
1789
Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)
1775
John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)
1713
Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
1707
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)
1642
Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1564)
1598
John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1525)
1570
Philibert de l'Orme, French sculptor and architect, designed the Château d'Anet (b. 1510)
1557
Albert Alcibiades, margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (b. 1522)
1538
Beatrice of Portugal, duchess of Savoy (b. 1504)
1456
Lawrence Giustiniani, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1381)
1424
Stephen Zaccaria, archbishop of Patras
1354
Charles de la Cerda, French nobleman (b. 1327)
1337
Giotto, Italian painter and architect, designed Scrovegni Chapel and Giotto's Campanile (b. 1266)
1198
Celestine III, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1106)
1107
Edgar, King of Scotland (b. 1074)
1079
Adèle of France, countess of Flanders (b. 1009)
926
Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury
871
Bagsecg, Viking warrior and leader
482
Severinus of Noricum, Italian apostle and saint
307
Hui of Jin, Chinese emperor (b. 259)
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