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July 17

On This Day in History

July 17

July 17 is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 167 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Maryland player wins $50,000 in Pick 5 for the fifth time this year. An anonymous Maryland player won a Pick 5 top prize of $50,000 for the fifth time this year, having bought every winning ticket at the same store.
2020: Two Michigan scratch-off winners from the same county win big. A 30-year-old Michigan resident nearly fainted after discovering that he won not $1,000, but $4 million from a $30 instant scratch-off game.
2019: Police officer sent to rehab for playing scratch-off lottery tickets on duty, lawsuit claims. A veteran New Jersey police officer is suing the force's top brass for harassment, claiming he was confined to his home after being diagnosed with PTSD and wrongfully pegged as a gambling addict.
2018: S.C. woman wins $250,000 on wrong lottery ticket — and is giving it away. A woman from Greenville, South Carolina, won $250,000 on a lottery ticket she didn't even pick, but what she'll do with the money will surprise you the most.
2017: New Jersey Lottery launches new Quick Draw game. The New Jersey Lottery today launched the fast-paced Quick Draw game in 400 locations across the state.
2017: Ohio Lottery's annual profit exceeds $1 billion for the second year. The Ohio Lottery reported a $1 billion profit for the second year, bolstered by high sales of two games, Keno and EZPlay QuicKeno.
2016: $361 MILLION: Powerball rolls again. This week Powerball will be the hot ticket, currently featuring the largest lottery jackpot in the world.
2015: Hot Lotto case moves to jury for deliberations. Attorneys gave their closing arguments Friday in the fraud case against a former lottery vendor employee accused of manipulating a Hot Lotto drawing to win a $14.3 million ticket.
2015: NJ store owner returns lost $2M lottery ticket. An honest New Jersey store owner returned a winning scratch-off with a $2 million jackpot to a regular customer after it ended up unclaimed in the garbage.
2014: New Mexico man claims 15 prizes in Mega Millions draw worth $60,000. An Albuquerque, New Mexico, man came to New Mexico Lottery headquarters Wednesday to claim 15 prizes totaling $60,000 from the July 8 Mega Millions drawing.
2014: Wyoming Lottery ad campaign starts with rodeo. With the launch of the Wyoming Lottery just over a month away, officials will begin a statewide advertising campaign and training the retailers who will be selling the tickets.
2013: Mega Millions lottery game's redesign aims at bigger jackpots, better overall odds. The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game is being redesigned to offer bigger starting jackpots and better overall odds beginning Oct. 22.
2010: High demand crashes B.C. gambling website. The British Columbia Lottery Corporation's expanded online gambling website PlayNow.com crashed hours after its launch Thursday due to overwhelming popular demand, an official says.
2010: Gambling addict is suing B.C. Lottery Corporation. A North Delta woman launched a lawsuit against the B.C. Lottery Corporation this week alleging the company's self-exclusion program failed to help her curb her gambling addiction.
2009: Arkansas Lottery Commission hits panic button on salaries. The governor welcomed the Arkansas Lottery Commission's decision a day earlier to review salary offers of more than $80,000 made to future lottery hires. But the governor said he thought lawmakers were surprised that at least a half-dozen of the first employees hired to run the lottery got six-figure salaries.
2009: Kansas Lottery sales decline in 2009. Kansas Lottery sales were down 2.6 percent during the fiscal year that ended June 30, the state agency reported Wednesday.
2009: Georgians win big in lottery. An Alpharetta salesman, a former HOPE scholarship recipient and a grandmother are some of recent Georgia lottery winners.
2009: N.C. Lottery posts record returns. The North Carolina Education Lottery may not be recession-proof, but it's posting financial returns that would be a long shot for almost any other business in this economic environment.
2008: Oregon Lottery to start new raffle game. In January, the Oregon Lottery will tread into territory dominated by schools, churches and other charitable causes: the raffle.
2005: Connecticut Gov. considers dumping Powerball. Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell thinks Powerball, the multi-state lottery game that offers huge potential payoffs, is about to become a lousy bet, and has asked the lottery to consider pulling out of the game.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$922 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2023
2.$640 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2023
3.$555 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2022
4.$375 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2018
5.$361 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 20, 2016
6.$251 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2024
7.€240.13 Million US$245.6 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2022
8.€230 Million US$235.24 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2022
9.$232 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2017
10.€190.37 Million
US$214.05 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2019
11.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2017
12.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2019
13.$149.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2021
14.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2005
15.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2015
16.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 20, 2021
17.€120 Million
US$122.74 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2022
18.€108 Million
US$121.41 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2019
19.€110.05 Million
US$121.4 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 19, 2016
20.€96 Million
US$116.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 22, 2005
21.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2013
22.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2018
23.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 18, 2008
24.€85 Million
US$104.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2012
25.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 17, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: Thannessa
Monday, Jul 17, 1989
35 years old
1988: kingsqueenck
Sunday, Jul 17, 1988
36 years old
1987: BFKISSES88
Friday, Jul 17, 1987
37 years old
1983: bigboi33
Sunday, Jul 17, 1983
41 years old
1982: japman
Saturday, Jul 17, 1982
42 years old
1978: Kookiemuncha
Monday, Jul 17, 1978
46 years old
1977: TOY71777
Sunday, Jul 17, 1977
47 years old
1976: karmamichele
Saturday, Jul 17, 1976
48 years old
1976: ship717
Saturday, Jul 17, 1976
48 years old
1969: CashCouple
Thursday, Jul 17, 1969
55 years old
1968: LOVEMONEY2DAY
Wednesday, Jul 17, 1968
56 years old
1967: cps10
Monday, Jul 17, 1967
57 years old
1966: Arlene54
Sunday, Jul 17, 1966
58 years old
1965: Round-one65
Saturday, Jul 17, 1965
59 years old
1963: wreakshavok777
Wednesday, Jul 17, 1963
61 years old
1962: Jens2014
Tuesday, Jul 17, 1962
62 years old
1962: trim
Tuesday, Jul 17, 1962
62 years old
1961: jeff bobash
Monday, Jul 17, 1961
63 years old
1959: nitabug
Friday, Jul 17, 1959
65 years old
1956: joyrepo
Tuesday, Jul 17, 1956
68 years old
1955: oz7177
Sunday, Jul 17, 1955
69 years old
1954: DESTINYBEAR916
Saturday, Jul 17, 1954
70 years old
1948: waltpat12
Saturday, Jul 17, 1948
76 years old

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: Scott S. Sheppard announces that his team has discovered a dozen irregular moons of Jupiter.
2015: At least 120 people are killed and 130 injured by a suicide bombing in Diyala Governorate, Iraq.
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
2014: A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.
2014: Eric Garner is killed by police officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him.
2007: TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes into a warehouse after landing too fast and missing the end of the São Paulo-Congonhas Airport runway, killing 199 people.
2006: The 7.7 M_w Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
2001: Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
2000: During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna India, killing 60 people.
1998: The 7.0 M_w Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
1998: A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing the permanent international court in The Hague, to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
1997: After takeoff from Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Sempati Air Flight 304 crashes into a residential neighborhood in Bandung, killing 28 people.
1996: TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
1989: First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
1989: Holy See-Poland relations are restored.
1985: Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).
1984: The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
1981: A structural failure leads to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
1979: Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida, United States.
1976: East Timor is annexed and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
1976: The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.
1975: Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
1973: King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
1968: Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
1962: Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
1955: Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
1953: The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
1945: World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
1944: Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
1944: World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
1938: Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
1936: Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
1932: Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
1919: The form of government in the Republic of Finland is officially confirmed. For this reason, July 17 is known as the Day of Democracy (Kansanvallan päivä) in Finland.
1918: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
1918: The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; five lives are lost.
1917: King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
1902: Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
1901: Liner Deutschland sets east to west transatlantic record of five days, eleven hours and five minutes.
1899: NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
1867: Harvard School of Dental Medicine is established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
1850: Vega became the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.
1821: The Kingdom of Spain cedes the territory of Florida to the United States.
1794: The 16 Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne are executed ten days prior to the end of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
1791: Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing scores of people.
1771: Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
1762: Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
1717: King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
1453: Battle of Castillon: The last battle of the Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony.
1429: Hundred Years' War: Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc.
1402: Zhu Di, better known by his era name as the Yongle Emperor, assumes the throne over the Ming dynasty of China.
1203: The Fourth Crusade assaults Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile.
1048: Damasus II is elected pope, and dies 23 days later.
180: Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.

Births On This Day

2005: Connor Bedard, Canadian ice hockey player
2002: Jordan Lawlar, American baseball player
1998: Rosana Serrano, Cuban rower
1997: OG Anunoby, British basketball player
1994: Kali Uchis, American singer-songwriter
1992: Billie Lourd, American actress
1992: Tatu Sinisalo, Finnish actor
1991: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1987: Darius Boyd, Australian rugby league player
1987: Jeremih, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
1986: DeAngelo Smith, American football player
1985: Loui Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player
1985: Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer
1983: Adam Lind, American baseball player
1982: Omari Banks, Anguillan cricketer
1981: Hely Ollarves, Venezuelan runner
1980: Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer
1980: Brett Goldstein, British actor, comedian and writer
1980: Ryan Miller, American ice hockey player
1979: Mike Vogel, American actor
1978: Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978: Panda Bear, American musician and songwriter
1978: Jason Jennings, American baseball player
1978: Justine Triet, French film director and screenwriter
1977: Andrew Downton, Australian cricketer
1977: Leif Hoste, Belgian cyclist
1977: Marc Savard, Canadian ice hockey player
1976: Luke Bryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Gino D'Acampo, Italian chef and author
1976: Dagmara Domińczyk, Polish-American actress
1976: Marcos Senna, Brazilian-Spanish footballer
1976: Anders Svensson, Swedish footballer and sportscaster
1976: Eric Winter, American actor
1975: Andre Adams, New Zealand cricketer
1975: Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
1975: Darude, Finnish DJ and producer
1975: Loretta Harrop, Australian triathlete
1975: Konnie Huq, English television presenter
1975: Terence Tao, Australian-American mathematician
1974: Claudio López, Argentine footballer
1973: Eric Moulds, American football player
1972: Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist
1972: Donny Marshall, American basketball player and sportscaster
1972: Jason Rullo, American drummer
1972: Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer and manager
1972: Eric Williams, American basketball player
1971: Calbert Cheaney, American basketball player and coach
1971: Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
1971: Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
1969: Jason Clarke, Australian actor
1969: Scott Johnson, American cartoonist
1969: Jaan Kirsipuu, Estonian cyclist
1966: Lou Barlow, American guitarist and songwriter
1966: Sten Tolgfors, Swedish lawyer and politician, 30th Swedish Minister of Defence
1965: Craig Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Alex Winter, English-American actor, film director and screenwriter
1964: Heather Langenkamp, American actress and producer
1963: Regina Belle, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1963: Letsie III of Lesotho
1963: Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper and singer (d. 2019)
1961: António Costa, Portuguese politician, 119th Prime Minister of Portugal
1961: Jeremy Hardy, English comedian and actor (d. 2019)
1960: Kim Barnett, English cricketer and coach
1960: Mark Burnett, English-American screenwriter and producer
1960: Nancy Giles, American journalist and actress
1960: Robin Shou, Hong Kong martial artist and actor
1960: Dawn Upshaw, American soprano
1960: Jan Wouters, Dutch footballer and manager
1959: Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin, Bangladeshi-English politician
1958: Wong Kar-wai, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
1958: Suzanne Moore, English journalist
1958: Thérèse Rein, Australian businesswoman, founded Ingeus
1958: Susan Silver, American music manager
1957: Bruce Crump, American drummer and songwriter (d. 2015)
1957: Wendy Freedman, Canadian-American cosmologist and astronomer
1956: Julie Bishop, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
1956: Bryan Trottier, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1955: Sylvie Léonard, Canadian actress and screenwriter
1955: Paul Stamets, American mycologist and author
1954: Angela Merkel, German chemist and politician, Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
1954: Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (d. 2015)
1954: J. Michael Straczynski, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1952: David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, and producer
1952: Nicolette Larson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
1952: Thé Lau, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1952: Robert R. McCammon, American author
1951: Lucie Arnaz, American actress and singer
1951: Mark Bowden, American journalist and author
1951: Andrew Robathan, English soldier and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1950: Sadhan Chandra Majumder, Bangladeshi politician
1950: Tengku Sulaiman Shah, Malaysian corporate figure
1950: Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1949: Geezer Butler, English bass player and songwriter
1949: Charley Steiner, American journalist and sportscaster
1948: Ron Asheton, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
1948: Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (d. 2015)
1947: Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's, English educator and politician
1947: Robert Begerau, German footballer and manager
1947: Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom
1947: Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1947: Mick Tucker, English rock drummer (Sweet) (d. 2002)
1946: Chris Crutcher, American novelist and short story writer
1946: Ted Sampley, American POW/MIA activist (d. 2009)
1945: Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
1945: John Patten, Baron Patten, English politician, Secretary of State for Education
1944: Mark Burgess, New Zealand cricketer and footballer
1944: Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress
1944: Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2016)
1943: LaVyrle Spencer, American author and educator
1942: Gale Garnett, New Zealand-born Canadian singer
1942: Connie Hawkins, American basketball player (d. 2017)
1942: Don Kessinger, American baseball player and manager
1942: Zoot Money, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1941: Daryle Lamonica, American football player (d. 2022)
1941: Bob Taylor, English cricketer
1941: Achim Warmbold, German race car driver and manager
1940: Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1939: Andrée Champagne, Canadian actress and politician (d. 2020)
1939: Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
1938: Hermann Huppen, Belgian author and illustrator
1935: Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer (d. 2019)
1935: Peter Schickele, American composer and educator (d. 2024)
1935: Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer (d. 2024)
1934: Lucio Tan, Chinese-Filipino billionaire businessman and educator
1933: Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (d. 2014)
1933: Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, Maltese politician, 9th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 2022)
1933: Tony Pithey, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (d. 2006)
1932: Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer (d. 1996)
1932: Red Kerr, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)
1932: Wojciech Kilar, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1932: Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
1932: Slick Leonard, American basketball player and coach (d. 2021)
1932: Ian Moir, Australian rugby league player (d. 1990)
1932: Quino, Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist (d. 2020)
1932: Hal Riney, American businessman, founded Publicis & Hal Riney (d. 2008)
1929: Sergei K. Godunov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2023)
1928: Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1976)
1926: Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian wrestler (d. 2010)
1926: Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (d. 2015)
1925: Jimmy Scott, American singer and actor (d. 2014)
1925: Mohammad Hasan Sharq, Afghan politician
1924: Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (d. 2013)
1923: Jeanne Block, American psychologist (d. 1981)
1923: John Cooper, English car designer, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (d. 2000)
1921: George Barnes, American guitarist, producer, and songwriter (d. 1977)
1921: Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (d. 1955)
1921: Mary Osborne, American guitarist (d. 1992)
1921: Toni Stone, American baseball player (d. 1996)
1921: František Zvarík, Slovak actor (d. 2008)
1920: Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (d. 2005)
1920: Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 2010)
1919: Albert Stubbins, English footballer (d. 2002)
1918: Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala (d. 2003)
1917: Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
1917: Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist (d. 2012)
1917: Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (d. 2015)
1917: Christiane Rochefort, French author (d. 1998)
1916: Eleanor Hadley, American economist and policymaker (d. 2007)
1915: Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1978)
1915: Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator (d. 1985)
1914: Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (d. 1990)
1913: Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (d. 1997)
1912: Erwin Bauer, German race car driver (d. 1958)
1912: Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010)
1911: Lionel Ferbos, American trumpet player (d. 2014)
1911: Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1999)
1910: James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (d. 2012)
1910: Frank Olson, American chemist and microbiologist (d. 1953)
1905: William Gargan, American actor (d. 1979)
1902: Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (d. 1983)
1901: Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver (d. 1994)
1901: Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (d. 1938)
1901: Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 1982)
1899: James Cagney, American actor and dancer (d. 1986)
1898: Berenice Abbott, American photographer (d. 1991)
1898: Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer (d. 1999)
1896: Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer (d. 1919)
1894: Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (d. 1966)
1889: Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (d. 1970)
1888: Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1882: James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (d. 1949)
1879: Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1960)
1873: Many Benner, French painter (d. 1965)
1871: Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1956)
1870: Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (d. 1939)
1868: Henri Nathansen, Danish director and playwright (d. 1944)
1853: Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1920)
1839: Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive (d. 1916)
1837: Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1886)
1831: Xianfeng Emperor of China (d. 1861)
1831: Naser al-Din Shah of Qajar Iran (a. 1896)
1823: Leander Clark, American businessman, judge, and politician (d. 1910)
1797: Paul Delaroche, French painter and academic (d. 1856)
1774: John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (d. 1856)
1763: John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1848)
1744: Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (d. 1814)
1714: Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (d. 1762)
1708: Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (d. 1769)
1698: Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1759)
1695: Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim (d. 1766)
1674: Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (d. 1748)
1531: Antoine de Créqui Canaples, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1574)
1499: Maria Salviati, Italian noblewoman (d. 1543)
1487: Ismail I of Iran (d. 1524)

Deaths On This Day

2020: John Lewis, American Politician and Civil Rights Leader. (b. 1940)
2020: Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian pair skater (b. 2000)
2019: Marie Sophie Hingst, German historian and blogger who falsely claimed to be descended from Holocaust survivors
2015: Bill Arnsparger, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
2015: Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (b. 1989)
2015: Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic (b. 1916)
2015: Van Miller, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
2015: John Taylor, English pianist and educator (b. 1942)
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: Liam Davison, Australian author and critic (b. 1957)
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: Shuba Jay, Malaysian actress (b. 1976)
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (b. 1954)
2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims: Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician (b. 1952)
2014: Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1933)
2014: Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (b. 1928)
2014: Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
2013: Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (b. 1921)
2013: Peter Appleyard, English-Canadian vibraphone player and composer (b. 1928)
2013: Vincenzo Cerami, Italian screenwriter and producer (b. 1940)
2013: Don Flye, American tennis player (b. 1933)
2013: Ian Gourlay, English general (b. 1920)
2013: David White, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1933)
2012: Richard Evatt, English boxer (b. 1973)
2012: Forrest S. McCartney, American general (b. 1931)
2012: İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish-American composer and producer (b. 1926)
2012: William Raspberry, American journalist and academic (b. 1935)
2012: Marsha Singh, Indian-English politician (b. 1954)
2011: David Ngoombujarra, Australian actor (b. 1967)
2010: Larry Keith, American actor (b. 1931)
2009: Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (b. 1916)
2009: Leszek Kołakowski, Polish historian and philosopher (b. 1927)
2007: Grant Forsberg, American actor and businessman (b. 1959)
2007: Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (b. 1956)
2007: Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza, Brazilian lawyer and businessman (b. 1945)
2006: Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2006: Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (b. 1918)
2005: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (b. 1913)
2005: Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
2005: Joe Vialls, Australian journalist and theorist (b. 1944)
2003: David Kelly, Welsh weapons inspector (b. 1944)
2003: Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (b. 1914)
2003: Walter Zapp, Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the Minox (b. 1905)
2002: Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
2001: Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)
1998: Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
1996: Victims of TWA Flight 800: Michel Breistroff, French ice hockey player (b. 1971)
1996: Victims of TWA Flight 800: Marcel Dadi, Tunisian-French guitarist (b. 1951)
1996: Victims of TWA Flight 800: David Hogan, American composer (b. 1949)
1996: Victims of TWA Flight 800: Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director (b. 1948)
1996: Chas Chandler, English bass player and producer (b. 1938)
1995: Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1911)
1994: Jean Borotra, French tennis player (b. 1898)
1991: John Patrick Spiegel, American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
1989: Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922)
1988: Bruiser Brody, American football player and wrestler (b. 1946)
1980: Don "Red" Barry, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1980: Boris Delaunay, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1890)
1975: Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (b. 1893)
1974: Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1910)
1967: John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1926)
1961: Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
1961: Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (b. 1908)
1960: Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)
1959: Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
1959: Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
1950: Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
1950: Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)
1946: Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)
1946: Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
1945: Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
1944: William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
1942: Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
1935: George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
1932: Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
1928: Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
1928: Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
1925: Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Nicholas II of Russia (b. 1868)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia (b. 1872)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1895)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1897)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1899)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1901)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (b. 1904)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Anna Demidova (b. 1878)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Ivan Kharitonov (b. 1872)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Alexei Trupp (b. 1858)
1918: Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family: Yevgeny Botkin (b. 1865)
1912: Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
1907: Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
1900: Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
1894: Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
1894: Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
1893: Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
1885: Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
1883: Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
1881: Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
1879: Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
1878: Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet and politician (b. 1812)
1871: Karl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)
1845: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)
1794: John Roebuck, English chemist and businessman (b. 1718)
1793: Charlotte Corday, French murderer (b. 1768)
1791: Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian missionary and author (b. 1717)
1790: Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
1762: Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
1725: Thomas King, English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?).
1709: Robert Bolling, English planter and merchant (b. 1646)
1704: Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657)
1645: Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, English-Scottish politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1587)
1642: William, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count, field marshal of the Dutch State Army (b. 1592)
1603: Mózes Székely, Hungarian noble (b. 1553)
1588: Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect and engineer, designed the Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque and Süleymaniye Mosque (b. 1489)
1571: Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)
1531: Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese commander (b. 1484)
1453: Dmitry Shemyaka, Grand Prince of Moscow
1453: John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician (b. 1387)
1399: Jadwiga, queen of Poland (b. 1374)
1304: Edmund Mortimer, 2nd Baron Mortimer (b. 1251)
1210: Sverker II, king of Sweden (b. 1210)
1119: Baldwin VII, count of Flanders (b. 1093)
1085: Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer
1070: Baldwin VI, count of Flanders (b. 1030)
961: Du, empress dowager of the Song Dynasty
952: Wu Hanyue, Chinese noblewoman (b. 913)
855: Leo IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 790)
521: Magnus Felix Ennodius, Gallo-Roman bishop

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