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July 3

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July 3

July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 181 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Thousands of Norway lottery players mistakenly told they won millions. Thousands of Norwegians were told last week that they had won lifechanging amounts of money in the lottery, only to have those hopes dashed away when it turned out to be a massive technical error.
2024: Tennessee man says he'll swear off bologna after winning $1 million Kentucky Lottery prize. A Tennessee man jokingly said he'd never eat bologna ever again if he won a million dollars in the lottery and won a $1 million prize immediately after saying it.
2023: New scratch-off game from Florida Lottery offers $250,000 a year for life top prize. The Florida Lottery released a new "Year for Life" family of scratch-off games, with the highest price point ticket featuring a $250,000 a year for life top prize.
2019: New York Lottery joins Multi-State Lottery Association. The Board of Directors of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has approved the New York Lottery's request for membership, with transitioning activities having started this week.
2019: Longtime friends split $20 lottery ticket, win $1 million prize. Two longtime friends decided that sharing a lottery ticket would improve their luck — and they were right.
2019: Lottery player 'spent a sleepless night' clutching winning ticket. A South Carolina woman spent a sleepless night holding a $125,000 winning lottery ticket close.
2018: Fake Instagram account offers phony Florida Lottery giveaways. The Florida Lottery is warning players about social media scams and fake accounts offering money and other prizes.
2017: Virginia woman wins Cash 5 lottery top prize 12 times for total of $1.2 million. A Roanoke woman won a Virginia Lottery drawing not once, but 12 times, bringing her total winnings to $1.2 million.
2017: Iowa man plays numbers he saw in a dream, wins big lottery prize. A man who played numbers he saw in a dream won big last week in the Iowa Lottery.
2015: Scratch-off tickets push Florida Lottery to record sales. Floridians with dreams of instant payoffs are generating record scratch for the Florida Lottery.
2014: $259 million Powerball winner took poverty vow. A man with a winning $259 million Powerball ticket claimed what officials are calling the largest jackpot ever won in Tennessee and says he plans to use most of the money to support the performing arts.
2014: Lottery mystery yields clues to $7.5 million prize. Investigating Joan Ginther, who won millions four times, suggests ways winners might be found.
2012: CEO of poker site Full Tilt arrested. The chief executive of Full Tilt Poker, the beleaguered one-time Web poker giant, was arrested Monday on a plane that had just landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport as the government unveiled new criminal charges against him related to an alleged Ponzi scheme.
2008: Florida Lottery joins Powerball. Florida Lottery officials on Wednesday said they will add the national Powerball game to the state's portfolio in January and become the new host for the game's semiweekly drawings.
2007: D.C. Lottery hopes raffle will bring fiscal success. D.C. Lottery officials are hoping their latest offering, a $1 million raffle, will pay off for players and the lottery.
2007: Iraq soldier wins part of $12 million Lotto jackpot. It's been a lucky few weeks for a Texas soldier serving in Iraq. He won part of a $12 million dollar Lotto Texas jackpot, and now he's home.
2007: Retailers sue N.M. Lottery over scratch-off games. Eastern New Mexico retailers have accused the New Mexico Lottery of misrepresenting scratch-off games to the public by advertising prizes, then pulling the games before all the money is awarded.
2007: N.C. Lottery Millionaire Raffle sells out. If you haven't gotten a North Carolina Lottery raffle ticket, you're out of luck.
2007: Kentucky Lottery Lucky 7's raffle draw delayed. The drawing date for the Kentucky Lottery's latest raffle-style game is being postponed due to slower than expected ticket sales.
2004: Mass. Lottery to present store with winning ticket commission. In a press conference to be held today at 4:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, the Massachusetts Lottery will present the store that sold last night's winning Mega Millions ticket with its commission check.
2004: One ticket wins $290 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. The was one winning ticket sold for Friday's record $290 million Mega Millions jackpot.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$528.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 3, 2023
2.$454 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2016
3.$400 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 4, 2023
4.$370 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2022
5.$257 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 6, 2016
6.$256 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 3, 2018
7.€171 Million US$247.23 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2011
8.€232.96 Million US$239.81 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2022
9.€217 Million US$223.38 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2022
10.€181.08 Million
US$204.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 4, 2019
11.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2003
12.$192.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2025
13.$172 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 4, 2017
14.$162 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2024
15.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 3, 2019
16.€130 Million
US$143.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 3, 2020
17.$139.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 3, 2024
18.$121 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2017
19.€103.55 Million
US$114.96 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2016
20.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 3, 2009
21.$110 Million: California
SuperLotto Plus
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2006
22.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 3, 2007
23.€90 Million
US$105.61 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jul 6, 2018
24.$101.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 3, 2021
25.$101 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 5, 2014

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: tonyg
Wednesday, Jul 3, 1991
34 years old
1985: WPR85
Wednesday, Jul 3, 1985
40 years old
1980: Mattmccl
Thursday, Jul 3, 1980
45 years old
1977: Mista003
Sunday, Jul 3, 1977
48 years old
1973: Antonio47
Tuesday, Jul 3, 1973
52 years old
1971: Salg197102
Saturday, Jul 3, 1971
54 years old
1970: Ladyglo53
Friday, Jul 3, 1970
55 years old
1966: libby
Sunday, Jul 3, 1966
59 years old
1964: Kovach3120
Friday, Jul 3, 1964
61 years old
1963: JPLAY
Wednesday, Jul 3, 1963
62 years old
1962: hwercups$2m
Tuesday, Jul 3, 1962
63 years old
1958: maxinestark
Thursday, Jul 3, 1958
67 years old
: Drenick1
(year not provided)
: angelface
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2013: President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is removed from office by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for his resignation, to which he did not respond. The president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Adly Mansour, is declared acting president until further elections are held.
1996: British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.
1988: United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
1988: The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.
1979: U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
1973: David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is "the last show that we'll ever do" on the last day of the Ziggy Stardust Tour.
1970: The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1970: Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in the Montseny Massif near the village of Arbúcies in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard.
1967: The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police mutiny.
1952: The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
1952: The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary.
1944: World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
1940: World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, and one escapes back to France.
1938: World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58 km/h).
1938: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
1913: Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
1898: A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
1890: Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1886: Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
1886: The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
1884: Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
1866: Austro-Prussian War is decided at the Battle of Königgrätz, enabling Prussia to exclude Austria from German affairs.
1863: American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
1852: Congress establishes the United States' 2nd mint in San Francisco.
1849: France invades the Roman Republic and restores the Papal States.
1848: Governor-General Peter von Scholten emancipates all remaining slaves in the Danish West Indies.
1839: The first state normal school in the United States, the forerunner to today's Framingham State University, opens in Lexington, Massachusetts with three students.
1819: The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opens.
1778: American Revolutionary War: The Iroquois, allied with Britain, killed 360 people in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
1775: American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1767: Pitcairn Island is discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
1767: Norway's oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded and the first edition is published.
1754: French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
1608: Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
1035: William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigning until 1087.
987: Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
324: Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.

Births On This Day

1999: Nefisa Berberović, Bosnian tennis player
1998: Kim Dong-han, South Korean singer
1997: T. J. Hockenson, American football player
1996: Cole Tucker, American baseball player
1994: Chris Jones, American football player
1993: PartyNextDoor, Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer
1992: Crystal Dunn, American soccer player
1991: Alison Howie, Scottish field hockey player
1991: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player
1990: Nathan Gardner, Australian rugby league player
1990: Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer
1990: Lucas Mendes, Brazilian footballer
1990: Alison Riske-Amritraj, American tennis player
1989: Danilo Cavalcante, Brazilian convicted murderer
1989: Mitchell Dodds, Australian rugby league player
1989: Elle King, American singer, songwriter, and actress
1988: Winston Reid, New Zealand-Danish footballer
1988: Vladislav Sesganov, Russian figure skater
1988: James Troisi, Australian footballer
1987: Sebastian Vettel, German race car driver
1986: Marco Antônio de Mattos Filho, Brazilian footballer
1986: Kisenosato Yutaka, Japanese sumo wrestler
1984: Manny Lawson, American football player
1984: Churandy Martina, Dutch sprinter
1984: Corey Sevier, Canadian actor and producer
1983: Edinson Vólquez, Dominican baseball player
1980: Mazharul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer (died 2013)
1980: Olivia Munn, American actress and television host
1980: Roland Schoeman, South African swimmer
1980: Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricketer
1979: Jamie Grove, English cricketer
1978: Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese runner
1977: David Bowens, American football player
1976: Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2011)
1976: Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer and sportscaster
1976: Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian-American mixed martial artist
1976: Bobby Skinstad, Zimbabwean-South African rugby union player
1973: Paul Rauhihi, New Zealand rugby league player
1973: Ólafur Stefánsson, Icelandic handball player
1973: Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer (died 2013)
1973: Patrick Wilson, American actor
1971: Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher, and activist, founded WikiLeaks
1971: Benedict Wong, English actor
1970: Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
1970: Audra McDonald, American actress and singer
1970: Teemu Selänne, Finnish ice hockey player
1968: Ramush Haradinaj, Kosovo-Albanian soldier and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Kosovo
1967: Katy Clark, Scottish lawyer and politician
1966: Moisés Alou, American baseball player
1965: Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (died 2005)
1965: Connie Nielsen, Danish-American actress
1965: Komsan Pohkong, Thai lawyer and academic
1965: Christophe Ruer, French pentathlete (died 2007)
1964: Yeardley Smith, American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer
1963: Tracey Emin, British Artist
1962: Scott Borchetta, American record executive and entrepreneur
1962: Tom Cruise, American actor and producer
1962: Thomas Gibson, American actor and director
1960: Vince Clarke, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1959: Julie Burchill, English journalist and author
1959: Ian Maxtone-Graham, American screenwriter and producer
1959: Stephen Pearcy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959: David Shore, Canadian screenwriter and producer
1958: Matthew Fraser, Canadian-English journalist and academic
1958: Charlie Higson, English actor, singer, and author
1958: Siân Lloyd, Welsh meteorologist and journalist
1958: Didier Mouron, Swiss-Canadian painter
1958: Aaron Tippin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1957: Poly Styrene, British musician (died 2011)
1956: Montel Williams, American talk show host and television personality
1955: Claude Rajotte, Canadian radio and television host
1954: Les Cusworth, English rugby player
1953: Lotta Sollander, Swedish alpine skier
1952: Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
1952: Lu Colombo, Italian singer
1952: Andy Fraser, English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2015)
1952: Carla Olson, American singer-songwriter and music producer
1952: Wasim Raja, Pakistani cricketer (died 2006)
1952: Amit Kumar, Indian film playback singer, actor, director, music director and musician
1951: Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (died 2014)
1951: Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
1950: Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer
1950: James Hahn, American judge and politician, 40th Mayor of Los Angeles
1949: Susan Penhaligon, English actress
1949: John Verity, English guitarist
1949: Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (died 2006)
1949: Bo Xilai, Chinese politician, Chinese Minister of Commerce
1948: Paul Barrere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
1948: Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish author and illustrator
1947: Dave Barry, American journalist and author
1947: Betty Buckley, American actress and singer
1947: Mike Burton, American swimmer
1946: Johnny Lee, American singer and guitarist
1946: Leszek Miller, Polish political scientist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Poland
1946: Michael Shea, American author (died 2014)
1945: Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, Scottish politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (died 2018)
1943: Gary Waldhorn, British actor (died 2022)
1943: Judith Durham, Australian folk-pop singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022)
1943: Kurtwood Smith, American actor
1943: Norman E. Thagard, American astronaut
1942: Eddy Mitchell, French singer-songwriter
1941: Gloria Allred, American lawyer and activist
1941: Liamine Zéroual, Algerian politician, 4th President of Algeria
1940: Lamar Alexander, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Education
1940: Jerzy Buzek, Polish engineer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Poland
1940: Michael Cole, American actor (died 2024)
1940: Lance Larson, American swimmer (died 2024)
1940: César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (died 1994)
1939: Brigitte Fassbaender, German soprano and director
1939: László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1939: Coco Laboy, Puerto Rican baseball player
1938: Jean Aitchison, English linguist and academic
1938: Sjaak Swart, Dutch footballer
1937: Nicholas Maxwell, English philosopher and academic
1937: Tom Stoppard, Czech-English playwright and screenwriter
1936: Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020)
1936: Baard Owe, Norwegian-Danish actor (died 2017)
1935: Cheo Feliciano, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
1935: Harrison Schmitt, American geologist, astronaut, and politician
1933: Edward Brandt, Jr., American physician and mathematician (died 2007)
1932: Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (died 2014)
1930: Pete Fountain, American clarinet player (died 2016)
1930: Carlos Kleiber, German-Austrian conductor (died 2004)
1930: Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist (died 1997)
1929: Clément Perron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
1929: Joanne Herring, American socialite, businesswoman, political activist, philanthropist, diplomat, and television talk show host
1928: Evelyn Anthony, English author (died 2018)
1927: Ken Russell, English actor, director, and producer (died 2011)
1927: Tim O'Connor, American actor (died 2018)
1926: Johnny Coles, American trumpet player (died 1997)
1926: Rae Allen, American actress, singer, and director (died 2022)
1926: Laurence Street, Australian jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (died 2018)
1925: Terry Moriarty, Australian rules footballer (died 2011)
1925: Danny Nardico, American professional boxer (died 2010)
1925: Philip Jamison, American artist (died 2021)
1924: Amalia Aguilar, Cuban-Mexican film actress and dancer (died 2021)
1924: S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (died 2016)
1922: Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian painter and sculptor (died 2010)
1922: Theo Brokmann Jr., Dutch football player (died 2003)
1921: Flor María Chalbaud, First Lady of Venezuela (died 2013)
1921: Susan Peters, American actress (died 1952)
1921: François Reichenbach, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
1920: Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (died 2012)
1920: Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (died 1978)
1920: Lennart Bladh, Swedish politician (died 2006)
1919: Cecil FitzMaurice, 8th Earl of Orkney (died 1998)
1919: Gerald W. Thomas, American soldier and academic (died 2013)
1918: S. V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 1974)
1918: Johnny Palmer, American golfer (died 2006)
1917: João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (died 1990)
1916: John Kundla, American basketball player and coach (died 2017)
1913: Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, actress, and author (died 1965)
1911: Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricketer (died 1990)
1910: Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (died 1954)
1909: Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (died 1996)
1908: M. F. K. Fisher, American author (died 1992)
1908: Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (died 1990)
1906: George Sanders, Russian-born British actor (died 1972)
1905: Johnny Gibson, American hurdler and coach (died 2006)
1905: Harald Kihle, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1997)
1903: Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1992)
1901: Ruth Crawford Seeger, American composer (died 1953)
1900: Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1987)
1898: Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1982)
1897: Jesse Douglas, American mathematician and academic (died 1965)
1896: Doris Lloyd, English actress (died 1968)
1893: Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (died 1976)
1889: Richard Cramer, American actor (died 1960)
1888: Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish author and playwright (died 1963)
1886: Raymond A. Spruance, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (died 1969)
1885: Anna Dickie Olesen, American politician (died 1971)
1883: Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian author (died 1924)
1880: Carl Schuricht, Polish-German conductor (died 1967)
1879: Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher (died 1950)
1878: George M. Cohan, American songwriter, actor, singer, and dancer (died 1942)
1876: Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (died 1957)
1875: Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon and academic (died 1951)
1874: Jean Collas, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (died 1928)
1871: William Henry Davies, Welsh poet and writer (died 1940)
1870: R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1947)
1869: Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (died 1933)
1866: Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (died 1906)
1860: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (died 1935)
1854: Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and theorist (died 1928)
1851: Charles Bannerman, English-Australian cricketer and umpire (died 1930)
1846: Achilles Alferaki, Russian composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (died 1919)
1844: Dankmar Adler, German-born American architect and engineer (died 1900)
1823: Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek-Ottoman statesman, diplomat, playwright, and translator (died 1891)
1814: Ferdinand Didrichsen, Danish botanist and physicist (died 1887)
1789: Johann Friedrich Overbeck, German-Italian painter and engraver (died 1869)
1778: Carl Ludvig Engel, German architect (died 1840)
1738: John Singleton Copley, American painter (died 1815)
1728: Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect, designed Culzean Castle (died 1792)
1685: Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (died 1768)
1683: Edward Young, English poet, dramatist and literary critic (Night-Thoughts) (died 1765)
1569: Thomas Richardson, English politician and judge (died 1635)
1550: Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (died 1591)
1534: Myeongjong of Joseon, Ruler of Korea (died 1567)
1530: Claude Fauchet, French historian and author (died 1601)
1518: Li Shizhen, Chinese physician and mineralogist (died 1593)
1442: Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (died 1500)
1423: Louis XI of France (died 1483)
321: Valentinian I, Roman emperor (died 375)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Saroj Khan, Indian dance choreographer (born 1948)
2015: Diana Douglas, British-American actress (born 1923)
2015: Boyd K. Packer, American religious leader and educator (born 1924)
2015: Wayne Townsend, American farmer and politician (born 1926)
2015: Phil Walsh, Australian footballer and coach (born 1960)
2014: Jini Dellaccio, American photographer (born 1917)
2014: Tim Flood, Irish hurler and coach (born 1927)
2014: Volkmar Groß, German footballer (born 1948)
2014: Ira Ruskin, American politician (born 1943)
2014: Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (born 1924)
2013: Roman Bengez, Slovenian footballer and manager (born 1964)
2013: Francis Ray, American author (born 1944)
2013: PJ Torokvei, Canadian actress and screenwriter (born 1951)
2013: Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1942)
2013: Bernard Vitet, French trumpet player and composer (born 1934)
2013: Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1948)
2012: Nguyễn Hữu Có, Vietnamese general and politician (born 1925)
2012: Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926)
2012: Yvonne B. Miller, American educator and politician (born 1934)
2012: Sergio Pininfarina, Italian engineer and politician (born 1926)
2012: Richard Alvin Tonry, American lawyer and politician (born 1935)
2011: Ali Bahar, Bahraini singer and guitarist (born 1960)
2010: Abu Daoud, Palestinian terrorist, planned the Munich massacre (born 1937)
2009: Alauddin Al-Azad, Bangladeshi author and poet (born 1932)
2009: John Keel, American journalist and author (born 1930)
2008: Clive Hornby, English actor and drummer (born 1944)
2008: Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler, composer, and producer (born 1956)
2007: Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (born 1927)
2006: Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist, developed the OBJ programming language (born 1941)
2005: Alberto Lattuada, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1914)
2005: Gaylord Nelson, American lawyer and politician, 35th Governor of Wisconsin (born 1916)
2004: Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1929)
2001: Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1931)
2001: Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1940)
1999: Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1952)
1999: Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina, Russian mathematician (born 1899)
1998: Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (born 1949)
1995: Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (born 1928)
1995: Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929)
1994: Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player and coach (born 1934)
1993: Don Drysdale, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1936)
1989: Jim Backus, American actor and voice artist (born 1913)
1986: Rudy Vallée, American singer, saxophonist, and actor (born 1901)
1985: Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (born 1893)
1981: Ross Martin, American actor and director (born 1920)
1979: Louis Durey, French pianist and composer (born 1888)
1978: James Daly, American actor (born 1918)
1977: Alexander Volkov, Russian mathematician and author (born 1891)
1974: John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (born 1888)
1971: Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
1969: Brian Jones, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1942)
1958: Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1867)
1957: Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (born 1890)
1957: Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (born 1904)
1954: Siegfried Handloser, German physician and general (born 1895)
1954: Reginald Marsh, French-American painter, illustrator, and academic (born 1898)
1941: Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (born 1871)
1937: Jacob Schick, American-Canadian captain and businessman, invented the electric razor (born 1877)
1935: André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (born 1878)
1933: Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian educator and politician, 19th President of Argentina (born 1852)
1927: Gérard de Courcelles, French race car driver
1921: James Mitchel, Irish-American weight thrower (born 1864)
1918: Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (born 1844)
1916: Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (born 1834)
1908: Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (born 1845)
1904: Édouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (born 1881)
1904: Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist, playwright, and father of modern political Zionism (born 1860)
1888: Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Vietnamese poet and author (born 1822)
1887: Clay Allison, American rancher (born 1841)
1881: Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1811)
1863: George Hull Ward, American general (born 1826)
1863: Little Crow, American tribal leader (born 1810)
1809: Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (born 1746)
1795: Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French scholar and author (born 1714)
1795: Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general, astronomer, and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Louisiana (born 1716)
1790: Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French geologist and mineralogist (born 1736)
1672: Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (born 1635)
1642: Marie de' Medici, French queen consort and regent (born 1573)
1570: Aonio Paleario, Italian academic and reformer (born 1500)
1503: Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes (born 1423)
1288: Stephen de Fulbourn, English-born Irish cleric and politician
1090: Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (born c. 1060)
964: Henry I, Frankish nobleman and archbishop
896: Dong Chang, Chinese warlord
710: Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (born 656)
458: Anatolius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch and saint (born 449)

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