On This Day in History

July 30

July 30 is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 154 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022
One Illinois lottery ticket wins $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot. After a run of 29 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 30th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.337 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Illinois matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.
2021
NEW VIDEO: Infamous lottery winners - Part 2. Today Lottery Post published the second part of "The 10 Most Infamous Lottery Winners" series.
2020
One takeout order earns an Uber Eats driver a lottery jackpot. After a shift of delivering takeout meals to hungry customers, one Uber Eats driver decided to try his luck at a scratch-off lottery game with a $10 tip he earned from one of his orders. As it turns out, that tip was well-spent — it earned him a top prize of $200,000.
2019
Arkansas woman claims $1 million second chance lottery prize. An Arkansas woman is a millionaire after cashing in losing lottery tickets.
2018
Michigan lottery prize worth nearly $520K goes unclaimed. The deadline has passed for a large lottery jackpot to be claimed and as a result, the state School Aid Fund will benefit from it.
2018
Companies battle for Pa. lottery contract. For one firm, it will be something like winning the Powerball: A state government contract worth more than $800 milion that comes along just once a decade in Pennsylvania.
2016
Kentucky Lottery now offers problem gambling info via text or chat. As gambling expands into new areas such as the Internet, the Kentucky Lottery is likewise expanding the options available to people who need help controlling their gambling habits.
2015
Michigan lottery winner gives store clerk his car. Paying it forward is the plan for a loyal Michigan Lottery player from Otsego County who won a $13.1 million Lotto 47 jackpot.
2015
St. Louis city employees claim $70 million Powerball jackpot. St. Louis' newest millionaires are two city employees who bought a winning Powerball ticket this month.
2014
Largest instant prize in Mass. lottery history claimed by trust. The first $15 million grand prize in the Mass. State Lottery's $30 "World Class Millions" instant game has been claimed.
2013
Error prompts second Kentucky Pick 4 midday drawing. Kentucky Lottery players who bought Pick 4 tickets for Monday's midday drawing have an extra chance to win, thanks to an error that occurred during the drawing.
2011
Embattled Arkansas Lottery controller resigns. The top fiscal officer for the Arkansas lottery, who was criticized by some lawmakers and lottery commissioners following an important audit, has resigned.
2010
Congress rethinks its ban on Internet gambling. With pressure mounting on the federal government to find new revenues, Congress is considering legalizing, and taxing, an activity it banned just four years ago: Internet gambling.
2009
Canada's Lotto Max game to begin in Sept.. Replacing the soon-to-be-retired Super 7 game, Lotto Max tickets go on sale at lottery retailers throughout Canada starting Sept. 19, 2009, with the first drawing held on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.
2009
Hawaii residents now taxed on Vegas winnings even if they lose. A new bill signed into law this month by Gov. Linda Lingle has some frequent Las Vegas visitors and local CPAs scratching their heads.
2007
Couple nearly victims of lottery scam. A Francestown, New Hampshire, couple already living on the edge came close to financial ruin after almost getting sucked into what authorities suspect was a foreign lottery scam.
2007
Oklahoma Lottery scrambles to increase revenue. With sales floundering compared to projections, Oklahoma Lottery officials are scrambling to bring in more money.
2007
Record Irish Lottery win offers escape from hard life. The Cinderella-style magic of the Irish National Lottery touched the lives of a couple who won the huge €16 million (US $22.1 million) jackpot Saturday.
2007
Kentucky Lottery has record revenues. The Kentucky Lottery Corp. had a record $744 million in revenues, or total ticket sales, in the fiscal year ending June 30, according to year-end figures.
2007
Vermont Lottery announces largest Megabucks jackpot in 14 years. The Megabucks prize for Wednesday's draw has surpassed recent record levels, with a current (annuitized) jackpot of $8,900.000.
2004
Illinois man claims $8 million lottery jackpot. He apparently took his time about it, but the owner of a winning $8 million Lotto ticket purchased the week of June 16 at a Sunset Avenue convenience store presented himself and his valuable ticket to Illinois Lottery officials earlier this month.
2004
Winning Scratch-off, Twice Cashed and Once Stolen. A convenience store customer scratched off a winning ticket two weeks ago. But since he cashed in the winning lottery ticket, there's been trouble.
2004
Lottery winner's life to be chronicled on BBC. A Redditch, Worcestershire (UK) man who scooped the jackpot on the National Lottery is set to have his life story re-told as part of a special documentary.
2004
Evidence mounts against defendant in Mega Millions lawsuit. A lawsuit brought by 19 co-workers in a Mega Millions lottery club has revealed damaging evidence against the club's designated ticket-buyer.
2003
Lottery official testifies couple won $25M. A top New Jersey Lottery official testified yesterday that his own investigation into a disputed $25 million prize found that the winning ticket belongs to an Englewood couple now at the center of a legal battle over the money.
2003
Florida Man Claims $12 Million Jackpot. Seven years of playing the same lotto numbers paid off big for a Palm City (Martin County) man. Tuesday he redeemed the jackpot ticket from the June 18 Florida Lotto drawing worth an estimated $12 million.
2003
Lottery hits sales record, falls short of expectations. The Maryland Lottery inched to new records in sales and payments into state coffers this year, but its tiny gains left it short of the revenue expectations built into the state budget.
2003
$5 million Texas Lottery jackpot unclaimed. As the midnight deadline passed Monday night, Kenneth Ford locked the doors of the Texas Lottery Commission claims department, and $5 million dollars quietly went unclaimed.
2003
Rich Merchant's Wife in Lottery Windfall. The wife of a wealthy Lebanese businessman has owned up to being the winner of the biggest jackpot in the history of Lebanon's national lottery, after four days of rampant media speculation.
2003
Tennessee lottery summit to be secret. The Tennessee lottery board will meet in secret when it picks a law firm to replace one rejected last week by Gov. Phil Bredesen despite a general inclination to "make things as open as possible," the chairman said Tuesday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.1 Billion
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2023
2.$487 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2016
3.$303 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2017
4.$261 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2017
5.€245.81 Million
US$251.34 Million
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2022
6.$235 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2013
7.€198.1 Million
US$220.86 Million
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2019
8.$198.2 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2021
9.€153 Million
US$188.05 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2012
10.$187 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2018
11.$178.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2022
12.$178 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2006
13.$166 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2021
14.$158 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2012
15.$137 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2020
16.$133 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2011
17.€115.55 Million
US$129.12 Million
Draw Date
Jul 30, 2016
18.$120 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2009
19.€100.54 Million
US$110.44 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2023
20.$110 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2015
21.$105 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2007
22.$90 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jul 30, 1999
23.$88 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jul 31, 2019
24.$87 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2014
25.$85 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989
Sunday, Jul 30, 1989
34 years old
1978
Sunday, Jul 30, 1978
45 years old
1978
Sunday, Jul 30, 1978
45 years old
1977
Saturday, Jul 30, 1977
46 years old
1973
Monday, Jul 30, 1973
50 years old
1972
Sunday, Jul 30, 1972
51 years old
1968
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1968
55 years old
1966
Saturday, Jul 30, 1966
57 years old
1964
Thursday, Jul 30, 1964
59 years old
1963
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1963
60 years old
1961
Sunday, Jul 30, 1961
62 years old
1961
Sunday, Jul 30, 1961
62 years old
1957
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1957
66 years old
1957
Tuesday, Jul 30, 1957
66 years old
1953
Thursday, Jul 30, 1953
70 years old
1950
Sunday, Jul 30, 1950
73 years old
1949
Saturday, Jul 30, 1949
74 years old
1944
Sunday, Jul 30, 1944
79 years old
1943
Friday, Jul 30, 1943
80 years old
1928
Monday, Jul 30, 1928
95 years old
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2020
NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
2014
Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India.
2012
A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
2012
A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.
2011
Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
2006
The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
2003
In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
1990
Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by IRA terrorists in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.
1981
As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
1980
Vanuatu gains independence.
1980
Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
1978
The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
1975
Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
1974
Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
1971
Apollo program: On Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
1971
An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.
1969
Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.
1966
England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time.
1965
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
1962
The Trans-Canada Highway, the then longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
1956
A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
1945
World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
1932
Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
1930
In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
1916
The Black Tom explosion in New York Harbor kills four and destroys some $20,000,000 worth of military goods.
1912
Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
1871
The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
1866
Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
1865
The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
1864
American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
1863
American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
1859
First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
1811
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
1756
In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
1733
The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
1729
Founding of Baltimore, Maryland.
1676
Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
1656
The Battle of Warsaw ends with a Swedish-Brandenburger victory over a larger Polish-Lithuanian force.
1645
English Civil War: Scottish Covenanter forces under the Earl of Leven launch the Siege of Hereford, a remaining Royalist stronghold.
1635
Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
1627
An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano, Italy.
1619
In Jamestown, Virginia, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the Virginia General Assembly, convenes for the first time.
1609
Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.
1502
Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
1419
First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
762
Baghdad is founded.

Births On This Day

1996
Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player
1994
Nelydia Senrose, Malaysian actress
1993
Jacob Faria, American baseball player
1993
André Gomes, Portuguese footballer
1993
Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player
1992
Hannah Cockroft, English wheelchair racer
1991
Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter
1990
Chris Maxwell, Welsh footballer
1990
Tom Morris, Australian journalist
1989
Aleix Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer
1989
Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer
1988
Wen Chean Lim, Malaysian rhythmic gymnast
1987
Anton Fink, German footballer
1987
Sam Saunders, American golfer
1986
Tiago Alencar, Brazilian footballer
1986
William Zillman, Australian rugby league player
1985
Chris Guccione, Australian tennis player
1985
Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer
1985
Luca Lanotte, Italian ice dancer
1985
Matthew Scott, Australian rugby league player
1984
Marko Asmer, Estonian race car driver
1984
Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer
1984
Trudy McIntosh, Australian artistic gymnast
1984
Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
1983
Seán Dillon, Irish footballer
1982
Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer
1982
James Anderson, English cricketer
1982
Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
1981
Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (d. 2017)
1981
Juan Smith, South African rugby union footballer
1981
Hope Solo, American soccer player
1981
Indrek Turi, Estonian decathlete
1980
Seth Avett, American folk-rock singer-songwriter and musician
1980
Justin Rose, South African-English golfer
1979
Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player and singer
1979
Chad Keegan, South African cricketer and coach
1979
Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer
1979
Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist (d. 2012)
1977
Diana Bolocco, Chilean model and journalist;
1977
Misty May-Treanor, American volleyball player and coach
1977
Jaime Pressly, American actress
1977
Bootsy Thornton, American basketball player
1977
Ian Watkins, Welsh singer-songwriter and child abuse convict
1975
Graham Nicholls, English author and activist
1975
Kate Starbird, American basketball player and computer scientist
1974
Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
1974
Jason Robinson, English rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach
1974
Hilary Swank, American actress and producer
1973
Kenton Cool, English mountaineer
1973
Ümit Davala, Turkish footballer and manager
1973
Anastasios Katsabis, Greek footballer
1973
Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player and manager
1973
Sonu Nigam, Indian playback singer and actor
1973
Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (d. 2015)
1972
Jim McIlvaine, American basketball player and sportscaster
1971
Elvis Crespo, American-Puerto Rican singer
1971
Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
1970
Alun Cairns, Welsh businessman and politician
1970
Dean Edwards, American comedian, actor, and singer
1970
Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969
Simon Baker, Australian actor, director, and producer
1969
Errol Stewart, South African cricketer and lawyer
1968
Robert Korzeniowski, Polish race walker and coach
1968
Sean Moore, Welsh drummer and songwriter
1966
Kerry Fox, New Zealand actress and screenwriter
1966
Craig Gannon, English guitarist and songwriter
1966
Allan Langer, Australian rugby league player and coach
1966
Louise Wener, English author and singer-songwriter
1965
Tim Munton, English cricketer
1964
Ron Block, American singer-songwriter and banjo player
1964
Vivica A. Fox, American actress
1964
Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964
Jürgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager
1964
Laine Randjärv, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Culture
1963
Peter Bowler, English-Australian cricketer
1963
Lisa Kudrow, American actress and producer
1963
Antoni Martí, Andorran architect and politician
1963
Chris Mullin, American basketball player, coach, and executive
1962
Alton Brown, American chef, author, and producer
1962
Jay Feaster, American ice hockey player and manager
1962
Yakub Memon, Indian accountant and terrorist (d. 2015)
1961
Laurence Fishburne, American actor and producer
1960
Jennifer Barnes, American-English musicologist and academic
1960
Richard Linklater, American director and screenwriter
1960
Brillante Mendoza, Filipino independent film director
1958
Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter and producer
1958
Liz Kershaw, English radio broadcaster
1958
Daley Thompson, English decathlete and trainer
1957
Antonio Adamo, Italian director and cinematographer
1957
Bill Cartwright, American basketball player and coach
1957
Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager
1957
Nery Pumpido, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1956
Delta Burke, American actress
1956
Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
1956
Georg Gänswein, German prelate, Prefect of the Pontifical Household, and former personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI
1956
Anita Hill, American lawyer and academic
1956
Soraida Martinez, American painter and educator
1955
Rat Scabies, English drummer and producer
1955
Christopher Warren-Green, English violinist and conductor
1954
Ken Olin, American actor, director, and producer
1952
Stephen Blackmore, English botanist and author
1951
Alan Kourie, South African cricketer
1951
Gerry Judah, Indian-English painter and sculptor
1950
Harriet Harman, English lawyer and politician
1950
Frank Stallone, American singer-songwriter and actor
1949
Duck Baker, American guitarist
1949
Sonia Proudman, English lawyer and judge
1948
Billy Paultz, American basketball player
1948
Jean Reno, Moroccan-French actor
1948
Otis Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948
Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer (d. 2010)
1947
William Atherton, American actor and producer
1947
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1947
Jonathan Mann, American physician and author (d. 1998)
1947
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California
1946
Neil Bonnett, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1994)
1946
Jeffrey Hammond, English bass player
1945
Patrick Modiano, French novelist and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate
1945
David Sanborn, American saxophonist and composer
1944
Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (d. 1973)
1944
Peter Bottomley, English politician
1944
Frances de la Tour, English actress
1943
Henri-François Gautrin, Canadian physicist and politician
1942
Pollyanna Pickering, English environmentalist and painter (d. 2018)
1941
Paul Anka, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
1940
Patricia Schroeder, American lawyer and politician (d. 2023)
1940
Clive Sinclair, English businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research (d. 2021)
1939
Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
1939
Eleanor Smeal, American activist, founded the Feminist Majority Foundation
1938
Hervé de Charette, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
1938
Terry O'Neill, English photographer (d. 2019)
1936
Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1936
Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (d. 2020)
1934
Bud Selig, 9th Major League Baseball Commissioner
1931
Dominique Lapierre, French historian and author (d. 2022)
1931
Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (d. 2017)
1929
Sid Krofft, Canadian-American puppeteer and producer
1928
Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
1927
Richard Johnson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1927
Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (d. 2004)
1927
Victor Wong, American actor (d. 2001)
1926
Betye Saar, American artist
1925
Stan Stennett, Welsh actor and trumpet player (d. 2013)
1925
Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author and poet (d. 1984)
1922
Henry W. Bloch, American banker and businessman, co-founded H&R Block (d. 2019)
1921
Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (d. 2005)
1920
Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 2015)
1914
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1999)
1913
Lou Darvas, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 1987)
1910
Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (d. 2003)
1909
C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author (d. 1993)
1904
Salvador Novo, Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1974)
1901
Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955)
1899
Gerald Moore, English pianist (d. 1987)
1898
Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)
1890
Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (d. 1975)
1881
Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1940)
1872
Princess Clémentine of Belgium (d. 1955)
1863
Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (d. 1947)
1862
Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (d. 1933)
1859
Henry Simpson Lunn, English minister and humanitarian, founded Lunn Poly (d. 1939)
1857
Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (d. 1929)
1855
Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German-Swiss businessman (d. 1919)
1832
George Lemuel Woods, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd Governor of Oregon (d. 1890)
1825
Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian engineer and author (d. 1893)
1818
Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (d. 1848)
1818
Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th and 19th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1897)
1809
Charles Chiniquy, Canadian-American priest and theologian (d. 1899)
1781
Maria Aletta Hulshoff, Dutch feminist and pamphleteer (d. 1846)
1763
Samuel Rogers, English poet and art collector (d. 1855)
1751
Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (d. 1829)
1641
Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673)
1549
Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
1511
Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, historian, and architect (d. 1574)
1470
Hongzhi, emperor of the Ming dynasty (d. 1505)

Deaths On This Day

2022
Pat Carroll, American actress and comedian (b. 1927)
2022
Nichelle Nichols, American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932)
2021
Shona Ferguson, Botswana-born, South African actor and executive producer (b. 1974)
2020
Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician, President (1988-2000), Vice President (1984-1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978-1981) (b. 1923)
2020
Herman Cain, American businessman and political activist (b. 1945)
2018
Michael A. Sheehan, American author, former government official and military officer (b. 1955)
2016
Gloria DeHaven, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
2015
Lynn Anderson, American singer (b. 1947)
2015
Stuart Baggs, English businessman (b. 1988)
2015
Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (b. 1930)
2015
Francis Paul Prucha, American historian and academic (b. 1921)
2015
Alena Vrzáňová, Czech figure skater (b. 1931)
2014
Robert Drew, American director and producer (b. 1924)
2014
Harun Farocki, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2014
Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (b. 1931)
2014
Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (b. 1932)
2014
Dick Smith, American make-up artist (b. 1922)
2014
Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
2013
Cecil Alexander, American architect, designed the State of Georgia Building (b. 1918)
2013
Berthold Beitz, German businessman (b. 1913)
2013
Robert Neelly Bellah, American sociologist and author (b. 1927)
2013
Harry F. Byrd Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (b. 1914)
2013
Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1924)
2013
Ossie Schectman, American basketball player (b. 1919)
2013
Benjamin Walker, Indian-English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
2012
Maeve Binchy, Irish author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1939)
2012
Bill Doss, American singer and guitarist (b. 1968)
2012
Stig Ossian Ericson, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2012
Les Green, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2012
Jonathan Hardy, New Zealand-Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2012
Bill Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
2012
Mary Louise Rasmuson, American colonel (b. 1911)
2011
Bob Peterson, American basketball player (b. 1932)
2009
Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian militant leader, founded Boko Haram (b. 1970)
2009
Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2008
Anne Armstrong, American businesswoman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1927)
2007
Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
2007
Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (b. 1915)
2007
Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
2007
Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
2006
Duygu Asena, Turkish journalist and author(b. 1946)
2006
Al Balding, Canadian golfer (b. 1924)
2006
Murray Bookchin, American philosopher and author (b. 1921)
2006
Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer (b. 1904)
2006
Akbar Mohammadi, Iranian activist (b. 1972)
2005
Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (b. 1905)
2005
John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, 6th President of South Sudan (b. 1945)
2003
Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1962)
2003
Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (b. 1923)
2001
Anton Schwarzkopf, German engineer (b. 1924)
1998
Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (b. 1917)
1997
Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1913)
1996
Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (b. 1903)
1994
Konstantin Kalser, German-American film producer and advertising executive (b. 1920)
1992
Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (b. 1915)
1992
Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)
1990
Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (b. 1937)
1989
Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (b. 1963)
1985
Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (b. 1919)
1983
Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (b. 1896)
1983
Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)
1977
Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)
1975
James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)
1971
Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (b. 1906)
1970
Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)
1970
George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
1965
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (b. 1886)
1947
Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
1941
Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1877)
1938
John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
1930
Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
1920
Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)
1918
Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, journalist, and poet (b. 1886)
1912
Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)
1900
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)
1898
Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1815)
1889
Charlie Absolom, England cricketer (b. 1846)
1875
George Pickett, American general (b. 1825)
1870
Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet and journalist (b. 1818)
1832
Lê Văn Duyệt, Vietnamese general, mandarin (b. 1763-4)
1811
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and soldier (b. 1753)
1771
Thomas Gray, English poet (b. 1716)
1718
William Penn, English businessman and philosopher, founded the Province of Pennsylvania (b. 1644)
1700
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, English royal (b. 1689)
1691
Daniel Georg Morhof, German scholar and academic (b. 1639)
1683
Maria Theresa of Spain (b. 1638)
1680
Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory, Irish admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1634)
1652
Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (b. 1624)
1624
Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox, British nobleman (b. 1579)
1608
Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, last King of Tyrconnell (b. 1575)
1566
Guillaume Rondelet, French doctor (b. 1507)
1550
Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1505)
1540
Thomas Abel, English priest and martyr (b. 1497)
1540
Robert Barnes, English martyr and reformer (b. 1495)
1516
John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen (b. 1455)
1393
Alberto d'Este, Lord of Ferrara and Modena (b. 1347)
1286
Bar Hebraeus, Syrian scholar and historian (b. 1226)
829
Shi Xiancheng, general of the Tang Dynasty
734
Tatwine, English archbishop (b. 670)
579
Pope Benedict I
578
Jacob Baradaeus, Greek bishop