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June 11

On This Day in History

June 11

June 11 is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 203 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: $83.5 million Lotto Texas winner reveals name in court battle: "Tired of being ignored". The woman who sued the Texas Lottery for withholding an $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot payout while keeping her identity anonymous has publicly revealed her name in testimony as part of her ongoing battle to receive the winnings.
2024: Lifetime laborer steps forward to claim $552 Mega Millions lottery jackpot in Illinois. The winner of the $552 million Mega Millions jackpot, which was won by one ticket in Illinois last week, has stepped forward to claim the historic prize.
2020: Canadian grandmother wins $55 million Lotto Max jackpot. A grandmother in Canada's Northwest Territories was stunned by her $55 million (US$40 million) Lotto Max win, but managed to make all the right moves in claiming her prize.
2019: Former tribal lobbyist named as new California Lottery director. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Alva Vernon Johnson to take over the the state's lottery Monday, after former director Hugo Lopez stepped down Friday amid investigations.
2017: $447.8 million winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in California. A single winning Powerball lottery ticket matching all six numbers was sold in California and will claim a $447.8 million jackpot.
2010: Man wins $2 million from Ohio Lottery. A regular lottery player from New Carlisle, Ohio, won the top prize in the Ohio Lottery's $2 million Anniversary game.
2010: Georgia man wins lottery -- again. A 67-year-old man from Griffin, Georgia, won the Fantasy 5 jackpot for the second time June 7.
2010: Vermont sued over state lottery contract award. The company that has operated Vermont Lottery games for the past 10 years is suing the state, trying to force the release of documents related to Vermont's decision to switch to another company.
2010: Seven arrested in underground lottery sting. Seven people are facing felony bookmaking charges after authorities say they were operating an illegal lottery out of four markets in San Pablo and Richmond, California.
2009: Feds freeze online poker champ's winnings. Late last week, the federal government ordered five banks to freeze a total of $30 million in payments owed to the players from companies that process payments from two offshore gambling sites, according to the Poker Players Alliance, a group that represents the interests of the companies and players.
2009: Husband, then wife, wins lottery. A week after a Georgia man won $5,000, his wife won a $1 million jackpot.
2009: Lucky grandparents strike it big in Ga. lottery. The latest big winners in the Georgia Lottery have a combined 17 grandchildren between them.
2008: 14 friends split $400,000 Powerball lottery prize. Fifteen friends who have been playing New Mexico Lottery games as a pool for six years claimed a $400,000 Powerball prize on Monday.
2005: Maryland Lottery a case study in the science of random numbers. The Maryland Lottery provides a good example of why true lottery ball machines are much better than a computerized drawing for choosing lottery numbers.
2004: Employees to share store's lottery commissions. Ten employees who work at the Cumberland Farms store in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania where the winning $213.2 million Powerball ticket was sold last month will share in the proceeds.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$324.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 12, 2023
2.$293 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2016
3.€250 Million US$288.48 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2025
4.$264 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2025
5.$260 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2023
6.$259.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2014
7.$247 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2022
8.$240 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2012
9.$232.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2022
10.€219.5 Million
US$230.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2022
11.€166.94 Million
US$189.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2019
12.€135 Million
US$182.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2014
13.€139 Million
US$157.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2019
14.€144 Million
US$154.68 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2024
15.€112 Million
US$148.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2013
16.€129 Million
US$145.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 12, 2015
17.$144 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 12, 2018
18.$141 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2016
19.$121 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2018
20.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2003
21.€76 Million
US$109.79 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 14, 2011
22.€98.37 Million
US$106.18 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2023
23.€93.7 Million
US$105.43 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 11, 2016
24.€90 Million
US$104.39 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 15, 2018
25.$101 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 13, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1997: gourmetice
Wednesday, Jun 11, 1997
28 years old
1995: Michel11
Sunday, Jun 11, 1995
30 years old
1984: darkinlovly
Monday, Jun 11, 1984
41 years old
1984: Twoweekspromo
Monday, Jun 11, 1984
41 years old
1980: Sida
Wednesday, Jun 11, 1980
45 years old
1978: My369
Sunday, Jun 11, 1978
47 years old
1977: josecn340
Saturday, Jun 11, 1977
48 years old
1976: Rebecca kawan
Friday, Jun 11, 1976
49 years old
1975: cazzymoto
Wednesday, Jun 11, 1975
50 years old
1972: ctruly35
Sunday, Jun 11, 1972
53 years old
1964: blackcavalier
Thursday, Jun 11, 1964
61 years old
1964: blkcavalier
Thursday, Jun 11, 1964
61 years old
1960: Lbreed
Saturday, Jun 11, 1960
65 years old
1957: jus3goss
Tuesday, Jun 11, 1957
68 years old
1948: DrRWM
Friday, Jun 11, 1948
77 years old
1947: Sandy K
Wednesday, Jun 11, 1947
78 years old
: IndridCold
(year not provided)
: ady2k2000
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2013: Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It would be opened exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
2012: 75 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
2010: The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa.
2008: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
2008: The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
2007: Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people.
2004: Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
2002: Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
2001: Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
1998: Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
1987: Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
1981: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
1978: Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
1971: The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
1970: After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army general officers, becoming the first women to do so.
1968: Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.
1964: World War II veteran Walter Seifert attacks an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
1963: American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
1963: Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
1963: John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.
1962: Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
1956: Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
1955: Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least one hundred are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
1944: USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
1942: World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
1942: Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
1940: World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
1938: Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
1937: Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
1936: The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
1935: Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
1920: During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
1919: Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
1917: King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, is deemed to have abdicated under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
1903: A group of Serbian officers storms the royal palace and assassinates King Alexander I of Serbia and his wife, Queen Draga.
1901: The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
1898: The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
1895: Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
1892: The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
1865: The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
1837: The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
1825: The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
1805: A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
1788: Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
1776: The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
1775: The Coronation of Louis XVI in Reims, the last coronation before the French Revolution.
1775: The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
1770: British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
1748: Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
1724: Johann Sebastian Bach leads his cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (O eternity, you word of thunder), BWV 20, on the first Sunday after Trinity, beginning his second cycle, the chorale cantata cycle.
1702: Anglo-Dutch forces skirmish with French forces before the walls of Nijmegen and prevent its fall.
1594: Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
1559: Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano sails for Florida with party of 1,500, intending to settle on gulf coast (Vera Cruz, Mexico).
1509: Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
1488: Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the king.
1429: Hundred Years' War: Start of the Battle of Jargeau.
1345: The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.
1157: Albert I of Brandenburg, also called The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first margrave.
1118: Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks.
1011: Lombard Revolt: Greek citizens of Bari rise up against the Lombard rebels led by Melus and deliver the city to Basil Mesardonites, Byzantine governor (catepan) of the Catepanate of Italy.
980: Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. He is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.
786: A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh.
631: Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang.
173: Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".

Births On This Day

2004: Katrina Scott, American tennis player
1999: Eartha Cumings, Scottish footballer
1999: Kai Havertz, German footballer
1998: Charlie Tahan, American actor
1997: Kodak Black, American rapper
1997: Jorja Smith, English singer
1996: Ayaka Sasaki, Japanese singer
1994: Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress
1993: Brittany Boyd, American basketball player
1991: Daniel Howell, English YouTuber
1991: Kyle Troup, American bowler
1990: Christophe Lemaitre, French sprinter
1989: Maya Moore, American basketball player
1988: Jesús Fernández Collado, Spanish footballer
1988: Claire Holt, Australian actress
1988: Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress, voice actress, singer-songwriter, model, radio host
1986: Sebastian Bayer, German long jumper
1986: Shia LaBeouf, American actor
1985: Tim Hoogland, German footballer
1984: Andy Lee, Irish boxer
1984: Vágner Love, Brazilian footballer
1983: Chuck Hayes, American basketball player
1983: José Reyes, Dominican baseball player
1982: Vanessa Boslak, French pole vaulter
1982: Jacques Freitag, South African high jumper (died 2024)
1982: Joey Graham, American basketball player
1982: Stephen Graham, American basketball player
1982: Reni Maitua, Australian rugby league player
1982: Eldar Rønning, Norwegian skier
1982: Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
1981: Emiliano Moretti, Italian footballer
1981: Kristo Tohver, Estonian footballer and referee
1980: Yhency Brazoban, Dominican baseball player
1979: Ali Boussaboun, Moroccan-Dutch footballer
1979: Amy Duggan, Australian footballer and sportscaster
1978: Joshua Jackson, Canadian-American actor
1978: Daryl Tuffey, New Zealand cricketer
1977: Ryan Dunn, American stunt performer (died 2011)
1977: Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer
1976: Reiko Tosa, Japanese runner
1974: Fragiskos Alvertis, Greek basketball player, coach, and manager
1973: José Manuel Abundis, Mexican footballer and coach
1972: Stephen Kearney, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
1971: Vladimir Gaidamașciuc, Moldovan footballer
1971: Liz Kendall, British politician
1971: Mark Richardson, New Zealand cricketer
1969: Peter Dinklage, American actor and producer
1969: Olaf Kapagiannidis, German footballer
1968: Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
1968: Manoa Thompson, Fijian rugby player
1967: Graeme Bachop, New Zealand rugby player
1967: João Garcia, Portuguese mountaineer
1966: Bruce Robison, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Georgios Bartzokas, Greek former professional basketball player
1964: Jean Alesi, French racing driver
1964: Kim Gallagher, American runner (died 2002)
1964: Penny Ford, American singer
1963: Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler and sportscaster (died 2000)
1962: Mano Menezes, Brazilian footballer and coach
1960: Mehmet Oz, American surgeon, author, and television host
1959: Hugh Laurie, English actor and screenwriter
1956: Joe Montana, American football player and sportscaster
1955: Yuriy Sedykh, Ukrainian hammer thrower (died 2021)
1954: John Dyson, Australian cricketer
1953: José Bové, French farmer and politician
1952: Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Russian runner
1952: Donnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese painter and photographer
1949: Frank Beard, American drummer and songwriter
1948: Dave Cash, American baseball player and coach
1948: Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian politician, 20th Chief Minister of Bihar
1948: Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, cartoonist and actress (died 2014)
1945: Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
1943: Ray Warren, Australian sportscaster
1942: Parris Glendening, American politician, 59th Governor of Maryland
1941: Tony Whitford, Canadian politician (died 2024)
1939: Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer and journalist (died 2017)
1939: Jackie Stewart, Scottish racing driver and sports presenter
1937: Chad Everett, American actor and director (died 2012)
1937: Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
1933: Gene Wilder, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2016)
1932: Athol Fugard, South African-American actor, director, and playwright (died 2025)
1932: Tim Sainsbury, English businessman and politician, Minister of State for Trade
1930: Charles Rangel, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2025)
1928: Queen Fabiola of Belgium (died 2014)
1927: Beryl Grey, English ballerina (died 2022)
1926: Carlisle Floyd, American composer and educator (died 2021)
1925: William Styron, American novelist and essayist (died 2006)
1922: Jean Sutherland Boggs, Peruvian-Canadian historian, academic, and civil servant (died 2014)
1922: Michael Cacoyannis, Greek Cypriot director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)
1920: Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American singer, actress, and pianist (died 1981)
1920: Keith Seaman, Australian lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (died 2013)
1919: Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (died 2008)
1919: Richard Todd, Irish-English actor (died 2009)
1918: Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager (died 1980)
1915: Magda Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (died 1997)
1915: Nicholas Metropolis, American mathematician and physicist (died 1999)
1914: Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (died 2012)
1913: Vince Lombardi, American football player, coach, and manager (died 1970)
1913: Risë Stevens, American soprano and actress (died 2013)
1912: James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998)
1912: William Baziotes, American painter and academic (died 1963)
1912: Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (died 2012)
1910: Carmine Coppola, American flute player and composer (died 1991)
1910: Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (died 1997)
1909: Natascha Artin Brunswick, German-American mathematician and photographer (died 2003)
1908: Karl Hein, German hammer thrower (died 1982)
1908: Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (died 1919)
1902: Eric Fraser, British illustrator and graphic designer (died 1983)
1901: Cap Fear, Canadian football player and rower (died 1978)
1901: Benny Wearing, Australian rugby league player (died 1968)
1899: Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer Nobel Prize laureate (died 1972)
1897: Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian activist, founded the Hindustan Republican Association (died 1927)
1897: Reg Latta, Australian rugby league player (died 1970)
1895: Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet politician (died 1975)
1894: Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (died 1952)
1889: Hugo Wieslander, Swedish decathlete (died 1976)
1888: Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-American anarchist and convicted criminal (died 1927)
1881: Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (died 1963)
1881: Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism (died 1983)
1881: Maggie Gripenberg, Finnish dancer and choreographer (died 1976)
1880: Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (died 1973)
1879: Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (died 1944)
1877: Renée Vivien, English-French poet and author (died 1909)
1876: Alfred L. Kroeber, American-French anthropologist and ethnologist (died 1960)
1871: Stjepan Radić, Croatian lawyer and politician (died 1928)
1867: Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (died 1945)
1864: Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (died 1949)
1861: Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (died 1933)
1847: Millicent Fawcett, English academic and activist (died 1929)
1846: William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (died 1920)
1842: Carl von Linde, German engineer and academic (died 1934)
1834: Johann Bauschinger, German mechanical engineer and physicist (died 1893)
1832: Lucy Pickens, American wife of Francis Wilkinson Pickens (died 1899)
1829: Edward Braddon, English-Australian politician, 18th Premier of Tasmania (died 1904)
1818: Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and academic (died 1903)
1815: Julia Margaret Cameron, Indian-Sri Lankan photographer (died 1879)
1807: James F. Schenck, American admiral (died 1882)
1797: José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran philosopher and theorist (died 1855)
1796: François-Louis Cailler, Swiss chocolatier (died 1852)
1776: John Constable, English painter and academic (died 1837)
1741: Joseph Warren, American physician and general (died 1775)
1726: Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (died 1746)
1723: Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (died 1788)
1712: Benjamin Ingham, American missionary (died 1772)
1709: Joachim Martin Falbe, German painter (died 1782)
1704: Carlos Seixas, Portuguese harpsichord player and composer (died 1742)
1697: Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist and composer (died 1780)
1696: James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (died 1758)
1690: Giovanni Antonio Giay, Italian composer (died 1764)
1672: Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (died 1749)
1662: Tokugawa Ienobu, Japanese shōgun (died 1712)
1655: Antonio Cifrondi, Italian painter (died 1730)
1620: John Moore, English businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of London (died 1702)
1588: George Wither, English poet (died 1667)
1585: Evert Horn, Swedish soldier (died 1615)
1572: Ben Jonson, English poet, playwright, and critic (died 1637)
1555: Lodovico Zacconi, Italian composer and theorist (died 1627)
1540: Barnabe Googe, English poet and translator (died 1594)
1456: Anne Neville, Princess of Wales and Queen of England (died 1485)
1403: John IV, Duke of Brabant (died 1427)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Tony Lo Bianco, American actor (born 1936)
2024: Howard Fineman, American journalist (born 1948)
2024: Françoise Hardy, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1944)
2024: Majed Abu Maraheel, Palestinian long-distance runner and football player (born 1963)
2022: Hilary Devey, English businesswoman, television presenter (born 1957)
2020: Stella Pevsner, children's author (born 1921)
2016: Rudi Altig, German track and road racing cyclist (born 1937)
2015: Jim Ed Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)
2015: Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (born 1930)
2015: Ian McKechnie, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1941)
2015: Ron Moody, English actor and singer (born 1924)
2015: Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler (born 1945)
2014: Ruby Dee, American actress (born 1922)
2014: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (born 1933)
2014: Susan B. Horwitz, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (born 1955)
2014: Mipham Chokyi Lodro, Tibetan lama and educator (born 1952)
2014: Benjamin Mophatlane, South African businessman (born 1973)
2014: Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (born 1947)
2013: Miller Barber, American golfer (born 1931)
2013: Carl W. Bauer, American lawyer and politician (born 1933)
2013: Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
2013: James Grimsley, Jr., American general (born 1921)
2013: Rory Morrison, English journalist (born 1964)
2013: Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (born 1992)
2013: Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (born 1929)
2012: Ann Rutherford, Canadian-American actress (born 1917)
2012: Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer (born 1952)
2011: Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist and engineer (born 1947)
2011: Seth Putnam, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1968)
2008: Ove Andersson, Swedish race car driver (born 1938)
2008: Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1922)
2007: Imre Friedmann, American biologist and academic (born 1921)
2007: Mala Powers, American actress (born 1931)
2006: Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (born 1944)
2006: Bruce Shand, English soldier (born 1917)
2005: Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general and politician, 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1922)
2005: Anne-Marie Alonzo, Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher (born 1951)
2004: Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (born 1946)
2003: David Brinkley, American journalist and author (born 1920)
2001: Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (born 1968)
2001: Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (born 1923)
1999: DeForest Kelley, American actor and screenwriter (born 1920)
1998: Catherine Cookson, English author (born 1906)
1996: George Hees, Canadian politician (born 1910)
1996: Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (born 1908)
1995: Rodel Naval, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor (born 1953)
1994: A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (born 1934)
1993: Ray Sharkey, American actor (born 1952)
1992: Rafael Orozco Maestre, Colombian singer (born 1954)
1991: Cromwell Everson, South African composer (born 1925)
1986: Chesley Bonestell, American painter and illustrator (born 1888)
1984: Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (born 1922)
1983: Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian businessman and politician (born 1894)
1982: H. Radclyffe Roberts, American entomologist (born 1906)
1979: Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (born 1893)
1979: John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
1976: Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (born 1917)
1974: Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian general and politician, 16th President of Brazil (born 1883)
1974: Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and author (born 1898)
1970: Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (born 1884)
1965: Paul B. Coremans, Belgian chemist and academic (born 1908)
1965: José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (born 1883)
1963: Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese monk and martyr (born 1897)
1962: Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (born 1900)
1955: Pierre Levegh, French race car driver (born 1905)
1941: Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (born 1850)
1937: R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (born 1895)
1936: Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (born 1906)
1934: Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (born 1896)
1927: William Attewell, English cricketer (born 1861)
1924: Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (born 1837)
1920: William F. Halsey, Sr., American captain (born 1853)
1914: Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born 1848)
1913: Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 279th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1856)
1911: James Curtis Hepburn, American physician and missionary (born 1815)
1903: Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician and philosopher (born 1837)
1903: Alexander I of Serbia (born 1876)
1903: Draga Mašin, Serbian wife of Alexander I of Serbia (born 1864)
1897: Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia (born 1821)
1885: Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentinian colonel (born 1810)
1882: Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (born 1804)
1879: William, Prince of Orange (born 1840)
1859: Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (born 1773)
1852: Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (born 1799)
1847: John Franklin, English admiral and politician (born 1786)
1796: Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded the Whitbread Company (born 1720)
1748: Felice Torelli, Italian painter (born 1667)
1727: George I of Great Britain (born 1660)
1712: Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (born 1654)
1695: André Félibien, French historian and author (born 1619)
1683: Nikita Pustosvyat, a leader of the Russian Old Believers, beheaded (born unknown)
1560: Mary of Guise, queen of James V of Scotland (born 1515)
1557: John III of Portugal (born 1502)
1488: James III of Scotland (born 1451)
1479: John of Sahagun, hermit and saint (born 1419)
1446: Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick (born 1425)
1347: Bartholomew of San Concordio, Italian Dominican canonist and man of letters (born 1260)
1345: Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire
1323: Berengar Fredol the Elder, French lawyer and bishop (born 1250)
1298: Yolanda of Poland (born 1235)
1253: Amadeus IV, count of Savoy (born 1197)
1248: Adachi Kagemori, Japanese samurai
1216: Henry of Flanders, emperor of the Latin Empire (born c. 1174)
1183: Henry the Young King of England (born 1155)
888: Rimbert, archbishop of Bremen (born 830)
884: Shi Jingsi, general of the Tang Dynasty
840: Junna, emperor of Japan (born 785)
786: Al-Husayn ibn Ali al-Abid, anti-Abbasid rebel leader
573: Emilian of Cogolla, Iberic saint (born 472)

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