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June 2

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June 2

June 2 is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 212 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Michigan woman wins $100,000 Powerball prize on free ticket. A Michigan woman is double-lucky after a bonus credit she won from the Michigan Lottery turned into a $100,000 Powerball prize.
2022: Massachusetts Lottery announces new draw schedule. The Massachusetts Lottery will be changing the draw schedule for all its in-state games later this month.
2021: NC woman misses Powerball drawing, wins $2 million in the next one. It's a common fear among lottery players that your numbers would be picked in a drawing you did not enter, but one North Carolina woman could not have had better timing after missing a Powerball drawing and winning a $2 million prize in the next one.
2020: Single father wins £1 million from EuroMillions lottery after playing for the first time. Simon Waddup, 31, entered the National Lottery EuroMillions draw game for the very first time. As luck would have it, the impulse buy earned him a £1 million (US$1.25 million) prize.
2018: SC lottery error prompts class-action lawsuit. A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the South Carolina Lottery Commission and Intralot, claiming that refusing to pay the prize money for a game glitch is a breach of contract.
2016: Michigan man wins $1 million on mistake lottery ticket. A simple mistake turned out to be very lucky for a Niles man who won a $1 million Mega Millions prize from the Michigan Lottery.
2016: New law gives Québec Lottery power to shut down competitors. Under a new law passed last month in Quebec's National Assembly, Loto-Québec can ask Internet Service Providers (ISPs) operating within the province to block the sites of the agency's competitors or face fines of up to $100,000 per infraction.
2012: Cuban lottery system turns common words into numbers. With roots in the 1800s, the Cuban lottery system known as La Charada has players seeing numbers everywhere they look.
2011: $200M Powerball lottery jackpot won by N.Y. Costco workers. A group of Costco employees were very happy Thursday morning -- and very rich.
2011: Ohio Senate bill includes privatizing lottery. The Ohio Senate's latest version of the state budget bill includes language to privatize the Ohio Lottery that is nearly identical to legislation drafted by a gaming company hoping to manage the $2.5 billion agency's day-to-day operations.
2010: Store clerk gets prison term for Ohio lottery ticket theft. A woman who stole more than $500,000 in Ohio Lottery scratch-off tickets from a Kroger store was sent Tuesday to prison for the maximum sentence of five years.
2009: Georgia man wins $1 million in lottery. A Gainesville man's life may have been opened to new possibilities after winning a $1 million Georgia Lottery prize.
2009: Ark. Lottery Commission meets, discusses director candidates. The Arkansas Lottery Commission got a little closer, with emphasis on little, to naming an executive director.
2009: N.H. Lottery lottery for $1 million winner. New Hampshire Lottery officials are about to pull a scratch ticket from stores, even though one of the $1 million prizes is still unaccounted for.
2009: Conn. AG urges changes before allowing Keno. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal advised Connecticut legislators Monday to amend the state's memoranda of understanding with two federally recognized Indian tribes before attempting to legalize Keno in the state.
2007: Lottery thief sets himself on fire. Firefighters said it can't get more ironic than this: an arsonist breaks into a convenience store, steals scratch-off lottery tickets, tries to cover his tracks by setting a fire, and in the process, sets himself on fire.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls to $48 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot grew to an estimated $48 million, with a cash option of $21.3 million.
2006: Greek boy kidnapped from lottery winners. The teenage son of a couple from Loutsa, east of Athens, Greece, who had won 280,000 euros in the Joker lottery escaped from his kidnappers yesterday hours after the two men abducted him and demanded the winnings from his parents.
2006: Employee charged with stealing lottery tickets. An employee of a Bath convenience store allegedly made off with 59 North Carolina Lottery tickets Saturday and cashed in the winnings a day later.
2006: New Mexico Lottery names new CEO. The New Mexico Lottery Authority board of directors met yesterday and named Tom Romero as its new chief executive officer. Romero becomes the New Mexico Lottery's fourth CEO since its 1996 inception.
2006: W.V. Lottery officials target 'coin-pusher' machines. West Virginia Lottery retailers could lose their licenses if they have 'coin-pusher' gambling machines installed in their stores.
2006: N.C. Lottery wins 1st Powerball border battle. The Tar Heel state collected more than three times the cash in ticket sales than South Carolina during the run up to the first Powerball drawing involving both states.
2006: Security guard steals Idaho Lottery tickets. An Idaho Lottery security officer is in jail today, accused of stealing from the agency he was hired to protect.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $60 million. The multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot grows to $60 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in Tuesday night's $50 million drawing.
2004: Boss's kind gesture wins him and co-worker $1 million. A boss and his employtee are splitting $1 million as winners of the top prize in the Michigan Lottery's "Million Dollar Mania" Instant Game, Lottery officials announced Tuesday.
2004: Michigan Lottery Players Capitalize on Popular Combination. On Saturday, May 29, 2004, the number 1-1-0-1 was drawn in the Daily 4 game midday drawing, with 2,416 winning tickets splitting a record-setting $4,787,650 prize pool.
2004: Lottery returns veterans to Normandy. War heroes from the Midlands will this week be returning to the Normandy battlefields thanks to a series of UK National Lottery grants.
2004: Scientific Games Launches "Lottery Museum". Scientific Games Corporation announced that it has launched the Internet Scientific Games Lottery Museum at http://www.scientificgames.com in honor of the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the first secure instant lottery ticket.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$475 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2019
2.$356 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2020
3.$338 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2017
4.$268.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2021
5.$261.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2010
6.$260 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2015
7.$257 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2023
8.$251 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2016
9.€214.87 Million US$230.32 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2022
10.$203 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2023
11.$192 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2014
12.$189.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2022
13.$189 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2022
14.$188.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2015
15.€163.1 Million
US$183.54 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2019
16.€132 Million
US$173.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 5, 2012
17.€152 Million
US$170.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2017
18.$164 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2012
19.€130 Million
US$158.81 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2021
20.€130 Million
US$139.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2023
21.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2020
22.€87 Million
US$118.48 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2014
23.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2016
23.$110 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 5, 2018
25.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2005

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1993: icanJessbme
Wednesday, Jun 2, 1993
30 years old
1991: Jass33
Sunday, Jun 2, 1991
32 years old
1986: NEWYORKER
Monday, Jun 2, 1986
37 years old
1985: Will222
Sunday, Jun 2, 1985
38 years old
1983: nena20hg
Thursday, Jun 2, 1983
40 years old
1983: vhammond23
Thursday, Jun 2, 1983
40 years old
1972: KRISTA308
Friday, Jun 2, 1972
51 years old
1971: maddi2
Wednesday, Jun 2, 1971
52 years old
1969: chrismor
Monday, Jun 2, 1969
54 years old
1968: jbrina
Sunday, Jun 2, 1968
55 years old
1966: Big54
Thursday, Jun 2, 1966
57 years old
1963: Pet63
Sunday, Jun 2, 1963
60 years old
1962: AJJLOJ
Saturday, Jun 2, 1962
61 years old
1958: fastwin23
Monday, Jun 2, 1958
65 years old
1940: lucylocket9
Sunday, Jun 2, 1940
83 years old
: urbossmanpimpin
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changed the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organization from what was previously known as "Turkey" to "Türkiye."
2014: Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.
2012: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
2003: Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
1997: In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
1990: The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
1983: After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
1979: Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
1967: Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
1967: Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
1966: Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
1964: The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
1962: During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
1955: The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between the two countries, discontinued since 1948.
1953: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey becomes the first British coronation and one of the first major international events to be televised.
1946: Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
1941: World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
1924: U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States.
1919: Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
1910: Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
1909: Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
1896: Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
1866: The Fenians defeat Canadian forces at Ridgeway and Fort Erie, but the raids end soon after.
1848: The Slavic congress in Prague begins.
1835: P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States.
1805: Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures Diamond Rock, an uninhabited island at the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, from the British.
1793: French Revolution: François Hanriot, leader of the Parisian National Guard, arrests 22 Girondists selected by Jean-Paul Marat, setting the stage for the Reign of Terror.
1780: The anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in London leave an estimated 300 to 700 people dead.
1774: Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
1763: Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
1692: Bridget Bishop is the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts; she was found guilty and later hanged.
1676: Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the Battle of Palermo.
1615: The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
1608: London: Virginia gets new charter, extending borders from "sea to sea".
1098: First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later.
455: Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.

Births On This Day

2002: Madison Hu, American actress
1999: Campbell Graham, Australian rugby league player
1996: Morissette, Filipina singer-songwriter
1993: Adam Taggart, Australian footballer
1992: Pajtim Kasami, Swiss footballer
1989: Steve Smith, Australian cricketer
1988: Sergio Agüero, Argentine footballer
1988: Awkwafina, American actress, rapper, and comedian
1988: Staniliya Stamenova, Bulgarian canoeist
1987: Maryka Holtzhausen, South African netball player
1987: Yoann Huget, French rugby player
1987: Matthew Koma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987: Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan cricketer
1987: Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress
1985: Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress and singer
1984: Jack Afamasaga, New Zealand rugby league player
1984: Feleti Mateo, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
1983: Chris Higgins, American ice hockey player
1983: Toni Livers, Swiss skier
1982: Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
1981: Nikolay Davydenko, Russian tennis player
1981: Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
1980: Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-American drummer
1980: Bobby Simmons, American basketball player
1980: Richard Skuse, English rugby player
1980: Abby Wambach, American soccer player and coach
1980: Tomasz Wróblewski, Polish bass player and songwriter
1979: Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-American actress
1979: Butterfly Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1978: Dominic Cooper, English actor
1978: Nikki Cox, American actress
1978: Yi So-yeon, biotechnologist and astronaut, the first Korean in space
1978: Justin Long, American actor
1977: Teet Allas, Estonian footballer
1977: A.J. Styles, American wrestler
1977: Zachary Quinto, American actor and producer
1976: Earl Boykins, American basketball player
1976: Martin Čech, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1976: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer
1976: Tim Rice-Oxley, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1975: Salvatore Scibona, American author
1974: Gata Kamsky, Russian-American chess player
1974: Matt Serra, American mixed martial artist
1973: Marko Kristal, Estonian footballer and manager
1973: Neifi Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
1972: Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian, game show host, and singer
1972: Raúl Ibañez, American baseball player
1972: Wentworth Miller, American actor and screenwriter
1971: Kateřina Jacques, Czech translator and politician
1970: B Real, American rapper and actor
1969: Kurt Abbott, American baseball player
1969: Paulo Sérgio, Brazilian footballer
1969: David Wheaton, American tennis player, radio host, and author
1968: Merril Bainbridge, Australian singer-songwriter
1968: Andy Cohen, American television host
1968: Lester Green, American comedian and actor
1967: Remigija Nazarovienė, Lithuanian heptathlete and coach
1967: Mike Stanton, American baseball player
1967: Nadhim Zahawi, British politician
1966: Dayana Cadeau, Haitian born Canadian-American professional bodybuilder
1966: Candace Gingrich, American activist
1966: Pedro Guerra, Spanish singer-songwriter
1966: Petra van Staveren, Dutch swimmer
1965: Russ Courtnall, Canadian ice hockey player
1965: Mark Waugh, Australian cricketer and journalist
1965: Steve Waugh, Australian cricketer
1964: Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter
1963: Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (d. 2012)
1962: Mark Plaatjes, South African-American runner and coach
1961: Dez Cadena, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960: Olga Bondarenko, Russian runner
1960: Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor
1960: Kyle Petty, American race car driver and sportscaster
1959: Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer
1959: Lydia Lunch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1959: Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer
1958: Lex Luger, American wrestler and football player
1957: Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager
1956: Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver
1955: Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor
1955: Nandan Nilekani, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
1955: Mani Ratnam, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1955: Michael Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1954: Dennis Haysbert, American actor and producer
1953: Vidar Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist
1953: Craig Stadler, American golfer
1953: Cornel West, American philosopher, author, and academic
1952: Gary Bettman, American sports executive, 14th Commissioner of the National Hockey League
1951: Gilbert Baker, American artist, gay rights activist, and designer of the rainbow flag (d. 2017)
1951: Arnold Mühren, Dutch footballer and manager
1951: Larry Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951: Alexander Wylie, Lord Kinclaven, Scottish lawyer, judge, and educator
1950: Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress and singer
1950: Momčilo Vukotić, Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2021)
1949: Heather Couper, English astronomer and physicist (d. 2020)
1949: Frank Rich, American journalist and critic
1948: Jerry Mathers, American actor
1946: Lasse Hallström, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
1946: Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (d. 2020)
1945: Richard Long, English painter, sculptor, and photographer
1945: Bonnie Newman, American businesswoman and politician
1944: Robert Elliott, American actor (d. 2004)
1944: Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (d. 2012)
1943: Charles Haid, American actor and director
1943: Crescenzio Sepe, Italian cardinal
1942: Mike Ahern, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland
1941: Ünal Aysal, Turkish businessman
1941: Stacy Keach, American actor
1941: Lou Nanne, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
1941: Charlie Watts, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2021)
1940: Constantine II of Greece (d. 2023)
1939: Charles Miller, American musician (d. 1980)
1939: John Schlee, American golfer (d. 2000)
1938: Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author
1938: George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge
1937: Rosalyn Higgins, English lawyer and judge
1937: Sally Kellerman, American actress (d. 2022)
1937: Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
1937: Robert Paul, Canadian figure skater and choreographer
1937: Deric Washburn, American screenwriter and playwright
1936: Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian race walker (d. 2021)
1935: Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (d. 2003)
1935: Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek poet and educator (d. 2021)
1934: Johnny Carter, American singer (d. 2009)
1933: Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
1933: Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (d. 1971)
1930: Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1999)
1929: Norton Juster, American architect, author, and academic (d. 2021)
1929: Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (d. 2007)
1928: Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (d. 2014)
1928: Ron Reynolds, English footballer (d. 1999)
1927: W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (d. 2013)
1927: Colin Brittan, English footballer (d. 2013)
1926: Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (d. 1977)
1926: Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (d. 2013)
1924: June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (d. 2007)
1923: Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
1922: Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1922: Carmen Silvera, Canadian-English actress (d. 2002)
1921: Betty Freeman, American photographer and philanthropist (d. 2009)
1921: Ernie Royal, American trumpet player (d. 1983)
1921: Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
1921: András Szennay, Hungarian priest (d. 2012)
1920: Frank G. Clement, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
1920: Yolande Donlan, American-English actress (d. 2014)
1920: Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (d. 2013)
1920: Tex Schramm, American businessman (d. 2003)
1920: Johnny Speight, English screenwriter and producer (d. 1998)
1918: Ruth Atkinson, Canadian-American illustrator (d. 1997)
1918: Kathryn Tucker Windham, American journalist and author (d. 2011)
1917: Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director (d. 2006)
1915: Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy (d. 1992)
1913: Barbara Pym, English author (d. 1980)
1913: Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (d. 2015)
1911: Joe McCluskey, American runner (d. 2002)
1910: Hector Dyer, American sprinter (d. 1990)
1907: Dorothy West, American journalist and author (d. 1998)
1907: John Lehmann, English poet and publisher (d. 1987)
1904: Frank Runacres, English painter and educator (d. 1974)
1904: Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
1899: Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director (d. 1981)
1899: Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer (d. 1980)
1891: Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge (d. 1969)
1891: Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot (d. 1945)
1881: Walter Egan, American golfer (d. 1971)
1878: Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (d. 1912)
1875: Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan (d. 1973)
1866: Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)
1865: George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901)
1865: Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leone Creole advocate and activist for cultural nationalism (d. 1960)
1863: Felix Weingartner, Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)
1861: Concordia Selander, Swedish actress and manager (d. 1935)
1857: Edward Elgar, English composer and educator (d. 1934)
1857: Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
1840: Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (d. 1928)
1840: Émile Munier, French artist (d. 1895)
1838: Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg (d. 1900)
1835: Pope Pius X (d. 1914)
1823: Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (d. 1905)
1813: Daniel Pollen, Irish-New Zealand politician, 9th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1896)
1774: William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (d. 1850)
1773: John Randolph of Roanoke, American planter and politician, 8th United States Ambassador to Russia (d. 1833)
1743: Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian occultist and explorer (d. 1795)
1740: Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and politician (d. 1814)
1739: Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1815)
1731: Martha Washington, First Lady of the United States (d. 1802)
1644: William Salmon, English medical writer (d. 1713)
1638: Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (d. 1709)
1621: Rutger von Ascheberg, Courland-born soldier in Swedish service (d. 1693)
1621: (baptized) Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (d. 1649)
1602: Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia, Ruler of East Frisia (d. 1628)
1535: Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)
1489: Charles, Duke of Vendôme (d. 1537)
1423: Ferdinand I of Naples (d. 1494)
1305: Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, ruler of Ilkhanate (d. 1335)

Deaths On This Day

2017: Peter Sallis, English actor (b. 1921)
2015: Fernando de Araújo, East Timorese politician, President of East Timor (b. 1963)
2015: Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
2014: Ivica Brzić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2014: Nikolay Khrenkov, Russian bobsledder (b. 1984)
2014: Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (b. 1925)
2013: Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1930)
2013: Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (b. 1930)
2013: Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
2012: Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman and political activist (b. 1931)
2012: Richard Dawson, English-American soldier, actor, television personality, and game show host (b. 1932)
2012: LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (b. 1940)
2012: Kathryn Joosten, American actress (b. 1939)
2009: David Eddings, American author (b. 1931)
2008: Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
2008: Mel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1917)
2007: Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1949)
2007: Huang Ju, Chinese engineer and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1938)
2006: Keith Smith, English rugby player and coach (b. 1952)
2005: Lucien Cliche, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
2005: Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier (b. 1930)
2005: Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and educator (b. 1950)
2005: Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (b. 1912)
2003: Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (b. 1918)
2003: Alma Ricard, Canadian broadcaster and philanthropist (b. 1906)
2002: Hugo van Lawick, Dutch director and photographer (b. 1937)
2001: Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
2001: Joey Maxim, American boxer (b. 1922)
2000: Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist, academic, and politician (b. 1927)
2000: John Schlee, American golfer (b. 1939)
2000: Gerald James Whitrow, English mathematician, cosmologist, and historian (b. 1912)
1999: Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (b. 1949)
1997: Doc Cheatham, American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (b. 1905)
1997: Helen Jacobs, American tennis champion (b. 1908)
1996: John Alton, Hungarian-American cinematographer and director (b. 1901)
1996: Leon Garfield, English author (b. 1921)
1996: Ray Combs, American game show host (b. 1956)
1994: David Stove, Australian philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1927)
1993: Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1913)
1993: Tahar Djaout, Algerian journalist, writer and poet (b. 1954)
1992: Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1991: Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (b. 1927)
1990: Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)
1989: Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1907)
1988: Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
1987: Anthony de Mello, Indian-American priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931)
1987: Sammy Kaye, American bandleader and songwriter (b. 1910)
1987: Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
1986: Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
1983: Stan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
1983: Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1913)
1982: Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (b. 1904)
1982: Shah Abd al-Wahhab, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (b. 1894)
1979: Jim Hutton, American actor (b. 1934)
1978: Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1895)
1977: Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (b. 1952)
1977: Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish-born American actor (b. 1931)
1976: Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (b. 1887)
1976: Juan José Torres, Bolivian general and politician, 61st President of Bolivia (b. 1920)
1974: Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese race car driver (b. 1949)
1970: Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (b. 1914)
1970: Albert Lamorisse, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1970: Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (b. 1937)
1970: Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1888)
1969: Leo Gorcey, American actor (b. 1917)
1968: André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
1967: Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (b. 1940)
1962: Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (b. 1892)
1961: George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889)
1959: Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (b. 1884)
1956: Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (b. 1886)
1952: Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (b. 1880)
1948: Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904)
1948: Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904)
1948: Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897)
1948: Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)
1948: Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (b. 1905)
1947: John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (b. 1867)
1942: Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
1941: Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1937: Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
1933: Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
1929: Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
1927: Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
1901: George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
1882: Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
1881: Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
1875: Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
1865: Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)
1853: Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777)
1806: William Tate, English painter (b. 1747)
1785: Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician and academic (b. 1713)
1761: Jonas Alströmer, Swedish businessman (b. 1685)
1754: Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (b. 1680)
1716: Ogata Kōrin, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1658)
1701: Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (b. 1607)
1693: John Wildman, English soldier and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1621)
1603: Bernard of Wąbrzeźno, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1575)
1581: James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1525)
1572: Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (b. 1536)
1567: Shane O'Neill, head of the O'Neill dynasty in Ireland (b. 1530)
1453: Álvaro de Luna, Duke of Trujillo, Constable of Castile
1418: Katherine of Lancaster, queen of Henry III of Castile
1292: Rhys ap Maredudd, Welsh nobleman and rebel leader
1258: Peter I, Count of Urgell
1200: Bishop John of Oxford
910: Richilde of Provence (b. 845)
891: Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid general (b. 842)
657: Pope Eugene I

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