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June 6

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June 6

June 6 is the 157th day of the year (158th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 208 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Life finds a way: Arizona Lottery unleashes Jurassic Park tickets for dino-sized wins. The Arizona Lottery has announced it is going prehistoric with two new Jurassic Park-themed games that are slated to offer players a variety of dino-mite prizes.
2023: Florida woman wins two $1 million prizes in the same scratch-off game. A Florida woman won a second prize of $1 million from the same scratch-off game after promising the Florida Lottery that they'll see her again one day.
2022: Massachusetts restaurant employee gets tipped winning lottery ticket worth $2,000. A restaurant worker was given a huge tip from a customer after they bought her what turned out to be a winning lottery ticket.
2020: Nebraska Lottery warns players about misprinted Lucky for Life tickets. Lucky for Life players are encouraged to check lottery tickets printed on or before Thursday after about 125 multi-draw tickets were misprinted with incorrect end-of-game dates, Nebraska Lottery officials said in a release Friday.
2019: North Carolina retiree wins $344.6 million lottery jackpot using fortune cookie numbers. North Carolina lottery officials Tuesday evening revealed that a Cumberland County man was the winner of the $344.6 million Powerball ticket that was purchased in Hope Mills.
2017: Iowa Lottery investigation highlights difficult balance between security and profits. An examination of the difficult balance between running a secure lottery and ensuring that Iowa Lottery games are accessible and friendly for players, while still turning a healthy profit for the state.
2016: Man who makes living with horseshoes wins $1M Powerball prize. A Minnesota man who shoes horses for a living said he is grateful for his "impulse purchase."
2014: Wife of $1M Powerball winner charged with promoting prostitution. The Rankin, Pennsylvania, police officer who bought a $1 million Powerball ticket is named in a police complaint against his wife, Jennifer Brown, who faces charges, including promoting prostitution through an Internet site.
2014: New Mexico Lottery adds midday Pick 3 drawing. Starting Monday, New Mexico's Pick 3 lottery game will offer a 1 pm midday drawing in addition to the current 9:30 pm evening drawing.
2013: Woman who let Powerball winner go ahead of her has no regrets. Meet the woman who "was kind enough" to allow Gloria Mackenzie to cut in line when and purchase the winning ticket for the record $590.5 million Powerball jackpot.
2012: Ark. Lottery Commission denies tampering claim. The Arkansas Lottery Commission is denying allegations that it deliberately sold unsecure tickets that had a design defect that could easily lead to potential tampering.
2012: Woman sues business partner for share of $12.6M lottery jackpot. A lawsuit launched by a New Westminster, British Columbia, woman who claims she was tricked out of her equal share of a $12.6 million lottery jackpot is going to a full trial.
2012: Florida woman cashes $21M Lotto ticket. A Key Largo, Florida, woman claimed the $21 million Florida Lotto jackpot from the drawing held on April 28.
2010: Anonymous winner claims $23M Calif. lottery jackpot. A lucky California retiree who doesn't want to be named bought a SuperLotto ticket last week worth $23 million.
2008: Virginia man wins $250,000 twice in three months. Lightning struck twice for Kevin Branch of Chesterfield, Virginia, who claimed his second $250,000 Mega Millions prize in three months. Plus, a Georgia mayor wins a $250,000 Mega Millions prize, and a second-place Mega Millions ticket from California is waiting to be claimed.
2006: Lawsuit over $315 million lottery jackpot goes to trial. A California lab technician's lawsuit seeking a share of the $315 million Mega Millions multi-state lottery jackpot divvied up by seven co-workers will go to trial.
2006: S.D. couple claim Powerball lottery jackpot. Beating 1-in-146 million odds to become South Dakota's latest multimillionaires, Pierre couple Lan "Bill" Nguyen and his wife, Tina, stepped forward Tuesday with the winning ticket for a nearly $117 million Powerball lottery jackpot.
2006: Kentucky Lottery's "666" numbers sell out. Thousands of hopeful Kentucky Lottery players quickly snatched up the 10,000 available Pick 3 tickets with the numbers 6-6-6 for today's midday drawing at 1:20 p.m., and the 10,000 available tickets for the 11 p.m. drawing were expected to be sold by early afternoon.
2006: S.C. Lottery Stops Selling Number "666". The South Carolina Educational Lottery has stopped selling tickets Tuesday with combiations with "666" in it.
2006: UK online lottery company fizzles. The chairman of UK-based "Monday", an online-only lottery, was believed to be close to resigning as the company finds itself on the brink of financial ruin after just four weeks in operation.
2005: N.C. gets lottery advice from Georgia, Florida. Two states - Georgia and Florida - are often cited by lottery critics and supporters as examples of success and failure, and both have lessons to offer for North Carolina.
2005: Ohio store sells winning $106 million Mega Millions lottery ticket. Ohio has its fourth Mega Millions lottery winner, who will gross $106 million, or a $66,666,686 lump sum.
2005: One Florida Lotto ticket wins $12 million jackpot. One lucky Florida resident in the Cape Haze area woke up Sunday morning and realized they now had a few extra dollars available to buy the little things, and maybe even a few big things.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$522 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2019
2.$414 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 9, 2020
3.$380.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2017
4.€250 Million US$285.15 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2025
5.$285.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2023
6.$260 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2016
7.€215.99 Million US$230.72 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2022
8.$223 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2025
9.$221 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2014
10.$218 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2023
11.$212 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2026
12.$207.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 8, 2024
13.$207 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2022
14.€156 Million
US$204.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 8, 2012
15.$199.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2022
16.€164.32 Million
US$185.09 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2019
17.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2012
18.€130 Million
US$147.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2019
19.€130 Million
US$140.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2024
20.€100 Million
US$136.42 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 6, 2014
21.€100 Million
US$132.29 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 7, 2013
22.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 8, 2018
23.€110 Million
US$124.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 9, 2015
24.$123 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 8, 2016
25.€90 Million
US$105.91 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 8, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: Tsimms
Thursday, Jun 6, 1991
34 years old
1989: Harjeet
Tuesday, Jun 6, 1989
36 years old
1989: Levy Andrade
Tuesday, Jun 6, 1989
36 years old
1986: Carmel1
Friday, Jun 6, 1986
39 years old
1984: shotyme
Wednesday, Jun 6, 1984
41 years old
1984: Elmex84
Wednesday, Jun 6, 1984
41 years old
1983: LalaHayes
Monday, Jun 6, 1983
42 years old
1977: goldy31792
Monday, Jun 6, 1977
48 years old
1975: carey22
Friday, Jun 6, 1975
50 years old
1974: kimmiekim
Thursday, Jun 6, 1974
51 years old
1974: Brianclom
Thursday, Jun 6, 1974
51 years old
1970: SmokyMountain
Saturday, Jun 6, 1970
55 years old
1966: Zezemus Adamas
Monday, Jun 6, 1966
59 years old
1962: Judybootie
Wednesday, Jun 6, 1962
63 years old
1960: Ol'dusty
Monday, Jun 6, 1960
65 years old
1956: wackietaz
Wednesday, Jun 6, 1956
69 years old
1953: Badassmfr
Saturday, Jun 6, 1953
72 years old
1951: Iriver6651
Wednesday, Jun 6, 1951
74 years old
: Sappho
(year not provided)
: tnlottodreamer
(year not provided)
: bluedog
(year not provided)
: Breva48
(year not provided)
: lgtackett1
(year not provided)
: MsJean923
(year not provided)
: MunnieBunnie
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: The launch of SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4)
2023: Russo-Ukrainian War: The Kakhovka Dam is destroyed.
2017: Syrian civil war: The Battle of Raqqa begins with an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to capture the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
2002: Eastern Mediterranean event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at ten meters in diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
1994: China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 crashes near Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, killing all 160 people on board.
1993: Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat wins the first presidential election in Mongolia.
1992: Copa Airlines Flight 201 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes into the Darién Gap in Panama, killing all 47 aboard.
1985: The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
1982: 1982 Lebanon War: The war begins as forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
1976: Chief Minister of Sabah Faud Stephens, Peter Joinud Mojuntin, and several other politicians are killed in a plane crash near Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Malaysia.
1975: British referendum results in continued membership of the European Economic Community, with 67% of votes in favour.
1971: Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June.
1971: Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps over the San Gabriel Mountains, killing 50.
1966: March Against Fear: African-American civil rights activist James Meredith is wounded in an ambush by white sniper James Aubrey Norvell. Meredith and Norvell are photographed by Jack R. Thornell, whose photo will receive the 1967 Pulitzer Prize in Photography, the last one to be awarded in the category.
1944: World War II: Commencement of Operation Overlord: The Allied invasion of Normandy begins with the execution of Operation Neptune-commonly referred to as D-Day-the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.
1944: World War II: Capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges by Allied paratroopers, also known as Operation Coup de Main (incorrectly referred to as Operation Deadstick.)
1942: World War II: The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking part-Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū and Hiryū-are sunk, as is the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The American carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann are also sunk.
1934: New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
1933: The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
1925: The original Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.
1918: World War I: U.S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties during the Battle of Belleau Wood while attempting to recapture the wood at Château-Thierry (the losses are exceeded at the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943).
1912: The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
1894: Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
1892: The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
1889: The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
1882: The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
1862: American Civil War: The First Battle of Memphis, a naval engagement fought on the Mississippi River, results in the capture of Memphis, Tennessee by Union forces from the Confederates.
1859: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales. The date is still celebrated as Queensland Day.
1844: The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
1832: The June Rebellion in Paris is put down by the National Guard.
1822: Alexis St Martin is accidentally shot in the stomach, leading to William Beaumont's studies on digestion.
1813: War of 1812: In the Battle of Stoney Creek, considered a critical turning point in the war, a British force of 700 under John Vincent defeats an American force twice its size under William Winder and John Chandler.
1762: Seven Years' War: British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
1674: Shivaji is crowned as the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire at Raigad Fort.
1654: Swedish Queen Christina abdicated her throne in favour of her cousin Charles Gustav and converted to Catholicism.
1523: Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day.
1513: War of the League of Cambrai: In the Battle of Novara, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon Milan; Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
1505: The M8.2-8.8 Lo Mustang earthquake affects Tibet and Nepal, causing severe damage in Kathmandu and parts of the Indo-Gangetic plain.
913: Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed by Constantine's uncle Alexander on his deathbed.

Births On This Day

2001: Rayan Aït-Nouri, French-Algerian footballer
2000: Haechan, South Korean singer
1998: Kenny Pickett, American football player
1996: Jack Hetherington, Australian rugby league player
1995: Julian Green, American soccer player
1994: Yvon Mvogo, Swiss footballer
1993: Vic Mensa, American rapper and singer
1992: DeAndre Hopkins, American football player
1990: Gavin Hoyte, English born footballer who represented Trinidad and Tobago
1990: Anthony Rendon, American baseball player
1990: Pape Souaré, Senegalese footballer
1988: Anthony Pilkington, Irish footballer
1986: Gin Wigmore, New Zealand singer and songwriter
1985: Sebastian Larsson, Swedish footballer
1985: Drew McIntyre, Scottish professional wrestler
1985: Becky Sauerbrunn, American footballer; twice a winner of the FIFA Women's World Cup, also an Olympic gold medallist
1983: Michael Krohn-Dehli, Danish footballer
1980: Pete Hegseth, American author, political commentator and 29th United States Secretary of Defense
1979: Roberto De Zerbi, Italian football manager
1977: David Connolly, Irish footballer
1974: Uncle Kracker, American musician
1974: Sonya Walger, British-American actress
1973: Jackie Arklöv, Swedish mercenary and convicted murderer
1972: Natalie Morales, American television journalist and NBC News anchor
1967: Paul Giamatti, American actor and producer
1966: Sophie Jamal, Canadian endocrinologist involved in scientific misconduct
1966: Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer
1963: Jason Isaacs, English actor
1962: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japanese director
1960: Steve Vai, American musician
1960: Raudin Anwar, Indonesian diplomat
1959: Colin Quinn, American comedian and actor
1956: Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons
1955: Sam Simon, American director, producer and screenwriter; co-developer of The Simpsons (died 2015)
1954: Wladyslaw Zmuda, Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
1952: Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; winner of four Tony Awards
1951: Dwight Twilley, American pop/rock singer and songwriter (died 2023)
1949: Holly Near, American folk singer and songwriter
1948: Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate
1947: David Blunkett, British Labour politician; Home Secretary 2001-2004
1947: Robert Englund, American actor; best known for Nightmare on Elm Street
1947: Ada Kok, Dutch butterfly stroke swimmer; winner of three Olympic medals including gold in 1968
1947: Keith Daniel Williams, American convicted rapist and triple murderer (died 1996)
1946: Tony Levin, American bass player and songwriter
1944: Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist
1944: Phillip Allen Sharp, American molecular biologist; 1993 Nobel Prize laureate (Physiology or Medicine)
1944: Tommie Smith, American sprinter and football player; winner of 1968 Olympic 200m gold medal in a world record time
1943: Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1996 for chemistry (died 2005)
1940: Willie John McBride, Northern Irish rugby player who toured with the British Lions five times
1939: Louis Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer (died 2021)
1939: Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter
1936: D. Ramanaidu, Indian actor, director, and producer, founded Suresh Productions (died 2015)
1936: Levi Stubbs, American soul singer; lead vocalist of the Four Tops (died 2008)
1935: Jon Henricks, Australian swimmer; winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1956
1934: Albert II, King of the Belgians from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013 (abdicated)
1934: Taichi Yamada, Japanese screenwriter and novelist (died 2023)
1933: Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1932: David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut who was the commander of Apollo 15
1931: Richard Hickock, American convicted murderer (died 1965)
1930: Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach and journalist (died 2015)
1929: James Barnor, Ghanaian photographer
1929: Sunil Dutt, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician (died 2005)
1926: Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (died 1998)
1925: Maxine Kumin, American poet and author (died 2014)
1925: Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation and a noted code talker during World War II (died 2013)
1923: V. C. Andrews, American author, illustrator, and painter (died 1986)
1923: Jean Pouliot, Canadian broadcaster (died 2004)
1920: Virginia Oliver (died 2026), American lobster fisherwoman
1919: Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English army officer and politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO (died 2018)
1918: Kenneth Connor, English comedy actor (died 1993)
1918: Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
1917: Kirk Kerkorian, American businessman, founded the Tracinda Corporation (died 2015)
1916: Hamani Diori, Nigerien academic and politician, 1st President of Niger (died 1989)
1915: Vincent Persichetti, American pianist and composer (died 1987)
1909: Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian and philosopher (died 1997)
1907: Bill Dickey, American baseball player and manager who played in eight World Series, winning seven (died 1993)
1906: Max August Zorn, German mathematician and academic who is noted for Zorn's Lemma (died 1993)
1903: Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (died 1978)
1902: Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 1947)
1901: Jan Struther, English author, poet and hymnwriter who created the character Mrs Miniver (died 1953)
1901: Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (died 1970)
1900: Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (died 1957)
1898: Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa (died 1980)
1898: Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 2001)
1897: Joel Rinne, Finnish actor (died 1981)
1896: Henry Allingham, English World War I soldier and supercentenarian (died 2009)
1896: Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and fascist politician who played a key role in developing Mussolini's air force (died 1940)
1891: Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic (died 1986)
1891: Erich Marcks, German general in WWII who planned Operation Barbarossa (died 1944)
1890: Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader (died 1971)
1875: Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
1872: Alix of Hesse, German princess and Russian empress (died 1918)
1872: Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author (died 1936)
1868: Robert Falcon Scott, English sailor and explorer (died 1912)
1867: David T. Abercrombie, American entrepreneur and co-founder of lifestyle brand Abercrombie & Fitch (died 1931)
1862: Henry Newbolt, English historian, author, and poet (died 1938)
1857: Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1918)
1851: Angelo Moriondo, Italian inventor of the espresso machine (died 1914)
1850: Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1909 for physics (died 1918)
1843: Henriette Wulfsberg, Norwegian school owner and writer (died 1906)
1841: Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (died 1910)
1825: Friedrich Bayer, German pharmacist, founded Bayer (died 1880)
1810: Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German philologist and scholar (died 1856)
1799: Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet (died 1837)
1756: John Trumbull, American soldier and painter (died 1843)
1755: Nathan Hale, American soldier (died 1776)
1714: Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal from 31 July 1750 until his death (died 1777)
1622: Claude-Jean Allouez, French-American missionary and explorer (died 1689)
1606: Pierre Corneille, French playwright and producer (died 1684)
1605: Peregrine Palmer, English politician (died 1684)
1599: Diego Velázquez (date of baptism), Spanish painter and educator (died 1660)
1519: Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (died 1603)
1436: Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller von Königsberg), German mathematician, astronomer, and bishop (died 1476)

Deaths On This Day

2016: Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess grandmaster; arguably the best player never to become World Chess Champion (born 1931)
2016: Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter; works included Equus and Amadeus (born 1926)
2015: Vincent Bugliosi, American lawyer and author; prosecuting attorney in the Tate-LaBianca murders case (born 1934)
2015: Ludvík Vaculík, Czech journalist and author; noted for The Two Thousand Words which inspired the Prague Spring (born 1926)
2014: Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (born 1928)
2013: Jerome Karle, American crystallographer and academic; awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into the molecular structure of chemical compounds (born 1918)
2013: Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (born 1921)
2012: Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, formed the famed KLM Line. (born 1960)
2009: Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of the genetic basis of immunological reaction (born 1916)
2006: Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1946)
2005: Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (born 1931)
1996: George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 for his studies of histocompatibility (born 1903)
1994: Mark McManus, Scottish actor (born 1935)
1994: Barry Sullivan, American film actor (born 1912)
1991: Stan Getz, American saxophonist and jazz innovator (born 1927)
1983: Hans Leip, German author, poet, and playwright who wrote the lyrics of Lili Marleen (born 1893)
1982: Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and academic (born 1905)
1979: Jack Haley, American actor (born 1897)
1976: J. Paul Getty, American businessman, founded the Getty Oil Company (born 1892)
1968: Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (born 1925)
1963: William Baziotes, American painter and academic (born 1912)
1962: Yves Klein, French painter (born 1928)
1962: Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (born 1934)
1961: Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (born 1875)
1955: Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (born 1875)
1948: Louis Lumière, French film director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1864)
1947: James Agate, English author and critic (born 1877)
1946: Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862)
1941: Louis Chevrolet, American race car driver and businessman, founded Chevrolet and Frontenac Motor Corporation (born 1878)
1939: Constantin Noe, Megleno-Romanian editor and professor (born 1883)
1935: Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (born 1862)
1922: Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (born 1860)
1916: Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (born 1859)
1891: John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (born 1815)
1881: Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (born 1820)
1878: Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (born 1790)
1865: William Quantrill, American Confederate guerrilla band leader (born 1837)
1861: Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (born 1810)
1832: Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (born 1748)
1813: Antonio Cachia, Maltese architect, engineer and archaeologist (born 1739)
1799: Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (born 1736)
1661: Martino Martini, Italian Jesuit missionary (born 1614)
1583: Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese daimyo (born 1556)
1548: João de Castro, Portuguese soldier and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (born 1500)
1480: Vecchietta, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (born 1412)
1252: Robert Passelewe, Bishop of Chichester
1251: William III of Dampierre, Count of Flanders
1217: Henry I, King of Castile and Toledo (born 1204)
1134: Norbert of Xanten, German bishop and saint (born 1060)
1097: Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre
913: Alexander III, Byzantine emperor (born 870)
863: Abu Musa Utamish, vizier to the Abbasid Caliphate
184: Qiao Xuan, Chinese official (born c. 110)

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