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March 1

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March 1

March 1 is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 305 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Limited-edition "Jaws" scratch-off lottery tickets coming soon to Massachusetts. The Massachusetts State Lottery Commission is making waves by announcing a limited-edition scratch-off lottery game inspired by the iconic movie "Jaws."
2023: Georgia gas station employee accused of stealing over $127,000 of lottery tickets in scanning scam. A gas station employee is accused of stealing over $127,000 worth of lottery tickets in a scheme he ran over time from behind the counter.
2022: 250 member Facebook group wins and splits $126 million Australian Powerball jackpot. A Facebook group made up of 250 people from the same town have won a share of the $126 million (US$91.3 million) Powerball lottery jackpot.
2021: Fortune cookie gives Florida player a lucky break. A fortune cookie lived up to its name after a Florida resident won a $500,000 Powerball prize in the North Carolina Lottery after using the numbers written on the back of the paper slip.
2019: The daily lottery was originally a Harlem game — then the government wanted in. The numbers were a sprawling, black-run business for decades before the New York state government wanted a piece of the action.
2018: Gaming the lottery was this couple's retirement plan. How two retirees exploited a flaw in the system to make millions.
2017: N.J. Gov. proposes using lottery funds to fix pension hole. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie used his budget address Tuesday to take a final stab at saving government worker pensions, proposing to dedicate revenues from lottery ticket sales to the distressed fund.
2017: Online Michigan lottery winners get instant notification after the drawing. If you play the Michigan Lottery online and win, expect a phone call. If you don't, keep an eye on your ticket and the phone number on the back.
2017: Lottery-winner secrecy bill dies in Idaho Senate. An Idaho Senate panel has killed legislation that would have allowed lottery winners to hide their identities.
2016: Michigan man had $1 million lottery ticket in his wallet for months. A Michigan man walked around with a $1 million lottery ticket in his wallet for two months before realizing he was a big winner.
2016: Man wins Russia's biggest ever lottery jackpot. A resident of the Siberian city of Novosibirsk has won 350 million rubles (US$4.7 million) — Russia's biggest-ever lottery prize, the state-run lottery Gosloto said in a statement Monday.
2013: Judge won't give bakery workers partial lottery prize. A Cook County, Illinois, judge on Thursday refused to award a partial payout of a $118 million Mega Millions prize won by employees of a Chicago Heights-based bakery.
2013: Autopsy reveals little about Illinois lottery winner death. An autopsy on the exhumed body of an Indian-born lottery winner in the U.S. who was poisoned with cyanide yielded no significant new clues about his death, a medical examiner said Friday.
2010: Winner of airline lottery eats winning ticket. A passenger flying on a Ryanair flight Thursday from Krakow, Poland, to the U.K.'s East Midlands airport ate a winning lottery ticket worth 10,000 euros ($15,000) when he was told he could not claim the prize mid-flight.
2009: Two tickets will share $174M Powerball lottery jackpot. Two tickets for the Powerball game Saturday night -- one sold in Delaware and the other in Pennsylvania -- matched all five numbers plus the Powerball drawn to win a share of the top prize.
2006: $267 million Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Ohio. The winning ticket from the $267 million Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night was sold in the northwest Ohio town of Lyons, an Ohio Lottery spokeswoman said.
2005: Colorado Lottery to suspend sales for one day. Colorado plans to halt lottery ticket sales for one day this spring while workers install machines that verify which tickets are winners.
2005: Maine Gov. moves forward on controversial lottery plan. As Republican lawmakers pressed for more details Monday, the Baldacci administration was fast-tracking its plan to sell off Maine's lottery revenue stream in order to help balance the state's two-year, $5.7 billion budget.
2005: Persistence pays off for long-time lottery player. After playing the lottery for 25 years, Winnipeg residents Ron Jones and his wife Gloria Dutchuk won an $8.3 million (US$6.7 million) jackpot Saturday.
2005: Singapore man wrongfully jailed while claiming lottery jackpot. A Singaporean man who was wrongly detained while collecting a US$1.2 million lottery prize has finally received his winnings after a woman who claimed to be the rightful winner was jailed.
2005: Texas Lottery Considering Computerized Drawings. Warning to Texas Lottery players: Your state lottery is considering a move that will eliminate real lottery ball machines, and will use a computer to select your lottery numbers.
2005: World Games officials face probe. A lawyer representing disgruntled investors in the controversial World Games Inc. (WGI) has reported WGI's Norwegian officials to the country's white collar crime unit.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Soars to $61 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $61 million, with a cash option of $33 million.
2004: One person wins $8.5 million Colorado Lottery. One person matched all six numbers in Saturday's Colorado Lotto drawing, winning the $8.5 million jackpot.
2004: Tennessee lottery sale drop-off is less than expected. Since the first Tennessee scratch-off lottery tickets started selling more than a month ago, sales have been declining -- but at a rate less than expected.
2004: Luck, Be a Lady, Madame, and Senora. After more than a decade of research, three national lottery companies have finally rolled out the game they're betting can match the success of U.S. multi-state lotteries: Euro Millions.
2004: Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $6 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the jackpot to roll over to $6 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
2004: Tennessee Cash 3 lottery game starts today. Tennessee will hold its first Cash 3 lottery drawing tonight at 6:28 p.m., and will add Powerball early this summer.
2004: Calif. lottery 'winner' didn't buy ticket. The rags-to-riches story of Jaime Chavez Ramos has a new plot: He has signed over a $10 million California SuperLotto jackpot to Benjamin Garcia, whom Ramos identified as his cousin.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$607 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2024
2.$442.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2024
3.$348 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2019
4.$321 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2018
5.$291.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2016
6.$275 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2007
7.$273 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2019
8.$243 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2018
9.$240 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2014
10.$212 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2009
11.€164 Million
US$182.83 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2022
12.$167 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2023
13.$153 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2008
14.$144 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2023
15.€115.17 Million
US$138.87 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2021
16.€130 Million
US$138.11 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2023
17.$135 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2016
18.€106.58 Million
US$130.25 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2018
19.€113.38 Million
US$128.91 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2019
20.€100 Million
US$126.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2009
21.$125 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2021
22.$114 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2010
23.$112 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2005
23.$112 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2010
25.$108 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 2, 2012

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1997: Pegasus4
Saturday, Mar 1, 1997
27 years old
1982: Jackpot Party
Monday, Mar 1, 1982
42 years old
1982: The Light
Monday, Mar 1, 1982
42 years old
1981: bornlucky
Sunday, Mar 1, 1981
43 years old
1981: paydabillz22
Sunday, Mar 1, 1981
43 years old
1980: ripmix
Saturday, Mar 1, 1980
44 years old
1979: SWEETRAIN
Thursday, Mar 1, 1979
45 years old
1976: Marcodame
Monday, Mar 1, 1976
48 years old
1975: money89
Saturday, Mar 1, 1975
49 years old
1971: macksabratt
Monday, Mar 1, 1971
53 years old
1970: DailyWinner24-7
Sunday, Mar 1, 1970
54 years old
1969: Alex-2013
Saturday, Mar 1, 1969
55 years old
1965: spice10
Monday, Mar 1, 1965
59 years old
1965: Das Trooper
Monday, Mar 1, 1965
59 years old
1962: kandi49
Thursday, Mar 1, 1962
62 years old
1962: kandi44
Thursday, Mar 1, 1962
62 years old
1956: DBLDEE356
Thursday, Mar 1, 1956
68 years old
1950: kc8071
Wednesday, Mar 1, 1950
74 years old
: smallislandgal
(year not provided)
: felinelover
(year not provided)
: OhioDiva
(year not provided)
: BBMIAM
(year not provided)
: Jerzboy
(year not provided)
: lovescats
(year not provided)
: Southerngagurl
(year not provided)
: Starrship03
(year not provided)
: Thankful301
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2014: Thirty-five people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.
2008: The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.
2007: Tornadoes break out across the southern United States, killing at least 20 people, including eight at Enterprise High School.
2006: English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
2005: In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of any crime is unconstitutional.
2003: Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
2002: U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
2002: The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest payload at 10.5 m long and with a diameter of 4.57 m.
1998: Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
1992: Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1991: Uprisings against Saddam Hussein begin in Iraq, leading to the deaths of more than 25,000 people, mostly civilians.
1990: Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
1981: Provisional Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands begins his hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
1974: Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
1973: Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
1971: President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
1966: Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
1966: The Ba'ath Party takes power in Syria.
1964: Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
1964: Paradise Airlines Flight 901A crashes near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, killing 85.
1962: American Airlines Flight 1 crashes into Jamaica Bay in New York, killing 95.
1961: Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
1958: Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
1956: The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
1956: Formation of the East German Nationale Volksarmee.
1954: Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
1954: Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
1953: Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
1950: Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
1947: The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
1946: The Bank of England is nationalised.
1942: World War II: Japanese forces land on Java, the main island of the Dutch East Indies, at Merak and Banten Bay (Banten), Eretan Wetan (Indramayu) and Kragan (Rembang).
1941: World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers.
1939: An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
1932: Aviator Charles Lindbergh's 20-month-old son Charles Jr is kidnapped from his home in East Amwell, New Jersey. His body would not be found until May 12.
1921: The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
1921: Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion begins, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
1919: March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
1917: The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
1914: China joins the Universal Postal Union.
1910: The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
1901: The Australian Army is formed.
1896: Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
1896: Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
1893: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
1872: Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
1871: The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
1870: Marshal F. S. López dies during the Battle of Cerro Corá thus marking the end of the Paraguayan War.
1867: Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. state.
1845: United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
1836: A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
1815: Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
1811: Leaders of the Mamluk dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali.
1805: Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
1796: The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.
1781: The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
1692: Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
1633: Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
1628: Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
1562: Sixty-three Huguenots are massacred in Wassy, France, marking the start of the French Wars of Religion.
1476: Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V and Prince John at the Battle of Toro.
834: Emperor Louis the Pious is restored as sole ruler of the Frankish Empire.
350: Vetranio proclaims himself Caesar after being encouraged to do so by Constantina, sister of Constantius II.
293: Emperor Diocletian and Maximian appoint Constantius Chlorus and Galerius as Caesars. This is considered the beginning of the Tetrarchy, known as the Quattuor Principes Mundi ("Four Rulers of the World").
509 BC: Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.

Births On This Day

2000: Ja'Marr Chase, American football player
1999: Brogan Hay, Scottish footballer
1994: Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter
1994: Asanoyama Hideki, Japanese sumo wrestler
1994: Tyreek Hill, American football player
1993: Nathan Brown, Australian rugby league player
1993: Michael Conforto, American baseball player
1993: Kurt Mann, Australian rugby league player
1993: Josh McEachran, English footballer
1992: Tom Walsh, New Zealand athlete
1992: Édouard Mendy, Senegalese footballer
1989: Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer
1987: Kesha, American singer-songwriter and actress
1986: Big E, American professional wrestler
1986: Jonathan Spector, American soccer player
1985: Andreas Ottl, German footballer
1984: Alexander Steen, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player
1983: Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
1983: Lupita Nyong'o, Kenyan-Mexican actress
1983: Anthony Tupou, Australian rugby league player
1981: Will Power, Australian race car driver
1980: Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
1980: Sercan Güvenışık, German-Turkish footballer
1980: Djimi Traoré, French-Malian footballer
1979: Mikkel Kessler, Danish boxer
1979: Bruno Langlois, Canadian cyclist
1977: Rens Blom, Dutch pole vaulter
1973: Chris Webber, American basketball player and sportscaster
1971: Ivan Cleary, Australian rugby league player and coach
1971: Ma Dong-seok, South Korean-American actor
1969: Javier Bardem, Spanish actor and producer
1967: Aron Winter, Surinamese-Dutch footballer and manager
1966: Zack Snyder, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1965: Booker T, American wrestler and sportscaster
1965: Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
1963: Ron Francis, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1961: Mike Rozier, American football player
1959: Nick Griffin, English politician
1958: Nik Kershaw, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1958: Wayne B. Phillips, Australian cricketer and coach
1956: Tim Daly, American actor, director, and producer
1956: Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician, President of Lithuania
1954: Catherine Bach, American actress
1954: Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
1954: Rod Reddy, Australian rugby league player and coach
1953: M. K. Stalin, Indian Tamil politician, 8th and incumbent Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
1953: Sinan Çetin, Turkish actor, director, and producer
1953: Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese footballer and manager
1952: Dave Barr, Canadian golfer
1952: Nevada Barr, American actress and author
1952: Leigh Matthews, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster
1952: Jerri Nielsen, American physician and explorer (d. 2009)
1952: Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1951: Sergei Kourdakov, Russian-American KGB agent (d. 1973)
1947: Alan Thicke, Canadian-American actor and composer (d. 2016)
1946: Gerry Boulet, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
1946: Jim Crace, English author and academic
1945: Dirk Benedict, American actor and director
1944: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of West Bengal
1944: John Breaux, American lawyer and politician
1944: Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1944: Mike d'Abo, English singer
1943: Gil Amelio, American businessman
1943: José Ángel Iribar, Spanish footballer and manager
1943: Rashid Sunyaev, Russian-German astronomer and physicist
1942: Richard Myers, American general
1941: Robert Hass, American poet
1941: Dave Marcis, American stock car racing driver
1940: Robin Gray, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Tasmania
1940: Robert Grossman, American painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2018)
1939: Leo Brouwer, Cuban guitarist, composer, and conductor
1939: Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Pakistani author
1936: Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (d. 1997)
1935: Robert Conrad, American actor, radio host and stuntman (d. 2020)
1934: Jean-Michel Folon, Belgian painter and sculptor (d. 2005)
1934: Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983)
1930: Monu Mukhopadhyay, Indian Bengali actor (d. 2020)
1930: Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (d. 1980)
1929: Georgi Markov, Bulgarian journalist and author (d. 1978)
1928: Jacques Rivette, French director, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2016)
1927: George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor at UCLA, science popularizer, and skeptic (d. 1983)
1927: Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2023)
1927: Robert Bork, American lawyer and scholar, United States Attorney General (d. 2012)
1926: Robert Clary, French-American actor and author (d. 2022)
1926: Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor (d. 1992)
1926: Pete Rozelle, American businessman and 3rd Commissioner of the National Football League (d. 1996)
1926: Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2013)
1924: Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1924: Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1993)
1922: William Gaines, American publisher (d. 1992)
1922: Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1921: Cameron Argetsinger, American race car driver and lawyer (d. 2008)
1921: Terence Cooke, American cardinal (d. 1983)
1921: Richard Wilbur, American poet, translator, and essayist (d. 2017)
1920: Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
1920: Howard Nemerov, American poet and academic (d. 1991)
1918: João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (d. 1976)
1918: Gladys Spellman, American educator and politician (d. 1988)
1917: Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
1917: Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (d. 1994)
1914: Harry Caray, American sportscaster (d. 1998)
1914: Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic (d. 1994)
1912: Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (d. 2003)
1912: Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic (d. 2011)
1910: Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1910: David Niven, English soldier and actor (d. 1983)
1909: Eugene Esmonde, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1942)
1909: Winston Sharples, American pianist and composer (d. 1978)
1906: Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (d. 2000)
1905: Doris Hare, Welsh-English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2000)
1904: Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1973)
1904: Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1944)
1900: Basil Bunting, British poet (d. 1985)
1899: Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer (d. 1972)
1896: Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
1896: Moriz Seeler, German playwright and producer (d. 1942)
1893: Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1968)
1892: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author and educator (d. 1927)
1891: Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (d. 1940)
1890: Theresa Bernstein, Polish-American painter and author (d. 2002)
1889: Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (d. 1960)
1888: Ewart Astill, English cricketer and billiards player (d. 1948)
1888: Fanny Walden, English cricketer and umpire, international footballer (d. 1949)
1886: Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright (d. 1980)
1880: Lytton Strachey, British writer and critic (d. 1932)
1876: Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman (d. 1942)
1870: E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic (d. 1944)
1863: Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and set designer (d. 1930)
1852: Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1923)
1848: Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-American sculptor and academic (d. 1907)
1842: Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (d. 1901)
1837: William Dean Howells, American novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 1920)
1835: Philip Fysh, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1919)
1821: Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (d. 1896)
1817: Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1882)
1812: Augustus Pugin, English architect, co-designed the Palace of Westminster (d. 1852)
1810: Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1849)
1807: Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1898)
1769: François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (d. 1796)
1760: François Buzot, French lawyer and politician (d. 1794)
1732: William Cushing, American lawyer and judge (d. 1810)
1724: Manuel do Cenáculo, Portuguese prelate and antiquarian (d. 1814)
1683: Tsangyang Gyatso, sixth Dalai Lama (d. 1706)
1683: Caroline of Ansbach, British queen and regent (d. 1737)
1657: Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian and author (d. 1740)
1647: John de Brito, Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1693)
1629: Abraham Teniers, Flemish painter (d. 1670)
1611: John Pell, English mathematician and linguist (d. 1685)
1597: Jean-Charles della Faille, Flemish priest and mathematician (d. 1652)
1577: Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland (d. 1635)
1554: William Stafford, English courtier and conspirator (d. 1612)
1547: Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher and lexicographer (d. 1628)
1456: Vladislaus II of Hungary (d. 1516)
1432: Isabella of Coimbra (d. 1455)
1389: Antoninus of Florence, Italian archbishop and saint (d. 1459)
1105: Alfonso VII, king of León and Castile (d. 1157)

Deaths On This Day

2019: Mike Willesee, Australian journalist and producer (b. 1942)
2018: María Rubio, Mexican television, film and stage actress (b. 1934)
2016: Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (b. 1952)
2015: Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)
2014: Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2013: Bonnie Franklin, American actress, dancer, and singer (b. 1944)
2012: Andrew Breitbart, American journalist and publisher (b. 1969)
2012: Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist (b. 1932)
2010: Kristian Digby, English television host and director (b. 1977)
2006: Peter Osgood, English footballer (b. 1947)
2006: Jack Wild, English actor (b.1952)
2006: Nurasyura binte Mohamed Fauzi, Singaporean rape and murder victim.
2004: Mian Ghulam Jilani, Pakistani general (b. 1914)
1998: Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (b. 1937)
1995: César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920)
1995: Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)
1991: Edwin H. Land, American scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (b. 1909)
1989: Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician, 5th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1917)
1988: Joe Besser, American comedian and actor (b. 1907)
1984: Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)
1983: Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (b. 1905)
1980: Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model and businesswoman, founded Wilhelmina Models (b. 1940)
1980: Dixie Dean, English footballer (b. 1907)
1979: Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdistan politician (b. 1903)
1978: Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
1976: Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (b. 1910)
1974: Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
1966: Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1903)
1952: Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (b. 1873)
1943: Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
1942: George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)
1940: A. H. Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
1938: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
1936: Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)
1932: Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)
1925: Homer Plessy, American political activist (b. 1862 or 1863)
1922: Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
1920: John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
1914: Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
1911: Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1906: José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
1889: William Henry Monk, English organist and composer (b. 1823)
1884: Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
1882: Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
1875: Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
1862: Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
1841: Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
1792: Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1747)
1792: Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1731)
1773: Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect, designed the Palace of Caserta (b. 1700)
1768: Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and author (b. 1694)
1734: Roger North, English lawyer and author (b. 1653)
1697: Francesco Redi, Italian physician and poet (b. 1626)
1661: Richard Zouch, English judge and politician (b. 1590)
1643: Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian keyboardist and composer (b. 1583)
1633: George Herbert, English poet and orator (b. 1593)
1620: Thomas Campion, English poet and composer (b. 1567)
1546: George Wishart, Scottish minister and martyr (b. 1513)
1510: Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. 1450)
1383: Amadeus VI, count of Savoy (b. 1334)
1320: Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Chinese emperor (b. 1286)
1244: Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr, Welsh noble, son of Llywelyn the Great (b. 1200)
1233: Thomas, count of Savoy (b. 1178)
1131: Stephen II, king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1101)
1058: Ermesinde of Carcassonne, countess and regent of Barcelona (b. 972)
991: En'yū, Japanese emperor (b. 959)
977: Rudesind, Galician bishop (b. 907)
965: Leo VIII, pope of the Catholic Church
589: David, Welsh bishop and saint
492: Felix III, pope of the Catholic Church

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