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March 11

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March 11

March 11 is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 295 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: New York Senate passes bill allowing lottery winners to claim prizes anonymously. A bill allowing lottery winners to remain anonymous when claiming prizes passed in the Senate, bringing total player privacy one step closer for New Yorkers.
2024: Accusations of "disturbing" new claims procedures after Allwyn sends investigator to winner's home. A devoted UK lottery player says she will no longer be forking out cash for lottery tickets after Allwyn launched a "disturbing" investigation into her identity.
2022: Lottery winners use £1 million EuroMillions prize to help fund daughters' IVF treatments. A couple who won £1 million (US$1,310,575) in a EuroMillions raffle in February 2018 are feeling like they won twice after they used the prize to fund successful IVF treatments for their two daughters.
2021: Idaho ends Powerball in state, fearing foreign participation. Idaho lawmakers fearing foreign participation in the Powerball lottery killed legislation on Wednesday that would have allowed the game with huge jackpots to continue in the state after a run of more than 30 years.
2020: Florida CPA revealed as winner of $396.9 million Powerball drawing. A partner in an Ocala, Florida, CPA firm will need all her wealth management resources after winning a nearly $400 million Powerball jackpot recently.
2019: Michigan woman dreamed of $4M lottery win — then it happened. A Wayne County, Michigan, woman had a dream that she won $4 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket. Four months later, it really happened.
2019: Appeal almost inevitable in Wire Act reinterpretation case, expert says. Big changes could be on the horizon for the gaming industry if the January reinterpretation of the federal Wire Act becomes a U.S. Justice Department mandate.
2019: State lotteries line up against DOJ reversal on Wire Act. State lotteries continue to fight back against a January Department of Justice reversal of its interpretation of the Wire Act, threatening every form of online gambling in the country.
2019: Two Mexico lotteries set to merge. In a bid to reverse its deficit Mexican lottery La Lotería Nacional para la Asistencia Pública (Lotenal) will merge with the other state lottery Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública (Pronósticos).
2016: NC Lottery tries persuading lawmakers to expand games. North Carolina could collect more money through the state-run lottery if it expanded the number of games offered, Lottery Director Alice Garland told lawmakers Thursday.
2015: Illinois Lottery offering free trolley service this Saturday in Chicago. To promote the upcoming St. Patrick's Day Millionaire Raffle, the Illinois Lottery is offering a free trolley service for people 18 and over in Chicago this Saturday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
2015: Maine Lottery won't be adding Keno. Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday that his administration is backing off its plan to expand the Maine State Lottery to include the gambling game Keno at as many as 300 locations.
2015: Maryland's lottery director resigns. Stephen Martino, the director of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, is leaving his job later this month to become a partner at a private law firm in Baltimore.
2011: Arkansas Lottery anticipates drop in revenue next year. The Arkansas Lottery Commission approved a new budget Wednesday that takes into account expected reductions in revenue.
2008: Winning lottery ticket saved from shredder. An Australia man who unknowingly kept a winning lottery ticket worth $100,000 in a drawer for five years said he was close to putting it through the shredder.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $90 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $90 million, with a cash option of $50.2 million.
2004: Record Powerball Winner Sued for Sex-Related Assault. A female worker at Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming has accused Jack Whittaker, the winner of the largest single lottery jackpot in history, of assault and battery.
2004: Lottery scammer gets 18 months. A native of Russia was sentenced to 18 months in prison Wednesday in federal court in Chicago for taking part in a telemarketing scam that cheated mostly elderly victims in the United States and Canada.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$735 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 12, 2024
2.$534.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2024
3.$448.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2019
4.$417.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2018
5.$353.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 12, 2025
6.$318 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2018
7.$309 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2014
8.$256 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2025
9.$230 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 12, 2008
10.$229 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2023
11.$212 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2010
12.€170.32 Million
US$185.79 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 12, 2022
13.$183 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2013
14.$171 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2012
15.$170.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2021
16.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2007
17.€143 Million
US$155.96 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2025
18.€112 Million
US$155.22 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2014
19.$151 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2011
20.€119.95 Million
US$143.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2021
21.€112.7 Million
US$139.4 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2018
22.€118.25 Million
US$133.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 12, 2019
23.$119 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2017
23.$119 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2015
25.$117.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 12, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: KidZee
Monday, Mar 11, 1991
34 years old
1982: Manething
Thursday, Mar 11, 1982
43 years old
1982: Traimane
Thursday, Mar 11, 1982
43 years old
1973: fallforeme
Sunday, Mar 11, 1973
52 years old
1971: FrostyKing189
Thursday, Mar 11, 1971
54 years old
1970: buttasoflipzz
Wednesday, Mar 11, 1970
55 years old
1970: msal10731
Wednesday, Mar 11, 1970
55 years old
1969: Sage
Tuesday, Mar 11, 1969
56 years old
1969: Rorarens111230
Tuesday, Mar 11, 1969
56 years old
1964: bunnellp
Wednesday, Mar 11, 1964
61 years old
1958: genetta
Tuesday, Mar 11, 1958
67 years old
1958: MakingChange
Tuesday, Mar 11, 1958
67 years old
1952: dewaa
Tuesday, Mar 11, 1952
73 years old
1933: dsimmons039
Saturday, Mar 11, 1933
92 years old
: LuckyPisces$311
(year not provided)
: BeachLife42015
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: The Burmese military kills at least 30 villagers, including 3 Buddhist monks, during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, Myanmar.
2021: US President Joe Biden signs the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law.
2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic.
2018: A Bombardier Challenger 604 crashes into the Zagros Mountains near the Iranian city of Shar-e-kord, killing all 11 people on board.
2012: A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
2011: An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
2010: Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile. Aftershocks of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes hit central Chile during the ceremony.
2009: Winnenden school shooting: Fifteen are killed and nine are injured before recent graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
2006: Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile.
2004: Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain kill 191 people.
2003: The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
1990: Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1990: Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
1985: Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.
1983: Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia.
1982: Fifteen people are killed when Widerøe Flight 933 crashes into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway.
1981: Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
1978: Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
1977: The 1977 Hanafi Siege: Around 150 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
1946: Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
1945: World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
1945: World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established.
1941: World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
1927: In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
1917: World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Frederick Stanley Maude.
1888: The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people.
1879: Shō Tai formally abdicates his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
1872: Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; it is located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
1864: The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.
1861: American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
1851: The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
1848: Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
1845: Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hōne Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororāreka, New Zealand.
1795: The Battle of Kharda is fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the Nizam of Hyderabad, resulting in Maratha victory.
1784: The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
1708: Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
1702: The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.
1649: The Frondeurs and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.
1641: Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeat bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina.
1387: Battle of Castagnaro: Padua, led by John Hawkwood, is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi of Verona.
1343: Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last Bishop of Prague (3 March 1343 O.S.), and, a year later, the first Archbishop of Prague.
843: Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the veneration of icons in the Orthodox churches in the Byzantine Empire.

Births On This Day

2003: Tristan Vukčević, Serbian-Swedish basketball player
1997: Travis Konecny, Canadian ice hockey player
1996: Conor Garland, American ice hockey player
1994: Andrew Robertson, Scottish footballer
1993: Jodie Comer, English actress
1993: Anthony Davis, American basketball player
1992: Austin Swift, American producer and actor
1990: Ayumi Morita, Japanese tennis player
1989: Malcolm Delaney, American basketball player
1989: Orlando Johnson, American basketball player
1989: Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (d. 2016)
1988: Pedro Báez, Dominican baseball player
1988: Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese footballer
1988: Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (d. 2015)
1987: Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Tanel Kangert, Estonian cyclist
1987: Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper
1986: Dario Cologna, Swiss skier
1985: Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Daniel Vázquez Evuy, Equatoguinean footballer
1985: Cassandra Fairbanks, American journalist and activist
1985: Stelios Malezas, Greek footballer
1985: Greg Olsen, American football player and commentator
1985: Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian footballer
1984: Rob Brown, American actor
1983: Lukáš Krajíček, Czech ice hockey player
1982: Brian Anderson, American baseball player
1982: Thora Birch, American actress, producer, and director
1981: David Anders, American actor
1981: Lee Evans, American football player
1981: LeToya Luckett, American singer-songwriter and actress
1980: Rich Hill, American baseball player
1980: Mark Rober, American YouTuber and engineer
1980: Dan Uggla, American baseball player
1979: Elton Brand, American basketball player
1979: Fred Jones, American basketball player
1979: Benji Madden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979: Joel Madden, American singer-songwriter and producer
1978: Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer
1978: Albert Luque, Spanish footballer
1977: Becky Hammon, American-Russian basketball player and coach
1977: Michal Handzuš, Slovak ice hockey player
1976: Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer
1974: Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player
1971: Johnny Knoxville, American actor and entertainer
1971: Martin Ručinský, Czech ice hockey player
1971: Lee Sang-hoon, South Korean baseball player
1969: Terrence Howard, American actor and producer
1969: Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2006)
1968: Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter
1967: John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and singer
1967: Sergei Bautin, Belarusian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2022)
1967: Brad Carson, American lawyer and politician
1966: John Thompson III, American basketball player and coach
1965: Nigel Adkins, English footballer and manager
1965: Jesse Jackson, Jr., American lawyer and politician
1965: Wallace Langham, American actor
1965: Jenny Packham, English fashion designer
1964: Peter Berg, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
1964: Raimo Helminen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1964: Vinnie Paul, American drummer, songwriter and producer (d. 2018)
1964: Shane Richie, English actor and singer
1963: Gary Barnett, English footballer and manager
1963: Alex Kingston, English actress
1963: David LaChapelle, American photographer and director
1962: Matt Mead, American politician, 32nd Governor of Wyoming
1962: Jeffrey Nordling, American actor
1961: Elias Koteas, Canadian actor
1961: Bruce Watson, Canadian-Scottish guitarist
1960: Warwick Taylor, New Zealand rugby player
1959: Nina Hartley, American pornographic actress/director, sex educator, sex-positive feminist, and author
1958: Anissa Jones, American child actress (d. 1976)
1957: Qasem Soleimani, Former Iranian commander of the Quds Force (d. 2020)
1956: Willie Banks, American triple jumper
1956: Helen Rollason, English sports journalist and sportscaster (d. 1999)
1955: Leslie Cliff, Canadian swimmer
1955: Nina Hagen, German singer-songwriter
1954: David Newman, American composer and conductor
1954: Gale Norton, American politician, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior
1953: Derek Daly, Irish-American race car driver and sportscaster
1953: Jimmy Iovine, American record producer and businessman, co-founded Beats Electronics
1953: Bernie LaBarge, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952: Douglas Adams, English author and playwright (d. 2001)
1951: Dominique Sanda, French model and actress
1950: Bobby McFerrin, American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor
1950: Jerry Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1948: Roy Barnes, American politician, 80th Governor of Georgia
1948: Jim McMillian, American basketball player (d. 2016)
1947: Tristan Murail, French composer and educator
1946: Mark Metcalf, American actor
1945: Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
1945: Harvey Mandel, American guitarist
1943: Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver
1940: Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
1936: Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 2016)
1934: Sam Donaldson, American journalist
1932: Leroy Jenkins, American violinist and composer (d. 2007)
1932: Nigel Lawson, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 2023)
1931: Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman and media magnate
1930: David Gentleman, English illustrator and engraver
1930: Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1986)
1929: Timothy Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1929: Jackie McGlew, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
1927: Vince Boryla, American basketball player, coach, and executive (d. 2016)
1927: Freda Meissner-Blau, Austrian activist and politician (d. 2015)
1927: Robert Mosbacher, American businessman, and politician, United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
1927: Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (d. 2014)
1926: Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (d. 1990)
1925: Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic (d. 1983)
1923: Louise Brough, American tennis player (d. 2014)
1922: Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (d. 1997)
1922: Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1976)
1922: José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, costume designer, scenic designer and assistant director (d. 2009)
1921: Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer and bandoneon player (d. 1992)
1920: Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
1916: Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1915: Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (d. 2004)
1915: J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist (d. 1990)
1913: Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke, German colonel and pilot (d. 1944)
1911: Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (d. 1996)
1910: Robert Havemann, German chemist and academic (d. 1982)
1908: Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1997)
1907: Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)
1903: Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar (d. 1989)
1903: Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (d. 1992)
1899: Frederik IX of Denmark (d. 1972)
1899: James H. Douglas, Jr., American lawyer, and politician, United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 1988)
1898: Dorothy Gish, American actress (d. 1968)
1897: Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
1893: Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (d. 1946)
1890: Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (d. 1974)
1887: Raoul Walsh, American actor and director (d. 1980)
1885: Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1948)
1884: Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (d. 1974)
1880: Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist and sociologist (d. 1943)
1876: Carl Ruggles, American composer and painter (d. 1971)
1870: Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1946)
1863: Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1915)
1822: Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (d. 1900)
1819: Henry Tate, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle (d. 1899)
1818: Marius Petipa, French-Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)
1815: Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (d. 1879)
1811: Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1877)
1806: Louis Boulanger, French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator (d. 1867)
1785: John McLean, American jurist and politician (d. 1861)
1738: Benjamin Tupper, American general (d. 1792)
1544: Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and educator (d. 1595)
1278: Mary of Woodstock, daughter of Edward I of England (d. c. 1332)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Paul Alexander, Polio survivor (b. 1946)
2022: Rupiah Banda, President of Zambia (b. 1937)
2021: Ray Campi, American singer and musician (b. 1934)
2021: Takis Mousafiris, Greek composer and songwriter (b. 1936)
2018: Ken Dodd, English comedian and singer (b. 1927)
2018: Siegfried Rauch, German actor (b. 1932)
2018: Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (b. 1936)
2018: Mary Rosenblum, American science fiction and mystery author (b. 1952)
2016: Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper (b. 1936)
2016: Doreen Massey, English geographer and political activist (b. 1944)
2015: Walter Burkert, German philologist and scholar (b. 1931)
2015: Jimmy Greenspoon, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1948)
2014: Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1967)
2014: Joel Brinkley, American journalist and academic (b. 1952)
2013: Martin Adolf Bormann, German priest and theologian (b. 1930)
2013: Simón Alberto Consalvi, Venezuelan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Venezuela (b. 1927)
2012: James B. Morehead, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
2010: Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1931)
2006: Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
2006: Slobodan Milošević, Serbian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1941)
2002: James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
1999: Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist, anatomist, and neurologist (b. 1906)
1999: Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician (b. 1922)
1996: Vince Edwards, American actor and director (b. 1928)
1995: Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress and singer (b. 1945)
1992: Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1989: James Kee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
1989: John J. McCloy, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1895)
1986: Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1911)
1982: Edmund Cooper, English poet and author (b. 1926)
1982: Horace Gregory, American poet, translator, and academic (b. 1898)
1978: Claude François, French entertainer (b. 1939)
1971: Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (b. 1906)
1971: Whitney Young, American activist (b. 1921)
1970: Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (b. 1889)
1969: John Wyndham, English author (b. 1903)
1967: Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (b. 1882)
1960: Roy Chapman Andrews, American paleontologist and explorer (b. 1884)
1959: Lester Dent, American author (b. 1904)
1957: Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (b. 1888)
1956: Aleksanteri Aava, Finnish poet (b. 1883)
1955: Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1955: Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
1952: Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
1949: Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
1944: Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
1944: Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
1937: Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)
1931: F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
1915: Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)
1908: Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
1908: Benjamin Waugh, English minister and activist (b. 1839)
1907: Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
1898: William Rosecrans, American general and politician (b. 1819)
1874: Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
1870: Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)
1869: Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1803)
1863: Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)
1851: Marie-Louise Coidavid, Queen of Haiti (b. 1778)
1851: George McDuffie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1790)
1820: Benjamin West, American-English painter and academic (b. 1738)
1759: John Forbes, Scottish general (b. 1707)
1722: John Toland, Irish philosopher and theorist (b. 1670)
1689: Sambhaji, second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (b. 1657)
1665: Clemente Tabone, Maltese landowner and militia member (b. c. 1575)
1607: Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer and educator (b. 1543)
1602: Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian organist and composer (b. 1550)
1575: Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (b. 1520)
1486: Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1414)
1198: Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (b. 1145)
638: Sophronius of Jerusalem (b. 560)
222: Elagabalus, Roman emperor (b. 203)

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