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March 11

On This Day in History

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

2026: Ten years later, Florida Lottery Millionaire Raffle is back. After a ten-year hiatus, the Florida Lottery has brought back its Millionaire Raffle, giving players in the state the best odds at winning $1 million.
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.€132.94 Million
US$153.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 12, 2026
20.$151 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2011
21.€119.95 Million
US$143.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2021
22.€112.7 Million
US$139.4 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 13, 2018
23.€118.25 Million
US$133.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 12, 2019
24.$119 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 14, 2017
24.$119 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2015

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: KidZee
Monday, Mar 11, 1991
35 years old
1989: Leondra11
Saturday, Mar 11, 1989
37 years old
1982: Manething
Thursday, Mar 11, 1982
44 years old
1982: Traimane
Thursday, Mar 11, 1982
44 years old
1973: fallforeme
Sunday, Mar 11, 1973
53 years old
1971: FrostyKing189
Thursday, Mar 11, 1971
55 years old
1970: buttasoflipzz
Wednesday, Mar 11, 1970
56 years old
1970: msal10731
Wednesday, Mar 11, 1970
56 years old
1969: Sage
Tuesday, Mar 11, 1969
57 years old
1969: Rorarens111230
Tuesday, Mar 11, 1969
57 years old
1964: bunnellp
Wednesday, Mar 11, 1964
62 years old
1958: genetta
Tuesday, Mar 11, 1958
68 years old
1958: MakingChange
Tuesday, Mar 11, 1958
68 years old
1952: dewaa
Tuesday, Mar 11, 1952
74 years old
1933: dsimmons039
Saturday, Mar 11, 1933
93 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.
2008: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station.
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.
1892: The Saint-Germain bombing ushers France into the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).
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
1997: Ray Spalding, American basketball player
1996: Conor Garland, American ice hockey player
1994: Andy 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 (died 2016)
1988: Pedro Báez, Dominican baseball player
1988: Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese footballer
1988: Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (died 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: Russell Lissack, English musician
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 (died 2006)
1968: Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter
1967: John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and singer
1967: Sergei Bautin, Belarusian ice hockey player and coach (died 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 (died 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 (died 1976)
1957: Qasem Soleimani, Former Iranian commander of the Quds Force (died 2020)
1956: Willie Banks, American triple jumper
1956: Helen Rollason, English sports journalist and sportscaster (died 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 (died 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 (died 2016)
1947: Tristan Murail, French composer and educator
1946: Mark Metcalf, American actor
1945: Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (died 2008)
1945: Harvey Mandel, American guitarist
1943: Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver
1941: Shelly Zegart, quilt historian (died 2025)
1940: Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter (died 2019)
1936: Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 2016)
1934: Sam Donaldson, American journalist
1932: Leroy Jenkins, American violinist and composer (died 2007)
1932: Nigel Lawson, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 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 (died 1986)
1929: Timothy Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994)
1929: Jackie McGlew, South African cricketer (died 1998)
1927: Vince Boryla, American basketball player, coach, and executive (died 2016)
1927: Freda Meissner-Blau, Austrian activist and politician (died 2015)
1927: Robert Mosbacher, American businessman, and politician, United States Secretary of Commerce (died 2010)
1927: Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (died 2014)
1926: Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (died 1990)
1925: Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic (died 1983)
1923: Louise Brough, American tennis player (died 2014)
1922: Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (died 1997)
1922: Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 1976)
1922: José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, costume designer, scenic designer and assistant director (died 2009)
1921: Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer and bandoneon player (died 1992)
1920: Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
1916: Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1995)
1915: Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (died 2004)
1915: J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist (died 1990)
1915: Dude Martin, American country singer, bandleader, radio and television host (died 1991)
1913: Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke, German colonel and pilot (died 1944)
1911: Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (died 1996)
1910: Robert Havemann, German chemist and academic (died 1982)
1908: Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower (died 1997)
1907: Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (died 1981)
1903: Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar (died 1989)
1903: Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (died 1992)
1899: Frederik IX of Denmark (died 1972)
1899: James H. Douglas, Jr., American lawyer, and politician, United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (died 1988)
1898: Dorothy Gish, American actress (died 1968)
1897: Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer (died 1965)
1893: Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (died 1946)
1890: Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (died 1974)
1887: Raoul Walsh, American actor and director (died 1980)
1885: Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (died 1948)
1884: Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (died 1974)
1880: Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist and sociologist (died 1943)
1876: Carl Ruggles, American composer and painter (died 1971)
1870: Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and theorist (died 1946)
1863: Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer and rugby player (died 1915)
1822: Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (died 1900)
1819: Henry Tate, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle (died 1899)
1818: Marius Petipa, French-Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1910)
1815: Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (died 1879)
1811: Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (died 1877)
1806: Louis Boulanger, French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator (died 1867)
1785: John McLean, American jurist and politician (died 1861)
1738: Benjamin Tupper, American general (died 1792)
1544: Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and educator (died 1595)
1278: Mary of Woodstock, daughter of Edward I of England (died c. 1332)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Junior Bridgeman, American basketball player and businessman (born 1953)
2025: Clive Revill, New Zealand actor and singer (born 1930)
2024: Paul Alexander, Polio survivor (born 1946)
2022: Rupiah Banda, President of Zambia (born 1937)
2021: Ray Campi, American singer and musician (born 1934)
2021: Takis Mousafiris, Greek composer and songwriter (born 1936)
2018: Ken Dodd, English comedian and singer (born 1927)
2018: Siegfried Rauch, German actor (born 1932)
2018: Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (born 1936)
2018: Mary Rosenblum, American science fiction and mystery author (born 1952)
2016: Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper (born 1936)
2016: Doreen Massey, English geographer and political activist (born 1944)
2015: Walter Burkert, German philologist and scholar (born 1931)
2015: Jimmy Greenspoon, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1948)
2014: Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (born 1967)
2014: Joel Brinkley, American journalist and academic (born 1952)
2013: Martin Adolf Bormann, German priest and theologian (born 1930)
2013: Simón Alberto Consalvi, Venezuelan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Venezuela (born 1927)
2012: James B. Morehead, American colonel and pilot (born 1916)
2010: Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1931)
2006: Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)
2006: Slobodan Milošević, Serbian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1941)
2002: James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
1999: Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist, anatomist, and neurologist (born 1906)
1999: Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician (born 1922)
1996: Vince Edwards, American actor and director (born 1928)
1995: Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress and singer (born 1945)
1992: Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)
1989: James Kee, American lawyer and politician (born 1917)
1989: John J. McCloy, American lawyer and diplomat (born 1895)
1986: Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (born 1911)
1982: Edmund Cooper, English poet and author (born 1926)
1982: Horace Gregory, American poet, translator, and academic (born 1898)
1978: Claude François, French entertainer (born 1939)
1971: Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (born 1906)
1971: Whitney Young, American activist (born 1921)
1970: Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (born 1889)
1969: John Wyndham, English author (born 1903)
1967: Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (born 1882)
1960: Roy Chapman Andrews, American paleontologist and explorer (born 1884)
1959: Lester Dent, American author (born 1904)
1957: Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (born 1888)
1956: Aleksanteri Aava, Finnish poet (born 1883)
1955: Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
1955: Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (born 1859)
1952: Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (born 1885)
1949: Henri Giraud, French general and politician (born 1879)
1944: Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (born 1882)
1944: Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (born 1891)
1937: Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (born 1860)
1931: F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1888)
1915: Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (born 1826)
1908: Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (born 1846)
1908: Benjamin Waugh, English minister and activist (born 1839)
1907: Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (born 1847)
1898: William Rosecrans, American general and politician (born 1819)
1874: Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (born 1811)
1870: Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (born 1786)
1869: Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1803)
1863: Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (born 1803)
1851: Marie-Louise Coidavid, Queen of Haiti (born 1778)
1851: George McDuffie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of South Carolina (born 1790)
1820: Benjamin West, American-English painter and academic (born 1738)
1759: John Forbes, Scottish general (born 1707)
1722: John Toland, Irish philosopher and theorist (born 1670)
1689: Sambhaji, second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (born 1657)
1665: Clemente Tabone, Maltese landowner and militia member (born c. 1575)
1607: Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer and educator (born 1543)
1602: Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian organist and composer (born 1550)
1576: Juan de Salcedo, Spanish conquistador (born 1549)
1575: Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (born 1520)
1486: Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1414)
1198: Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (born 1145)
638: Sophronius of Jerusalem (born 560)
222: Elagabalus, Roman emperor (born 203)

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