The time is now 7:50 am

You last visited
October 12, 2024, 7:33 am

All times shown are
Eastern Time (GMT-5:00)

March 16

On This Day in History

March 16

March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 290 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Changes coming to Canada's Lotto 6/49 game this fall. The popular Canadian Lotto 6/49 draw game is going to be seeing some core changes later this year.
2021: Arkansas bill would allow lottery winners to remain anonymous. Arkansas lottery players looking for their next big win might be granted the choice to claim their winnings anonymously after a bill protecting winners' identities passed in the Senate.
2020: Amazon held talks on bid to takeover the UK National Lottery. Amazon held talks about bidding to run the United Kingdom National Lottery, The Mail on Sunday revealed.
2018: How a gaming geek with a checkered past pulled off the biggest lottery scam in U.S. history. After brothers Eddie and Tommy Tipton were caught perpetrating the largest lottery fraud in U.S. history, they meticulously outlined their involvement to federal agents as a condition of their 2017 convictions and plea agreements. This story is based on nearly 400 pages of court transcripts detailing their confessions.
2017: Lottery players gain access to powerful new analysis tool. Lottery Post today announced the release of Combinations Analysis for Pick 3 and Pick 4, a brand-new reporting and analysis tool unlocking new insights into lottery drawing histories, delivering unprecedented power into the hands of every lottery player while being incredibly easy to use.
2017: Kansas files lawsuit against accused lottery rigger. A lawsuit by the state of Kansas accuses the man at the center of a multi-state lottery number-fixing scam of working with two others to redeem two rigged lottery tickets for $44,000.
2011: Iowa Lottery upgrading retailer systems. Iowa Lottery officials are ready to roll out a new computer system in April at 2,400 retail sites in hopes that it will boost sales of popular games such as Powerball and Mega Millions and reduce crime.
2011: Maryland liquor store owner charged in lottery scam. The owner of a liquor store in North Point, Maryland, was arrested and charged with grand theft, petty theft, and fraud after she was caught stealing an undercover agent's winning lottery ticket worth $10,000.
2010: S.C. Lottery to pay for Pick 4 error. During the South Carolina Education Lottery's evening Pick 4 draw for Saturday, March 13, the numbers 7, 2, 4, and 5 were selected. However, an error occurred when the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 5 were entered into the central system for validating claims, according to a release from SCEL.
2008: $275M Powerball lottery jackpot goes to W. Virginia player. One of the tickets sold in West Virginia for the Powerball game Saturday night beat the astronomical one in 146 million odds to win the $276.3 million jackpot.
2007: Retailers luckier than expected, Atlantic Lotto says. Lottery ticket sellers won 10 times more often than statistically they should have over the last six years, the Atlantic Lottery Corp. said Wednesday.
2007: Trooper caught in gambling raid. Indianapolis Metro Police officers cited Indiana State Trooper Kyle Freeman during a gambling raid Tuesday.
2007: Gambling pushed banker to steal $1.4 million. Deb Anderson, 49, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of defrauding the bank in U.S. District Court in Sioux City, and was sentenced to three years and five months in prison and five years of probation.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $88 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot grew to an estimated $88 million, with a cash option of $41.6 million.
2006: Idaho Lottery pays out $26M dividend to schools. In its 2005 fiscal report, the Idaho lottery commission reports a record-setting dividend last year that saw $26 million go to Idaho's public schools and buildings.
2006: N.C. lottery scratch tickets on sale in 15 days. Scratch-off tickets in the North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) will go on sale in 15 days, and retailers around the state are getting ready for the games to begin.
2006: Man arrested after redeeming stolen lottery tickets. A 24-year-old Michigan man was arrested this week on a charge that he stole more than $20,000 worth of lottery tickets from his employer and redeemed the winning tickets at businesses across Wayne County.
2005: Powerball winner convicted in fatal traffic crash. With trembling hands her only visible reaction, Victoria Zell, who three years ago split a $10.9 million Powerball jackpot with her ex-husband, was convicted in a fatal high-speed collision.
2005: Self-service lottery machines popular in Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, self-service lottery terminals are helping stores achieve record lottery sales.
2005: Streak of jackpot winners is bad luck for Powerball lottery sales. Sales of Powerball lottery tickets across the nation are down drastically in recent months. The reason: People are too frequently beating the odds, which happen to be 1 in 120.5 million.
2005: Missouri Lottery makes its 200th millionaire. Gary DeHaven of Republic, Missouri became the state's 200th lottery-made millionaire after winning a $1.4 million jackpot in the March 9 drawing, the Missouri Lottery announced yesterday afternoon.
2004: $239 Million Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Remains Unclaimed. Nearly a month after a Mega Millions ticket matched all six numbers to win a $239 million jackpot, the whereabouts of that ticket -- and the identity of the person who bought it -- are still unknown.
2004: Laid off Indiana factory worker claims $89 million Powerball jackpot. Tim Rivers, a 23-year-old laid off factory worker from Salem, Indiana, had his dream come true when he claimed Saturday's $89 million Powerball jackpot.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$893 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2024
2.$623.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2024
3.$495 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2019
4.$456.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2018
5.$414 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2014
6.$345 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2018
7.$254 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2023
8.$216 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2013
9.$201 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2011
10.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2012
11.€172.74 Million
US$191.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2022
12.$185.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2021
13.$183 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2007
14.€105 Million
US$148.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2011
15.€122.15 Million
US$145.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2021
16.€114.86 Million
US$141.22 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2018
17.$141 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2017
18.€120.68 Million
US$136.71 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2019
19.$134.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2022
20.$131 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2017
21.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2020
22.€89 Million
US$98.42 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2022
23.$93 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 16, 2021
24.$90 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2020
25.$88 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2006

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: Ajohnson199521
Thursday, Mar 16, 1995
29 years old
1992: Drica
Monday, Mar 16, 1992
32 years old
1990: iatran
Friday, Mar 16, 1990
34 years old
1989: HeatherBlow
Thursday, Mar 16, 1989
35 years old
1981: Luckylottery
Monday, Mar 16, 1981
43 years old
1979: honeybuttaz1979
Friday, Mar 16, 1979
45 years old
1977: SWEETMONEY
Wednesday, Mar 16, 1977
47 years old
1976: jeffiner31
Tuesday, Mar 16, 1976
48 years old
1975: mookyb75
Sunday, Mar 16, 1975
49 years old
1972: ja-six
Thursday, Mar 16, 1972
52 years old
1971: FastTravis01
Tuesday, Mar 16, 1971
53 years old
1960: millsvalencia
Wednesday, Mar 16, 1960
64 years old
1951: jbwilj
Friday, Mar 16, 1951
73 years old
1950: casper
Thursday, Mar 16, 1950
74 years old
1946: SHERRY1646
Saturday, Mar 16, 1946
78 years old
1944: Miss Barbara
Thursday, Mar 16, 1944
80 years old
1936: margaret VanFau
Monday, Mar 16, 1936
88 years old
: KAL035
(year not provided)
: mary2001
(year not provided)
: Deanne
(year not provided)
: mlgreenwood41
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Fukushima, Japan, killing 4 people and injuring 225.
2021: Atlanta spa shootings: Eight people are killed and one is injured in a trio of shootings at spas in and near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. A suspect is arrested the same day.
2020: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 2,997.10, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929). This follows the U.S. Federal Reserve announcing that it will cut its target interest rate to 0-0.25%.
2016: A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 30.
2016: Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 24 and injuring 18.
2014: Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.
2012: Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
2010: The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, are destroyed in a fire.
2005: Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.
2003: American activist Rachel Corrie is killed in Rafah by being run over by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer while trying to obstruct the demolition of a home.
2001: A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China kill 108 people and injure 38 others, the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
1995: Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
1988: Iran-Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
1988: Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
1988: The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
1985: Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he is not released until December 1991.
1984: William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah; he later dies in captivity.
1979: Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ending the war.
1978: Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped; he is later murdered by his captors.
1978: A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
1978: Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
1977: Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.
1969: A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.
1968: Vietnam War: My Lai massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are killed by American troops.
1966: Launch of Gemini 8 with astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott. It would perform the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit.
1962: Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 disappears in the western Pacific Ocean with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
1945: World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persist.
1945: Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in at least 4,000 deaths.
1941: Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland
1939: From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.
1936: Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
1935: Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
1926: History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
1925: An earthquake (measuring around 7.0 magnitude) occurs in Dali, China, killing an estimated 5,000 people.
1924: In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
1918: Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites execute 70-100 capitulated Reds.
1916: The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US-Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
1898: In Melbourne, the representatives of five colonies adopt a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
1872: The Wanderers F.C. win the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
1815: Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.
1802: The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
1792: King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.
1696: The Dutch bombard Givet during the Nine Years' War.
1660: The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
1621: Samoset, a Mohegan, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
1355: Amidst the Red Turban Rebellions, Han Lin'er, a claimed descendant of Emperor Huizong of Song, is proclaimed emperor of the restored Song dynasty in Bozhou.
1244: Over 200 Cathars who refuse to recant are burnt to death after the Fall of Montségur.
1190: Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
934: Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes the Later Shu as a new state independent of the Later Tang.

Births On This Day

1999: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Canadian baseball player
1997: Florian Neuhaus, German football player
1995: Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
1994: Joel Embiid, Cameroonian basketball player
1993: George Ford, English rugby union player
1993: Marine Lorphelin, Miss France
1991: Reggie Bullock, American basketball player
1991: Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
1990: Andre Young, American basketball player
1989: Blake Griffin, American basketball player
1989: Jung So-min, South Korean actress
1989: Magalie Pottier, French racing cyclist
1989: Theo Walcott, English footballer
1988: Jessica Gregg, Canadian speed skater
1988: Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
1988: Jhené Aiko, American R&B singer and rapper
1987: Fabien Lemoine, French football player
1986: Alexandra Daddario, American actress
1986: Toney Douglas, American basketball player
1986: Kenny Dykstra, American wrestler
1986: T. J. Jordan, American basketball player
1986: Boaz Solossa, Indonesian footballer
1986: Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater
1985: Teddy Atine-Venel, French athlete
1985: Eddy Lover, Panamanian singer-songwriter
1985: Aleksei Sokirskiy, Russian hammer thrower
1984: Levi Brown, American football player
1984: Aisling Bea, Irish comedienne and actress
1984: Sharon Cherop, Kenyan long-distance runner
1984: Michael Ennis, Australian rugby player
1984: Hosea Gear, New Zealand rugby player
1984: Brandon Prust, Canadian ice hockey player
1983: Stephen Drew, American baseball player
1983: Brandon League, American baseball player
1983: Nicolas Rousseau, French road bicycle racer
1983: Tramon Williams, American football player
1982: Miguel Comminges, Guadeloupean footballer
1982: Riley Cote, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1982: Jesús Del Nero, Spanish road bicycle racer
1982: Brian Wilson, American baseball player
1981: Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
1981: Danny Brown, American rapper
1981: Curtis Granderson, American baseball player
1981: Julien Mazet, French road bicycle racer
1981: Fabiana Murer, Brazilian pole vaulter
1980: Todd Heap, American football player
1980: Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
1979: Christina Liebherr, Swiss equestrian
1979: Rashad Moore, American football player
1979: Sébastien Ostertag, French handball player
1979: Leena Peisa, Finnish keyboard player and songwriter
1979: Andrei Stepanov, Estonian footballer
1978: Brooke Burns, American fashion model, television personality, and actress
1978: Annett Renneberg, German actress and singer
1977: Mónica Cruz, Spanish actress and dancer
1977: Thomas Rupprath, German swimmer
1976: Blu Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and producer
1976: Leila Lejeune, French handballer
1976: Susanne Ljungskog, Swedish cyclist
1976: Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player
1976: Zhu Chen, Qatari chess Grandmaster
1975: Luciano Castro, Argentine actor
1975: Sienna Guillory, English model and actress
1975: Lionel Torres, French archer
1974: Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer and politician
1974: Anne Charrier, French actress
1974: Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer
1973: Andrey Mizurov, Kazakhstani road bicycle racer
1973: Vonda Ward, American boxer
1972: Ismaïl Sghyr, French-Moroccan long-distance runner
1971: Franck Comba, French rugby player
1971: Alan Tudyk, American actor
1970: Joakim Berg, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Judah Friedlander, American comedian and actor
1969: Ottis Gibson, Barbadian cricketer and coach
1969: Alina Ivanova, Russian athlete
1969: Evangelos Koronios, Greek basketball player and coach
1968: Trevor Wilson, American basketball player and police officer
1967: Tracy Bonham, American singer and violinist
1967: John Darnielle, American musician and novelist
1967: Lauren Graham, American actress and producer
1967: Ronnie McCoury, American bluegrass mandolin player, singer and songwriter
1967: Heidi Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier
1966: H.P. Baxxter, German musician
1966: Chrissy Redden, Canadian cross-country cyclist
1965: Steve Armstrong, American wrestler
1965: Cindy Brown, American basketball player
1965: Mark Carney, Canadian-English economist and banker
1965: Cristiana Reali, Italian-Brazilian actress
1964: Patty Griffin, American singer-songwriter
1964: Jaclyn Jose, Filipino actress
1964: Pascal Richard, Swiss racing cyclist
1964: Gore Verbinski, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
1963: Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor and singer (d. 2002)
1962: Franck Fréon, French race car driver
1962: Liliane Gaschet, French athlete
1961: Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league player and coach
1961: Todd McFarlane, Canadian author, illustrator, and businessman, founded McFarlane Toys
1960: John Hemming, English businessman and politician
1960: Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960: Jenny Eclair, English comedian, actress and screenwriter
1959: Michael J. Bloomfield, American astronaut
1959: Sebastian Currier, American composer and educator
1959: Greg Dyer, Australian cricketer
1959: Flavor Flav, American rapper and actor
1959: Charles Hudson, American baseball player
1959: Steve Marker, American musician
1959: Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary General of NATO
1958: Phillip Wilcher, Australian pianist and composer
1958: Kate Worley, American author (d. 2004)
1958: Jorge Ramos, Mexican-American journalist and author
1956: Ozzie Newsome, American football player and manager
1956: Clifton Powell, American actor, director, and producer
1956: Yoriko Shono, Japanese writer
1956: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Swiss lawyer and politician
1955: Svetlana Alexeeva, Russian ice dancer and coach
1955: Rimantas Astrauskas, Lithuanian physicist
1955: Bruno Barreto, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
1955: Linda Lepomme, Belgian actress and singer
1955: Bob Ley, American sports anchor and reporter
1955: Andy Scott, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
1955: Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
1954: David Heath, English politician
1954: Colin Ireland, English serial killer (d. 2012)
1954: Jimmy Nail, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1954: Tim O'Brien, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954: Dav Whatmore, Sri Lankan-Australian cricketer and coach
1954: Nancy Wilson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
1953: Claus Peter Flor, German conductor
1953: Isabelle Huppert, French actress
1953: Rainer Knaak, German chess player
1953: Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer
1951: Ray Benson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1951: Abdelmajid Bourebbou, Algerian footballer
1951: Oddvar Brå, Norwegian skier
1951: Joe DeLamielleure, American football player
1951: Alexandre Gonzalez, French long-distance runner
1950: Peter Forster, English bishop
1950: Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress
1950: Edhem Šljivo, Bosnian footballer
1949: Erik Estrada, American actor
1949: Victor Garber, Canadian actor and singer
1949: Elliott Murphy, American-French singer-songwriter and journalist
1948: Michael Owen Bruce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer-songwriter and director
1948: Catherine Quéré, French politician
1946: Sigmund Groven, Norwegian harmonica player and composer
1946: Mary Kaldor, English economist and academic
1946: J. Z. Knight, American New Age teacher and author
1946: Guesch Patti, French singer
1944: Andrew S. Tanenbaum, American computer scientist and academic
1943: Ursula Goodenough, American biologist, zoologist, and author
1943: Hans Heyer, German race car driver
1943: Álvaro de Soto, Peruvian diplomat
1942: Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1996)
1942: Gijs van Lennep, Dutch race car driver
1942: Jean-Pierre Schosteck, French politician
1942: James Soong, Chinese-Taiwanese politician, Governor of Taiwan Province
1942: Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
1941: Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1941: Robert Guéï, Ivorian soldier and politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002)
1941: Chuck Woolery, American game show host and television personality
1940: Vagif Mustafazadeh, Azerbaijani pianist and composer (d. 1979)
1940: Jan Pronk, Dutch academic and politician, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
1940: Keith Rowe, English guitarist
1939: Yvon Côté, Canadian politician and teacher
1938: Carlos Bilardo, Argentinian footballer and manager
1937: David Frith, English historian, journalist, and author
1937: Attilio Nicora, Italian cardinal (d. 2017)
1937: Amos Tversky, Israeli-American psychologist and academic (d. 1996)
1936: Raymond Vahan Damadian, Armenian-American inventor, invented the MRI (d. 2022)
1936: Fred Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
1935: Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 2022)
1935: Pepe Cáceres, Colombian bullfighter (d. 1987)
1934: Jean Cournoyer, Canadian politician
1934: Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (d. 2002)
1934: Roger Norrington, English violinist and conductor
1934: Howard Schnellenberger, American football player and coach (d. 2021)
1933: Keith Critchlow, English architect and academic, co-founded Temenos Academy (d. 2020)
1933: Sanford I. Weill, American banker, financier, and philanthropist
1932: Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1932: Walter Cunningham, American astronaut (d. 2023)
1932: Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer and author
1932: Herbert Marx, Canadian politician (d. 2020)
1931: Augusto Boal, Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician (d. 2009)
1931: Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (d. 2014)
1931: Anthony Kenny, English philosopher and academic
1931: John Munro, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2003)
1930: Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (d. 2001)
1930: Minoru Miki, Japanese composer (d. 2011)
1929: Betty Johnson, American singer (d. 2022)
1929: Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1929: Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (d. 2023)
1928: Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (d. 2010)
1928: Christa Ludwig, German opera singer (d. 2021)
1927: Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (d. 1967)
1927: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2003)
1927: Olga San Juan, American actress and dancer (d. 2009)
1926: Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician (d. 1987)
1926: Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (d. 2017)
1925: Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (d. 2014)
1925: Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
1925: Ervin Kassai, Hungarian basketball player and referee (d. 2012)
1925: Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist and engineer (d. 2004)
1923: Heinz Wallberg, German conductor (d. 2004)
1922: Harding Lemay, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 2018)
1920: John Addison, English-American soldier and composer (d. 1998)
1920: Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1920: Traudl Junge, German secretary (d. 2002)
1920: Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (d. 2002)
1918: Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect (d. 1999)
1918: Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1917: Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician (d. 2002)
1917: Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist (d. 2017)
1917: Mehrdad Pahlbod, Iranian politician (d. 2018)
1916: Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (d. 2004)
1916: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer and businessman (d. 2010)
1915: Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese mathematician (d. 1997)
1913: Rémy Raffalli, French soldier (d. 1952)
1912: Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (d. 1993)
1911: Pierre Harmel, former Prime Minister, later foreign minister of Belgium (d. 2009)
1911: Josef Mengele, German physician, captain and mass-murderer (d. 1979)
1911: Philip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (d. 2005)
1910: Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (d. 1991)
1910: Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian-English cricketer and politician, 8th Nawab of Pataudi (d. 1952)
1909: Don Raye, American songwriter (d. 1985)
1908: René Daumal, French author and poet (d. 1944)
1908: Ernest Rogez, French water polo player (d. 1986)
1908: Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1966)
1906: Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and translator (d. 2009)
1906: Maurice Turnbull, Welsh-English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1944)
1906: Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian (d. 1998)
1903: Mike Mansfield, American politician and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 2001)
1901: Alexis Chantraine, Belgian footballer (d. 1987)
1900: Cyril Hume, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1966)
1900: Mencha Karnicheva, Macedonian revolutionary and assassin (d. 1964)
1897: Antonio Donghi, Italian painter (d. 1963)
1897: Conrad Nagel, American actor (d. 1970)
1895: Ernest Labrousse, French historian (d. 1988)
1892: César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (d. 1938)
1889: Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)
1887: Emilio Lunghi, Italian runner (d. 1925)
1887: S. Stillman Berry, American marine zoologist (1984)
1886: Herbert Lindström, Swedish tug of war player (d. 1951)
1885: Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist (d. 1943)
1885: Sydney Chaplin, English actor (d. 1965)
1884: Eric P. Kelly, American journalist and author (d. 1960)
1883: Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (d. 1958)
1882: James Lightbody, American runner (d. 1953)
1881: Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (d. 1947)
1878: Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal (d. 1946)
1878: Paul Jouve, French painter (d. 1973)
1877: Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer (d. 1972)
1874: Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister (d. 1958)
1871: Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1871: Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (d. 1932)
1869: Willy Burmester, German violinist (d. 1933)
1865: Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
1859: Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and inventor (d. 1906)
1857: Charles Harding Firth, English historian (d. 1936)
1856: Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (d. 1879)
1851: Otto Bardenhewer, German theologian (d. 1935)
1851: Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. 1931)
1848: Axel Heiberg, Norwegian financier and diplomat (d. 1932)
1846: Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 1927)
1846: Rebecca Cole, American physician and social reformer (d. 1922)
1846: Jurgis Bielinis, Lithuanian book smuggler (d. 1918)
1845: Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (d. 1928)
1840: Shibusawa Eiichi, Japanese industrialist (d. 1931)
1840: Georg von der Gabelentz, German linguist and sinologist (d. 1893)
1839: Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
1839: John Butler Yeats, Irish painter (d. 1922)
1836: Andrew Smith Hallidie, English-American engineer and inventor (d. 1900)
1834: James Hector, Scottish geologist and surgeon (d. 1907)
1828: Émile Deshayes de Marcère, French politician (d. 1918)
1825: Camilo Castelo Branco, Portuguese writer (d. 1890)
1823: William Henry Monk, English organist and composer (d. 1889)
1822: Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
1822: John Pope, American general (d. 1892)
1821: Eduard Heine, German mathematician and academic (d. 1881)
1820: Enrico Tamberlik, Italian tenor (d. 1889)
1819: José Paranhos, Brazilian politician (d. 1880)
1813: Gaëtan de Rochebouët, French prime minister (d. 1899)
1808: Hannah T. King, British-born American writer and pioneer (d. 1886)
1806: Félix De Vigne, Belgian painter (d. 1862)
1805: Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (d. 1861)
1800: Emperor Ninkō of Japan (d. 1846)
1799: Anna Atkins, English botanist and photographer (d. 1871)
1797: Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (d. 1864)
1794: Ami Boué, Austrian geologist and ethnographer (d. 1881)
1789: Francis Rawdon Chesney, English general and explorer (d. 1872)
1789: Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (d. 1854)
1774: Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer (d. 1814)
1773: Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 1836)
1771: Antoine-Jean Gros, French painter (d. 1835)
1766: Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer (d. 1875)
1760: Johann Heinrich Meyer, Swiss painter and writer (d. 1832)
1753: François Amédée Doppet, French general (d. 1799)
1751: James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States (d. 1836)
1750: Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (d. 1848)
1744: Nicolas-Germain Léonard, Guadeloupean poet and novelist (d. 1793)
1741: Carlo Amoretti, Italian scientist (d. 1816)
1729: Maria Louise Albertine (d. 1818)
1701: Daniel Lorenz Salthenius, Swedish theologian (d. 1750)
1693: Malhar Rao Holkar, Indian nobleman (d. 1766)
1687: Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Frederick William I (d. 1757)
1673: Jean Bouhier, French jurist and scholar (d. 1746)
1670: François de Franquetot de Coigny, French general (d. 1759)
1654: Andreas Acoluthus, German scholar (d. 1704)
1638: François Crépieul, Jesuit missionary (d. 1702)
1631: René Le Bossu, French literary critic (d. 1680)
1621: Georg Neumark, German poet and composer of hymns (d. 1681)
1609: Michael Franck, German poet and composer of hymns (d. 1667)
1609: Agostino Mitelli, Italian painter (d. 1660)
1596: Ebba Brahe, Swedish countess (d. 1674)
1590: Ii Naotaka, Japanese daimyō (d. 1659)
1585: Gerbrand Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (d. 1618)
1581: Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch historian and poet (d. 1647)
1559: Amar Singh I, successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar (d. 1620)
1473: Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (d. 1541)
1465: Kunigunde of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1520)
1445: Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, Swiss priest and theologian (d. 1510)
1399: The Xuande Emperor, ruler of Ming China (d. 1435)

Deaths On This Day

2019: Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (b. 1937)
2018: Louise Slaughter, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (b. 1929)
2017: Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (b. 1925)
2016: Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (b. 1924)
2016: Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer and actor (b. 1944)
2015: Jack Haley, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1964)
2015: Don Robertson, American pianist and composer (b. 1922)
2014: Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (b. 1941)
2014: Donald Crothers, American chemist and academic (b. 1937)
2014: Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy, Sierra Leonean author, poet, and playwright (b. 1936)
2014: Steve Moore, English author and illustrator (b. 1949)
2014: Alexander Pochinok, Russian economist and politician (b. 1958)
2013: Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (b. 1939)
2013: José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentinian economist and politician, Minister of Economy of Argentina (b. 1925)
2013: Yadier Pedroso, Cuban pitcher (b. 1986)
2013: Ruchoma Shain, American-born teacher and author (b. 1914)
2013: Marina Solodkin, Russian-Israeli academic and politician (b. 1952)
2013: Frank Thornton, English actor (b. 1921)
2012: Donald E. Hillman, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
2012: Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (b. 1924)
2011: Richard Wirthlin, American religious leader (b. 1931)
2010: Ksenija Pajčin, Serbian singer, dancer and model (b. 1977)
2008: Bill Brown, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1912)
2008: Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)
2008: Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (b. 1942)
2007: Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2005: Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
2005: Ralph Erskine, English architect, designed The London Ark (b. 1914)
2005: Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
2004: Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
2003: Rachel Corrie, American activist (b. 1979)
2003: Ronald Ferguson, English captain, polo player, and manager (b. 1931)
2001: Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
2000: Thomas Ferebee, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
2000: Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (b. 1911)
2000: Michael Starr, Canadian judge and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1910)
2000: Carlos Velázquez, Puerto Rican pitcher (b. 1948)
1999: Gratien Gélinas, Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1909)
1998: Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
1998: Esther Bubley, American photographer (b. 1921)
1994: Eric Show, American baseball player (b. 1956)
1992: Yves Rocard, French physicist and engineer (b. 1903)
1991: Chris Austin, American country singer (b .1964)
1991: Jean Bellette, Australian artist (b. 1908)
1990: Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1898)
1988: Jigger Statz, American baseball player (b.1897)
1988: Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (b. 1928)
1985: Roger Sessions, American composer, critic, and educator (b. 1896)
1985: Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1983: Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903)
1983: Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician (b. 1907)
1980: Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (b. 1898)
1979: Jean Monnet, French economist and politician (b. 1888)
1977: Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
1975: T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
1972: Pie Traynor, American baseball player (b. 1898)
1971: Bebe Daniels, American actress (b. 1901)
1971: Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York (b. 1902)
1970: Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1945)
1968: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (b. 1895)
1968: Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (b. 1907)
1967: Thomas MacGreevy, Irish poet (b. 1893)
1965: Alice Herz, German activist (b. 1882)
1963: Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874)
1961: Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)
1961: Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883)
1958: Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)
1957: Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
1955: Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
1945: Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
1940: Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
1937: Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
1937: Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)
1936: Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)
1935: John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
1935: Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)
1930: Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)
1925: August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)
1914: Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
1914: Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
1914: John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)
1912: Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
1907: John O'Leary, Irish republican and journalist (b. 1830)
1903: Roy Bean, American justice of the peace (b. 1825)
1899: Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
1898: Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
1892: Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)
1888: Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)
1884: Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)
1868: David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)
1841: Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (b. 1791)
1838: Nathaniel Bowditch, American ocean navigator and mathematician (b. 1773)
1804: Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Finnish professor and historian (b. 1739)
1747: Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1690)
1738: George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (b. 1666)
1737: Benjamin Wadsworth, American minister and academic (b. 1670)
1736: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (b. 1710)
1721: James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1657)
1698: Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Danish countess, author of Jammers Minde (b. 1621)
1679: John Leverett, English general and politician, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
1649: Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (b. 1593)
1559: Anthony St. Leger, English-Irish politician Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)
1485: Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)
1457: Ladislaus Hunyadi, Hungarian politician (b. 1433)
1410: John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, French-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1373)
1405: Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (b. 1350)
1322: Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English general and politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1276)
1279: Jeanne of Dammartin, Queen consort of Castile and León (b. 1216)
1185: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (b. 1161)
1181: Henry I, Count of Champagne
1072: Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop (b. 1000)
1021: Heribert of Cologne, German archbishop and saint (b. 970).
943: Pi Guangye, Chinese official and chancellor (b. 877)
933: Takin al-Khazari, Egyptian commander and politician, Abbasid Governor of Egypt
842: Xiao Mian, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
455: Valentinian III, Roman emperor (assassinated; b. 419)
455: Heraclius, Roman courtier (primicerius sacri cubiculi )
AD 37: Tiberius, Roman emperor (b. 42 BC)

Guest