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March 17

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March 17

March 17 is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 289 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Montana Lottery's Millionaire Raffle returns for 2023. The Montana Lottery's Millionaire Raffle is making a return after player demand proved it to be one of the most popular promotions of the year.
2023: Happy St. Patrick's Day. May the luck o' the Irish be yours today!
2022: Oregon man wins $8.9 million Megabucks jackpot on forgotten lottery ticket from Christmas. An Oregon Lottery Megabucks ticket eligible for several consecutive drawings was forgotten for months until it was found to be worth an $8.9 million jackpot from a drawing in January.
2021: Ontario man wins $70 million Lotto Max jackpot, checks ticket "a dozen" times. After scanning their Lotto Max ticket several times on the Ontario Lottery's app, two lucky grandparents made an extra trip to a retailer to verify the numbers on their Lotto Max ticket actually won them the $70 million (US$56 million) jackpot.
2020: Coronavirus begins to impact lottery industry. Every aspect of life in America has been impacted by the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19), including the lottery.
2019: $550 MILLION: Red hot Powerball jackpot rolls again. This week Powerball is the hot ticket, featuring a jackpot payout of more than a half-billion dollars.
2018: How a lottery jackpot winner became a bank robber. A man who once won millions of dollars in the California Lottery pleaded guilty Thursday in downtown Los Angeles to four counts of bank robbery.
2016: Happy St. Patrick's Day. May the luck o' the Irish be yours today!
2013: $260 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges. There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $260 million for Wednesday's drawing.
2012: $241 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery frenzy ramps up. The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game once again enters the spotlight, as lottery players across the United States will vie for a Mega-jackpot Tuesday that promises to radically change one lucky winner's life.
2011: Florida man wins lottery, must visit mom. A man who sarcastically told his mom he'd visit when he won the lottery ... won the lottery.
2011: Oregon Lottery draws St. Patrick's Raffle. The Oregon Lottery today held the state's sixth raffle drawing — the third it has held on St. Patrick's Day.
2011: $201 MILLION: Mega Million lottery jackpot soars. Lottery players across the United States are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Friday's massive $201 million drawing.
2010: Happy St. Patrick's Day. May the luck o' the Irish be yours today!
2009: Happy St. Patrick's Day. May the luck o' the Irish be yours today!
2009: N.Y. man claims $26M Mega Millions lottery jackpot. A yet-to-be identified Wyandanch, New York, resident came forward to claim his $26 million Mega Millions prize yesterday, lottery officials said.
2009: Auto workers collect lottery winnings. There haven't been many happy stories involving Indiana auto workers lately, but one family is an exception.
2009: Proposal would rename N.C. education lottery. Some state lawmakers aren't happy with where some North Carolina Education Lottery dollars are headed -- and they're trying to do something to change it.
2008: Happy St. Patrick's Day!. May the luck o' the Irish be yours today!
2008: Tax office workers win Powerball lottery jackpot. Eight female employees of the Monongalia County sheriff's tax office in West Virginia won Saturday night's $276.3 million Powerball jackpot, officials said today.
2007: Nevada panel passes lottery proposal. Over the opposition of two major gaming corporations, an Assembly committee voted 8-5 Thursday to let voters decide whether to legalize a state lottery.
2007: Four contenders will vie for winning lottery ticket in court. Confusion over who purchased what ticket and when has three people -- maybe four -- and one corporation claiming ownership of Saturday's $1 million winning Powerball lottery ticket.
2006: $270M Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed anonymously. The winner of the biggest lottery jackpot won in Ohio has claimed the $270 million prize anonymously by forming a trust.
2004: Lottery millionaire admits laundering money for drug dealers. A man who won $6.7 million in the lottery a decade ago was ordered to stay in his house for six months for laundering money for drug dealers.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $36 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $36 million Wednesday.
2004: Miami Police Search For Pair In Alleged Lotto Scam. Miami Police are searching for a Latino couple that scammed a woman out of $11,000, telling her they needed her help to cash a winning lottery ticket valued at $425,000.
2004: Oregon Lottery Drops Plan to Cut Taverns' Commissions. The Oregon Lottery director said Monday that she plans to rework her controversial proposal to cut bar and tavern owners' video poker compensation.
2004: Foreign Lottery Scams Making Big Comeback. It starts with a postcard, a phone call -- maybe even an email -- telling you you've just won millions in a foreign lottery. It's a scam that's went underground for a while, but lately has made a comeback -- in a big way.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$562.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2019
2.$456.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2018
3.$414 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2014
4.$377 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2018
5.$260 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2013
6.$254 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2023
7.$241 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2012
8.$201 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2011
9.€172.74 Million US$191.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2022
10.$185.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2021
11.$183 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2007
12.$149.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2022
13.€105 Million
US$148.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2011
14.€123.27 Million
US$147.04 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2021
15.€114.86 Million
US$141.22 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2018
16.$141 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2017
17.€121.9 Million
US$138.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2019
18.$131 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2017
19.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2020
20.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2021
21.€86 Million
US$102.47 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2021
22.€89 Million
US$98.42 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2022
23.$90 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2020
24.$88 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2006
25.$85 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: CurtTillman
Thursday, Mar 17, 1988
35 years old
1983: LuckOIrishMyAss
Thursday, Mar 17, 1983
40 years old
1976: marleysmag
Wednesday, Mar 17, 1976
47 years old
1970: CASH34OLOGIST
Tuesday, Mar 17, 1970
53 years old
1969: dugdale-sky69
Monday, Mar 17, 1969
54 years old
1967: TScullock
Friday, Mar 17, 1967
56 years old
1965: ydye
Wednesday, Mar 17, 1965
58 years old
1964: lawsonlou64
Tuesday, Mar 17, 1964
59 years old
1961: gbrewer17
Friday, Mar 17, 1961
62 years old
1956: SFL2010
Saturday, Mar 17, 1956
67 years old
1953: ALLboutMONEY
Tuesday, Mar 17, 1953
70 years old
1949: babyhot
Thursday, Mar 17, 1949
74 years old
1949: Stable1
Thursday, Mar 17, 1949
74 years old
1937: Granny
Wednesday, Mar 17, 1937
86 years old
: need4win
(year not provided)
: Thrills
(year not provided)
: WashuWannaWin
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2016: Rojava conflict: At a conference in Rmelan, the Movement for a Democratic Society declares the establishment of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.
2004: Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Serbia are destroyed.
2003: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
2000: Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
1992: Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.
1992: A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
1988: A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
1988: Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
1985: Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
1979: The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
1973: The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
1969: Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
1968: As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
1966: Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
1963: Mount Agung erupts on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.
1960: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
1958: The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit.
1957: A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
1950: Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
1948: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
1945: The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
1942: Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
1921: The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
1891: SS Utopia collides with HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
1862: The first railway line of Finland between cities of Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, called Päärata, is officially opened.
1861: The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.
1860: The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
1842: The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.
1824: The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
1805: The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy.
1776: American Revolution: The British Army evacuates Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
1400: Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.
1337: Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England.
455: Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire; he forces Licinia Eudoxia, the widow of his predecessor, Valentinian III, to marry him.
180: Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius.
45 BC: In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.

Births On This Day

1997: Katie Ledecky, American swimmer
1995: Ashley Taylor, Australian rugby league player
1994: Dean Britt, Australian rugby league player
1993: Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer
1992: Patrick Cantlay, American golfer
1992: John Boyega, English actor
1991: Jack De Belin, Australian rugby league player
1990: Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter and musician
1990: Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
1989: Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
1989: Harry Melling, English actor
1988: Rasmus Elm, Swedish footballer
1988: Fraser Forster, English footballer
1988: Grimes, Canadian artist, musician and music video director
1988: Ryan White, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Federico Fazio, Argentinian international footballer
1987: Krisnan Inu, New Zealand rugby league player
1987: Ryan Parent, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Bobby Ryan, American ice hockey player
1987: Emmanuel Sanders, American football player
1986: Chris Davis, American baseball player
1986: Edin Džeko, Bosnian footballer
1986: Miles Kane, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986: Silke Spiegelburg, German pole vaulter
1985: Tuğba Karademir, Turkish-Canadian figure skater
1984: Ryan Rottman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1983: James Heath, English golfer
1983: Raul Meireles, Portuguese footballer
1983: Attila Vajda, Hungarian sprint canoeist
1982: Steven Pienaar, South African footballer
1981: Aaron Baddeley, American-Australian golfer
1981: Servet Çetin, Turkish footballer
1981: Kyle Korver, American basketball player
1981: Nicky Jam, American-Puerto-Rican singer and songwriter
1980: Danny Califf, American soccer player
1980: Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistani tennis player
1979: Stormy Daniels, American adult film actress
1979: Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player
1979: Stephen Kramer Glickman, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and fashion designer
1979: Mineko Nomachi, Japanese essayist
1979: Samoa Joe, American professional wrestler
1978: Zachery Kouwe, American journalist
1977: Tamar Braxton, American singer-songwriter and actress
1976: Scott Downs, American baseball player
1976: Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)
1976: Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer
1975: Justin Hawkins, English singer-songwriter
1975: Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer
1975: Test, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2009)
1975: Natalie Zea, American actress
1974: Mark Dolan, English comedian and television host
1973: Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1973: Caroline Corr, Irish singer and drummer
1973: Vance Wilson, American baseball player and manager
1972: Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
1972: Torquil Campbell, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
1972: Mia Hamm, American soccer player
1971: Bill Mueller, American baseball player and coach
1970: Patrick Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player
1970: Gene Ween, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Darren Kenny, British Paralympic cyclist
1969: Edgar Grospiron, French skier
1969: Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founded own eponymous brand (d. 2010)
1968: Eri Nitta, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1968: Mathew St. Patrick, American actor and producer
1967: Jason Alchin, Australian rugby league player
1967: Billy Corgan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and producer
1967: Barry Minkow, American pastor and businessman
1966: Andrew Rosindell, English journalist and politician
1965: Andrew Hudson, South African cricketer
1964: Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (d. 2013)
1964: Lee Dixon, English footballer and journalist
1964: Rob Lowe, American actor and producer
1964: Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer and coach
1963: Roger Harper, Guyanese cricketer and coach
1962: Carsten Almqvist, Swedish business executive
1962: Ank Bijleveld, Dutch politician
1962: Janet Gardner, American singer and guitarist
1962: Clare Grogan, Scottish singer and actress
1962: Rob Sitch, Australian actor, director, and producer
1961: Sam Bowie, American basketball player
1961: Dana Reeve, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2006)
1961: Casey Siemaszko, American actor
1960: Arye Gross, American actor
1960: Vicki Lewis, American actress and singer
1959: Danny Ainge, American baseball and basketball player
1959: Paul Black, American singer-songwriter and drummer
1958: Christian Clemenson, American actor
1957: Michael Kelly, American journalist and author (d. 2003)
1956: Patrick McDonnell, American author and illustrator
1956: Rory McGrath, British comedian, television personality, and writer
1955: Cynthia McKinney, American activist and politician
1955: Paul Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955: Gary Sinise, American actor, director, and bass player
1954: Lesley-Anne Down, English actress
1953: Filemon Lagman, Filipino activist (d. 2001)
1953: Chuck Muncie, American football player (d. 2013)
1952: Barry Horne, English activist (d. 2001)
1951: Scott Gorham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Craig Ramsay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951: Kurt Russell, American actor and producer
1949: Patrick Duffy, American actor, director, and producer
1949: Pat Rice, Irish footballer and coach
1949: Stuart Rose, English businessman
1948: William Gibson, American-Canadian author and screenwriter
1948: Alex MacDonald, Scottish footballer and manager
1947: Dennis Bond, English footballer
1947: Yury Chernavsky, Russian-American songwriter and producer
1945: Michael Hayden, American general, 20th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1944: Pattie Boyd, English model, author, and photographer
1944: Cito Gaston, American baseball player and manager
1944: John Sebastian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943: Jeff Banks, Welsh fashion designer
1943: Andrew Brook, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic
1942: John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer and rapist (d. 1994)
1941: Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese soldier and politician
1941: Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1941: Max Stafford-Clark, English director and academic
1940: Mark White, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas (d. 2017)
1939: Jim Gary, American sculptor (d. 2006)
1939: Bill Graham, Canadian academic and politician, 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1939: Robin Knox-Johnston, English sailor and first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe
1939: Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian footballer and manager
1938: Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
1938: Keith O'Brien, Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal (d. 2018)
1938: Zola Taylor, American singer (d. 2007)
1937: Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina
1936: Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (d. 2019)
1936: Ladislav Kupkovič, Slovakian composer and conductor (d. 2016)
1936: Ken Mattingly, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut
1935: Fred T. Mackenzie, American biologist and academic
1935: Adam Wade, American singer, drummer, and actor (d. 2022)
1933: Myrlie Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist
1933: Penelope Lively, English author
1931: Patricia Breslin, American actress (d. 2011)
1931: David Peakall, English-American chemist and toxicologist (d. 2001)
1930: Paul Horn, American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (d. 2014)
1930: James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1991)
1928: William John McKeag, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 2007)
1927: Betty Allen, American soprano and educator (d. 2009)
1926: Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (d. 2014)
1925: Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (d. 2015)
1924: Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (d. 2013)
1922: Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 2014)
1921: Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications (d. 2009)
1920: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (d. 1975)
1919: Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host (d. 1965)
1916: Ray Ellington, English drummer and bandleader (d. 1985)
1915: Robert S. Arbib Jr., American ornithologist, writer and conservationist (d. 1987)
1915: Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider (d. 2011)
1914: Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (d. 2008)
1912: Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987)
1910: Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1991)
1908: Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (d. 1996)
1907: Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1991)
1907: Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1988)
1905: Lillian Yarbo, American comedienne, dancer, and singer (d. 1996)
1904: Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator (d. 1991)
1902: Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (d. 1971)
1900: Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (d. 1970)
1895: Lloyd Rees, Australian painter (d. 1988)
1894: Paul Green, American playwright and academic (d. 1981)
1892: Floyd B. Barnum, American college football coach (d. 1965)
1892: Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1923)
1891: Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1962)
1889: Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator (d. 1931)
1888: Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1961)
1886: Princess Patricia of Connaught (d. 1974)
1885: Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete (d. 1913)
1884: Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (d. 1934)
1881: Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1880: Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1952)
1880: Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer (d. 1912)
1877: Edith New, English militant suffragette (d. 1951)
1877: Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher (d. 1920)
1867: Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet (d. 1926)
1866: Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1939)
1864: Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1930)
1862: Martha P. Falconer, American social reformer (d. 1941)
1862: Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist (d. 1930)
1856: Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (d. 1910)
1849: Charles F. Brush, American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp (d. 1929)
1849: Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist (d. 1934)
1846: Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator (d. 1901)
1842: Rosina Heikel, Finnish physician (d. 1929)
1839: Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer (d. 1901)
1834: Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (d. 1900)
1820: Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (d. 1897)
1806: Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer (d. 1894)
1804: Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer (d. 1881)
1781: Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator (d. 1849)
1780: Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator (d. 1847)
1777: Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author (d. 1861)
1777: Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1864)
1725: Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (d. 1806)
1686: Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French painter and engraver (d. 1755)
1676: Thomas Boston, Scottish philosopher and theologian (d. 1732)
1665: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer (d. 1729)
1611: Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge, Swedish field marshal (d. 1662)
1537: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyō (d. 1598)
1523: Giovanni Francesco Commendone, Catholic cardinal (d. 1584)
1473: James IV of Scotland (d. 1513)
1231: Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242)
763: Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid caliph (d. 809)

Deaths On This Day

2021: John Magufuli, the fifth President of Tanzania (b. 1959)
2018: Mike MacDonald, Canadian comedian (b. 1954)
2018: Phan Văn Khải, the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1933)
2016: Meir Dagan, Israeli general (b. 1945)
2016: Zoltán Kamondi, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1960)
2015: Frank Perris, Canadian motorcycle racer (b. 1931)
2014: Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (b. 1974)
2014: Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (b. 1924)
2014: Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b. 1910)
2013: William B. Caldwell III, American general (b. 1925)
2013: Lawrence Fuchs, American scholar and academic (b. 1927)
2013: A.B.C. Whipple, American journalist and historian (b. 1918)
2012: Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria (b. 1923)
2012: Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (b. 1919)
2011: Michael Gough, English actor (b. 1916)
2011: Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (b. 1925)
2010: Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1950)
2010: Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2009: Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian television host and politician (b. 1937)
2008: Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939)
2007: John Backus, American mathematician and computer scientist, designed Fortran (b. 1924)
2006: Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (b. 1913)
2006: Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach (b. 1913)
2006: İstemihan Taviloğlu, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1945)
2005: Royce Frith, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (b. 1923)
2005: George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
2005: Andre Norton, American author (b. 1912)
2002: Rosetta LeNoire, American actress and producer (b. 1911)
2002: Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1917)
2002: Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and producer (b. 1908)
1999: Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (b. 1921)
1999: Jean Pierre-Bloch, French activist (b. 1905)
1997: Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1957)
1996: René Clément, French director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
1996: Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1995: Sunnyland Slim, American blues pianist (b. 1906)
1994: Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (b. 1899)
1994: Mai Zetterling, Swedish-English actress and director (b. 1925)
1993: Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)
1992: Grace Stafford, American actress (b. 1903)
1990: Capucine, French model and actress (b. 1928)
1990: Dinkar G. Kelkar, Indian art collector (b. 1896)
1986: Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (b.1923)
1983: Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1983: Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891)
1981: Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)
1976: Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1974: Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901)
1965: Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (b. 1862)
1961: Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860)
1958: John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)
1958: Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877)
1957: Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
1956: Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
1956: Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1949: Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
1946: Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
1940: Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
1926: Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
1917: Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
1893: Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
1875: Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
1871: Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
1853: Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
1849: William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
1846: Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
1830: Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
1829: Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
1828: James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (b. 1759)
1782: Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)
1764: George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)
1741: Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671)
1715: Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
1704: Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641)
1680: François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (b. 1613)
1663: Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (b. 1605)
1649: Gabriel Lalemant, French missionary and saint (b. 1610)
1640: Philip Massinger, English playwright (b. 1583)
1620: John Sarkander, Polish-Moravian priest and saint (b. 1576)
1611: Sophia of Sweden, duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1547)
1565: Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1500)
1527: Rana Sanga, Indian ruler (b. 1482)
1516: Giuliano de' Medici, Italian nobleman (b. 1479)
1425: Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1407)
1406: Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian sociologist, historian, and scholar (b. 1332)
1394: Louis of Enghien, French nobleman
1361: An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk sultan of Egypt
1272: Go-Saga, emperor of Japan (b. 1220)
1270: Philip of Montfort, French knight and nobleman
1267: Pierre de Montreuil, French architect
1199: Jocelin of Glasgow, Scottish monk and bishop (b. 1130)
1058: Lulach, king of Scotland
1040: Harold Harefoot, king of England
1008: Kazan, emperor of Japan (b. 968)
905: Li Yu, Prince of De, prince and emperor of the Tang Dynasty
836: Haito, bishop of Basel
659: Gertrude of Nivelles, Frankish abbess
624: Amr ibn Hishām, Arab polytheist
180: Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. 121)
45 BC: Titus Labienus, Roman general (b. 100 BC)
45 BC: Publius Attius Varus, Roman governor of Africa

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