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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

2026: Ohio woman tops husband's $1 million lottery win with $5 million win. An Ohio woman raised the bar after her husband's $1 million lottery win, staking her claim to the largest prize in their household with a $5 million win.
2025: South Dakota launches mobile lottery ticket cashing for some prizes of up to $5,000. The South Dakota Lottery announced on Thursday that its new mobile cashing functionality for some prizes is now live.
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.$893 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2024
2.$655.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2024
3.$562.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 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.$398.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2025
7.$377 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2018
8.$301 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2025
9.$260 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2013
10.$254 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2023
11.$241 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2012
12.$201 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2011
13.€178 Million
US$194.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2025
14.€172.74 Million
US$191.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2022
15.$185.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2021
16.$183 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2007
17.€135.51 Million
US$156.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2026
18.$149.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2022
19.€105 Million
US$148.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2011
20.€123.27 Million
US$147.04 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2021
21.€114.86 Million
US$141.22 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2018
22.$141 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2017
23.€121.9 Million
US$138.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2019
24.$131 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 17, 2017
25.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 18, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: Catmoney23
Tuesday, Mar 17, 1998
28 years old
1988: CurtTillman
Thursday, Mar 17, 1988
38 years old
1983: LuckOIrishMyAss
Thursday, Mar 17, 1983
43 years old
1981: twesleyc1
Tuesday, Mar 17, 1981
45 years old
1976: marleysmag
Wednesday, Mar 17, 1976
50 years old
1970: CASH34OLOGIST
Tuesday, Mar 17, 1970
56 years old
1969: dugdale-sky69
Monday, Mar 17, 1969
57 years old
1967: TScullock
Friday, Mar 17, 1967
59 years old
1965: ydye
Wednesday, Mar 17, 1965
61 years old
1964: lawsonlou64
Tuesday, Mar 17, 1964
62 years old
1961: gbrewer17
Friday, Mar 17, 1961
65 years old
1956: SFL2010
Saturday, Mar 17, 1956
70 years old
1953: ALLboutMONEY
Tuesday, Mar 17, 1953
73 years old
1949: babyhot
Thursday, Mar 17, 1949
77 years old
1949: Stable1
Thursday, Mar 17, 1949
77 years old
1937: Granny
Wednesday, Mar 17, 1937
89 years old
: need4win
(year not provided)
: Dashcam17
(year not provided)
: mmartinez8236
(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: Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council, 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.
1979: Aeroflot Flight 1691 crashes on approach to Vnukovo International Airport, killing 58.
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.
1960: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 crashes in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, killing 63.
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

2001: Pietro Pellegri, Italian footballer
1998: Brandon Aiyuk, American football player
1997: Katie Ledecky, American swimmer
1997: Daniel Sprong, Dutch ice hockey player
1995: Claressa Shields, American boxer and mixed martial artist
1994: DeForest Buckner, American football player
1994: Terry Rozier, American basketball player
1994: Ivan Provedel, Italian footballer
1994: Marcel Sabitzer, Austrian footballer
1993: Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer
1993: Rhys Hoskins, American baseball player
1993: Yao Yuanjun, Chinese Border police officer (died 2011)
1992: John Boyega, British actor and producer
1992: Patrick Cantlay, American golfer
1992: Yeltsin Tejeda, Costa Rican footballer
1991: Sergey Kalinin, Russian ice hockey player
1991: Cordarrelle Patterson, American football player
1991: Thomas Robinson, American-Lebanese basketball player
1990: Hozier, Irish musician
1990: Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
1990: Jean Segura, Dominican baseball player
1989: Mikael Backlund, Swedish ice hockey player
1989: Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
1989: Juan Lagares, Dominican baseball player
1989: Harry Melling, English actor
1988: Rasmus Elm, Swedish footballer
1988: Fraser Forster, English footballer
1988: Grimes, Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and visual artist
1988: Brent Meuleman, Belgian politician
1988: Ryan White, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Federico Fazio, Argentine footballer
1987: Rob Kardashian, American television personality
1987: Carlos Lampe, Bolivian footballer
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: Jeremy Pargo, American basketball player
1986: Silke Spiegelburg, German pole vaulter
1985: Tuğba Karademir, Turkish-Canadian figure skater
1985: César Valdez, Dominican baseball player
1984: Chris Copeland, American basketball player and coach
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: Nicky Jam, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
1981: Kyle Korver, American basketball player
1980: Danny Califf, American soccer 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 and television personality
1976: Scott Downs, American baseball player
1976: Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009)
1976: Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer
1975: Justin Hawkins, English singer-songwriter
1975: Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (died 2021)
1975: Test, Canadian-American wrestler (died 2009)
1974: Mark Dolan, English comedian and television host
1973: Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1973: Vance Wilson, American baseball player and manager
1972: Torquil Campbell, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
1971: Bill Mueller, American baseball player and coach
1970: Patrick Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player
1970: Gene Ween, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969: Edgar Grospiron, French skier
1969: Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founded eponymous brand (died 2010)
1968: Eri Nitta, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
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 (died 2013)
1964: Lee Dixon, English footballer and journalist
1964: Rob Lowe, American actor
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 (died 2006)
1959: Danny Ainge, American baseball and basketball player
1959: Paul Black, American singer-songwriter and drummer
1957: Michael Kelly, American journalist and author (died 2003)
1956: Patrick McDonnell, American author and illustrator
1956: Rory McGrath, British comedian, television personality, and writer
1955: Cynthia McKinney, American activist and politician
1953: Filemon Lagman, Filipino activist (died 2001)
1953: Chuck Muncie, American football player (died 2013)
1952: Barry Horne, English activist (died 2001)
1951: Scott Gorham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Craig Ramsay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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 (died 2025)
1947: Yury Chernavsky, Russian-American songwriter and producer (died 2025)
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
1943: Jeff Banks, Welsh fashion designer
1943: Andrew Brook, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic
1942: John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer and rapist (died 1994)
1942: Yoko Yamamoto, Japanese actress (died 2024)
1941: Wang Jin-pyng, Taiwanese soldier and politician
1941: Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
1941: Max Stafford-Clark, English director and academic
1940: Mark White, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas (died 2017)
1939: Jim Gary, American sculptor (died 2006)
1939: Bill Graham, Canadian academic and politician, 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2022)
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 (died 1993)
1938: Keith O'Brien, Northern Ireland-born Scottish cleric, theologian, and cardinal (died 2018)
1938: Zola Taylor, American singer (died 2007)
1937: Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina (died 2021)
1936: Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (died 2019)
1936: Ladislav Kupkovič, Slovakian composer and conductor (died 2016)
1936: Ken Mattingly, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (died 2023)
1935: Fred T. Mackenzie, American biologist and academic (died 2024)
1935: Adam Wade, American singer, drummer, and actor (died 2022)
1933: Myrlie Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist
1933: Penelope Lively, English author
1932: Dick Curless, American country music singer (died 1995)
1931: Patricia Breslin, American actress (died 2011)
1931: David Peakall, English-American chemist and toxicologist (died 2001)
1930: Paul Horn, American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (died 2014)
1930: James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1991)
1928: William John McKeag, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 2007)
1927: Betty Allen, American soprano and educator (died 2009)
1926: Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (died 2014)
1925: Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (died 2015)
1924: Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (died 2013)
1922: Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (died 2014)
1921: Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications (died 2009)
1920: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (died 1975)
1919: Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host (died 1965)
1919: Mad Mike Hoare, British-Irish military officer and mercenary (died 2020)
1917: Hank Sauer, American baseball player (died 2001)
1916: Ray Ellington, English drummer and bandleader (died 1985)
1915: Robert S. Arbib Jr., American ornithologist, writer and conservationist (died 1987)
1915: Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider (died 2011)
1914: Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (died 2008)
1912: Bayard Rustin, American activist (died 1987)
1910: Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1991)
1908: Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (died 1996)
1907: Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan (died 1988)
1907: Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 1991)
1905: Lillian Yarbo, American comedienne, dancer, and singer (died 1996)
1904: Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator (died 1991)
1903: Elli Stenberg, Finnish politician (died 1987)
1902: Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (died 1971)
1900: Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (died 1970)
1895: Lloyd Rees, Australian painter (died 1988)
1894: Paul Green, American playwright and academic (died 1981)
1892: Floyd B. Barnum, American college football coach (died 1965)
1892: Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (died 1923)
1891: Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (died 1962)
1889: Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator (died 1931)
1888: Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1961)
1886: Princess Patricia of Connaught (died 1974)
1885: Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete (died 1913)
1884: Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (died 1934)
1881: Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
1880: Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (died 1952)
1880: Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer (died 1912)
1877: Edith New, English militant suffragette (died 1951)
1877: Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher (died 1920)
1877: Ville Kiviniemi, Finnish politician (died 1951)
1867: Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet (died 1926)
1866: Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (died 1939)
1864: Joseph Baptista, Indian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1930)
1862: Martha P. Falconer, American social reformer (died 1941)
1862: Silvio Gesell, Belgian merchant and economist (died 1930)
1856: Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (died 1910)
1849: Charles F. Brush, American businessman and philanthropist, co-invented the Arc lamp (died 1929)
1849: Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist (died 1934)
1848: Ernesta Forti, Italian anarchist and dairy worker
1846: Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator (died 1901)
1842: Rosina Heikel, Finnish physician (died 1929)
1839: Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteiner-German organist and composer (died 1901)
1834: Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (died 1900)
1820: Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (died 1897)
1806: Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer (died 1894)
1804: Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer (died 1881)
1781: Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator (died 1849)
1780: Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator (died 1847)
1777: Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author (died 1861)
1777: Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1864)
1725: Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (died 1806)
1686: Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French painter and engraver (died 1755)
1676: Thomas Boston, Scottish philosopher and theologian (died 1732)
1665: Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer (died 1729)
1611: Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge, Swedish field marshal (died 1662)
1537: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyō (died 1598)
1523: Giovanni Francesco Commendone, Catholic cardinal (died 1584)
1473: James IV of Scotland (died 1513)
1231: Emperor Shijō of Japan (died 1242)
763: Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid caliph (died 809)

Deaths On This Day

2025: John Hemingway, Irish fighter pilot (born 1919)
2025: Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong real estate billionaire (born 1928)
2023: Lance Reddick, American actor (born 1962)
2021: John Magufuli, the fifth President of Tanzania (born 1959)
2018: Mike MacDonald, Canadian comedian (born 1954)
2018: Phan Văn Khải, the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1933)
2016: Meir Dagan, Israeli general (born 1945)
2016: Zoltán Kamondi, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1960)
2015: Frank Perris, Canadian motorcycle racer (born 1931)
2014: Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (born 1974)
2014: Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (born 1924)
2014: Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (born 1910)
2013: William B. Caldwell III, American general (born 1925)
2013: Lawrence Fuchs, American scholar and academic (born 1927)
2013: A.B.C. Whipple, American journalist and historian (born 1918)
2012: Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria (born 1923)
2012: Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (born 1919)
2011: Michael Gough, English actor (born 1916)
2011: Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (born 1925)
2010: Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1950)
2010: Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter (born 1920)
2009: Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian television host and politician (born 1937)
2008: Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (born 1939)
2007: John Backus, American mathematician and computer scientist, designed Fortran (born 1924)
2006: Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (born 1913)
2006: Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach (born 1913)
2006: İstemihan Taviloğlu, Turkish composer and educator (born 1945)
2005: Royce Frith, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (born 1923)
2005: George F. Kennan, American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (born 1904)
2005: Andre Norton, American author (born 1912)
2002: Rosetta LeNoire, American actress and producer (born 1911)
2002: Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (born 1917)
2002: Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, American television broadcaster and producer (born 1908)
2001: Anthony Storr, English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (born 1920)
1999: Ernest Gold, Austrian-American composer (born 1921)
1999: Jean Pierre-Bloch, French activist (born 1905)
1997: Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (born 1957)
1996: René Clément, French director and screenwriter (born 1913)
1996: Terry Stafford, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
1995: Sunnyland Slim, American blues pianist (born 1906)
1994: Charlotte Auerbach, German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1899)
1994: Mai Zetterling, Swedish-English actress and director (born 1925)
1993: Helen Hayes, American actress (born 1900)
1992: Grace Stafford, American actress (born 1903)
1990: Capucine, French model and actress (born 1928)
1990: Dinkar G. Kelkar, Indian art collector (born 1896)
1986: Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (born 1923)
1983: Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
1983: Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (born 1891)
1981: Paul Dean, American baseball player (born 1913)
1976: Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1906)
1974: Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (born 1901)
1965: Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (born 1862)
1961: Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (born 1860)
1958: John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (born 1870)
1958: Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (born 1877)
1957: Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (born 1907)
1956: Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (born 1894)
1956: Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
1949: Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (born 1882)
1947: Mike, American Wyandotte chicken, lived 18 months following decapitation (h. 1945)
1946: Dai Li, Chinese general (born 1897)
1942: Nada Dimić, People's Hero of Yugoslavia, victim of Genocide of Serbs (born 1923)
1940: Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (born 1854)
1934: Bede Jarrett, English Dominican priest (born 1881)
1926: Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (born 1853)
1917: Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (born 1838)
1902: John Houlding, English businessman, founded Liverpool Football Club (born 1833)
1893: Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (born 1832)
1875: Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (born 1832)
1871: Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (born 1802)
1853: Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (born 1803)
1849: William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (born 1792)
1846: Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (born 1784)
1830: Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (born 1764)
1829: Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (born 1753)
1828: James Edward Smith, English botanist and entomologist (born 1759)
1782: Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (born 1700)
1764: George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (born 1695)
1741: Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (born 1671)
1715: Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (born 1643)
1704: Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer (born 1641)
1680: François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (born 1613)
1663: Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (born 1605)
1649: Gabriel Lalemant, French missionary and saint (born 1610)
1640: Philip Massinger, English playwright (born 1583)
1620: John Sarkander, Polish-Moravian priest and saint (born 1576)
1611: Sophia of Sweden, duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1547)
1565: Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (born 1500)
1527: Rana Sanga, Indian ruler (born 1482)
1516: Giuliano de' Medici, Italian nobleman (born 1479)
1425: Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shōgun (born 1407)
1406: Ibn Khaldun, Tunisian sociologist, historian, and scholar (born 1332)
1394: Louis of Enghien, French nobleman
1361: An-Nasir Hasan, Mamluk sultan of Egypt
1272: Go-Saga, emperor of Japan (born 1220)
1270: Philip of Montfort, French knight and nobleman
1267: Pierre de Montreuil, French architect
1199: Jocelin of Glasgow, Scottish monk and bishop (born 1130)
1058: Lulach, king of Scotland
1040: Harold Harefoot, king of England
1008: Kazan, emperor of Japan (born 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
180: Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (born 121)
45 BC: Titus Labienus, Roman general (born 100 BC)
45 BC: Publius Attius Varus, Roman governor of Africa

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