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March 19

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March 19

March 19 is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 287 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Retired Ohio firefighter to pay for daughter's wedding with $160,000 Rolling Cash 5 lottery jackpot. A retired firefighter will be able to contribute to his daughter's wedding after a $160,000 Rolling Cash 5 lottery jackpot came his way through coincidental means.
2025: North Carolina family plays together, shares together: woman helps family with $100,000 in Powerball. A North Carolina family of lottery enthusiasts is in high spirits after one member wins $100,000 in Powerball, which she immediately plans on sharing with loved ones.
2024: California winner of $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot is lauded as kind family man by neighbors. Following the California Lottery's announcement of Theodorus Struyck as one of the lottery winners of the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot on Friday, neighbors have come out and said that the win "couldn't have happened to a better guy."
2021: Tennessee man misplaces his million-dollar lottery ticket, then finds it lying in a parking lot. A Tennessee player became a million dollars richer overnight and almost immediately lost his millionaire status the next day thanks to a fluke that had the potential to leave things on a very tragic note.
2020: Daughter saves Massachusetts man from being victimized in sweepstakes scam. A dream of a lifetime seemed to have come true last week for an elderly Massachusetts man when he received a call from someone who claimed to represent Publisher's Clearing House.
2018: Infamous lottery scammer says US computerized lottery drawings remain fatally flawed. As the head of IT at the Multi-State Lottery Association, Eddie Tipton identified flaws in the computerized lottery drawing computers, and even though the state lotteries say those flaws are now fixed, Tipton claims they are still dangerously flawed and susceptible to fraud.
2016: Connecticut lottery bills fail. Connecticut Lottery players won't get to enjoy buying tickets online or without expiration dates anytime soon.
2014: 2 winning Mega Millions tickets sold in Florida, Maryland to split $414M jackpot. Winning tickets in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing with a jackpot of $414 million, the third largest in its history, were sold in Florida and Maryland, state lottery officials said.
2013: That was fast: No more 'Kwikies' for Maine Lottery. The Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations announced in a Monday press release that it no longer plans to brand the state's scratch tickets as Kwikies.
2013: Illinois Lottery seeks to collect $20 million from operator Northstar Lottery Group. The Illinois Lottery said Monday it is entitled to a $20 million payout from Lottery private manager Northstar Lottery Group because the group fell short of the total Illinois Lottery income Northstar said would be generated in fiscal year 2012.
2012: Almost-millionaire on a 15-year political pilgrimage. For Clarence Jackson, life over the past 15 years has been a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows that began with a once-in-a-lifetime ticket that would have made him a multimillionaire.
2011: $244 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.
2008: Tenn. Lottery audit: players spent $2 million on worthless tickets. The Tennessee Lottery made a series of missteps and oversights after a software glitch began generating faulty winning numbers last year, and players bought about $2 million worth of unwinnable tickets before the error was found, according to a state audit.
2008: Appeals Court rules in favor of N.C. Lottery. The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower court's dismissal of a suit that challenged the way North Carolina's lottery was established.
2007: Kentucky Lottery's raffle game results drawn. The Kentucky Lottery selected the winning numbers Monday for its special "Million Dollar Draw" raffle-style game.
2004: Interim Minnesota lottery director cites progress. After about a month on the job, Michael Vekich says he's making progress in reforming the way the Minnesota State Lottery operates.
2004: Lottery winner wasn't sure he wanted $11 million. A German lottery winner who scooped a jackpot of more than £6 million (US$11 million) didn't claim it for ten weeks as he wasn't sure he wanted the money.
2004: N.D. Lottery mistake leads callers to sex line. A toll free number posted on North Dakota lottery ticket terminals at nearly 400 sites statewide refers callers to a sex talk line.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$893 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2024
2.$698.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2024
3.$562.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2019
4.$417.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2025
5.$377 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2018
6.$324 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2025
7.$272 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2023
8.$260 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2013
9.$244 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2011
10.$241 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2012
11.€198 Million
US$214.49 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2025
12.$205.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2021
13.€174.09 Million
US$192.65 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2022
14.€133 Million
US$187.81 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 25, 2011
15.€136.38 Million
US$156.9 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2026
16.$156.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 22, 2017
17.$149.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2022
18.€124.27 Million
US$148.24 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2021
19.€116.07 Million
US$142.57 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 20, 2018
20.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2020
20.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2017
22.€121.9 Million
US$138.37 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2019
23.$123.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2026
24.€100.97 Million
US$109.39 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Mar 21, 2025
25.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 19, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1986: patrick10133
Wednesday, Mar 19, 1986
40 years old
1983: Queen7
Saturday, Mar 19, 1983
43 years old
1983: daniiikho
Saturday, Mar 19, 1983
43 years old
1980: itoikenza
Wednesday, Mar 19, 1980
46 years old
1976: Jayak7
Friday, Mar 19, 1976
50 years old
1976: Jedakro
Friday, Mar 19, 1976
50 years old
1976: LnE14
Friday, Mar 19, 1976
50 years old
1974: Richessss
Tuesday, Mar 19, 1974
52 years old
1972: lookin4awin
Sunday, Mar 19, 1972
54 years old
1972: mojo4
Sunday, Mar 19, 1972
54 years old
1970: amixon
Thursday, Mar 19, 1970
56 years old
1968: lottqueen
Tuesday, Mar 19, 1968
58 years old
1968: Dklovely319
Tuesday, Mar 19, 1968
58 years old
1966: TJMaxx66
Saturday, Mar 19, 1966
60 years old
1965: BRENLEE
Friday, Mar 19, 1965
61 years old
1958: EricinMD
Wednesday, Mar 19, 1958
68 years old
1951: golfie
Monday, Mar 19, 1951
75 years old
: justxploring
(year not provided)
: luckycat
(year not provided)
: Mema55
(year not provided)
: mrsboredmom
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: The Swiss Government brokers a deal for UBS to buy out rival Credit Suisse in an attempt to calm the 2023 banking crisis.
2019: The first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigns from office after nearly three decades, leaving Senate Chairman Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the acting President and successor.
2016: Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board.
2016: An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
2013: A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
2011: Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
2008: GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
2004: Catalina affair: A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work.
2004: March 19 Shooting Incident: The Republic of China (Taiwan) president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
2004: The Konginkangas bus disaster kills 23 and injures 14 people in Äänekoski, Finland.
2003: United States President George W. Bush addresses the nation, announcing the invasion of Iraq.
1998: An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Kabul International Airport, killing all 45 on board.
1990: The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire.
1989: The Egyptian flag is raised at Taba, marking the end of Israeli occupation since the Six Days War in 1967 and the Egypt-Israel peace treaty in 1979.
1982: Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
1979: The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
1969: The 385-metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
1965: The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
1964: Over 500,000 Brazilians attend the March of the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of João Goulart and against communism.
1962: The Algerian War of Independence ends.
1958: The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
1946: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
1945: World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the US under her own power.
1945: World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
1944: World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.
1943: Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
1932: The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
1931: Governor Fred B. Balzar signs a bill legalizing gambling in Nevada.
1921: Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
1920: The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
1918: The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
1885: Louis Riel declares a provisional government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
1865: American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
1831: First documented bank heist in U.S. history, when burglars stole $245,000 (1831 values) from the City Bank (now Citibank) on Wall Street. Most of the money was recovered.
1824: American explorer Benjamin Morrell departed Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.
1812: The Cortes of Cádiz promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
1808: Charles IV, king of Spain, abdicates after riots and a popular revolt at the winter palace Aranjuez. His son, Ferdinand VII, takes the throne.
1687: Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
1649: The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".
1563: The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
1452: Frederick III of Habsburg is the last Holy Roman Emperor crowned by medieval tradition in Rome by Pope Nicholas V.
1284: The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
1279: A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China.
1277: The Byzantine-Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire.
1227: Election of Ugolino di Conti as Pope Gregory IX following the death of Pope Honorius III.
1205: Latin forces under Henry of Flanders defeat a Nicaean army under Constantine Laskaris in the Battle of Adramyttion.

Births On This Day

1999: Nico Collins, American football player
1998: Caylee Cowan, American actress
1998: Julian Love, American football player
1998: Sakura Miyawaki, Japanese singer
1996: Yung Gravy, American rapper
1996: Barbara Haas, Austrian tennis player
1996: Quenton Nelson, American football player
1995: Héctor Bellerín, Spanish footballer
1995: Philip Daniel Bolden, American actor
1995: Julia Montes, Filipino actress
1993: Hakim Ziyech, Moroccan footballer
1991: Garrett Clayton, American actor and singer
1991: Aleksandr Kokorin, Russian footballer
1990: EJ Manuel, American football player
1990: Anders Nilsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1988: Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player
1988: Ben Uzoh, Nigerian-American basketball player
1987: AJ Lee, American wrestler and author
1987: Michal Švec, Czech footballer
1987: Miloš Teodosić, Serbian basketball player
1986: Tyler Bozak, Canadian ice hockey player
1986: Ahmad Bradshaw, American football player
1985: Inesa Jurevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
1982: Jonathan Fanene, American football player
1982: Brad Jones, Australian footballer
1982: Hana Kobayashi, Venezuelan singer
1982: Landon Powell, American baseball player and manager
1982: Eduardo Saverin, Brazilian-Singaporean businessman
1981: Steve Cummings, English cyclist
1981: Casey Jacobsen, American basketball player and sportscaster
1981: Kolo Touré, Ivorian footballer
1980: Luca Ferri, Italian footballer
1980: Taichi Ishikari, Japanese wrestler
1980: Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
1980: Theo Von, American stand-up comedian
1979: Abby Brammell, American actress
1979: Sheldon Brown, American football player
1979: Ivan Ljubičić, Croatian tennis player
1979: Christos Patsatzoglou, Greek footballer
1979: Hedo Türkoğlu, Turkish basketball player
1978: Cydonie Mothersille, Jamaican-Caymanian sprinter
1978: Virginia Williams, American actress
1977: David Ross, American baseball player and manager
1976: Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
1976: Derek Chauvin, American criminal and former police officer
1976: Andre Miller, American basketball player
1976: Alessandro Nesta, Italian footballer and manager
1975: Antonio Daniels, American basketball player
1973: Bun B, American rapper and songwriter
1973: Ashley Giles, English cricketer and coach
1970: Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist and composer (died 2011)
1970: Michael Krumm, German race car driver
1970: Janne Laukkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
1969: Connor Trinneer, American actor
1968: Tyrone Hill, American basketball player and coach
1967: Sandra Dombrowski, Swiss ice hockey player and referee
1967: Vladimir Konstantinov, Russian-American ice hockey player
1966: Michael Crockart, Scottish police officer and politician
1966: Olaf Marschall, German footballer and manager
1966: Andy Sinton, English footballer and manager
1964: Yoko Kanno, Japanese pianist and composer
1963: Neil LaBute, American director and screenwriter
1963: Mary Scheer, American actress and comedian
1960: Eliane Elias, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist
1958: Andy Reid, American football player and coach
1957: Dudley Bradley, American basketball player
1956: Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (died 2009)
1955: Bruce Willis, German-American actor and producer
1954: Cho Kwang-rae, South Korean footballer, coach, and manager
1954: Scott May, American basketball player
1953: Ian Blair, English police officer (died 2025)
1953: Peter Hendy, English businessman, Minister of State for Rail
1953: Ricky Wilson, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1985)
1952: Warren Lees, New Zealand cricketer and coach
1952: Martin Ravallion, Australian economist and academic (died 2022)
1952: Harvey Weinstein, American film producer and sex offender
1950: José S. Palma, Filipino archbishop
1949: Blase J. Cupich, American theologian and cardinal
1948: David Schnitter, American saxophonist and educator
1947: Glenn Close, American actress, singer, and producer
1947: Marinho Peres, Brazilian footballer and coach (died 2023)
1946: Ruth Pointer, American musician
1945: John Holder, English cricketer and umpire
1945: Modestas Paulauskas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1944: Said Musa, Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Belize
1944: Sirhan Sirhan, Palestinian-Jordanian assassin of Robert F. Kennedy
1943: Nate Bowman, American basketball player (died 1984)
1943: Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
1943: Mario Monti, Italian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Italy
1943: Vern Schuppan, Australian race car driver
1942: Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (died 2014)
1938: Joe Kapp, American football player, coach, and actor (died 2023)
1937: Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2024)
1937: Egon Krenz, German politician, briefly leader of East Germany
1936: Ursula Andress, Swiss model and actress
1936: Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (died 1988)
1935: Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer (died 2014)
1933: Phyllis Newman, American actress and singer (died 2019)
1933: Philip Roth, American novelist (died 2018)
1933: Renée Taylor, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1933: Richard Williams, Canadian-English animator, director, and screenwriter (died 2019)
1932: Gay Brewer, American golfer (died 2007)
1932: Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (died 2014)
1932: Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (died 2013)
1931: Emma Andijewska, Ukrainian poet, writer and painter
1928: Hans Küng, Swiss theologian and author (died 2021)
1928: Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2009)
1927: Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1997)
1925: Brent Scowcroft, American general and diplomat, 9th United States National Security Advisor (died 2020)
1924: Joe Gaetjens, Haitian footballer (died 1964)
1923: Pamela Britton, American actress (died 1974)
1923: Benito Jacovitti, Italian illustrator (died 1997)
1923: Henry Morgentaler, Polish-Canadian physician and activist (died 2013)
1922: Guy Lewis, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
1922: Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (died 2014)
1921: Tommy Cooper, British magician and prop comedian (died 1984)
1920: Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author, poet, and painter (died 2002)
1919: Lennie Tristano, American pianist, composer, and educator (died 1978)
1917: Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian chess player (died 1998)
1916: Eric Christmas, English-Canadian actor (died 2000)
1916: Irving Wallace, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 1990)
1915: Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1944)
1915: Patricia Morison, American actress and singer (died 2018)
1914: Leonidas Alaoglu, Canadian-American mathematician and theorist (died 1981)
1914: Jay Berwanger, American football player and coach (died 2002)
1912: Hugh Watt, Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1980)
1910: Joseph Carroll, American general (died 1991)
1909: Louis Hayward, South African-American actor (died 1985)
1909: Marjorie Linklater, Scottish campaigner for the arts and environment of Orkney (died 1997)
1906: Clara Breed, American librarian and activist (died 1994)
1906: Adolf Eichmann, German SS officer, one of the main organizers of the Holocaust (died 1962)
1905: Joe Rollino, American weightlifter and boxer (died 2010)
1905: Albert Speer, German architect and politician, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1981)
1904: John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (died 1992)
1901: Jo Mielziner, French-American set designer (died 1976)
1900: Carmen Carbonell, Spanish stage and film actress (died 1988)
1900: Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
1894: Moms Mabley, American comedian and singer (died 1975)
1893: Gertrud Dorka, German archaeologist, prehistorian and museum director (died 1976)
1892: Theodore Sizer, American professor of the history of art (died 1967)
1892: Ado Vabbe, Estonian painter (died 1961)
1892: James Van Fleet, American general and diplomat (died 1992)
1891: Earl Warren, American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1974)
1888: Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator (died 1976)
1888: Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (died 1969)
1885: Attik, Greek composer (died 1944)
1883: Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1950)
1883: Joseph Stilwell, American general (died 1946)
1882: Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (died 1935)
1881: Edith Nourse Rogers, American social worker and politician (died 1960)
1880: Ernestine Rose, American librarian and advocate (died 1961)
1876: Felix Jacoby, German philologist (died 1959)
1875: Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (died 1928)
1873: Max Reger, German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1916)
1872: Anna Held, Polish singer (died 1918)
1871: Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and coach (died 1921)
1868: Senda Berenson Abbott, Lithuanian-American basketball player and educator (died 1954)
1865: William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist, myrmecologist, and academic (died 1937)
1864: Charles Marion Russell, American painter and sculptor (died 1926)
1861: Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Premier of Quebec (died 1929)
1860: William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (died 1925)
1858: Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and politician (died 1927)
1849: Alfred von Tirpitz, German admiral and politician (died 1930)
1848: Wyatt Earp, American police officer (died 1929)
1847: Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (died 1917)
1844: Minna Canth, Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (died 1897)
1829: Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman (died 1901)
1824: William Allingham, Irish poet, author, and scholar (died 1889)
1823: Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (died 1891)
1821: Richard Francis Burton, English soldier, geographer, and diplomat (died 1890)
1816: Johannes Verhulst, Dutch composer and conductor (died 1891)
1813: David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (died 1873)
1809: Fredrik Pacius, German composer and conductor (died 1891)
1784: José Prudencio Padilla López, Colombian naval commander and politician (died 1828)
1778: Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (died 1815)
1748: Elias Hicks, American farmer, minister, and theologian (died 1830)
1742: Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian rebel leader (died 1781)
1739: Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician (died 1824)
1734: Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (died 1817)
1721: Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian poet and author (died 1771) (baptised on this day)
1684: Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (died 1766)
1661: Francesco Gasparini, Italian composer and educator (died 1727)
1641: Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Syrian author and scholar (died 1731)
1604: John IV of Portugal (died 1656)
1601: Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect (died 1667)
1542: Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (died 1605)
1534: José de Anchieta, Spanish missionary and saint (died 1597)
1488: Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian (died 1544)
1434: Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1443)
1206: Güyük Khan, Mongol ruler, 3rd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (died 1248)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Glynn Lunney, American engineer (born 1936)
2019: William Whitfield, British architect (born 1920)
2016: Roger Agnelli, Brazilian banker and businessman (born 1959)
2016: Jack Mansell, English footballer and manager (born 1927)
2015: Gus Douglass, American farmer and politician (born 1927)
2015: Safet Plakalo, Bosnian author and playwright (born 1950)
2015: Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)
2014: Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded IDG (born 1937)
2014: Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (born 1929)
2014: Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (born 1942)
2014: Robert S. Strauss, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (born 1918)
2014: Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (born 1912)
2014: Joseph F. Weis, Jr., American lawyer and judge (born 1923)
2012: Jim Case, American director and producer (born 1927)
2012: Ulu Grosbard, Belgian-American director and producer (born 1929)
2012: Hugo Munthe-Kaas, Norwegian intelligence agent (born 1922)
2011: Kym Bonython, Australian drummer and radio host (born 1920)
2009: Maria Bergson, Austrian-American architect and interior designer (born 1914)
2008: Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer (born 1917)
2008: Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and playwright (born 1929)
2008: Paul Scofield, English actor (born 1922)
2005: John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (born 1925)
2004: Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance (born 1911)
2003: Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (born 1926)
2000: Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (born 1935)
2000: Shafiq-ur-Rahman, Pakistani physician and author (born 1920)
1999: Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (born 1924)
1998: E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1909)
1997: Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator (born 1904)
1997: Eugène Guillevic, French poet and author (born 1907)
1996: Lise Østergaard, Danish psychologist and politician (born 1924)
1996: Alan Ridout, English composer and teacher. (born 1934)
1996: Virginia Henderson, American nurse, researcher, theorist and author (born 1897)
1993: Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (born 1915)
1990: Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter (born 1966)
1988: Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1904)
1987: Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
1986: Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1922)
1984: Garry Winogrand, American photographer (born 1928)
1982: J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1888)
1982: Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1956)
1978: M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1891)
1977: William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-born American journalist and author (born 1888)
1976: Albert Dieudonné, French actor and author (born 1889)
1976: Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1950)
1951: Dmytro Doroshenko, Ukrainian historian and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1882)
1950: Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (born 1875)
1950: Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1883)
1949: James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (born 1882)
1949: James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (born 1881)
1948: Maud Howe Elliott, American novelist (born 1854)
1947: James A. Gilmore, American businessman and baseball executive (born 1887)
1944: William Hale Thompson, American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (born 1869)
1942: Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (born 1855)
1930: Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1848)
1930: Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th Premier of Western Australia (born 1854)
1919: Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist of Appalachia (born 1879)
1914: Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (born 1850)
1900: John Bingham, American lawyer and politician, 7th United States Ambassador to Japan (born 1815)
1900: Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (born 1819)
1897: Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Irish-French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (born 1810)
1884: Elias Lönnrot, Finnish physician and philologist (born 1802)
1871: Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (born 1795)
1816: Filippo Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher (born 1730)
1797: Philip Hayes, English organist and composer (born 1738)
1790: Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 182nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1713)
1783: Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop (born 1713)
1721: Pope Clement XI (born 1649)
1717: John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish soldier (born 1636)
1711: Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (born 1637)
1697: Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (born 1665)
1687: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (born 1643)
1683: Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (born 1612)
1649: Gerhard Johann Vossius, German scholar and theologian (born 1577)
1637: Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (born 1570)
1612: Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (born 1585)
1581: Francis I, duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1510)
1568: Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell, English noblewoman (bornc. 1518)
1563: Arthur Brooke, English poet
1539: Lord Edmund Howard, English nobleman (born c. 1478)
1534: Michael Weiße, German theologian (born c. 1488)
1533: John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, English baron and statesman (born 1467)
1372: John II, marquess of Montferrat (born 1321)
1330: Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1301)
1286: Alexander III, king of Scotland (born 1241)
1279: Zhao Bing, Chinese emperor (born 1271)
1263: Hugh of Saint-Cher, French cardinal (born 1200)
1238: Henry the Bearded, Polish duke and son of Bolesław I the Tall (born 1163)
968: Emma of Paris, duchess of Normandy (born 943)
953: al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah, caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate (born 913)
235: Severus Alexander, Roman emperor (born 208)

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