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March 28

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March 28

March 28 is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 278 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: $935 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot nears billion-dollar milestone. After a 36th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all.
2023: Scottish £161 million EuroMillions lottery winner spent $50 million in eight years before death. A Scottish lottery winner of a £161 million (US$249.9 million) EuroMillions jackpot spent hefty a chunk of his fortune within eight years on luxuries and charitable acts before he died.
2022: UPDATE: Hoosier Lottery will pay out all winning tickets after Fast Play error. Friday the Hoosier Lottery announced that it will pay out all winning tickets affected by a validation error for its newest Fast Play game.
2021: Arkansas mother quits job after winning $500,000 lottery prize. The lives of an Arkansas woman and her family drastically changed overnight thanks to a $500,000 top prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket.
2019: $768.4 million Powerball lottery jackpot won by single ticket sold in Wisconsin. One Powerball lottery ticket sold in Wisconsin won the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Wednesday night.
2018: $502 MILLION: Mega Millions grows to 10th-largest lottery jackpot of all time. Six years to the day after becoming the first lottery in history to feature a $500 million jackpot, the multi-state Mega Millions game is right back at the same level, offering a $502 million grand prize to be drawn Friday evening.
2017: Illinois Lottery private manager still on job after firing. When the Illinois Lottery determined in 2014 that it no longer wanted Northstar Lottery Group to run its operations, nobody anticipated that two years later the company would still be playing a critical role.
2017: Florida Governor appeals loss in lottery case. Florida Gov. Rick Scott is moving ahead in his legal battle with House Speaker Richard Corcoran over the state-run Florida Lottery.
2014: Missouri couple claim $96.5M Powerball jackpot. John and Susan Brands, both 49, of St. Charles, were identified by the Missouri Lottery as the winners of the jackpot in the March 22 drawing.
2014: Couple collect lottery winnings after misplacing ticket. A Downers Grove, Illinois, couple claimed a $1 million lottery prize Thursday after a brief but frantic search for their winning ticket.
2013: Missouri legislature considering lottery winner anonymity. The Missouri Lottery would not be able to release the names and addresses of prize winners under a bill presented to a Missouri House committee on Thursday.
2013: California family's fight over $51 million lottery jackpot is over. A California woman who accused her son of commandeering her $51 million Mega Millions jackpot has settled her lawsuit nearly one year later.
2013: Woman opts out of lottery pool, but co-workers give her cut anyway. After winning $1 million, would you share it with a coworker you barely knew?
2012: $500 MILLION: Mega Millions sets all-time lottery jackpot record. Friday night will see the biggest lottery jackpot drawing the world has ever seen -- at least $476 million for the annuity, and at least lump-sum $341.4 million cash value. Mega Millions does it again. Get ready for LOTTERY INSANITY.
2011: Nevada lawmakers discuss lottery. In what would seem to outside observers to be an annual exercise in futility, the Nevada state legislature has again taken up the issue of creating a state lottery.
2007: Ontario lottery players launch $1.1 billion lawsuit. Lawyers for a Toronto man launched a $1.1 billion class-action lawsuit against Ontario's troubled lottery corporation Wednesday, as the fallout from an investigation into widespread corruption widened.
2006: Lottery winners share money advice. Just in case you're the first one to win big money in the N.C. Education Lottery that starts Thursday, S.C. lottery winners have some advice.
2005: Opinion: Time has come for a lottery in North Carolina. Jim Black, Speaker of the House in North Carolina, is a leading proponent for starting a North Carolina lottery.
2005: Money woes push some to reconsider N.C. lottery. Observers say North Carolina's long resistance to a lottery results from a proud, stubborn streak, an alliance of liberals and antigambling conservatives and one of the strongest economies in the Southeast. But North Carolina's recent financial woes are causing some lawmakers to reconsider their long-held opposition to a lottery.
2005: Showdown over N.C. lottery coming within 2 weeks. If North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black has his way, the General Assembly will be plunged next month into a short, intense drama over whether state government should start a lottery.
2005: Kentucky Lottery hurt by players' luck. Big prize payouts by the Kentucky Lottery, including multimillion dollar payments to winners in three February Pick 3 games, are making a dent in the amount of money being returned to the state treasury, lottery officials said Friday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$951.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2024
2.$656 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2012
3.$533 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2018
4.$322 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2023
5.€179.07 Million US$198.26 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2022
6.$195.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2022
7.€130 Million US$166.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2013
8.$162 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2017
9.$160 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2020
10.$153 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2011
11.$152 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2021
12.€128.82 Million
US$151.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2021
13.€120.52 Million
US$148.35 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2018
14.€125 Million
US$146.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2021
15.€127.98 Million
US$143.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2019
16.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2006
17.$132.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2023
18.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2016
19.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2020
19.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2008
21.$102 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 1999
22.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2020
23.$96 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2006
24.CA$125 Million
US$95.65 Million: Multi-Province
Canada Super 7
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2004
25.$94 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2009

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: seadrink
Wednesday, Mar 28, 1990
34 years old
1985: So Money
Thursday, Mar 28, 1985
39 years old
1981: belladat
Saturday, Mar 28, 1981
43 years old
1977: Marvs-Luv
Monday, Mar 28, 1977
47 years old
1976: Deacon14
Sunday, Mar 28, 1976
48 years old
1974: ancelmckenzie
Thursday, Mar 28, 1974
50 years old
1974: sweets lotto
Thursday, Mar 28, 1974
50 years old
1973: TheBag
Wednesday, Mar 28, 1973
51 years old
1971: patricks6
Sunday, Mar 28, 1971
53 years old
1969: maxine
Friday, Mar 28, 1969
55 years old
1965: dejablu13
Sunday, Mar 28, 1965
59 years old
1965: tuna
Sunday, Mar 28, 1965
59 years old
1962: kleppdog51
Wednesday, Mar 28, 1962
62 years old
1956: kcary0328
Wednesday, Mar 28, 1956
68 years old
1950: xlooser
Tuesday, Mar 28, 1950
74 years old
1947: gwensue
Friday, Mar 28, 1947
77 years old
1910: Ltnight6
Monday, Mar 28, 1910
114 years old
: geeweezy
(year not provided)
: pro817
(year not provided)
: moniepoe
(year not provided)
: Paradise21
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2006: At least one million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
2005: An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.
2003: In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
2001: Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos begins operation.
1999: Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill at least 130 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
1994: In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.
1990: United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1979: A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
1979: The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by one vote, precipitating a general election.
1978: The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
1970: An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200.
1969: Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1968: Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a student protest.
1965: An M_w 7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people.
1959: The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
1946: Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1942: World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
1941: World War II: First day of the Battle of Cape Matapan in Greece between the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy.
1939: Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
1933: The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
1920: Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1918: General John J. Pershing, during World War I, cancels 42nd 'Rainbow' Division's orders to Rolampont for further training and diverted it to the occupy the Baccarat sector. Rainbow Division becomes "the first American division to take over an entire sector on its own, which it held longer than any other American division-occupied sector alone for a period of three months".
1918: Finnish Civil War: On the so-called "Bloody Maundy Thursday of Tampere", the Whites force the Reds to attack the city center, where the city's fiercest battles being fought in Kalevankangas with large casualties on both sides. During the same day, an explosion at the Red headquarters of Tampere kills several commanders.
1910: Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near in France.
1862: American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
1860: First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1854: Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1842: First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Nicolai.
1814: War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels.
1809: Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.
1802: Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
1801: Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.
1795: Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1776: Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1566: The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
1065: The Great German Pilgrimage, which had been under attack by Bedouin bandits for three days, is rescued by the Fatimid governor of Ramla.
364: Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
193: After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.
AD 37: Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.

Births On This Day

2004: Anna Shcherbakova, Russian figure skater
2001: Xiyu Wang, Chinese tennis player
1998: Lance Morris, Australian cricketer
1996: Matt Renshaw, English-Australian cricketer
1995: Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player
1992: Sergi Gómez, Spanish footballer
1991: Derek Carr, American football player
1991: Jordan McRae, American basketball player
1991: Lisa-Maria Moser, Austrian tennis player
1991: Marie-Philip Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
1991: Ondřej Palát, Czech ice hockey player
1990: Delroy Edwards, American musician
1990: Laura Harrier, American actress and model
1989: Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
1989: Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
1988: Geno Atkins, American football player
1988: Ryan Kalish, American baseball player
1987: Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer
1987: Simeon Jackson, Canadian soccer player
1987: Jonathan Van Ness, American hairdresser and television personality
1986: Mustafa Ali, American wrestler
1986: Bowe Bergdahl, American sergeant
1986: Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter and actress
1986: J-Kwon, American rapper
1986: Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player
1985: Stefano Ferrario, Italian footballer
1985: Steve Mandanda, French footballer
1985: Stanislas Wawrinka, Swiss tennis player
1985: Josh Bray, American politician
1984: Christopher Samba, Congolese footballer
1983: Ladji Doucouré, French sprinter and hurdler
1981: Edwar Ramírez, American baseball player
1981: Julia Stiles, American actress
1980: Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
1980: Luke Walton, American basketball player
1979: Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, producer, singer and media personality
1978: Nathan Cayless, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player and coach
1975: Kate Gosselin, American television personality
1975: Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
1973: Björn Kuipers, Dutch footballer and referee
1973: Umaga, American Samoan wrestler (d. 2009)
1972: Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
1970: Vince Vaughn, American actor
1970: Jennifer Weiner, American journalist and author
1969: Brett Ratner, American director and producer
1968: Iris Chang, Chinese-American journalist and author (d. 2004)
1968: Nasser Hussain, Indian-English cricketer
1964: Karen Lumley, English politician
1962: Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
1962: Simon Bazalgette, English businessman
1961: Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach
1960: José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician, Prime Minister of Cape Verde
1959: Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica
1958: Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer
1958: Curt Hennig, American wrestler (d. 2003)
1957: Harvey Glance, American sprinter
1955: Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter and actress
1954: Donald Brown, American pianist and educator
1953: Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993)
1949: Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter (d. 2013)
1948: Janice Lynde, American actress
1948: Dianne Wiest, American actress
1948: Milan Williams, American keyboard player (d. 2006)
1946: Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014)
1946: Henry Paulson, American banker and politician, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury
1946: Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian economist and politician, President of Peru
1945: Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino politician, 16th President of the Philippines
1944: Rick Barry, American basketball player
1944: Ken Howard, American actor (d. 2016)
1943: Richard Eyre, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1943: Conchata Ferrell, American actress (d. 2020)
1942: Daniel Dennett, American philosopher and academic
1942: Neil Kinnock, Welsh politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
1942: Mike Newell, English director and producer
1942: Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
1942: Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020)
1940: Tony Barber, English-Australian television host
1940: Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)
1940: Michael Plumb, American equestrian
1936: Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
1935: Michael Parkinson, English journalist and author (d. 2023)
1935: Józef Szmidt, Polish triple jumper
1934: Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (d. 2006)
1933: Frank Murkowski, American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th Governor of Alaska
1930: Robert Ashley, American composer (d. 2014)
1930: Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1928: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American political activist and analyst; United States National Security Advisor (d. 2017)
1928: Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)
1926: Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (d. 2014)
1926: Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
1925: Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor (d. 1994)
1925: Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress (d. 2010)
1924: Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (d. 1992)
1923: Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
1923: Thad Jones, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1986)
1922: Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
1922: Grace Hartigan, American painter and educator (d. 2008)
1922: Joey Maxim, American boxer and actor (d. 2001)
1921: Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
1921: Dirk Bogarde, English actor and author (d. 1999)
1919: Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (d. 2007)
1919: Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (d. 2010)
1919: Vic Raschi, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
1915: Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1914: Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000)
1914: Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (d. 1997)
1914: Edmund Muskie, American politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (d. 1996)
1914: Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934)
1913: Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist (d. 2021)
1912: A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (d. 1984)
1912: Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (d. 1943)
1911: Consalvo Sanesi, Italian race car driver (d. 1998)
1910: Jimmie Dodd, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
1910: Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark (d. 2000)
1909: Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1981)
1907: Irving Paul Lazar, American lawyer and talent agent (d. 1993)
1906: Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2002)
1906: Robert Allen, American actor (d. 1998)
1906: Dorothy Knowles, South African-English author, fencer and academic (d. 2010)
1905: Pandro S. Berman, American production manager and producer (d. 1996)
1905: Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986)
1904: Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (d. 1996)
1903: Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1991)
1902: Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
1900: Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (d. 2004)
1899: Gussie Busch, American businessman (d. 1989)
1899: Buck Shaw, American football player and coach (d. 1977)
1897: Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
1895: Christian Herter, American politician, United States Secretary of State (d. 1966)
1895: Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (d. 1960)
1895: Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985)
1894: Ernst Lindemann, German captain (d. 1941)
1893: Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (d. 1971)
1892: Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1892: Tom Maguire, Irish republican General (d. 1993)
1890: Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1967)
1887: Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (d. 1945)
1884: Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951)
1881: Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (d. 1918)
1879: Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (d. 1920)
1873: John Geiger, American rower (d. 1956)
1868: Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936)
1862: Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
1851: Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (d. 1944)
1850: Kyrle Bellew, English theatre actor (d. 1911)
1849: James Darmesteter, French historian and author (d. 1894)
1847: Gyula Farkas, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1930)
1840: Emin Pasha, German-Jewish Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892)
1836: Emmanuel Benner, French artist (d. 1896)
1836: Jean Benner, French artist (d. 1906)
1836: Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (d. 1904)
1832: Henry D. Washburn, American politician and general (d. 1871)
1819: Joseph Bazalgette, English architect and engineer (d. 1891)
1818: Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (d. 1902)
1815: Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet (d. 1896)
1811: John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (d. 1860)
1806: Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist (d. 1891)
1795: Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and author (d. 1876)
1793: Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (d. 1864)
1760: Thomas Clarkson, English activist (d. 1846)
1750: Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general and politician (d. 1816)
1727: Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, (d. 1777)
1725: Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (d. 1795)
1652: Samuel Sewall, English judge (d. 1730)
1638: Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (d. 1731)
1613: Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (d. 1688)
1592: John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop and educator (d. 1670)
1522: Albert Alcibiades, German prince (d. 1557)
1515: Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1582)
1472: Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter (d. 1517)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Paul O'Grady, English comedian, actor and drag queen (b. 1955)
2023: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer, record producer, and actor (b. 1952)
2021: Didier Ratsiraka, Malagasy politician and naval officer (b. 1936)
2021: Joseph Edward Duncan, American serial killer (b. 1963)
2016: James Noble, American actor (b. 1922)
2015: Chuck Brayton, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)
2015: Joseph Cassidy, Canadian-English priest and academic (b. 1954)
2015: Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (b. 1934)
2015: Gene Saks, American actor and director (b. 1921)
2014: Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (b. 1924)
2014: Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
2013: George E. P. Box, English-American statistician and educator (b. 1919)
2013: Richard Griffiths, English actor (b. 1947)
2013: Hugh McCracken, American guitarist, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1942)
2013: Bob Teague, American college football star and television news-reporter (b. 1929)
2013: Gus Triandos, American baseball player and scout (b. 1930)
2012: John Arden, English author and playwright (b. 1930)
2012: Ioannis Banias, Greek politician (b. 1939)
2012: Harry Crews, American novelist (b. 1935)
2012: Addie L. Wyatt, African American labor leader (b. 1924)
2010: June Havoc, American actress, dancer, and director (b. 1912)
2009: Maurice Jarre, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
2009: Janet Jagan, 6th President of Guyana (b. 1920)
2006: Pro Hart, Australian painter (b. 1928)
2006: Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist and author (b. 1912)
2006: Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
2006: Jerry Brudos, American serial killer, rapist, and necrophile (b. 1939)
2005: Moura Lympany, English-Monacan pianist (b. 1916)
2005: Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
2004: Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2000: Anthony Powell, English soldier and author (b. 1905)
1996: Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1914)
1994: Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (b. 1909)
1992: Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (b. 1909)
1987: Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)
1986: Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
1985: Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter (b. 1887)
1982: William Giauque, Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
1980: Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (b. 1918)
1979: Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (b. 1898)
1977: Eric Shipton, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1907)
1976: Richard Arlen, American actor (b. c.1898)
1974: Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1905)
1974: Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (b. 1905)
1974: Françoise Rosay, French actress (b. 1891)
1972: Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (b. 1887)
1969: Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
1965: Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)
1963: Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)
1962: Hugo Wast, Argentinian author (b. 1883)
1958: W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)
1957: Stylianos Lenas, Greek-Cypriot member of the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA) against the British rule (b. 1931)
1953: Jim Thorpe, American football player (b. 1887)
1947: Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
1944: Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
1943: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
1942: Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)
1941: Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)
1941: Virginia Woolf, English writer (b. 1882)
1934: Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (b. 1891)
1929: Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (b. 1859)
1929: Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Premier of Quebec (b. 1861)
1923: Charles Hubbard, American archer (b. 1849)
1917: Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)
1916: James Strachan-Davidson, English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author (b. 1843)
1910: Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
1903: Magdalene Thoresen, Danish writer (b. 1819)
1900: Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. c.1831)
1893: Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
1884: Georgios Zariphis, Greek banker and financier (b. 1810)
1881: Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
1874: Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
1870: George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
1868: James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
1822: Angelis Govios, leader of the Greek War of Independence (b. 1780)
1818: Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1755)
1718: Thomas Micklethwaite, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (b. 1678)
1690: Emmanuel Tzanes, Greek Renaissance painter (b. 1610)
1687: Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
1584: Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (b. 1530)
1566: Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian historian and diplomat (b. 1486)
1563: Heinrich Glarean, Swiss poet and theorist (b. 1488)
1346: Venturino of Bergamo, Dominican preacher (b. 1304)
1285: Pope Martin IV
1241: Valdemar II of Denmark (b. 1170)
1239: Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
1134: Stephen Harding, founder of the Cistercian order
1072: Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
966: Flodoard, Frankish canon and chronicler
592: Guntram, French king (b. 532)
193: Pertinax, Roman emperor (b. 126)

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