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March 28

On This Day in History

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

2025: Florida woman arrested for stealing over $36,000 in lottery tickets. A Florida woman was arrested after stealing 30 books of scratch-off tickets valued at nearly $36,000 in total.
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.$526.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2025
5.$322 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2023
6.€243 Million US$263 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2025
7.€179.07 Million US$198.26 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2022
8.$195.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2022
9.$167.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2026
10.€130 Million
US$166.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2013
11.€141.41 Million
US$163.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2026
12.$162 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2017
13.$160 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2020
14.$153 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2011
15.$152 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2021
16.€128.82 Million
US$151.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2021
17.€120.52 Million
US$148.35 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2018
18.€125 Million
US$146.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2021
19.€127.98 Million
US$143.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2019
20.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2006
21.$132.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2023
22.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2016
23.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2020
23.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 28, 2008
25.$102 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 1999

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: mtmiller08
Saturday, Mar 28, 1998
28 years old
1990: seadrink
Wednesday, Mar 28, 1990
36 years old
1985: So Money
Thursday, Mar 28, 1985
41 years old
1981: belladat
Saturday, Mar 28, 1981
45 years old
1977: Marvs-Luv
Monday, Mar 28, 1977
49 years old
1976: Deacon14
Sunday, Mar 28, 1976
50 years old
1974: ancelmckenzie
Thursday, Mar 28, 1974
52 years old
1974: sweets lotto
Thursday, Mar 28, 1974
52 years old
1973: TheBag
Wednesday, Mar 28, 1973
53 years old
1971: patricks6
Sunday, Mar 28, 1971
55 years old
1971: Klove2025
Sunday, Mar 28, 1971
55 years old
1969: maxine
Friday, Mar 28, 1969
57 years old
1965: tuna
Sunday, Mar 28, 1965
61 years old
1962: kleppdog51
Wednesday, Mar 28, 1962
64 years old
1956: kcary0328
Wednesday, Mar 28, 1956
70 years old
1950: xlooser
Tuesday, Mar 28, 1950
76 years old
1947: gwensue
Friday, Mar 28, 1947
79 years old
1944: lotfr46
Tuesday, Mar 28, 1944
82 years old
1910: Ltnight6
Monday, Mar 28, 1910
116 years old
: geeweezy
(year not provided)
: pro817
(year not provided)
: dejablu13
(year not provided)
: moniepoe
(year not provided)
: Paradise21
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2025: An earthquake strikes close to Mandalay, Myanmar with a magnitude of 7.7, killing over 100 people.
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.
1963: Civil rights movement: Over one hundred high school students conduct a sit-in protest in Rome, Georgia.
1961: ČSA Flight 511 crashes in Igensdorf, Germany, killing 52.
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 water runway Étang le Barre, near Marseille.
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.
1745: War of the Austrian Succession: In the Battle of Vilshofen, Austrian forces defeat French forces.
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: Wang Xiyu, Chinese tennis player
1998: Lance Morris, Australian cricketer
1996: Matt Renshaw, English-Australian cricketer
1996: Max Strus, American basketball player
1995: Jonathan Drouin, Canadian ice hockey player
1995: Will Smith, American baseball player
1994: Jackson Wang, Hong Kong rapper
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
1991: Christian Walker, American baseball player
1991: Hoya, South Korean singer and dancer
1990: Delroy Edwards, American musician
1990: Laura Harrier, American actress and model
1989: Logan Couture, Canadian ice hockey player
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 (died 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 (died 2004)
1968: Nasser Hussain, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster
1964: Karen Lumley, English politician (died 2023)
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, 4th Prime Minister of Cape Verde
1959: Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rican politician, 46th President of Costa Rica
1958: Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer (died 2025)
1958: Curt Hennig, American wrestler (died 2003)
1957: Harvey Glance, American sprinter (died 2023)
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 (died 1993)
1949: Ronnie Ray Smith, American sprinter (died 2013)
1948: Janice Lynde, American actress
1948: Dianne Wiest, American actress
1948: Milan Williams, American keyboard player (died 2006)
1946: Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (died 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 (died 2016)
1943: Richard Eyre, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1943: Conchata Ferrell, American actress (died 2020)
1942: Daniel Dennett, American philosopher and academic (died 2024)
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 (died 2020)
1940: Tony Barber, English-Australian television host
1940: Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (died 2013)
1940: Michael Plumb, American equestrian
1936: Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
1935: Michael Parkinson, English journalist and author (died 2023)
1935: Józef Szmidt, Polish triple jumper (died 2024)
1934: Laurie Taitt, Guyanese-English hurdler (died 2006)
1933: Frank Murkowski, American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th Governor of Alaska
1930: Robert Ashley, American composer (died 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 (died 2017)
1928: Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (died 2014)
1926: Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (died 2014)
1926: Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (died 2006)
1925: Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Russian actor (died 1994)
1925: Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress (died 2010)
1924: Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (died 1992)
1923: Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (died 2014)
1923: Thad Jones, American trumpet player and composer (died 1986)
1922: Neville Bonner, Australian politician (died 1999)
1922: Grace Hartigan, American painter and educator (died 2008)
1922: Joey Maxim, American boxer and actor (died 2001)
1921: Harold Agnew, American physicist and academic (died 2013)
1921: Dirk Bogarde, English actor and author (died 1999)
1919: Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (died 2007)
1919: Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (died 2010)
1919: Vic Raschi, American baseball player and coach (died 1988)
1915: Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (died 2001)
1914: Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter and producer (died 2000)
1914: Bohumil Hrabal, Czech author (died 1997)
1914: Edmund Muskie, American politician, 64th Governor of Maine, 58th United States Secretary of State (died 1996)
1914: Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (died 1934)
1913: Toko Shinoda, Japanese artist (died 2021)
1912: A. Bertram Chandler, English-Australian author (died 1984)
1912: Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (died 1943)
1911: Consalvo Sanesi, Italian race car driver (died 1998)
1910: Jimmie Dodd, American actor and singer-songwriter (died 1964)
1910: Ingrid of Sweden, Queen of Denmark (died 2000)
1909: Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (died 1981)
1907: Irving Paul Lazar, American lawyer and talent agent (died 1993)
1906: Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 2002)
1906: Robert Allen, American actor (died 1998)
1906: Dorothy Knowles, South African-English author, fencer and academic (died 2010)
1905: Pandro S. Berman, American production manager and producer (died 1996)
1905: Marlin Perkins, American zoologist and television host (died 1986)
1904: Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (died 1996)
1903: Rudolf Serkin, Czech-American pianist and educator (died 1991)
1902: Flora Robson, English actress (died 1984)
1900: Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (died 2004)
1899: Gussie Busch, American businessman (died 1989)
1899: Buck Shaw, American football player and coach (died 1977)
1897: Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (died 1977)
1895: Christian Herter, American politician, United States Secretary of State (died 1966)
1895: Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (died 1960)
1895: Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1985)
1894: Ernst Lindemann, German captain (died 1941)
1893: Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (died 1971)
1892: Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
1892: Tom Maguire, Irish republican General (died 1993)
1890: Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (died 1967)
1887: Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (died 1945)
1884: Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright (died 1951)
1881: Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (died 1918)
1879: Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (died 1920)
1873: John Geiger, American rower (died 1956)
1868: Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1936)
1862: Aristide Briand, French politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1932)
1851: Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (died 1944)
1850: Kyrle Bellew, English theatre actor (died 1911)
1849: James Darmesteter, French historian and author (died 1894)
1847: Gyula Farkas, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (died 1930)
1840: Emin Pasha, German-Jewish Egyptian physician and politician (died 1892)
1836: Emmanuel Benner, French artist (died 1896)
1836: Jean Benner, French artist (died 1906)
1836: Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer, founded the Pabst Brewing Company (died 1904)
1832: Henry D. Washburn, American politician and general (died 1871)
1819: Joseph Bazalgette, English architect and engineer (died 1891)
1818: Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (died 1902)
1815: Arsène Houssaye, French author and poet (died 1896)
1811: John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (died 1860)
1806: Thomas Hare, English lawyer and political scientist (died 1891)
1795: Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian and author (died 1876)
1793: Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (died 1864)
1760: Thomas Clarkson, English activist (died 1846)
1750: Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general and politician (died 1816)
1727: Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, (died 1777)
1725: Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (died 1795)
1652: Samuel Sewall, English judge (died 1730)
1638: Frederik Ruysch, Dutch botanist and anatomist (died 1731)
1613: Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang of China (died 1688)
1592: John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop and educator (died 1670)
1522: Albert Alcibiades, German prince (died 1557)
1515: Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (died 1582)
1472: Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter (died 1517)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Larry Lloyd, English professional football player and coach (born 1948)
2024: Mark Spiro, American songwriter, record producer and recording artist (born 1957)
2023: Paul O'Grady, English comedian, actor and drag queen (born 1955)
2023: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer, record producer, and actor (born 1952)
2021: Didier Ratsiraka, Malagasy politician and naval officer (born 1936)
2021: Joseph Edward Duncan, American serial killer (born 1963)
2016: James Noble, American actor (born 1922)
2015: Chuck Brayton, American baseball player and coach (born 1925)
2015: Joseph Cassidy, Canadian-English priest and academic (born 1954)
2015: Miroslav Ondříček, Czech cinematographer (born 1934)
2015: Gene Saks, American actor and director (born 1921)
2014: Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (born 1924)
2014: Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (born 1923)
2013: George E. P. Box, English-American statistician and educator (born 1919)
2013: Richard Griffiths, English actor (born 1947)
2013: Hugh McCracken, American guitarist, harmonica player, and producer (born 1942)
2013: Bob Teague, American college football star and television news-reporter (born 1929)
2013: Gus Triandos, American baseball player and scout (born 1930)
2012: John Arden, English author and playwright (born 1930)
2012: Ioannis Banias, Greek politician (born 1939)
2012: Harry Crews, American novelist (born 1935)
2012: Addie L. Wyatt, African American labor leader (born 1924)
2010: June Havoc, American actress, dancer, and director (born 1912)
2009: Maurice Jarre, French-American composer and conductor (born 1924)
2009: Janet Jagan, 6th President of Guyana (born 1920)
2006: Pro Hart, Australian painter (born 1928)
2006: Charles Schepens, Belgian-American ophthalmologist and author (born 1912)
2006: Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1917)
2005: Moura Lympany, English-Monacan pianist (born 1916)
2005: Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
2004: Peter Ustinov, English-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
2000: Anthony Powell, English soldier and author (born 1905)
1996: Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (born 1914)
1994: Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (born 1909)
1992: Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (born 1909)
1987: Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1905)
1986: Virginia Gilmore. American actress (born 1919)
1985: Marc Chagall, Russian-French painter (born 1887)
1982: William Giauque, Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1895)
1980: Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (born 1918)
1979: Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (born 1898)
1977: Eric Shipton, English mountaineer and explorer (born 1907)
1976: Richard Arlen, American actor (born 1899)
1974: Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1905)
1974: Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (born 1905)
1974: Françoise Rosay, French actress (born 1891)
1972: Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (born 1887)
1969: Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (born 1890)
1965: Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (born 1888)
1963: Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (born 1876)
1962: Hugo Wast, Argentinian author (born 1883)
1958: W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (born 1873)
1957: Stylianos Lenas, Greek-Cypriot member of the National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA) against the British rule (born 1931)
1953: Jim Thorpe, American football player and Olympic gold medalist (born 1887)
1947: Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (born 1897)
1944: Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (born 1869)
1943: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1873)
1942: Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (born 1910)
1941: Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (born 1883)
1941: Virginia Woolf, English writer (born 1882)
1934: Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and educator (born 1891)
1929: Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and songwriter (born 1859)
1929: Lomer Gouin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Premier of Quebec (born 1861)
1923: Charles Hubbard, American archer (born 1849)
1917: Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (born 1847)
1916: James Strachan-Davidson, English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author (born 1843)
1910: Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (born 1838)
1903: Magdalene Thoresen, Danish writer (born 1819)
1900: Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (born c. 1831)
1893: Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (born 1824)
1884: Georgios Zariphis, Greek banker and financier (born 1810)
1881: Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (born 1839)
1874: Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (born 1795)
1870: George Henry Thomas, American general (born 1816)
1868: James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (born 1797)
1822: Angelis Govios, leader of the Greek War of Independence (born 1780)
1818: Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer (born 1755)
1718: Thomas Micklethwaite, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (born 1678)
1690: Emmanuel Tzanes, Greek Renaissance painter (born 1610)
1687: Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (born 1596)
1584: Ivan the Terrible, Russian king (born 1530)
1566: Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian historian and diplomat (born 1486)
1563: Heinrich Glarean, Swiss poet and theorist (born 1488)
1346: Venturino of Bergamo, Dominican preacher (born 1304)
1285: Pope Martin IV
1241: Valdemar II of Denmark (born 1170)
1239: Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (born 1180)
1134: Stephen Harding, founder of the Cistercian order
1072: Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
966: Flodoard, Frankish canon and chronicler
592: Guntram, French king (born 532)
193: Pertinax, Roman emperor (born 126)

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