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March 29

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March 29

March 29 is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 277 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Camelot to sue UK Gambling Commission over lottery operator selection process. Camelot Group, who currently holds the license to operate the UK National Lottery, has announced that it is filing suit against the Gambling Commission for allegedly botching the final scoring during the selection process for the Lottery's next license holder.
2021: Britain's youngest lottery winner banned from driving after drug-fueled car crash. A lottery winner infamous for frittering away her £1.9 million (US$3 million) fortune on drugs, partying, and luxury items was recently involved in a car crash and a police chase that resulted in the loss of her license.
2020: California lottery closes office after Sacramento employee tests positive for coronavirus. The California Lottery has closed its Sacramento office to employees after one of them tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a staff email the lottery sent on Friday night.
2019: Oklahoma couple surprises clerk with portion of lottery winnings. A couple that recently won a $50,000 Powerball lottery prize surprised the clerk that sold them the ticket with a portion of their winnings.
2018: Teen buys first lottery ticket on her 18th birthday and wins $1,000 a week for life. On her 18th birthday earlier this month, a Canadian teenager bought a bottle of sparkling wine and a $4 scratch lottery ticket at a nearby convenience store in Quebec — and, just like that, her future was off to a very nice start.
2017: Massachusetts Lottery battling to stay viable against online gambling. As a Massachusetts commission looking into online gaming and online gambling presses ahead in its study of ways to regulate and possibly make money from the developing industries, the state's lottery is concerned that it could be left behind.
2017: Taxpayers pay millions in bonuses to outgoing lottery firm's staff. Illinois taxpayers have funded about $2 million in "retention" bonuses for employees of a private firm managing the lottery despite the firm performing so poorly Illinois is working to replace it.
2017: Man having 'worst day' wins $2 million in Michigan Lottery. A Saginaw County man was not having a good day, but winning $2 million in a Michigan Lottery scratch-off game can change that around pretty fast.
2017: Florida lottery tickets could soon come with warning label. Florida lottery tickets could soon carry a big warning label if a Republican legislator gets her way.
2016: Florida woman who lost $1 million lottery trial files for bankruptcy. The former Seminole County school teacher who last month lost a big chunk of a $1 million Florida Lottery jackpot to her former boyfriend, who had sued her for failing to share, has filed for bankruptcy.
2016: 7 arrested in Georgia Lottery winner's murder. Seven people were charged Monday in the shooting death of a lottery winner more than two months ago.
2013: $338 million NJ Powerball winner a deadbeat dad?. Authorities say a New Jersey man who won the $338 million Powerball jackpot on Monday is subject to potential arrest for owing about $29,000 in child support.
2012: $540 MILLION: Mega Millions buying frenzy sparks another jackpot increase. The United States -- perhaps the world -- has never witnessed a lottery-buying frenzy like we are seeing this week.
2011: $319M Mega Millions lottery ticket redeemed. The single largest winning lottery ticket ever sold in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has been claimed, a New York Lottery spokeswoman said Tuesday.
2011: Winning lottery ticket worth $30,000 found in church collection plate. A struggling Baltimore parish received a surprising donation two Sundays ago, when a Maryland Lottery Cash Craze Crossword scratch-off ticket worth $30,000 arrived in the collection plate.
2009: Hitting the jackpot: Rebecca Hargrove's winning strategy. You may not have heard of Rebecca Paul Hargrove, but in the lottery world, she's a celebrity.
2007: Grandma's lottery ticket detour pays off. Seventy-three-year-old Margie Coy, who lives -- appropriately -- in Windfall, Ind., a dot on the map southeast of Kokomo, breezed into Kentucky last weekend, obtained two lottery tickets and ended up winning $1,000 a week for the rest of her life.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot reaches $117 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has climbed again past the $100 million mark.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $63 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $63 million Saturday.
2004: Powerball Reaches $31 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $31 million, with a cash option of $17.6 million.
2004: Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $6 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the jackpot to roll over to $6 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
2004: Clerk admits stealing winning lottery ticket from student. A former gas station clerk has admitted stealing a winning lottery ticket worth $20,000 from a college student, telling her it was only worth $100.
2004: Tennessee lottery sends record number of students to college. Tennessee's new lottery scholarships are driving the largest college freshman class in state history. Without the scholarships, many high school seniors wouldn't have a chance to attend college.
2004: North Dakota Lottery a model of efficiency. As a business with a limited number of potential customers in a sparsely populated territory, North Dakota's state lottery office has been concentrating on ways to keep its expenses down.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$656 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2012
2.$533 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2018
3.$355 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2023
4.$207.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2022
5.€179.07 Million US$198.26 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2022
6.$174 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2017
7.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2020
8.€130 Million US$166.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2013
9.$153 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2011
10.$152 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2021
11.€128.82 Million
US$151.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2021
12.€120.52 Million
US$148.35 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2018
13.€125 Million
US$146.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2021
14.€127.98 Million
US$143.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2019
15.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2006
15.$135 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2008
17.$132.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 29, 2023
18.$117 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2006
19.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 30, 2016
20.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2020
21.$109 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 1, 2009
22.$102 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 30, 1999
23.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 3, 2020
24.CA$125 Million
US$95.65 Million: Multi-Province
Canada Super 7
Draw Date
Apr 2, 2004
25.€75 Million
US$90.57 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 31, 2006

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1983: Abdi
Tuesday, Mar 29, 1983
40 years old
1979: scripter
Thursday, Mar 29, 1979
44 years old
1977: scrooge mcduck7
Tuesday, Mar 29, 1977
46 years old
1976: Godiva1diva
Monday, Mar 29, 1976
47 years old
1975: morine
Saturday, Mar 29, 1975
48 years old
1968: Jeffbuff1968
Friday, Mar 29, 1968
55 years old
1968: lucky$weet
Friday, Mar 29, 1968
55 years old
1957: BBrgardner
Friday, Mar 29, 1957
66 years old
1957: mebohannon
Friday, Mar 29, 1957
66 years old
1955: slyrambo
Tuesday, Mar 29, 1955
68 years old
1952: dartiger
Saturday, Mar 29, 1952
71 years old
1952: albeef
Saturday, Mar 29, 1952
71 years old
1949: ll123
Tuesday, Mar 29, 1949
74 years old
: bumblebee2
(year not provided)
: Sha0319
(year not provided)
: npeart2112
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2017: Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
2016: A United States Air Force F-16 crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.
2015: Air Canada Flight 624 skids off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, after arriving from Toronto shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and five crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries.
2014: The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
2013: At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
2010: Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
2002: In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
1999: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
1999: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
1990: The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
1984: The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
1982: The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
1974: NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
1974: Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
1973: Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
1973: Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
1971: My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
1962: Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 111⁄2 day constitutional crisis.
1961: The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
1957: The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
1951: Hypnosis murders in Copenhagen
1947: Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule begins in Madagascar.
1942: The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
1941: The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
1941: World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
1936: The 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for the recent remilitarization of the Rhineland.
1927: Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
1882: The Knights of Columbus is established.
1879: Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
1871: Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1867: Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
1857: Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
1849: The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
1847: Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
1809: King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état.
1809: At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
1806: Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
1792: King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier.
1632: Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
1549: The city of Salvador, Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
1461: Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses.
1430: The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.

Births On This Day

1996: Wade Baldwin IV, American basketball player
1994: Jung Jae-won, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor
1994: Matt Olson, American baseball player
1993: Thorgan Hazard, Belgian footballer
1991: Irene, South Korean idol, actress and television host
1991: N'Golo Kanté, French footballer
1990: Lyle Taylor, English footballer
1989: James Tomkins, English footballer
1986: Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
1986: Lucas Elliot Eberl, American actor and director
1985: Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer
1983: Efstathios Aloneftis, Greek-Cypriot footballer
1983: Chokwe Antar Lumumba, American attorney, activist and politician
1981: Jasmine Crockett, American attorney and politician
1981: Megan Hilty, American actress and singer
1981: PJ Morton, American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
1981: Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer (d. 2018)
1980: Hamzah bin Hussein, Jordanian prince
1980: Molly Brodak, American poet and writer (d. 2020)
1980: Chris D'Elia, American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
1980: Bill Demong, American skier
1979: Luis Ortiz, Cuban boxer
1978: Ian Holding, Zimbabwean writer
1977: Nina Riggs, American writer and poet
1976: Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
1974: Alex Cuba, Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter
1973: Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer and coach
1972: Ernest Cline, American novelist, poet and screenwriter
1972: Stina Leicht, American author
1972: Priti Patel, British Indian politician, Secretary of State for the Home Department
1971: Robert Gibbs, American political adviser, 28th White House Press Secretary
1971: Lara Logan, South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent
1971: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Japanese actor
1970: J. A. Konrath, American author
1969: Ted Lieu, American politician and AFRC colonel
1969: Jimmy Spencer, American football player and coach
1968: Chris Calloway, American football player
1968: Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress
1967: Michel Hazanavicius, French director, producer, and screenwriter
1967: Brian Jordan, American baseball player and sportscaster
1967: Edmundo Paz Soldán, Bolivian writer
1966: Dwayne Harper, American football player
1965: Todd F. Davis, American poet and critic
1965: Ayun Halliday, American writer and actor
1965: Brooks Hansen, American novelist, screenwriter and illustrator
1965: Maia Szalavitz, American journalist and author
1965: Bradford Tatum, American actor
1964: Catherine Cortez Masto, American attorney and politician
1964: Elle Macpherson, Australian model and actress
1963: Padraic Kenney, American writer, historian and educator
1962: Billy Beane, American baseball player and manager
1962: Igor Klebanov, Ukrainian-American theoretical physicist
1962: Kirk Triplett, American golfer
1961: Todd G. Buchholz, American economist and author
1961: Helen Humphreys, Canadian poet and novelist
1961: Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
1961: Michael Winterbottom, English director and producer
1960: Jo Nesbø, Norwegian writer, musician and football player
1959: Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
1958: Travis Childers, American businessman and politician
1958: Nouriel Roubini, Iranian-American economic consultant, economist and writer
1957: Elizabeth Hand, American author
1957: Mark Hudson, British writer, journalist and art critic
1957: Christopher Lambert, American-French actor
1957: Kathryn Tanner, American theologian
1956: Patty Donahue, American singer (d. 1996)
1956: Mary Gentle, English author
1956: William Gurstelle, American writer and inventor
1956: Ted Staunton, Canadian author
1956: Kurt Thomas, American gymnast (d. 2020)
1955: Earl Campbell, American football player
1955: Gillian Conoley, American poet
1955: Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
1955: Marina Sirtis, British-American actress
1954: Mario Clark, American football player
1954: Martha A. Sandweiss, American historian
1954: Suzanna Sherry, American legal scholar
1954: Evelyn C. White, American writer and editor
1952: Jo-Ann Mapson, American author
1952: Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer (d. 2012)
1952: Bola Tinubu, Nigerian politician, President-elect of Nigeria
1952: Alec Wilkinson, American writer
1951: David Cheriton, Canadian computer scientist, mathematician and businessman
1951: William Clarke, American harmonica player (d. 1996)
1951: Roger Myerson, American economist and professor
1951: Nick Ut, Vietnamese-American photographer
1950: Mory Kanté, Guinean vocalist (d. 2020)
1949: Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)
1949: Joe Ehrmann, American football player and writer
1949: Israel Finkelstein, Israeli archaeologist and professor
1949: Dave Greenfield, English musician (d. 2020)
1949: Pauline Marois, Canadian social worker and politician, 30th Premier of Quebec
1948: Barbara Clare Foley, American author and educator
1947: Frank Bowe, American academic (d. 2007)
1947: Robert Gordon, American singer and actor (d. 2022)
1946: Billy Thorpe, English-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2007)
1945: Speedy Keen, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2002)
1943: John Major, English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1943: Vangelis, Greek keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2022)
1942: Scott Wilson, American actor (d. 2018)
1940: Ray Davis, American bass singer (d. 2005)
1939: Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 2008)
1939: Hanumant Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
1937: Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 2013)
1937: Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2012)
1937: Gordon Milne, English footballer
1936: Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and educator (d. 2012)
1936: John A. Durkin, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
1936: Joseph P. Teasdale, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (d. 2014)
1935: Ruby Murray, Northern Irish singer (d. 1996)
1931: Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2015)
1931: Norman Tebbit, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1930: Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Mauritius (d. 2021)
1929: Sheila Kitzinger, English activist, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1929: Richard Lewontin, American biologist, geneticist, and academic (d. 2021)
1929: Lennart Meri, Estonian director and politician, 2nd President of Estonia (d. 2006)
1929: Utpal Dutt, Indian actor, director and playwright (d. 1993)
1928: Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (d. 2013)
1928: Keith Botsford, Belgian-American journalist, author, and academic (d. 2018)
1928: Vincent Gigante, American boxer and mobster (d. 2005)
1927: Martin Fleischmann, British chemist (d. 2012)
1927: John McLaughlin, American journalist and producer (d. 2016)
1927: John Vane, English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1926: Vladimir Bolotin, Russian physicist (d. 2008)
1923: Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
1923: Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
1921: Sam Loxton, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (d. 2011)
1920: John M. Belk, American businessman and politician (d. 2007)
1920: Clarke Fraser, American-Canadian geneticist and academic (d. 2014)
1920: Pierre Moinot, French author (d. 2007)
1920: Theodore Trautwein, American lawyer and judge (d. 2000)
1919: Eileen Heckart, American actress (d. 2001)
1918: Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
1918: Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
1918: Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (d. 1992)
1917: Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1917: Ieuan Maddock, Welsh scientist and nuclear researcher (d. 1988)
1916: Peter Geach, English philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
1916: Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician (d. 2005)
1914: Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (d. 2014)
1913: Phil Foster, American actor (d. 1985)
1913: Jack Jones, British trade union leader, General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union (d. 2009)
1912: Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (d. 1979)
1909: Moon Mullican, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1967)
1908: Arthur O'Connell, American actor (d. 1981)
1908: Dennis O'Keefe, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1907: Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2006)
1903: Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician, Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1999)
1902: Marcel Aymé, French author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
1902: William Walton, English composer (d. 1983)
1900: John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
1900: Charles Sutherland Elton, English zoologist and animal ecologist (d. 1991)
1899: Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician (d. 1953)
1896: Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (d. 1962)
1895: Ernst Jünger, German philosopher and author (d. 1998)
1892: József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1975)
1891: Yvan Goll, French-German poet and playwright (d. 1950)
1890: Harold Spencer Jones, English astronomer (d. 1960)
1889: Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
1889: Howard Lindsay, American producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor (d. 1968)
1885: Dezső Kosztolányi, Hungarian author and poet (d. 1936)
1883: Donald Van Slyke, Dutch-American biochemist (d. 1971)
1874: Lou Henry Hoover, American philanthropist and geologist, 33rd First Lady of the United States (d. 1944)
1873: Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
1872: Hal Colebatch, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1953)
1871: Tom Hayward, English cricketer (d. 1939)
1869: Edwin Lutyens, British architect (d. 1944)
1867: Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)
1863: Walter James, Australian politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1943)
1862: Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (d. 1947)
1860: William Benham, New Zealand zoologist (d. 1950)
1853: Elihu Thomson, English-American engineer and inventor (d. 1937)
1826: Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
1824: Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1899)
1802: Johann Moritz Rugendas, German landscape painter (d. 1858)
1799: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869)
1790: John Tyler, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
1780: Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish adventurer (d. 1841)
1769: Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (d. 1851)
1747: Johann Wilhelm Hässler, German pianist and composer (d. 1822)
1735: Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (d. 1787)
1713: John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)
1602: John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (d. 1675)
1584: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general and politician (d. 1648)
1561: Santorio Santorio, Italian biologist (d. 1636)
1187: Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Charles Jeffrey, British botanist (b. 1934)
2022: Jennifer Wilson, English actress (b. 1932)
2021: Bashkim Fino, Albanian politician, 29th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1962)
2021: Sarah Onyango Obama, Kenyan educator and philanthropist (b. 1921)
2020: Joe Diffie, American country music singer (b. 1958)
2020: Alan Merrill, American musician (b. 1951)
2020: Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1933)
2019: Agnès Varda, French film director (b. 1928)
2018: Anita Shreve, American author (b. 1946)
2017: Alexei Abrikosov, Russian physicist, 2003 Nobel laureate in Physics (b. 1928)
2016: Patty Duke, American actress (b. 1946)
2015: William Delafield Cook, Australian-English painter (b. 1926)
2014: Marc Platt, American actor and dancer (b. 1913)
2013: Reginald Gray, Irish-French painter (b. 1930)
2013: Brian Huggins, English-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1931)
2013: Ralph Klein, Canadian journalist and politician, 12th Premier of Alberta (b. 1942)
2013: Art Phillips, Canadian businessman and politician, 32nd Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1930)
2012: Pap Cheyassin Secka, Gambian lawyer and politician, 8th Attorney General of the Gambia (b. 1942)
2012: Bill Jenkins, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1930)
2011: Ângelo de Sousa, Portuguese painter and sculptor (b. 1938)
2011: Iakovos Kambanellis, Greek author, poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2009: Vladimir Fedotov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1943)
2009: Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b. 1975)
2007: Larry L'Estrange, English rugby player and soldier (b. 1934)
2006: Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author and poet (b. 1932)
2004: Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent (b. 1905)
2004: Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
2003: Carlo Urbani, Italian physician and microbiologist (b. 1956)
2001: Helge Ingstad, Norwegian lawyer, academic, and explorer (b. 1899)
2001: John Lewis, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
1999: Joe Williams, American jazz singer (b. 1918)
1997: Norman Pirie, British biochemist and virologist (b. 1907)
1996: Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
1995: Mort Meskin, American illustrator (b. 1916)
1995: Terry Moore, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)
1994: Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1992: Paul Henreid, American actor (b. 1908)
1991: Guy Bourdin, French photographer (b. 1928)
1988: Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1914)
1988: Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (b. 1924)
1985: Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
1985: Janet Watson, British geologist (b. 1923)
1982: Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission (b. 1901)
1982: Frederick George Mann, British organic chemist (b. 1897)
1982: Carl Orff, German composer and educator (b. 1895)
1982: Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (b. 1897)
1981: Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
1979: Nikos Petzaropoulos, Greece footballer (b. 1927)
1972: J. Arthur Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)
1971: Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
1970: Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
1966: Stylianos Gonatas, Greek Army officer and Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
1963: Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
1963: Frances Jenkins Olcott, American author and librarian (b. 1872)
1959: Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
1957: Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
1948: Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
1940: Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
1937: Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
1934: Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
1924: Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
1921: John Burroughs, American naturalist and nature essayist (b. 1837)
1915: William Wallace Denslow, American illustrator and caricaturist (b. 1856)
1912: Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
1912: Robert Falcon Scott, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
1912: Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and explorer (b. 1872)
1911: Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
1906: Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
1903: Gustavus Franklin Swift, American business executive (b. 1839)
1891: Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
1888: Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
1866: John Keble, English priest and poet (b. 1792)
1848: John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)
1830: James Rennell, English geographer, historian and oceanography pioneer (b. 1742)
1826: Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator and academic (b. 1751)
1824: Hans Nielsen Hauge, Norwegian lay minister, social reformer and author (b. 1771)
1822: Johann Wilhelm Hässler, German pianist and composer (b. 1747)
1803: Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian librarian and diplomat (b. 1733)
1800: Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French general and engineer (b. 1714)
1792: Gustav III, Swedish king (b. 1746)
1788: Charles Wesley, English missionary and poet (b. 1707)
1777: Johann Heinrich Pott, Prussian physician and chemist (b. 1692)
1772: Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1688)
1751: Thomas Coram, English captain and philanthropist, founded Foundling Hospital (b. 1668)
1703: George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, (b. 1678)
1697: Nicolaus Bruhns, Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1665)
1629: Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch painter and engraver (b. 1565)
1628: Tobias Matthew, English archbishop and academic (b. 1546)
1461: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
1461: Lionel Welles, 6th Baron Welles (c. 1406)
1058: Pope Stephen IX (b. 1020)
500: Gwynllyw, Welsh king and religious figure

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