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March 3

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March 3

March 3 is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 303 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Maryland man wins $1 million lottery prize after letting another customer ahead of him in line. A Maryland man won a $1 million prize on a lottery ticket as a result of allowing a woman to go ahead of him in line at the store.
2025: Thieves win €500,000 lottery prize with stolen credit card, card owner offers to split the money. Thieves who stole another French man's credit card used it to buy a lottery ticket and won €500,000 (US$524,000), after which the credit card owner offered to split the cash with him.
2023: Washington winner of $754.6 million Powerball jackpot claims prize. Today, the Washington Lottery announced that the sole winner $754.6 million Powerball jackpot stepped forward to claim the prize.
2023: Florida man wins $10,000 lottery prize, state claims he owes money. A Florida lottery winner was ecstatic to win a $10,000 prize but left the Lottery claims office disappointed after he was told he owed the state money instead.
2021: UK couple lose out on £182 million EuroMillions lottery jackpot following payment error. Two students from the UK were left devastated after a payment error caused them to lose out on a £182 million (US$254 million) EuroMillions jackpot.
2020: Amazon uses this lottery puzzle as a brain-teaser for interviewees. Tech giant Amazon reportedly poses a series of logical and mathematical puzzles during the interview process in order to select the best candidates, including a lottery scenario.
2016: Falling lottery sales pinch college scholarships. The ticket-buying frenzy that erupted over January's $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot wasn't enough to reverse a long-running trend: Proceeds from lottery games aren't keeping pace with the higher education costs they were supposed to pay.
2015: Lottery tickets could soon be delivered to your home in N.J.. A bill introduced in New Jersey would allow courier services to deliver New Jersey lottery tickets throughout the state.
2011: Missouri Senate to discuss privatizing state lottery. The Missouri Lottery will begin talks in April with the state Senate about moving control of the lottery from the government to the private sector.
2010: Mega Millions lottery game coming To Oregon. The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game is about to become Oregon's second major lottery jackpot game.
2010: Kansas House proposal would create tax on lottery tickets. A proposal to raise taxes on utility bills, lottery tickets and churches is heading toward a vote in the Kansas House.
2010: Tatts Group buys New South Wales lottery for A$850m. The state government of New South Wales has sold its lotteries business to Tatts Group for A$850m (US$764m) after an auction process that attracted both Australian and international bidders.
2010: CT Gov. faces challenges bringing Keno to state. Faced with strong skepticism from the Democrat-controlled legislature, the Rell administration started talks last week with Connecticut's two Indian tribes so that the state can legalize keno -- a gambling game that is currently offered in the casinos.
2010: Oregon Lottery employee promoted to interim director. Larry Niswender was promoted Tuesday to interim director of the Oregon Lottery.
2008: Small N.Y. store sells lots of winning lottery tickets. A small newsstand in Newburgh, New York, sells lots of lottery ticket and seems to produce more winners than it should.
2008: Official gets 8 years at home for rigging lottery. A judge sentenced a former Hoosier Lottery security official to eight years of home detention for revealing to two men the store where they could buy a winning $1 million scratch-off ticket.
2007: $340 MILLION: Biggest Mega Millions lottery jackpot ever. The $340 million jackpot for Tuesday's Mega Millions lottery drawing will be the largest since The Big Game became Mega Millions in May of 2002.
2006: Mega Millions Jackpot Winner Still Unknown. Everyone has been waiting to find out who is the winner of this week's Mega Millions Jackpot, but that person may not want their identity revealed.
2006: 464 gaming machines seized in S.C.. South Carolina authorities seized 464 gaming machines and computers Thursday from 13 York County businesses accused of hosting illegal gambling just over the N.C. state line.
2004: Winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Ohio. A single player from Ohio has won the grand prize from the latest Mega Millions lotto drawing.
2004: Minnesota Lottery Cancels $1.3 Million in Contracts with Media Rare. The Minnesota Lottery says it's canceled promotional contracts worth $1.3 million a year with Media Rare.
2004: 'Angel' sells woman $100K lottery ticket. On Friday the 13th, Deborah Baker grabbed a dime with her left hand and scratched away the prize area on her $100,000 Jackpot Tennessee lottery ticket.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$650 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2024
2.$473 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2026
3.$462.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2024
4.$390 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2007
5.$381 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2019
6.$321 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2018
7.$279.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2025
8.$265 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2018
9.$240 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2014
10.$215 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2025
11.$212 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2009
12.€174 Million
US$202.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2026
13.€165.19 Million
US$182.77 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2022
14.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2008
15.$167 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2023
16.$162.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2023
17.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2000
18.€128.74 Million
US$149.71 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2026
19.$144 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2016
20.€116.3 Million
US$139.61 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 4, 2021
21.€130 Million
US$138.11 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2023
22.$133 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2010
23.€107.87 Million
US$132.86 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 3, 2018
24.€114.59 Million
US$129.62 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2019
25.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2012

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1999: CrystalMB999
Wednesday, Mar 3, 1999
27 years old
1994: GodsGifted242
Thursday, Mar 3, 1994
32 years old
1989: Tameshaperry03
Friday, Mar 3, 1989
37 years old
1988: Pisces*dreamer
Thursday, Mar 3, 1988
38 years old
1984: campaG587
Saturday, Mar 3, 1984
42 years old
1982: flowers1982
Wednesday, Mar 3, 1982
44 years old
1979: Dika
Saturday, Mar 3, 1979
47 years old
1977: nb3377
Thursday, Mar 3, 1977
49 years old
1977: young blood
Thursday, Mar 3, 1977
49 years old
1976: bolton
Wednesday, Mar 3, 1976
50 years old
1975: Legend33
Monday, Mar 3, 1975
51 years old
1974: candygirl74
Sunday, Mar 3, 1974
52 years old
1974: Alex998
Sunday, Mar 3, 1974
52 years old
1973: La Champion
Saturday, Mar 3, 1973
53 years old
1972: ColleWorld
Friday, Mar 3, 1972
54 years old
1971: Levan2k
Wednesday, Mar 3, 1971
55 years old
1970: Alica337
Tuesday, Mar 3, 1970
56 years old
1969: lattelotto2
Monday, Mar 3, 1969
57 years old
1968: hansonpatt
Sunday, Mar 3, 1968
58 years old
1968: Larry Lee
Sunday, Mar 3, 1968
58 years old
1967: rpayne
Friday, Mar 3, 1967
59 years old
1963: JOLIEANKOUS
Sunday, Mar 3, 1963
63 years old
1963: mustwinmore
Sunday, Mar 3, 1963
63 years old
1959: tito1234
Tuesday, Mar 3, 1959
67 years old
1954: nikita18
Wednesday, Mar 3, 1954
72 years old
1951: cjkca
Saturday, Mar 3, 1951
75 years old
1931: Duparc
Tuesday, Mar 3, 1931
95 years old
: pick3fan
(year not provided)
: BallerMD
(year not provided)
: TraceyW4$
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2013: A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 48 people and injured 200 others in a predominantly Shia Muslim area.
2005: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
2005: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
2005: Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006, where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
1991: An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
1991: United Airlines Flight 585 crashes on its final approach to Colorado Springs killing everyone on board.
1986: The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
1985: A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
1980: The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
1974: Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
1972: Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
1969: Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
1958: Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
1953: A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11 people.
1945: World War II: In poor visibility, the RAF mistakenly bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
1944: The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
1944: A freight train carrying stowaway passengers stalls in a tunnel shortly after departing from Balvano, Basilicata, Italy just after midnight, with 517 dying from carbon monoxide poisoning.
1943: World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
1942: World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
1940: Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
1939: In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
1938: Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1924: The Ottoman Caliphate is abolished, when the Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman dynasty is deposed. The last remnant of the old monarchy gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
1924: The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
1923: US magazine Time publishes its first issue.
1918: Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
1913: Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
1891: Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
1878: The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
1875: The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
1875: Bizet's opera Carmen is first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
1873: Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail.
1861: Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
1859: The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
1857: Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
1849: The Territory of Minnesota is created.
1845: Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1799: The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.
1795: The Fédon Rebellion broke out in Grenada, the rebels seizing Grenville and later Gouyave.
1779: American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
1776: American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
1585: The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
1575: Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
880: Emperor Basil I ratifies the decrees of the Fourth Council of Constantinople, confiming the reinstatement of patriarch Photios I of Constantinople.
724: Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
473: Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

Births On This Day

2001: Jvke, American singer-songwriter
2000: Jevon Holland, Canadian-American football player
1999: Corey Kispert, American basketball player
1998: Jayson Tatum, American basketball player
1997: Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
1997: David Neres, Brazilian footballer
1996: Cameron Johnson, American basketball player
1996: Andile Phehlukwayo, South African cricketer
1995: Bryan Cristante, Italian footballer
1995: Maine Mendoza, Filipina actress
1994: Dilson Herrera, Colombian baseball player
1994: Umika Kawashima, Japanese singer and actress
1993: Gabriela Cé, Brazilian tennis player
1993: Josef Dostál, Czech kayaker
1993: Antonio Rüdiger, German footballer
1993: Michael Thomas, American football player
1992: Brett Yang, member of violin duo TwoSet Violin
1991: Park Cho-rong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
1991: Anri Sakaguchi, Japanese actress
1990: Vlado Janković, Greek-Serbian basketball player
1989: Erwin Mulder, Dutch footballer
1988: Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player
1988: Michael Morrison, English footballer
1988: Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
1988: Max Waller, English cricketer
1987: Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer
1987: Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer
1987: Andrei Zubarev, Russian ice hockey player
1986: Jed Collins, American football player
1986: Stacie Orrico, American singer-songwriter
1986: Mehmet Topal, Turkish footballer
1985: Toby Turner, American Internet personality
1984: Valerio Bernabò, Italian rugby player
1984: Santonio Holmes, American football player
1984: Ivar, American wrestler
1984: Alexander Semin, Russian ice hockey player
1983: Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer
1983: Sarah Poewe, South African swimmer
1982: Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer
1982: Tolu Ogunlesi, Nigerian journalist and writer
1982: Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
1982: Brent Tate, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1981: Lil' Flip, American rapper, songwriter, and producer
1981: Julius Malema, South African politician
1981: Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
1980: Katherine Waterston, English-American actress
1979: Albert Jorquera, Spanish footballer
1977: Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
1977: Buddy Valastro, American chef and television host
1976: Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba, Zambian politician
1976: Fraser Gehrig, Australian footballer
1976: Isabel Granada, Filipino-Spanish actress (died 2017)
1976: Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1975: Patric Chiha, Austrian film director and screenwriter
1974: David Faustino, American actor
1973: Xavier Bettel, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1972: Darren Anderton, English footballer and sportscaster
1972: Martin Procházka, Czech ice hockey player
1971: Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author
1971: Tyler Florence, American chef and author
1970: Julie Bowen, American actress
1970: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1968: Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist
1968: Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
1966: Tone Lōc, American rapper, producer, and actor
1966: Timo Tolkki, Finnish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1965: Dragan Stojković, Serbian footballer and manager
1964: Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
1964: Laura Harring, Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985
1964: Glenn Kulka, Canadian ice hockey player and wrestler
1963: Khaltmaagiin Battulga, Mongolian politician and wrestler, 5th President of Mongolia
1963: Martín Fiz, Spanish runner
1962: Glen E. Friedman, American photographer
1962: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American heptathlete and long jumper
1962: Herschel Walker, American football player, mixed martial artist, and activist
1961: Mary Page Keller, American actress and producer
1961: John Matteson, American biographer
1961: Perry McCarthy, English race car driver
1961: Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
1960: Neal Heaton, American baseball player and coach
1959: Ira Glass, American radio host and producer
1959: Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
1958: Johnny Moore, American basketball player and coach
1958: Miranda Richardson, English actress
1957: Stephen Budiansky, American historian, journalist, and author
1957: Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
1956: Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer and manager
1956: John Fulton Reid, New Zealand cricketer (died 2020)
1955: Michele Singer Reiner, American film producer (died 2025)
1955: John Ribot, Australian rugby league player and administrator
1955: Darnell Williams, English-American actor and director
1954: Keith Fergus, American golfer
1954: Robert Gossett, American actor
1954: John Lilley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954: Édouard Lock, Moroccan-Canadian dancer and choreographer
1953: Robyn Hitchcock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach
1952: Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer (died 2008)
1951: Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (died 2013)
1951: Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1951: Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician
1950: Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and screenwriter
1950: Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Bangladeshi politician
1949: Ron Chernow, American historian, journalist, and author
1949: Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer, academic, and astronaut
1949: Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player (died 2011)
1948: Snowy White, English guitarist
1948: Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist, developer of the GIF image format at CompuServe in 1987 (died 2022)
1947: Clifton Snider, American author, poet, and critic (died 2021)
1947: Jennifer Warnes, American singer-songwriter and producer
1947: Willie Wise, American basketball player
1945: George Miller, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1945: Hattie Winston, American actress
1941: Mike Pender, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1940: Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian author and journalist (died 2021)
1940: Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded Perry Ellis (died 1986)
1940: Jean-Paul Proust, French-Monégasque police officer and politician, 21st Minister of State of Monaco (died 2010)
1939: Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (died 2003)
1939: M. L. Jaisimha, Indian cricketer (died 1999)
1935: Mal Anderson, Australian tennis player
1935: Michael Walzer, American philosopher and academic
1935: Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of Bulgaria (died 2015)
1934: Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2023)
1934: Jimmy Garrison, American bassist and educator (died 1976)
1933: Lee Radziwill, American socialite, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (died 2019)
1932: Roy Fisher, Australian rugby league player
1930: Ion Iliescu, Romanian engineer and politician, 2nd President of Romania (died 2025)
1927: Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 2016)
1926: James Merrill, American poet and playwright (died 1995)
1924: Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese soldier and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Japan (died 2025)
1923: Tamara Lisitsian, Soviet film director and screenwriter (died 2009)
1923: Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (died 2005)
1923: Doc Watson, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (died 2012)
1922: Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2002)
1921: Diana Barrymore, American actress (died 1960)
1920: Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant (died 1994)
1920: James Doohan, Canadian-American actor and soldier (died 2005)
1920: Ronald Searle, English-French soldier and illustrator (died 2011)
1918: Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
1917: Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (died 1952)
1916: Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2006)
1914: Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (died 1973)
1913: Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer (died 1972)
1913: Harold J. Stone, American actor (died 2005)
1911: Jean Harlow, American actress (died 1937)
1911: Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1982)
1906: Artur Lundkvist, Swedish poet and critic (died 1991)
1903: Vasily Kozlov, Belarusian general and politician (died 1967)
1902: Ruby Dandridge, African-American film and radio actress (died 1987)
1901: Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (died 2011)
1900: Edna Best, British stage and film actress (died 1974)
1898: Emil Artin, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (died 1962)
1895: Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)
1895: Matthew Ridgway, American general (died 1993)
1893: Beatrice Wood, American illustrator and potter (died 1998)
1891: Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop (died 1949)
1887: Lincoln J. Beachey, American pilot (died 1915)
1883: Cyril Burt, English psychologist and geneticist (died 1971)
1883: Paul Marais de Beauchamp, French zoologist (died 1977)
1882: Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (died 1974)
1882: Charles Ponzi, Italian businessman and convicted con man (died 1949)
1880: Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (died 1962)
1880: Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1946)
1873: William Green, American union leader and politician (died 1952)
1872: Frida Felser, German opera singer and actress (died 1941)
1871: Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (died 1957)
1869: Henry Wood, English conductor (died 1944)
1868: Émile Chartier, French philosopher and journalist (died 1951)
1866: Fred A. Busse, American lawyer and politician, 39th Mayor of Chicago (died 1914)
1860: John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (died 1925)
1847: Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone (died 1922)
1845: Georg Cantor, Russian-German mathematician and philosopher (died 1918)
1841: John Murray, Canadian-Scottish oceanographer and biologist (died 1914)
1839: Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (died 1904)
1831: George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (died 1897)
1825: Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1879)
1819: Gustave de Molinari, Dutch-Belgian economist and theorist (died 1912)
1816: William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (died 1858)
1805: Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician (died 1861)
1803: Thomas Field Gibson, English manufacturer who aided the welfare of the Spitalfields silk weavers (died 1889)
1800: Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (died 1862)
1793: William Macready, English actor and manager (died 1873)
1778: Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1841)
1756: William Godwin, English journalist and author (died 1836)
1678: Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian rebel leader (died 1747)
1652: Thomas Otway, English playwright and author (died 1685)
1606: Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (died 1687)
1589: Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch minister, theologian, and academic (died 1676)
1583: Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English-Welsh soldier, historian, and diplomat (died 1648)
1520: Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (died 1575)
1506: Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (died 1555)
1455: John II of Portugal (died 1495)
1455: Ascanio Sforza, Catholic cardinal (died 1505)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese novelist, 1994 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (born 1935)
2023: Tom Sizemore, American actor (born 1961)
2020: Charles J. Urstadt, American real estate executive and investor (born 1928)
2019: Peter Hurford OBE, British organist and composer (born 1930)
2018: Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete, first man to run a four-minute mile (born 1929)
2018: Mal Bryce, Australian politician (born 1943)
2018: Vanessa Goodwin, Australian politician (born 1969)
2018: David Ogden Stiers, American actor, voice actor and musician (born 1942)
2017: René Préval, Haitian politician (born 1943)
2016: Hayabusa, Japanese wrestler (born 1968)
2016: Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmentalist (born 1973)
2016: Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (born 1962)
2016: Thanat Khoman, Thai politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1914)
2016: Sarah Tait, Australian Olympic rower (born 1983)
2015: Ernest Braun, Austrian-English physicist and academic (born 1925)
2015: M. Stanton Evans, American journalist and author (born 1934)
2014: Robert Ashley, American soldier and composer (born 1930)
2014: Sherwin B. Nuland, American surgeon, author, and educator (born 1930)
2014: William R. Pogue, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
2013: Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1940)
2013: Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)
2013: James Strong, Qantas CEO from 1993 to 2001 (born 1944)
2012: Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator (born 1929)
2012: Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1947)
2012: Alex Webster, American football player and coach (born 1931)
2011: May Cutler, Canadian journalist, author, and politician (born 1923)
2010: Keith Alexander, English footballer and manager (born 1956)
2010: Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment (born 1913)
2009: Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (born 1935)
2008: Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (born 1921)
2008: Norman Smith, English drummer and producer (born 1923)
2007: Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (born 1920)
2006: Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet and songwriter (born 1923)
2006: Else Fisher, Australian-Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1918)
2006: William Herskovic, Hungarian-American humanitarian (born 1914)
2005: Max Fisher, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1928)
2003: Horst Buchholz, German actor (born 1933)
2003: Luis Marden, American linguist, photographer, and explorer (born 1913)
2003: Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (born 1904)
2002: G. M. C. Balayogi, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1951)
2001: Louis Edmonds, American actor (born 1923)
2001: Maija Isola, Finnish textile designer (born 1927)
2001: Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (born 1923)
2000: Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (born 1904)
1999: Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1999: Lee Philips, American actor and director (born 1927)
1998: Fred W. Friendly, American journalist and broadcaster (born 1915)
1996: Marguerite Duras, French author and director (born 1914)
1996: John Krol, American cardinal (born 1910)
1995: Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1907)
1994: John Edward Williams, American author and academic (born 1922)
1993: Mel Bradford, American author and critic (born 1934)
1993: Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American mob boss (born 1910)
1993: Carlos Montoya, Spanish guitarist and composer (born 1903)
1993: Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist (born 1906)
1991: Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (born 1895)
1991: William Penney, Baron Penney, Gibraltar-born English mathematician, physicist, and academic (born 1909)
1990: Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (born 1898)
1988: Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist and composer (born 1918)
1988: Sewall Wright, American biologist and geneticist (born 1889)
1987: Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1911)
1983: Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1907)
1982: Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (born 1896)
1982: Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (born 1936)
1981: Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (born 1895)
1966: Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (born 1895)
1966: William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (born 1887)
1966: Alice Pearce, American actress (born 1917)
1961: Azizul Haq, Bengali Islamic scholar (born 1903)
1961: Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (born 1887)
1959: Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (born 1906)
1949: Katherine Sleeper Walden, American environmental activist (born 1862)
1943: George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (born 1877)
1932: Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (born 1864)
1929: Katharine Wright, American educator (born 1874)
1927: Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (born 1878)
1927: J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (born 1884)
1905: Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (born 1830)
1901: George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (born 1826)
1894: Ned Williamson, American baseball player (born 1857)
1850: Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (born 1806)
1792: Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect and politician, designed the Culzean Castle (born 1728)
1789: Ghulam Kadir, leader of the Afghan Rohilla
1768: Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (born 1686)
1765: William Stukeley, English archaeologist and historian (born 1687)
1744: Jean Barbeyrac, French scholar and jurist (born 1674)
1703: Robert Hooke, English architect and philosopher (born 1635)
1700: Chhatrapati Rajaram, 3rd Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire (born 1670)
1616: Matthias de l'Obel, Flemish physician and botanist (born 1538)
1611: William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman (born 1552)
1592: Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (born 1499)
1588: Henry XI, duke of Legnica (born 1539)
1578: Sebastiano Venier, doge of Venice (born 1496)
1578: Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlu, Ottoman Greek magnate
1554: John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (born 1503)
1542: Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, illegitimate son of Edward IV
1459: Ausiàs March, Catalan knight and poet (born 1397)
1383: Hugh III, Italian nobleman
1323: Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English military leader
1311: Antony Bek, bishop of Durham
1239: Vladimir IV Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (born 1187)
1195: Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham (born c. 1125)
1009: Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, Umayyad chief minister (born 983)
532: Winwaloe, founder of Landévennec Abbey (born c. 460)

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