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March 5

On This Day in History

March 5

March 5 is the 64th day of the year (65th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 301 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2021: Australian woman wins the lottery over lunch. An Australian couple walked away from their lunch a million dollars richer after buying a Keno lottery ticket at the restaurant and winning a $1.48 million (US$1.14 million) jackpot in the middle of their meal.
2020: NJ Lottery celebrates 50th anniversary with new gigantic scratch-off ticket. To honor its 50 years in operation, the New Jersey Lottery Monday released literally its biggest instant game ever: the Super 50 Scratch-Off.
2020: Alabama governor reestablishes study group for lottery. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey reopened the Governor's Study Group on Gambling Policy by signing Executive Order 719.
2018: Lottery Post launches new mobile experience. The world's most popular lottery website Monday announced the launch of a new website for visitors using mobile phones.
2015: California store owner sues customer for half of $1M lottery prize. The owner of a Milpitas, California, liquor store slapped a $1 million scratch-off winner with a lawsuit, claiming she'd signed a handwritten contract guaranteeing him half the prize.
2014: Thieves stole California Lottery vending machine. Investigators from the California Lottery are asking for the public's help in locating suspects who broke into a Lucky grocery store in Fremont over the weekend and made off with a Scratchers vending machine.
2013: N.C. farmer wins record lottery jackpot. A farmer from Zebulon, North Carolina, won more than $1.1 million in the Carolina Cash 5 jackpot on Sunday -- the largest amount ever won by a single ticket in that game.
2013: Maine man sees $2M lottery win as ticket to new job. A 59-year-old unemployed truck driver from Clinton, Maine, believes that his exposure from winning $2 million could be his ticket to a new job.
2013: N.C. lawmakers back lottery name change. Powerball tickets aren't like parent-teacher bake sales, say state lawmakers who want to take "education" out of the North Carolina Education Lottery.
2012: Teen told to clean room, finds winning lottery ticket. A Scotland mom's constant badgering for his son to clean up his room led to a £50,000 lottery windfall.
2012: Mo. woman describes aftermath of lottery jackpot. A suburban St. Louis social worker says life got increasingly difficult for her after she won millions of dollars in a Powerball drawing.
2010: Once homeless, now a lottery winner. A 37-year-old Boise insurance agent who at one time lived in a homeless shelter has won $250,000 in the Idaho Lottery.
2008: Tonight's Fla. Lotto drawing first to let players increase jackpot. Tonight's Florida Lotto drawing is the first that lets players spend an extra $1 or $2 to increase the size of the jackpot.
2008: N.Y. Lottery searching for new draw talent. The New York Lottery is looking for some new faces to join Yolanda Vega, Marissa Rodriguez and Sarah Pingel as a highly visible member of the Lottery's draw team.
2007: Drawing date set for Kentucky Lottery's Million Dollar Draw. A pair of new millionaires will be created on the morning of March 19th, when the Kentucky Lottery will hold the Million Dollar Draw.
2007: $355 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased. The estimated jackpot of the March 6, 2007 Mega Millions drawing was raised from $340 million to $355 million on Monday because of heavier than expected sales in all Mega Millions states.
2004: California Couple Claims Half of $42 Million Lottery Prize. A Redding, California couple will hold a press conference today in which their $21 Million California SuperLotto Plus prize from last Wednesday's drawing will be announced.
2004: Deputy Retires After Claiming Lottery Jackpot. A veteran Ventura County sheriff's deputy retired a little earlier than planned Thursday after discovering he had purchased one of two winning tickets in this week's $42 million California Super Lotto Plus drawing, winning half the jackpot.
2004: Man loses $41,000 in sweepstakes scam. A 28-year-old Franklin, New Jersey man got a letter in the mail indicating he had won more than $600,000 in Spain's El Gordo Sweepstakes Lottery program. But over a two-week period, that Franklin man wound up withdrawing money from his bank account, taking cash advances on his credit card, borrowing from family and losing about $41,000 to the lottery scam.
2004: Man wins big in Tennessee lottery. Russell Burks of Shelbyville, Tennessee garnered a $100,000 prize recently to join a list containing the four highest prizes paid by the Tennessee Lottery to date.
2004: Woman loses $2,800 in lottery scam. A pair of con artists took advantage of a 64-year-old California woman Friday afternoon, stealing $2,800 of her savings on the promise of splitting a $125,000 winning lottery ticket with her, her granddaughter says.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$650 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2024
2.$486.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2024
3.$390 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2007
4.$381 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2019
5.$346.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2018
6.$270 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2014
7.$265 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2018
8.$188 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2023
9.€166.55 Million US$182.09 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2022
10.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2008
11.$157 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2016
12.€143 Million
US$151.54 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2023
13.$141.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2021
14.€117.62 Million
US$140.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2021
15.$139 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2010
16.€100 Million
US$138.75 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2014
17.€109.06 Million
US$135.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2018
18.$133 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2010
19.€114.59 Million
US$129.62 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2019
20.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2012
20.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2011
22.€100 Million
US$126.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2009
23.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2022
24.$123 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2013
25.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2007

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: th19940305
Saturday, Mar 5, 1994
30 years old
1993: sunday
Friday, Mar 5, 1993
31 years old
1987: Daewon404
Thursday, Mar 5, 1987
37 years old
1987: shawnmkane
Thursday, Mar 5, 1987
37 years old
1983: jigzy516
Saturday, Mar 5, 1983
41 years old
1982: Tinaluckylu
Friday, Mar 5, 1982
42 years old
1974: lachelle37
Tuesday, Mar 5, 1974
50 years old
1973: johnestime
Monday, Mar 5, 1973
51 years old
1972: bobo7703
Sunday, Mar 5, 1972
52 years old
1969: BIGAUBURN1
Wednesday, Mar 5, 1969
55 years old
1969: daLUVofMONEY
Wednesday, Mar 5, 1969
55 years old
1965: signal88
Friday, Mar 5, 1965
59 years old
1961: CruiseDivaB
Sunday, Mar 5, 1961
63 years old
1956: june5721
Monday, Mar 5, 1956
68 years old
1943: unkabob
Friday, Mar 5, 1943
81 years old
1934: hosni
Monday, Mar 5, 1934
90 years old
: vdking62
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time.
2023: A group of four prisoners escape from the Nouakchott Civil Prison, before being caught the next day.
2021: Pope Francis begins a historical visit to Iraq amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021: Twenty people are killed and 30 injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2018: Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin.
2012: Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through Madagascar.
2003: In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
1993: Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83.
1991: Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108 crashes in Venezuela, killing 45.
1982: Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus.
1981: The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 11⁄2 million units around the world.
1979: Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
1978: The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
1974: Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
1970: The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
1966: BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board.
1965: March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
1963: American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
1960: Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
1953: Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.
1946: Cold War: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
1944: World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman-Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
1943: First Flight of the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first combat jet aircraft.
1942: World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
1940: Six high-ranking members of the Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
1939: Spanish Civil War: The National Defence Council seizes control of the republican government in a coup d'etat, with the intention of negotiating an end to the war.
1936: First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
1933: Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
1931: The British Raj: Gandhi-Irwin Pact is signed.
1912: Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
1906: Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
1872: George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
1868: Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
1860: Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
1850: The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
1836: Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
1825: Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
1824: First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
1811: Peninsular War: A French force under the command of Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the Siege of Cádiz in the Battle of Barrosa.
1770: Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
1766: Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
1616: Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
1496: King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
1279: The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
1046: Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
363: Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.

Births On This Day

2007: Roman Griffin Davis, British actor
1999: Justin Fields, American football player
1999: Kim Ye-rim, South Korean singer and actress
1998: Bo Bichette, American baseball player
1997: Milena Venega, Cuban rower
1996: Taylor Hill, American model
1996: Emmanuel Mudiay, Congolese basketball player
1994: Daria Gavrilova, Russian-Australian tennis player
1994: Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player
1993: El Hadji Ba, French footballer
1993: Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer
1993: Fred, Brazilian footballer
1993: Ahmed Hassan, Egyptian footballer
1993: Harry Maguire, English footballer
1992: Sam Bankman-Fried, American businessman
1991: Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentinian footballer
1991: Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist and composer
1990: Danny Drinkwater, English footballer
1990: Mason Plumlee, American basketball player
1990: Alex Smithies, English footballer
1988: Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba, Algerian footballer
1988: Jovana Brakočević, Serbian volleyball player
1987: Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
1987: Chris Cohen, English footballer
1986: Alexandre Barthe, French footballer
1986: Matty Fryatt, English footballer
1986: Shikabala, Egyptian footballer
1985: David Marshall, Scottish footballer
1985: Brad Mills, American baseball player
1985: Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
1984: Branko Cvetković, Serbian basketball player
1984: Guillaume Hoarau, French footballer
1983: Édgar Dueñas, Mexican footballer
1982: Dan Carter, New Zealand rugby player
1982: Philipp Haastrup, German footballer
1981: Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player
1981: Paul Martin, American ice hockey player
1980: Shay Carl, American businessman, co-founded Maker Studios
1979: Martin Axenrot, Swedish drummer
1979: Lee Mears, English rugby player
1978: Jared Crouch, Australian footballer
1978: Mike Hessman, American baseball player and coach
1978: Kimberly McCullough, American actress, singer, and dancer
1978: Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer
1977: Taismary Agüero, Cuban-Italian volleyball player
1977: Adam Hayden, Australian rugby league player
1976: Neil Jackson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1976: Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1976: Paul Konerko, American baseball player
1976: Norm Maxwell, New Zealand rugby player
1975: Luciano Burti, Brazilian race car driver and sportscaster
1975: Sasho Petrovski, Australian footballer
1975: Chris Silverwood, English cricketer and coach
1974: Kevin Connolly, American actor and director
1974: Jens Jeremies, German footballer
1974: Matt Lucas, English actor, comedian, writer, and television personality
1974: Eva Mendes, American model and actress
1973: Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer and manager
1973: Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (d. 2009)
1973: Juan Esnáider, Argentinian footballer and manager
1973: Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
1973: Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
1973: Špela Pretnar, Slovenian skier
1971: Greg Berry, English footballer and coach
1971: Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player and scout
1971: Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian cyclist
1971: Mark Protheroe, Australian rugby league player
1970: Mike Brown, American basketball player and coach
1970: John Frusciante, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1970: Yuu Watase, Japanese illustrator
1969: Paul Blackthorne, English actor and producer
1969: Danny King, English author and playwright
1969: Moussa Saïb, Algerian footballer and manager
1969: M.C. Solaar, Senegalese-French rapper
1968: Gordon Bajnai, Hungarian businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Hungary
1968: Theresa Villiers, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1966: Oh Eun-sun, South Korean mountaineer
1966: Bob Halkidis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1966: Michael Irvin, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
1966: Aasif Mandvi, Indian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966: Zachery Stevens, American singer-songwriter
1965: Steve Linnane, Australian rugby league player
1965: José Semedo, Portuguese footballer and coach
1964: Bertrand Cantat, French singer-songwriter
1964: Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch footballer and manager
1963: Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host
1960: Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
1960: Mike Munchak, American football player and coach
1959: Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 1999)
1958: Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
1958: Bob Forward, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1958: Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1988)
1957: Mark E. Smith, English singer, songwriter and musician (d. 2018)
1957: Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
1956: Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
1956: Christopher Snowden, English engineer and academic
1955: Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author
1954: Marsha Warfield, American actress
1954: João Lourenço, Angolan president
1953: Katarina Frostenson, Swedish poet and author
1953: Michael J. Sandel, American philosopher and academic
1953: Tokyo Sexwale, South African businessman and politician, 1st Premier of Gauteng
1952: Petar Borota, Serbian footballer and coach (d. 2010)
1952: Robin Hobb, American author
1952: Mike Squires, American baseball player and scout
1951: Rodney Hogg, Australian cricketer and coach
1949: Bernard Arnault, French businessman, philanthropist, and art collector
1949: Franz Josef Jung, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence
1949: Tom Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
1948: Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer-songwriter and musician
1948: Richard Hickox, English conductor and scholar (d. 2008)
1948: Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
1948: Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2011)
1947: Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish singer and actress
1947: Kent Tekulve, American baseball player and sportscaster
1946: Richard Bell, Canadian pianist (d. 2007)
1946: Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter (d. 2018)
1946: Graham Hawkins, English footballer and manager (d. 2016)
1946: Murray Head, English actor and singer
1945: Wilf Tranter, English footballer
1944: Peter Brandes, Danish painter and sculptor
1944: Roy Gutman, American journalist and author
1943: Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
1942: Felipe González, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
1942: Mike Resnick, American author and editor (d. 2020)
1942: David Watkins, Welsh rugby player
1941: Des Wilson, New Zealand-English businessman and activist
1940: Tom Butler, English bishop
1940: Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league player (d. 1990)
1940: Graham McRae, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2021)
1940: Sepp Piontek, German footballer and manager
1939: Samantha Eggar, English actress
1939: Tony Rundle, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Tasmania
1939: Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian actor and comedian (d. 1995)
1939: Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer (d. 2010)
1939: Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
1938: Paul Evans, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1938: Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (d. 2011)
1938: Fred Williamson, American football player, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1937: Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian general and politician, 5th President of Nigeria
1936: Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)
1936: Dale Douglass, American golfer (d. 2022)
1936: Dean Stockwell, American actor (d. 2021)
1935: Letizia Battaglia, Italian photographer and journalist
1935: Philip K. Chapman, Australian-American astronaut and engineer (d. 2021)
1935: Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (d. 1996)
1934: Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American economist and psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1933: Walter Kasper, German cardinal and theologian
1932: Paul Sand, American actor
1931: Fred, French author and illustrator (d. 2013)
1931: Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player and educator (d. 2020)
1930: John Ashley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 2008)
1930: Del Crandall, American baseball player and manager (d. 2021)
1929: Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (d. 2015)
1929: J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
1928: J. Hillis Miller, American academic and critic (d. 2021)
1927: Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer (d. 1976)
1927: Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, Scottish businessman and politician (d. 2023)
1924: Roger Marche, French footballer (d. 1997)
1923: Juan A. Rivero, Puerto Rican biologist and academic (d. 2014)
1923: Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (d. 2003)
1922: James Noble, American actor (d. 2016)
1922: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1975)
1921: Arthur A. Oliner, American physicist and electrical engineer (d. 2013)
1921: Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach (d. 1998)
1920: José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist (d. 2009)
1920: Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996)
1920: Rachel Gurney, English actress (d. 2001)
1920: Wang Zengqi, Chinese writer (d. 1997)
1918: Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2017)
1918: Red Storey, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster (d. 2006)
1918: James Tobin, American economist and academic (d. 2002)
1915: Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 1990)
1915: Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic (d. 2002)
1912: Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1988)
1911: Subroto Mukerjee, Indian Air Marshall, Father of the Indian Air Force (d. 1960)
1910: Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods (d. 2007)
1910: Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 1972)
1908: Fritz Fischer, German historian and author (d. 1999)
1908: Irving Fiske, American author and playwright (d. 1990)
1908: Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
1905: László Benedek, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1992)
1904: Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (d. 1984)
1901: Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg (d. 1971)
1901: Julian Przyboś, Polish poet, essayist and translator (d. 1970)
1900: Lilli Jahn, Jewish German doctor (d. 1944)
1900: Johanna Langefeld, German guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps (d. 1974)
1898: Zhou Enlai, Chinese politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
1898: Misao Okawa, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2015)
1894: Henry Daniell, English-American actor (d. 1963)
1887: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 1959)
1886: Dong Biwu, Chinese judge and politician, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (d. 1975)
1886: Freddie Welsh, Welsh boxer (d. 1927)
1885: Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (d. 1969)
1883: Pauline Sperry, American mathematician (d. 1967)
1882: Dora Marsden, English author and activist (d. 1960)
1880: Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1968)
1879: William Beveridge, English economist and academic (d. 1963)
1879: Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)
1876: Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England (d. 1947)
1876: Elisabeth Moore, American tennis player (d. 1959)
1875: Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (d. 1952)
1874: Henry Travers, English-American actor (d. 1965)
1873: Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian skier and explorer (d. 1961)
1871: Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-Russian economist and philosopher (d. 1919)
1871: Konstantinos Pallis, Greek general and politician, Minister Governor-General of Macedonia (d. 1941)
1870: Frank Norris, American journalist and author (d. 1902)
1870: Evgeny Paton, French-Ukrainian engineer (d. 1953)
1869: Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal (d. 1952)
1867: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
1862: Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (d. 1934)
1853: Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)
1834: Félix de Blochausen, Luxembourgian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1915)
1834: Marietta Piccolomini, Italian soprano (d. 1899)
1830: Étienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and chronophotographer (d. 1904)
1830: Charles Wyville Thomson, Scottish historian and zoologist (d. 1882)
1817: Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist, academic, and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (d. 1894)
1815: John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1888)
1814: Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian and academic (d. 1889)
1800: Georg Friedrich Daumer, German poet and philosopher (d. 1875)
1794: Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (d. 1872)
1794: Robert Cooper Grier, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1870)
1785: Carlo Odescalchi, Italian cardinal (d. 1841)
1779: Benjamin Gompertz, English mathematician and statistician (d. 1865)
1774: Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer (d. 1842)
1751: Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, composer, and educator (d. 1829)
1750: Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French scholar and academic (d. 1805)
1748: Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist and biologist (d. 1810)
1748: William Shield, English violinist and composer (d. 1829)
1739: Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel and physician (d. 1819)
1733: Vincenzo Galeotti, Italian-Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1816)
1723: Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
1713: Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (d. 1776)
1713: Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop (d. 1783)
1703: Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1768)
1696: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
1693: Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and scholar (d. 1754)
1658: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French explorer and politician, 3rd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (d. 1730)
1637: Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and engineer (d. 1712)
1585: John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
1585: Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (d. 1638)
1575: William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (d. 1660)
1563: John Coke, English civil servant and politician (d. 1644)
1539: Christoph Pezel, German theologian (d. 1604)
1527: Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1603)
1523: Rodrigo de Castro Osorio, Spanish cardinal (d. 1600)
1512: Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (d. 1594)
1451: William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English Earl (d. 1491)
1340: Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (d. 1375)
1326: Louis I of Hungary (d. 1382)
1324: David II of Scotland (d. 1371)
1224: Saint Kinga of Poland (d. 1292)
1133: Henry II of England (d. 1189)

Deaths On This Day

2017: Kurt Moll, German opera singer (b. 1938)
2016: Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (b. 1932)
2016: Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (b. 1941)
2016: Al Wistert, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
2015: Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
2015: Edward Egan, American cardinal and former Archbishop of New York (b. 1932)
2014: Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host (b. 1931)
2014: Ailsa McKay, Scottish economist and academic (b. 1963)
2014: Leopoldo María Panero, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1948)
2014: Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931)
2013: Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (b. 1954)
2013: Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1954)
2013: Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (b. 1921)
2012: Paul Haines, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1970)
2012: Philip Madoc, Welsh-English actor (b. 1934)
2012: William O. Wooldridge, American sergeant (b. 1922)
2011: Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
2010: Charles B. Pierce, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
2010: Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (b. 1923)
2008: Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (b. 1923)
2005: David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (b. 1929)
2000: Lolo Ferrari, French dancer, actress and singer (b. 1963)
1999: Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (b. 1922)
1997: Samm Sinclair Baker, American writer (b. 1909)
1997: Jean Dréville, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1996: Whit Bissell, American character actor (b. 1909)
1995: Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1943)
1990: Gary Merrill, American actor and director (b. 1915)
1988: Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian and actor (b. 1933)
1984: Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1913)
1984: William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
1982: John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
1981: Yip Harburg, American songwriter and composer (b. 1896)
1980: Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (b. 1912)
1977: Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
1976: Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1889)
1974: John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1894)
1974: Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
1974: Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American businessman (b. 1888)
1973: Robert C. O'Brien, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
1971: Allan Nevins, American journalist and author (b. 1890)
1967: Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (b. 1905)
1967: Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian political scientist and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1882)
1967: Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
1966: Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (b. 1889)
1965: Chen Cheng, Chinese general and politician, 27th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1897)
1965: Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1904)
1963: Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
1963: Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
1963: Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
1955: Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)
1953: Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
1953: Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)
1953: Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
1950: Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
1950: Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)
1947: Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
1945: Lena Baker, African American held captive post slavery-era(b. 1900)
1944: Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
1942: George Plant Executed Irish Republican (b. 1904)
1940: Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
1935: Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)
1934: Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)
1929: David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)
1927: Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)
1925: Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
1907: Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
1895: Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
1895: Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
1893: Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
1889: Mary Louise Booth, American writer, editor and translator (b. 1831)
1876: Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)
1849: David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)
1829: John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766)
1827: Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
1827: Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)
1815: Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
1778: Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (b. 1710)
1770: Crispus Attucks, American slave (b. 1723)
1726: Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1655)
1695: Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)
1622: Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
1611: Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1533)
1599: Guido Panciroli, Italian historian and jurist (b. 1523)
1539: Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese admiral and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1487)
1534: Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter and educator (b. 1489)
1417: Manuel III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1364)
1410: Matthew of Kraków, Polish reformer (b. 1335)
1239: Hermann Balk, German knight
824: Suppo I, Frankish nobleman
254: Pope Lucius I

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