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March 5

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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

2026: Family members spanning three generations claim $2.5 million Lotto 6/49 prize. Eight family members spanning three generations won a $2.5 million (US$ 1.8 million) share of the Lotto 6/49 Classic Jackpot with numbers that have lasted them "for a very long time."
2025: Iowa Lottery rolls out Powerball and Mega Millions ticket purchases in the checkout line. The Iowa Lottery announced today that players can purchase Powerball and Mega Millions tickets at select retailers in the checkout lane.
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.$496 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2026
3.$486.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 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.$346.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2018
7.$294.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2025
8.$270 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2014
9.$265 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2018
10.$233 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2025
11.€193 Million
US$223.82 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2026
12.$188 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2023
13.€166.55 Million
US$182.09 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2022
14.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2008
15.$157 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2016
16.€143 Million
US$151.54 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2023
17.€129.62 Million
US$150.46 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2026
18.$141.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2021
19.€130 Million
US$140.95 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2025
20.€117.62 Million
US$140.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2021
21.$139 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2010
22.€100 Million
US$138.75 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2014
23.€109.06 Million
US$135.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2018
24.$133 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2010
25.€114.59 Million
US$129.62 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 5, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: th19940305
Saturday, Mar 5, 1994
32 years old
1993: sunday
Friday, Mar 5, 1993
33 years old
1987: Daewon404
Thursday, Mar 5, 1987
39 years old
1987: shawnmkane
Thursday, Mar 5, 1987
39 years old
1983: jigzy516
Saturday, Mar 5, 1983
43 years old
1982: Tinaluckylu
Friday, Mar 5, 1982
44 years old
1974: lachelle37
Tuesday, Mar 5, 1974
52 years old
1973: johnestime
Monday, Mar 5, 1973
53 years old
1972: bobo7703
Sunday, Mar 5, 1972
54 years old
1969: BIGAUBURN1
Wednesday, Mar 5, 1969
57 years old
1969: daLUVofMONEY
Wednesday, Mar 5, 1969
57 years old
1965: signal88
Friday, Mar 5, 1965
61 years old
1961: CruiseDivaB
Sunday, Mar 5, 1961
65 years old
1956: june5721
Monday, Mar 5, 1956
70 years old
1943: unkabob
Friday, Mar 5, 1943
83 years old
1934: hosni
Monday, Mar 5, 1934
92 years old
: Eluv453
(year not provided)
: lori210
(year not provided)
: 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 historic 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.
2012: Two people are killed and six more are injured in a shooting at a hair salon in Bucharest, Romania.
2011: An Antonov An-148 crashes in Russia's Alexeyevsky District, Belgorod Oblast during a test flight, killing all seven aboard.
2003: In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
2002: An earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, kills 15 people and injures more than 100.
2001: In Mina, Saudi Arabia, 35 pilgrims are killed in a stampede on the Jamaraat Bridge during the Hajj.
1993: Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83.
1991: Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 109 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.
1973: An Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 collides in mid-air with a Spantax Convair 990 Coronado over Nantes, France, killing all 68 people aboard the DC-9, including music manager Michael Jeffery.
1970: The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
1968: Air France Flight 212 crashes into La Grande Soufrière, killing all 63 aboard.
1967: Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing 38.
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 the 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.
1963: Aeroflot Flight 191 crashes while landing at Aşgabat International Airport, killing 12.
1960: Indonesian President Sukarno dismisses the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaces it with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
1957: Sutton Wick air crash: A Blackburn Beverley of 53 Squadron, Royal Air Forces, crashes into the village of Sutton Wick, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), killing most of the crew and passengers and two local residents.
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 delivers his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
1944: World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman-Botoșani offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
1943: World War II: General strike and protest march in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany, resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police. The decree is withdrawn on the next day.
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.
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 established his first factory to produce recently patented production-model revolver, the .34-caliber "Paterson".
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, English actor
2000: Doug Edert, American basketball player
1999: Madison Beer, American singer-songwriter
1999: Justin Fields, American football player
1999: Yeri, 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-American basketball player
1994: Daria Saville, Russian-Australian tennis player
1994: MJ, South Korean singer and actor
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
1993: Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player
1992: Sam Bankman-Fried, American businessman and fraudster
1991: Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentine footballer
1991: Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist and composer
1990: Danny Drinkwater, English footballer
1990: Mason Plumlee, American basketball player
1990: Alex Smithies, English footballer
1989: Sterling Knight, American actor, singer, and dancer
1989: Jake Lloyd, American actor
1988: Jovana Brakočević, Serbian volleyball player
1988: Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba, Algerian footballer
1987: Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
1987: Chris Cohen, English footballer
1986: Alexandre Barthe, French footballer
1986: Corey Brewer, American basketball player and coach
1986: Matty Fryatt, English footballer
1986: Shikabala, Egyptian footballer
1985: David Marshall, Scottish footballer
1985: Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
1985: Brad Mills, American baseball player
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
1981: Karolina Wydra, Polish-American actress and model
1980: Shay Carl, American businessman, co-founded Maker Studios
1979: Martin Axenrot, Swedish drummer
1979: Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player
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: Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player
1977: Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player and sportscaster
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: Jolene Blalock, American model and actress
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 (died 2009)
1973: Juan Esnáider, Argentine footballer and manager
1973: Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
1973: Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
1973: Špela Pretnar, Slovenian skier
1972: Brian Grant, American basketball player
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
1970: Aleksandar Vučić, Serbian president
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: Zachary Stevens, American singer-songwriter
1965: José Semedo, Portuguese footballer and coach
1964: Bertrand Cantat, French singer-songwriter
1964: Scott Skiles, American basketball player and coach
1964: Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch footballer and manager
1964: Reggie Williams, American basketball player and coach
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: Talia Balsam, American actress
1959: Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 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 (died 1988)
1957: Mark E. Smith, English singer, songwriter and musician (died 2018)
1957: Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
1956: Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress
1956: Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)
1956: Christopher Snowden, English engineer and academic
1955: Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author
1954: João Lourenço, Angolan politician, 3rd President of Angola
1954: Marsha Warfield, American actress
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 (died 2010)
1952: Alan Clark, English musician and songwriter
1952: Robin Hobb, American author
1952: Mike Squires, American baseball player and scout
1951: Rodney Hogg, Australian cricketer and coach
1950: Bernard Vera, French politician
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: Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer-songwriter and musician
1948: Richard Hickox, English conductor and scholar (died 2008)
1948: Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
1948: Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (died 1984)
1948: Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach (died 2011)
1947: Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish singer and actress (died 2025)
1947: Kent Tekulve, American baseball player and sportscaster
1946: Richard Bell, Canadian pianist (died 2007)
1946: Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter (died 2018)
1946: Graham Hawkins, English footballer and manager (died 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 (died 1998)
1942: Felipe González, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
1942: Mike Resnick, American author and editor (died 2020)
1941: Des Wilson, New Zealand-English businessman and activist
1940: Tom Butler, English bishop
1940: Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league player (died 1990)
1940: Graham McRae, New Zealand race car driver (died 2021)
1940: Sepp Piontek, German footballer and manager (died 2026)
1939: Samantha Eggar, English actress (died 2025)
1939: Tony Rundle, Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania (died 2025)
1939: Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian actor and comedian (died 1995)
1939: Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer (died 2010)
1939: Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
1938: Paul Evans, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1938: Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (died 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 (died 2003)
1936: Dale Douglass, American golfer (died 2022)
1936: Dean Stockwell, American actor (died 2021)
1935: Letizia Battaglia, Italian photographer and journalist (died 2022)
1935: Philip K. Chapman, Australian-American astronaut and engineer (died 2021)
1935: Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (died 1996)
1934: Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American economist and psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
1934: James B. Sikking, American actor (died 2024)
1933: Walter Kasper, German cardinal and theologian
1932: Paul Sand, American actor
1931: Fred, French author and illustrator (died 2013)
1931: Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player and educator (died 2020)
1930: John Ashley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 2008)
1930: Del Crandall, American baseball player and manager (died 2021)
1929: Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (died 2015)
1929: J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967)
1928: J. Hillis Miller, American academic and critic (died 2021)
1927: Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer (died 1976)
1927: Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, Scottish businessman and politician (died 2023)
1924: Roger Marche, French footballer (died 1997)
1923: Juan A. Rivero, Puerto Rican biologist and academic (died 2014)
1923: Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (died 2003)
1922: James Noble, American actor (died 2016)
1922: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1975)
1921: Arthur A. Oliner, American physicist and electrical engineer (died 2013)
1921: Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach (died 1998)
1920: José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist (died 2009)
1920: Virginia Christine, American actress (died 1996)
1920: Rachel Gurney, English actress (died 2001)
1920: Wang Zengqi, Chinese writer (died 1997)
1918: Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2017)
1918: Red Storey, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster (died 2006)
1918: James Tobin, American economist and academic (died 2002)
1917: Raymond P. Shafer, American attorney and politician, 39th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 2006)
1915: Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1990)
1915: Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic (died 2002)
1912: Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1988)
1911: Subroto Mukerjee, Indian Air Marshall, Father of the Indian Air Force (died 1960)
1910: Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman and inventor, founded Nissin Foods (died 2007)
1910: Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic (died 1972)
1908: Fritz Fischer, German historian and author (died 1999)
1908: Irving Fiske, American author and playwright (died 1990)
1908: Rex Harrison, English actor (died 1990)
1905: László Benedek, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (died 1992)
1904: Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (died 1984)
1901: Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg (died 1971)
1901: Julian Przyboś, Polish poet, essayist and translator (died 1970)
1900: Lilli Jahn, Jewish German doctor (died 1944)
1900: Johanna Langefeld, German guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps (died 1974)
1898: Zhou Enlai, Chinese politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1976)
1898: Misao Okawa, Japanese super-centenarian (died 2015)
1894: Henry Daniell, English-American actor (died 1963)
1887: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 1959)
1886: Dong Biwu, Chinese judge and politician, Chairman of the People's Republic of China (died 1975)
1886: Freddie Welsh, Welsh boxer (died 1927)
1885: Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (died 1969)
1883: Pauline Sperry, American mathematician (died 1967)
1882: Dora Marsden, English author and activist (died 1960)
1880: Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1968)
1879: William Beveridge, English economist and academic (died 1963)
1879: Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (died 1943)
1876: Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th Lord Chief Justice of England (died 1947)
1876: Elisabeth Moore, American tennis player (died 1959)
1875: Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (died 1952)
1874: Henry Travers, English-American actor (died 1965)
1873: Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian skier and explorer (died 1961)
1871: Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-Russian economist and philosopher (died 1919)
1871: Konstantinos Pallis, Greek general and politician, Minister Governor-General of Macedonia (died 1941)
1870: Frank Norris, American journalist and author (died 1902)
1870: Evgeny Paton, French-Ukrainian engineer (died 1953)
1869: Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal (died 1952)
1867: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (died 1952)
1862: Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (died 1934)
1853: Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (died 1911)
1834: Félix de Blochausen, Luxembourgian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (died 1915)
1834: Marietta Piccolomini, Italian soprano (died 1899)
1830: Étienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and chronophotographer (died 1904)
1830: Charles Wyville Thomson, Scottish historian and zoologist (died 1882)
1817: Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist, academic, and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (died 1894)
1815: John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (died 1888)
1814: Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian and academic (died 1889)
1800: Georg Friedrich Daumer, German poet and philosopher (died 1875)
1794: Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1872)
1794: Robert Cooper Grier, American lawyer and jurist (died 1870)
1785: Carlo Odescalchi, Italian cardinal (died 1841)
1779: Benjamin Gompertz, English mathematician and statistician (died 1865)
1774: Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer (died 1842)
1751: Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, composer, and educator (died 1829)
1750: Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French scholar and academic (died 1805)
1748: Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist and biologist (died 1810)
1748: William Shield, English violinist and composer (died 1829)
1739: Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel and physician (died 1819)
1733: Vincenzo Galeotti, Italian-Danish dancer and choreographer (died 1816)
1723: Princess Mary of Great Britain (died 1773)
1713: Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (died 1776)
1713: Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop (died 1783)
1703: Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (died 1768)
1696: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (died 1770)
1693: Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and scholar (died 1754)
1658: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French explorer and politician, 3rd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (died 1730)
1637: Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and engineer (died 1712)
1585: John George I, Elector of Saxony (died 1656)
1585: Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (died 1638)
1575: William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (died 1660)
1563: John Coke, English civil servant and politician (died 1644)
1539: Christoph Pezel, German theologian (died 1604)
1527: Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (died 1603)
1523: Rodrigo de Castro Osorio, Spanish cardinal (died 1600)
1512: Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (died 1594)
1451: William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English Earl (died 1491)
1340: Cansignorio della Scala, Lord of Verona (died 1375)
1326: Louis I of Hungary (died 1382)
1324: David II of Scotland (died 1371)
1224: Saint Kinga of Poland (died 1292)
1133: Henry II of England (died 1189)

Deaths On This Day

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

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