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March 6

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March 6

March 6 is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 300 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Lottery couriers plead with Texas Lottery Commission in last-ditch effort. Following a scathing Senate hearing meeting last week, Texas Lottery Commission members gathered to discuss its recent ban on lottery couriers and hear public comment, including pleas from couriers to consider all sides before taking a stance.
2024: Kentucky man out of debt for the first time in his life, thanks to $150,000 lottery win. A Kentucky man was reduced to tears after winning a six-figure lottery prize that paid off his mortgage and all his other debts.
2023: Another single-day payout record set by New Jersey Lottery Pick 4 "1957". Yet another single-day prize payout record was set by the New Jersey Lottery's Pick 4 game when the popular number combination 1-9-5-7 was drawn on March 5.
2020: Retired trucker wins $1M NJ Lottery 'second chance' jackpot. A retired trucker from Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, won $1 million in the Asbury Park Convention Hall at the New Jersey Lottery Million Dollar Replay event.
2020: New law allows online sale of Virginia lottery tickets. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed a bill into law that permits the online sale of state lottery tickets, which the fiscal estimate suggests could generate $12 million in annual state revenue.
2019: $273M Mega Millions jackpot winner from NJ says he initially forgot the lottery ticket at the store. A New Jersey man who claimed a $273 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot this week left the winning ticket at the store.
2018: Lottery winner memorialized his winning numbers in his swimming pool. If you're hoping for a bit of extra lottery luck this week, perhaps living in the home of a lottery winner might make some good fortune rub off on you — and now you can do just that.
2017: Battle over Florida Lottery contract goes to court. A Florida judge must decide if the administration of Gov. Rick Scott broke the law when the state lottery approved a contract worth over $700 million.
2016: Pennsylvania judge and friends win $291M Powerball jackpot. After returning home to Pennsylvania after his annual Florida vacation with friends, a Senior District Judge checked his lottery numbers and realized he held the sole winning ticket in last Wednesday's massive $291 million Powerball jackpot.
2014: Bronx woman hits $2M Powerball prize with fortune cookie numbers. Emma Duvoll dined at Sammy’s Noodle Shop & Grill in Greenwich Village and played the numbers found in her fortune cookie -- and won a $2 million Powerball prize.
2014: $270 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot keeps growing. Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Friday's massive $270 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $240 million grand prize.
2012: 2 W.Va. veterans pull off incredible Powerball win worth $14M. Two Vietnam War Veterans from Weston, West Virginia, were introduced by West Virginia Lottery Director John Musgrave as West Virginia's newest millionaires at a press conference at Lottery Headquarters Monday, according to a news release from the Lottery.
2012: Rhode Island woman, 81, claims $336 Million Powerball jackpot. Louise White, a "vivacious" 81-year-old of Newport, R.I., stepped forward today as the winner of $336.4 million, the third largest Powerball lottery in the history of the game.
2009: More Calif. stores accused of stealing customers' lottery prizes. Ten retailers and clerks are accused of trying to cash in customers' winning lottery tickets at three locations in San Jose, two in Milpitas and one in Santa Clara.
2008: Man accused of stealing $10,000 lottery ticket from co-workers. A Collinsville, Illinois, man is accused of stealing a winning $10,000 ticket from an office lottery pool.
2008: New Florida Lotto playslips a bother to some. After the Florida Lottery made changes to the Lotto playslips and added new jackpot options, some retailers said players were aggravated by having to fill out new playslips and did not understand the new jackpot feature.
2007: Lottery results worth $370 million drawn in Times Square. Millions of people holding tickets for tonight's Mega Millions lottery drawing are checking their numbers to see if they will be that lucky soul whose life will instantly change. Check out the winning numbers, and advice for winners.
2007: $370 MILLION: Mega Millions sets all-time lottery jackpot record. The Mega Millions Jackpot has broken an all-time, worldwide record. It now stands at $370 million and tickets are selling at an amazing rate.
2007: Long odds don't bother 'Mega' fans. Players across the country are lining up at convenience stores and newsstands for a chance to win the largest pot in Mega Millions lottery history, even though they acknowledged their odds are a 'zillion to one'.
2007: S.C woman facing 3 charges of lottery fraud. A South Carolina convenience store employee turned herself in to police Monday on allegations she stole dozens of scratch-off lottery tickets from work last month and then cashed in the winners, officials said.
2006: N.C. Lottery Update: Moving Quickly. As more stores come online, the North Carolina Lottery is quickly sprouting into what is expected to be a billion-dollar enterprise.
2006: One ticket wins $21 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers drawn Saturday night to win the $21 million jackpot, lottery officials said Sunday.
2006: Michigan lottery winner managing to keep small profile. A lucky millionaire, who claimed his winnings after the Feb. 15 Classic Lotto 47 drawing, wants to remain anonymous.
2006: Missouri man wins $1.6 million in lottery. Columbia resident William Hainen might be $1.6 million richer after winning the Missouri Lottery, but that doesn't mean he's a celebrity at the convenience store where he bought the winning ticket.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$687 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 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.$320.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2025
7.$270 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2014
8.$265 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2018
9.$233 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2025
10.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2008
11.$188 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2023
12.€167.81 Million
US$182.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2022
13.$157 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2016
14.€143 Million
US$151.54 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2023
15.$141.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2021
16.€130 Million
US$140.95 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2025
17.€117.62 Million
US$140.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2021
18.$139 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2010
19.€100 Million
US$138.75 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2014
20.€109.06 Million
US$135.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2018
21.€115.73 Million
US$130.05 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2019
22.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2011
22.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2012
24.€100 Million
US$126.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 6, 2009
25.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: Dat504boi
Sunday, Mar 6, 1988
37 years old
1982: Sims4sure
Saturday, Mar 6, 1982
43 years old
1978: MetroPlex
Monday, Mar 6, 1978
47 years old
1970: plaz
Friday, Mar 6, 1970
55 years old
1968: wiron68
Wednesday, Mar 6, 1968
57 years old
1965: kalikgirl
Saturday, Mar 6, 1965
60 years old
1963: stabaker
Wednesday, Mar 6, 1963
62 years old
1962: kmgardner36
Tuesday, Mar 6, 1962
63 years old
1961: luv2reid2
Monday, Mar 6, 1961
64 years old
1957: cashdog$
Wednesday, Mar 6, 1957
68 years old
1955: G5565gdm67
Sunday, Mar 6, 1955
70 years old
1951: okresa
Tuesday, Mar 6, 1951
74 years old
1935: Maggie-Nolia
Wednesday, Mar 6, 1935
90 years old
1933: nomeyg3336
Monday, Mar 6, 1933
92 years old
: Greatmaltz
(year not provided)
: alexnt55
(year not provided)
: calgarian
(year not provided)
: Miltbone1
(year not provided)
: PositiveFlow36
(year not provided)
: Tayy3
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Thirty-two people are killed and 81 are injured when gunmen open fire on a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack.
2018: Forbes names Jeff Bezos as the world's richest person, for the first time, at $112 billion net worth.
2008: A suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same day that a gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem.
2003: Air Algérie Flight 6289 crashes at the Aguenar - Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport in Tamanrasset, Algeria, killing 102 out of the 103 people on board.
1992: The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.
1988: Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.
1987: The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.
1984: In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority of the country's miners.
1975: The Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience for the first time by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
1975: Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
1970: An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
1968: Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.
1967: Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
1965: Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
1964: Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
1964: Constantine II becomes the last King of Greece.
1957: Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
1953: Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1951: Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
1946: Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1945: World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops. On the same day, Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.
1944: World War II: Soviet Air Forces bomb an evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia, destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.
1943: Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
1943: World War II: Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel launches the Battle of Medenine in an attempt to slow down the British Eight Army. It fails, and he leaves Africa three days later.
1943: World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
1933: Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
1930: International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
1912: Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 1,800 m.
1904: Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce, the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered from the Scotia.
1901: Anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II.
1899: Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.
1882: The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.
1869: Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.
1857: The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7-2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people.
1836: Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.
1834: York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.
1820: The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.
1788: The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
1665: The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal.
1651: The town of Kajaani, known at the time as Cajanaburg, is founded by Count Per Brahe, the Governor-General of Finland.
1521: Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.
1454: Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.
1323: Treaty of Paris of 1323 is signed.
1204: The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.
961: Byzantine conquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas, end of the Emirate of Crete.
845: The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam.
632: The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
12 BCE: The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.

Births On This Day

2003: Millicent Simmonds, American actress
2001: Milo Manheim, American actor
2000: Armando Bacot, American basketball player
2000: Jacob Bertrand, American actor
1999: Ylena In-Albon, Swiss tennis player
1998: Kyle Trask, American football player
1997: Alisha Boe, Norwegian-American actress
1996: Christian Coleman, American sprinter
1996: Mohamed Magdy, Egyptian footballer
1996: Timo Werner, German footballer
1995: Josh Hart, American basketball player
1995: Georgi Kitanov, Bulgarian footballer
1994: Marcus Smart, American basketball player
1993: Nicklas Jensen, Danish ice hockey player
1993: Andrés Rentería, Colombian footballer
1991: John Jenkins, American basketball player
1991: Lex Luger, American keyboard player and producer
1991: Emma McDougall, English footballer (d. 2013)
1991: Tyler, the Creator, American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor
1990: Derek Drouin, Canadian athlete
1989: Dwight Buycks, American basketball player
1989: Agnieszka Radwańska, Polish tennis player
1988: Agnes, Swedish singer
1988: Marina Erakovic, New Zealand tennis player
1988: Leonys Martín, Cuban-American baseball player
1988: Simon Mignolet, Belgian footballer
1987: Mário Bližňák, Slovak ice hockey player
1987: Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
1987: Chico Flores, Spanish footballer
1986: Jake Arrieta, American baseball player
1986: Francisco Cervelli, Venezuelan-Italian baseball player
1986: Timothy DeLaGhetto, American Internet personality
1986: Ross Detwiler, American baseball player
1986: Eli Marienthal, American actor
1986: Charlie Mulgrew, Scottish footballer
1985: Pierre-Édouard Bellemare, French ice hockey player
1985: Bakaye Traoré, French-Malian footballer
1985: Daniel Winnik, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Daniël de Ridder, Dutch footballer
1984: Eskil Pedersen, Norwegian politician
1984: Chris Tomson, American drummer
1983: Andranik Teymourian, Armenian-Iranian footballer
1981: Ellen Muth, American actress
1980: Emílson Cribari, Brazilian footballer
1980: Shaun Evans, English actor and director
1979: Clint Barmes, American baseball player
1979: David Flair, American wrestler
1979: Tim Howard, American soccer player
1979: Garry Monk, English footballer and manager
1978: Sage Rosenfels, American football player
1978: Chad Wicks, American wrestler
1977: Nantie Hayward, South African cricketer
1977: Giorgos Karagounis, Greek footballer
1977: Shabani Nonda, Congolese footballer
1977: Bubba Sparxxx, American rapper and songwriter
1977: Marcus Thames, American baseball player and coach
1976: Ken Anderson, American wrestler and actor
1975: Aracely Arámbula, Mexican actress and singer
1975: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Canadian pianist and conductor
1974: Guy Garvey, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974: Matthew Guy, Australian politician
1974: Brad Schumacher, American swimmer
1974: Beanie Sigel, American rapper
1973: Michael Finley, American basketball player
1973: Peter Lindgren, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
1973: Greg Ostertag, American basketball player
1973: Trent Willmon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player, actor, businessman, sportscaster, and rapper
1972: Jaret Reddick, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1971: Darrick Martin, American basketball player and coach
1970: Chris Broderick, American musician and songwriter
1969: Amy Pietz, American actress
1968: Moira Kelly, American actress and director
1968: Carla McGhee, American basketball player and coach
1967: Julio Bocca, Argentine ballet dancer and director
1967: Connie Britton, American actress
1967: Glenn Greenwald, American journalist and author
1967: Shuler Hensley, American actor and singer
1966: Alan Davies, English comedian, actor and screenwriter
1965: Allan Bateman, Welsh rugby player
1965: Jim Knight, English politician
1964: Linda Pearson, Scottish sport shooter
1963: D. L. Hughley, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1962: Alison Nicholas, British golfer
1960: Sleepy Floyd, American basketball player and coach
1959: Tom Arnold, American actor, comedian, and television host
1956: Peter Roebuck, English cricketer, journalist, and sportcaster (d. 2011)
1956: Steve Vizard, Australian television host, actor, and producer
1955: Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (d. 1994)
1955: Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (d. 2015)
1954: Jeff Greenwald, American author, photographer, and monologist
1954: Harald Schumacher, German footballer and manager
1953: Phil Alvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953: Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepali banker and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Nepal
1953: Carolyn Porco, American astronomer and academic
1952: Denis Napthine, Australian politician, 47th Premier of Victoria
1951: Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (d. 2004)
1950: Arthur Roche, English archbishop
1949: Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan
1949: Martin Buchan, Scottish footballer and manager
1948: Stephen Schwartz, American composer and producer
1947: Kiki Dee, English singer-songwriter
1947: Dick Fosbury, American high jumper (d. 2023)
1947: Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
1947: Rob Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and activist
1947: Jean Seaton, English historian and academic
1947: John Stossel, American journalist and author
1946: Patrick Baudry, French military officer and astronaut
1946: David Gilmour, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946: Martin Kove, American actor
1946: Richard Noble, Scottish race car driver and businessman
1945: Angelo Castro Jr., Filipino actor and journalist (d. 2012)
1944: Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (d. 2015)
1944: Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano and actress
1944: Mary Wilson, American singer (d. 2021)
1942: Ben Murphy, American actor
1941: Peter Brötzmann, German saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 2023)
1941: Marilyn Strathern, Welsh anthropologist and academic
1940: Ken Danby, Canadian painter (d. 2007)
1940: Joanna Miles, French-American actress
1940: R. H. Sikes, American golfer (d. 2023)
1940: Willie Stargell, American baseball player and coach (d. 2001)
1940: Jeff Wooller, English accountant and banker
1939: Kit Bond, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Missouri
1939: Adam Osborne, Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (d. 2003)
1938: Keishu Tanaka, Japanese politician, 17th Japanese Minister of Justice (d. 2022)
1937: Ivan Boesky, American businessman (d. 2024)
1937: Norman Coburn, Australian actor
1937: Valentina Tereshkova, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
1936: Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (d. 2002)
1936: Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (d. 2014)
1936: Choummaly Sayasone, Laotian politician, 5th President of Laos
1935: Ron Delany, Irish runner and coach
1935: Derek Kevan, English footballer (d. 2013)
1934: Red Simpson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1933: Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1933: William Davis, German-English journalist and economist (d. 2019)
1933: Augusto Odone, Italian economist and inventor of Lorenzo's oil (d. 2013)
1932: Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (d. 2010)
1932: Jean Boht, actress, (d. 2023)
1932: Bronisław Geremek, Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2008)
1932: Timofei Moșneaga, Moldovan physician and politician, Moldovan Minister of Health (d. 2014)
1930: Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2014)
1929: Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2013)
1929: David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (d. 2005)
1927: William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1927: Gordon Cooper, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2004)
1927: Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
1926: Ann Curtis, American swimmer (d. 2012)
1926: Alan Greenspan, American economist and politician
1926: Ray O'Connor, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (d. 2013)
1926: Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1924: Sarah Caldwell, American opera director, impresario, and stage director (d. 2006)
1924: Ottmar Walter, German footballer (d. 2013)
1924: William H. Webster, American lawyer and jurist, 14th Director of Central Intelligence
1923: Ed McMahon, American comedian, game show host, and announcer (d. 2009)
1923: Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1968)
1921: Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American holocaust survivor and author (d. 2014)
1920: Lewis Gilbert, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
1918: Howard McGhee, American trumpeter (d. 1987)
1917: Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (d. 2003)
1917: Will Eisner, American illustrator and publisher (d. 2005)
1917: Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
1913: Ella Logan, Scottish-American singer and actress (d. 1969)
1912: Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 2014)
1910: Emma Bailey, American auctioneer and author (d. 1999)
1909: Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (d. 1987)
1909: Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish poet and author (d. 1966)
1906: Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (d. 1959)
1905: Bob Wills, American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1975)
1904: José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (d. 1960)
1903: Empress Kōjun (d. 2000)
1900: Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano and actress (d. 2001)
1900: Lefty Grove, American baseball player (d. 1975)
1900: Henri Jeanson, French journalist and author (d. 1970)
1898: Gus Sonnenberg, American football player and wrestler (d. 1944)
1895: Albert Tessier, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1976)
1893: Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
1893: Ella P. Stewart, pioneering Black American pharmacist (d. 1987)
1892: Bert Smith, English international footballer (d. 1969)
1885: Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (d. 1933)
1884: Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player (d. 1959)
1884: María Collazo, Uruguayan journalist and activist (d. 1942)
1882: F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya (d. 1980)
1882: Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer (d. 1956)
1879: Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1962)
1877: Rose Fyleman, English writer and poet (d. 1957)
1876: A. A. Kannisto, Finnish politician (d. 1930)
1872: Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
1871: Afonso Costa, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1937)
1870: Oscar Straus, Viennese composer and conductor (d. 1954)
1865: Duan Qirui, Chinese warlord and politician (d. 1936)
1864: Richard Rushall, British businessman (d. 1953)
1849: Georg Luger, Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol (d. 1923)
1841: Viktor Burenin, Russian author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1926)
1834: George du Maurier, French-English author and illustrator (d. 1896)
1831: Philip Sheridan, Irish-American general (d. 1888)
1826: Annie Feray Mutrie, British painter (d. 1893)
1823: Charles I of Württemberg (d. 1891)
1818: William Claflin, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
1817: Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
1812: Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman, co-founded the Waltham Watch Company (d. 1895)
1806: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English-Italian poet and translator (d. 1861)
1787: Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1826)
1785: Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (d. 1857)
1780: Lucy Barnes, American writer (d. 1809)
1779: Antoine-Henri Jomini, Swiss-French general (d. 1869)
1761: Antoine-François Andréossy, French general and diplomat (d. 1828)
1724: Henry Laurens, English-American merchant and politician, 5th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1792)
1716: Pehr Kalm, Swedish-Finnish botanist and explorer (d. 1779)
1706: George Pocock, English admiral (d. 1792)
1663: Francis Atterbury, English bishop and poet (d. 1732)
1619: Cyrano de Bergerac, French author and playwright (d. 1655)
1536: Santi di Tito, Italian painter (d. 1603)
1495: Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet and diplomat (d. 1556)
1493: Juan Luis Vives, Spanish scholar and humanist (d. 1540)
1483: Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (d. 1540)
1475: Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1564)
1459: Jakob Fugger, German merchant and banker (d. 1525)
1405: John II of Castile (d. 1454)
1340: John of Gaunt (probable; d. 1399)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Lou Ottens, Dutch engineer and inventor (b. 1926)
2021: Graham Pink, British nurse (b. 1929)
2018: Peter Nicholls, Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (b. 1939)
2017: Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (b. 1932)
2016: Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
2016: Sheila Varian, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1937)
2015: Fred Craddock, American minister and academic (b. 1928)
2015: Ram Sundar Das, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1921)
2015: Enrique "Coco" Vicéns, Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (b. 1926)
2014: Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician (b. 1969)
2014: Frank Jobe, American soldier and surgeon (b. 1925)
2014: Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1921)
2014: Martin Nesbitt, American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
2014: Manlio Sgalambro, Italian philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1924)
2013: Chorão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
2013: Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
2013: Alvin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
2013: W. Wallace Cleland, American biochemist and academic (b. 1930)
2012: Francisco Xavier do Amaral, East Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor (b. 1937)
2012: Donald M. Payne, American businessman and politician (b. 1934)
2012: Helen Walulik, American baseball player (b. 1929)
2011: Sasao Gouland, governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia (b. 1933)
2010: Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)
2010: Mark Linkous, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1962)
2010: Betty Millard, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1911)
2009: Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1964)
2008: Peter Poreku Dery, Ghanaian cardinal (b. 1918)
2007: Jean Baudrillard, French photographer and theorist (b. 1929)
2007: Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (b. 1909)
2006: Anne Braden, American journalist and activist (b. 1924)
2006: Kirby Puckett, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
2005: Hans Bethe, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
2005: Danny Gardella, American baseball player and trainer (b. 1920)
2005: Tommy Vance, English radio host (b. 1943)
2005: Teresa Wright, American actress (b. 1918)
2005: Gladys Marín, Chilean activist and political figure (b. 1938)
2004: Hercules, American wrestler (b. 1957)
2004: Frances Dee, American actress (b. 1909)
2002: Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)
2000: John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)
1999: Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahrain king (b. 1933)
1997: Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (b. 1918)
1997: Michael Manley, Jamaican soldier, pilot, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
1997: Ursula Torday, English author (b. 1912)
1994: Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (b. 1920)
1988: Mairéad Farrell, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
1988: Daniel McCann, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
1988: Seán Savage, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1965)
1986: Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (b. 1887)
1984: Billy Collins Jr., American boxer (b. 1961)
1984: Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (b. 1892)
1984: Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (b. 1893)
1984: Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican-American actor and producer (b. 1905)
1982: Ayn Rand, Russian-American philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1905)
1981: George Geary, English cricketer and coach (b. 1893)
1981: Rambhau Mhalgi, Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha (b. 1921)
1977: Alvin R. Dyer, American religious leader (b. 1903)
1976: Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (b. 1903)
1974: Ernest Becker, American anthropologist and author (b. 1924)
1973: Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1970: William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)
1967: John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (b. 1865)
1967: Nelson Eddy, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
1967: Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (b. 1882)
1965: Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)
1964: Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
1961: George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
1955: Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)
1954: Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, British-born German nobleman and Nazi politician (b. 1884)
1952: Jürgen Stroop, German general (b. 1895)
1951: Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
1951: Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)
1950: Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
1948: Ross Lockridge Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
1948: Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)
1941: Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
1941: Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
1939: Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
1935: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
1933: Anton Cermak, Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)
1932: John Philip Sousa, American conductor and composer (b. 1854)
1920: Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish author and educator (b. 1884)
1919: Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (b. 1882)
1905: John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)
1905: Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)
1900: Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)
1899: Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)
1895: Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)
1888: Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)
1867: Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)
1866: William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)
1854: Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)
1836: Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo: James Bonham, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1807)
1836: Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo: James Bowie, American colonel (b. 1796)
1836: Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo: Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (b. 1786)
1836: Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo: William B. Travis, American lieutenant colonel and lawyer (b. 1809)
1796: Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (b. 1713)
1764: Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)
1758: Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)
1754: Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)
1616: Francis Beaumont, English playwright (b. 1584)
1531: Pedro Arias Dávila, Spanish explorer and diplomat (b. 1440)
1491: Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers
1490: Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)
1466: Alvise Loredan, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1393)
1447: Colette of Corbie, French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (b. 1381)
1353: Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn
1251: Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)
1070: Ulric I, Margrave of Carniola
903: Lu Guangqi, Chinese official and chancellor
903: Su Jian, Chinese official and chancellor
766: Chrodegang, Frankish bishop and saint
653: Li Ke, prince of the Tang Dynasty (b. 619)
190: Liu Bian (poisoned by Dong Zhuo) (b. 176)

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