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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

2026: Oklahoma couple checked forgotten Powerball lottery ticket, found out they won $1 million. An Oklahoma husband and wife are relieved that they happened to come across a winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $1 million before accidentally tossing it aside for good.
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.$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.$320.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 8, 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.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2008
13.$188 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2023
14.€167.81 Million
US$182.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2022
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.€130.33 Million
US$151.14 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 6, 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.€115.73 Million
US$130.05 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 7, 2019
25.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 8, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988: Dat504boi
Sunday, Mar 6, 1988
38 years old
1982: Sims4sure
Saturday, Mar 6, 1982
44 years old
1978: MetroPlex
Monday, Mar 6, 1978
48 years old
1970: plaz
Friday, Mar 6, 1970
56 years old
1968: wiron68
Wednesday, Mar 6, 1968
58 years old
1965: kalikgirl
Saturday, Mar 6, 1965
61 years old
1963: stabaker
Wednesday, Mar 6, 1963
63 years old
1962: kmgardner36
Tuesday, Mar 6, 1962
64 years old
1961: luv2reid2
Monday, Mar 6, 1961
65 years old
1957: cashdog$
Wednesday, Mar 6, 1957
69 years old
1955: G5565gdm67
Sunday, Mar 6, 1955
71 years old
1951: okresa
Tuesday, Mar 6, 1951
75 years old
1935: Maggie-Nolia
Wednesday, Mar 6, 1935
91 years old
1933: nomeyg3336
Monday, Mar 6, 1933
93 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: 32 people are killed and 82 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 the evacuated town of Narva in German-occupied Estonia, destroying the entire historical Swedish-era town.
1943: World War II: Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel launches the Battle of Medenine in an attempt to slow down the British Eighth 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.
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 is discovered from the Scotia.
1901: An anarchist assassin tries to kill German Emperor Wilhelm II.
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.
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.
1651: The town of Kajaani, known at the time as Cajanaburg, is founded by Count Per Brahe, the Governor-General of Finland.
1447: Election of Pope Nicholas V following the death of Pope Eugene IV on 23 February 1447.
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.
845: The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam.
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: Lee Lu-da, South Korean singer and 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: Tyler, the Creator, American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor
1990: Derek Drouin, Canadian athlete
1989: Dwight Buycks, American basketball player
1989: Ray Chen, Taiwanese-Australian violinist
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: 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: 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
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
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
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 (died 2011)
1956: Steve Vizard, Australian television host, actor, and producer
1955: Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (died 1994)
1955: Alberta Watson, Canadian actress (died 2015)
1954: Jeff Greenwald, American author, photographer, and monologist
1954: Harald Schumacher, German footballer and manager
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 (died 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 (died 2023)
1947: Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
1947: Rob Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and activist (died 2025)
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 (died 2012)
1944: Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (died 2015)
1944: Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand soprano and actress
1944: Mary Wilson, American singer (died 2021)
1942: Ben Murphy, American actor
1941: Peter Brötzmann, German saxophonist and clarinet player (died 2023)
1941: Marilyn Strathern, Welsh anthropologist and academic
1940: Ken Danby, Canadian painter (died 2007)
1940: Joanna Miles, French-American actress
1940: R. H. Sikes, American golfer (died 2023)
1940: Willie Stargell, American baseball player and coach (died 2001)
1940: Jeff Wooller, English accountant and banker
1939: Kit Bond, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Missouri (died 2025)
1939: Adam Osborne, Thai-Indian engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (died 2003)
1938: Keishu Tanaka, Japanese politician, 17th Japanese Minister of Justice (died 2022)
1937: Ivan Boesky, American businessman (died 2024)
1937: Norman Coburn, Australian actor
1937: Valentina Tereshkova, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
1936: Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (died 2002)
1936: Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (died 2014)
1936: Choummaly Sayasone, Laotian politician, 5th President of Laos
1935: Ron Delany, Irish runner and coach
1935: Derek Kevan, English footballer (died 2013)
1934: Red Simpson, American singer-songwriter (died 2016)
1933: Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (died 2004)
1933: William Davis, German-English journalist and economist (died 2019)
1933: Augusto Odone, Italian economist and inventor of Lorenzo's oil (died 2013)
1932: Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (died 2010)
1932: Jean Boht, English actress (died 2023)
1932: Bronisław Geremek, Polish historian and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2008)
1932: Timofei Moșneaga, Moldovan physician and politician, Moldovan Minister of Health (died 2014)
1930: Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (died 2014)
1929: Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 2013)
1929: David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (died 2005)
1927: William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005)
1927: Gordon Cooper, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (died 2004)
1927: Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
1926: Ann Curtis, American swimmer (died 2012)
1926: Alan Greenspan, American economist and politician
1926: Ray O'Connor, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (died 2013)
1926: Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2016)
1924: Sarah Caldwell, American opera director, impresario, and stage director (died 2006)
1924: Ottmar Walter, German footballer (died 2013)
1924: William H. Webster, American lawyer and jurist, Director of Central Intelligence (died 2025)
1923: Ed McMahon, American comedian, game show host, and announcer (died 2009)
1923: Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1968)
1921: Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American holocaust survivor and author (died 2014)
1920: Lewis Gilbert, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
1918: Howard McGhee, American trumpeter (died 1987)
1917: Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (died 2003)
1917: Will Eisner, American illustrator and publisher (died 2005)
1917: Frankie Howerd, English comedian (died 1992)
1913: Ella Logan, Scottish-American singer and actress (died 1969)
1912: Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (died 2014)
1910: Emma Bailey, American auctioneer and author (died 1999)
1909: Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (died 1987)
1909: Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Polish poet and author (died 1966)
1906: Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (died 1959)
1905: Bob Wills, American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (died 1975)
1904: José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (died 1960)
1903: Empress Kōjun (died 2000)
1900: Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano and actress (died 2001)
1900: Lefty Grove, American baseball player (died 1975)
1900: Henri Jeanson, French journalist and author (died 1970)
1898: Gus Sonnenberg, American football player and wrestler (died 1944)
1895: Albert Tessier, Canadian priest and historian (died 1976)
1893: Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981)
1893: Ella P. Stewart, pioneering Black American pharmacist (died 1987)
1892: Bert Smith, English international footballer (died 1969)
1885: Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (died 1933)
1884: Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player (died 1959)
1884: María Collazo, Uruguayan journalist and activist (died 1942)
1882: F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya (died 1980)
1882: Guy Kibbee, American actor and singer (died 1956)
1879: Jimmy Hunter, New Zealand rugby player (died 1962)
1877: Rose Fyleman, English writer and poet (died 1957)
1876: A. A. Kannisto, Finnish politician (died 1930)
1872: Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (died 1938)
1872: Sarah Roberts, subject of a vampire legend (died 1913)
1871: Afonso Costa, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1937)
1870: Oscar Straus, Viennese composer and conductor (died 1954)
1865: Duan Qirui, Chinese warlord and politician (died 1936)
1864: Richard Rushall, British businessman (died 1953)
1849: Georg Luger, Austrian gun designer, designed the Luger pistol (died 1923)
1841: Viktor Burenin, Russian author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1926)
1834: George du Maurier, French-English author and illustrator (died 1896)
1831: Philip Sheridan, Irish-American general (died 1888)
1826: Annie Feray Mutrie, British painter (died 1893)
1823: Charles I of Württemberg (died 1891)
1818: William Claflin, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1905)
1812: Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman, co-founded the Waltham Watch Company (died 1895)
1806: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English-Italian poet and translator (died 1861)
1787: Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer (died 1826)
1785: Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (died 1857)
1780: Lucy Barnes, American writer (died 1809)
1779: Antoine-Henri Jomini, Swiss-French general (died 1869)
1761: Antoine-François Andréossy, French general and diplomat (died 1828)
1724: Henry Laurens, English-American merchant and politician, 5th President of the Continental Congress (died 1792)
1716: Pehr Kalm, Swedish-Finnish botanist and explorer (died 1779)
1706: George Pocock, English admiral (died 1792)
1663: Francis Atterbury, English bishop and poet (died 1732)
1619: Cyrano de Bergerac, French author and playwright (died 1655)
1536: Santi di Tito, Italian painter (died 1603)
1495: Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet and diplomat (died 1556)
1493: Juan Luis Vives, Spanish scholar and humanist (died 1540)
1483: Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian and politician (died 1540)
1475: Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor (died 1564)
1459: Jakob Fugger, German merchant and banker (died 1525)
1405: John II of Castile (died 1454)
1340: John of Gaunt (probable; d. 1399)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Australian Suicide, Australian professional wrestler (born 1992)
2025: Brian James, British guitarist (born 1955)
2021: Lou Ottens, Dutch engineer and inventor (born 1926)
2021: Graham Pink, British nurse (born 1929)
2018: Peter Nicholls, Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (born 1939)
2017: Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (born 1932)
2016: Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (born 1921)
2016: Sheila Varian, American horse trainer and breeder (born 1937)
2015: Fred Craddock, American minister and academic (born 1928)
2015: Ram Sundar Das, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (born 1921)
2015: Enrique "Coco" Vicéns, Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (born 1926)
2014: Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician (born 1969)
2014: Frank Jobe, American soldier and surgeon (born 1925)
2014: Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1921)
2014: Martin Nesbitt, American lawyer and politician (born 1946)
2014: Manlio Sgalambro, Italian philosopher, author, and poet (born 1924)
2013: Chorão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1970)
2013: Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1936)
2013: Alvin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)
2013: W. Wallace Cleland, American biochemist and academic (born 1930)
2012: Francisco Xavier do Amaral, East Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor (born 1937)
2012: Donald M. Payne, American businessman and politician (born 1934)
2012: Helen Walulik, American baseball player (born 1929)
2011: Sasao Gouland, governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia (born 1933)
2010: Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (born 1984)
2010: Mark Linkous, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1962)
2010: Betty Millard, American philanthropist and activist (born 1911)
2009: Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (born 1964)
2008: Peter Poreku Dery, Ghanaian cardinal (born 1918)
2007: Jean Baudrillard, French photographer and theorist (born 1929)
2007: Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (born 1909)
2006: Anne Braden, American journalist and activist (born 1924)
2006: Kirby Puckett, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1960)
2006: Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)
2005: Hans Bethe, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
2005: Danny Gardella, American baseball player and trainer (born 1920)
2005: Tommy Vance, English radio host (born 1943)
2005: Teresa Wright, American actress (born 1918)
2005: Gladys Marín, Chilean activist and political figure (born 1938)
2004: Hercules, American wrestler (born 1957)
2004: Frances Dee, American actress (born 1909)
2002: Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1969)
2000: John Colicos, Canadian actor (born 1928)
1999: Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahrain king (born 1933)
1997: Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (born 1918)
1997: Michael Manley, Jamaican soldier, pilot, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (born 1924)
1997: Ursula Torday, English author (born 1912)
1994: Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (born 1920)
1988: Mairéad Farrell, Provisional IRA volunteer (born 1957)
1988: Daniel McCann, Provisional IRA volunteer (born 1957)
1988: Seán Savage, Provisional IRA volunteer (born 1965)
1986: Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (born 1887)
1984: Billy Collins Jr., American boxer (born 1961)
1984: Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (born 1892)
1984: Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (born 1893)
1984: Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican-American actor and producer (born 1905)
1982: Ayn Rand, Russian-American philosopher, author, and playwright (born 1905)
1981: George Geary, English cricketer and coach (born 1893)
1981: Rambhau Mhalgi, Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha (born 1921)
1977: Alvin R. Dyer, American religious leader (born 1903)
1976: Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (born 1903)
1974: Ernest Becker, American anthropologist and author (born 1924)
1973: Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
1970: William Hopper, American actor (born 1915)
1967: John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (born 1865)
1967: Nelson Eddy, American actor and singer (born 1901)
1967: Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (born 1882)
1965: Margaret Dumont, American actress (born 1889)
1964: Paul of Greece (born 1901)
1961: George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (born 1904)
1955: Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician (born 1884)
1954: Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, British-born German nobleman and Nazi politician (born 1884)
1952: Jürgen Stroop, German general (born 1895)
1951: Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (born 1893)
1951: Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (born 1880)
1950: Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (born 1871)
1948: Ross Lockridge Jr., American author, poet, and academic (born 1914)
1948: Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (born 1865)
1941: Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (born 1875)
1941: Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (born 1867)
1939: Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (born 1852)
1935: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1841)
1933: Anton Cermak, Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (born 1873)
1932: John Philip Sousa, American conductor and composer (born 1854)
1920: Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish author and educator (born 1884)
1919: Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (born 1882)
1905: John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (born 1818)
1905: Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (born 1856)
1900: Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (born 1834)
1899: Kaʻiulani of Hawaii (born 1875)
1895: Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (born 1813)
1888: Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (born 1832)
1867: Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (born 1834)
1866: William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (born 1794)
1854: Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (born 1778)
1836: Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo: James Bonham, American lawyer and soldier (born 1807)
1836: Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo: James Bowie, American colonel (born 1796)
1836: Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo: Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (born 1786)
1836: Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo: William B. Travis, American lieutenant colonel and lawyer (born 1809)
1796: Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (born 1713)
1764: Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (born 1690)
1758: Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (born 1705)
1754: Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1694)
1616: Francis Beaumont, English playwright (born 1584)
1531: Pedro Arias Dávila, Spanish explorer and diplomat (born 1440)
1491: Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers
1490: Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (born 1458)
1466: Alvise Loredan, Venetian admiral and statesman (born 1393)
1447: Colette of Corbie, French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (born 1381)
1353: Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn
1251: Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (born 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 (born 619)
190: Liu Bian (poisoned by Dong Zhuo) (born 176)

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