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March 9

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March 9

March 9 is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 297 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Pennsylvania lottery player wins "first class" once-in-a-lifetime Super Bowl experience. A Pennsylvania woman wasn't expecting much when she entered a lottery ticket into a second-chance drawing, but the result blew her away and left her with memories she'll never forget.
2023: $2 billion Powerball lottery winner buys $25.5 million Hollywood Hills mansion. The winner of the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot is ready to live it up in luxury, having already purchased a $25.5 million Hollywood Hills mansion.
2022: Missouri lottery player still in shock days after winning $100,000. A Missouri lottery winner of $100,000 is currently demonstrating an accurate representation of how many players would likely react upon landing a huge prize.
2021: NC man wins $1 million in lottery twice in one year. Most players can't even begin to imagine what it would be like to win a million dollars, but one North Carolina man is lucky enough to have experienced the exciting feeling twice after winning two $1 million prizes in the span of one year.
2020: Michigan Lottery has few options to stop players who spend millions. The Michigan Lottery — and lotteries in general — have trouble reining in abusive spending by players who take advantage of the anonymous nature of lottery ticket purchasing.
2017: California Lottery delaying payouts to winners. If you win a California Lottery scratchers prize above $600, you'll now have to wait much longer to get that money.
2016: French lottery 'winner' went on huge spending spree only to realize she had wrong number. A 46-year old French mother racked up thousands of euros in spending on jewelry and perfume after "winning" the Euro Millions lottery, only to discover she had the wrong number by one digit.
2016: Illinois Lottery to stop online, mobile app sales of single tickets. In less than two weeks, Illinois Lottery players hoping to strike it rich with single tickets purchased online or via the lottery's mobile app will be out of luck.
2016: FBI warns about lottery fraud. Criminals conducting lottery scams are as persuasive as they are sophisticated, according to a warning issued by the FBI.
2015: N.J. woman claims state's biggest-ever scratch-off jackpot. The winner of $5 million, the largest prize offered on a New Jersey Lottery instant ticket, said the reality of the situation hasn't quite sunk in yet.
2013: Lottery winnings will enable family reunion. An Illinois couple plans to use their lottery winnings to visit their son, a U.S. Navy pilot, in Hawaii -- and then get the once-in-a-lifetime chance to sail with him on an aircraft carrier as he returns from deployment in the Middle East.
2011: $151 Million: Lottery riches up for grabs in Mega Millions game. The jackpot for Friday night's multi-state Mega Millions lottery draw now stands at $151 million, the largest since January 4th, when a $380 million mega-jackpot was split by two winning tickets from Idaho and Washington.
2010: Kentucky Lottery earns first Responsible Gaming Certfication. The Kentucky Lottery Corporation has been awarded Level 2 Certification of the World Lottery Association's (WLA's) Responsible Gaming Framework.
2009: N.Y. man scratches way to lottery million. Michael Levy will never forget the New York lottery tickets he purchased on Friday, February 13.
2006: $200,000 N.M. Powerball lottery ticket expires Friday. Time is running out for the New Mexico Lottery player who may hold a Powerball second prize ticket worth $200,000.
2006: N.D. lawmaker quits anti-lottery group. The North Dakota Senate's top officer has quit a lottery opposition group, saying it has become too partisan.
2006: N.C. lottery director says lower payouts could hurt sales. The North Carolina Lottery's executive director says the law requiring the lottery to return at least 35 percent of all ticket sales to state education programs could inhibit sales and ultimately cost the state money.
2006: What would the experts do with a lottery jackpot?. If you won the lottery, as eight Nebraska meatpackers did last month, splitting a $365 million jackpot, what investment would be at the top of your wish list?
2004: Bank runs out of money while cashing lottery tickets. More than 1,100 people won Ohio's "Pick Four" lottery with the numbers 1111, causing one bank to run out of money while trying to pay multiple winners.
2004: Campus sales of Tennessee Lottery tickets unlikely. While colleges are ready to accept tuition payments funded by Tennessee's lottery, that doesn't mean tickets for the games of chance will be sold on state campuses.
2004: $28.5 million California lottery ticket unclaimed. California's public schools appeared to be the big winners Monday night when a $28.5 million lottery ticket went unclaimed after six months.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$735 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 12, 2024
2.$536 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2026
3.$511.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2024
4.$414 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2019
5.$380.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2018
6.$335.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2025
7.$309 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2014
8.$290 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2018
9.$256 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2025
10.$230 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 12, 2008
11.€181.07 Million
US$210.57 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2026
12.$203 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2023
13.€168.98 Million
US$186.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2022
14.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2010
15.€143 Million
US$155.96 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2025
16.€112 Million
US$155.22 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2014
17.$154.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2021
18.€132.07 Million
US$153.58 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2026
19.$151 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 11, 2011
20.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2013
21.$148 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2012
22.$142 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2007
23.€118.82 Million
US$141.28 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2021
24.€111.49 Million
US$137.21 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 10, 2018
25.€117.05 Million
US$131.5 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 9, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1994: MrFlipTexas
Wednesday, Mar 9, 1994
32 years old
1989: Soul8888
Thursday, Mar 9, 1989
37 years old
1987: Ronald37
Monday, Mar 9, 1987
39 years old
1985: marlon39
Saturday, Mar 9, 1985
41 years old
1985: ncheavyhitter
Saturday, Mar 9, 1985
41 years old
1983: DeangeloDeangel
Wednesday, Mar 9, 1983
43 years old
1982: fieldysgrl98
Tuesday, Mar 9, 1982
44 years old
1978: Money4me
Thursday, Mar 9, 1978
48 years old
1977: Kumo
Wednesday, Mar 9, 1977
49 years old
1977: gelati24
Wednesday, Mar 9, 1977
49 years old
1971: Oscargrouch05$
Tuesday, Mar 9, 1971
55 years old
1968: Mislotto54
Saturday, Mar 9, 1968
58 years old
1968: paulfig911
Saturday, Mar 9, 1968
58 years old
1962: foxy lady
Friday, Mar 9, 1962
64 years old
1954: Allcash64
Tuesday, Mar 9, 1954
72 years old
1954: allcashh
Tuesday, Mar 9, 1954
72 years old
1953: lesonook
Monday, Mar 9, 1953
73 years old
1953: blcmjfq
Monday, Mar 9, 1953
73 years old
1950: Bijuan39
Thursday, Mar 9, 1950
76 years old
: calabs
(year not provided)
: profitstacks28
(year not provided)
: Darkladi
(year not provided)
: mymalwl
(year not provided)
: Reiz
(year not provided)
: Shay211!
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: A shooting in the Alsterdorf quarter of Hamburg, Germany, kills eight people and injures another eight.
2020: Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy, announces in a televised address and signs the decree imposing the first nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in the world.
2015: Two Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopters collide in mid-air over Villa Castelli, Argentina, killing all 10 people on board both aircraft, including French athletes Florence Arthaud, Camille Muffat and Alexis Vastine, as well as producers and guests for the French TV show Dropped.
2012: A truce between the Salvadoran government and gangs in the country goes into effect when 30 gang leaders are transferred to lower security prisons.
2011: Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
2000: Nupedia, a multi-language online encyclopedia, is launched.
1997: Comet Hale-Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
1987: Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation.
1978: President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
1977: The Hanafi Siege: In a 39-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
1976: Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the deadliest cable car accident in history.
1974: The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars.
1967: Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio, following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people.
1961: Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
1960: Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
1959: The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
1957: The 8.6 M_w Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
1956: Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
1954: McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
1946: Bolton Wanderers stadium disaster at Burnden Park, Bolton, England, kills 33 and injures hundreds more.
1945: World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
1945: World War II: Allied forces carry out firebombing over Tokyo, destroying most of the capital and killing over 100,000 civilians.
1944: World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
1942: World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
1933: Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
1916: Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
1908: Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
1883: Demonstration of 9 March 1883 : Parisian anarchists, unemployed and carpenters narrowly miss the Presidential palace during a violent protest; first use of the black flag as a symbol of anarchism by Louise Michel.
1862: American Civil War: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (rebuilt from the engines and lower hull of the USS Merrimack) fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
1847: Mexican-American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.
1842: Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, receives its première performance in Milan; its success establishes Verdi as one of Italy's foremost opera composers.
1842: The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
1841: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
1815: Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.
1811: Paraguayan forces defeat Manuel Belgrano at the Battle of Tacuarí.
1796: Napoléon Bonaparte marries his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
1776: Scottish philosopher Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations, ushering in the classical period of political economy.
1765: After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually died by suicide.
1701: Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three-year occupation.
1500: The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494.
1230: Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus in the Battle of Klokotnitsa.
1226: Khwarazmian sultan Jalal ad-Din conquers the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.
1044: The people of Constantinople riot against emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, whose preference of his mistress Maria Skleraina over empress Zoe Porphyrogenita is seen as an insult.
1009: First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
141 BC: Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.

Births On This Day

2003: Sunisa Lee, American gymnast
2002: Usman Garuba, Spanish basketball player
2001: Jeon Somi, South Korean-Canadian singer
2000: Khaby Lame, Senegalese-Italian social media personality
1999: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Finnish ice hockey player
1998: Najee Harris, American football running back
1997: Nadeo Argawinata, Indonesian footballer
1997: Chika, American rapper
1995: Cierra Ramirez, American actress and singer
1994: Morgan Rielly, Canadian ice hockey player
1993: George Baldock, Greek footballer (died 2024)
1993: Miikka Salomäki, Finnish ice hockey player
1993: Suga, South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer
1991: Jooyoung, South Korean singer-songwriter
1990: Daley Blind, Dutch footballer
1990: YG, American rapper
1989: Taeyeon, South Korean singer
1987: Daniel Hudson, American baseball player
1987: Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
1986: Bryan Bickell, Canadian ice hockey player
1986: Damien Brunner, Swiss ice hockey player
1986: Colin Greening, Canadian ice hockey player
1986: Brittany Snow, American actress and producer
1985: Brent Burns, Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Jesse Litsch, American baseball player
1985: Pastor Maldonado, Venezuelan race car driver
1985: Parthiv Patel, Indian cricketer
1984: Abdoulay Konko, French footballer
1984: Julia Mancuso, American skier
1983: Clint Dempsey, American soccer player
1983: Wayne Simien, American basketball player
1982: Ryan Bayley, Australian cyclist
1982: Érika de Souza, Brazilian basketball player
1982: Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, Croatian tennis player
1981: Antonio Bryant, American football player
1981: Chad Gilbert, American musician, songwriter, and producer
1981: Clay Rapada, American baseball player
1980: Matt Barnes, American basketball player
1980: Chingy, American rapper
1980: Matthew Gray Gubler, American actor
1979: Oscar Isaac, Guatemalan-American actor
1979: Jordan Klepper, American comedian
1978: Chris Phillips, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman
1977: Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player
1977: Mark Tookey, Australian rugby league player
1975: Adonal Foyle, Vincentian-American basketball player
1975: Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer
1974: Mark Harrity, Australian cricketer
1973: Aaron Boone, American baseball player and manager
1973: Liam Griffin, English race car driver
1972: Jodey Arrington, American politician
1972: Jean Louisa Kelly, American actress and singer
1972: Kerr Smith, American actor
1971: Emmanuel Lewis, American actor
1970: Naveen Jindal, Indian businessman and politician
1970: Martin Johnson, English rugby player and coach
1970: Shannon Leto, American musician and songwriter
1969: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, American basketball player
1969: Kimberly Guilfoyle, American lawyer and journalist
1968: Youri Djorkaeff, French footballer
1966: Brendan Canty, American drummer and songwriter
1966: Tony Lockett, Australian footballer
1965: Brian Bosworth, American football player and actor
1965: Benito Santiago, Puerto Rican baseball player
1964: Juliette Binoche, French actress
1964: Phil Housley, American ice hockey player and coach
1963: Ivan Henjak, Croatian-Australian rugby league player and coach
1963: Terry Mulholland, American baseball player
1963: Jean-Marc Vallée, Canadian director and screenwriter (died 2021)
1962: Jan Furtok, Polish football player and manager (died 2024)
1961: Rick Steiner, American wrestler
1961: Darrell Walker, American basketball player and coach
1960: Finn Carter, American actress
1960: Željko Obradović, Serbian basketball player and coach
1959: Tom Amandes, American actor
1959: Takaaki Kajita, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1959: Lonny Price, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1958: Linda Fiorentino, American actress
1958: Paul MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1956: Mark Dantonio, American football player and coach
1956: Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
1956: David Willetts, English academic and politician
1955: Teo Fabi, Italian race car driver
1955: Józef Pinior, Polish academic and politician
1954: Carlos Ghosn, Brazilian-Lebanese-French business executive
1954: Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer, Irish republican politician, and hunger striker (died 1981)
1954: Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle racer (died 1982)
1952: Bill Beaumont, English rugby player and manager
1951: Helen Zille, South African journalist, politician and Premier of the Western Cape
1950: Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (died 2004)
1950: Andy North, American golfer
1950: Howard Shelley, English pianist and conductor
1949: Neil Hamilton, Welsh lawyer and politician
1949: Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer (died 2025)
1948: Emma Bonino, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1948: Eric Fischl, American painter and sculptor
1948: Jeffrey Osborne, American singer and drummer
1947: Keri Hulme, New Zealand author and poet (died 2021)
1946: Alexandra Bastedo, English actress (died 2014)
1946: Bernd Hölzenbein, German footballer and scout (died 2024)
1946: Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (died 1990)
1945: Robert Calvert, English singer-songwriter and playwright (died 1988)
1945: Dennis Rader, American serial killer
1945: Robin Trower, English guitarist and vocalist
1944: Lee Irvine, South African cricketer
1943: Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (died 2008)
1943: Charles Gibson, American journalist
1942: John Cale, Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer
1942: Ion Caramitru, Romanian actor and artistic director (died 2021)
1942: Mark Lindsay, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer
1941: Jim Colbert, American golfer
1941: Ernesto Miranda, American criminal (died 1976)
1941: Trish Van Devere, American actress
1941: Malcolm Smith, Canadian-American motorcycle racer (died 2024)
1940: Raul Julia, Puerto Rican actor (died 1994)
1939: Malcolm Bricklin, American businessman, founded Bricklin and Yugo
1937: Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (died 2018)
1937: Harry Neale, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1937: Brian Redman, English race car driver
1936: Mickey Gilley, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022)
1936: Marty Ingels, American actor and comedian (died 2015)
1935: Andrew Viterbi, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Qualcomm Inc.
1934: Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and cosmonaut, first human in space (died 1968)
1934: Joyce Van Patten, American actress
1933: Lloyd Price, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2021)
1933: David Weatherall, English physician, geneticist, and academic (died 2018)
1933: Artt Frank, American jazz drummer and biographer (died 2024)
1932: Qayyum Chowdhury, Bangladeshi painter and academic (died 2014)
1932: Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican astrologer and actor (died 2019)
1931: Jackie Healy-Rae, Irish politician (died 2014)
1930: Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (died 2015)
1929: Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese lawyer, politician and President of Guyana (died 2002)
1929: Zillur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 19th President of Bangladesh (died 2013)
1928: Gerald Bull, Canadian-American engineer and academic (died 1990)
1928: Keely Smith, American singer and actress (died 2017)
1927: Jackie Jensen, American baseball player (died 1982)
1926: Joe Franklin, American radio and television host (died 2015)
1923: James L. Buckley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2023)
1923: André Courrèges, French fashion designer (died 2016)
1923: Walter Kohn, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
1922: Ian Turbott, New Zealand-Australian former diplomat and university administrator (died 2016)
1921: Carl Betz, American actor (died 1978)
1920: Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach (died 2015)
1918: George Lincoln Rockwell, American sailor and politician, founded the American Nazi Party (died 1967)
1918: Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (died 2006)
1915: Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot (died 2001)
1911: Clara Rockmore, American classical violin prodigy and theremin player (died 1998)
1910: Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (died 1981)
1904: Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American soldier and engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies (died 2002)
1902: Will Geer, American actor (died 1978)
1892: Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian politician (died 1971)
1892: Vita Sackville-West, English author, poet, and gardener (died 1962)
1891: José P. Laurel, Filipino lawyer, politician and President of the Philippines (died 1959)
1890: Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer and lieutenant (died 1915)
1890: Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1986)
1887: Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (died 1976)
1863: Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist (died 1950)
1856: Eddie Foy, Sr., American actor and dancer (died 1928)
1850: Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (died 1925)
1847: Martin Pierre Marsick, Belgian violinist, composer, and educator (died 1924)
1824: Amasa Leland Stanford, American businessman and politician, founded Stanford University (died 1893)
1820: Samuel Blatchford, American lawyer and jurist (died 1893)
1815: David Davis, American jurist and politician (died 1886)
1814: Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet and playwright (died 1861)
1806: Edwin Forrest, American actor and philanthropist (died 1872)
1763: William Cobbett, English journalist and author (died 1835)
1758: Franz Joseph Gall, German neuroanatomist and physiologist (died 1828)
1753: Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general (died 1800)
1749: Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (died 1791)
1737: Josef Mysliveček, Czech violinist and composer (died 1781)
1697: Friederike Caroline Neuber, German actress (died 1760)
1662: Franz Anton von Sporck, German noble (died 1738)
1611: Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot, French-Canadian missionary (died 1693)
1568: Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint, namesake of Gonzaga University (died 1591)
1564: David Fabricius, German theologian, cartographer and astronomer (died 1617)
1534: Joseph of Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit saint and missionary (died 1597)
1451: Amerigo Vespucci, Italian cartographer and explorer, namesake of the Americas (died 1512)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Chaim Topol, Israeli actor (born 1935)
2021: James Levine, American conductor and pianist (born 1943)
2021: Roger Mudd, American journalist (born 1928)
2020: John Bathersby, Australian Catholic bishop (born 1936)
2018: Jo Min-ki, Korean actor (born 1965)
2017: Howard Hodgkin, British painter (born 1932)
2016: Robert Horton, American actor (born 1924)
2016: Clyde Lovellette, American basketball player and coach (born 1929)
2015: James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (born 1920)
2013: Max Jakobson, Finnish journalist and diplomat (born 1923)
2013: Merton Simpson, American painter and art collector (born 1928)
2011: David S. Broder, American journalist and academic (born 1929)
2010: Willie Davis, American baseball player and manager (born 1940)
2010: Doris Haddock, American activist and politician (born 1910)
2010: Wilfy Rebimbus, Indian singer (born 1942)
2010: Henry Wittenberg, American wrestler (born 1918)
2007: Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
2007: Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1921)
2006: Tom Fox, American activist (born 1951)
2006: Anna Moffo, American soprano (born 1932)
2006: John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War (born 1915)
2004: John Mayer, Indian composer (born 1930)
2003: Stan Brakhage, American director and cinematographer (born 1933)
2003: Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician, President of Nauru (born 1946)
2000: Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer and educator (born 1908)
1999: Harry Somers, Canadian pianist and composer (born 1925)
1999: George Singh, Belizean jurist and Chief Justice of Belize (born 1937)
1997: Jean-Dominique Bauby, French journalist and author (born 1952)
1997: Terry Nation, Welsh author and screenwriter (born 1930)
1997: The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper, songwriter, and actor (born 1972)
1996: George Burns, American comedian, actor, and writer (born 1896)
1995: Edward Bernays, Austrian-American propagandist (born 1891)
1994: Charles Bukowski, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1920)
1994: Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler, referee, and manager (born 1928)
1994: Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (born 1917)
1993: C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author (born 1909)
1992: Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli soldier, politician and Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)
1991: Jim Hardin, American baseball player (born 1943)
1989: Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (born 1946)
1988: Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (born 1904)
1983: Faye Emerson, American actress (born 1917)
1983: Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
1974: Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
1974: Harry Womack, American singer (born 1945)
1971: Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Pope (born 1902)
1969: Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian general (born 1919)
1964: Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (born 1870)
1955: Miroslava Stern (Miroslava), Czech-Mexican actress (born 1925)
1954: Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (born 1874)
1943: Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (born 1878)
1937: Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (born 1864)
1926: Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (born 1865)
1925: Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (born 1858)
1918: Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (born 1864)
1897: Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (born 1825)
1895: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (born 1836)
1888: William I, German Emperor (born 1797)
1876: Louise Colet, French poet (born 1810)
1851: Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist, discovered electromagnetism and the element aluminium (born 1777)
1847: Mary Anning, English paleontologist (born 1799)
1831: Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German author and playwright (born 1752)
1825: Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, author, and critic (born 1743)
1810: Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (born 1742)
1808: Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (born 1739)
1709: Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English courtier and politician (born 1638)
1661: Cardinal Mazarin, Italian-French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1602)
1649: James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier and politician (born 1606)
1649: Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician (born 1590)
1566: David Rizzio, Italian-Scottish courtier and politician (born 1533)
1463: Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun and saint (born 1463)
1444: Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (born c. 1370)
1440: Frances of Rome, Italian nun and saint (born 1384)
1202: Sverre of Norway, King of Norway and founder of the House of Sverre
886: Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, Muslim scholar and astrologer (born 787)

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