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May 1

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May 1

May 1 is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 244 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Six gang members arrested for stealing $50,000 worth of lottery tickets in two states. Six Massachusetts individuals were arrested and indicted on multiple felony charges following an organized scheme to steal $50,000 worth of lottery tickets that spanned two states and twelve stores over the course of three months.
2023: Winner of £105 million EuroMillions lottery jackpot misses his job. A lottery winner who scooped up a whopping £105 million (US$127.9 million) EuroMillions jackpot in 2019 is missing the workplace banter of his old job.
2019: NJ man wins his second major lottery jackpot. A New Jersey man collected a $3 million lottery jackpot just two years after he won more than $730,000 from another game.
2018: Michigan man wins $100K playing lottery online. Patrick Rudolph was sitting at home playing online lottery games when he nearly missed that he'd won a huge prize.
2018: N.J. man charged in $10K lottery scam on 84-year-old woman. A New Jersey man tricked an 84-year-old woman into handing over more than $10,000 after telling her she won a lottery, but needed to pay the taxes on the winnings in advance, authorities said.
2017: Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $61 million sold in California. The winning ticket for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing was sold in Laguna Hills, California.
2016: $348 MILLION: April misses bring May riches. This week Powerball will be the hot ticket, featuring a jackpot that will tempt a lot of people to take a chance at unimaginable wealth.
2014: Florida couple, nearly penniless, claim half of $414M lottery jackpot. She had less than $5 cash with her when she filed for bankruptcy two years ago, but Tuesday, a Merritt Island, Florida, woman held a giant novelty check for more than $200 million in lottery winnings.
2013: One brother convicted, one acquitted in $5M lottery trial. In a closely-watched trial in Syracuse, New York, a judge convicted one brother accused of stealing a winning $5 million lottery ticket from a convenience store customer but threw out conspiracy charges against his brother.
2012: Arkansas woman loses bid for $1M lottery ticket picked from trash. An Arkansas woman who cashed a $1 million lottery ticket may have to give up the winnings to a woman who threw away the ticket after she bought it, according to a judge's ruling Tuesday.
2012: Woman arrested for trying to fake jackpot winning lottery ticket. An Elgin, Illinois, woman tried to cash in on the record $656 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot with a ticket she bought online eight minutes after the winning numbers were drawn, officials said today.
2010: Powerball lottery 10x promotion starts today. Starting today, May 1, lottery players across the United States purchasing Powerball tickets with the Power Play option will have a chance to increase their winnings by ten times.
2009: N.C. lottery store owners, employees winning big and often. Some of the same people who sell North Carolina Education Lottery tickets are winning big and winning often -- and that makes some people suspicious.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $61 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $61 million, with a cash option of $27 million.
2006: Mega Million lottery jackpot grows to $41 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game grew to $41 million Saturday.
2006: Florida Lottery had big winners this weekend. All three big Florida Lottery jackpot games had big winners this weekend, including two players who will share a $12 million jackpot.
2006: Oklahoma Lottery adds new claims centers. Winners of up to five-thousand dollars in the Oklahoma Lottery will be able to cash in their tickets at some Homeland grocery stores beginning today.
2006: Thief can't resist lure of lottery tickets. A jackpot-seeking thief swooped into a south Raleigh convenience store early Saturday morning, grabbed a plastic dispenser filled with $1,100 worth of lottery tickets and then ran away, according to police.
2006: Expect N.C. lottery changes to affirm education spending. In its upcoming session, North Carolina lawmakers will debate changes to laws to decide how lottery funds are spent.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$361.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 4, 2016
2.$345 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 4, 2021
3.$284 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2024
4.$266 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 4, 2010
5.$252 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2019
6.$225 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
7.€197.36 Million US$207.68 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 3, 2022
8.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2020
9.$195 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 2, 2018
10.€173 Million
US$182.05 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2022
11.$181 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2019
12.$180.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2024
13.$179 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 3, 2008
14.€146.19 Million
US$173.96 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 3, 2021
15.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2013
16.€145.23 Million
US$162.45 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 2, 2019
17.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2000
18.€141 Million
US$154.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2023
19.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2004
20.$131.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2021
21.€98 Million
US$130.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
22.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 3, 2017
23.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2016
24.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2013
24.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: CasinoBene$
Friday, May 1, 1987
37 years old
1984: LottoCommunity
Tuesday, May 1, 1984
40 years old
1983: dannyboy
Sunday, May 1, 1983
41 years old
1978: tuffy
Monday, May 1, 1978
46 years old
1978: darrenuk
Monday, May 1, 1978
46 years old
1973: Rich815
Tuesday, May 1, 1973
51 years old
1973: RichardL
Tuesday, May 1, 1973
51 years old
1960: janna1960
Sunday, May 1, 1960
64 years old
1958: dutchess
Thursday, May 1, 1958
66 years old
1958: skittles106
Thursday, May 1, 1958
66 years old
1954: Mann135
Saturday, May 1, 1954
70 years old
1947: orangeman
Thursday, May 1, 1947
77 years old
1946: thombru
Wednesday, May 1, 1946
78 years old
: Greg2117
(year not provided)
: lisette
(year not provided)
: Letzdonumbers33
(year not provided)
: Staykonnected
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team.
2019: Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period.
2018: Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq-Syria border.
2011: Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
2009: Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
2004: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
2003: Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".
1999: The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.
1994: Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix.
1993: Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
1990: Angolan Civil War: The MPLA and UNITA agree to the Bicesse Accords, which are formally signed on May 31 in Lisbon.
1982: Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.
1978: Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
1975: The Särkänniemi Amusement Park opens in Tampere, Finland.
1971: Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
1970: Vietnam War: Protests erupt in response to U.S. and South Vietnamese forces attacking Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
1961: The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
1957: A Vickers VC.1 Viking crashes while attempting to return to Blackbushe Airport in Yateley, killing 34.
1956: The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
1947: Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
1946: Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
1945: World War II: German radio broadcasts news of Adolf Hitler's death, falsely stating that he has "fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany". The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin.
1945: World War II: Up to 2,500 people die in a mass suicide in Demmin following the advance of the Red Army.
1931: The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
1930: "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly discovered dwarf planet by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
1929: The 7.2 M_w Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran-Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
1925: The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members.
1921: The Jaffa riots commence.
1919: German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
1915: The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
1900: The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
1898: Spanish-American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
1896: Naser al-Din, Shah of Iran, is assassinated in Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine by Mirza Reza Kermani, a follower of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani.
1894: Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
1886: Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
1885: The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
1866: The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1865: The Empire of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay sign the Treaty of the Triple Alliance.
1863: American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
1851: Queen Victoria opens The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace in London.
1846: The few remaining Mormons left in Nauvoo, Illinois, formally dedicate the Nauvoo Temple.
1844: Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
1840: The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
1820: Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators, who plotted to kill the British Cabinet and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool.
1807: The Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire.
1753: Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
1707: The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
1486: Christopher Columbus presents his plans discovering a western route to the Indies to the Spanish Queen Isabella I of Castile.
1328: Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, England recognises Scotland as an independent state.
1169: Norman mercenaries land at Bannow Bay in Leinster, marking the beginning of the Norman invasion of Ireland.
880: The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
305: Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor.

Births On This Day

2005: Linda Fruhvirtová, Czech tennis player
2004: Charli D'Amelio, American social media influencer and dancer
1996: Christopher J. Alexis Jr., Grenadian road cyclist
1996: William Nylander, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player
1996: Daniel Saifiti, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1996: Jacob Saifiti, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1996: Michael Seaton, Jamaican footballer
1995: Collin Seedorf, Dutch footballer
1994: Wallace Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
1993: Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, French footballer
1993: Ifeoma Nwoye, Nigerian wrestler
1992: Hani, South Korean singer and actress
1992: Trevor Philp, Canadian alpine skier
1992: Bradley Roby, American football player
1991: Marcus Stroman, American baseball player
1991: Daniel Talbot, British sprinter
1990: Uriel Álvarez, Mexican footballer
1990: Diego Contento, German footballer
1990: Scooter Gennett, American baseball player
1990: Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress
1989: Alejandro Arribas, Spanish footballer
1989: Poļina Jeļizarova, Latvian runner
1989: Victoria Monét, American singer-songwriter
1988: Maria Balaba, Latvian figure skater
1988: Maxim Gustik, Belarusian freestyle skier
1988: Teodor Peterson, Swedish cross-country skier
1988: Anushka Sharma, Indian actress and film producer
1987: Leonardo Bonucci, Italian footballer
1987: Glen Coffee, American football player
1987: Iván DeJesús Jr., Puerto Rican baseball player
1987: Marcus Drum, Australian footballer
1987: Jerome Dyson, American basketball player
1987: Amir Johnson, American basketball player
1987: Ryan Mathews, American football player
1987: Saidi Ntibazonkiza, Burundian footballer
1987: Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
1987: Marissa Ponich, Canadian fencer
1986: Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2013)
1986: Adam Casey, Australian footballer
1986: Lee Chang-min, South Korean singer
1986: Jesse Klaver, Dutch politician
1986: Brent Stanton, Australian footballer
1985: Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984: David Backes, American ice hockey player
1984: Mišo Brečko, Slovenian footballer
1984: Patrick Eaves, American ice hockey player
1984: Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer
1984: Farah Fath, American actress
1984: Keiichiro Koyama, Japanese singer and actor
1984: Víctor Montaño, Colombian footballer
1984: Mark Seaby, Australian footballer
1983: Alain Bernard, French swimmer
1983: Park Hae-jin, South Korean actor
1983: Craig Williams, American wrestler
1982: Beto, Portuguese footballer
1982: Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish model and actor
1982: Mark Farren, Irish footballer (d. 2016)
1982: Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
1982: Darijo Srna, Croatian footballer
1982: Katya Zamolodchikova, American drag queen
1981: Manny Acosta, Panamanian baseball player
1981: Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
1981: Alexander Hleb, Belarusian footballer
1981: Wes Welker, American football player
1980: Marvin Cabrera, Mexican footballer
1980: Rob Davison, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1980: Inês Henriques, Portuguese race walker
1980: Jan Heylen, Belgian race car driver
1980: Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1980: Yuliya Tabakova, Russian athlete
1979: Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
1979: Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
1978: James Badge Dale, American actor
1978: Michael Russell, American tennis player
1977: Vera Lischka, Austrian swimmer and politician
1976: Patricia Stokkers, Dutch swimmer
1975: Austin Croshere, American basketball player and sportscaster
1975: Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
1975: Nina Hossain, English journalist
1975: Alexey Smertin, Russian international footballer
1973: Peter Baah, English footballer and manager
1973: Mike Jesse, German footballer
1973: Curtis Martin, American football player
1973: Oliver Neuville, German footballer
1972: Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni terrorist
1972: Julie Benz, American actress
1972: Yoon Hae-young, South Korean actress
1971: Ethan Albright, American football player
1971: Stuart Appleby, Australian golfer
1971: Kim Grant, South African tennis player
1971: Artur Kohutek, Polish hurdler and soldier
1971: Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor in Tamil cinema and race car driver
1970: Bernard Butler, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1970: Sacha Perry, American jazz pianist and composer
1969: Wes Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Mary Lou McDonald, Irish politician
1969: Billy Owens, American basketball player
1968: Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer and manager
1968: D'arcy Wretzky, American bass player and singer
1967: Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor
1966: Olaf Thon, German footballer and manager
1964: Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
1962: Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress
1962: Ted Sundquist, American football player, coach, and manager
1961: Sultan Günal-Gezer, Dutch politician
1961: Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961: Marilyn Milian, American judge
1961: Vasiliy Sidorenko, Russian hammer thrower
1960: Steve Cauthen, American jockey and sportscaster
1959: Yasmina Reza, French actress and playwright
1959: Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer and basket weaver
1957: Rick Darling, Australian cricketer
1957: Uberto Pasolini, Italian banker, director, and producer
1956: Phil Foglio, American illustrator
1956: Catherine Frot, French actress
1955: Alex Cunningham, Scottish politician
1955: Martin O'Donnell, American composer
1955: Ray Searage, American baseball player and coach
1954: Ray Parker Jr., American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954: Joel Rosenberg, Canadian-American author and activist (d. 2011)
1953: Glen Ballard, American songwriter and producer
1952: Richard Blundell, English economist and academic
1952: Kim Lewison, English lawyer and judge
1952: Peter Smith, Malaysian-born English academic and judge
1951: Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach
1951: Geoff Lees, English race car driver
1951: Sally Mann, American photographer
1950: Dann Florek, American actor and director
1950: Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer and coach
1949: Jim Clench, Canadian bass player (d. 2010)
1949: Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
1949: Paul Teutul Sr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
1948: Györgyi Balogh, Hungarian sprinter
1948: Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar
1947: Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d. 2015)
1947: Sergio Infante, Chilean-Swedish poet and author
1946: Joanna Lumley, English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist
1946: John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter
1945: Rita Coolidge, American singer-songwriter
1945: Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2007)
1943: Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan politician (d. 2004)
1943: Joe Walsh, Irish politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (d. 2014)
1939: Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939: Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch model (d. 1980)
1939: Victor Davies, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
1937: Una Stubbs, English actress and dancer (d. 2021)
1936: Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (d. 2006)
1936: Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (d. 2014)
1934: Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
1934: Tang Chang, Thai artist (d. 1990)
1934: Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
1934: Phillip King, Tunisian-English sculptor (d. 2021)
1934: John Meillon, Australian actor (d. 1989)
1932: Tabibar Rahman Sarder, Bangladeshi politician. (d. 2010)
1932: Sandy Woodward, English admiral (d. 2013)
1931: Naim Attallah, Palestinian author (d. 2021)
1930: Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player (d. 2011)
1930: Richard Riordan, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Mayor of Los Angeles and publisher (d. 2023)
1930: Little Walter Jacobs, American blues harp player and singer (d. 1968)
1929: Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (d. 2009)
1929: Sonny Ramadhin, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 2022)
1928: Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1928: Delfim Netto, Brazilian economist
1927: Greta Andersen, Danish swimmer (d. 2023)
1927: Gary Bertini, Israeli conductor and composer (d. 2005)
1927: Laura Betti, Italian actress (d. 2004)
1927: Bernard Vukas, Yugoslav-Croatian footballer (d. 1983)
1927: Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician, 3rd President of Madagascar (d. 2017)
1926: Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic
1925: Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (d. 2015)
1925: Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1925: Sardar Fazlul Karim, Bangladeshi philosopher, scholar, and academic (d. 2014)
1924: Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (d. 2023)
1924: Karel Kachyňa, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1924: Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1923: Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1999)
1923: Antônio Maria Mucciolo, Italian-Brazilian archbishop (d. 2012)
1923: Marcel Rayman, Polish soldier (d. 1944)
1922: Alastair Gillespie, Canadian scholar and politician (d. 2018)
1921: Vladimir Colin, Romanian journalist and author (d. 1991)
1919: Manna Dey, Indian singer and composer (d. 2013)
1919: Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Moroccan businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco (d. 2018)
1919: Dan O'Herlihy, Irish-American actor (d. 2005)
1918: Gersh Budker, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 1977)
1918: Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host (d. 2004)
1918: Dimitri Papadimos, Greek photographer (d. 1994)
1917: John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (d. 1996)
1917: Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013)
1917: Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer (d. 2017)
1917: Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (d. 2001)
1916: Antoni Bazaniak, Polish sprint canoeist (d. 1979)
1916: Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (d. 2006)
1915: Hanns Martin Schleyer, German business executive (d. 1977)
1914: Jaap van der Poll, Dutch javelin thrower (d. 2010)
1913: Louis Nye, American actor (d. 2005)
1913: Walter Susskind, Czech-English pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 1980)
1912: Otto Kretschmer, German admiral (d. 1998)
1911: Wilfred Watson, English-Canadian poet, playwright and educator (d. 1998)
1910: Behice Boran, Turkish sociologist and politician (d. 1987)
1910: Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist (d. 1987)
1910: Dirk Andries Flentrop, Dutch organ builder (d. 2003)
1910: J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer and ufologist (d. 1986)
1910: Nejdet Sançar, Turkish literature teacher (d. 1975)
1909: Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (d. 1996)
1909: Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1990)
1908: Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and author (d. 1968)
1908: Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic (d. 1992)
1907: Hayes Alvis, American bassist (d. 1972)
1907: Kate Smith, American singer and actress (d. 1986)
1906: Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician (d. 1983)
1905: Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1901: Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic (d. 1989)
1901: Heinz Eric Roemheld, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)
1901: Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author (d. 1945)
1900: Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1978)
1900: Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer (d. 1967)
1898: Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1972)
1896: Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (d. 1947)
1896: Mark W. Clark, American general (d. 1984)
1896: J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)
1895: May Hollinworth, Australian theatre producer and director (d. 1968)
1895: Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official, head of the NKVD (d. 1940)
1891: Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America (d. 1988)
1890: Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (d. 1963 or 1964)
1887: Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan (d. 1983)
1885: Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet (d. 1922)
1885: Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor and painter (d. 1973)
1884: Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (d. 1964)
1881: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher (d. 1955)
1875: Dave Hall, American runner (d. 1972)
1874: Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator (d. 1970)
1874: Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter (d. 1959)
1872: Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (d. 1960)
1872: Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal (d. 1918)
1871: Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar (d. 1948)
1871: Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, President of Nicaragua (d. 1966)
1864: Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (d. 1948)
1862: Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (d. 1941)
1859: Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor (d. 1955)
1857: Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)
1855: Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic (d. 1942)
1853: Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright (d. 1909)
1852: Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and professional scout (d. 1903)
1852: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
1850: Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (d. 1942)
1848: Adelsteen Normann, Norwegian painter (d. 1919)
1847: Henry Demarest Lloyd, American journalist and politician (d. 1903)
1831: Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (d. 1903)
1830: Guido Gezelle, Belgian priest and poet (d. 1899)
1829: José de Alencar, Brazilian author and playwright (d. 1877)
1829: Frederick Sandys, English painter and illustrator (d. 1904)
1827: Jules Breton, French painter (d. 1906)
1825: Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1898)
1825: George Inness, American painter and educator (d. 1894)
1824: Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic (d. 1904)
1821: Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia (d. 1897)
1811: Andreas Laskaratos, Greek satirical poet and writer (d. 1901)
1803: James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author (d. 1849)
1783: Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter (d. 1861)
1769: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1852)
1764: Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1820)
1751: Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (d. 1820)
1735: Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist (d. 1819)
1730: Joshua Rowley, English admiral (d. 1790)
1672: Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1719)
1602: William Lilly, English astrologer (d. 1681)
1594: John Haynes, English-American politician, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut (d. 1653)
1591: Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (d. 1666)
1585: Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (d. 1612)
1582: Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d. 1643)
1579: Wolphert Gerretse, Dutch-American farmer, co-founded New Netherland (d. 1662)
1545: Franciscus Junius, French theologian (d. 1602)
1527: Johannes Stadius, German astronomer, astrologer, mathematician (d. 1579)
1488: Sidonie of Bavaria, eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich (d. 1505)
1326: Rinchinbal Khan, Mongolian emperor (d. 1332)
1285: Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326)
1218: John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257)
1218: Rudolf I of Germany (d. 1291)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
2021: Olympia Dukakis, American actress (b. 1931)
2015: Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (b. 1923)
2015: Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (b. 1940)
2015: María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2015: Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (b. 1930)
2014: Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (b. 1927)
2014: Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1947)
2014: Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945)
2014: Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1951)
2013: Chris Kelly, American rapper (b. 1978)
2013: Pierre Pleimelding, French footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2012: James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1925)
2012: Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2011: Henry Cooper, English boxer (b. 1934)
2011: Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (b. 1920)
2010: Helen Wagner, American actress (b. 1918)
2008: Anthony Mamo, Maltese judge and politician, 1st President of Malta (b. 1909)
2008: Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (b. 1917)
2005: Kenneth Clark, American psychologist and academic (b. 1914)
2003: Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (b. 1960)
2003: Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
2002: Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, Indian poet and author (b. 1908)
2000: Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)
1998: Eldridge Cleaver, American author and activist (b. 1935)
1997: Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1927)
1995: Antonio Salemme, Italian-American painter (b. 1892)
1994: Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1960)
1993: Pierre Bérégovoy, French metallurgist and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1925)
1993: Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lankan politician, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1924)
1991: Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1990: Sergio Franchi, Italian-American tenor and actor (b. 1926)
1989: Sally Kirkland, American journalist (b. 1912)
1989: V. M. Panchalingam, Sri Lankan civil servant (b. 1930)
1989: Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (b. 1904)
1988: Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (b. 1936)
1986: Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress and music hall performer (b. 1905)
1986: Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (b. 1916)
1985: Denise Robins, English journalist and author (b. 1897)
1984: Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)
1982: William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)
1978: Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
1976: T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
1976: Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)
1973: Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
1970: Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)
1968: Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
1968: Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
1965: Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
1963: Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
1960: Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
1956: LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
1953: Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
1945: Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
1945: Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
1944: Napoleon Soukatzidis, Greek communist and trade unionist (b. 1909)
1943: Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
1935: Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
1920: Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
1913: John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
1907: Grigorios Maraslis, Greek philanthropist (b. 1831)
1904: Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
1899: Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
1873: David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
1856: John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
1838: Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
1813: Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (b. 1768)
1772: Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1719)
1738: Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1669)
1731: Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (b. 1677)
1730: François de Troy, French painter and engraver (b. 1645)
1668: Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (b. 1604)
1572: Pope Pius V (b. 1504)
1555: Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
1539: Isabella of Portugal (b. 1503)
1312: Paul I Šubić of Bribir
1308: Albert I of Germany (b. 1255)
1278: William II of Villehardouin
1277: Stefan Uroš I of Serbia (b. 1223)
1255: Walter de Gray, English prelate and statesman
1187: Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
1171: Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster (b. 1110)
1118: Matilda of Scotland (b. 1080)
908: Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender
558: Marcouf, missionary and saint
408: Arcadius, Byzantine emperor (b. 377)

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