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May 1

On This Day in History

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

2026: New Jersey Pick 6 jackpot-winning ticket worth $5.9 million expiring in three weeks. Whoever has won a $5.9 million Pick 6 New Jersey Lottery jackpot still hasn't come forward to claim their big win, and time is running out.
2025: Michigan man buried $1 million winning lottery ticket to keep it safe. A Michigan man won a $1 million prize in the lottery and then buried the winning ticket in the backyard of his home to keep it safe.
2025: New Jersey Lottery to add third Pick 6 drawing. The New Jersey Lottery announced on Monday that it will be adding a third weekly drawing to its Pick 6 game, the first major game change since 2022.
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.€157.94 Million
US$185.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 2, 2026
11.€173 Million
US$182.05 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2022
12.$181 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2019
13.$180.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2024
14.$179 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 3, 2008
15.$178 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2026
16.€146.19 Million
US$173.96 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 3, 2021
17.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2013
18.€145.23 Million
US$162.45 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 2, 2019
19.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2000
20.€141 Million
US$154.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2023
21.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2004
22.€117.79 Million
US$133.32 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 2, 2025
23.$131.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2021
24.€98 Million
US$130.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
25.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 3, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: CasinoBene$
Friday, May 1, 1987
39 years old
1986: MillionaireBA
Thursday, May 1, 1986
40 years old
1984: LottoCommunity
Tuesday, May 1, 1984
42 years old
1983: dannyboy
Sunday, May 1, 1983
43 years old
1978: tuffy
Monday, May 1, 1978
48 years old
1978: darrenuk
Monday, May 1, 1978
48 years old
1973: Rich815
Tuesday, May 1, 1973
53 years old
1973: RichardL
Tuesday, May 1, 1973
53 years old
1960: janna1960
Sunday, May 1, 1960
66 years old
1958: dutchess
Thursday, May 1, 1958
68 years old
1958: skittles106
Thursday, May 1, 1958
68 years old
1954: Mann135
Saturday, May 1, 1954
72 years old
1947: orangeman
Thursday, May 1, 1947
79 years old
1946: thombru
Wednesday, May 1, 1946
80 years old
: Greg2117
(year not provided)
: Letzdonumbers33
(year not provided)
: lisette
(year not provided)
: Staykonnected
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: The 2024 Loblaw boycott, a Canadian boycott against retail corporation and grocer Loblaw Companies, begins.
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.
2010: Faisal Shahzad attempts to detonate a car bomb in Times Square, but the bomb fails to go off.
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.
1997: Labour Party wins the 1997 General Election and Tony Blair is elected as Prime Minister
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.
1991: 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: 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. Over three days, 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 between Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac under Joseph Hooker begins.
1863: American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant win the Battle of Port Gibson and establish a firm presence on the east side of the Mississippi River.
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.
1669: Henry Morgan's raid on Lake Maracaibo, the Spanish Armada de Barlovento is defeated by an English Privateer fleet led by Captain Henry Morgan.
1492: The Edict of Expulsion is officially proclaimed in Castile, requiring all Jewish residents to leave within three months.
1486: Christopher Columbus presents his plans discovering a western route to the Indies to the Spanish Queen Isabella I of Castile.
1455: Scottish Royal forces loyal to king James II defeat a rebell army of the Black Douglases in the battle of Arkinholm.
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.
418: A synod in Carthage condemns Pelagianism.
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
2003: Lizzy Greene, American actress
2002: Chet Holmgren, American basketball player
2000: Rema, Nigerian singer-songwriter and rapper
1999: YNW Melly, American rapper
1999: Tiffany Stratton, American wrestler
1997: Miles Sanders, American football player
1996: William Nylander, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player
1992: Madeline Brewer, American actress
1992: Hani, South Korean singer and actress
1992: Bradley Roby, American football player
1991: Marcus Stroman, American baseball player
1990: Scooter Gennett, American baseball player
1990: Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress
1989: Victoria Monét, American singer-songwriter
1988: Anushka Sharma, Indian actress and film producer
1987: Leonardo Bonucci, Italian footballer
1987: Amir Johnson, American basketball player
1987: Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
1986: Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (died 2013)
1986: Jesse Klaver, Dutch politician
1984: David Backes, American ice hockey player
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: Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player
1982: Darijo Srna, Croatian footballer
1982: Katya Zamolodchikova, American drag queen
1981: Alexander Hleb, Belarusian footballer
1981: Wes Welker, American football player and coach
1980: Jan Heylen, Belgian race car driver
1980: Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
1979: Mauro Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
1979: Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (died 2003)
1978: James Badge Dale, American actor
1978: Michael Russell, American tennis player
1976: James Murray, American comedian
1975: Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (died 2003)
1975: Nina Hossain, English journalist
1975: Alexey Smertin, Russian international footballer
1973: Curtis Martin, American football player
1973: Oliver Neuville, German footballer
1972: Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni terrorist
1972: Julie Benz, American actress
1971: Ethan Albright, American football player
1971: Stuart Appleby, Australian golfer
1971: Ajith Kumar, Indian actor and race car driver
1970: Bernard Butler, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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
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
1961: Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961: Marilyn Milian, American judge
1959: Yasmina Reza, French actress and playwright
1957: Rick Darling, Australian cricketer
1957: Uberto Pasolini, Italian banker, director, and producer
1955: Alex Cunningham, Scottish politician
1955: Martin O'Donnell, American composer
1954: Ray Parker Jr., American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954: Joel Rosenberg, Canadian-American author and activist (died 2011)
1952: Richard Blundell, English economist and academic
1951: Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach
1951: Sally Mann, American photographer
1950: Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer and coach
1949: Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
1948: Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar
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
1939: Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1937: Una Stubbs, English actress and dancer (died 2021)
1934: Laura Betti, Italian actress (died 2004)
1934: Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
1934: Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (died 2005)
1932: S. M. Krishna, Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs, 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka, 19th Governor of Maharashtra (died 2024)
1932: Sandy Woodward, English admiral (died 2013)
1930: Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player (died 2011)
1930: Richard Riordan, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Mayor of Los Angeles and publisher (died 2023)
1930: Little Walter Jacobs, American blues harp player and singer (died 1968)
1929: Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (died 2009)
1929: Sonny Ramadhin, Trinidadian cricketer (died 2022)
1928: Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
1927: Greta Andersen, Danish swimmer (died 2023)
1927: Bernard Vukas, Yugoslav-Croatian footballer (died 1983)
1927: Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician, 3rd President of Madagascar (died 2017)
1926: Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (died 2025)
1925: Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (died 2015)
1925: Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (died 2013)
1924: Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (died 2023)
1924: Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (died 1995)
1923: Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1999)
1923: Marcel Rayman, Polish soldier (died 1944)
1921: Vladimir Colin, Romanian journalist and author (died 1991)
1919: Manna Dey, Indian singer and composer (died 2013)
1919: Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Moroccan businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco (died 2018)
1919: Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (died 2005)
1918: Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host (died 2004)
1917: John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (died 1996)
1917: Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (died 2013)
1917: Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer (died 2017)
1916: Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (died 2006)
1915: Hanns Martin Schleyer, German business executive (died 1977)
1913: Louis Nye, American actor (died 2005)
1912: Otto Kretschmer, German admiral (died 1998)
1910: Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist (died 1987)
1910: J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer and ufologist (died 1986)
1909: Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician (died 1996)
1909: Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright (died 1990)
1908: Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and author (died 1968)
1908: Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic (died 1992)
1907: Kate Smith, American singer and actress (died 1986)
1906: Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician (died 1983)
1905: Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1988)
1901: Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic (died 1989)
1901: Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author (died 1945)
1900: Ignazio Silone, Italian journalist and politician (died 1978)
1900: Aleksander Wat, Polish poet and writer (died 1967)
1898: Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (died 1972)
1896: Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (died 1947)
1896: Mark W. Clark, American general (died 1984)
1896: J. Lawton Collins, American general (died 1987)
1895: May Hollinworth, Australian theatre producer and director (died 1968)
1895: Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official, head of the NKVD (died 1940)
1891: Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America (died 1988)
1890: Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (died 1963 or 1964)
1887: Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan (died 1983)
1885: Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet (died 1922)
1885: Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor and painter (died 1973)
1884: Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (died 1964)
1881: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher (died 1955)
1875: Dave Hall, American runner (died 1972)
1874: Romaine Brooks, American-French painter and illustrator (died 1970)
1874: Paul Van Asbroeck, Belgian target shooter (died 1959)
1872: Hugo Alfvén, Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (died 1960)
1872: Sidónio Pais, Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal (died 1918)
1871: Seakle Greijdanus, Dutch theologian and scholar (died 1948)
1871: Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, President of Nicaragua (died 1966)
1864: Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (died 1948)
1862: Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (died 1941)
1859: Jacqueline Comerre-Paton, French painter and sculptor (died 1955)
1857: Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (died 1891)
1855: Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic (died 1942)
1853: Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin, Ukrainian-American journalist, actor, and playwright (died 1909)
1852: Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and professional scout (died 1903)
1852: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)
1850: Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (died 1942)
1848: Adelsteen Normann, Norwegian painter (died 1919)
1847: Henry Demarest Lloyd, American journalist and politician (died 1903)
1846: James C. Corrigan, Canadian-American businessman (died 1908)
1831: Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (died 1903)
1830: Guido Gezelle, Belgian priest and poet (died 1899)
1829: José de Alencar, Brazilian author and playwright (died 1877)
1829: Frederick Sandys, English painter and illustrator (died 1904)
1827: Jules Breton, French painter (died 1906)
1825: Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1898)
1825: George Inness, American painter and educator (died 1894)
1824: Alexander William Williamson, English chemist and academic (died 1904)
1821: Henry Ayers, English-Australian politician, 8th Premier of South Australia (died 1897)
1811: Andreas Laskaratos, Greek satirical poet and writer (died 1901)
1803: James Clarence Mangan, Irish poet and author (died 1849)
1783: Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, American hymnwriter (died 1861)
1769: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1852)
1764: Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (died 1820)
1751: Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (died 1820)
1735: Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist (died 1819)
1730: Joshua Rowley, English admiral (died 1790)
1672: Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (died 1719)
1602: William Lilly, English astrologer (died 1681)
1594: John Haynes, English-American politician, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut (died 1653)
1591: Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (died 1666)
1585: Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (died 1612)
1582: Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (died 1643)
1579: Wolphert Gerretse, Dutch-American farmer, co-founded New Netherland (died 1662)
1545: Franciscus Junius, French theologian (died 1602)
1527: Johannes Stadius, German astronomer, astrologer, mathematician (died 1579)
1488: Sidonie of Bavaria, eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich (died 1505)
1326: Rinchinbal Khan, Mongolian emperor (died 1332)
1285: Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1326)
1218: John I, Count of Hainaut (died 1257)
1218: Rudolf I of Germany (died 1291)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)
2021: Olympia Dukakis, American actress (born 1931)
2015: Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (born 1923)
2015: Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (born 1940)
2015: María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1940)
2015: Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (born 1930)
2014: Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (born 1927)
2014: Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (born 1947)
2014: Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)
2014: Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (born 1951)
2013: Chris Kelly, American rapper (born 1978)
2013: Pierre Pleimelding, French footballer and manager (born 1952)
2012: James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (born 1925)
2012: Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli lawyer and politician (born 1930)
2011: Henry Cooper, English boxer (born 1934)
2011: Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (born 1920)
2010: Helen Wagner, American actress (born 1918)
2008: Anthony Mamo, Maltese judge and politician, 1st President of Malta (born 1909)
2008: Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (born 1917)
2005: Kenneth Clark, American psychologist and academic (born 1914)
2003: Miss Elizabeth, American wrestler and manager (born 1960)
2003: Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (born 1923)
2002: Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh, Indian poet and author (born 1908)
2000: Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (born 1926)
1998: Eldridge Cleaver, American author and activist (born 1935)
1997: Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (born 1927)
1995: Antonio Salemme, Italian-American painter (born 1892)
1994: Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (born 1960)
1993: Pierre Bérégovoy, French metallurgist and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1925)
1993: Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lankan politician, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (born 1924)
1991: Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (born 1896)
1990: Sergio Franchi, Italian-American tenor and actor (born 1926)
1989: Sally Kirkland, American journalist (born 1912)
1989: V. M. Panchalingam, Sri Lankan civil servant (born 1930)
1989: Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (born 1904)
1988: Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (born 1936)
1986: Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress and music hall performer (born 1905)
1986: Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (born 1916)
1985: Denise Robins, English journalist and author (born 1897)
1984: Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (born 1891)
1982: William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (born 1903)
1978: Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (born 1903)
1976: T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (born 1908)
1976: Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (born 1939)
1973: Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (born 1914)
1970: Yi Un, Korean prince (born 1897)
1968: Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1895)
1968: Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (born 1886)
1965: Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (born 1911)
1963: Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1879)
1960: Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (born 1875)
1956: LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (born 1883)
1955: William Thomson Sloper, American stockbroker and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (born 1883)
1953: Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (born 1876)
1945: Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1897)
1945: Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (born 1901)
1944: Napoleon Soukatzidis, Greek communist and trade unionist (born 1909)
1943: Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (born 1871)
1935: Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (born 1889)
1920: Princess Margaret of Connaught (born 1882)
1913: John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (born 1850)
1907: Grigorios Maraslis, Greek philanthropist (born 1831)
1904: Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (born 1841)
1899: Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (born 1824)
1873: David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (born 1813)
1856: John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (born 1774)
1838: Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (born 1797)
1813: Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (born 1768)
1772: Gottfried Achenwall, Polish-German historian, economist, and jurist (born 1719)
1738: Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (born 1669)
1731: Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (born 1677)
1730: François de Troy, French painter and engraver (born 1645)
1668: Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (born 1604)
1572: Pope Pius V (born 1504)
1555: Pope Marcellus II (born 1501)
1539: Isabella of Portugal (born 1503)
1312: Paul I Šubić of Bribir
1308: Albert I of Germany (born 1255)
1278: William II of Villehardouin
1277: Stefan Uroš I of Serbia (born 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 (born 1110)
1118: Matilda of Scotland (born 1080)
908: Wang Zongji, Chinese prince and pretender
558: Marcouf, missionary and saint
408: Arcadius, Byzantine emperor (born 377)

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