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May 10

On This Day in History

May 10

May 10 is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 235 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Out-of-state tourist wins $3 million lottery prize while visiting Illinois. A tourist visiting Chicago, Illinois picked up a souvenir that made their trip one of the most memorable yet — a $3.18 million winning lottery ticket.
2024: Maryland Lottery launches Cash Pop game. The Maryland Lottery launched Cash Pop on Monday, giving players access to the game that has seen a rise in popularity among other states over the last few years.
2023: North Carolina woman wins $1 million lottery prize a week after buying house. A North Carolina woman who bought her first house won $1 million in the lottery just a week after closing on the home.
2022: North Carolina lottery winners "had to pinch each other" after winning $200,000. A couple who won $200,000 in the North Carolina Lottery had to pinch each other to make sure their win was real.
2021: Minnesota will allow anonymous lottery prize claims. Minnesota will join the growing list of states that allow players to claim lottery prizes anonymously when a new law goes into effect granting winners of certain big prizes the option to withhold their names from the public record.
2019: Alabama lottery plan changed; vote next week. An Alabama House committee today adopted a new version of a bill to set up a state lottery in Alabama, changing how the money would be distributed.
2018: Iowa man claims $4.38 million Lotto America prize. A Davenport, Iowa, man on Thursday claimed a $4.38 million lottery jackpot, acknowledging he had beaten long odds to win a jackpot with a ticket he received as a free play in a lottery promotion.
2018: Lottery tickets will not be sold in South Carolina for more than 12 hours this weekend. You're out of luck if you planned on buying Powerball or Pick 3 tickets in South Carolina on Mother's Day morning.
2017: Army soldier wins $5 million lottery jackpot. An Army soldier based in Fort Drum has won a $5 million New York Lottery jackpot.
2016: Breast cancer patient wins lottery second time. North Carolina Education Lottery officials said a woman who has been battling breast cancer for six years has won the lottery two times in the past three months.
2016: Police track down burglary suspects by tracing stolen lottery tickets. Stolen lottery tickets, worth $6, led to the arrest of two men caught on camera burglarizing a home.
2015: Alabama lottery proposal set for Senate debate Tuesday. A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in a Senate committee on a bill to create an Alabama state lottery.
2014: Phoenix couple claim $3.3 million lottery prize. After almost two weeks of remaining silent, the winners of the $3.3 million Arizona Lottery "The Pick" jackpot claimed their winnings.
2013: Tennessee to add Hot Lotto multi-state lottery game. Starting Sunday, Tennessee Lottery players will be able to purchase tickets for Hot Lotto, a multi-state game currently played in 14 states and Washington, D.C.
2011: Financial advisor wins the lottery. A Webster City, Iowa, man today claimed a $9 million prize from Saturday night's Hot Lotto drawing, one of the biggest prizes ever awarded in the history of the Iowa Lottery.
2011: N.Y. Lottery to launch new ad slogan. The lottery that contributed "Hey, you never know" to the lengthy list of memorable advertising catch phrases vernacular is hoping to do it again, with a new slogan for its scratch-off games.
2010: Accused lottery killer expected to make plea in court. A woman accused of killing a Lakeland, Florida, lottery winner is expected to make a plea in court Monday morning.
2007: West Virginia resisting trend to privatize Lottery. West Virginia officials say they so far have not seriously considered an initiative to sell the lottery to a private company in exchange for quick cash.
2007: Expensive Michigan Lottery tickets sell-out quickly. Tickets to the Michigan Lottery's most expensive game sold out Wednesday after less than three days on sale.
2007: Schwarzenegger may try to privatize California Lottery. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is poised to call for privatizing the state lottery, a move that would bring California a cash infusion of as much as $37 billion to help solve pressing budget problems but also could sacrifice a major revenue source for decades to come.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $80 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game grew to $80 million for Friday's drawing.
2006: 4 Massachusetts lottery licenses suspended. A top official with the Massachusetts Lottery Commission said yesterday that it has indefinitely suspended lottery licenses for four establishments where video slot machines were seized last week by state police investigating possible illegal gambling.
2006: S.C. lottery sales top $1 billion mark for first time. South Carolina lottery sales for this fiscal year have topped $1 billion for the first time.
2005: 2 Players Share $1.17 Million Tenn. Lotto 5 Jackpot. Two tickets, worth $589,973 each, matched all five of the Tennessee Lotto 5 numbers in last night's drawing.
2005: Missouri Director hired to run Oklahoma Lottery. James R. Scroggins, the executive director of the Missouri lottery for the last 13 years, was hired Tuesday to direct the startup of the Oklahoma lottery.
2005: S.C. Lottery may learn lessons from Georgia. Lottery officials in Georgia may be enjoying a sense of irony, as South Carolina is now undergoing the same uncomfortable feeling that they created for the Georgia Lottery when they started their new lottery in 2002.
2005: Embattled lottery pyramid scheme slammed by Australian court. World Games Inc (WGI), a loosely-based international company that has been on the run from legal authorities around the world for several years, was found to be in violation of the 1974 Trade Practices Act by the Australia Full Federal Court for organizing an international online pyramid scheme.
2004: Australian Man Wins Lottery Three Times in One Night. For a 60-year-old Sydney grandfather, it was third time lucky - and second time and first.
2004: Pennsylvania store sells $213M winning Powerball ticket. One lucky player purchased the winning ticket for Saturday's Powerball drawing from a convenience store near the spot where George Washington crossed the Delaware River in 1776.
2004: Lottery winner's dreams live on after his death. Despite a troubled past, James Craig's family said he had started to turn his life around long before he struck it rich and won a $9.7 million Indiana Lotto jackpot earlier this year.
2004: Winning lottery ticket photocopy upheld in appeal. An Alberta court has upheld a decision ordering the Western Canada Lottery Corp. to award Calgarian Valerie Murphy $100,000 after she lost her winning ticket.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$402 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 11, 2021
2.$331 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2024
3.$295 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2019
4.$270 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 11, 2013
5.$257 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 12, 2018
6.$248 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 12, 2020
7.$235 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 11, 2019
8.$232 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 12, 2026
9.€215 Million US$226.72 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2022
10.€201.41 Million
US$212.39 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 10, 2022
11.€163 Million
US$191.49 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 12, 2026
12.€150.62 Million
US$179.24 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 11, 2021
13.€150.5 Million
US$169.06 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 11, 2019
14.$168.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 12, 2021
15.$166 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2008
16.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 10, 2017
17.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2013
18.€137 Million
US$152.82 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2025
19.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2016
20.€100 Million
US$143.68 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2011
21.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 12, 2015
22.$129 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 13, 2009
23.€99 Million
US$123.06 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2010
24.$121 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2014
25.$112 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 11, 2007

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: Bigkeliake
Sunday, May 10, 1987
39 years old
1985: dadoune23456
Friday, May 10, 1985
41 years old
1984: daphie1990
Thursday, May 10, 1984
42 years old
1984: tone0037
Thursday, May 10, 1984
42 years old
1984: tyedyegoddess
Thursday, May 10, 1984
42 years old
1983: Bonkers83
Tuesday, May 10, 1983
43 years old
1976: sylmoyd
Monday, May 10, 1976
50 years old
1974: nyrngrs01
Friday, May 10, 1974
52 years old
1972: Eric Scott
Wednesday, May 10, 1972
54 years old
1969: dgrant
Saturday, May 10, 1969
57 years old
1967: gtracey
Wednesday, May 10, 1967
59 years old
1965: Cieli Diverde
Monday, May 10, 1965
61 years old
1965: dejavous
Monday, May 10, 1965
61 years old
1952: Doug $!
Saturday, May 10, 1952
74 years old
1951: Yugort
Thursday, May 10, 1951
75 years old
1949: JSopher49
Tuesday, May 10, 1949
77 years old
: MonkeysUncle
(year not provided)
: TabbyLivvy
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Start of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of Geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
2022: Queen Elizabeth II misses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years. It was the first time that a new session of Parliament was opened by the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge acting as Counsellors of State.
2017: Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last footholds of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Al-Tabqah, bringing the Battle of Tabqa to an end.
2013: One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
2012: The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people.
2005: A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 20 m from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
2002: FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
1997: The 7.3 M_w Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people.
1996: A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day.
1994: Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
1993: In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills over 200 workers.
1975: Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder.
1969: Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.
1967: The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dollar Man.
1962: Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
1961: Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78.
1946: First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
1942: World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
1941: World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
1941: World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
1940: World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
1940: World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.
1933: Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
1924: J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
1922: The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
1916: Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
1908: Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
1904: The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
1899: Finnish farmworker Karl Emil Malmelin kills seven people with an axe at the Simola croft in the village of Klaukkala.
1881: Carol I is crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.
1876: The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
1872: Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
1869: The First transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory with the golden spike.
1865: American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
1857: Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.
1849: Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 22 and injuring over 120.
1837: Panic of 1837: New York City banks suspend the payment of specie, triggering a national banking crisis and an economic depression whose severity was not surpassed until the Great Depression.
1833: A revolt broke out in southern Vietnam against Emperor Minh Mang, who had desecrated the deceased mandarin Le Van Duyet.
1824: The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
1801: First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
1796: War of the First Coalition: Napoleon wins a victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.
1775: American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.
1775: American Revolutionary War: The Second Continental Congress takes place in Philadelphia.
1774: Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
1773: The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
1768: Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticising King George III.
1713: Great Northern War: The Russian Navy led by Admiral Fyodor Apraksin land both at Katajanokka and Hietalahti during the Battle of Helsinki.
1688: King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
1534: Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
1503: Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
1497: Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.
1294: Temür, Khagan of the Mongols, is enthroned as Emperor of the Yuan dynasty.
1291: Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England pending the selection of a king.
28 BC: A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.

Births On This Day

2000: Bae Jin-young, South Korean singer
1997: Brittany Broski, American comedian and singer
1997: Richarlison, Brazilian footballer
1996: Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, Canadian ice hockey player
1996: Tyus Jones, American basketball player
1996: Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player
1996: Alex Tuch, American ice hockey player
1995: Andrew Anderson, American bowler
1995: Missy Franklin, American swimmer
1995: Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer
1993: Jake Zyrus, Filipino singer
1990: Salvador Pérez, Venezuelan baseball player
1990: Ivana Španović, Serbian long jumper
1988: Adam Lallana, English footballer
1985: Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Farah Jacquet, Belgian politician
1985: Jon Schofield, English canoe racer
1984: Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player
1982: Adebayo Akinfenwa, English footballer
1981: Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
1978: Kenan Thompson, American actor and comedian
1977: Adrian Morley, English rugby league player
1975: Hazem Emam, Egyptian footballer and politician
1975: Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
1975: Ueli Kestenholz, Swiss snowboarder (died 2026)
1974: Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
1970: David Weir, Scottish footballer
1969: Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer and manager
1969: John Scalzi, American author and blogger
1968: Al Murray, English comedian and television host
1968: William Regal, English wrestler
1967: Eion Crossan, New Zealand rugby player
1966: Jonathan Edwards, English triple jumper
1965: Linda Evangelista, Canadian model
1965: Greg Fasala, Australian swimmer
1965: Paul Langmack, Australian rugby league player and coach
1963: Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut
1962: Robby Thompson, American baseball player and coach
1960: Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist
1960: Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Nevada
1960: Kerry Hemsley, Australian rugby league player
1960: Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner
1959: Victoria Rowell, American actress
1959: Cindy Hyde-Smith, American politician, United States Senator from Mississippi
1958: Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
1957: Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (died 1979)
1956: Mickey Faerch, Danish-Canadian burlesque dancer and actress
1956: Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (died 1995)
1955: Chris Berman, American sportscaster
1955: Mark David Chapman, American murderer
1954: Mike Hagerty, American actor (died 2022)
1952: Sly Dunbar, Jamaican musician (died 2026)
1949: Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer
1946: Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter
1946: Biruté Galdikas, Canadian primatologist and conservationist (died 2026)
1946: Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter
1946: Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2026)
1944: Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2011)
1943: Raquel Blandón, Guatemalan lawyer and activist, First Lady of Guatemala (died 2024)
1943: Judith Jamison, American dancer and choreographer (died 2024)
1942: Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
1940: Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter (died 1993)
1938: Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player (died 2021)
1935: Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 1980)
1933: Barbara Taylor Bradford, British novelist (died 2024)
1931: Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2016)
1930: George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
1929: George Coe, American actor and producer (died 2015)
1928: Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, President of Estonia (died 2024)
1928: Lothar Schmid, German chess player (died 2013)
1926: Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, President of Bolivia (died 2002)
1923: Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, President of Azerbaijan (died 2003)
1922: David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2014)
1922: Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (died 1992)
1920: Bert Weedon, English guitarist (died 2012)
1919: Ella T. Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (died 1981)
1915: Denis Thatcher, English businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2003)
1909: Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (died 1978)
1908: Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 2000)
1905: Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican artist and illustrator (died 1998)
1904: Frieda Belinfante, Dutch musician and LGBT member of the Dutch resistance (died 1995)
1903: Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and SS officer (died 1994)
1902: David O. Selznick, American producer and screenwriter (died 1965)
1901: John Desmond Bernal, Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (died 1971)
1900: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (died 1979)
1899: Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1987)
1898: Ariel Durant, American historian and author (died 1981)
1897: Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (died 1987)
1895: Joe Murphy, (Irish-American), died during the 1920 Cork hunger strike (died 1920)
1894: Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (died 1979)
1893: Tonita Peña, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist (died 1949)
1891: Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic (died 1934)
1890: Alfred Jodl, German general (died 1946)
1888: Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor (died 1971)
1886: Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (died 1968)
1879: Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (died 1926)
1878: Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (died 1967)
1878: Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1929)
1876: Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright (died 1918)
1872: Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (died 1950)
1855: Yukteswar Giri, Indian guru and educator (died 1936)
1847: Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (died 1923)
1843: Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (died 1920)
1841: James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher and broadcaster (died 1918)
1838: John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (died 1865)
1813: Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (died 1883)
1812: William Henry Barlow, English engineer (died 1902)
1793: R. E. B. Baylor, American politician and jurist (died 1873)
1788: Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer (died 1827)
1770: Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1823)
1760: Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet (died 1826)
1760: Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer (died 1836)
1755: Robert Gray, American captain and explorer (died 1806)
1727: Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician (died 1781)
1697: Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer (died 1764)
1604: Jean Mairet, French author and playwright (died 1686)
1491: Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (died 1521)
955: Al-Aziz Billah, Fatimid caliph (died 996)
874: Meng Zhixiang, Chinese general and emperor (died 934)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Sam Rubin, American journalist (born 1960)
2024: Jim Simons, American hedge fund manager, mathematician, and philanthropist (born 1938)
2022: Bob Lanier, American professional basketball player (born 1948)
2022: Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician (born 1934)
2021: Pauline Tinsley, British soprano (born 1928)
2020: Betty Wright, American soul singer (born 1953)
2019: Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician and chemist (born 1951)
2018: David Goodall, Australian botanist and ecologist (born 1914)
2015: Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (born 1946)
2012: Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (born 1933)
2012: Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and designer (born 1923)
2012: Gunnar Sønsteby, Norwegian captain and author (born 1918)
2010: Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (born 1928)
2008: Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (born 1928)
2006: Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1969)
2003: Milan Vukcevich, Serbian-American chemist and chess player (born 1937)
2002: Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet and songwriter (born 1919)
2002: Yves Robert, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1920)
2001: Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician, Governor of Himachal Pradesh (born 1934)
2000: Jules Deschênes, Canadian lawyer and judge (born 1923)
2000: Dick Sprang, American illustrator (born 1915)
1999: Shel Silverstein, American poet, author, and illustrator (born 1930)
1994: John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (born 1942)
1990: Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (born 1916)
1989: Dominik Tatarka, Slovak writer (born 1913)
1988: Shen Congwen, Chinese author and academic (born 1902)
1982: Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (born 1916)
1977: Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
1974: Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (born 1894)
1968: Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (born 1929)
1965: Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1894)
1964: Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (born 1881)
1960: Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1899)
1950: Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (born 1883)
1945: Richard Glücks, German SS officer (born 1889)
1945: Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (born 1898)
1910: Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (born 1826)
1897: Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (born 1863)
1891: Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (born 1817)
1891: Peter Ward, New York politician (born 1827)
1889: Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (born 1826)
1868: Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (born 1808)
1865: William Armstrong, American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson (born 1782)
1863: Stonewall Jackson, American general (born 1824)
1849: Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (born 1760)
1829: Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (born 1773)
1818: Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (born 1735)
1807: Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (born 1725)
1798: George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (born 1757)
1794: Élisabeth of France, French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (born 1764)
1787: William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (born 1715)
1774: Louis XV, King of France (born 1710)
1726: Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (born 1670)
1717: John Hathorne, American merchant and politician (born 1641)
1641: Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal (born 1596)
1569: John of Ávila, Spanish mystic and saint (born 1500)
1566: Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (born 1501)
1521: Sebastian Brant, German author (born 1457)
1493: Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1433)
1482: Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1397)
1403: Katherine Swynford, widow of John of Gaunt
1299: Theingapati, heir to the Pagan Kingdom

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