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May 12

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May 12

May 12 is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 233 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Online credit card purchases to be banned for Australian gamblers, except for the lottery. Australians may soon not have the ability to use credit cards for online betting, except for lottery purchases.
2020: North Carolina healthcare delivery driver almost faints after winning $150,000 lottery jackpot. A North Carolina healthcare driver who delivers medicine to hospitals and clinics is the winner of a $149,814 Carolina Cash 5 jackpot.
2018: Georgia Gov. signs bill allowing lottery winners to remain anonymous. Georgia has joined a small but growing number of states that allow lottery winners to remain anonymous.
2017: 4th clerk arrested in Florida Lottery sting. Florida officials have arrested a fourth person locally in its ongoing crackdown on store owners and employees who cheat customers out of lottery winnings.
2015: Pennsylvania lottery winners to be taxed for the first time. Tucked into the depths of New Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf's budget plan is a proposal to tax lottery winnings over $600.
2013: $350 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot soars. For only the 7th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $350 million or more.
2012: Britain's youngest lottery winner still broke, but expecting twins. A lottery winner who frittered away her £1.9 million (US$3 million) fortune on drink, drugs and luxury items is expecting twins -- and she says the feeling is even better than when she hit the jackpot.
2011: Kentucky Lottery launches 50/50 raffle Friday. On Friday, the Kentucky Lottery kicks off sales for its newest game, 50/50 Split the Pot Raffle, a winner-take-all game that will be offered only for a short time.
2011: Louisiana Lottery creates millionaire in raffle draw. The Louisiana Lottery's finale drawing for its newest $10 raffle game, Millionaire Bonus Raffle, was held Thursday morning, creating one freshly-minted millionaire and several winners of $20,000.
2011: Florida man wins lottery twice in 6 months. A Panama City Beach, Florida, man won two Florida Lottery scratch game grand prizes within a span of six months.
2010: Lottery winner doesn't have to share. An elderly Connecticut woman does not have to share her half of a $500,000 lottery windfall with her sister who sued her over it, a judge ruled Wednesday.
2005: Record PA Match 6 lottery winner flees media attention. On Monday, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue announced that Crone had won $5.9 million in the largest Match 6 payoff to date in the game's 16-month history, but the winner is apparently not happy with all the attention the win has brought him.
2005: N.H. Lottery To Sell $20 Scratch Tickets. The New Hampshire House on Wednesday approved a new $20 lottery ticket, which will offer larger prizes and are expected to add about $5 million to state revenues during the next two years.
2005: N.C. Senate considers social, legal expenses of starting lottery. If North Carolina joins every other state on the East Coast and creates a lottery, the cost of policing it and offering help to problem gamblers could cost several million dollars a year, witnesses told a Senate committee on Wednesday.
2005: Wisconsin Lottery lost $212,000 in Super Bowl drawing. The Wisconsin Lottery lost $212,000 after it pulled out of a special drawing offering tickets and travel to the 2004 Super Bowl.
2005: Wisconsin couple to be investigated for excessive lottery wins. A state lawmaker has asked for an audit to determine how a Bonduel, Wisconsin couple won three dozen second-chance state lottery drawings since 2000.
2004: Pennsylvania Lottery Reveals Age Checking Lottery Terminals. Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue Gregory C. Fajt today announced that more than 6,700 Lottery retailers will be able to electronically check the ages of customers through online Lottery terminals using a new age verification system.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot rolls to $13 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $13 million Wednesday.
2004: Tennessee Powerball $100,000 Winner Plans To Build Home. Matthew Hemby said his family "jumped up and down laughing" when they realized they had won $100,000 and that they knew instantly what they planned to do with their winnings: "Build a new home for our family."
2004: Georgia Lottery HOPE bill adds $4.5 million for schools. While legislators devised a way to say millions of dollars in the HOPE scholarship program, they added a cost of $4.5 million that will benefit students who attend private schools part-time.
2004: Pennsylvania Lottery to enforce ID check. The Pennsylvania Lottery will announce a new program this morning in Harrisburg designed to enforce age limits on lottery ticket sales.
2004: Tennessee Lottery executive exodus concerns lawmakers. Some state legislators are concerned after learning that four Tennessee Lottery vice presidents have resigned since the games began in late January.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$430 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2021
2.$363.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2013
3.$316 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2019
4.$257 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 12, 2018
5.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2019
6.$248 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 12, 2020
7.€202.67 Million US$210.98 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 12, 2022
8.$184 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 13, 2017
9.€151.47 Million US$180.25 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 13, 2021
10.€123 Million
US$174.48 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2011
11.€151.67 Million
US$170.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 14, 2019
12.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2013
13.$168.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 12, 2021
14.$166 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2008
15.$161 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2016
16.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 12, 2015
17.$129 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 13, 2009
18.$126.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 13, 2023
19.€99 Million
US$123.06 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2010
20.$121 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2014
21.$111 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 14, 2005
22.€90 Million
US$102.72 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 15, 2015
23.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 13, 2006
23.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 13, 2015
25.$99 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 13, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1996: timani
Sunday, May 12, 1996
27 years old
1979: bbutts048
Saturday, May 12, 1979
44 years old
1976: MattfromPA
Wednesday, May 12, 1976
47 years old
1972: fattoo
Friday, May 12, 1972
51 years old
1972: lottoSuavek
Friday, May 12, 1972
51 years old
1972: suavek
Friday, May 12, 1972
51 years old
1968: Gilliammaria
Sunday, May 12, 1968
55 years old
1962: Lisa5
Saturday, May 12, 1962
61 years old
1961: Lporter512
Friday, May 12, 1961
62 years old
1958: DarleneHendrix
Monday, May 12, 1958
65 years old
1956: ncwinner
Saturday, May 12, 1956
67 years old
1954: Dollar419
Wednesday, May 12, 1954
69 years old
: mjwinsmith
(year not provided)
: Marmar512
(year not provided)
: Fitzmar1994
(year not provided)
: cathywalden
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2018: Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others.
2017: The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400,000 computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services and Telefónica computers.
2015: A train derailment in Philadelphia kills eight people and injures more than 200.
2015: Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3500.
2010: Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board.
2008: An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
2008: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
2006: Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
2006: Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country.
2003: The Riyadh compound bombings in Saudi Arabia, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 39 people.
2002: Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since the Cuban Revolution.
1998: Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto.
1989: The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people, only to be followed a week later by an underground gasoline pipeline explosion, which kills two more people.
1982: During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.
1978: In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
1975: Indochina Wars: Democratic Kampuchea naval forces capture the SS Mayaguez.
1968: Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
1965: The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
1949: Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
1948: Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne to her daughter Juliana.
1942: World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
1942: World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507.
1941: Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
1937: The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
1933: The Agricultural Adjustment Act, which restricts agricultural production through government purchase of livestock for slaughter and paying subsidies to farmers when they remove land from planting, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1933: President Roosevelt signs legislation creating the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the predecessor of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
1932: Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
1926: The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
1926: The 1926 United Kingdom general strike ends.
1888: In Southeast Asia, the North Borneo Chartered Company's territories become the British protectorate of North Borneo.
1885: North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
1881: In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
1870: The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
1865: American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mule Shoe", with some of the fiercest fighting of the war, much of it hand-to-hand combat, occurring at "the Bloody Angle" on the northwest.
1863: American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
1862: American Civil War: Union Army troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1846: The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism.
1821: The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
1808: Finnish War: Swedish-Finnish troops, led by Captain Karl Wilhelm Malmi, conquers the city of Kuopio from Russians after the Battle of Kuopio.
1797: War of the First Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte conquers Venice.
1780: American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
1778: Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
1743: Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
1593: London playwright Thomas Kyd is arrested and tortured by the Privy Council for libel.
1588: French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry I, Duke of Guise, enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
1551: National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.
1510: The Prince of Anhua rebellion begins when Zhu Zhifan kills all the officials invited to a banquet and declares his intent on ousting the powerful Ming dynasty eunuch Liu Jin during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor.
1497: Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
1364: Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, is founded in Kraków.
1328: Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
1191: Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre in Cyprus; she is crowned Queen consort of England the same day.
907: Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.
254: Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism.

Births On This Day

2003: Madeleine McCann, British missing person
1997: Frenkie de Jong, Dutch footballer
1997: Morgan Lake, English athlete
1995: Tamara Korpatsch, German tennis player
1992: Volha Khudzenka, Belarusian kayaker
1990: Florent Amodio, French figure skater
1990: Etika, American YouTuber and live streamer (d. 2019)
1989: Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress
1988: Marcelo, Brazilian footballer
1987: Lance Lynn, American baseball player
1987: Kieron Pollard, Trinidadian cricketer
1986: Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer
1986: Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress
1985: Paolo Goltz, Argentinian footballer
1985: Andrew Howe, Italian long jumper and sprinter
1985: Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
1984: Clare Bowen, Australian actress and singer
1983: Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor
1983: Alina Kabaeva, Russian gymnast and politician
1983: Yujiro Kushida, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1983: Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
1983: Virginie Razzano, French tennis player
1983: Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer
1982: Donnie Nietes, Filipino boxer
1981: Rami Malek, American actor
1981: Kentaro Sato, Japanese-American composer and conductor
1980: Rishi Sunak, English politician
1979: Adrian Serioux, Canadian soccer player
1979: Steve Smith Sr., American football player
1978: Malin Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian model, actress, and singer
1978: Jason Biggs, American actor and comedian
1978: Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer and fashion designer
1977: Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player and coach
1977: Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (d. 2017)
1977: Onur Saylak, Turkish actor, filmmaker and director
1977: Rachel Wilson, Canadian actress and voice actress
1977: Mareile Höppner, German television presenter
1975: Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015)
1975: Ricky Ortiz, American professional wrestler and football player
1973: Mackenzie Astin, American actor
1973: Lutz Pfannenstiel, German footballer and manager
1972: Christian Campbell, Canadian-American actor, writer and photographer
1972: Rhea Seehorn, American actress
1971: Doug Basham, American wrestler
1971: Jamie Luner, American actress
1970: Mark Foster, English swimmer
1970: Jim Furyk, American golfer
1970: Samantha Mathis, American actress
1970: Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
1970: Raj Chandarlapaty, American educator and author
1969: Suzanne Clément, Canadian actress
1969: Kim Fields, American actress
1968: Tony Hawk, American skateboarder and actor
1967: Mireille Bousquet-Mélou, French mathematician
1967: Bill Shorten, Australian politician
1966: Stephen Baldwin, American actor
1966: Bebel Gilberto, American-Brazilian singer-songwriter
1966: Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress
1965: Renée Simonsen, Danish model and writer
1965: Stacy Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player
1964: Pierre Morel, French director and cinematographer
1963: Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player and politician
1963: Gavin Hood, South African actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Stefano Modena, Italian racing driver
1963: Vanessa A. Williams, American actress and producer
1962: Emilio Estevez, American actor
1962: Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist and songwriter
1962: Gregory H. Johnson, English-born American astronaut
1961: Thomas Dooley, German-American soccer player and manager
1961: Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor and comedian
1960: Lisa Martin, Australian runner
1959: Ving Rhames, American actor
1958: Kim Greist, American actress
1958: Andreas Petroulakis, Greek cartoonist
1958: Dries van Noten, Belgian fashion designer
1957: Ziya Onis, Turkish economist and academic
1957: Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
1956: Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1956: Sergio Marchi, Argentinean-Canadian urban planner and politician, tenth Canadian Minister of International Trade
1956: Greg Phillinganes, American keyboardist
1956: Asad Rauf, Pakistani cricketer and umpire
1955: Kix Brooks, American country music singer-songwriter and musician
1951: George Karl, American basketball player and coach
1950: Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and author
1950: Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, and producer
1950: Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, Scottish lawyer, academic, and politician
1950: Billy Squier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949: Ross Bleckner, American painter
1948: Lindsay Crouse, American actress
1948: Dave Heineman, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of Nebraska
1948: Richard Riehle, American actor
1948: Steve Winwood, English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
1947: Michael Ignatieff, Canadian journalist and politician
1946: Daniel Libeskind, American architect, designed the Imperial War Museum North and Jewish Museum
1945: Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1945: Ian McLagan, English keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2014)
1945: Patrick Ricard, French businessman (d. 2012)
1944: Chris Patten, English academic and politician, 28th Governor of Hong Kong
1942: Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
1942: Billy Swan, American country singer-songwriter
1942: Dragoljub Velimirović, Serbian chess player and theoretician (d. 2014)
1941: Ruud de Wolff, Dutch singer (d. 2000)
1940: Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
1939: Cyril Chantler, English pediatrician and academic
1939: Jalal Dabagh, Kurdish journalist and politician
1939: Miltiadis Evert, Greek minister and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (d. 2011)
1939: Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)
1939: Ron Ziegler, American politician, White House Press Secretary (d. 2003)
1938: Millie Perkins, American actress
1937: Beryl Burton, English cyclist (d. 1996)
1937: George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2008)
1937: Susan Hampshire, English actress
1937: Miriam Stoppard, English physician and author
1936: Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (d. 2009)
1936: Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (d. 2007)
1936: Frank Stella, American painter and sculptor
1935: Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager
1935: Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player
1933: Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (d. 2010)
1932: Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, South African-English lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
1930: Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1929: Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, first President of Namibia
1929: Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
1928: Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2023)
1926: Paulette Poujol-Oriol, Haitian educator and writer (d. 2011)
1926: Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (d. 2013)
1925: Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2015)
1924: Maxine Cooper, American actress and photographer (d. 2009)
1924: Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (d. 2016)
1924: Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1922: Marco Denevi, Argentinian lawyer and author (d. 1998)
1922: Murray Gershenz, American actor and businessman (d. 2013)
1922: Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 1991)
1922: Roy Salvadori, English racing driver and manager (d. 2012)
1921: Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)
1921: Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 2014)
1921: Lily Renée, American comic-book artist (d. 2022)
1918: Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001)
1918: Julius Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
1916: Albert Murray, American author and critic (d. 2013)
1915: Tony Strobl, American comics artist and animator (d. 1991)
1914: Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet and author (d. 1993)
1914: Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (d. 2002)
1912: Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001)
1911: Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (d. 1972)
1910: James Dudley, American baseball player, wrestling manager and executive (d. 2004)
1910: Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, first President of Suriname (d. 2010)
1910: Dorothy Hodgkin, English biochemist, crystallographer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1910: Gordon Jenkins, American pianist and composer (d. 1984)
1908: Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-English economist (d. 1986)
1907: Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1907: Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)
1905: Édouard Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1994)
1903: Faith Bennett, British actress and ATA pilot during WWII (d. 1969)
1903: Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (d. 1991)
1901: The Duke of Paducah, American country comedian, radio host and banjo player (d. 1986)
1900: Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress (d. 1971)
1895: William Giauque, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
1895: Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (d. 1986)
1892: Fritz Kortner, Austrian-German actor and director (d. 1970)
1889: Abelardo L. Rodríguez, substitute president of Mexico (d. 1967)
1889: Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor; father of diarist Anne Frank (d. 1980)
1886: Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and pilot (d. 1937)
1885: Paltiel Daykan, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (d. 1969)
1885: Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Japanese author (d. 1976)
1880: Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (d. 1951)
1875: Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (d. 1960)
1874: Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist (d. 1929)
1873: J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter (d. 1932)
1872: Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, tenth Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1940)
1869: Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter (d. 1946)
1867: Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (d. 1938)
1863: Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist and entrepreneur (d. 1915)
1859: William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 1932)
1859: Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, ninth Premier of Western Australia (d. 1918)
1850: Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician (d. 1924)
1850: Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (d. 1909)
1845: Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1924)
1842: Jules Massenet, French composer (d. 1912)
1840: Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (d. 1912)
1839: Tôn Thất Thuyết, Vietnamese mandarin (d. 1913)
1829: Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer and educator (d. 1896)
1828: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)
1825: Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and explorer (d. 1878)
1820: Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, social reformer, and statistician (d. 1910)
1814: Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer (d. 1889)
1812: Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (d. 1888)
1806: Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (d. 1881)
1804: Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, third Premier of West Canada (d. 1858)
1803: Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (d. 1873)
1777: Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman (d. 1855)
1774: Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician (d. 1853)
1767: Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1851)
1755: Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1824)
1754: Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher (d. 1812)
1739: Johann Baptist Wanhal, Czech-Austrian organist and composer (d. 1813)
1725: Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
1700: Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect and engineer, designed the Palace of Caserta and Royal Palace of Milan (d. 1773)
1670: Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (d. 1733)
1626: Louis Hennepin, Flemish priest and missionary (d. 1705)
1622: Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French-Canadian soldier and politician, third Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
1606: Joachim von Sandrart, German art-historian and painter (d. 1688)
1590: Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
1496: Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)
1479: Pompeo Colonna, Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)
1401: Emperor Shōkō of Japan (d. 1428)
1325: Rupert II, Elector Palatine (d. 1398)

Deaths On This Day

2020: Aimee Stephens, American funeral director and U.S. Supreme Court litigant (b. 1960)
2018: Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (b. 1945)
2017: Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, ninth President of Finland (b. 1923)
2016: Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (b. 1935)
2015: Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2014: Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (b. 1925)
2014: Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
2014: H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (b. 1940)
2014: Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2014: Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944)
2013: Gerd Langguth, German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946)
2012: Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921)
2012: Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (b. 1920)
2009: Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
2008: Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1925)
2008: Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian (b. 1910)
2006: Hussein Maziq, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1918)
2005: Ömer Kavur, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2005: Martin Lings, English author and scholar (b. 1909)
2005: Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress (b. 1937)
2003: Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-American diplomat (b. 1933)
2001: Perry Como, American singer and television host (b. 1912)
2001: Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (b. 1925)
2000: Adam Petty, American race car driver (b. 1980)
1999: Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American illustrator (b. 1914)
1995: Ștefan Kovács, Romanian football player and coach (b. 1920)
1994: Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1902)
1994: John Smith, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Labour Party leader, Leader of the Opposition (b. 1938)
1993: Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (b.1920)
1992: Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (b. 1911)
1992: Robert Reed, American actor (b. 1932)
1986: Elisabeth Bergner, German actress (b. 1897)
1985: Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901)
1981: Francis Hughes, Provisional IRA hunger striker (b. 1956)
1981: Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean professor and politician, second President of Singapore (b. 1907)
1980: Lillian Roth, American actress (b. 1910)
1974: Wayne Maki, Canadian National Hockey League player (b. 1944)
1973: Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
1973: Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
1971: Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)
1970: Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
1967: John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
1966: Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
1964: Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
1963: Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
1963: Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
1957: Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and racing driver (b. 1928)
1957: Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
1956: Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
1944: Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
1944: Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
1935: Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
1931: Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
1925: Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
1916: James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
1907: Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
1900: Göran Fredrik Göransson, Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (b. 1819)
1897: Minna Canth, Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (b. 1844)
1884: Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
1878: Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
1876: Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
1867: Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
1864: J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
1860: Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
1859: Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
1856: Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
1845: János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
1842: Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
1801: Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
1796: Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
1792: Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
1784: Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
1759: Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
1748: Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
1708: Adolphus Frederick II, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
1700: John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1631)
1699: Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
1684: Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (b. 1620)
1641: Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1593)
1634: George Chapman, English poet and playwright (b. 1559)
1599: Murad Mirza, Mughal prince (b. 1570)
1529: Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington, English noblewoman (b. 1460)
1490: Joanna, Portuguese princess and regent (b. 1452)
1465: Thomas Palaiologos, Despot of Morea (b. 1409)
1331: Engelbert of Admont, Benedictine abbot and scholar
1182: Valdemar I, king of Denmark (b. 1131)
1161: Fergus of Galloway, Scottish nobleman
1090: Liutold of Eppenstein, duke of Carinthia
1012: Sergius IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 970)
1003: Sylvester II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 946)
940: Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (b. 877)
805: Æthelhard, archbishop of Canterbury

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