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May 15

On This Day in History

May 15

May 15 is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 230 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2020: Texas Lottery to reopen claims centers June 1. The Texas Lottery Commission plans to reopen all 16 claim centers around the state on Monday, June 1, 2020. Claims will be processed by appointment only and recommended safety and cleaning guidelines will be followed.
2019: Michigan man wins jackpot after following the same lottery routine for 30 years. A Michigan man who has stuck to the same lottery-playing routine for the past 30 years had his habits finally pay off when he won a $167,407 jackpot.
2019: New York Lottery first in U.S. to crack the $10 billion mark in sales. The New York Lottery became the first in the nation to top the $10 billion mark in combined sales and "net win," which is the earnings after winners are paid.
2018: With promise of $1.5m prize, scam artist bilks woman out of nearly $28,000. Murphy's ship had finally come in. Or so it seemed. She imagined paying off the mortgages of her children and grandchildren and setting up bank accounts for her two little great-grandchildren. Instead, she had been scammed, and her gullibility cost her nearly $28,000.
2017: Turmoil: Connecticut Lottery interim CEO quits. The Connecticut Lottery Corp.'s board chairman and interim CEO resigned from both positions Monday after drawing heavy criticism during a legislative inquiry into lottery officials' handling of the fraud-plagued 5 Card Cash lottery game.
2017: Unclaimed Michigan lottery ticket worth $105,000 expires tomorrow. The Michigan Lottery is urging Fantasy 5 players to check their tickets to see if they're the lucky winner of a $105,000 jackpot.
2015: Wisconsin Lottery's Megabucks jackpot hits record high. Officials with the Wisconsin Lottery said the Megabucks jackpot is currently at a record high for its next drawing on Saturday.
2015: Minnesota paperless, instant-win Lottery games to end. The Minnesota Lottery's experiment with paperless, instant-play tickets sold over the Internet and other platforms will come to an end as Gov. Mark Dayton decided Thursday against vetoing legislation suspending the games.
2015: Alabama lottery plan approved by Senate committee. By a vote of 5-3, the Alabama Senate Tourism Committee on Thursday approved Sen. Del Marsh's (R-Anniston) lottery and gambling expansion plan. It now proceeds to the full Senate for consideration.
2014: 2 charged with extorting cousin over stolen Florida Lottery tickets. Two Florida men were arrested Tuesday on extortion charges when they threatened an employee who stole lottery tickets instead of reporting him to the authorities.
2014: Illinois legislator urges Gov. to fire company running the lottery. Citing nearly three years of lackluster performance, an Illinois state lawmaker is urging Governor Pat Quinn to fire the company his administration hired to run the Illinois Lottery.
2013: $190 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls. Lottery players across the United States -- including Florida for the first time -- are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Friday's massive $190 million drawing.
2013: Mega Millions comes to Florida. This morning, Florida residents are finally able to purchase tickets for the multi-state Mega Millions game, at a time when the jackpot is approaching $200 million.
2013: Almost €15 million in Ireland Lottery prize money goes unclaimed. According to figures obtained from the Ireland National Lottery, €14.7 million (US$18.9 million) in lottery prize money was left uncollected last year alone.
2013: Virginia man wins lottery 4th time. This week a Virginia man claimed his fourth major Virginia Lottery prize.
2011: Ct. Senate votes to collect delinquent taxes from lottery winnings. Connecticut state Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) said Thursday that the Senate has approved a bill he co-sponsored that would deduct delinquent taxes from certain awards paid to Connecticut Lottery winners.
2011: W.Va. lottery winner buys trucks for fire depts.. A West Virginia Powerball lottery winner known for his generosity recently turned his charitable ways toward the purchase of new vehicles and equipment for area fire departments.
2009: Connecticut man sues friend for share of lottery prize. A Connecticut man is suing a friend for a share of a $1 million lottery jackpot.
2009: Ark. Lottery Commission Web site launches Monday. The new Arkansas Lottery Commission has been in operation for a little more than a week, and on Monday its own Web site will go live.
2009: Delaware legalizes sports betting. In a move that is shaking up gambling up and down the East Coast, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell Thursday signed a sports betting bill into law at a ceremony inside the VIP room at Delaware Park racetrack and casino.
2009: S.C. lottery chief says Arkansas can clear $125M in first year. South Carolina lottery director Ernie Passailaigue estimated that the Arkansas lottery could clear roughly $125 million in net profit its first year.
2007: Tenn. Lottery raffle game makes 4 millionaires. Winning Tennessee Lottery tickets worth $1 million each were sold in Manchester, Nashville, Knoxville, and Old Hickory.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $114 million. Release of Saturday Powerball winner information and the start of Sunday sales were delayed to due systems problems, on a day that saw the Powerball jackpot increased to $114 million.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $94 million. The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $94 million Saturday.
2006: UK lottery sales rise by 5%. Sales of National Lottery tickets have increased by 5.2% to more than £5bn (US$9.4 billion), according to operator Camelot.
2006: N.C. lottery expenses may top $96 million. In its first few months of operation, the N.C. Education Lottery is spending most of its money on staff salaries, contracted services and new vehicles.
2006: One ticket wins $11 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One ticket sold in Titusville matched all six numbers in Saturday's Lotto drawing from the Florida Lottery.
2006: Most lottery winners crave privacy. Only two of the 52 Maine residents who won the Megabucks jackpot between the years of 1993 and 1998 were available and willing to talk to reporters.
2004: Euro Millions $39 Million Winning Lottery Ticket Sold in France. One winning Euro Millions lottery ticket was sold in France for a record 33 million euros (US$39 million).

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$475 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 18, 2021
2.$363.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2013
3.$339 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 17, 2019
4.$280 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 16, 2018
5.$266 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 15, 2020
6.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2019
7.€205.03 Million US$215.74 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 17, 2022
8.$204 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 17, 2017
9.$196 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 16, 2008
10.$190 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 17, 2013
11.$187 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2021
12.€152.52 Million
US$181.49 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 15, 2021
13.$174 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 17, 2016
14.€152.86 Million
US$171.02 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 16, 2019
15.$159 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 15, 2015
16.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 16, 2009
17.$136 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 16, 2014
18.$135.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2023
19.$129 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 18, 2005
20.€94.84 Million
US$121.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 19, 2012
21.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 15, 2010
22.$114 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 17, 2006
23.$113 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 16, 1998
23.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 16, 2023
25.$112 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 17, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1982: mrgucci2u
Saturday, May 15, 1982
41 years old
1967: FatLane
Monday, May 15, 1967
56 years old
1967: Japoni
Monday, May 15, 1967
56 years old
1966: jottoho
Sunday, May 15, 1966
57 years old
1965: Dawsey
Saturday, May 15, 1965
58 years old
1963: bonitago
Wednesday, May 15, 1963
60 years old
1962: jeffmcclaren
Tuesday, May 15, 1962
61 years old
1960: danandvickie
Sunday, May 15, 1960
63 years old
1957: LiquidDreams
Wednesday, May 15, 1957
66 years old
1957: Scotty1176
Wednesday, May 15, 1957
66 years old
1936: bjnicho99
Friday, May 15, 1936
87 years old
: BahamaMama202
(year not provided)
: Creeks1
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2013: An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.
2010: Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
2008: California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
2004: Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C. with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles".
2001: A CSX EMD SD40-2 rolls out of a train yard in Walbridge, Ohio, with 47 freight cars, including some tank cars with flammable chemical, after its engineer fails to reboard it after setting a yard switch. It travels south driverless for 66 miles (106 km) until it was brought to a halt near Kenton. The incident became the inspiration for the 2010 film Unstoppable.
1997: The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
1997: The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
1991: Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister.
1988: Soviet-Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
1974: Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
1972: The Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
1970: President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
1963: Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
1957: At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
1948: Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1945: World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
1943: Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
1942: World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
1941: First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
1940: USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
1940: World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
1940: Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant.
1934: A self coup by prime minister Kārlis Ulmanis succeeded in Latvia, suspending its constitution and dissolving its Saeima.
1933: All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
1932: In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
1929: A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
1919: The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
1919: Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
1918: The Finnish Civil War ends when the Whites took over Fort Ino, a Russian coastal artillery base on the Karelian Isthmus, from the Russian troops.
1911: In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
1911: More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
1905: The city of Las Vegas founded in Nevada, United States.
1891: Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
1864: American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
1851: The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
1850: The Arana-Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.
1849: The Sicilian revolution of 1848 is finally extinguished.
1836: Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
1817: Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
1791: French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
1648: The Peace of Münster is ratified, by which Spain acknowledges Dutch sovereignty.
1618: Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
1602: Cape Cod is sighted by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold.
1536: Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
1525: Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
1252: Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
756: Abd al-Rahman I, the founder of the Arab dynasty that ruled the greater part of Iberia for nearly three centuries, becomes emir of Cordova, Spain.
589: King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility.
392: Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne.
221: Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.

Births On This Day

2002: Chase Hudson, American internet celebrity, singer, actor
2000: Dayana Yastremska, Ukrainian tennis player
1999: Anastasia Gasanova, Russian tennis player
1998: Lucrezia Stefanini, Italian tennis player
1997: Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer
1997: Scott Drinkwater, Australian rugby league player
1996: Birdy, English singer-songwriter
1993: Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player
1993: Tomáš Kalas, Czech international footballer
1990: Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player
1990: Lee Jong-hyun, Korean guitarist
1990: Stella Maxwell, New Zealand model
1989: Susan Soonkyu Lee, Korean-American singer and entertainer
1989: Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer
1988: Indrek Kajupank, Estonian basketball player
1988: Scott Laird, English footballer
1987: David Adams, American baseball player
1987: Michael Brantley, American baseball player
1987: Brian Dozier, American baseball player
1987: Mark Fayne, American ice hockey player
1987: Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
1987: Leonardo Mayer, Argentinian tennis player
1987: Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
1986: Thomas Brown, American football player
1986: Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
1986: Adam Moffat, Scottish footballer
1985: Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
1985: Tania Cagnotto, Italian diver
1985: Laura Harvey, English football coach
1985: Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian actor
1985: Denis Onyango, Ugandan football goalkeeper
1985: Justine Robbeson, South African javelin thrower
1984: Jeff Deslauriers, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian race car driver
1984: Samantha Noble, Australian actress
1984: Beau Scott, Australian rugby league player
1984: Mr Probz, Dutch singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer
1982: Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter
1982: Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
1982: Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
1982: Layal Abboud, Lebanese singer
1981: Patrice Evra, French footballer
1981: Paul Konchesky, English international footballer
1981: Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
1981: Zara Phillips, English equestrian
1981: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer
1980: Josh Beckett, American baseball player
1979: Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
1979: Daniel Caines, English sprinter
1979: Chris Masoe, New Zealand rugby player
1979: Ryan Max Riley, American skier
1979: Robert Royal, American football player
1979: Dominic Scott, Irish guitarist
1978: Amy Chow, American gymnast and pediatrician
1978: Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian soccer player
1978: Edu, Brazilian footballer
1978: David Krumholtz, American actor
1976: Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
1976: Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer
1976: Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
1976: Ryan Leaf, American football player and coach
1976: Anže Logar, Slovenian politician
1976: Tyler Walker, American baseball player
1975: Ray Lewis, American football player and sportscaster
1975: Ales Michalevic, Belarusian lawyer and politician
1975: Janne Seurujärvi, Finnish Sami politician, and the first Sami ever to be elected to the Finnish Parliament.
1974: Vasilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player and politician
1974: Matthew Sadler, English chess player and author
1974: Marko Tredup, German footballer and manager
1974: Ahmet Zappa, American musician and writer
1972: Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
1972: David Charvet, French actor and singer
1971: Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
1970: Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
1970: Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
1970: Desmond Howard, American football player and sportscaster
1970: Alison Jackson, English photographer, director, and screenwriter
1970: Rod Smith, American football player
1970: Ben Wallace, English captain and politician
1969: Hideki Irabu, Japanese-American baseball player (d. 2011)
1969: Emmitt Smith, American football player and sportscaster
1968: Cecilia Malmström, Swedish academic and politician, 15th European Commissioner for Trade
1968: Sophie Raworth, English journalist and broadcaster
1967: Simen Agdestein, Norwegian chess grandmaster and football player
1967: Laura Hillenbrand, American journalist and author
1967: John Smoltz, American baseball player and sportscaster
1967: Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
1966: Jiří Němec, Czech footballer
1965: André Abujamra, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Scott Tronc, Australian rugby league player
1964: Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Denmark
1963: Gavin Nebbeling, South African footballer
1962: Lisa Curry, Australian swimmer
1961: Giselle Fernández, Mexican-American television journalist.
1960: Rhonda Burchmore, Australian actress, singer, and dancer
1960: Rob Bowman, American director and producer
1960: R. Kuhaneswaran, Sri Lankan politician
1960: Rimas Kurtinaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1959: Khaosai Galaxy, Thai boxer and politician
1959: Luis Pérez-Sala, Spanish race car driver
1959: Beverly Jo Scott, American-Belgian singer-songwriter
1958: Jason Graae, American musical theater actor
1958: Ruth Marcus, American journalist
1958: Ron Simmons, American football player and wrestler
1957: Meg Gardiner, American-English author and academic
1957: Juan José Ibarretxe, Spanish politician
1957: Kevin Von Erich, American football player and wrestler
1956: Andreas Loverdos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Labour
1956: Dan Patrick, American television anchor and sportscaster
1956: Kevin Greenaugh, American nuclear engineer
1955: Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (d. 2013)
1955: Lia Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician
1954: Diana Liverman, English-American geographer and academic
1954: Caroline Thomson, English journalist and broadcaster
1953: George Brett, American baseball player and coach
1953: Athene Donald, English physicist and academic
1953: Mike Oldfield, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1952: Chazz Palminteri, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1951: Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1951: Chris Ham, English political scientist and academic
1951: Frank Wilczek, American mathematician and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1950: Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004)
1950: Jim Simons, American golfer (d. 2005)
1949: Frank L. Culbertson Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1949: Robert S.J. Sparks, English geologist and academic
1948: Kate Bornstein, American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist
1948: Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese baseball player
1948: Brian Eno, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1948: Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas
1947: Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1946: Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý, Vietnamese priest and activist
1945: Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic
1945: Jerry Quarry, American boxer (d. 1999)
1944: Bill Alter, American police officer and politician
1944: Ulrich Beck, German sociologist and academic (d. 2015)
1943: Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician
1943: Freddie Perren, American songwriter, producer, and conductor (d. 2004)
1942: Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1942: Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
1942: Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania
1942: K. T. Oslin, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2020)
1941: Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the Rip Off Press (d. 2006)
1940: Roger Ailes, American businessman (d. 2017)
1940: Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
1940: Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach
1939: Dorothy Shirley, English high jumper and educator
1938: Mireille Darc, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1938: Nancy Garden, American author (d. 2014)
1937: Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State (d. 2022)
1937: Karin Krog, Norwegian singer
1937: Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2020)
1936: Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer
1936: Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (d. 1977)
1936: Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator
1936: Paul Zindel, American playwright and novelist (d. 2003)
1935: Don Bragg, American pole vaulter (d. 2019)
1935: Ted Dexter, Italian-English cricketer (d. 2021)
1935: Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
1935: Akihiro Miwa, Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen
1931: Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1931: James Fitz-Allen Mitchell, Vincentian politician and agronomist, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (d. 2021)
1930: Jasper Johns, American painter and sculptor
1926: Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006)
1926: Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1926: Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1925: Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist and composer (d. 2015)
1925: Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist (d. 2014)
1925: Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (d. 2014)
1925: Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (d. 2008)
1924: Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1971)
1923: Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer (d. 2004)
1923: John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1922: Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (d. 2013)
1922: Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese nun and author (d. 2021)
1921: Federico Krutwig, Basque writer, member of ETA and translator (d. 1998)
1920: Michel Audiard, French director and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1918: Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
1918: Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (d. 2015)
1918: Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)
1916: Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (d. 2014)
1915: Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (d. 2006)
1915: Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
1915: Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (d. 1993)
1914: Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)
1914: Angus MacLean, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (d. 2000)
1914: Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1979)
1912: Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (d. 2003)
1911: Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (d. 1991)
1911: Herta Oberheuser, German physician (d. 1978)
1910: Constance Cummings, British-based American actress (d. 2005)
1909: James Mason, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1909: Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
1907: Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (d. 1931)
1905: Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
1905: Albert Dubout, French cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d. 1976)
1905: Abraham Zapruder, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the Zapruder film (d. 1970)
1904: Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author (d. 1999)
1903: Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
1902: Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
1902: Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (d. 1937)
1901: Xavier Herbert, Australian author (d. 1984)
1901: Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1900: Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming (d. 1986)
1899: Jean Étienne Valluy, French general (d. 1970)
1898: Arletty, French model, actress, and singer (d. 1992)
1895: Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician (d. 1972)
1895: William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1941)
1894: Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist (d. 1973)
1893: José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema (d. 1959)
1892: Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral (d. 1977)
1892: Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (d. 1969)
1891: Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (d. 1940)
1891: Hjalmar Dahl, Finnish journalist, translator and writer (d. 1960)
1891: Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (d. 1971)
1890: Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (d. 1980)
1882: Walter White, Scottish international footballer (d. 1950)
1873: Oskari Tokoi, Finnish socialist and the Chairman of the Senate of Finland (d. 1963)
1869: Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter (d. 1945)
1869: John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1921)
1863: Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, invented Meccano (d. 1936)
1862: Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (d. 1931)
1859: Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)
1857: Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (d. 1911)
1856: L. Frank Baum, American novelist (d. 1919)
1856: Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1917)
1854: Ioannis Psycharis, Ukrainian-French philologist and author (d. 1929)
1848: Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1926)
1845: Élie Metchnikoff, Russian zoologist (d. 1916)
1841: Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist (d. 1912)
1817: Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (d. 1905)
1808: Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and conductor (d. 1870)
1805: Samuel Carter, English railway solicitor and Member of Parliament (MP) (d. 1878)
1803: Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (d. 1869)
1786: Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician (d. 1864)
1773: Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (d. 1859)
1770: Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1843)
1759: Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1824)
1749: Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General (d. 1820)
1720: Maximilian Hell, Hungarian priest and astronomer (d. 1792)
1689: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
1645: George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British judge (d. 1689)
1633: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French noble (d. 1707)
1608: René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (d. 1642)
1567: Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1643)
1565: Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch sculptor and architect (d. 1621)
1531: Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (d. 1581)
1397: Sejong the Great, Korean king of Joseon (d. 1450)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Frank Curry, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1950)
2022: Kay Mellor, English actress (b. 1951)
2021: Oliver Gillie, British journalist and scientist (b. 1937)
2020: Fred Willard, American actor, comedian, and writer (b. 1933)
2015: Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (b. 1914)
2015: Jackie Brookner, American sculptor and educator (b. 1945)
2015: Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (b. 1928)
2015: Garo Yepremian, Cypriot-American football player (b. 1944)
2014: Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
2014: Noribumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2013: Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1946)
2012: Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (b. 1928)
2012: Arno Lustiger, German historian and author (b. 1924)
2012: Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1918)
2010: Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
2010: Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (b. 1950)
2009: Bud Tingwell, Australian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
2009: Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (b. 1964)
2008: Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
2008: Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
2008: Will Elder, American illustrator (b. 1921)
2007: Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (b. 1933)
2006: Nizar Abdul Zahra, Iraqi footballer (b. 1961)
2003: June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1929)
1998: Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
1998: Naim Talu, Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)
1996: Charles B. Fulton, American lawyer and judge (b. 1910)
1995: Eric Porter, English actor (b. 1928)
1994: Gilbert Roland, American actor (b. 1905)
1993: Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)
1991: Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
1991: Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian ethnologist and author (b. 1901)
1991: Fritz Riess, German race car driver (b. 1922)
1989: Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
1989: Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)
1986: Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
1986: Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
1985: Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (b. 1947)
1984: Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)
1982: Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
1980: Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)
1978: Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
1971: Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
1969: Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
1967: Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
1967: Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)
1965: Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
1964: Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
1963: John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
1957: Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)
1957: Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
1956: Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
1955: Harry J. Capehart, American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (b. 1881)
1954: William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
1948: Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
1945: Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
1945: Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
1937: Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
1935: Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
1928: Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
1926: Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
1924: Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1919: Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
1914: Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
1886: Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
1879: Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
1845: Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
1773: Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)
1740: Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (b. 1680)
1700: John Hale, American minister (b. 1636)
1699: Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1631)
1698: Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
1634: Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
1615: Henry Bromley, English politician (b. 1560)
1609: Giovanni Croce, Italian composer and educator (b. 1557)
1585: Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (b. 1535)
1470: Charles VIII, king of Sweden (b. 1409)
1464: Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (b. 1436)
1461: Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter (b. c. 1410)
1268: Peter II, count of Savoy (b. 1203)
1175: Mleh, prince of Armenia
1174: Nur ad-Din, Seljuk emir of Syria (b. 1118)
1157: Yuri Dolgorukiy, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1099)
1036: Go-Ichijō, emperor of Japan (b. 1008)
973: Byrhthelm, bishop of Wells
926: Zhuang Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 885)
913: Hatto I, German archbishop (b. 850)
884: Marinus I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 830)
558: Hilary of Galeata, Christian monk (b. 476)
392: Valentinian II, Roman emperor (b. 371)

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