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May 19

On This Day in History

May 19

May 19 is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 226 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026: $5.9 million New Jersey Pick 6 lottery winner claims jackpot one week before ticket expires. New Jersey Lottery officials — and a very lucky lottery winner — are sighing a breath of relief after a player finally stepped forward to claim a $5.9 million Pick 6 jackpot a week before it was due to expire.
2023: Nebraska Lottery to make changes to Pick 5 game. The Nebraska Lottery announced that its locally drawn Pick 5 game will receive "enhancements" later this summer.
2022: Record-breaking £184 million EuroMillions lottery winners revealed. The UK's biggest EuroMillions lottery winners have been revealed as a couple from Gloucester who won £184 million (US$228.4 million) with a quick pick ticket.
2021: New York City considering vaccination lottery incentive similar to Ohio's. A week after Ohio announced their "Vax-a-Million" lottery, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that his administration is considering a similar idea to motivate residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
2021: Kentucky Lottery reports record $1.3 billion in sales. The Kentucky Lottery announced during a board of directors meeting last week that its sales are at an all-time high, the largest in the organization's 32-year history at $1.3 billion.
2020: Former NBA player credits homeless man's good will for $300,000 lottery prize. A homeless man refused to take $5 from a former NBA player and asked him instead to use the money to buy lottery tickets and said he would take $20 from the winnings. The homeless man was right.
2016: Birthday Fantasy 5 win for Californian. A San Diego resident kicked off his birthday by winning over a half-million dollars in the Fantasy 5 lottery, and had to step outside of a dinner gathering to double-check his ticket in disbelief.
2015: Iowa man nearly lost $1 million Powerball prize. A Des Moines, Iowa, man claimed a $1 million Powerball prize Monday morning, a day after his winning ticket was nearly lost.
2014: Printing error causes new Pa. Lottery ticket coupons to be issued. Pennsylvania Lottery players who tried to use some of the lottery's coupons that arrived in the mail or in the newspaper in late April or earlier this month learned that they were about as good as a losing lottery ticket.
2013: Record Powerball jackpot won by 1 ticket. The largest Powerball lottery jackpot in game history has been won Saturday night by a single ticket sold in the state of Florida.
2011: Nebraska lottery equipment upgrades coming soon. This summer, the Nebraska Lottery will be upgrading equipment at over 1,150 retailers, providing several benefits for lottery retailers and players.
2011: US Marine wins $1 million lottery jackpot. A United States Marine from Yuma, Arizona, has won $1 million in the Arizona Lottery's $100 Million Cash Spectacular Scratchers game.
2009: Arkansas lottery retailers to be policed for fraud, officials say. The legislation laying the groundwork for Arkansas' lottery does not require it, but officials say they expect the lottery system to include a security division that will be on the lookout for fraud by retailers.
2007: SoCal family claims $112M Mega Millions lottery jackpot. A Southern California family claimed their winning ticket Wednesday in the $112 million Mega Millions lottery drawing.
2004: New Jeresey couple wins huge Powerball lottery jackpot. Pure serendipity - a detour around some bridge work and a spur-of-the-moment decision to buy tickets early for the May 8 Powerball drawing - have made Steven and Kristine White multimillionaires.
2004: California Lottery wants changes. The California Lottery, for the first time since it was created nearly 20 years ago, wants to shrink the percentage of its budget dedicated to funding public education in order to boost prize payouts in scratch-off games -- a move officials say ultimately would increase sales and, in turn, money for schools.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$516 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 21, 2021
2.$421 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 21, 2024
3.$367 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 21, 2019
4.$315.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 19, 2018
5.$288 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 22, 2019
6.$277 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 19, 2026
7.$274 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 19, 2020
8.$228 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 20, 2017
9.€206.28 Million US$217.64 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 19, 2022
10.$202.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 19, 2021
11.€166.49 Million
US$193.5 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 19, 2026
12.€154.94 Million
US$189.29 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 20, 2021
13.€167 Million
US$188.21 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 20, 2025
14.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 20, 2016
15.$175 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 20, 1998
16.€155.5 Million
US$173.51 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 21, 2019
17.$173 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 19, 2015
18.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 20, 2009
19.$168.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 20, 2023
20.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 21, 2005
21.$149 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 20, 2014
22.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 19, 2010
23.€120 Million
US$139.46 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 19, 2026
24.$139 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 20, 2025
25.$135.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 19, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1993: kjamlebron
Wednesday, May 19, 1993
33 years old
1992: shinbricks
Tuesday, May 19, 1992
34 years old
1984: Kingkino
Saturday, May 19, 1984
42 years old
1983: Tiffany51983
Thursday, May 19, 1983
43 years old
1980: hereshoping$
Monday, May 19, 1980
46 years old
1978: Lotto Kidd
Friday, May 19, 1978
48 years old
1974: jacinda93
Sunday, May 19, 1974
52 years old
1967: dizzychic1
Friday, May 19, 1967
59 years old
1958: wkc89
Monday, May 19, 1958
68 years old
1956: bshell1956
Saturday, May 19, 1956
70 years old
1955: nazzelrod
Thursday, May 19, 1955
71 years old
1951: jamjim54
Saturday, May 19, 1951
75 years old
: PeacefulMan
(year not provided)
: C.A.
(year not provided)
: lacie
(year not provided)
: Flojo519
(year not provided)
: patticake8
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: A helicopter crash in Iran leaves 8 people dead, including the country's president Ebrahim Raisi & foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
2018: The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.
2016: EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.
2015: The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.
2012: Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others.
2012: A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.
2010: The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
2007: President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
2007: A mass shooting starts in Moscow, Idaho, which would leave 3 non-shooters dead and 3 more injured, before the shooter committed suicide the next day.
2000: Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-101 to resupply the International Space Station.
1997: The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
1996: Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on mission STS-77.
1993: SAM Colombia Flight 501 crashes on approach to José María Córdova International Airport in Medellín, Colombia, killing 132.
1991: Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
1986: The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
1971: Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
1963: The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
1962: A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
1961: Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
1961: At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
1959: The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
1950: A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
1950: Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
1945: Syrian demonstrators in Damascus are fired upon by French troops injuring twelve, leading to the Levant Crisis.
1943: Winston Churchill's second wartime address to the U.S. Congress
1942: World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor for repairs.
1934: Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
1933: Finnish cavalry general C. G. E. Mannerheim is appointed the field marshal.
1922: The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
1921: The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
1919: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
1917: The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
1911: Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
1900: Great Britain annexes Tonga Island.
1900: Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
1883: Buffalo Bill's first Buffalo Bill's Wild West opens in Omaha, Nebraska.
1848: Mexican-American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.
1845: Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
1828: U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, sparking outrage in the South and leading to the Nullification crisis.
1802: Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
1798: Napoleon Bonaparte and his expedition force leave France to invade Egypt.
1780: New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
1776: American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
1749: King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
1743: Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
1674: John III Sobieski becomes king of Poland-Lithuania.
1655: The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
1649: An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
1643: Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
1542: The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Myanmar.
1536: Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
1535: French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
1499: Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
1445: John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.
1051: Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.
934: The Byzantine Empire reconquers Melitene under the leadership of John Kourkouas.
715: Pope Gregory II is elected.
639: Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.

Births On This Day

2003: Jojo Siwa, American dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality
2002: Riccardo Calafiori, Italian footballer
2002: Rafa Marín, Spanish footballer
2001: Elizabeth Mandlik, American tennis player
1996: Michael Carcone, Canadian ice hockey player
1995: Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player
1994: Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer
1992: Michele Camporese, Italian footballer
1992: Ola John, Dutch footballer
1992: Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
1992: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player
1992: Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ
1992: Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter
1992: Heather Watson, British tennis player
1992: Lainey Wilson, American singer-songwriter
1991: Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter
1987: Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer
1987: David Edgar, Canadian soccer player
1987: Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer
1986: Mario Chalmers, American basketball player
1985: Malakai Black, Dutch professional wrestler
1984: Marcedes Lewis, American football player
1983: Michael Che, American comedian
1983: Jessica Fox, English actress
1982: Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
1982: Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
1982: Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist
1981: Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer
1981: Yo Gotti, American rapper
1981: Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player
1981: Sina Schielke, German sprinter
1981: Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
1980: Tony Hackworth, English footballer
1979: Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
1979: Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
1979: Shooter Jennings, American country singer, songwriter
1978: Marcus Bent, English footballer
1978: Dave Bus, Dutch footballer
1977: Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer
1977: Wouter Hamel, Dutch singer and guitarist
1977: Brandon Inge, American baseball player
1977: Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress
1976: Ed Cota, American basketball player
1976: Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
1975: Pretinha, Brazilian footballer
1975: London Fletcher, American football player
1975: Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager
1975: Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1974: Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1974: Emma Shapplin, French soprano
1974: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian actor
1973: Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver
1972: Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter
1972: Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator
1970: Stuart Cable, Welsh drummer (died 2010)
1970: K. J. Choi, South Korean golfer
1970: Regina Narva, Estonian chess player
1970: Nia Zulkarnaen, Indonesian actress, singer and producer
1968: Kyle Eastwood, American actor and bass player
1967: Alexia, Italian singer
1967: Geraldine Somerville, Irish-born English actress
1966: Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1966: Jodi Picoult, American author and educator
1966: Polly Walker, English actress
1965: Maile Flanagan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1964: Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (died 1997)
1964: John Lee, South Korean-American football player
1964: Miloslav Mečíř, Slovak tennis player
1963: Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager
1961: Vadim Cojocaru, Moldovan politician (died 2021)
1961: Gregory Poirier, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Wayne Van Dorp, Canadian ice hockey player
1957: Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
1957: James Reyne, Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter
1956: Oliver Letwin, English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1956: Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1955: James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java
1954: Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster
1954: Lena Einhorn, Swedish director, writer and physician
1954: Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
1954: Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer
1953: Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Scottish lawyer and judge
1953: Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian finswimmer
1953: Florin Marin, Romanian footballer and manager
1953: Victoria Wood, English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (died 2016)
1952: Charlie Spedding, English runner
1952: Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
1951: Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (died 2001)
1951: Dick Slater, American wrestler (died 2018)
1950: Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (died 1998)
1949: Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2021)
1949: Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, English politician
1949: Archie Manning, American football player
1948: Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1947: Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947: Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician
1947: David Helfgott, Australian pianist
1946: Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist
1946: Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
1946: André the Giant, French-American wrestler and actor (died 1993)
1945: Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944: Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (died 2019)
1943: Eddie May, English footballer and manager (died 2012)
1943: Shirrel Rhoades, American author, publisher, and academic
1942: Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. (died 1994)
1942: Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician
1941: Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
1941: Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Maltese-English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (died 2023)
1940: Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
1940: Mickey Newbury, American country/pop singer-songwriter (died 2002)
1939: Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter
1939: James Fox, English actor
1939: Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist
1939: Jānis Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach (died 2020)
1939: Dick Scobee, American pilot, and astronaut (died 1986)
1938: Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (died 1989)
1938: Herbie Flowers, English musician (died 2024)
1938: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach
1937: Pat Roach, English wrestler (died 2004)
1935: David Hartman, American journalist and television personality
1934: Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet
1934: Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author (died 2020)
1933: Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic (died 2021)
1932: Alma Cogan, English singer (died 1966)
1932: Paul Erdman, American economist and author (died 2007)
1932: Bill Fitch, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)
1932: Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectual and journalist
1931: Bob Anderson, English race car driver (died 1967)
1931: Trevor Peacock, English actor, screenwriter and songwriter (died 2021)
1930: Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (died 2012)
1930: Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright and director (died 1965)
1929: Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (died 2013)
1929: Richard Larter, Australian painter (died 2014)
1929: John Stroger, American politician (died 2008)
1928: Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (died 1982)
1928: Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal (died 2013)
1928: Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach (died 2010)
1928: Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
1927: Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (died 2005)
1926: Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic (died 2019)
1926: Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (died 2009)
1925: Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 1998)
1925: Malcolm X, American minister and activist (died 1965)
1924: Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (died 2014)
1922: Arthur Gorrie, Australian hobby shop proprietor (died 1992)
1921: Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (died 2013)
1921: Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (died 1991)
1921: Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2002)
1921: Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (died 2014)
1921: Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author (died 1999)
1920: Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (died 2012)
1919: Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (died 1990)
1919: Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (died 2013)
1918: Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (died 2000)
1915: Renée Asherson, English actress (died 2014)
1914: Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)
1914: Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005)
1914: John Vachon, American photographer and journalist (died 1975)
1913: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (died 1996)
1910: Alan Melville, South African cricketer (died 1983)
1909: Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian (died 2015)
1908: Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1956)
1908: Merriam Modell, American author (died 1994)
1908: Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (died 1982)
1906: Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (died 2007)
1904: Sven Thofelt, Swedish modern pentathlete and épée fencer (died 1993)
1903: Ruth Ella Moore, American scientist (died 1994)
1902: Lubka Kolessa, Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator (died 1997)
1899: Lothar Rădăceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician (died 1955)
1898: Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter (died 1974)
1897: Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1918)
1893: H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist (died 1950)
1891: Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot (died 1916)
1890: Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator (died 1962)
1890: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (died 1969)
1889: Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author (died 1939)
1889: Henry B. Richardson, American archer (died 1963)
1887: Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor (died 1983)
1886: Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General (died 1968)
1884: David Munson, American runner (died 1953)
1881: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (official birthday), Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (died 1938)
1880: Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House (died 1964)
1879: Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (died 1964)
1878: Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (died 1953)
1874: Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier (died 1955)
1871: Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (died 1963)
1861: Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (died 1931)
1857: John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist (died 1938)
1832: James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer (died 1886)
1827: Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1896)
1795: Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1873)
1773: Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (died 1854)
1762: Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (died 1814)
1744: Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom (died 1818)
1724: Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (died 1779)
1700: José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician (died 1770)
1639: Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, English soldier and noble (died 1665)
1616: Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (died 1667)
1593: Claude Vignon, French painter (died 1670)
1476: (or 1474) Helena of Moscow, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania and Queen consort of Poland (died 1513)
1462: Baccio D'Agnolo, Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect (died 1543)
1400: John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English soldier and politician (died 1462)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Christian Malanga, Congolese politician, businessman and military officer (born 1983)
2024: Victims in the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash: Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iranian politician (born 1964)
2024: Victims in the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash: Ebrahim Raisi, 8th President of Iran (born 1960)
2023: Andy Rourke, English bassist (born 1964)
2021: Paul Mooney, American comedian (born 1941)
2018: Zhengzhang Shangfang, Chinese linguist (born 1933)
2017: Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (born 1944)
2017: Stanislav Petrov, Lt. Colonel in Soviet Air Defence Forces (born 1939)
2016: Alan Young, English-born Canadian-American actor (born 1919)
2016: Morley Safer, Canadian-born American journalist (born 1931)
2015: Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (born 1935)
2015: Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1924)
2015: Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, socialite; 31st Second Lady of the United States (born 1926)
2015: Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic (born 1945)
2014: Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (born 1982)
2014: Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (born 1926)
2014: Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (born 1930)
2014: Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (born 1931)
2014: Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (born 1932)
2014: Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (born 1934)
2013: G. Sarsfield Ford, American lawyer and jurist (born 1933)
2013: Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (born 1932)
2013: Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1940)
2012: Bob Boozer, American basketball player (born 1937)
2012: Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (born 1941)
2012: Ian Burgess, English race car driver (born 1930)
2012: Gerhard Hetz, German-Mexican swimmer (born 1942)
2012: Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (born 1918)
2011: Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 8th Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1926)
2011: Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist (born 1944)
2009: Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
2009: Nicholas Maw, English composer and academic (born 1935)
2009: Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1913)
2008: Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright and screenwriter (born 1928)
2007: Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (born 1940)
2007: Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (born 1914)
2004: Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress and screenwriter (born 1907)
2002: John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1911)
2002: Walter Lord, American historian and author (born 1917)
2001: Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (born 1916)
2001: Susannah McCorkle, American singer (born 1946)
1998: Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1922)
1996: John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (born 1917)
1994: Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1912)
1994: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (born 1929)
1994: Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (born 1945)
1989: Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (born 1910)
1987: James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (born 1915)
1986: Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (born 1931)
1985: Maqbular Rahman Sarkar, Bangladeshi academic (born 1928)
1984: John Betjeman, English poet and academic (born 1906)
1983: Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (born 1902)
1980: Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (born 1906)
1978: Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (born 1898)
1971: Ogden Nash, American poet (born 1902)
1969: Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1901)
1963: Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (born 1871)
1962: Gabriele Münter, German painter (born 1877)
1958: Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (born 1870)
1958: Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (born 1927)
1958: Ronald Colman, English actor (born 1891)
1954: Charles Ives, American composer and educator (born 1874)
1950: Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (born 1884)
1946: Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (born 1869)
1945: Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (born 1889)
1943: Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (born 1865)
1939: Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (born 1869)
1936: Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (born 1875)
1935: T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (born 1888)
1918: Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (born 1885)
1915: John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (born 1892)
1912: Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (born 1847)
1907: Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (born 1840)
1906: Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (born 1837)
1904: Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (born 1851)
1904: Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (born 1839)
1903: Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (born 1856)
1901: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (born 1819)
1898: William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1809)
1895: José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (born 1853)
1885: Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (born 1809)
1876: Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (born 1801)
1872: John Baker, English-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of South Australia (born 1813)
1865: Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (born 1811)
1864: Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer (born 1804)
1831: Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (born 1793)
1825: Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (born 1760)
1821: Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (born 1771)
1798: William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (born 1722)
1795: Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (born 1729)
1795: James Boswell, Scottish biographer (born 1740)
1786: John Stanley, English organist and composer (born 1712)
1777: Button Gwinnett, British-born American politician and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (born 1735)
1715: Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1661)
1637: Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (born 1588)
1623: Mariam-uz-Zamani, Empress of the Mughal Empire (born 1542)
1610: Thomas Sanchez, Spanish priest and theologian (born 1550)
1609: García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete (born 1535)
1601: Costanzo Porta, Italian composer (born 1528)
1536: Anne Boleyn, Queen of England (1533-1536); second wife of Henry VIII of England
1531: Jan Łaski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (born 1456)
1526: Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (born 1464)
1396: John I of Aragon (born 1350)
1389: Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Muscovy (born 1350)
1319: Louis, Count of Évreux (born 1276)
1303: Saint Ivo of Kermartin, French canon lawyer (born 1253)
1296: Pope Celestine V (born 1215)
1218: Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor
1164: Saint Bashnouna, Egyptian saint and martyr
1125: Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev
1102: Stephen, Count of Blois (born 1045)
988: Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (born 909)
956: Robert, archbishop of Trier
804: Alcuin, English monk and scholar (born 735)

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