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May 2

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May 2

May 2 is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 243 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Two "Blessed" Illinois lottery winners claim $349 million Mega Millions jackpot. The winners of a $349 million Mega Millions jackpot are feeling "blessed" after they jointly came forward to claim the prize a month after the drawing.
2025: Homeless man wins $1 million on California Lottery scratch-off ticket. A homeless man in California will be able to afford a place of his own after winning a "life-changing" $1 million prize on a scratch-off ticket.
2024: Illinois woman wins $1 million on lottery ticket given to her by another gas station customer. An Illinois woman won $1 million on a Lucky Day Lotto ticket after another gas station customer decided they didn't want it and gave it to her.
2022: Big letdown for North Carolina lottery "winner" when barcode proves false win. A Florida trucker experienced the letdown of his life after his suspicion of a big win was proven wrong by the barcode on his lottery ticket.
2019: Florida lawmakers want to slap addiction warning notices on every lottery ticket. Booze and beer don't carry similar cautions, but some Republican lawmakers want people playing the state lottery to be warned that the games may be addictive.
2018: Australia moves to ban 'fake' online lottery wagering. Controversial lottery-betting service Lottoland described Australian legislation that will in effect banish it from the country as "unnecessary and misguided", while newsagents and lottery sellers have welcomed the decision.
2017: CT Lottery ignored warnings that game was vulnerable to fraud, investigation finds. Connecticut Lottery officials knew in January of 2015 that there was a way for retailers to illegally access the numbers of the 5 Card Cash game on their computer screens and manipulate tickets — but waited 10 months to notify the Department of Consumer Protection that fraud was occurring.
2017: Illinois Lottery has problem paying online winners. It's the worst case scenario for any avid lottery player — you play and win, then have to fight for your money.
2013: NJ Lottery workers being sickened by moldy Sandy scratch-off tickets, employee claims. For six months, tens of thousands of moldy Superstorm Sandy scratch-off tickets have been sitting in a warehouse at the New Jersey Lottery's headquarters in Lawrenceville sickening several workers, according an employee who wished to remain anonymous for fear of retribution.
2013: $191 MILLION: Huge Powerball lottery jackpot teed up for Saturday drawing. There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $191 million for Saturday's drawing.
2012: Unclaimed Idaho Lottery prizes add up to millions. Every year in Idaho some people never claim their lottery prizes, and that unclaimed money really adds up.
2012: Cover-up alleged in Arkansas Lottery. An irate lottery player claimed in county court that Arkansas Lottery officials tried to keep him quiet about flawed lotto tickets.
2011: Multi-state lottery game comes to Arkansas. Starting Tuesday, May 3, tickets for the multi-state Decades of Dollars game go on sale throughout Arkansas at a price of $2 each.
2011: Colorado Lottery holds first of four bonus raffle drawings. The Colorado Lottery's first bonus drawing for its newest $20 raffle game, Bonus Millionaire Raffle, was held Sunday, awarding ten prizes of $2,000 each.
2011: Indiana scientist wins $74M Powerball lottery jackpot. The Hoosier Lottery said Friday that April 2011 will go down as a big month for Powerball players in Indiana who have won back-to-back jackpots totaling nearly $300 million.
2009: 3 lottery players share $225M Mega Millions jackpot. Three players, in California, Ohio and Virginia, will share the $225 million jackpot from the latest Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, taking about $75 million apiece.
2007: Broken ball prompts 2nd Penn. Lottery drawing, 2 sets of winners. Lottery players in Pennsylvania got a second chance to win after officials discovered a ball used in the MATCH 6 lotto drawing had broken into pieces.
2005: UK Lottery jackpot winners jailed. Two UK lottery jackpot millionaires were jailed for different crimes when they appeared at the same court Thursday.
2005: Michigan Lottery to pioneer ads on lottery tickets. Michigan government officials are preparing to award a first-of-its-kind contract to sell advertising on lottery tickets, after denying a protest by an agency that includes a former state senator.
2005: $4 million lottery scratch ticket stolen from store. A 17-year old Wareham, Massachusetts teenager has been arrested in connection with the theft of a Massachusetts Lottery Hold'Em Poker scratch card that would have been worth $4 million.
2005: Ohio Lottery Director Aims to Dispel Myths. Ohio Lottery Director Rom Hayes drove two hours to a community meeting in order to dispel myths that the lottery was intended as a cure-all for the state's education system.
2005: Key figure in MN Lottery probe dead; suicide suspected. A key figure in an ongoing criminal investigation over past contract practices of the Minnesota State Lottery has been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and gambling enforcement agents will attempt to determine whether his death is connected to the probe.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$361.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 4, 2016
2.$345 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 4, 2021
3.$284 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2024
4.$266 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 4, 2010
5.$252 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2019
6.$215 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 5, 2020
7.€197.36 Million US$207.68 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 3, 2022
8.$200.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 4, 2024
9.$199 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 4, 2019
10.$195 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 2, 2018
10.$195 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 5, 2026
12.$191 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 4, 2013
13.€157.94 Million
US$185.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 2, 2026
14.€173 Million
US$182.05 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2022
15.$179 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 3, 2008
16.€146.19 Million
US$173.96 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 3, 2021
17.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 5, 2004
18.€123 Million
US$165.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2009
19.€145.23 Million
US$162.45 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 2, 2019
20.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2000
21.€141 Million
US$154.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2023
22.$143.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 5, 2021
23.$143 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 4, 2018
24.€117.79 Million
US$133.32 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 2, 2025
25.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 3, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: Enlightenedone
Tuesday, May 2, 1995
31 years old
1990: antwanaredding
Wednesday, May 2, 1990
36 years old
1988: Chiefpooladmn
Monday, May 2, 1988
38 years old
1987: AlienRobotxD
Saturday, May 2, 1987
39 years old
1987: TheAlienRobot
Saturday, May 2, 1987
39 years old
1985: Quana$35
Thursday, May 2, 1985
41 years old
1981: amilby30
Saturday, May 2, 1981
45 years old
1978: Thankugod112
Tuesday, May 2, 1978
48 years old
1977: speed
Monday, May 2, 1977
49 years old
1977: Tacomaman77
Monday, May 2, 1977
49 years old
1967: madscratch11
Tuesday, May 2, 1967
59 years old
1967: KJOHNSON
Tuesday, May 2, 1967
59 years old
1964: millionairetray
Saturday, May 2, 1964
62 years old
1961: BonnyJr59
Tuesday, May 2, 1961
65 years old
1956: jimbo$
Wednesday, May 2, 1956
70 years old
1945: littlewhale66
Wednesday, May 2, 1945
81 years old
1940: DRSJK
Thursday, May 2, 1940
86 years old
: The Hitman
(year not provided)
: C-Money
(year not provided)
: money up
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2014: Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.
2012: A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
2011: Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted fugitive, is killed by the United States Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
2011: An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others are taken ill.
2008: Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
2008: Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
2004: The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa, Nigeria. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2.
2000: President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
1999: Panamanian general election: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
1998: The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
1995: During the Croatian War of Independence, the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.
1989: Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
1986: Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
1982: Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
1972: In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.
1970: ALM Flight 980 ditches in the Caribbean Sea near Saint Croix, killing 23.
1969: The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
1964: Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong combat swimmers had placed explosives on the ship's hull. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
1964: First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
1963: Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres (62 mi) near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
1952: A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
1945: World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.
1945: World War II: The surrender of Caserta comes into effect, by which German troops in Italy cease fighting.
1945: World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1,000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
1945: World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.
1941: World War II: Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
1933: Germany's independent labor unions are replaced by the German Labour Front.
1920: The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
1906: Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
1889: Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
1885: Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
1876: The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
1867: Albert Günther publishes the first study to recognise that the New Zealand tuatara is not a lizard.
1866: Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
1863: American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
1829: After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
1812: The Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory.
1808: Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
1670: King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
1625: Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa.
1611: The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
1568: Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Lochleven Castle.
1559: John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
1536: Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
1388: The surrender of the Acropolis of Athens to Nerio Acciaioli ends the Catalan presence in the Duchy of Athens.
1250: Mamluks under Baybars murder the Ayyubid sultan Turanshah for fear of losing their privileges.
1230: William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
1194: King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first royal charter.

Births On This Day

2015: Princess Charlotte of Wales, British royal, and third in line to the British throne
1997: BamBam, Thai singer
1996: Cherprang Areekul, Thai singer
1996: Julian Brandt, German footballer
1996: Schuyler Bailar, American swimmer
1995: Lucy Dacus, American singer-songwriter
1993: Owain Doull, Welsh track cyclist
1993: Isyana Sarasvati, Indonesian singer
1993: Huang Zitao, Chinese singer and rapper
1992: Sunmi, South Korean singer
1992: María Teresa Torró Flor, Spanish tennis player
1991: Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer
1991: Jonathan Villar, Dominican baseball player
1990: Kay Panabaker, American actress
1990: Paul George, American basketball player
1988: Neftalí Feliz, Dominican baseball player
1987: Saara Aalto, Finnish singer and actress
1987: Nana Kitade, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1987: Pat McAfee, American sports analyst and football player
1987: Kris Russell, Canadian ice hockey player
1986: Yasir Shah, Pakistani cricketer
1985: Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter and actress
1985: Kyle Busch, American race car driver
1985: Ashley Harkleroad, American tennis player
1985: Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
1984: Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
1984: Thabo Sefolosha, Swiss basketball player
1983: Alessandro Diamanti, Italian footballer
1983: Maynor Figueroa, Honduran footballer
1983: Tina Maze, Slovenian skier
1983: Daniel Sordo, Spanish race car driver
1982: Johan Botha, South African cricketer
1981: Robert Buckley, American actor
1981: Chris Kirkland, English footballer
1981: Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer
1980: Tim Borowski, German footballer
1980: Ellie Kemper, American actress, comedian and writer
1980: Zat Knight, English footballer
1980: Troy Murphy, American basketball player
1980: Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
1978: Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani-American actor, stand-up comedian, and screenwriter
1976: Jeff Gutt, American singer-songwriter
1975: David Beckham, English footballer, coach, and model
1975: Joe Wilkinson, English comedian, actor and writer
1973: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German director and screenwriter
1972: Dwayne Johnson, American actor and wrestler
1971: Musashimaru Kōyō, Samoan-American sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna
1969: Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer
1968: Jeff Agoos, American footballer
1968: Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress
1967: Mika Brzezinski, American journalist and author
1967: David Rocastle, English footballer (died 2001)
1966: Belinda Stronach, Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist, and politician
1963: Gina Yoginda, Indonesian army general and diplomat
1962: Michael Grandage, English director and producer
1962: Jimmy White, English snooker player
1960: Stephen Daldry, English director and producer
1960: Royce Simmons, Australian rugby league player and coach
1959: Tony Wakeford, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Yasushi Akimoto, Japanese songwriter and producer
1958: David O'Leary, English-Irish footballer and manager
1956: Régis Labeaume, Canadian businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Quebec City
1955: Willie Miller, Scottish footballer
1955: Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
1954: Elliot Goldenthal, American composer and conductor
1954: Dawn Primarolo, English politician
1953: Valery Gergiev, Russian conductor and director
1953: Jamaal Wilkes, American basketball player
1952: Chris Anderson, Australian rugby league player and coach
1952: Christine Baranski, American actress and singer
1951: John Glascock, English singer and bass player (died 1979)
1950: Frank Curry, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2022)
1950: Duncan Gay, Australian businessman and politician
1950: Lou Gramm, American singer-songwriter
1949: Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener and author
1949: Alfons Schuhbeck, German celebrity chef, author and businessman
1948: Larry Gatlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1947: James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company
1946: Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
1946: David Suchet, English actor
1945: Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (died 1998)
1945: Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan-American model, actress, and activist
1944: Robert G. W. Anderson, English chemist, historian, and curator
1943: Mustafa Nadarević, Bosnian actor and film director (died 2020)
1942: Jacques Rogge, Belgian businessman (died 2021)
1941: Clay Carroll, American baseball player
1938: Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (died 1996)
1937: Lorenzo Music, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
1936: Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter
1936: Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist
1935: Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2023)
1935: Faisal II of Iraq, the last King of Iraq (died 1958)
1933: Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
1931: Phil Bruns, American actor and stuntman (died 2012)
1930: Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter and critic (died 2013)
1930: Marco Pannella, Italian journalist and politician (died 2016)
1929: Édouard Balladur, Turkish-French economist and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of France
1929: Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
1929: Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan (died 1972)
1927: Ray Barrett, Australian actor and singer (died 2009)
1927: Michael Broadbent, British wine critic and writer (died 2020)
1925: John Neville, English-Canadian actor (died 2011)
1924: Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2015)
1924: Hugh Cortazzi, English soldier, historian, and diplomat, British Ambassador to Japan (died 2018)
1923: Patrick Hillery, Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (died 2008)
1922: Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (died 2007)
1922: A. M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born American journalist and author (died 2006)
1921: B. B. Lal, Indian archaeologist (died 2022)
1921: Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1992)
1920: Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson, Scottish pianist and composer
1917: Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (died 2002)
1915: Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
1915: Peggy Mount, English actress (died 2001)
1912: Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (died 1985)
1912: Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator (died 2005)
1912: Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (died 1981)
1910: Alexander Bonnyman Jr., American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1943)
1910: Edmund Bacon, American urban planner, architect, educator, and author (died 2005)
1907: Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host (died 1993)
1905: Charlotte Armstrong, American author (died 1969)
1903: Benjamin Spock, American pediatrician, activist, and author (died 1998)
1902: Brian Aherne, English actor (died 1986)
1898: Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (died 1989)
1897: John Frederick Coots, American songwriter (died 1985)
1895: Lorenz Hart, American playwright and lyricist (died 1943)
1894: Norma Talmadge, American actress of the silent era (died 1957)
1894: Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist, philosopher, and academic (died 1981)
1892: Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (died 1918)
1890: E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (died 1965)
1889: Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1959)
1887: Vernon Castle, English-American dancer (died 1918)
1887: Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (died 1951)
1886: Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (died 1956)
1885: Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist (died 1966)
1884: John Boland, American politician (died 1958)
1882: Isabel González, Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship (died 1971)
1881: Harry J. Capehart, American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (died 1955)
1880: Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach (died 1955)
1879: James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State (died 1972)
1873: Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (died 1944)
1872: Ichiyō Higuchi, Japanese writer (died 1896)
1867: Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mobster (died 1930)
1865: Clyde Fitch, American playwright (died 1909)
1860: John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, physician, and academic (died 1936)
1860: Theodor Herzl, Austro-Hungarian Zionist philosopher, journalist and author (died 1904)
1859: Jerome K. Jerome, English author and playwright (died 1927)
1844: Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American engineer (died 1929)
1830: Otto Staudinger, German entomologist and author (died 1900)
1828: Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (died 1915)
1822: Jane Miller Thengberg, Scottish-Swedish governess and educator (died 1902)
1815: William Buell Richards, Canadian lawyer and judge, 1st Chief Justice of Canada (died 1889)
1813: Caroline Leigh Gascoigne, English novelist and poet (died 1883)
1810: Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (died 1874)
1806: Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (died 1876)
1802: Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (died 1870)
1797: Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist (died 1864)
1773: Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet (died 1845)
1772: Novalis, German author and poet (died 1801)
1754: Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer (died 1806)
1752: Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer (died 1790)
1750: John André, English soldier and spy (died 1780)
1740: Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (died 1821)
1737: William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1805)
1729: Catherine the Great of Russia (died 1796)
1707: Jean-Baptiste Barrière, French cellist and composer (died 1747)
1702: Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian and theosopher (died 1782)
1695: Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French painter and architect (died 1766)
1660: Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (died 1725)
1601: Athanasius Kircher, German priest and scholar (died 1680)
1579: Tokugawa Hidetada, Japanese shōgun (died 1632)
1567: Sebald de Weert, Dutch captain, vice-admiral of the Dutch East India Company (died 1603)
1551: William Camden, English historian and topographer (died 1623)
1533: Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (died 1596)
1476: Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Count of Kladsko, Governor of Bohemia and Silesia (died 1536)
1458: Eleanor of Viseu (died 1525)
1451: René II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1508)
1402: Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (died 1445)
1360: Yongle Emperor of China (died 1424)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Ricky Davao, Filipino actor and director (born 1961)
2025: George Ryan, American politician, 39th Governor of Illinois (born 1934)
2024: Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater (born 1942)
2024: Darius Morris, American basketball player (born 1991)
2024: Peter Oosterhuis, English golfer and broadcaster (born 1948)
2021: Marcel Stellman, Belgian record producer and lyricist (born 1925)
2020: Arif Wazir, Pakistani politician, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (born 1982)
2016: Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman, activist, and Black Panther (born 1947)
2015: Stuart Archer, English colonel and architect (born 1915)
2015: Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (born 1945)
2015: Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (born 1927)
2015: Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (born 1925)
2015: Ruth Rendell, English author (born 1930)
2014: Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (born 1922)
2014: Žarko Petan, Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1929)
2014: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor (born 1918)
2013: Ernie Field, English boxer (born 1943)
2013: Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1964)
2013: Joseph P. McFadden, American bishop (born 1947)
2013: Dvora Omer, Israeli author and educator (born 1932)
2013: Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (born 1980)
2013: Charles Banks Wilson, American painter and illustrator (born 1918)
2012: Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)
2012: Zenaida Manfugás, Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist (born 1932)
2012: Tufan Miñnullin, Russian playwright and politician (born 1936)
2012: Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Indonesian physician and politician, Indonesian Minister of Health (born 1955)
2012: Akira Tonomura, Japanese physicist, author, and academic (born 1942)
2012: Lourdes Valera, Venezuelan actress (born 1963)
2011: Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founder of Al-Qaeda (born 1957)
2010: Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (born 1943)
2009: Marilyn French, American author and academic (born 1929)
2009: Kiyoshiro Imawano, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1951)
2009: Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (born 1935)
2008: Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (born 1940)
2008: Izold Pustõlnik, Ukrainian-Estonian astronomer and academic (born 1938)
2007: Brad McGann, New Zealand director and screenwriter (born 1964)
2006: Louis Rukeyser, American journalist and author (born 1933)
2005: Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th President of Singapore (born 1915)
2002: W. T. Tutte, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (born 1917)
2000: Sundar Popo, Indo-Trinidadian musician (born 1943)
1999: Douglas Harkness, Canadian politician (born 1903)
1999: Oliver Reed, English actor (born 1938)
1998: hide, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1964)
1998: Justin Fashanu, English footballer (born 1961)
1997: John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
1997: Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher and academic (born 1921)
1995: John Bunting, Australian public servant and diplomat, (born 1918)
1995: Michael Hordern, English actor (born 1911)
1994: Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet and author (born 1903)
1993: André Moynet, French race car driver, pilot, and politician (born 1921)
1992: Wilbur Mills, American lawyer and politician (born 1909)
1991: Gauri Shankar Rai, Indian Politician (born 1924)
1991: Ronald McKie, Australian journalist and author (born 1909)
1990: David Rappaport, English-American actor (born 1951)
1989: Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (born 1902)
1989: Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (born 1906)
1986: Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (born 1956)
1986: Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (born 1956)
1985: Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (born 1951)
1985: Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1909)
1984: Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (born 1918)
1984: Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (born 1913)
1983: Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (born 1926)
1980: Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (born 1891)
1980: George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (born 1908)
1979: Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
1977: Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (born 1922)
1974: James O. Richardson, American admiral (born 1878)
1972: J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1895)
1969: Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1879)
1964: Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (born 1879)
1963: Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (born 1884)
1957: Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1908)
1953: Wallace Bryant, American archer (born 1863)
1947: Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (born 1920)
1946: Bill Denny, Australian journalist, lawyer, politician, and decorated soldier (born 1872)
1945: Martin Bormann, German politician (born 1900)
1945: Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (born 1875)
1941: Penelope Delta, Greek author (born 1874)
1940: Ernest Joyce, English explorer (born 1875)
1929: Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (born 1879)
1927: Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (born 1866)
1925: Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (born 1898)
1925: Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (born 1848)
1918: Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (born 1889)
1915: Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (born 1870)
1912: Homer Davenport, American political cartoonist (born 1867)
1900: Lars Oftedal, Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor (born 1838)
1885: Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (born 1817)
1880: Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (born 1805)
1880: Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (born 1835)
1866: José Gálvez Egúsquiza, Peruvian politician (born 1819)
1864: Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (born 1791)
1857: Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (born 1810)
1856: James Gates Percival, American poet, surgeon and geologist (born 1795)
1832: Zina Hitchcock, New York politician (born 1755)
1819: Mary Moser, English painter and academic (born 1744)
1810: Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (born 1740)
1802: Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (born 1762)
1799: Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (born 1740)
1711: Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (born 1641)
1683: Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and mathematician (born 1613)
1667: George Wither, English poet and author (born 1588)
1627: Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer and educator (born 1560)
1564: Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian cardinal (born 1500)
1519: Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (born 1452)
1450: William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (born 1396)
1300: Blanche of Artois (born 1248)
1293: Meir of Rothenburg, German rabbi (born c.1215)
1230: William de Braose, English son of Reginald de Braose (born 1197)
1219: Leo I, King of Armenia (born 1150)
907: Boris I of Bulgaria
821: Liu Zong, general of the Tang dynasty
649: Marutha of Tikrit, Persian theologian of the Syriac Orthodox Church (born 565)
373 CE: Athanasius of Alexandria, Egyptian bishop and saint (born 298)
1203 BCE: Merneptah, pharaoh of Egypt

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