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May 23

On This Day in History

May 23

May 23 is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 222 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: "Typical day" turns into $2 million Mega Millions win for Washington man. The Washington Lottery awarded the state's first multi-million second-tier Mega Millions prize of the upgraded game to one lucky player, whose "typical day" turned out to be anything but.
2024: Michigan man with unique scratch game playing style surprised by $4 million win. A Michigan man revealed that he purposefully did not scratch off the prize amount on his winning lottery ticket, and as a result, he ended up waiting three months to find out that it was worth $4 million.
2023: Massachusetts father and son sentenced to prison for decade-long $20M lottery ticket scheme. A father and son duo from Massachusetts was sentenced to prison in federal court on Monday, concluding the case surrounding an absurd number of prize claims that turned out to be fraudulent.
2022: 82-year-old Virginia Lottery winner of $285,316 won't quit his job. A lottery player who won a six-figure prize could easily put the sum toward a nice, quiet retirement, but one such winner refuses to quit doing what he loves.
2019: Lawmaker: Alabama lottery bill 'dead' for session. An Alabama lottery bill is defunct for the legislative session, a key lawmaker said Wednesday.
2018: Connecticut woman stole more than $25K in lottery tickets. Police in a small Connecticut town said a former gas station worker in stole more than $25,000 in scratch-off lottery ticket revenue from the business.
2018: WV Lottery revenue continues climb, with sports betting on horizon. West Virginia Lottery revenue continued to climb in April, as more money spent on video lottery and traditional online and scratch-off games offset declining revenue numbers at the state's racetrack casinos.
2018: Calif. man wins $6 million with four winning lottery tickets. In the last six months, one California man has claimed four winning lottery tickets, together worth more than $6 million.
2017: Kentucky Lottery hires new CEO. The Kentucky Lottery Corp. board voted Tuesday to approve Gov. Matt Bevin's appointment of Tom Delacenserie as the new president and CEO of the state's lottery.
2016: Millions in prize money never claimed by NJ lottery players. While the New Jersey Lottery pays out well over $1.8 billion in prize money each year, players lose out on tens of millions more when they fail to claim their winnings.
2014: Texas Woman Scammed by 'Friend' in 'Facebook Lottery'. A woman in Texas says she was the victim of a well-worn scam, but what was unique in her case was that the fraudulent pitch came to her through a Facebook "friend" and was allegedly endorsed by President Obama.
2014: Man tries to cash in on 1,300 stolen lottery tickets. A construction worker brought 1,300 stolen Iowa Lottery tickets into the Quad-Cities and cashed them at several stops in the area before Bettendorf police caught up with him, police say.
2013: Two months later, a winning lottery ticket. A winning North Carolina lottery ticket sat in one man's home for nearly two months before he realized he'd won.
2012: $102 million lottery winners - 17 years later. Playing Powerball tonight? You may want to hear what a Phoenix woman has to say -- she won Arizona's biggest Powerball jackpot nearly 20 years ago.
2011: Baltimore feds target Internet gambling sites. Federal investigators in Baltimore set up a phony business -- and handled $33 million in transactions from Internet gamblers -- in a lengthy sting operation that led to the indictment of two online betting companies and their international owners.
2009: Ravens considering licensing deal with Md. Lottery. The Ravens are huddling with Maryland Lottery officials over placing the team's logo for the first time on scratch-off tickets.
2006: 565 lottery scammers arrested in global operation. As a result of a massive 14-month investigation, authorities in five countries have arrested 565 people in fraud schemes that netted more than $1 billion.
2006: Illinois Gov. wants to privatize state lottery. Democratic Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich today will unveil an election-year school funding plan that calls for leasing the state lottery for the next decade to a private firm in return for $10 billion in upfront cash.
2005: Lottery Cheats Ruin Players' Chances. Your odds of winning the lottery has been hurt at times - sometimes by thieves stealing entire cases of lottery tickets and other times by the very people selling you the tickets.
2005: N.C. lottery supporters try to control expectations. Lottery supporters in North Carolina want people to know that once a bill is crafted and signed into law, anxious lottery players won't be able to play the games in North Carolina until early 2006.
2005: UK Lottery Sales Rise. UK National Lottery ticket sales rose more than £150 million (US$275 million) last year, thanks in part to soaring sales on the Internet and mobile phones.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$453 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 24, 2024
2.$393 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 24, 2019
3.$313 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2020
4.$311 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2026
5.$308 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 25, 2019
6.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 24, 2017
7.$235.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 26, 2021
8.€209.06 Million US$224.05 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 24, 2022
9.$214 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2015
10.€185 Million
US$209.96 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 23, 2025
11.$203 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 24, 2016
12.€169 Million
US$196.11 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 23, 2026
13.$192.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 24, 2023
14.$192 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 23, 2009
15.$190 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 26, 2010
16.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 25, 2005
17.€156.68 Million
US$174.88 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 23, 2019
18.$167 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 24, 2025
19.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 23, 2025
20.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 23, 2023
21.$144 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 25, 2011
22.$143 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 24, 2022
23.€120 Million
US$139.58 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 26, 2026
24.$138 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 23, 2015
25.€115 Million
US$133.77 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2026

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: Lotologist
Tuesday, May 23, 1989
37 years old
1988: JCASH4
Monday, May 23, 1988
38 years old
1985: lika666
Thursday, May 23, 1985
41 years old
1984: JustBlaze584
Wednesday, May 23, 1984
42 years old
1977: Jazzytime
Monday, May 23, 1977
49 years old
1977: AaronH
Monday, May 23, 1977
49 years old
1975: deja jade
Friday, May 23, 1975
51 years old
1972: atvgirl
Tuesday, May 23, 1972
54 years old
1971: lkbacot
Sunday, May 23, 1971
55 years old
1969: Javantah
Friday, May 23, 1969
57 years old
1964: Leelee1964
Saturday, May 23, 1964
62 years old
1964: lisaedwards1964
Saturday, May 23, 1964
62 years old
1964: moneybags523
Saturday, May 23, 1964
62 years old
1962: TheBox1225
Wednesday, May 23, 1962
64 years old
1954: rambleon
Sunday, May 23, 1954
72 years old
1954: david5
Sunday, May 23, 1954
72 years old
1945: tben
Wednesday, May 23, 1945
81 years old
1941: HIMSELF
Friday, May 23, 1941
85 years old
1932: halinjer$ey
Monday, May 23, 1932
94 years old
: xscutie
(year not provided)
: Coconutwater
(year not provided)
: Mybell10039
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party is sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia after winning the 2022 Australian federal election, ending 9 years of conservative rule.
2021: A cable car falls from a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing 14 people.
2021: Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.
2017: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declares martial law in Mindanao, following the Maute's attack in Marawi.
2016: Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, kill at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
2016: Eight bombings are carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria. One hundred eighty-four people are killed and at least 200 people injured.
2015: At least 30 people are killed as a result of floods and tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico.
2014: Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.
2013: A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
2008: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
2006: Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts.
2002: The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
1998: The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
1995: The first version of the Java programming language is released.
1992: Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone, his wife and three body guards are killed by the Corleonesi clan with a half-ton bomb near Capaci, Sicily. His friend and colleague Paolo Borsellino will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of Italian Mafia prosecutions.
1991: Aeroflot Flight 8556 crashes at Pulkovo Airport, killing 13.
1980: The Shining, the psychological horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, is premiered on 10 screens in New York City and Los Angeles on the Memorial Day weekend.
1978: A Tupolev Tu-144 crashes near the Russian town of Yegoryevsk, killing two.
1971: Seventy-eight people are killed when Aviogenex Flight 130 crashes on approach to Rijeka Airport in present-day Rijeka, Croatia (then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).
1971: The Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest opens, becoming the second-tallest building in the city.
1960: A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
1951: Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
1949: Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
1948: Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
1946: The start of a two-day tornado outbreak across the Central United States that spawned at least 15 significant tornadoes.
1945: World War II: Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel, commits suicide while in Allied custody.
1945: World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
1941: World War II: German paratroopers start a series of mass executions of Greek civilians in Missiria for their participation in the ongoing Battle of Crete.
1939: The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
1934: American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
1934: The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
1932: In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
1919: Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji, a Kurdish sheikh and at-the-time governor of the Slêmanî Province of British Iraq, initiates the first Mahmud Barzanji revolt.
1915: World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
1911: The New York Public Library is dedicated.
1907: The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
1905: Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, publicly announces the creation of the Ullah millet for the Aromanians of the empire, which had been established one day earlier. For this reason, the Aromanian National Day is usually celebrated on May 23, although some do so on May 22 instead.
1900: American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
1873: The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
1863: The General German Workers' Association, a precursor of the modern Social Democratic Party of Germany, is founded in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony.
1846: Mexican-American War: President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
1844: Báb: A merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement. He is considered to be a forerunner of the Baháʼí Faith.
1829: Accordion patent granted to Cyrill Demian in Vienna, Austrian Empire.
1793: Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
1788: South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1706: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at the Battle of Ramillies.
1618: The Third Defenestration of Prague precipitates the Thirty Years' War.
1609: Official ratification of the Second Virginia Charter takes place.
1568: Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau defeat Jean de Ligne and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
1533: The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
1498: Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
1430: Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction.
1308: Robert the Bruce, king of Scots, defeats John Comyn, earl of Buchan, decisively in the battle of Inverurie.
1040: The Seljuks defeat the Ghaznavids in the battle of Dandanaqan.

Births On This Day

2007: Rayane Messi, French footballer
2005: Alexandra Eala, Filipino tennis player
2001: Brennan Johnson, Welsh footballer
2000: Felipe Drugovich, Brazilian-Italian racing driver
2000: Israel Reyes, Mexican footballer
1999: James Charles, American internet personality
1999: Trinidad Cardona, American singer and songwriter
1999: Sandro Mamukelashvili, Georgian-American basketball player
1998: Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian racing driver
1998: Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
1998: Luca de la Torre, American soccer player
1997: Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer
1997: Coy Craft, American footballer
1997: Joe Gomez, English footballer
1997: Maximilian Kilman, English footballer
1997: Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer
1997: Sam Timmins, New Zealand basketball player
1996: Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper
1996: Emmanuel Boateng, Ghanaian footballer
1996: Răzvan Marin, Romanian footballer
1996: Çağlar Söyüncü, Turkish footballer
1992: Laerte do Vando, Brazilian politician
1991: Aaron Donald, American football player
1991: Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter
1991: César Pinares, Chilean footballer
1990: Dan Evans, British tennis player
1990: Kristína Kučová, Slovak tennis player
1990: Oliver Venno, Estonian volleyball player
1989: Ezequiel Schelotto, Italian footballer
1988: Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete
1988: Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer
1988: Morgan Pressel, American golfer
1987: Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1987: Bray Wyatt, American wrestler (died 2023)
1986: Ryan Coogler, American film director and screenwriter
1986: Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
1986: Alice Tait, Australian swimmer
1986: Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
1985: Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
1985: Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player
1985: Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist
1985: Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
1984: Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer
1983: Silvio Proto, Belgian-Italian footballer
1981: Tim Robinson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1980: Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer
1980: Chris Gethard, American actor, comedian and writer
1980: Ben Ross, Australian rugby league player
1979: Rasual Butler, American basketball player (died 2018)
1979: Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
1978: Scott Raynor, American drummer
1977: Richard Ayoade, British actor, director and writer
1977: Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
1976: Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
1976: Andy Selva, Sammarinese footballer and manager
1974: Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
1974: Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
1973: Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer
1972: Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
1972: Poppy King, Australian entrepreneur
1972: Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire
1971: George Osborne, English journalist and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
1970: Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport
1968: Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter
1967: Luís Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
1967: Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
1967: Philip Selway, English musician
1966: H. Jon Benjamin, American actor, comedian, writer, and producer
1966: Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach
1966: Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1965: Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer
1965: Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
1965: Melissa McBride, American actress
1965: Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player
1964: Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician
1963: Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician
1962: Karen Duffy, American actress
1961: Daniele Massaro, Italian footballer and manager
1961: Norrie May-Welby, Scottish Australian gender activist
1960: Linden Ashby, American actor
1959: Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster
1958: Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
1958: Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur
1958: Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer
1956: Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter (died 1988)
1956: Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
1956: Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1955: Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954: Gerry Armstrong, Northern Irish international footballer
1954: Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor (died 2021)
1952: Martin Parr, English photographer and journalist
1951: Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
1951: Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece
1950: Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2017)
1950: Richard Chase, American serial killer (died 1980)
1949: Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal
1949: Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (died 2019)
1948: Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and producer
1947: Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator (died 1995)
1946: David Graham, Australian golfer
1945: Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (died 1991)
1944: John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1943: Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (died 2016)
1942: Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher, author, and academic
1942: Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer
1941: Zalman King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
1941: Rod Thorn, American basketball player, coach, and executive
1940: Bjørn Johansen (musician), Norwegian saxophonist (died 2002)
1940: Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver
1940: Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (died 2010)
1939: Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (died 2004)
1939: Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter
1936: Ingeborg Hallstein, German soprano and actress
1936: Charles Kimbrough, American actor (died 2023)
1935: Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author (died 2009)
1934: Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer (died 2005)
1933: Joan Collins, English actress
1933: Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer
1932: Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author (died 1998)
1931: Barbara Barrie, American actress
1930: Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic (died 2019)
1929: Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress (died 1982)
1928: Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (died 2002)
1928: Nigel Davenport, English actor (died 2013)
1928: Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (died 2015)
1926: Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (died 1996)
1926: Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African activist and politician (died 1995)
1926: Aileen Hernandez, American union organizer and civil rights activist (died 2017)
1925: Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
1924: Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (died 2014)
1923: Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (died 2009)
1923: Irving Millman, American virologist and microbiologist (died 2012)
1921: Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician and broadcaster (died 2008)
1920: Helen O'Connell, American singer (died 1993)
1919: Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (died 1988)
1919: Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate (died 2012)
1919: Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2011)
1918: Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 1997)
1917: Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (died 2008)
1915: S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (died 2014)
1914: Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist (died 2009)
1914: Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (died 1999)
1914: Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (died 1981)
1912: Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (died 1997)
1912: John Payne, American actor (died 1989)
1911: Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (died 1984)
1911: Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal (died 2010)
1911: Betty Nuthall, English tennis player (died 1983)
1910: Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator (died 1952)
1910: Hugh Casson, English architect and academic (died 1999)
1910: Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (died 1986)
1910: Franz Kline, American painter and academic (died 1962)
1910: Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (died 2004)
1908: John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
1908: Hélène Boucher, French pilot (died 1934)
1908: Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (died 2024)
1908: Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Swiss author and photographer (died 1942)
1900: Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (died 1946)
1900: Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (died 1954)
1899: Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian (died 2015)
1898: Scott O'Dell, American soldier, journalist, and author (died 1989)
1898: Josef Terboven, German soldier and politician (died 1945)
1897: Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (died 1937)
1896: Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (died 1966)
1892: Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British peer (died 1975)
1891: Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
1890: Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and singer (died 1966)
1889: Ernst Niekisch, German educator and politician (died 1967)
1888: Adriaan Roland Holst, Dutch writer (died 1976)
1888: Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (died 1972)
1887: Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (died 1963)
1887: Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (died 1951)
1887: C. R. M. F. Cruttwell, English historian (died 1941)
1884: Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer (died 1965)
1883: Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1939)
1882: William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (died 1960)
1875: Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1966)
1865: Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil (died 1942)
1864: William O'Connor, American fencer (died 1939)
1863: Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect (died 1930)
1861: József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter (died 1927)
1855: Isabella Ford, English author and activist (died 1924)
1848: Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (died 1896)
1844: ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious leader (died 1921)
1840: George Throssell, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (died 1910)
1838: Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter (died 1932)
1837: Anatole Mallet, Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1919)
1837: Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist and composer (died 1912)
1834: Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis, Latvian architect (died 1891)
1834: Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (died 1890)
1824: Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (died 1881)
1820: James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (died 1887)
1820: Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (died 1891)
1817: Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (died 1862)
1810: Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (died 1850)
1800: Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (died 1877)
1795: Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (died 1860)
1794: Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer (died 1870)
1790: Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (died 1842)
1790: James Pradier, French neoclassical sculptor (died 1852)
1789: Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general (died 1862)
1741: Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and composer (died 1801)
1734: Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer (died 1815)
1730: Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general (died 1813)
1729: Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and educator (died 1799)
1718: William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician (died 1783)
1707: Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (died 1778)
1629: William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, noble of Hesse-Kassel (died 1663)
1617: Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (died 1692)
1614: Bertholet Flemalle, Flemish Baroque painter (died 1675)
1606: Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (died 1682)
1586: Paul Siefert, German composer and organist (died 1666)
1330: Gongmin of Goryeo, Korean ruler (died 1374)
1127: Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (died 1173)
1100: Emperor Qinzong of Song (died 1161)
1052: Philip I of France (died 1108)
675: Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II, King of Mutharaiyar dynasty, Tamil Nadu, India
635: Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II, Mayan king (died 702)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Caleb Carr, American military historian and author (born 1955)
2024: Morgan Spurlock, American filmmaker (born 1970)
2021: Ron Hill, English long-distance runner (born 1938)
2021: Eric Carle, American children's book designer, illustrator, and writer best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar (born 1929)
2020: Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1997)
2017: Roger Moore, English actor (born 1927)
2015: Anne Meara, American actress, comedian and playwright (born 1929)
2015: Aleksey Mozgovoy, Pro-Russian Ukrainian separatist leader (born 1975)
2015: Alicia Nash, Salvadoran-American physicist and engineer (born 1933)
2015: John Forbes Nash Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)
2014: Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (born 1949)
2014: Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (born 1921)
2013: Epy Guerrero, Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (born 1942)
2013: Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, Turkish police officer and politician, 15th Governor of Istanbul Province (born 1938)
2013: Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)
2013: Flynn Robinson, American basketball player (born 1941)
2012: Paul Fussell, American historian, author, and academic (born 1924)
2011: Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (born 1978)
2010: José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1972)
2010: Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
2009: Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (born 1946)
2008: Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (born 1967)
2008: Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1935)
2006: Lloyd Bentsen, American colonel and politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1921)
2006: Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer and manager (born 1921)
2002: Big Bill Neidjie, Australian activist and last speaker of the Gaagudju language (born c. 1920)
2002: Sam Snead, American golfer and journalist (born 1912)
1999: Owen Hart, Canadian-American wrestler (born 1965)
1998: Telford Taylor, American general and lawyer (born 1908)
1996: Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (born 1934)
1994: Olav Hauge, Norwegian poet (born 1908)
1992: Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (born 1948)
1992: Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (born 1939)
1991: Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (born 1895)
1991: Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1907)
1991: Fletcher Markle, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1921)
1989: Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (born 1915)
1989: Karl Koch, German computer hacker (born 1965)
1986: Sterling Hayden, American actor (born 1916)
1981: Gene Green, American baseball player (born 1933)
1981: Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (born 1911)
1981: George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1898)
1981: David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1909)
1979: S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (born 1932)
1975: Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (born 1894)
1965: David Smith, American sculptor (born 1906)
1963: August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (born 1904)
1962: Louis Coatalen, French engineer (born 1879)
1960: Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (born 1870)
1956: Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (born 1883)
1949: Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (born 1872)
1947: Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (born 1878)
1945: Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior and head of the SS (born 1900)
1942: Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (born 1886)
1938: Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (born 1871)
1937: John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (born 1839)
1934: Clyde Barrow, American criminal (born 1909)
1934: Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (born 1860)
1934: Bonnie Parker, American criminal (born 1910)
1921: August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (born 1872)
1920: Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (born 1856)
1908: François Coppée, French poet and author (born 1842)
1906: Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (born 1828)
1895: Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (born 1798)
1893: Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (born 1805)
1886: Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (born 1795)
1868: Kit Carson, American general (born 1809)
1857: Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (born 1789)
1855: Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (born 1797)
1841: Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (born 1765)
1815: Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (born 1753)
1813: Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (born 1772)
1783: James Otis Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1725)
1754: John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (born 1704)
1752: William Bradford, English-American printer (born 1663)
1749: Abraham ben Abraham, Polish martyr (born 1700)
1701: William Kidd, Scottish pirate (born 1645)
1691: Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (born 1622)
1670: Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1610)
1662: John Gauden, English bishop (born 1605)
1591: John Blitheman, English organist and composer (born 1525)
1524: Ismail I, First Emperor of Safavid Empire (born 1487)
1523: Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shōgun (born 1466)
1498: Girolamo Savonarola, Italian friar and preacher (born 1452)
1423: Antipope Benedict XIII (born 1328)
1370: Toghon Temür, Mongol emperor (born 1320)
1338: Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel, English noble (born 1287)
1304: Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
1125: Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1086)
962: Guibert of Gembloux, Frankish abbot (born 892)
922: Li Sizhao, Chinese general and governor
230: Urban I, pope of the Catholic Church

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