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May 26

On This Day in History

May 26

May 26 is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 219 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: VIDEO: May's Weekly Roundup in lottery news. Today, Lottery Post published a new installment of the Weekly Roundup series featuring some of the most prominent lottery stories in the month of May.
2023: Connecticut Lottery launches new system, players unable to check tickets. On Sunday, the Connecticut Lottery launched a new statewide retail system that was years in the making, but the change has left some players and retailers frustrated.
2021: Florida man has both cars break down, wins $1 million in lottery. A man who had been having rather unfortunate car troubles finally experienced a lucky turn of events when he won a $1 million top prize from a Florida Lottery scratch-off game.
2020: Hoosier Lottery celebrates 30 years in operation. This year, the Hoosier Lottery continues its celebration of the 30th anniversary since its first ticket went on sale October 13, 1989.
2018: Pa. Lottery's new keno game gets a lot of play. The Pennsylvania Lottery's new keno game tickets have been selling "like gangbusters" since debuting at the beginning of the month, lottery spokesman Gary Miller said.
2016: N.C. restaurant owner wins third big lottery prize in two years. The owner of a Greensboro fast-food restaurant is once again relishing his good fortune with the N.C. Education Lottery.
2015: Austrailian lottery pool members believe co-worker kept $16.6m jackpot to himself. Members of a Victoria, Australia, lottery pool are taking Tattersalls Sweeps to court, alleging a former colleague kept a $16.6 million lottery win to himself.
2011: Blackjack player legitimately beats casinos for millions. Meet the blackjack player who beat the the Tropicana for $6 million, the Borgata for $5 million, and Caesars for $4 million.
2011: Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $171 million. The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $171 million, with a cash option of $88.7 million.
2010: Winning ticket for $64M Mega Millions lottery jackpot sold in N.Y.. One ticket matched all six winning numbers in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing to win the estimated $64 million jackpot, according to lottery officials.
2009: Patriots plan lottery tie-in after NFL eases stance. The New England Patriots are developing the first licensed NFL instant ticket with the Massachusetts State Lottery just days after league owners voted to allow teams to partner with lotteries across the country.
2009: Redskins second team to reach deal with state lottery. According the Associated Press, the Washington Redskins, who Forbes listed as the third most-valuable team in sports in January, became the second NFL franchise to reach a licensing agreement with a state lottery, announcing their deal on Friday.
2007: Lottery dream shattered for N.C. couple. A North Carolina couple thought they won the lottery... at least for a few minutes.
2007: A mega decision for California Lottery?. The state lottery's 2005 entrance into multi-state Mega Millions lotto would become fully legal, and fair to gamblers and schools, under a bill approved Thursday by the Assembly.
2005: Technical problems delay sales and drawing of Powerball lottery game. Mutliple technology problems yesterday caused problems with both the sales and drawing of the Powerball multi-state lottery game.
2005: Anonymous Michigan winner claims $1 million jackpot. The winner of a $1 million Michigan State Lottery Millionaire Casino ticket chose to remain anonymous.
2005: Public to get say over UK Lottery cash. The public could be set to get a say on where the remainder of the UK National Lottery's money goes in a new bill that could become law by the end of the year.
2005: Grandmother calls in sick after $8.4 million lottery win. Vera Blondeau from Manitoba, Canada phoned in sick to her cashier's job Tuesday so she could cash in her lottery ticket worth CA$8.4 million (US$6.6 million).
2005: Clerk enters plea in Mass. lottery-ticket case. A North Andover, Massachusetts convenience store clerk pleaded innocent Wednesday to cashing in a customer's winning lottery ticket.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $42 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $42 million.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$418 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 28, 2019
2.$325 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 29, 2019
3.$313 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2020
4.$275 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2017
5.$235.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 26, 2021
6.$232 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2009
7.€210.35 Million US$225.41 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 26, 2022
8.$218 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 27, 2016
9.$215 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2005
10.$214.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2023
11.$214 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2015
12.$190 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 26, 2010
13.€159.31 Million
US$178.04 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 28, 2019
14.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2011
15.$169 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2023
16.$157 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 27, 2022
17.$154 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2015
18.$152 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2014
19.$149.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2022
20.€129 Million
US$144.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 26, 2017
21.€99 Million
US$130.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 29, 2012
22.$128 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 26, 2012
23.€94 Million
US$121.12 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 28, 2013
24.$114 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 27, 2020
25.€90 Million
US$109.94 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 28, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Boney526
Tuesday, May 26, 1992
31 years old
1992: Laycee Townsend
Tuesday, May 26, 1992
31 years old
1990: OsUBeAsToFWaR
Saturday, May 26, 1990
33 years old
1985: QueenIshara
Sunday, May 26, 1985
38 years old
1983: Cashmoney54
Thursday, May 26, 1983
40 years old
1981: bobo5
Tuesday, May 26, 1981
42 years old
1979: MakingitHAPPEN5
Saturday, May 26, 1979
44 years old
1972: jam1
Friday, May 26, 1972
51 years old
1970: asawill
Tuesday, May 26, 1970
53 years old
1969: sirronald49
Monday, May 26, 1969
54 years old
1967: Astor
Friday, May 26, 1967
56 years old
1957: Ronsgirl-1
Sunday, May 26, 1957
66 years old
1953: AUGMAY
Tuesday, May 26, 1953
70 years old
1952: ERAE
Monday, May 26, 1952
71 years old
1943: albertitu
Wednesday, May 26, 1943
80 years old
: NYSlugger 777
(year not provided)
: BreakingBad94
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Ten people are killed in a shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose, California, United States.
2020: Protests triggered by the murder of George Floyd erupt in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, before becoming widespread across the United States and around the world.
2008: Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.
2004: United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
2003: Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 crashes in the Turkish town of Maçka, killing 75.
2002: The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
1998: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
1998: The first "National Sorry Day" is held in Australia. Reconciliation events are held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
1998: A MIAT Mongolian Airlines Harbin Y-12 crashes near Erdenet, Orkhon Province, Mongolia, resulting in 28 deaths.
1991: Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
1991: Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in the Suphan Buri Province of Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.
1986: The European Community adopts the European flag.
1983: The 7.8 M_w Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
1981: Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
1981: An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
1972: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1971: Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
1970: The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
1969: Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first crewed moon landing.
1968: H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
1967: The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
1966: British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
1948: The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
1942: World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
1940: World War II: Operation Dynamo: In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
1940: World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
1938: In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
1937: Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clash with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
1936: In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
1927: The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
1923: The first 24 Hours of Le Mans is held and has since been run annually in June.
1918: The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
1917: Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
1908: The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
1903: Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians until World War II, is founded.
1900: Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
1896: Nicholas II is crowned as the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
1896: Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
1879: Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
1869: Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1868: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson ends with his acquittal by one vote.
1865: American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
1864: Montana is organized as a United States territory.
1822: At least 113 people die in the Grue Church fire, the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.
1821: Establishment of the Peloponnesian Senate by the Greek rebels.
1805: Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral, the gothic cathedral in Milan.
1783: A Great Jubilee Day held at North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrates the end of fighting in the American Revolution.
1736: The Battle of Ackia is fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi. British and Chickasaw soldiers repel a French and Choctaw attack on the then-Chickasaw village of Ackia.
1644: Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.
1637: Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.
1573: The Battle of Haarlemmermeer, a naval engagement in the Dutch War of Independence.
1538: Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
1328: William of Ockham, the Franciscan Minister-General Michael of Cesena, and two other Franciscan leaders secretly leave Avignon, fearing a death sentence from Pope John XXII.
1293: An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 23,000.
1135: Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in León Cathedral as Imperator totius Hispaniae (Emperor of all of Spain).
961: King Otto I elects his six-year-old son Otto II as heir apparent and co-ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom. He is crowned at Aachen, and placed under the tutelage of his grandmother Matilda.
946: King Edmund I of England is murdered by a thief whom he personally attacks while celebrating St Augustine's Mass Day.
451: Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire takes place. The Sasanids defeat the Armenians militarily but guarantee them freedom to openly practice Christianity.
17: Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.

Births On This Day

1999: Micah Parsons, American football player
1999: Georgia Wareham, Australian cricketer
1997: Mathew Barzal, Canadian ice hockey player
1996: Lara Goodall, South African cricketer
1993: Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
1993: Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player
1991: Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress
1989: Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete
1988: Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer
1988: Dani Samuels, Australian discus thrower
1988: Damian Williams, American football player
1987: Olcay Şahan, Turkish footballer
1986: Michel Tornéus, Swedish long jumper
1985: Monika Christodoulou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985: Ashley Vincent, English footballer
1983: Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer
1983: Nathan Merritt, Australian rugby league player
1982: Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer
1981: Anthony Ervin, American swimmer
1981: Jason Manford, English actor, screenwriter, and television host
1981: Ben Zobrist, American baseball player
1980: Louis-Jean Cormier, Canadian singer and songwriter
1979: Amanda Bauer, American astronomer and academic
1979: Ashley Massaro, American wrestler and model (d. 2019)
1979: Natalya Nazarova, Russian sprinter
1979: Elisabeth Harnois, American actress
1979: Mehmet Okur, Turkish basketball player
1978: Phil Elvrum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978: Fabio Firmani, Italian footballer
1978: Dan Parks, Australian-Scottish rugby player
1977: Nikos Chatzivrettas, Greek basketball player
1977: Raina Telgemeier, American author and cartoonist
1977: Luca Toni, Italian footballer
1977: Misaki Ito, Japanese actress and model
1976: Paul Collingwood, English cricketer and coach
1976: Stephen Curry, Australian comedian and actor
1976: Kenny Florian, American mixed martial artist and sportscaster
1976: Justin Pierre, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975: Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1974: Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
1973: Naomi Harris, Canadian-American photographer
1971: Zaher Andary, Lebanese footballer
1971: Matt Stone, American actor, animator, screenwriter, producer, and composer
1970: Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese illustrator
1969: John Baird, Canadian politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1969: Siri Lindley, American triathlete and coach
1968: Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
1968: Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
1968: Steve Sedgley, English footballer and manager
1967: Philip Treacy, Irish milliner, hat designer
1967: Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (d. 2012)
1966: Helena Bonham Carter, English actress
1966: Zola Budd, South African runner
1964: Caitlín R. Kiernan, Irish-American paleontologist and author
1964: Lenny Kravitz, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor
1964: Argiris Pedoulakis, Greek basketball player and coach
1963: Simon Armitage, English poet, playwright and novelist
1963: Claude Legault, Canadian actor and screenwriter
1963: Mary Nightingale, English journalist
1963: Jamie Spence, English golfer
1962: Black, English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1962: Genie Francis, Canadian-American actress
1962: Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1961: Steve Pate, American golfer
1961: Tarsem Singh, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1960: Doug Hutchison, American actor
1960: Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
1960: Masahiro Matsunaga, Japanese racing driver
1960: Rob Murphy, American baseball player
1960: Romas Ubartas, Lithuanian discus thrower
1959: Ole Bornedal, Danish actor, director, and producer
1958: Ronnie Black, American golfer
1958: Arto Bryggare, Finnish hurdler and politician
1958: Margaret Colin, American actress
1957: Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1957: François Legault, Canadian businessman and politician
1957: Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver
1956: Fiona Shackleton, English lawyer
1956: Jyoti Gogte, Indian academician
1955: Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese-American chef
1955: Paul Stoddart, Australian businessman
1954: Michael Devine, Irish Republican hunger strike participant (d. 1981)
1954: Alan Hollinghurst, English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator
1954: Denis Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport
1953: Kay Hagan, American lawyer and politician (d. 2019)
1953: Don McAllister, English footballer and manager
1953: Michael Portillo, English journalist, politician and TV presenter
1951: Ramón Calderón, Spanish lawyer and businessman
1951: Lou van den Dries, Dutch mathematician
1951: Muhammed Faris, Syrian military aviator and cosmonaut
1951: Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut, founded Sally Ride Science (d. 2012)
1951: Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish educator and politician
1949: Jeremy Corbyn, British journalist and politician
1949: Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki
1949: Pam Grier, American actress
1949: Anne McGuire, Scottish educator and politician
1949: Philip Michael Thomas, American actor
1949: Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter
1947: Carol O'Connell, American author and painter
1947: Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer
1946: Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach
1946: Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
1945: Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2012)
1945: Alistair MacDuff, English lawyer and judge
1945: Garry Peterson, Canadian-American drummer
1944: Phil Edmonston, American-Canadian journalist and politician
1944: Jan Kinder, Norwegian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
1944: Sam Posey, American race car driver and journalist
1943: Erica Terpstra, Dutch swimmer, journalist, and politician
1941: Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer and criminal
1941: Jim Dobbin, Scottish microbiologist and politician (d. 2014)
1941: Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster
1941: Imants Kalniņš, Latvian composer
1940: Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, Canadian academic and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
1940: Levon Helm, American singer-songwriter, drummer, producer, and actor (d. 2012)
1938: William Bolcom, American pianist and composer
1938: Andrew Clennel Palmer, British engineer (d. 2019)
1938: Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
1938: K. Bikram Singh, Indian director and producer (d. 2013)
1938: Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress
1937: Manorama, Indian actress and singer (d. 2015)
1937: Paul E. Patton, American politician, 59th Governor of Kentucky
1936: Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (d. 2013)
1935: Eero Loone, Estonian philosopher and academic
1930: Karim Emami, Indian-Iranian lexicographer and critic (d. 2005)
1929: J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (d. 2014)
1929: Ernie Carroll, Australian television personality and producer
1929: Hans Freeman, Australian bioinorganic chemist and protein crystallographer (d. 2008)
1929: Catherine Sauvage, French singer and actress (d. 1998)
1928: Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and assisted suicide activist (d. 2011)
1927: Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (d. 2014)
1926: Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)
1925: Carmen Montejo, Cuban-Mexican actress (d. 2013)
1925: Alec McCowen, English actor (d. 2017)
1923: James Arness, American actor (d. 2011)
1923: Roy Dotrice, English actor (d. 2017)
1921: Inge Borkh, German soprano (d. 2018)
1920: Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer (d. 1980)
1920: Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2002)
1919: Rubén González, Cuban pianist (d. 2003)
1916: Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1972)
1915: Vernon Alley, American bassist (d. 2004)
1915: Antonia Forest, English author (d. 2003)
1914: Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
1913: Peter Cushing, English actor (d. 1994)
1913: Pierre Daninos, French author (d. 2005)
1913: Karin Ekelund, Swedish actress (d. 1976)
1913: Josef Manger, German weightlifter (d. 1991)
1912: János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1989)
1912: Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
1911: Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (d. 2005)
1911: Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
1910: Imi Lichtenfeld, Hungarian-Israeli martial artist, boxer, and gymnast (d. 1998)
1909: Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1909: Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)
1908: Robert Morley, English actor (d. 1992)
1908: Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Vietnamese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1976)
1907: Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)
1907: John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1979)
1904: George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1961)
1904: Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1983)
1904: Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (d. 2002)
1900: Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actress, and writer (d. 1976)
1899: Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)
1899: Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1997)
1898: Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
1898: Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
1895: Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)
1895: Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)
1893: Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
1887: Ba U, 2nd President of Burma (d. 1963)
1886: Al Jolson, American singer and actor (d. 1950)
1883: Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)
1881: Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (d. 1955)
1880: W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (d. 1967)
1876: Percy Perrin, English cricketer (d. 1945)
1873: Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)
1867: Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)
1865: Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator (d. 1933)
1863: Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)
1822: Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt (d. 1896)
1799: August Kopisch, German poet and painter (d. 1853)
1750: William Morgan, British actuary (d. 1833)
1700: Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (d. 1760)
1669: Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)
1667: Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)
1650: John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (d. 1722)
1623: William Petty, English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)
1602: Philippe de Champaigne, Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)
1566: Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1603)
1562: James III, margrave of Baden-Hachberg (d. 1590)
1478: Clement VII, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1534)
1264: Koreyasu, Japanese prince and shōgun (d. 1326)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Andy Fletcher, English musician (b. 1961)
2022: Ray Liotta, American actor (b. 1954)
2022: Alan White, English drummer (b. 1949)
2019: Prem Tinsulanonda, Former Prime Minister of Thailand
2017: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born American politician (b. 1928)
2016: Hedy Epstein, German-born American human rights activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1924)
2015: Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2015: Les Johnson, Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1924)
2015: Robert Kraft, American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)
2015: João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (b. 1979)
2014: Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (b. 1921)
2014: Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American academic and neuropharmacologist (b. 1933)
2014: William R. Roy, American physician, journalist, and politician (b. 1926)
2014: Hooshang Seyhoun, Iranian-Canadian architect, sculptor, and painter (b. 1920)
2013: Ray Barnhart, American businessman and politician (b. 1928)
2013: John Bierwirth, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1924)
2013: Roberto Civita, Italian-Brazilian businessman (b. 1936)
2013: Tom Lichtenberg, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
2013: Otto Muehl, Austrian painter (b. 1925)
2013: Jack Vance, American author (b. 1916)
2012: Arthur Decabooter, Belgian cyclist (b. 1936)
2012: Leo Dillon, American illustrator (b. 1933)
2012: Stephen Healey, Welsh captain and footballer (b. 1982)
2012: Hiroshi Miyazawa, Japanese politician (b. 1921)
2012: Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
2012: Jim Unger, English-Canadian illustrator (b. 1937)
2011: Arisen Ahubudu, Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (b. 1920)
2010: Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (b. 1912)
2010: Chris Moran, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1956)
2010: Kieran Phelan, Irish politician (b. 1949)
2009: Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek journalist and politician (b. 1941)
2009: Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (b. 1965)
2008: Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2008: Zita Urbonaitė, Lithuanian cyclist (b. 1973)
2007: Jack Edward Oliver, English illustrator (b. 1942)
2007: Howard Porter, American basketball player (b. 1948)
2006: Édouard Michelin, French businessman (b. 1963)
2006: Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer and physician (b. 1919)
2005: Eddie Albert, American actor (b. 1906)
2005: Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
2005: Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (b. 1937)
2005: Leslie Smith, English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products (b. 1918)
2004: Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931)
2003: Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
2002: Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
2001: Vittorio Brambilla, Italian racing driver (b. 1937)
2001: Anne Haney, American actress (b. 1934)
2001: Moven Mahachi, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (b. 1952)
2001: Dona Massin, Canadian actress and choreographer (b. 1917)
1999: Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist (b. 1906)
1999: Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (b. 1898)
1997: Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1896)
1995: Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1906)
1994: Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (b. 1940)
1989: Don Revie, English footballer and manager (b. 1927)
1984: Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (b. 1936)
1979: George Brent, Irish-American actor (b. 1904)
1978: Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (b. 1887)
1976: Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
1974: Silvio Moser, Swiss racing driver (b. 1941)
1969: Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (b. 1937)
1969: Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (b. 1889)
1966: Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (b. 1894)
1964: Ruben Oskar Auervaara, Finnish fraudster (b. 1906)
1959: Philip Kassel, American gymnast (b. 1876)
1956: Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)
1955: Alberto Ascari, Italian racing driver (b. 1918)
1954: Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
1951: Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880)
1948: Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
1944: Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885)
1943: Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)
1943: Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
1939: Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
1933: Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
1933: Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)
1926: Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
1924: Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
1914: Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
1908: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
1902: Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
1883: Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
1881: Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
1840: Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)
1824: Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)
1818: Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)
1818: Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
1799: James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)
1762: Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)
1746: Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660)
1742: Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)
1703: Samuel Pepys, English politician (b. 1633)
1702: Zeb-un-Nissa, Mughal princess and poet (d. 1638)
1685: Charles II, German elector palatine (b. 1651)
1679: Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
1653: Robert Filmer, English theorist and author (b. 1588)
1648: Vincent Voiture, French poet and author (b. 1597)
1552: Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (b. 1488)
1536: Francesco Berni, Italian poet (b. 1498)
1512: Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1447)
1421: Mehmed I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1389)
1362: Louis I, king of Naples (b. 1320)
1339: Aldona Ona, queen of Poland
1250: Peter I, duke of Brittany
1055: Adalbert, margrave of Austria
1035: Berenguer Ramon I, Spanish nobleman (b. 1005)
946: Edmund I, king of England (b. 921)
926: Yuan Xingqin, Chinese general and governor
818: Ali al-Ridha, Saudi Arabian 8th of The Twelve Imams
735: Bede, English monk, historian, and theologian
604: Augustine of Canterbury, Benedictine monk and archbishop

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