On This Day in History

May 28

May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 217 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2021
VIDEO: What happens when you win the lottery?. Every time you buy a lottery ticket, you're likely imagining the blissful "what if I win?" scenario, but let's say you DO win — are you really prepared to claim all that cash?
2021
Lottery Post announces YouTube channel relaunch. Lottery Post today revealed an exciting addition to its growing repertoire of lottery resources — the website's official and refreshed YouTube channel.
2020
Wisconsin woman receives probation for stealing and cashing $25,000 lottery ticket. Jessica N. Surratt, 32, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin was sentenced on Tuesday to two years of probation after pleading guilty to fraud for cashing a winning ticket worth $25,000.
2019
South Carolina man wins $10 million lottery prize during lunch break. A South Carolina man became a multi-millionaire during his lunch break, thanks to a lucky North Carolina Lottery scratch-off game ticket.
2017
Meet the NYC men who won the lottery hundreds of times and collected millions. Five players from across New York have won at least 500 times during the last nine years — and nearly two dozen won at least 200 times, according to an analysis of lottery data.
2014
New multi-state lottery game coming to NY, NJ. The New York Gaming Commission on Tuesday agreed to roll out a new multi-state lottery game on June 13 that would pay the top winner $1,000 a day for life.
2010
Pennsylvania Lottery announces Match 6 Lotto will return in June. Next week, the Pennsylvania Lottery will bring back Match 6 lotto, a $2 terminal-based game offering a starting jackpot of $500,000 and four ways to win on each ticket.
2009
$400K lottery prize claimed 'just in time'. A winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $400,000 sold in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, last year was set to expire today, but just hours before the deadline, Lottery officials announced that a winner came forward.
2009
Woman checks old lottery ticket, wins $10 million. An Australian student worried about her parents' money problems rifled through a pile of her lottery tickets Thursday and discovered that she had won 13 million Australian dollars (US$10 million) 10 months ago, a state lottery agency said.
2009
One ticket wins massive $232M Powerball lottery jackpot. Someone is South Dakota has the one winning ticket in Wednesday night's $232.1 million Powerball jackpot.
2008
Man quits lottery pool, then wins with Quick Pick. Mark Weir won a £2.7 million (US $5.3 million) Lotto jackpot, and then told the members of his former lottery pool, "You won't get a penny".
2004
Boycott launched to protest increase in Lotto 6/49 prices. A Canadian lottery player has started an e-mail campaign urging people to abstain from playing the 6/49 to protest against ticket prices that are being doubled to $2 on Sunday.
2004
Store clerks share lottery bonus. 12 employees at the Sav on Cigs convenience store learned yesterday they would get a piece of the $25,000 the store won for selling a winning Lotto South ticket.
2004
Wisconsin lottery ticket sales increase $7.4 million. Wisconsin lottery ticket sales increased $7.4 million in the last fiscal year, helping deliver more than $10 million in new property tax relief, according to a state audit released Thursday.
2004
Tennessee Lottery scratch game prize controversy looming. At some point, all of the top prizes in a Tennessee scratch-off game could be gone even as lottery players continue to play, believing they still have a chance at the pot of gold.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$489 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 28, 2024
2.$418 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 28, 2019
3.$336 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 29, 2020
4.$325 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 29, 2019
5.$302 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 31, 2017
6.$252.2 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 29, 2021
7.$235 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 31, 2016
8.$233 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 29, 2015
9.€211.7 Million
US$227.26 Million
Draw Date
May 28, 2022
10.$225.9 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
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May 29, 2023
11.$220 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 29, 2010
12.$215 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2005
13.$187 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 30, 2023
14.€159.31 Million
US$178.04 Million
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May 28, 2019
15.$171 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2011
15.$171 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 30, 2015
17.$170 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 31, 2022
18.€139 Million
US$155.18 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 30, 2017
19.$152 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2014
20.$149.7 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 28, 2022
21.$146 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 30, 2012
22.$143.2 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 29, 2024
23.€99 Million
US$130.03 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 29, 2012
24.$125 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 30, 2020
25.€94 Million
US$121.12 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 28, 2013

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991
Tuesday, May 28, 1991
33 years old
1988
Saturday, May 28, 1988
36 years old
1987
Thursday, May 28, 1987
37 years old
1986
Wednesday, May 28, 1986
38 years old
1985
Tuesday, May 28, 1985
39 years old
1983
Saturday, May 28, 1983
41 years old
1974
Tuesday, May 28, 1974
50 years old
1973
Monday, May 28, 1973
51 years old
1972
Sunday, May 28, 1972
52 years old
1972
Sunday, May 28, 1972
52 years old
1966
Saturday, May 28, 1966
58 years old
1966
Saturday, May 28, 1966
58 years old
1963
Tuesday, May 28, 1963
61 years old
1960
Saturday, May 28, 1960
64 years old
1960
Saturday, May 28, 1960
64 years old
1958
Wednesday, May 28, 1958
66 years old
1956
Monday, May 28, 1956
68 years old
1952
Wednesday, May 28, 1952
72 years old
1952
Wednesday, May 28, 1952
72 years old
1944
Sunday, May 28, 1944
80 years old
1941
Wednesday, May 28, 1941
83 years old
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2017
Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from an engine issue in his first entry of the event.
2016
Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes.
2011
Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year.
2010
In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.
2008
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
2004
The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
2003
Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
2002
The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
1999
In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
1998
Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
1996
U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.
1995
The 7.0 Mw Neftegorsk earthquake shakes the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1-300 million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.
1991
The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.
1987
An 18-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
1979
Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
1977
In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
1975
Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
1974
Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
1968
Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 crashes near Nala Sopara in India, killing 30.
1964
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded, with Yasser Arafat elected as its first leader.
1961
Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
1958
Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
1948
Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.
1940
World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
1940
World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first Allied infantry victory of the War.
1937
Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded.
1936
Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
1934
Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
1932
In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
1926
The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
1918
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
1907
The first Isle of Man TT race is held.
1905
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
1892
In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
1871
The Paris Commune falls after two months.
1830
U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them.
1802
In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops.
1754
French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
1644
English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
1588
The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
1533
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
1242
Avignonet massacre: A group of Cathars, with the probable connivance of Count Raymond VII of Toulouse, murdered the inquisitor William Arnaud and eleven of his companions.
621
Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande near the Hulao Pass (Henan). This victory decides the outcome of the civil war that followed the Sui dynasty's collapse in favour of the Tang dynasty.
585 BC
A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. It is also the earliest event of which the precise date is known.

Births On This Day

2000
Phil Foden, English footballer
2000
Risi Pouri-Lane, New Zealand rugby sevens player
1999
Jodie Burrage, British tennis player
1998
Kim Dahyun, South Korean rapper and singer
1994
John Stones, English footballer
1993
Daniel Alvaro, Australian rugby league player
1993
Bárbara Luz, Portuguese tennis player
1991
Danielle Lao, American tennis player
1991
Kail Piho, Estonian skier
1990
Kyle Walker, English footballer
1988
NaVorro Bowman, American football player
1988
Percy Harvin, American football player
1988
David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player
1987
T.J. Yates, American football player
1986
Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player
1986
Bryant Dunston, American-Armenian basketball player
1986
Michael Oher, American football player
1986
Seth Rollins, American wrestler
1986
Ingmar Vos, Dutch decathlete
1985
Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985
Pablo Andrés González, Argentinian footballer
1985
Kostas Mendrinos, Greek footballer
1985
Carey Mulligan, English actress and singer
1983
Steve Cronin, American soccer player
1983
Humberto Sánchez, Dominican-American baseball player
1983
Roman Atwood, American YouTube star
1982
Alexa Davalos, French-American actress
1982
Jhonny Peralta, Dominican-American baseball player
1981
Daniel Cabrera, Dominican-American baseball player
1981
Eric Ghiaciuc, American football player
1981
Adam Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980
Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
1980
Lucy Shuker, English tennis player
1979
Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (d. 2001)
1979
Ronald Curry, American football player and coach
1978
Jake Johnson, American actor
1977
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host and author
1976
Steven Bell, Australian rugby league player
1976
Zaza Enden, Georgian-Turkish wrestler, basketball player, and coach
1976
Roberto Goretti, Italian footballer
1976
Glenn Morrison, Australian rugby league player and coach
1975
Maura Johnston, American journalist, critic, and academic
1974
Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer
1974
Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
1973
Marco Paulo Faria Lemos, Portuguese footballer and manager
1972
Doriva, Brazilian footballer and manager
1972
Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist and manager
1971
Isabelle Carré, French actress and singer
1971
Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater and sportscaster
1971
Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician
1970
Glenn Quinn, American actor (d. 2002)
1969
Mike DiFelice, American baseball player and manager
1969
Rob Ford, Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (d. 2016)
1968
Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1967
Glen Rice, American basketball player
1966
Roger Kumble, American director, screenwriter, and playwright
1966
Miljenko Jergović, Bosnian novelist and journalist
1966
Gavin Robertson, Australian cricketer
1965
Chris Ballew, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1965
Mary Coughlan, Irish politician
1964
Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer and trainer
1964
Armen Gilliam, American basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
1964
Zsa Zsa Padilla, Filipino singer and actress
1964
Phil Vassar, American singer-songwriter
1963
Houman Younessi, Australian-American biologist and academic (d. 2016)
1960
Mark Sanford, American military veteran (USAF) and politician, 115th Governor of South Carolina
1960
Mary Portas, English journalist and author
1959
Risto Mannisenmäki, Finnish racing driver
1957
Colin Barnes, English footballer
1957
Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and manager
1957
Ben Howland, American basketball player and coach
1956
Jerry Douglas, American guitarist and producer
1956
Jeff Dujon, Jamaican cricketer
1956
Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (d. 1980)
1956
Peter Wilkinson, English admiral
1955
Laura Amy Schlitz, American author and librarian
1954
João Carlos de Oliveira, Brazilian jumper (d. 1999)
1954
Youri Egorov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1988)
1954
Charles Saumarez Smith, English historian and academic
1954
Péter Szilágyi, Hungarian conductor and politician (d. 2013)
1954
John Tory, Canadian lawyer and politician, 65th Mayor of Toronto
1953
Pierre Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1952
Roger Briggs, American pianist, composer, conductor, and educator
1949
Martin Kelner, English journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and radio presenter
1949
Wendy O. Williams, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (d. 1998)
1948
Michael Field, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Tasmania
1948
Pierre Rapsat, Belgian singer and songwriter (d. 2002)
1947
Zahi Hawass, Egyptian archaeologist and academic
1947
Lynn Johnston, Canadian author and illustrator
1947
Leland Sklar, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1946
Bruce Alexander, English actor
1946
Skip Jutze, American baseball player
1946
Janet Paraskeva, Welsh politician
1946
K. Satchidanandan, Indian poet and critic
1946
William Shawcross, English journalist and author
1945
Patch Adams, American physician and author, founded the Gesundheit! Institute
1945
John N. Bambacus, American military veteran (USMC) and politician
1945
John Fogerty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1945
Jean Perrault, Canadian politician, Mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec
1945
Helena Shovelton, English physician
1944
Faith Brown, English actress and singer
1944
Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer and politician, 107th mayor of New York City
1944
Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress
1944
Sondra Locke, American actress and director (d. 2018)
1944
Rita MacNeil, Canadian singer and actress (d. 2013)
1944
Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1944
Billy Vera, American singer-songwriter and actor
1943
Terry Crisp, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1942
Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1941
Beth Howland, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1940
David Brewer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (d. 2023)
1940
Shlomo Riskin, American rabbi and academic, founded the Lincoln Square Synagogue
1939
Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist (d. 2012)
1938
Jerry West, American basketball player, coach, and executive
1936
Claude Forget, Canadian academic and politician
1936
Ole K. Sara, Norwegian politician (d. 2013)
1936
Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (d. 1997)
1933
John Karlen, American actor (d. 2020)
1933
Zelda Rubinstein, American actress and activist (d. 2010)
1932
Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, English politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (d. 2020)
1931
Carroll Baker, American actress
1931
Gordon Willis, American cinematographer (d. 2014)
1930
Edward Seaga, American-Jamaican academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2019)
1929
Patrick McNair-Wilson, English politician
1928
Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (d. 2015)
1925
Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist, scholar, and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2006)
1925
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (d. 2012)
1924
Edward du Cann, English naval officer and politician (d. 2017)
1924
Paul Hébert, Canadian actor (d. 2017)
1923
György Ligeti, Hungarian-Austrian composer and educator (d. 2006)
1923
N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 1996)
1922
Lou Duva, American boxer, trainer, and manager (d. 2017)
1922
Roger Fisher, American author and academic (d. 2012)
1922
Tuomas Gerdt, Finnish soldier (d. 2020)
1921
D. V. Paluskar, Indian Hindustani classical musician (d. 1955)
1921
Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (d. 1999)
1921
Tom Uren, Australian soldier, boxer, and politician (d. 2015)
1918
Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (d. 1990)
1917
Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012)
1916
Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (d. 1990)
1915
Joseph Greenberg, American linguist and academic (d. 2001)
1914
W. G. G. Duncan Smith, English captain and pilot (d. 1996)
1912
Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (d. 1992)
1912
Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (d. 1981)
1912
Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
1911
Bob Crisp, South African cricketer (d. 1994)
1911
Thora Hird, English actress (d. 2003)
1911
Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian playwright (d. 1986)
1910
Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (d. 1987)
1910
Rachel Kempson, English actress (d. 2003)
1910
T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
1909
Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1908
Léo Cadieux, Canadian journalist and politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2005)
1908
Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond (d. 1964)
1906
Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (d. 1997)
1903
S. L. Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded Kirloskar Group (d. 1994)
1900
Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (d. 1939)
1892
Minna Gombell, American actress (d. 1973)
1889
Richard Réti, Slovak-Czech chess player and author (d. 1929)
1888
Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
1888
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English author and educator (d. 1947)
1888
Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach (d. 1953)
1886
Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster (d. 1954)
1884
Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd and 4th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1948)
1883
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (d. 1966)
1883
Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village (d. 1978)
1879
Milutin Milanković, Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (d. 1958)
1878
Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (d. 1945)
1872
Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist and mountaineer (d. 1917)
1858
Carl Richard Nyberg, Swedish inventor and businessman, developed the blow torch (d. 1939)
1853
Carl Larsson, Swedish painter and author (d. 1919)
1841
Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (d. 1887)
1837
George Ashlin, Irish architect, co-designed St Colman's Cathedral (d. 1921)
1837
Tony Pastor, American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner (d. 1908)
1836
Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1916)
1836
Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist and academic (d. 1918)
1828
Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera, Buddhist monk and scholar, founder of Vidyalankara Pirivena (d. 1885)
1818
P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (d. 1893)
1807
Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American paleontologist and geologist (d. 1873)
1779
Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer (d. 1852)
1764
Edward Livingston, American jurist and politician, 11th United States Secretary of State (d. 1836)
1763
Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist (d. 1811)
1759
William Pitt the Younger, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1806)
1738
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (d. 1814)
1692
Geminiano Giacomelli, Italian composer (d. 1740)
1676
Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1754)
1663
António Manoel de Vilhena, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John (d. 1736)
1589
Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, French writer (d. 1674)
1588
Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 1672)
1371
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1419)
1140
Xin Qiji, Chinese poet, general, and politician (d. 1207)

Deaths On This Day

2023
David Brewer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (b. 1940)
2022
Patricia Brake, English actress (b. 1942)
2021
Mark Eaton, American basketball player (b. 1957)
2018
Neale Cooper, Scottish footballer (b. 1963)
2018
Jens Christian Skou, Danish medical doctor and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2018
Cornelia Frances, English-Australian actress (b. 1941)
2015
Steven Gerber, American pianist and composer (b. 1948)
2015
Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (b. 1927)
2015
Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2014
Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (b. 1928)
2014
Stan Crowther, English footballer (b. 1935)
2014
Oscar Dystel, American publisher (b. 1912)
2014
Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (b. 1928)
2014
Bob Houbregs, Canadian-American basketball player and manager (b. 1932)
2014
Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer (b. 1971)
2013
Viktor Kulikov, Russian commander (b. 1921)
2013
Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2013
Gerd Schmückle, German general (b. 1917)
2012
Bob Edwards, English journalist (b. 1925)
2012
Yuri Susloparov, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1958)
2011
Gino Valenzano, Italian racing driver (b. 1920)
2010
Gary Coleman, American actor (b. 1968)
2008
Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
2007
Jörg Immendorff, German painter, sculptor, and academic (b. 1945)
2007
Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Agriculture (b. 1945)
2006
Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (b. 1920)
2004
Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (b. 1979)
2004
John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (b. 1930)
2003
Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1933)
2003
Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
2003
Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
2002
Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (b. 1905)
2001
Joe Moakley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2001
Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946)
2000
George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (b. 1926)
1999
Michael Barkai, Israeli commander (b. 1935)
1999
B. Vittalacharya, Indian director and producer (b. 1920)
1998
Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and comedian (b. 1948)
1994
Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920)
1994
Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American author and academic (b. 1916)
1990
Julius Eastman, American composer (b. 1940)
1988
Sy Oliver, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
1986
Edip Cansever, Turkish poet and author (b. 1928)
1984
Eric Morecambe, English actor and comedian (b. 1926)
1984
D'Urville Martin, American actor and director (b. 1939)
1983
Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (b. 1909)
1982
H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1940)
1981
Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
1981
Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (b. 1901)
1980
Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician and academic (b. 1895)
1976
Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
1975
Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921)
1972
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
1971
Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)
1968
Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1908)
1964
Terry Dillon, American football player (b. 1941)
1953
Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (b. 1904)
1952
Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882)
1947
August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (b. 1907)
1946
Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)
1937
Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870)
1930
Frank Cowper, English yachtsman, author and illustrator (b. 1849)
1927
Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1878)
1916
Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)
1904
Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
1878
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
1864
Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1808)
1849
Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1820)
1843
Noah Webster, American lexicographer (b. 1758)
1831
William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (b. 1756)
1811
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1742)
1808
Richard Hurd, English bishop (b. 1720)
1805
Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer (b. 1743)
1787
Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1719)
1750
Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
1747
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (b. 1715)
1727
Juan de Ayala y Escobar, Governor of Spanish Florida (1716 - 1718) (b. 1635)
1672
John Trevor, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1626)
1651
Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1594)
1626
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (b. 1561)
1556
Saitō Dōsan, Japanese samurai (b. 1494)
1427
Henry IV, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (b. 1397)
1357
Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291)
1327
Robert Baldock, Lord Privy Seal and Lord Chancellor of England
1279
William Wishart, Scottish bishop
1023
Wulfstan, English archbishop
926
Kong Qian, official of Later Tang
926
Li Jiji, prince of Later Tang
741
Ucha'an K'in B'alam, Mayan king
576
Germain of Paris, French bishop and saint (b. 496)