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May 3

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May 3

May 3 is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 242 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: New Jersey veteran overcomes health challenges and wins $100,000 Jersey Cash 5 lottery jackpot. A New Jersey veteran who overcame a battle with cancer and a stroke that impeded his mobility won a $100,000 Jersey Cash 5 lottery jackpot.
2023: New UK Lottery operator Allwyn sets sights on Irish National Lottery. Allwyn Entertainment, the new operator of the UK National Lottery, is planning to place a bid for a majority stake in the Irish National Lottery and expand its hold as Europe's largest lottery group.
2021: Powerball to increase to three drawings a week. This morning, lottery officials announced that the multi-state Powerball lottery game will increase the number of nightly drawings from two to three times a week starting August 2021.
2018: The man who cracked the lottery. When the Iowa Attorney General's office began investigating an unclaimed lottery ticket worth millions, an incredible string of unlikely winners came to light — and a trail that pointed to an inside job.
2018: Lottery winner survives helicopter crash. A North Carolina lottery winner is lucky to be alive after his helicopter crashed and caught fire right on his front lawn.
2017: Oklahoma governor approves increased lottery payouts. Gov. Mary Fallin signed legislation Tuesday that could lead to higher Oklahoma Lottery prize amounts and higher revenue to education.
2016: Alabama lottery won't happen in 2016. Alabama state lawmakers return to Montgomery on Tuesday for the final two days of the 2016 legislative session, but for supporters of a state lottery, the session has already ended.
2011: Sibling battle over $32M lottery win lands in court. Take a barber, a handyman and the handyman's sister, add one lottery ticket and $32 million, and what do you have? A lawsuit and siblings no longer speaking to each other.
2010: Supreme Court rejects Delaware appeal to expand sports betting lottery. The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from Delaware to expand its sports betting lottery beyond professional football.
2010: $266 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised again. Lottery players across the United States are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Tuesday's massive $266 million drawing.
2007: Upcoming TV show to highlight successful lottery winners. An upcoming show on The Learning Channel, which will probably be aired in the coming months, is about lottery winners who have gone on to successful careers despite a lottery windfall.
2007: Lottery winner shortchanged by store. The lottery machines and scratch tickets were pulled from Kirsch Liquors in Worcester, Massachusetts, last month, after a man was scammed there when he received only $1,500 on a $4,000 winning scratch ticket, a state Lottery Commission official said.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $54 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game grew to $54 million Wednesday.
2006: Quebec man wins $30 million in lottery, says he doesn't want to change. A 48-year-old accountant who has just pocketed more than $30 million after winning a lottery says he's not sure he's going to give any money to his siblings.
2006: Iowa Lottery TouchPlay ends tonight. After TouchPlay owners lost a last-ditch legal battle Tuesday to leave the video lottery devices turned on, some lawmakers said they would make a final effort to keep the affected businesses out of bankruptcy.
2006: Five People From Lubbock Win $36 Million Texas Lotto Jackpot. Five people, all longtime friends, put their money together and purchased a lotto ticket at a 7-11 in Lubbock, Texas, that is now worth $36 million.
2006: Couple has $2M reason to thank their lucky stars. A repair supervisor for a phone company was introduced by lottery officials Tuesday as winner of a $2 million prize.
2006: $265 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot claimed anonymously. The mystery of who won the $265 million Mega Millions drawing April 18 remains, but the money has been claimed.
2006: Intralot wins Idaho Lottery from larger rival Gtech. The Idaho Lottery will have a new vendor starting next February after a Greek company that's expanding in the U.S. won a $30 million contract to run the state's scratch ticket and online gaming system from a larger rival.
2006: Powerball lottery being considered in Wyoming. In the latest push to make Wyoming a Powerball state, an interim legislative committee on Monday authorized legislation allowing Wyoming to join the multi-state lottery.
2006: Man, 81, Enjoys Lottery Scratch-Off Streak. Some call it luck, but Keith Selix knows better. The 81-year-old Waterloo, Iowa, man has won three big lottery prizes since last year -- a streak he believes would normally be impossible.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Soars to $170 Million. No one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $170 million, with a cash option of $90.4 million.
2004: Lucky be a Lady ... Detective. If Detective Ann Marie Moloney has your number, it could be the luckiest day of your life.
2004: Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $27 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers and the jackpot rolled over to $27 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
2004: Virginia lottery winner badly in debt. Eleven years after becoming a millionaire through the lottery, a Roanoke, Virginia woman has seen her fortune turn to debt.
2004: Tennessee lawmakers critical of lottery estimates. The Tennessee Lottery's income estimates for next year are lower than originally expected, leading at least one lawmaker to criticize the projections.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$361.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 4, 2016
2.$345 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 4, 2021
3.$284 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2024
4.$266 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 4, 2010
5.$252 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2019
6.$215 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 5, 2020
6.$215 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 5, 2018
8.€197.36 Million US$207.68 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 3, 2022
9.$200.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 4, 2024
10.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 5, 2000
11.$199 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 4, 2019
12.$191 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 4, 2013
13.€173 Million
US$182.05 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2022
14.$179 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 3, 2008
15.€158 Million
US$174.61 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 5, 2023
16.€146.19 Million
US$173.96 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 3, 2021
17.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 5, 2004
18.€123 Million
US$165.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2009
19.€146.59 Million
US$164.18 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 4, 2019
20.$143.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 5, 2021
21.$143 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 4, 2018
22.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 3, 2017
23.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2016
24.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 3, 2013
25.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 6, 2008

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: Maka
Wednesday, May 3, 1989
35 years old
1980: Mayhem303
Saturday, May 3, 1980
44 years old
1980: sorboni
Saturday, May 3, 1980
44 years old
1977: Mustakahmed
Tuesday, May 3, 1977
47 years old
1976: LimoLady
Monday, May 3, 1976
48 years old
1972: ocelot313
Wednesday, May 3, 1972
52 years old
1971: miriah123
Monday, May 3, 1971
53 years old
1956: CashCrown
Thursday, May 3, 1956
68 years old
1955: Donebbie
Tuesday, May 3, 1955
69 years old
: stanziani
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: Nine students and a security guard are killed in the Belgrade school shooting, the first attack of its kind in Serbia.
2016: Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire rips through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings.
2015: Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
2007: The three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".
2006: Armavia Flight 967 crashes into the Black Sea near Sochi International Airport in Sochi, Russia, killing 113 people.
2001: The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
2000: The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
1999: The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20 mph (484 +/- 32 km/h). In meteorology, the term “May 3” is synonymous with the F5 tornado.
1999: Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side results in the Kargil War.
1987: A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
1986: Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on Air Lanka Flight 512 at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.
1979: Margaret Thatcher wins the United Kingdom general election. The following day, she becomes the first female British Prime Minister.
1978: The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
1971: Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
1968: Eighty-five people are killed when Braniff International Airways Flight 352 crashes near Dawson, Texas.
1963: The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the civil rights movement.
1957: Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
1953: Two men are rescued from a semitrailer that crashed over the side of the Pit River Bridge before it fell into the Sacramento River. Amateur photographer Virginia Schau photographs "Rescue on Pit River Bridge", the first and only winning submission for the Pulitzer Prize for Photography to have been taken by a woman.
1952: Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
1952: The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
1951: London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
1951: The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
1948: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
1947: New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
1945: World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
1942: World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
1939: The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
1928: The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
1921: Ireland is partitioned under British law by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
1921: West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
1920: A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
1913: Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
1901: The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
1855: American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
1849: The May Uprising in Dresden begins: The last of the German revolutions of 1848-49.
1848: The boar-crested Anglo-Saxon Benty Grange helmet is discovered in a barrow on the Benty Grange farm in Derbyshire.
1837: The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.
1830: The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
1815: Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples, is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.
1808: Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.
1808: Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
1802: Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city after Congress abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District's founding government. The "City of Washington" is given a mayor-council form of government.
1791: The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
1715: A total solar eclipse is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within four minutes accuracy.
1616: Treaty of Loudun ends a French civil war.
1568: Angered by the brutal onslaught of Spanish troops at Fort Caroline, a French force burns the San Mateo fort and massacres hundreds of Spaniards.
1491: Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.
1481: The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
752: Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne.

Births On This Day

2003: Elsa Jacquemot, French tennis player
2001: Rachel Zegler, American actress and singer
1997: Desiigner, American rapper
1997: Dwayne Haskins, American football player (d. 2022)
1997: Ivana Jorović, Serbian tennis player
1996: Mary Cain, American runner
1996: Alex Iwobi, Nigerian footballer
1996: Domantas Sabonis, Lithuanian-American basketball player
1996: Noah Munck, American actor
1995: Ivan Bukavshin, Russian chess player (d. 2016)
1995: Anwar El Ghazi, Dutch footballer
1992: Aaron Whitchurch, Australian rugby league player
1991: Samuel Seo, South Korean musician
1990: Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik, Romanian tennis player
1990: Brooks Koepka, American golfer
1990: James Pattinson, Australian cricketer
1989: Jesse Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player
1989: Katinka Hosszú, Hungarian swimmer
1988: Ben Revere, American baseball player
1988: Paddy Holohan, Irish mixed martial artist
1987: Lina Grinčikaitė, Lithuanian sprinter
1987: Damla Sönmez, Turkish actress
1986: Moon Byung-woo, South Korean footballer
1986: Pom Klementieff, French actress
1985: Ezequiel Lavezzi, Argentinian footballer
1985: Kadri Lehtla, Estonian biathlete
1985: Miko Mälberg, Estonian swimmer
1984: Jacqui Dunn, Australian artistic gymnast
1983: Joseph Addai, American football player
1983: Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
1983: Jérôme Clavier, French pole vaulter
1983: Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (d. 2015)
1982: Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-American football player
1982: Nick Stavinoha, American baseball player
1980: Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player
1979: Steve Mack, American wrestler
1979: Anastasiya Shvedova, Belarusian pole vaulter
1978: Christian Annan, Ghanaian-Hong Kong footballer
1978: Paul Banks, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978: Dai Tamesue, Japanese hurdler
1978: Lawrence Tynes, American football player
1977: Eric Church, American country music singer-songwriter
1977: Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
1977: Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach
1977: Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (d. 2017)
1977: Ben Olsen, American soccer player and coach
1976: Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
1976: Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach
1976: Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach
1975: Willie Geist, American television journalist and host
1975: Christina Hendricks, American actress and model
1975: Sanath Nishantha, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2024)
1973: Jamie Baulch, Welsh sprinter and television host
1972: Steve Barclay, English lawyer and politician
1971: Douglas Carswell, British politician, the first elected MP for the UK Independence Party
1968: Viliami Ofahengaue, Tongan-Australian rugby player
1967: Daniel Anderson, Australian rugby league coach and manager
1967: Kenneth Joel Hotz, Canadian producer, writer, director, actor, and comedian
1966: Giorgos Agorogiannis, Greek footballer
1966: Frank Dietrich, German politician (d. 2011)
1965: Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian patriarch
1965: Mark Cousins, Northern Irish director, writer, cinematographer
1965: John Jensen, Danish footballer and coach
1965: Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian businessman
1964: Sterling Campbell, American drummer and songwriter
1964: Ron Hextall, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
1963: Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player and coach
1963: Mona Siddiqui, Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic
1962: Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder
1962: Stephan Martinière, French artist, cartoonist, and art director
1961: Steve McClaren, English footballer and manager
1961: David Vitter, American lawyer and politician
1961: Leyla Zana, Kurdish activist and politician
1960: Kathy Smallwood-Cook, English sprinter and educator
1959: David Ball, English keyboard player and producer
1959: Uma Bharti, Indian activist and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
1959: Ben Elton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1958: Bill Sienkiewicz, American author and illustrator
1958: Sandi Toksvig, Danish-English comedian, writer, and broadcaster
1957: Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
1957: Rod Langway, Taiwanese-American ice hockey player and coach
1956: Marc Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician
1955: Stephen D. M. Brown, British geneticist
1955: Colin Deans, Scottish rugby player
1955: David Hookes, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004)
1955: Seishirō Nishida, Japanese actor
1954: Angela Bofill, American singer-songwriter
1954: Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1953: Bruce Hall, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1953: Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2014)
1952: Chuck Baldwin, American pastor and politician
1952: Caitlin Clarke, American actress (d. 2004)
1952: Joseph W. Tobin, American cardinal
1951: Alan Clayson, English singer-songwriter and journalist
1951: Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter and producer
1951: Ashok Gehlot, Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan
1951: Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian author and publicist
1950: Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer-songwriter
1950: Dag Arnesen, Norwegian pianist and composer
1949: Liam Donaldson, English physician and academic
1949: Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, English academic and politician
1949: Ron Wyden, American academic and politician
1948: Denis Cosgrove, British-American academic and geographer (d. 2008)
1948: Chris Mulkey, American actor
1947: Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
1946: Norm Chow, American football player and coach
1946: Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player
1946: Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster
1945: Jörg Drehmel, German triple jumper and coach
1945: Davey Lopes, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1944: Peter Doyle, English bishop
1944: Pete Staples, English bass player
1943: Yukio Hashi, Japanese singer and actor
1943: Jim Risch, American lawyer and politician, 31st Governor of Idaho
1943: Vicente Saldivar, Mexican boxer (d. 1985)
1942: Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast and coach (d. 2016)
1942: Dave Marash, American journalist and sportscaster
1942: Butch Otter, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Idaho
1941: Alexander Harley, English general
1941: Edward Malloy, American priest and academic
1940: David Koch, American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (d. 2019)
1940: Clemens Westerhof, Dutch footballer and manager
1939: Jonathan Harvey, English composer and educator (d. 2012)
1938: Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian terrorist (d. 2017)
1938: Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player (d. 2016)
1938: Napoleon XIV, American singer, songwriter and record producer (d. 2023)
1937: Nélida Piñon, Brazilian author and academic
1935: Ron Popeil, American businessman, founded the Ronco Company (d. 2021)
1934: Henry Cooper, English boxer and sportscaster (d. 2011)
1934: Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1934: Frankie Valli, American singer and actor
1933: James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)
1933: Steven Weinberg, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)
1932: Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (d. 2017)
1931: Vasily Rudenkov, Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 1982)
1931: Sait Maden, Turkish translator, poet, painter and graphic designer (d. 2013)
1930: Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (d. 2014)
1930: David Harrison, English chemist and academic (d. 2023)
1929: Denise Lor, American singer and actress (d. 2015)
1928: Dave Dudley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1928: Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (d. 2001)
1926: Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler and engineer (d. 2023)
1925: Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (d. 2007)
1924: Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli author and poet (d. 2000)
1924: Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver, founded Tyrrell Racing (d. 2001)
1923: George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist, conductor, and educator (d. 2015)
1923: Ralph Hall, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 2019)
1922: Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (d. 2000)
1921: Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
1920: John Lewis, American pianist and composer (d. 2001)
1919: Traute Lafrenz, German member of the White Rose resistance group (d. 2023)
1919: John Cullen Murphy, American soldier and illustrator (d. 2004)
1919: Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2014)
1918: Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (d. 2003)
1917: Betty Comden, American screenwriter and librettist (d. 2006)
1917: George Gaynes, Finnish-American actor (d. 2016)
1917: Kiro Gligorov, Macedonian politician and first president of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2012)
1916: Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2006)
1915: Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling (d. 2003)
1915: Richard Lippold, American sculptor and academic (d. 2002)
1914: Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French journalist, author, and poet (d. 2018))
1913: William Inge, American playwright and novelist (d. 1973)
1912: Virgil Fox, American organist and composer (d. 1980)
1912: May Sarton, American poet, novelist and memoirist (d. 1995)
1910: Norman Corwin, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1906: Mary Astor, American actress (d. 1987)
1906: René Huyghe, French historian and author (d. 1997)
1906: Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist and author (d. 1975)
1906: Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2005)
1905: Edmund Black, American hammer thrower (d. 1996)
1905: Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1988)
1905: Red Ruffing, American baseball pitcher and coach (d. 1986)
1903: Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (d. 1977)
1902: Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1898: Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and activist (d. 1987)
1898: Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978)
1897: William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada (d. 1989)
1896: Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (d. 1917)
1896: V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 1974)
1896: Dodie Smith, English author and playwright (d. 1990)
1895: Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist (d. 1987)
1893: Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (d. 1975)
1892: George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1892: Jacob Viner, Canadian-American economist and academic (d. 1970)
1891: Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet and critic (d. 1969)
1891: Eppa Rixey, American baseball pitcher (d. 1963)
1889: Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981)
1889: Gottfried Fuchs, German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (d. 1972)
1887: Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (d. 1954)
1886: Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971)
1879: Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas (d. 1950)
1877: Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (d. 1925)
1874: François Coty, French businessman and publisher, founded Coty (d. 1934)
1874: Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (d. 1954)
1873: Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1945)
1871: Emmett Dalton, American criminal (d. 1937)
1870: Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1948)
1867: Andy Bowen, American boxer (d. 1894)
1867: J. T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944)
1860: Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1940)
1859: August Herrmann, American executive in Major League Baseball (d.1931)
1854: George Gore, American baseball player and manager (d. 1933)
1849: Jacob Riis, Danish-American journalist and photographer (d. 1914)
1849: Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929)
1844: Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer (d. 1901)
1826: Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1872)
1814: Adams George Archibald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1892)
1783: José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (d. 1858)
1768: Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (d. 1838)
1764: Princess Élisabeth of France (d. 1794)
1761: August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author (d. 1819)
1729: Florian Leopold Gassmann, Czech composer (d. 1774)
1695: Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube (d. 1771)
1678: Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair (d. 1747)
1662: Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, designed the Pillnitz Castle (d. 1736)
1632: Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nurse and candidate for sainthood, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (d. 1668)
1536: Stephan Praetorius, German theologian (d. 1603)
1481: Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez, Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular (d. 1534)
1479: Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1552)
1469: Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher (d. 1527)
1461: Raffaele Riario, Italian cardinal (d. 1521)
1446: Margaret of York (d. 1503)
1428: Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (d. 1495)
1415: Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (d. 1495)
1276: Louis, Count of Évreux, son of King Philip III of France (d. 1319)
1238: Emilia Bicchieri, Italian saint (d. 1314)
612: Constantine III, Byzantine emperor (d. 641)
490: K'an Joy Chitam I, ruler of Palenque (d. 565)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Lloyd Price, American R&B vocalist (b. 1933)
2020: Victoria Barbă, Moldovan animated film director (b. 1926)
2017: Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress, singer and model (b. 1942)
2016: Ian Deans, Canadian politician (b. 1937)
2016: Jadranka Stojaković, Yugoslav singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
2015: Revaz Chkheidze, Georgian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2015: Danny Jones, Welsh rugby player (b. 1986)
2015: Warren Smith, American golfer and coach (b. 1915)
2014: Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
2014: Francisco Icaza, Mexican painter (b. 1930)
2014: Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (b. 1934)
2013: Joe Astroth, American baseball player (b. 1922)
2013: Herbert Blau, American engineer and academic (b. 1926)
2013: Cedric Brooks, Jamaican-American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1943)
2013: Keith Carter, American swimmer and soldier (b. 1924)
2013: Brad Drewett, Australian tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1958)
2013: David Morris Kern, American pharmacist, co-invented Orajel (b. 1909)
2013: Curtis Rouse, American football player (b. 1960)
2013: Branko Vukelić, Croatian politician, 11th Minister of Defence for Croatia (b. 1958)
2012: Jorge Illueca, Panamanian politician, 30th President of Panama (b. 1918)
2012: Felix Werder, German-Australian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1922)
2011: Jackie Cooper, American actor, television director, producer and executive (b. 1922)
2011: Sergo Kotrikadze, Georgian footballer and manager (b. 1936)
2011: Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor and director (b. 1927)
2010: Roy Carrier, American accordion player (b. 1947)
2010: Peter O'Donnell, English soldier and author (b. 1920)
2010: Guenter Wendt, German-American engineer (b. 1923)
2009: Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (b. 1928)
2009: Ram Balkrushna Shewalkar, Indian author and critic (b. 1931)
2008: Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Spanish engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1926)
2007: Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
2007: Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
2007: Knock Yokoyama, Japanese politician (b. 1932)
2006: Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (b. 1921)
2006: Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
2006: Earl Woods, American colonel, baseball player, and author (b. 1932)
2004: Ken Downing, English race car driver (b. 1917)
2004: Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1928)
2003: Suzy Parker, American model and actress (b. 1932)
2002: Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician, First Secretary of State (b. 1910)
2002: Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
2000: Júlia Báthory, Hungarian glass designer (b. 1901)
2000: John Joseph O'Connor, American cardinal (b. 1920)
1999: Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (b. 1927)
1999: Steve Chiasson, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1967)
1999: Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (b. 1920)
1998: Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
1997: Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (b. 1976)
1997: Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1927)
1996: Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist, composer, and educator (b. 1921)
1996: Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
1996: Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
1996: Keith Daniel Williams, American rapist and triple murderer (b. 1947)
1992: George Murphy, American actor, dancer, and politician (b. 1902)
1991: Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1933)
1989: Christine Jorgensen, American trans woman (b. 1926)
1988: Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)
1987: Dalida, Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (b. 1933)
1986: Robert Alda, American actor (b. 1914)
1981: Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)
1978: Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)
1972: Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
1972: Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
1972: Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
1970: Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
1969: Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
1958: Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
1949: Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
1948: Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
1943: Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
1942: Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
1939: Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)
1935: Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)
1932: Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
1925: Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
1921: Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
1919: Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)
1918: Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
1916: Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
1916: Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
1916: Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
1910: Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
1882: Leonidas Smolents, Austrian-Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
1856: Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (b. 1803)
1856: Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis, Arab-French servant to Napoleon I (b. 1788)
1839: Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
1793: Martin Gerbert, German historian and theologian (b. 1720)
1779: John Winthrop, American mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1714)
1764: Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1712)
1763: George Psalmanazar, French-English author (b. 1679)
1758: Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
1752: Samuel Ogle, English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (b. 1692)
1750: John Willison, Scottish minister and author (b. 1680)
1724: John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (b. 1662)
1704: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1644)
1693: Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
1679: James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (b. 1613)
1621: Elizabeth Bacon, English Tudor gentlewoman (b. 1541)
1606: Henry Garnet, English priest and author (b. 1555)
1589: Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1528)
1534: Juana de la Cruz Vazquez Gutierrez, Spanish Roman Catholic nun and venerable (b. 1481)
1524: Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Kent, English peer (b. 1481)
1501: John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, English Baron (b. 1463)
1481: Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan (b. 1432)
1410: Antipope Alexander V
1330: Alexios II Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond (b. 1282)
1294: John I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1252)
1270: Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)
1152: Matilda of Boulogne (b. 1105)
738: Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, Mayan ruler (ajaw)
678: Tōchi, Japanese princess

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