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May 30

On This Day in History

May 30

May 30 is the 150th day of the year (151st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 215 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Three tickets split record $2.09 million New Jersey Lottery Jersey Cash 5 jackpot. Three winning tickets bought at two different retailers split the New Jersey Lottery's record $2.09 million Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Friday.
2018: South Carolina Lottery says no prize for 71,000 'winning' tickets. The South Carolina Education Lottery says players who thought they won $500 from a December 2017 game, will not receive their winnings.
2017: Top N.Y. lottery winners probably lost millions. One of the top New York Lottery winners won Quick Draw prizes of $600 or more at least 1,400 times in the last seven years, but according to statisticians he probably lost a lot of money doing it.
2016: Wyoming Lottery expansion faces hurdles despite state money woes. Expanding the Wyoming Lottery could significantly help a state losing millions of dollars in revenue from its declining minerals extraction industry, but the odds of success in the Wyoming legislature are not great.
2013: $123M EuroMillions lottery winner claims prize. The UK winner of Tuesday's £81.4 million Euro Millions jackpot has claimed the prize, but they are unsure whether to remain anonymous or not.
2013: Maryland Lottery teams up with Super Bowl champs. The Maryland Lottery and the Baltimore Ravens have joined forces for the fifth year in a row to produce a scratch game that will kick off in July.
2012: N.Y. lottery winner's gain hurts his home town. One Green Island, New York, resident's Lottery bonanza could be a financial nightmare for the village's tiny school system.
2010: Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $260M. The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Wednesday's drawing to grow to an estimated $260 million, with a cash option of $134.2 million.
2007: $63M Powerball lottery jackpot claimed by New Mexico man. A Los Ojos, New Mexico, man stepped forward today to claim a $62.8 million Powerball jackpot one week after the New Mexico Lottery announced that the winning ticket from the May 23 drawing had been sold in New Mexico.
2005: One Idaho lottery ticket wins $220.3 million Powerball jackpot. Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket in Boise, Idaho over the weekend has won a $220.3 million jackpot, the 10th-largest jackpot ever awarded by the multistate lottery, officials said yesterday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$444 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 31, 2019
2.$356 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2020
3.$344.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2019
4.$302 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 31, 2017
5.$268.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2021
6.$261.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2010
7.$260 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2015
8.$240.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 31, 2023
9.$235 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 31, 2016
10.€213.24 Million
US$228.74 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 31, 2022
11.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2011
12.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 30, 2023
13.€160.48 Million
US$178.68 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 30, 2019
14.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 31, 2014
15.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 30, 2015
16.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 31, 2022
17.$157.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 30, 2022
18.€139 Million
US$155.18 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 30, 2017
19.€116 Million
US$152.35 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2012
20.$146 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 30, 2012
21.$125 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 30, 2020
22.€88 Million
US$107.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2021
23.€78 Million
US$106.27 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 30, 2014
24.€90 Million
US$105.05 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2018
25.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: dallasmensclini
Tuesday, May 30, 1989
34 years old
1984: darcel
Wednesday, May 30, 1984
39 years old
1983: curious1
Monday, May 30, 1983
40 years old
1982: usmandutt
Sunday, May 30, 1982
41 years old
1979: Babydoll2
Wednesday, May 30, 1979
44 years old
1975: Kawanda
Friday, May 30, 1975
48 years old
1974: Melissatwist22
Thursday, May 30, 1974
49 years old
1972: acedawg96ta
Tuesday, May 30, 1972
51 years old
1970: lonniekeith
Saturday, May 30, 1970
53 years old
1964: Cgrace2016
Saturday, May 30, 1964
59 years old
1964: grace12
Saturday, May 30, 1964
59 years old
1960: ba0021
Monday, May 30, 1960
63 years old
1950: mzk3cp50
Tuesday, May 30, 1950
73 years old
1941: anyname1
Friday, May 30, 1941
82 years old
: baleslady
(year not provided)
: chermar
(year not provided)
: World Boss
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: The Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from the Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.
2013: Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage.
2012: Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
2008: Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.
2008: TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and crashes, killing five people.
2003: Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
1998: The 6.5 M_w Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000-4,500.
1998: Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent.
1990: Croatian Parliament is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the National Day of Croatia.
1989: Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
1982: Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
1979: Downeast Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17.
1975: European Space Agency is established.
1974: The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
1972: The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
1972: In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
1971: Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
1968: Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.
1967: The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
1966: Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
1963: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
1961: The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
1961: Viasa Flight 897 crashes after takeoff from Lisbon Airport, killing 61.
1959: The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
1958: Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
1948: A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
1943: The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
1942: World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a 90-minute attack on Cologne, Germany.
1941: World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.
1937: Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
1925: May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
1922: The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
1914: The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
1913: The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
1911: At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
1899: Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
1883: In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
1876: Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
1868: Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
1866: Bedrich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premiered in Prague.
1854: The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the U.S. territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
1845: The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.
1842: John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert.
1834: Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
1815: The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
1814: The First Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1792 extent, and restoring the House of Bourbon to power.
1806: Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
1723: Johann Sebastian Bach assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after Trinity.
1642: From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament.
1635: Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
1631: Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
1588: The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
1574: Henry III becomes King of France.
1539: In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
1536: King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
1510: During the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, Ming dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion.
1434: Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.
1431: Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.
1416: The Council of Constance, called by Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.
1381: Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.
70: Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres.

Births On This Day

1999: Eddie Nketiah, English footballer
1999: Guanyu Zhou, Chinese racing driver
1997: Jung Eun-bi, South Korean singer and actress
1996: Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player
1994: Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player
1992: Harrison Barnes, American basketball player
1992: Danielle Harold, English actress
1991: Jonathan Fox, English swimmer
1990: Im Yoon-ah, South Korean singer and actress
1990: Andrei Loktionov, Russian ice hockey player
1990: Zack Wheeler, American baseball player
1989: Ailee, Korean-American singer and songwriter
1989: Lesia Tsurenko, Ukrainian tennis player
1986: Nikolay Bodurov, Bulgarian international footballer
1985: Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (d. 2013)
1985: Igor Lewczuk, Polish footballer
1985: Aaron Volpatti, Canadian ice hockey player
1984: Sham Kwok Fai, Hong Kong footballer
1984: Matt Maguire, Australian footballer
1984: Alexander Sulzer, German ice hockey player
1982: Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (d. 2007)
1982: James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby player
1981: Devendra Banhart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981: Gianmaria Bruni, Italian race car driver
1981: Ahmad Elrich, Australian footballer
1981: Remy Ma, American rapper
1981: Lars Møller Madsen, Danish handball player
1981: Hisanori Takada, Japanese footballer
1980: Steven Gerrard, English international footballer and manager
1980: Ilona Korstin, Russian basketball player
1980: Ryōgo Narita, Japanese author
1979: Mike Bishai, Canadian ice hockey player
1979: Clint Bowyer, American race car driver
1979: Francis Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player
1977: Rachael Stirling, English actress
1977: Federico Vilar, Argentinian-Italian footballer
1976: Rasho Nesterović, basketball player
1976: Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player and coach
1976: Margaret Okayo, Kenyan runner
1975: Evan Eschmeyer, American basketball player
1975: Brian Fair, American singer-songwriter
1975: Andy Farrell, English rugby player and coach
1975: CeeLo Green, American singer-songwriter
1975: Marissa Mayer, American computer scientist and businesswoman
1974: Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)
1974: Kostas Chalkias, Greek footballer
1974: David Wilkie, American ice hockey player and coach
1972: Manny Ramirez, Dominican-American baseball player and coach
1971: Paul Grayson, English rugby player and coach
1971: Duncan Jones, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Idina Menzel, American singer-songwriter and actress
1971: Jiří Šlégr, Czech ice hockey player and politician
1971: Adrian Vowles, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1969: Naomi Kawase, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Ryuhei Kitamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1968: Jason Kenney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Alberta
1968: Zacarias Moussaoui, French citizen, sentenced to life in prison related to September 11 attacks
1967: Tim Burgess, English singer-songwriter
1967: Rechelle Hawkes, Australian hockey player
1967: Sven Pipien, German-American bass player
1966: Thomas Häßler, German footballer and manager
1966: Stephen Malkmus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Troy Coker, Australian rugby player
1965: Billy Donovan, American basketball player and coach
1965: Iginio Straffi, Italian animator and producer, founded Rainbow S.r.l.
1964: Wynonna Judd, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1964: Andrea Montermini, Italian race car driver
1964: Tom Morello, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1963: Michel Langevin, Canadian drummer and songwriter
1963: Élise Lucet, French journalist
1963: Helen Sharman, English chemist and astronaut
1962: Kevin Eastman, American author and illustrator, co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1962: Richard Fuller, English lawyer and politician
1962: Tim Loughton, English businessman and politician
1962: Tonya Pinkins, American actress and singer
1961: Harry Enfield, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1961: Bob Yari, Iranian-American director and producer
1959: Phil Brown, English footballer, coach, and manager
1959: Randy Ferbey, Canadian curler
1959: Frank Vanhecke, Belgian politician
1958: Eugene Belliveau, Canadian football player
1958: Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2019)
1958: Steve Israel, American lawyer and politician
1958: Michael López-Alegría, Spanish-American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1958: Ted McGinley, American actor
1957: Mike Clayton, Australian golfer
1956: Tim Lucas, American author, screenwriter, and critic
1955: Topper Headon, English drummer and songwriter
1955: Jacqueline McGlade, English-Canadian biologist, ecologist, and academic
1955: Caroline Swift, English lawyer and judge
1955: Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and critic
1954: Jake Roberts, American wrestler
1953: Jim Hunter, Canadian skier
1953: Colm Meaney, Irish actor
1952: Daniel Grodnik, American screenwriter and producer
1952: Kerry Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and sportscaster
1951: Zdravko Čolić, Bosnian Serb singer-songwriter
1951: Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay
1951: Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor, singer, and director
1950: Bertrand Delanoë, French politician, 14th Mayor of Paris
1950: Paresh Rawal, Indian actor, producer, and politician
1950: Joshua Rozenberg, English lawyer, journalist, and author
1949: P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball player and coach
1949: Paul Coleridge, English lawyer and judge
1949: Bob Willis, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2019)
1948: Johan De Muynck, Belgian former professional road racing cyclist
1948: Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1948: David Thorpe, Australian rules footballer
1947: Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer (d. 2021)
1946: Allan Chapman, English historian and author
1946: Dragan Džajić, Serbian and Yugoslav footballer
1945: Gladys Horton, American singer (d. 2011)
1944: Lenny Davidson, English guitarist and songwriter
1944: Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000)
1944: Stav Prodromou, Greek-American engineer and businessman
1943: James Chaney, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
1943: Anders Michanek, Swedish motorcycle racer
1943: Gale Sayers, American football player and philanthropist (d. 2020)
1942: John Gladwin, English bishop
1942: Carole Stone, English journalist and author
1940: Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian cricket administrator (d. 2015)
1940: Gilles Villemure, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1939: Michael J. Pollard, American actor (d. 2019)
1939: Dieter Quester, Austrian race car driver
1939: Tim Waterstone, Scottish businessman, founded Waterstones
1938: Billie Letts, American author and educator (d. 2014)
1937: Christopher Haskins, Anglo-Irish businessman, life peer, and British politician
1937: Rick Mather, American-English architect (d. 2013)
1936: Keir Dullea, American actor
1935: Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress and dancer
1935: Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (d. 2005)
1934: Alexei Leonov, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (d. 2019)
1934: Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1932: Ray Cooney, English actor and playwright
1932: Pauline Oliveros, American accordion player and composer (d. 2016)
1932: Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, Welsh politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2018)
1931: Larry Silverstein, American real estate magnate
1930: Mark Birley, English businessman, founded Annabel's (d. 2007)
1930: Robert Ryman, American painter (d. 2019)
1929: Georges Gilson, French archbishop
1928: Pro Hart, Australian painter (d. 2006)
1928: Agnès Varda, Belgian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
1927: Joan Birman, American mathematician
1927: Clint Walker, American actor and singer (d. 2018)
1927: Billy Wilson, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1993)
1926: Johnny Gimble, American country/western swing musician (d. 2015)
1925: John Henry Marks, English physician and author (d. 2022)
1924: Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (d. 2014)
1922: Hal Clement, American author and educator (d. 2003)
1920: Franklin J. Schaffner, Japanese-American director and producer (d. 1989)
1919: René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (d. 1969)
1918: Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author (d. 2000)
1918: Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (d. 2007)
1916: Justin Catayée, French soldier and politician (d. 1962)
1916: Mort Meskin, American illustrator (d. 1995)
1915: Len Carney, English footballer and soldier (d. 1996)
1914: Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (d. 1979)
1912: Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1912: Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic (d. 1996)
1912: Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980)
1912: Millicent Selsam, American author and academic (d. 1996)
1912: Joseph Stein, American playwright and author (d. 2010)
1910: Harry Bernstein, English-American journalist and author (d. 2011)
1909: Jacques Canetti, French music executive and talent agent (d. 1997)
1909: Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (d. 1988)
1909: Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1986)
1908: Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1908: Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989)
1907: Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist and academic (d. 2008)
1906: Bruno Gröning, German mystic and author (d. 1959)
1903: Countee Cullen, American poet and author (d. 1946)
1902: Stepin Fetchit, American actor and dancer (d. 1985)
1901: Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (d. 1969)
1901: Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (d. 1979)
1899: Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1936)
1898: John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (d. 1985)
1897: Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1986)
1896: Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1895: Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956)
1894: Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1965)
1892: Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (d. 1972)
1890: Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1936)
1887: Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 1964)
1887: Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1964)
1886: Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1964)
1886: Randolph Bourne, American theorist and author (d. 1918)
1885: Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1942)
1884: Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician (d. 1942)
1883: Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (d. 1930)
1882: Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier (d. 1915)
1881: Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)
1879: Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1917)
1879: Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist and academic (d. 1975)
1875: Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)
1874: Ernest Duchesne, French physician (d. 1912)
1869: Grace Andrews, American mathematician (d. 1951)
1862: Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Azerbaijani philosopher and poet (d. 1911)
1846: Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)
1845: Amadeo I, Spanish king (d. 1890)
1844: Félix Arnaudin, French poet and photographer (d. 1921)
1835: Alfred Austin, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1913)
1820: Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (d. 1890)
1819: William McMurdo, English general (d. 1894)
1814: Mikhail Bakunin, Russian philosopher and theorist (d. 1876)
1814: Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)
1800: Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, French cardinal (d. 1883)
1797: Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1873)
1768: Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty, French general (d. 1815)
1757: Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1844)
1719: Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)
1718: Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1793)
1686: Antonina Houbraken, Dutch illustrator (d. 1736)
1623: John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (d. 1686)
1599: Samuel Bochart, French Protestant biblical scholar (d. 1667)
1580: Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza (d. 1634)
1464: Barbara of Brandenburg, Bohemian queen (d. 1515)
1423: Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)
1201: Theobald IV, count of Champagne (d. 1253)
1010: Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 1063)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Jason Dupasquier, Swiss motorcycle road racer (b. 2001)
2020: Michael Angelis, British actor (b. 1944)
2019: Thad Cochran, American lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
2019: Jason Marcano, Trinidadian footballer (b. 1983)
2016: Tom Lysiak, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1953)
2016: Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1950)
2015: Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (b. 1969)
2015: Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1957)
2015: L. Tom Perry, American religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1922)
2014: Hienadz Buraukin, Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1936)
2014: Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2014: Joan Lorring, British actress (b. 1926)
2014: Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral (b. 1932)
2013: Jayalath Jayawardena, Sri Lankan physician and politician (b. 1953)
2013: Larry Jones, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
2012: John Fox, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1957)
2012: Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
2012: Gerhard Pohl, German economist and politician (b. 1937)
2012: Jack Twyman, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
2011: Isikia Savua, Fijian police officer and diplomat (b. 1952)
2011: Saleem Shahzad, Pakistani journalist (b. 1970)
2011: Marek Siemek, Polish philosopher and historian (b. 1942)
2011: Clarice Taylor, American actress (b. 1917)
2011: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
2010: Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1933)
2010: Dufferin Roblin, Canadian commander and politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1917)
2009: Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
2009: Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (b. 1966)
2009: Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (b. 1916)
2007: Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian-French actor and director (b. 1933)
2007: Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (b. 1907)
2007: Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (b. 1927)
2006: Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2006: David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist and academic (b. 1938)
2006: Robert Sterling, American actor (b. 1917)
2005: Gérald Leblanc, Acadian poet (b. 1945)
2005: Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1958)
2005: Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and stenographer (b. 1918)
2001: Denis Whitaker, Canadian general and historian (b. 1915)
2000: Tex Beneke, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1914)
1999: Kalju Lepik, Estonian poet and author (b. 1920)
1996: Léon-Étienne Duval, French cardinal (b. 1903)
1996: Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (b. 1961)
1995: Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (b. 1912)
1995: Lofty England, English-Austrian engineer (b. 1911)
1995: Bobby Stokes, English footballer (b. 1951)
1994: Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
1994: Marcel Bich, Italian-French businessman, co-founded Société Bic (b. 1914)
1994: Agostino Di Bartolomei, Italian footballer (b. 1955)
1993: Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1914)
1986: Perry Ellis, American fashion designer, founded his own eponymous fashion brand (b. 1940)
1982: Albert Norden, German journalist and politician (b. 1904)
1981: Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1955)
1981: Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (b. 1936)
1980: Carl Radle, American bass player and producer (b. 1942)
1978: Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1909)
1976: Max Carey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1890)
1976: Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain (b. 1902)
1975: Steve Prefontaine, American runner (b. 1951)
1975: Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (b. 1908)
1975: Michel Simon, Swiss-born French actor (b. 1895)
1971: Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (b. 1886)
1967: Claude Rains, English-American actor (b. 1889)
1965: Louis Hjelmslev, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1899)
1964: Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian king (b. 1882)
1964: Eddie Sachs, American race car driver (b. 1927)
1964: Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1898)
1961: Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1891)
1960: Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
1957: Piero Carini, Italian race car driver (b. 1921)
1955: Bill Vukovich, American race car driver (b. 1918)
1953: Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (b. 1886)
1951: Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (b. 1886)
1949: Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (b. 1874)
1948: József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (b. 1874)
1947: Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (b. 1880)
1946: Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (b. 1910)
1941: Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)
1939: Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)
1934: Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
1926: Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
1925: Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
1918: Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
1912: Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
1911: Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
1901: Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
1892: Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
1873: Karamat Ali Jaunpuri, Indian Muslim scholar, (b. 1800)
1865: John Catron, American lawyer and judge (b. 1786)
1855: Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (b. 1777)
1832: James Mackintosh, Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (b. 1765)
1829: Philibert Jean-Baptiste Curial, French general (b. 1774)
1778: Voltaire, French philosopher and author (b. 1694)
1778: José de la Borda, French/Spanish mining magnate in colonial Mexico (b. ca. 1700)
1770: François Boucher, French painter and set designer (b. 1703)
1744: Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator (b. 1688)
1718: Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle, Dutch-English general (b. 1670)
1712: Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter (b. 1645)
1696: Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Tewkesbury, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1638)
1670: John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (b. 1597)
1640: Peter Paul Rubens, German-Belgian painter (b. 1577)
1606: Guru Arjan Dev, fifth of the Sikh gurus (b. 1563)
1593: Christopher Marlowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1564)
1574: Charles IX of France (b. 1550)
1472: Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (b. 1416)
1469: Lope de Barrientos, Castilian bishop (b. 1389)
1434: Prokop the Great, Czech general (b. 1380)
1431: Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (b. 1412)
1416: Jerome of Prague, Czech martyr and theologian (b. 1379)
1376: Joan of Ponthieu, Dame of Epernon, French noblewoman
1347: John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth, English peer (b. 1290)
1252: Ferdinand III, king of Castile and León (b. 1199)
1159: Władysław II the Exile, High Duke of Poland and Duke of Silesia (b. 1105)
1035: Baldwin IV, count of Flanders (b. 980)
947: Ma Xifan, king of Chu (b. 899)
727: Hubertus, bishop Liège
531: Xiao Tong, prince of the Liang Dynasty (b. 501)

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