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May 31

On This Day in History

May 31

May 31 is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 214 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Lightning strikes twice for California woman who won second major lottery prize. One California woman won $2 million in the lottery, but it's not the first time she's struck it rich.
2023: Pennsylvania single mother awarded $1 million scratch-off lottery prize. The Pennsylvania Lottery awarded a single mother a commemorative check for $1 million last week after she won the top prize from a scratch-off game.
2022: Texas Lottery releases country's first-ever $100 scratch-off. In conjunction with the celebration of its 30th Anniversary this year, the Texas Lottery recently launched the country's first $100 scratch-off ticket.
2020: LOTTERY POST TURNS 20 YEARS OLD TODAY. On May 31, 2000, a small website called Lottery Post came online, offering lottery players a way to discuss and share anything about their passion for the games. Little did I know at the time that that humble little forum would one day become one of the most popular lottery-related websites in the world.
2018: Joe Girardi pitches N.Y. legislature on sports gambling. A former New York Yankee player and manager came to the New York state capitol on behalf of Major League Baseball on Wednesday to advocate for a new state law regulating betting on sports.
2017: Here's what N.J. family that won $429M jackpot is doing with its money. A year ago this month, the Smith family's lives changed in an instant when they won the $429.6 million Powerball jackpot.
2017: New Mexico reduces college scholarships funded by lottery. College scholarships funded by New Mexico lottery proceeds will cover 60 percent of tuition costs for the next school year — down from 90 percent — as state education officials announced changes Wednesday aimed at stretching dwindling revenue for the financial aid program.
2016: Scotland family celebrates third big lottery prize. An elderly couple from Scotland are celebrating a £1 million (US$1.5 million) lottery payout that continues an amazing family run of Lotto luck.
2014: Virginia couple are new millionaires. A Virginia couple celebrated their newfound wealth of $4 million this week, made possible by lucky scratch-off lottery ticket.
2013: Missouri Lottery considering tickets at gas pumps. Missourians might have another choice at the gas pump someday: regular, premium, or Powerball.
2013: Indiana math teacher wins $100,000 from free lottery ticket. A Fort Wayne, Indiana, high school math teacher won $100,000 on a free Hoosier Lottery scratch-off ticket that she received at a Mad Ants game.
2013: Fruit held key to man's lottery win. A Providence, Rhode Island, man's fate was decided by a piece of fruit Wednesday, when he resolved to play the lottery based on the numbers found on his orange's sticker.
2013: High court dismisses Arkansas lottery name lawsuit. A businessman who said he owns trademarks to the lottery's name can't sue the Arkansas Lottery Commission, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
2013: Northeast Texas town sells winning $40 million Powerball ticket. The winning ticket to Wednesday night's Powerball drawing worth about $40 million was sold in an East Texas town, a first for the Lone Star state, lottery officials said.
2013: Man claims half of record $63.4 million Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpot. Harry Black won an incredible $31.7 million in the lottery, but the way he accomplished it is even more amazing.
2012: Mass. lottery winners face charges in welfare fraud. In two separate cases, authorities are investigating two Massachusetts men who allegedly took welfare benefits after pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars in lottery winnings.
2012: Two big-money Mega Millions tickets could be lost, CA Lottery official says. Two months after a record-breaking Mega Millions lottery draw, two tickets valued at $227,955 each remain unclaimed, and a California Lottery official said Wednesday the tickets -- including one sold in Hollywood -- may very well have been lost.
2011: Cheated lottery winner files lawsuit. A Dallas-area man who Travis County prosecutors say had his $1 million lottery ticket stolen by a convenience store clerk in 2009 has sued the Texas Lottery Commission and others in hopes of recovering all of his winnings.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $47 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $47 million for Friday's drawing.
2006: Fla. Fantasy 5 lottery player wins $241,000. One winner of the Florida Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game will collect $241,009.50, a lottery official said Wednesday.
2006: Lottery scammer arrested in Ohio. Patience paid off last week as police nabbed a man they believe used the guise of lottery winnings to scam people out of thousands of dollars.
2006: Iraq war veteran is a hero yet again. A U.S. soldier and his girlfriend found a winning lottery ticket on the ground at a convenience store Monday and turned it in to police, who were able to find its owner -- a $2,500 winner with no idea her lucky ticket was missing.
2006: N.C. Powerball lottery sales begin, with difficulty. North Carolinians played Powerball to the tune of more than $1 million during the first day of sales Tuesday, despite computer glitches and printer problems that plagued nearly 20 percent of the state's lottery retailers.
2006: Tenn. Lottery sexual harassment allegations exposed. Details were released Tuesday on harassment complaints about a former Tennessee Lottery executive accused of groping.
2006: Illinois Gov. won't reveal data on lottery sale plan. The Blagojevich administration said Tuesday it won't release a consultant's work on how much money the state could make by selling or leasing the Illinois state lottery.
2006: Texas Lottery shake-up sparks optimism. Employees and observers of the Texas Lottery said Tuesday they were optimistic about recent changes at the $3 billion agency, hoping they can improve employee morale, security and public confidence in the agency.

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.$203 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2023
12.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2011
13.$188.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2015
14.€161.8 Million
US$180.94 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2019
15.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 31, 2014
16.€152 Million
US$170.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2017
17.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 31, 2022
18.$168.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2022
19.$164 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2012
20.€116 Million
US$152.35 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2012
21.€130 Million
US$139.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2023
22.$135 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2020
23.€87 Million
US$118.48 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2014
24.€88 Million
US$107.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2021
25.€90 Million
US$105.05 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: BORGUSX
Wednesday, May 31, 1989
34 years old
1988: franky3
Tuesday, May 31, 1988
35 years old
1985: Doug37
Friday, May 31, 1985
38 years old
1979: banner
Thursday, May 31, 1979
44 years old
1978: Biggirl1$
Wednesday, May 31, 1978
45 years old
1976: Dawn32
Monday, May 31, 1976
47 years old
1972: mr everton
Wednesday, May 31, 1972
51 years old
1971: renzo71
Monday, May 31, 1971
52 years old
1967: DoubleDeckerGuy
Wednesday, May 31, 1967
56 years old
1963: cynth54
Friday, May 31, 1963
60 years old
1963: cynthia1963
Friday, May 31, 1963
60 years old
1961: jacqueline
Wednesday, May 31, 1961
62 years old
1952: Niterider
Saturday, May 31, 1952
71 years old
: Jewel$95
(year not provided)
: fantasia531
(year not provided)
: Lilcat72
(year not provided)
: tinacollins
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: A shooting occurs inside a municipal building at Virginia Beach, Virginia, leaving 13 people dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.
2017: A car bomb explodes in a crowded intersection in Kabul near the German embassy during rush hour, killing over 90 and injuring 463.
2016: Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch the Manbij offensive, in order to capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
2013: The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries.
2013: A record breaking 2.6 mile wide tornado strikes near El Reno, Oklahoma, United States, causing eight fatalities (including three storm chasers) and over 150 injuries.
2010: Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed in the ensuing violent affray.
2008: Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7 m/s) 9.72 seconds
2005: Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat".
2003: Air France retires its fleet of Concorde aircraft.
1991: Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II peacekeeping mission.
1985: United States-Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
1977: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
1973: The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
1973: Indian Airlines Flight 440 crashes near Indira Gandhi International Airport, killing 48.
1971: In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
1970: The 7.9 M_w Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794 and 70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
1962: The West Indies Federation dissolves.
1961: The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
1961: In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov-Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society.
1955: The U.S. Supreme Court expands on its Brown v. Board of Education decision by ordering district courts and school districts to enforce educational desegregation "at all deliberate speed."
1951: The Uniform Code of Military Justice takes effect as the legal system of the United States Armed Forces.
1947: Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
1942: World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
1941: Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
1935: A 7.7 M_w earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
1924: Hope Development School fire kills 24 people, mostly disabled children.
1921: The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
1916: World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
1911: The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1911: The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
1910: The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
1909: The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
1902: Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
1889: Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
1884: The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
1879: Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
1864: American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
1862: American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
1859: The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
1813: In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
1805: French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock, Martinique.
1795: French Revolution: The Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.
1790: Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
1790: The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
1775: American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
1669: Citing poor eyesight as a reason, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
1610: The pageant London's Love to Prince Henry on the River Thames celebrates the creation of Prince Henry as Prince of Wales.
1578: King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France.
1293: Mongol invasion of Java was a punitive expedition against King Kertanegara of Singhasari, who had refused to pay tribute to the Yuan and maimed one of its ministers. However, it ended with failure for the Mongols. Regarded as establish City of Surabaya
1223: Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans.
455: Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.

Births On This Day

2001: Iga Świątek, Polish tennis player
2000: Gable Steveson, American wrestler
1998: Santino Ferrucci, American race car driver
1997: Woo Jin-young, South Korean singer and rapper
1996: Normani Kordei Hamilton, American singer
1996: Brandon Smith, New Zealand rugby league player
1995: Shane Bieber, American baseball player
1995: Matthew Lodge, Australian rugby league player
1992: Michaël Bournival, Canadian ice hockey player
1992: Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete
1991: Azealia Banks, American singer-songwriter and rapper
1990: Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1989: Marco Reus, German footballer
1986: Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
1986: Waka Flocka Flame, American rapper
1985: Jordy Nelson, American football player
1984: Andrew Bailey, American baseball player
1984: Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer
1984: Nate Robinson, American basketball player
1982: Brett Firman, Australian rugby league player
1981: Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer
1981: Daniele Bonera, Italian footballer
1981: Jake Peavy, American baseball player
1981: Marlies Schild, Austrian skier
1980: Andy Hurley, American musician
1979: Jean-François Gillet, Belgian footballer
1977: Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
1977: Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer
1976: Colin Farrell, Irish actor
1976: Matt Harpring, American basketball player and sportscaster
1975: Mac Suzuki, Japanese baseball player
1974: Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Japanese comedian and singer
1972: Christian McBride, American bassist and record producer
1972: Archie Panjabi, British actress
1972: Frode Estil, Norwegian skier
1972: Antti Niemi, Finnish international footballer and coach
1972: Dave Roberts, American baseball player and coach
1971: Arun Luthra, Indo-Anglo-American saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer, and arranger
1967: Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television host and producer
1967: Kenny Lofton, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1966: Diesel, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966: Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lankan cricketer and referee
1965: Brooke Shields, American model, actress, and producer
1964: Leonard Asper, Canadian lawyer and businessman
1964: Stéphane Caristan, French hurdler and coach
1964: Yukio Edano, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs
1964: Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, American rapper and producer
1963: David Leigh, holder of the Sir Samuel Hall Chair of Chemistry at the University of Manchester
1963: Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician, 38th Prime Minister of Hungary
1963: Wesley Willis, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2003)
1962: Corey Hart, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1961: Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player
1961: Justin Madden, Australian footballer and politician
1961: Lea Thompson, American actress, director, and producer
1960: Greg Adams, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman
1960: Chris Elliott, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
1960: Peter Winterbottom, English rugby player
1959: Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (d. 2014)
1959: Phil Wilson, English politician
1957: Jim Craig, American ice hockey player
1956: Fritz Hilpert, German drummer and composer
1956: John Young, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1955: Tommy Emmanuel, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955: Susie Essman, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
1954: Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer
1954: Vicki Sue Robinson, American actress and singer (d. 2000)
1953: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor and screenwriter
1952: Karl Bartos, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1951: Karl-Hans Riehm, German hammer thrower
1950: Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded DIC Entertainment
1950: Gregory Harrison, American actor
1950: Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (d. 2022)
1949: Tom Berenger, American actor, film producer and television writer
1948: Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate
1948: John Bonham, English musician, songwriter and drummer (d. 1980)
1948: Martin Hannett, English bass player, guitarist, and record producer (d. 1991)
1948: Duncan Hunter, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
1947: Junior Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947: Gabriele Hinzmann, German discus thrower
1946: Ted Baehr, American publisher and critic
1946: Steve Bucknor, Jamaican cricketer and umpire
1946: Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican singer and musician
1946: Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 2009)
1946: Debbie Moore, English model and businesswoman
1945: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1945: Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian academic and politician, 4th President of Côte d'Ivoire
1945: Bernard Goldberg, American journalist and author
1943: Sharon Gless, American actress
1943: Joe Namath, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
1941: June Clark, Welsh nurse and educator
1941: Louis Ignarro, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941: William Nordhaus, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940: Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Ukrainian hammer thrower and coach
1940: Augie Meyers, American musician and singer-songwriter
1940: Gilbert Shelton, American illustrator
1939: Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author
1938: Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
1938: John Prescott, British sailor and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1938: Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1935: Jim Bolger, New Zealand businessman and politician, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1934: Jim Hutton, American actor (d. 1979)
1933: Henry B. Eyring, American religious leader, educator, and author
1932: Ed Lincoln, Brazilian pianist, bassist, and composer (d. 2012)
1932: Jay Miner, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 1994)
1931: John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
1931: Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (d. 2010)
1930: Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, musician, and producer
1929: Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (d. 2014)
1928: Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (d. 2001)
1927: James Eberle, English admiral (d. 2018)
1927: Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, English lieutenant and banker (d. 2017)
1925: Julian Beck, American actor and director (d. 1986)
1923: Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (d. 2015)
1923: Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005)
1923: Claudio Matteini, Italian football player (d. 2003)
1922: Denholm Elliott, English-Spanish actor (d. 1992)
1921: Edna Doré, English actress (d. 2014)
1921: Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer (d. 2007)
1921: Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer (d. 2008)
1921: Alida Valli, Austrian-Italian actress and singer (d. 2006)
1919: Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic (d. 1995)
1918: Robert Osterloh, American actor (d. 2001)
1918: Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist (d. 1982)
1916: Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1914: Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator (d. 2006)
1912: Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (d. 1997)
1911: Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
1909: Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2000)
1908: Don Ameche, American actor (d. 1993)
1901: Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer (d. 1983)
1900: Lucile Godbold, American athlete (d. 1981)
1898: Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (d. 1993)
1894: Fred Allen, American comedian, radio host, game show panelist, and author (d. 1956)
1892: Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter (d. 1968)
1892: Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician (d. 1951)
1892: Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian poet and author (d. 1968)
1892: Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician (d. 1934)
1887: Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1885: Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (d. 1967)
1883: Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (d. 1942)
1882: Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (d. 1956)
1879: Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano (d. 1952)
1875: Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (d.1953)
1866: John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus (d. 1936)
1863: Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer (d. 1942)
1860: Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942)
1858: Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist (d. 1932)
1857: Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)
1852: Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (d. 1919)
1852: Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist, invented the Petri dish (d. 1921)
1847: William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Canadian-Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (d. 1924)
1842: John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (d. 1894)
1838: Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (d. 1900)
1835: Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (d. 1869)
1827: Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (d. 1903)
1819: Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (d. 1892)
1818: John Albion Andrew, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1867)
1815: Adye Douglas, English-Australian cricketer and politician, 15th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1906)
1812: Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (d. 1884)
1801: Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist and scholar (d. 1887)
1773: Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic (d. 1853)
1754: Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (d. 1817)
1753: Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician (d. 1793)
1732: Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (d. 1812)
1725: Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of the Malwa Kingdom under the Maratha Empire (d. 1795)
1641: Patriarch Dositheos II of Jerusalem (d. 1707)
1640: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)
1613: John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)
1577: Nur Jahan, Empress consort of the Mughal Empire (d. 1645)
1556: Jerzy Radziwiłł, Catholic cardinal (d. 1600)
1535: Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (d. 1607)
1469: Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)
1462: Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1504)
1443: (or 1441) Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (d. 1509)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Krishnakumar Kunnath, Indian singer (b. 1968)
2022: Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Colombian drug lord (b.1939)
2022: Colin Cantwell, American concept artist and director (b.1932)
2022: Jim Parks, English cricketer (b. 1931)
2016: Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) (b. 1947)
2016: Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (b. 1938)
2016: Carla Lane, English television writer (b. 1928)
2016: Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian (b. 1939)
2015: Gladys Taylor, Canadian author and publisher (b. 1917)
2014: Marilyn Beck, American journalist (b. 1928)
2014: Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1952)
2014: Hoss Ellington, American race car driver (b. 1935)
2014: Martha Hyer, American actress (b. 1924)
2014: Lewis Katz, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942)
2014: Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, English author (b. 1922)
2013: Gerald E. Brown, American physicist and academic (b. 1926)
2013: Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (b. 1933)
2013: Miguel Méndez, American author and poet (b. 1930)
2013: Tim Samaras, American engineer and storm chaser (b. 1957)
2013: Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (b. 1987)
2013: Jean Stapleton, American actress (b. 1923)
2012: Christopher Challis, English cinematographer (b. 1919)
2012: Randall B. Kester, American lawyer and judge (b. 1916)
2012: Paul Pietsch, German racing driver and publisher (b. 1911)
2012: Orlando Woolridge, American basketball player and coach (b. 1959)
2011: Pauline Betz, American tennis player (b. 1919)
2011: Jonas Bevacqua, American fashion designer, co-founded the Lifted Research Group (b. 1977)
2011: Derek Hodge, Virgin Islander lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1941)
2011: Hans Keilson, German-Dutch psychoanalyst and author (b. 1909)
2011: John Martin, English admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (b. 1918)
2011: Andy Robustelli, American football player and manager (b. 1925)
2010: Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1911)
2010: Brian Duffy, English photographer and producer (b. 1933)
2010: William A. Fraker, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1923)
2010: Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneón player (b. 1947)
2010: Merata Mita, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2009: Danny La Rue, Irish-British drag queen performer and singer (b. 1927)
2009: George Tiller, American physician (b. 1941)
2006: Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (b. 1933)
2006: Raymond Davis, Jr., American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
2004: Aiyathurai Nadesan, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1954)
2004: Robert Quine, American guitarist (b. 1941)
2004: Étienne Roda-Gil, French screenwriter and composer (b. 1941)
2002: Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (b. 1929)
2001: Arlene Francis, American actress, talk show host, game show panelist, and television personality (b. 1907)
2000: Petar Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat, 1st President of Bulgaria (b. 1936)
2000: A. Jeyaratnam Wilson, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (b. 1928)
1998: Charles Van Acker, Belgian-American race car driver (b. 1912)
1996: Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (b. 1920)
1995: Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1930)
1994: Uzay Heparı, Turkish actor, producer, and composer (b. 1969)
1994: Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (b. 1909)
1993: Honey Tree Evil Eye, or, Spuds MacKenzie, Bud Light Bull Terrier mascot (b. 1983)
1989: Owen Lattimore, American author and academic (b. 1900)
1989: C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and historian (b. 1901)
1987: John Abraham, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
1986: Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (b. 1918)
1986: James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
1985: Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (b. 1921)
1983: Jack Dempsey, American boxer and lieutenant (b. 1895)
1982: Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930)
1981: Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (b. 1914)
1978: József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1925)
1977: William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
1976: Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
1970: Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)
1970: Clare Sheridan, English sculptor and author (b. 1885)
1967: Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)
1962: Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
1960: Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
1960: Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)
1957: Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
1957: Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
1954: Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
1945: Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
1931: Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
1931: Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
1910: Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
1909: Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
1908: Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
1899: Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
1848: Eugénie de Guérin, French author (b. 1805)
1847: Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (b. 1780)
1846: Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
1837: Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer, (b. 1779)
1832: Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1811)
1831: Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (b. 1757)
1809: Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1732)
1809: Jean Lannes, French general (b. 1769)
1747: Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1686)
1740: Frederick William I of Prussia (b. 1688)
1680: Joachim Neander, German theologian and educator (b. 1650)
1665: Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (b. 1597)
1640: Zeynab Begum, Safavid princess (date of birth unknown)
1601: Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (b. 1547)
1594: Tintoretto, Italian painter and educator (b. 1518)
1567: Guido de Bres, Belgian pastor and theologian (b. 1522)
1558: Philip Hoby, English general and diplomat (b. 1505)
1504: Engelbert II of Nassau (b. 1451)
1410: Martin of Aragon, Spanish king (b. 1356)
1408: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1358)
1370: Vitalis of Assisi, Italian hermit and monk (b. 1295)
1349: Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)
1329: Albertino Mussato, Italian statesman and writer (b. 1261)
1326: Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (b. 1271)
1321: Birger, king of Sweden (b. 1280)
1162: Géza II, king of Hungary (b. 1130)
1089: Sigwin von Are, archbishop of Cologne
1076: Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, English politician (b. 1050)
960: Fujiwara no Morosuke, Japanese statesman (b. 909)
930: Liu Hua, princess of Southern Han (b. 896)
455: Petronius Maximus, Roman emperor (b. 396)

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