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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

2025: QUARTER CENTURY MILESTONE: LOTTERY POST TURNS 25 TODAY. When Lottery Post first launched on May 31, 2000, it began as a small website designed to give lottery players a platform to connect over their shared love for the games. I had no idea that this humble little forum would eventually grow into one of the most established lottery websites in the world.
2024: Kentucky father and daughter both win major lottery prizes within 3 months of each other. A Kentucky family is celebrating after two members won huge lottery prizes just three months apart.
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.$522 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 31, 2024
2.$444 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 31, 2019
3.$356 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2020
4.$346 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2026
5.$344.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2019
6.$302 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 31, 2017
7.€237 Million US$269.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2025
8.$268.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2021
9.$261.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2010
10.$260 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2015
11.$240.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 31, 2023
12.$235 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 31, 2016
13.€213.24 Million
US$228.74 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 31, 2022
14.$204.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 31, 2025
15.$203 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2023
16.$202 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2025
17.€173.2 Million
US$201.93 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 4, 2026
18.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2011
19.$188.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 3, 2015
20.$181.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2026
21.€161.8 Million
US$180.94 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2019
22.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 31, 2014
23.€152 Million
US$170.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jun 2, 2017
24.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 31, 2022
25.$168.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jun 1, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: BORGUSX
Wednesday, May 31, 1989
37 years old
1988: franky3
Tuesday, May 31, 1988
38 years old
1985: Doug37
Friday, May 31, 1985
41 years old
1985: roxylotto
Friday, May 31, 1985
41 years old
1981: Gemgirl60
Sunday, May 31, 1981
45 years old
1980: darren2786
Saturday, May 31, 1980
46 years old
1980: Junior Samuel
Saturday, May 31, 1980
46 years old
1979: banner
Thursday, May 31, 1979
47 years old
1978: Biggirl1$
Wednesday, May 31, 1978
48 years old
1976: Dawn32
Monday, May 31, 1976
50 years old
1972: mr everton
Wednesday, May 31, 1972
54 years old
1971: TBFio07
Monday, May 31, 1971
55 years old
1971: renzo71
Monday, May 31, 1971
55 years old
1967: DoubleDeckerGuy
Wednesday, May 31, 1967
59 years old
1963: cynth54
Friday, May 31, 1963
63 years old
1963: cynthia1963
Friday, May 31, 1963
63 years old
1961: jacqueline
Wednesday, May 31, 1961
65 years old
1952: Niterider
Saturday, May 31, 1952
74 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.
2008: Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-124 carrying the second portion of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station.
2005: Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat".
2003: Air France retires its fleet of Concorde aircraft.
1997: The Confederation Bridge opens, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick.
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 Palam Airport in Delhi, 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.
1906: The attempted regicide of Spanish King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenie on their wedding day instead kills 24
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.
1847: Qajar Iran and the Ottoman Empire determine their international boundary in the second treaty of Erzurum.
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: Mongols depart Java after the failed Mongol invasion against King Kertanegara of Singhasari.
1223: Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans.
1215: Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
455: Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.

Births On This Day

2001: Breece Hall, American football player
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
1997: Jeong Se-woon, South Korean singer-songwriter
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
1992: Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Icelandic politician
1991: Azealia Banks, American singer-songwriter and rapper
1990: Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1989: Marco Reus, German footballer
1986: Waka Flocka Flame, American rapper
1986: Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
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: Frode Estil, Norwegian skier
1972: Christian McBride, American bassist and record producer
1972: Antti Niemi, Finnish international footballer and coach
1972: Archie Panjabi, British actress
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 (died 2003)
1962: Dina Boluarte, Peruvian politician, 64th President of Peru
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 race car driver (died 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 (died 2000)
1953: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor and screenwriter
1952: Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (died 2016)
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: Christine Kurzhals, German politician (died 1998)
1950: Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (died 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 (died 1980)
1948: Martin Hannett, English bass player, guitarist, and record producer (died 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: Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat (died 2009)
1946: Debbie Moore, English model and businesswoman
1945: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (died 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 (died 2025)
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 (died 2003)
1938: John Prescott, British sailor and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2024)
1938: Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2025)
1935: Jim Bolger, New Zealand businessman and politician, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 2025)
1934: Jim Hutton, American actor (died 1979)
1933: Henry B. Eyring, American religious leader, educator, and author
1932: Ed Lincoln, Brazilian pianist, bassist, and composer (died 2012)
1932: Jay Miner, American computer scientist and engineer (died 1994)
1931: John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)
1931: Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (died 2010)
1930: Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, musician, and producer
1930: Elaine Stewart, American actress and model (died 2011)
1929: Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (died 2014)
1928: Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (died 2001)
1927: James Eberle, English admiral (died 2018)
1927: Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, English lieutenant and banker (died 2017)
1925: Julian Beck, American actor and director (died 1986)
1923: Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor (died 2015)
1923: Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (died 2005)
1923: Claudio Matteini, Italian football player (died 2003)
1922: Denholm Elliott, English-Spanish actor (died 1992)
1921: Edna Doré, English actress (died 2014)
1921: Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer (died 2007)
1921: Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer (died 2008)
1921: Alida Valli, Austrian-Italian actress and singer (died 2006)
1919: Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic (died 1995)
1918: Robert Osterloh, American actor (died 2001)
1918: Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist (died 1982)
1916: Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
1914: Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator (died 2006)
1912: Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist (died 1997)
1912: Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson, American politician (died 1983)
1912: Martin Schwarzschild, German-American astrophysicist (died 1997)
1911: Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010)
1909: Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2000)
1908: Don Ameche, American actor (died 1993)
1901: Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer (died 1983)
1900: Lucile Godbold, American athlete (died 1981)
1898: Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (died 1993)
1894: Fred Allen, American comedian, radio host, game show panelist, and author (died 1956)
1892: Michel Kikoine, Belarusian-French painter (died 1968)
1892: Erich Neumann, German lieutenant and politician (died 1951)
1892: Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian poet and author (died 1968)
1892: Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant and politician (died 1934)
1887: Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1975)
1885: Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (died 1967)
1883: Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (died 1942)
1882: Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (died 1956)
1879: Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano (died 1952)
1875: Rosa May Billinghurst, British suffragette and women's rights activist (died 1953)
1866: John Ringling, American entrepreneur; one of the founders of the Ringling Brothers Circus (died 1936)
1863: Francis Younghusband, Indian-English captain and explorer (died 1942)
1860: Walter Sickert, English painter (died 1942)
1858: Graham Wallas, English socialist, social psychologist, and educationalist (died 1932)
1857: Pope Pius XI (died 1939)
1852: Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (died 1919)
1852: Julius Richard Petri, German microbiologist, invented the Petri dish (died 1921)
1847: William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Canadian-Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (died 1924)
1842: John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (died 1894)
1838: Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (died 1900)
1835: Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (died 1869)
1827: Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (died 1903)
1819: Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (died 1892)
1818: John Albion Andrew, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1867)
1815: Adye Douglas, English-Australian cricketer and politician, 15th Premier of Tasmania (died 1906)
1812: Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (died 1884)
1801: Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist and scholar (died 1887)
1773: Ludwig Tieck, German poet, author, and critic (died 1853)
1754: Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (died 1817)
1753: Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician (died 1793)
1732: Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (died 1812)
1725: Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of the Malwa Kingdom under the Maratha Empire (died 1795)
1641: Patriarch Dositheos II of Jerusalem (died 1707)
1640: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (died 1673)
1613: John George II, Elector of Saxony (died 1680)
1577: Nur Jahan, Empress consort of the Mughal Empire (died 1645)
1556: Jerzy Radziwiłł, Catholic cardinal (died 1600)
1535: Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (died 1607)
1469: Manuel I of Portugal (died 1521)
1462: Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1504)
1443: (or 1441) Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (died 1509)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Stanley Fischer, Israeli-American economist (born 1943)
2024: Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer (born 1949)
2024: Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama (born 1937)
2022: Colin Cantwell, American concept artist and director (born 1932)
2022: Krishnakumar Kunnath, Indian singer (born 1968)
2022: Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Colombian drug lord (born 1939)
2022: Jim Parks, English cricketer (born 1931)
2016: Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) (born 1947)
2016: Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (born 1938)
2016: Carla Lane, English television writer (born 1928)
2016: Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian (born 1939)
2015: Gladys Taylor, Canadian author and publisher (born 1917)
2014: Marilyn Beck, American journalist (born 1928)
2014: Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (born 1952)
2014: Hoss Ellington, American race car driver (born 1935)
2014: Martha Hyer, American actress (born 1924)
2014: Lewis Katz, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1942)
2014: Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, English author (born 1922)
2013: Gerald E. Brown, American physicist and academic (born 1926)
2013: Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (born 1933)
2013: Miguel Méndez, American author and poet (born 1930)
2013: Tim Samaras, American engineer and storm chaser (born 1957)
2013: Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (born 1987)
2013: Jean Stapleton, American actress (born 1923)
2012: Christopher Challis, English cinematographer (born 1919)
2012: Randall B. Kester, American lawyer and judge (born 1916)
2012: Paul Pietsch, German race car driver and publisher (born 1911)
2012: Orlando Woolridge, American basketball player and coach (born 1959)
2011: Pauline Betz, American tennis player (born 1919)
2011: Jonas Bevacqua, American fashion designer, co-founded the Lifted Research Group (born 1977)
2011: Derek Hodge, Virgin Islander lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1941)
2011: Hans Keilson, German-Dutch psychoanalyst and author (born 1909)
2011: John Martin, English admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (born 1918)
2011: Andy Robustelli, American football player and manager (born 1925)
2010: Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (born 1911)
2010: Brian Duffy, English photographer and producer (born 1933)
2010: William A. Fraker, American director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1923)
2010: Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneón player (born 1947)
2010: Merata Mita, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)
2009: Danny La Rue, Irish-British drag queen performer and singer (born 1927)
2009: George Tiller, American physician (born 1941)
2006: Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (born 1933)
2006: Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1914)
2004: Aiyathurai Nadesan, Sri Lankan journalist (born 1954)
2004: Robert Quine, American guitarist (born 1941)
2004: Étienne Roda-Gil, French screenwriter and composer (born 1941)
2002: Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (born 1929)
2001: Arlene Francis, American actress, talk show host, game show panelist, and television personality (born 1907)
2000: Petar Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat, 1st President of Bulgaria (born 1936)
2000: A. Jeyaratnam Wilson, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (born 1928)
1998: Charles Van Acker, Belgian-American race car driver (born 1912)
1996: Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (born 1920)
1995: Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1930)
1994: Uzay Heparı, Turkish actor, producer, and composer (born 1969)
1994: Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (born 1909)
1993: Honey Tree Evil Eye, or, Spuds MacKenzie, Bud Light Bull Terrier mascot (born 1983)
1989: C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and historian (born 1901)
1989: Owen Lattimore, American author and academic (born 1900)
1987: John Abraham, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1937)
1986: Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (born 1918)
1986: James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
1985: Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (born 1921)
1983: Jack Dempsey, American boxer and lieutenant (born 1895)
1982: Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (born 1930)
1981: Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (born 1914)
1978: József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1925)
1977: William Castle, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)
1976: Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
1970: Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1929)
1970: Clare Sheridan, English sculptor and author (born 1885)
1967: Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (born 1915)
1962: Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (born 1874)
1960: Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (born 1882)
1960: Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (born 1890)
1957: Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (born 1890)
1957: Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (born 1878)
1954: Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (born 1873)
1945: Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (born 1904)
1931: Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (born 1866)
1931: Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (born 1864)
1910: Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (born 1821)
1909: Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (born 1852)
1908: Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (born 1839)
1899: Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (born 1818)
1848: Eugénie de Guérin, French author (born 1805)
1847: Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister and economist (born 1780)
1846: Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (born 1780)
1837: Joseph Grimaldi, English actor, comedian and dancer (born 1779)
1832: Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (born 1811)
1831: Samuel Bentham, English architect and engineer (born 1757)
1809: Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1732)
1809: Jean Lannes, French general (born 1769)
1747: Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1686)
1740: Frederick William I of Prussia (born 1688)
1680: Joachim Neander, German theologian and educator (born 1650)
1665: Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Dutch painter (born 1597)
1640: Zeynab Begum, Safavid princess (date of birth unknown)
1601: Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (born 1547)
1594: Tintoretto, Italian painter and educator (born 1518)
1567: Guido de Bres, Belgian pastor and theologian (born 1522)
1558: Philip Hoby, English general and diplomat (born 1505)
1504: Engelbert II of Nassau (born 1451)
1410: Martin of Aragon, Spanish king (born 1356)
1408: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (born 1358)
1370: Vitalis of Assisi, Italian hermit and monk (born 1295)
1349: Thomas Wake, English politician (born 1297)
1329: Albertino Mussato, Italian statesman and writer (born 1261)
1326: Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (born 1271)
1321: Birger, king of Sweden (born 1280)
1162: Géza II, king of Hungary (born 1130)
1089: Sigwin von Are, archbishop of Cologne
1076: Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, English politician (born 1050)
960: Fujiwara no Morosuke, Japanese statesman (born 909)
930: Liu Hua, princess of Southern Han (born 896)
455: Petronius Maximus, Roman emperor (born 396)

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