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May 7

May 7 is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 238 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026
$41 million Lotto Texas jackpot winner hasn't missed a drawing in 30 years. A winner who recently claimed a $41 million Lotto Texas jackpot has revealed that they haven't missed participating in a single drawing in 30 years.
2025
Judge temporarily halts Texas Lottery ban on courier, hints courier "will likely prevail". A Travis County judge has issued a ruling that the Texas Lottery is temporarily prohibited from taking any action against a courier service company.
2024
Virginia woman wins $50,000 Pick 5 prize on first-ever lottery ticket. A Virginia woman won $50,000 playing Pick 5, and it was her first lottery ticket purchase ever.
2021
Covid nurse to buy home in Caribbean after winning the lottery. A nurse who worked throughout the COVID-19 pandemic is planning a move to the Caribbean after winning £10,000 (US$14,000) a month for a year in the National Lottery's Set For Life draw game.
2020
UK National Lottery website down before drawing. A power outage in Watford, a small town 15 miles northwest of London, caused the UK National Lottery website and smartphone app to crash and continue to remain out of action just four hours before the big drawing of £5 million (US$6.2 million) on Wednesday.
2019
N.J. woman wins $4M Pick 6 lottery jackpot with loose change she found around the house. A New Jersey woman won a $4 million Pick 6 lottery drawing after buying two tickets with loose change she found scattered about her Morris County home.
2018
Woman wins $1.2 million on $18 Kentucky Derby bet. A Texas woman reaped $1.2 million on an $18 bet on a series of Kentucky Derby day races, officials said on Sunday.
2018
Glitch delays live Powerball drawing. Powerball officials suffered an embarrassing but short-lived glitch when the regularly scheduled, live drawing had to be shelved because of unexplained technical difficulties.
2017
Lottery ticket scam costs victim $19,000. Haines City police are looking for the pair who used the promise of a Florida Lotto payoff to scam a man out of $19,000.
2015
Lottery ticket spells out insult. The purchaser of a New York State instant scratch-off Wheel of Fortune ticket was upset after she purchased a ticket that revealed an insult, according to the Chemung County Sheriff's Office.
2015
Wyoming lottery survey shows most players earn middle-class income. The majority of people who played the Wyoming Lottery during its first months of operations earned at least a middle-class income, according to an online survey commissioned by the Wyoming Lottery Corp.
2013
Canada's Lotto 6/49 is getting a makeover in Fall 2013. Starting in September 2013, Lotto 6/49 will offer Canadian lottery players a new $1 million prize that's guaranteed to be won with each and every draw, jackpots that start at $5 million, and new free play prizes that can be won by matching just 2 numbers.
2012
Illinois Lottery glitch causes many duplicate Quick Pick tickets. A glitch occurred this past Saturday and Sunday on Illinois Lottery terminals, causing at least 3,000 lottery tickets to contain the same random numbers as a previous tickets generated from the machine.
2012
NJ Lottery sets new sales record of $2.6B. The New Jersey Lottery has set a new sales record, pulling in about $2.6 billion in the last fiscal year.
2012
Court settles estate of Vancouver man who ran lottery ticket reselling firm. Almost four years after his death, the $20 million estate of Vancouver businessman Randy Thiemer has finally been wrapped up in court.
2009
Lottery-winning deputies going to Disneyland. Two sheriff deputies in the San Francisco area stepped forward as the latest multimillionaire lottery winners and said they will give part of their $75 million jackpot to four local families of slain police officers.
2007
Former N.C. Lottery commissioner sentenced to 4 years in prison. Former lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings was sentenced to four years in prison today on charges that he hid his financial ties to a company expected to bid for the state's lottery business.
2007
How a lottery thief got away with the crime. Two British backpackers have finally settled their lawsuit with Australia's NSW Lotteries, two years after a clever thief convinced the lottery to pay him instead of the real winners.
2007
Texas Lottery introduces $50 scratch ticket. The Texas Lottery's latest scratch game, dubbed $130 million Spectacular, which goes on sale Monday and offers nearly $134 million in prizes, including three grand prizes of $5 million, has the highest price for a scratch-off in the nation.
2004
Powerball jackpot increased to $212 million. The state lottery directors who sell the Powerball game increased the estimated jackpot today from $205 million to $212 million after strong sales during the past two days.
2004
Michigan man wins $1 million lottery jackpot twice. 78-year-old Russell Tanner won his second $1 million scratch-off lottery game last week - the only known two-time winner of the game in Michigan.
2004
Birthdays Yield $100,000 Lottery Win After Ticket Rescued From Trash. A HVAC Technician from Shelbyville, Tennessee, won $100,000 on a Powerball ticket that was rescued from the trash.
2004
Georgia oversight committee looks into generous lottery perks. A legislative oversight committee began looking Thursday at the generous employment policies of the Georgia Lottery Corp., whose former director and three top aides collected almost $300,000 for vacation and sick days they were due but never used when they left the state to help start Tennessee's lottery.
2004
GTECH completes acquisition of lottery company. U.S.-based GTECH Holdings Corp. said Thursday it had closed a $40 million deal to buy an Antigua-based lottery company.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$429.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 7, 2016
2.$370 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 7, 2021
3.$363 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 9, 2000
4.$306 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 7, 2024
5.$273 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 7, 2019
6.$233 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 9, 2018
7.$231 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2020
8.€215 Million
US$226.72 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2022
9.$222 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2013
10.$215 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2026
10.$215 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2019
12.$212 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2004
13.€200.05 Million
US$211.02 Million
Draw Date
May 7, 2022
14.€160.33 Million
US$188.45 Million
Draw Date
May 7, 2026
15.€149.76 Million
US$178.22 Million
Draw Date
May 8, 2021
16.€123 Million
US$165.84 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2009
17.€147.85 Million
US$165.49 Million
Draw Date
May 7, 2019
18.$165 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 10, 2017
19.$155.9 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2021
20.$150 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2016
21.$145 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 9, 2008
22.€100 Million
US$143.68 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2011
23.€124 Million
US$139.52 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 9, 2025
24.$139 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 7, 2013
25.€120 Million
US$135.02 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 9, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987
Thursday, May 7, 1987
39 years old
1986
Wednesday, May 7, 1986
40 years old
1984
Monday, May 7, 1984
42 years old
1982
Friday, May 7, 1982
44 years old
1980
Wednesday, May 7, 1980
46 years old
1978
Sunday, May 7, 1978
48 years old
1975
Wednesday, May 7, 1975
51 years old
1975
Wednesday, May 7, 1975
51 years old
1974
Tuesday, May 7, 1974
52 years old
1972
Sunday, May 7, 1972
54 years old
1971
Friday, May 7, 1971
55 years old
1970
Thursday, May 7, 1970
56 years old
1970
Thursday, May 7, 1970
56 years old
1967
Sunday, May 7, 1967
59 years old
1964
Thursday, May 7, 1964
62 years old
1964
Thursday, May 7, 1964
62 years old
1963
Tuesday, May 7, 1963
63 years old
1963
Tuesday, May 7, 1963
63 years old
1957
Tuesday, May 7, 1957
69 years old
1948
Friday, May 7, 1948
78 years old
1941
Wednesday, May 7, 1941
85 years old
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2025
The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force conduct surgical strikes code-named Operation SINDOOR on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam Attack that killed 26 people.
2023
2023 Tanur boat disaster, At least 22 people are killed when a boat carrying tourists capsizes in Tanur, Malappuram, Kerala, India.
2004
American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamist militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.
2002
An EgyptAir Boeing 737-500 crashes on approach to Tunis-Carthage International Airport, killing 14 people.
2002
A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
2000
Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
1999
Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
1999
Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
1999
In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
1998
Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
1994
Edvard Munch's painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
1992
Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
1992
Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
1992
Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first "fast-food murder" in Canada.
1991
A fire and explosion occurs at a fireworks factory at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, killing 26.
1986
Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
1964
Pacific Airlines Flight 773 is hijacked by Francisco Gonzales and crashes in Contra Costa County, California, killing 44.
1960
Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
1954
Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
1952
The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
1948
The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
1946
Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
1945
World War II: Last German U-boat attack of the war, two freighters are sunk off the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
1942
World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
1940
World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
1937
Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
1931
The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
1930
The 7.1 Mw  Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
1920
Polish-Soviet War: Kyiv offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kyiv only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
1920
Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
1915
World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
1915
The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
1895
In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector-a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
1864
American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
1864
The world's oldest surviving clipper ship, the City of Adelaide is launched by William Pile, Hay and Co. in Sunderland, England, for transporting passengers and goods between Britain and Australia.
1846
The Cambridge Chronicle, America's oldest surviving weekly newspaper, is published for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1840
The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
1832
Greece's independence is recognized by the Treaty of London.
1824
World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer's supervision.
1798
French Revolutionary Wars: A French force attempting to dislodge a small British garrison on the Îles Saint-Marcouf is repulsed with heavy losses.
1794
French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
1765
HMS Victory is launched at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. She is not commissioned until 1778.
1763
Pontiac's War begins with Pontiac's attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British.
1718
The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
1697
Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed by fire. It is replaced in the 18th century by the current Royal Palace.
1685
Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.
1664
Inaugural celebrations begin at Louis XIV's new Palace of Versailles.
1625
State funeral of James VI and I (1566-1625) is held at Westminster Abbey.
1544
The Burning of Edinburgh by an English army is the first action of the Rough Wooing.
1487
The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
1342
In Avignon, France, Cardinal Pierre Roger is elected Pope and takes the name Clement VI.
1274
In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens; it ratified a decree to regulate the election of the Pope.
1190
The Crusader army of emperor Frederick Barbarossa defeats an army of the Rum Seljuks in the battle of Philomelion.
1104
The Seljuk emirs of Mosul and Mardin defeat the Crusader States of Antioch and Edessa.
558
In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt.
351
The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch.

Births On This Day

2004
Ashlyn Krueger, American tennis player
2004
Minji, South Korean singer
2002
Jake Bongiovi, American model and actor
2002
Andrew Barth Feldman, American actor and singer
1999
Tommy Fury, English boxer
1999
Cody Gakpo, Dutch footballer
1998
MrBeast, American YouTuber
1998
Dani Olmo, Spanish footballer
1998
Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player
1997
Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
1997
Youri Tielemans, Belgian footballer
1997
Cameron Young, American golfer
1996
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, South Korean League of Legends pro gamer
1995
Seko Fofana, Ivorian international footballer
1993
Will Ospreay, English wrestler
1993
Ajla Tomljanovic, Australian tennis player
1992
Alexander Ludwig, Canadian actor and musician
1990
Sydney Leroux, Canadian-American footballer
1989
Earl Thomas, American football player
1987
Aidy Bryant, American actress and comedian
1987
Mark Reynolds, Scottish footballer
1986
Matt Helders, English drummer
1985
J Balvin, Colombian singer-songwriter and producer
1984
James Loney, American baseball player
1984
Kevin Owens, Canadian wrestler
1984
Alex Smith, American football player
1979
Katie Douglas, American basketball player
1978
Dette Escudero, Filipino politician
1978
Shawn Marion, American basketball player
1976
Calvin Booth, American basketball player and executive
1976
Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player
1976
Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2005)
1976
Ayelet Shaked, former Israeli Minister of Justice
1975
Martina Topley-Bird, English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
1974
Breckin Meyer, American actor, writer, and producer
1972
Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1971
Thomas Piketty, French economist
1969
Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
1968
Traci Lords, American actress and singer
1968
Lisa Raitt, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport
1967
Roberto d'Amico, Belgian politician
1967
Martin Bryant, Australian mass murderer
1967
Joe Rice, American colonel and politician
1965
Owen Hart, Canadian wrestler (died 1999)
1965
Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1961
Sue Black, Scottish anthropologist and academic
1960
Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, Iraqi-English surgeon and academic
1960
Almudena Grandes, Spanish author (died 2021)
1958
Anne Marie Rafferty, English nurse and academic
1958
William Ridenour, American politician
1956
Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1956
Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer
1956
Nicholas Hytner, English director and producer
1956
Jean Lapierre, Canadian talk show host and politician (died 2016)
1954
Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950
John Dowling Coates, Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman
1950
Tim Russert, American television journalist and lawyer (died 2008)
1946
Thelma Houston, American R&B/disco singer and actress
1946
Marv Hubbard, American football player (died 2015)
1946
Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer
1946
Michael Rosen, English author and poet
1945
Christy Moore, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945
Robin Strasser, American actress
1943
Terry Allen, American singer and painter
1943
John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (died 2015)
1943
Peter Carey, Australian novelist and short story writer
1940
Angela Carter, English novelist and short story writer (died 1992)
1939
Sidney Altman, Canadian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
1939
Ruggero Deodato, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2022)
1939
Ruud Lubbers, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2018)
1939
Johnny Maestro, American pop/doo-wop singer (died 2010)
1936
Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman (died 2024)
1935
Michael Hopkins, English architect (died 2023)
1933
Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (died 2002)
1932
Pete Domenici, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Albuquerque (died 2017)
1932
Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (died 1997)
1931
Teresa Brewer, American singer (died 2007)
1931
Gene Wolfe, American author (died 2019)
1930
Babe Parilli, American football player and coach (died 2017)
1929
Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2011)
1927
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (died 2013)
1923
Anne Baxter, American actress (died 1985)
1922
Darren McGavin, American actor and director (died 2006)
1920
Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (died 1985)
1919
Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina (died 1952)
1917
Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (died 2013)
1917
Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (died 2020)
1917
David Tomlinson, English actor (died 2000)
1913
Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer (died 2016)
1911
Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1993)
1909
Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (died 1991)
1909
Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino, Native American teacher (died 2005)
1905
Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (died 1989)
1903
Nikolay Zabolotsky, Russian-Soviet poet and translator (died 1958)
1901
Gary Cooper, American actor (died 1961)
1899
Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (died 1998)
1896
Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player (died 1992)
1893
Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (died 1985)
1892
Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (died 1982)
1892
Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (died 1980)
1891
Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist (died 1988)
1889
Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (died 1943)
1885
George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor (died 1969)
1882
Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet (died 1960)
1881
George E. Wiley, American cyclist (died 1954)
1880
Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (died 1972)
1875
Bill Hoyt, American pole vaulter (died 1951)
1867
Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1925)
1861
Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941)
1860
Tom Norman, English businessman (died 1930)
1857
William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (died 1930)
1847
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1929)
1845
Mary Eliza Mahoney, American nurse and activist (died 1926)
1840
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator (died 1893)
1837
Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (died 1875)
1836
Joseph Gurney Cannon, American lawyer and politician, 40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1926)
1833
Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (died 1897)
1812
Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (died 1889)
1787
Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal (died 1858)
1774
William Bainbridge, American commodore (died 1833)
1767
Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (died 1820)
1763
Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (died 1813)
1751
Stephen Badlam, American artisan and military officer (died 1815)
1748
Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher (died 1793)
1740
Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general (died 1814)
1724
Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (died 1797)
1711
David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (died 1776)
1701
Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (died 1759)
1700
Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (died 1772)
1643
Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (died 1700)
1605
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (died 1681)
1553
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (died 1618)
1530
Louis, Prince of Condé (died 1569)
1488
John III of the Palatinate, archbishop of Regensburg (died 1538)
160
Julia Maesa, Roman noblewoman (died 224)

Deaths On This Day

2024
Steve Albini, American musician, record producer, audio engineer, and music journalist (born 1962)
2023
Aase Foss Abrahamsen, Norwegian writer (born 1930)
2015
Frank DiPascali, American businessman (born 1956)
2015
John Dixon, Australian-American author and illustrator (born 1929)
2014
Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (born 1923)
2014
Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (born 1943)
2014
Dick Welteroth, American baseball player (born 1927)
2013
Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (born 1948)
2013
George Sauer, Jr., American football player (born 1943)
2012
Sammy Barr, Scottish trade union leader (born 1931)
2012
Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist and politician (born 1943)
2012
Dennis E. Fitch, American captain and pilot (born 1942)
2011
Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (born 1957)
2011
Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924)
2011
Big George, English songwriter, producer, and radio host (born 1957)
2011
Victor Nosach, Soviet historian (born 1929)
2010
Adele Mara, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1923)
2010
Wally Hickel, American politician, Governor of Alaska and Secretary of the Interior (born 1919)
2009
David Mellor, English designer (born 1930)
2009
Danny Ozark, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1923)
2007
Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (born 1958)
2007
Diego Corrales, American boxer (born 1977)
2007
Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1926)
2007
Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader, founded the Nation of Yahweh (born 1935)
2006
Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (born 1943)
2006
Joan C. Edwards, American singer and philanthropist (born 1918)
2005
Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (born 1971)
2005
Peter Rodino, American captain and politician (born 1909)
2005
Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (born 1980)
2004
Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (born 1956)
2001
Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (born 1912)
2000
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (born 1909)
1998
Allan McLeod Cormack, South African-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924)
1998
Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
1995
Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (born 1910)
1994
Clement Greenberg, American art critic (born 1909)
1990
Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (born 1932)
1987
Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (born 1930)
1987
Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (born 1941)
1986
Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (born 1915)
1978
Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (born 1915)
1976
Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (born 1884)
1967
Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (born 1899)
1958
Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (born 1880)
1951
Warner Baxter, American actor (born 1889)
1946
Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (born 1864)
1943
Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1880)
1942
Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1863)
1941
James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (born 1854)
1940
George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (born 1859)
1938
Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (born 1881)
1937
Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (born 1886)
1925
William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (born 1851)
1924
Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (born 1897/1898)
1922
Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (born 1857)
1919
Eva Schiroky, Czech anarchist and cook (born 1840)
1917
Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (born 1896)
1902
Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (born 1818)
1896
H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (born 1861)
1887
C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (born 1811)
1876
William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (born 1795)
1872
Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (born 1805)
1868
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1778)
1840
Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (born 1774)
1825
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (born 1750)
1815
Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (born 1739)
1805
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1737)
1800
Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (born 1728)
1793
Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (born 1722)
1718
Mary of Modena (born 1658)
1685
Bajo Pivljanin (born 1630)
1682
Feodor III of Russia (born 1661)
1667
Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (born 1616)
1617
David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (born 1564)
1539
Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (born 1466)
1523
Franz von Sickingen, German knight (born 1481)
1494
Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (born 1471)
1427
Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English priest (born 1352)
1243
Hugh d'Aubigny, 5th Earl of Arundel
1234
Otto I, Duke of Merania (born c. 1180)
1205
Ladislaus III of Hungary (born 1201)
1202
Hamelin de Warenne, Earl of Surrey
1166
William I of Sicily
1092
Remigius de Fécamp, English monk and bishop
1014
Bagrat III, 1st King of Georgia (born 960)
973
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 912)
833
Ibn Hisham, Egyptian Muslim historian
721
John of Beverley, bishop of York
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