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May 8

On This Day in History

May 8

May 8 is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 237 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Oregon Lottery launches modern remix of first-ever ticket to celebrate 40th anniversary. To commemorate 40 years in business, the Oregon Lottery has reimagined its very first ticket with a fresh design and modern prize structure.
2023: UK Lottery pool member wins share of £1 million prize the day he retired. A member of an 11-person lottery group won a share of a £1 million (US$ 1,263,025) EuroMillions prize the day he retired.
2019: Mississippi hires experienced executive for its new lottery. The Mississippi Lottery Corporation announced Wednesday that it is hiring an experienced executive as its first president.
2018: NY credit union chief accused of embezzling money from fund, spending $3.55M on lottery tickets. The head of the city's oldest credit union embezzled money from the fund for years — splurging on millions worth of lottery tickets — by submitting bogus invoices for dental work and other expenses, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
2018: Lotto America ticket worth $4.4 million won in Iowa. Iowa Lottery officials say a Lotto America ticket bought at a convenience store in Davenport is worth nearly $4.4 million.
2016: One New Jersey lottery player wins $429.6 million Powerball jackpot. It will be a Mother's Day unlike any other for one lucky New Jersey household.
2015: Calif. gas station off the hook in lottery ticket probe. A Palmdale, California, gas station employee who mistakenly gave $75 to an undercover state compliance officer instead of advising him that he was the holder of a lottery ticket worth $75,000 did not commit fraud, lottery officials said Thursday.
2013: Three NY store clerks held in theft of $75,000 lottery ticket. Three Long Island men have been indicted on charges of swindling a lottery winner of nearly $75,000.
2013: Multi-state lottery jackpots top a combined $375 million. The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions rolled over to $154 million, while the top prize in tonight's Powerball multi-state lottery stands at $222 million.
2012: Man scratches a $1M winner, but lottery ticket was a misprint. A Massachusetts man thought he won a $1 million lottery prize until he realized the ticket he had was a misprint.
2012: Lottery winner recounts harassment after claiming prize. After a Toronto high school teacher claimed a $21.4 million lottery jackpot last year, his life immediately changed for the better -- and the worse.
2011: Euro Millions launches new Tuesday draw with €100M jackpot. Euro Millions, the multi-country lottery game played amongst European countries, is set to implement changes to the game and launch a new weekly lottery draw on Tuesdays -- with a massive €100 million (US$143 million) jackpot.
2009: Connecticut lottery agents protest cut in commissions. More than 100 lottery agents from across the state came to Connecticut Lottery headquarters in Rocky Hill Thursday to protest a cut in ticket commissions by the Connecticut Lottery Corp.
2009: Latest Michigan Lottery raffle offer $1,000 a week for life. Michigan Lottery officials are banking they've come up with a winning formula for the next raffle game: A top prize of $1,000 a week -- for the rest of the player's life.
2009: Georgia man wins lottery 3 times. Figure the odds: Three winning lottery tickets -- one of them for $1 million -- all in the same day.
2009: Delaware House passes sports betting bill. The Delaware House has passed a sports betting bill that failed to win approval earlier this week.
2009: Prop 1C would change the California Lottery. On May 19, California voters will have a chance to chance the state lottery for the first time since it started in 1984.
2008: N.M. Lottery 'whips up' Indiana Jones scratch game. When the latest Indiana Jones movie makes its debut later this month, lottery players in New Mexico will be able to continue the movie characters' quest for fortune by picking up the latest scratch game.
2006: Man reports $7,000 scam by 'lottery winner'. A Florida man reported he was conned of $7,000 in a lottery scam, which started when he was approached in the parking lot of the Home Depot in North Miami.
2006: Minnesota couple wins big Gopher 5 lottery prize. After years of playing the lottery, a Witoka, Minnesota, couple won a $1.4 million jackpot Tuesday.
2005: Lottery officials forsee $500 million Mega Millions jackpots. California, the Golden State, will bring a lot of green to the Mega Millions Lottery jackpots when the state joins the multistate game next month. That's green as in greenbacks.
2004: Pool players ponder Powerball hypocrisy. As Powerball wagering approaches a fever pitch with tonight's $215 million jackpot, pool players at the Pour House pool tavern are prevented from playing a friendly $5 pool game.
2004: New York lottery sales go up 8.2%. Sales of New York state lottery tickets totaled $5.84 billion in the fiscal year that ended March 31, officials said this week. That's up 8.2 percent from $5.39 billion the previous year.
2004: Burglar wins lottery, but keeps day job. Carlos Sola decided to keep his job after he won a Georgia Lottery jackpot - $1,000 a week for life. His occupation? Burglar.
2004: California legislature could expand lottery. Despite fears California is becoming the world's gambling capital, the state lottery Friday broadened its proposed overhaul to include Nevada-style games banned by the 1984 lottery initiative.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$402 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 11, 2021
2.$363 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 9, 2000
3.$331 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2024
4.$295 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2019
5.$233 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 9, 2018
6.$231 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2020
7.€215 Million US$226.72 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2022
8.$222 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2013
9.$215 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2019
10.€201.41 Million
US$212.39 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 10, 2022
11.$212 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2004
12.€149.76 Million
US$178.22 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 8, 2021
13.€149.03 Million
US$167.09 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 9, 2019
14.€123 Million
US$165.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2009
15.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 10, 2017
16.$155.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 8, 2021
17.$154 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2013
18.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2016
19.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 9, 2008
20.€100 Million
US$143.68 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2011
21.€124 Million
US$139.52 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 9, 2025
22.€120 Million
US$135.02 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 9, 2025
23.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 8, 2015
24.€99 Million
US$123.06 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2010
25.$109 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 9, 2009

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1999: LotusMaster
Saturday, May 8, 1999
26 years old
1987: Carlnjib!
Friday, May 8, 1987
38 years old
1986: irisdavis4
Thursday, May 8, 1986
39 years old
1985: chosenone
Wednesday, May 8, 1985
40 years old
1985: Ejdad
Wednesday, May 8, 1985
40 years old
1984: tonioSav
Tuesday, May 8, 1984
41 years old
1977: Key Mill$
Sunday, May 8, 1977
48 years old
1975: Justtryn2win
Thursday, May 8, 1975
50 years old
1971: Gomez$71
Saturday, May 8, 1971
54 years old
1967: BOSSLADY51
Monday, May 8, 1967
58 years old
1967: tamplay
Monday, May 8, 1967
58 years old
1965: Bebeteau
Saturday, May 8, 1965
60 years old
1964: ms prayer64
Friday, May 8, 1964
61 years old
1961: sdmello61
Monday, May 8, 1961
64 years old
1960: aijazmemon
Sunday, May 8, 1960
65 years old
1957: boxgirl105$
Wednesday, May 8, 1957
68 years old
1954: donnyt
Saturday, May 8, 1954
71 years old
1953: wildwoman1111
Friday, May 8, 1953
72 years old
1952: Taurus1952
Thursday, May 8, 1952
73 years old
1947: mrsceevee
Thursday, May 8, 1947
78 years old
: danpen01
(year not provided)
: dorap
(year not provided)
: Miln$onthwy
(year not provided)
: pac8man
(year not provided)
: PATSFAN006
(year not provided)
: Shall5007
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: A car bomb explodes in front of a school in Kabul, capital city of Afghanistan killing at least 55 people and wounding over 150.
2019: British 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.
1997: China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
1988: A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".
1987: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
1984: Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.
1984: The USSR announces a boycott upon the Summer Olympics at Los Angeles, later joined by 14 other countries.
1984: The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances.
1980: The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
1978: The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
1976: The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
1973: A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
1972: Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
1970: The Beatles release their 12th and final studio album Let It Be.
1967: The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
1963: South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.
1957: South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem began a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor.
1950: The Tollund Man was discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg, Denmark.
1946: Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
1945: World War II: The German Instrument of Surrender signed at Berlin-Karlshorst comes into effect.
1945: End of the Prague uprising, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
1945: Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
1945: The Halifax riot starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1942: World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
1942: World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington.
1942: World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
1941: World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
1933: Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
1927: Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
1924: The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
1921: The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
1919: Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
1902: In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
1899: The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
1898: The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
1886: Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
1877: At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
1846: Mexican-American War: American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
1842: A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.
1821: Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia Inn.
1794: Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme générale, is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.
1788: King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements.
1721: In the Papal States, Cardinal Michelangelo dei Conti is elected Pope, and takes the name Innocent XIII.
1639: William Coddington founds Newport, Rhode Island.
1608: A newly nationalized silver mine in Scotland at Hilderston, West Lothian is re-opened by Bevis Bulmer.
1541: Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519).
1516: A group of imperial guards, led by Trịnh Duy Sản, murdered Emperor Lê Tương Dực and fled, leaving the capital Thăng Long undefended.
1450: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
1429: Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
1373: Julian of Norwich, a Christian mystic and anchoress, experiences the deathbed visions described in her Revelations of Divine Love.
1360: Treaty of Brétigny drafted between King Edward III of England and King John II of France (the Good).
589: Reccared I opens the Third Council of Toledo, marking the entry of Visigothic Spain into the Catholic Church.
413: Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths.
453 BC: Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin.

Births On This Day

2003: Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco
2001: Jordyn Huitema, Canadian soccer player
1996: 6ix9ine, American rapper
1993: Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
1992: Olivia Culpo, American model and actress
1992: Kevin Hayes, American ice hockey player
1990: Iyo Sky, Japanese wrestler
1990: Kemba Walker, American basketball player
1989: Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player
1987: Felix Jones, American football player
1987: Mark Noble, English footballer
1987: Kurt Tippett, Australian footballer
1986: Galen Rupp, American runner
1985: Tommaso Ciampa, American wrestler
1982: Buakaw Banchamek, Thai kick-boxer
1982: Adrián González, American baseball player
1981: Stephen Amell, Canadian actor
1981: Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
1980: Evgeny Lebedev, Russian-English publisher and philanthropist
1980: Michelle McManus, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
1978: Lúcio, Brazilian footballer
1977: Joe Bonamassa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977: Bad News Brown, Canadian rapper, harmonica player, and actor (d. 2011)
1977: Theodoros Papaloukas, Greek basketball player
1976: Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Enrique Iglesias, Spanish-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1974: Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001)
1973: Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer
1973: Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1972: Darren Hayes, Australian singer-songwriter
1972: Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player
1971: Candice Night, American singer-songwriter
1970: Michael Bevan, Australian cricketer and coach
1970: Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist
1970: Luis Enrique, Spanish footballer and manager
1969: Akebono Tarō, American-Japanese sumo wrestler, the 64th Yokozuna (d. 2024)
1967: Viviana Durante, Italian ballerina and actress
1966: Cláudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer and coach
1964: Melissa Gilbert, American actress and director
1963: Anthony Field, Australian guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor
1963: Michel Gondry, French director and screenwriter
1961: Bill de Blasio, American politician, 109th Mayor of New York City
1961: David Winning, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1960: Franco Baresi, Italian footballer and coach
1959: Ronnie Lott, American football player and sportscaster
1958: Roddy Doyle, Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
1958: Brooks Newmark, American-English businessman and politician, Lord of the Treasury
1957: Bill Cowher, American football player, coach, and analyst
1956: Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor and martial artist
1955: Patrick Hanrahan, American computer graphics researcher
1955: Mladen Markač, Croatian general
1954: David Keith, American actor and director
1953: Alex Van Halen, Dutch-American drummer
1952: Peter McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2022)
1951: Philip Bailey, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
1951: Mike D'Antoni, American basketball player and coach
1951: Chris Frantz, American drummer and producer
1947: H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1947: John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, Scottish historian and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1945: Keith Jarrett, American pianist and composer
1944: Gary Glitter, English singer-songwriter
1943: Pat Barker, English author
1942: Norman Lamont, Scottish banker and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1942: Terry Neill, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2022)
1941: Bill Lockyer, American academic and politician, 30th Attorney General of California
1941: James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1940: Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1940: Irwin Cotler, Canadian lawyer and politician, 47th Canadian Minister of Justice
1940: Emilio Delgado, Mexican-American actor (d. 2022)
1940: Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1985)
1940: Toni Tennille, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1940: William B. Jordan, American art historian (d. 2018)
1938: Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator (d. 2012)
1937: Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player (d. 2010)
1937: Thomas Pynchon, American novelist
1935: Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (d. 2020)
1934: Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, South African-English lawyer and judge
1932: Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
1930: Heather Harper, Northern Irish soprano (d. 2019)
1930: Doug Atkins, American football player (d. 2015)
1930: Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist, and translator
1929: John C. Bogle, American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (d. 2019)
1929: Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1928: Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (d. 2010)
1926: David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host
1926: David Hurst, German actor (d. 2019)
1926: Don Rickles, American comedian and actor (d. 2017)
1925: Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzanian politician, 2nd President of Tanzania (d. 2024)
1920: Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (d. 1996)
1920: Barbara Howard, Canadian sprinter and educator (d. 2017)
1920: Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (d. 1991)
1920: Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (d. 2000)
1919: Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973)
1916: João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (d. 2016)
1916: Chinmayananda Saraswati, Indian spiritual leader and educator (d. 1993)
1913: Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1984)
1913: Sid James, South African-English actor and singer (d. 1976)
1912: George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995)
1911: Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman, Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of The Interior (d. 1997)
1911: Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1938)
1910: Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1981)
1906: Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1905: Red Nichols, American cornet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1965)
1904: John Snagge, English journalist (d. 1996)
1903: Fernandel, French actor and singer (d. 1971)
1902: André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1901: Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player (d. 1979)
1899: Arthur Q. Bryan, American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio personality (d. 1959)
1899: Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
1899: Jacques Heim, French fashion designer (d. 1967)
1898: Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (d. 1960)
1895: James H. Kindelberger, American businessman (d. 1962)
1895: Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop (d. 1979)
1895: Edmund Wilson, American critic, essayist, and editor (d. 1972)
1893: Francis Ouimet, American golfer (d. 1967)
1893: Edd Roush, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988)
1893: Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (d. 1963)
1892: Adriaan Pelt, Dutch journalist and diplomat (d. 1981)
1885: Thomas B. Costain, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1965)
1884: Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (d. 1972)
1879: Wesley Coe, American shot putter, discus thrower, and tug of war competitor (d. 1926)
1876: Ludvig Karsten, Norwegian painter (d. 1926)
1867: Margarete Böhme, German novelist (d. 1939)
1859: Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (d. 1925)
1858: Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (d. 1924)
1858: J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (d. 1932)
1856: Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician (d. 1952)
1853: Dan Brouthers, American baseball player and manager (d. 1932)
1850: Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1915)
1846: Oscar Hammerstein I, American businessman and composer (d. 1919)
1842: Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (d. 1909)
1839: Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian judge, author, and songwriter (d. 1920)
1835: Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (d. 1910)
1829: Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (d. 1869)
1828: Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)
1828: Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk and saint (d. 1898)
1825: George Bruce Malleson, English-Indian colonel and author (d. 1898)
1824: William Walker, American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary (d. 1860)
1821: William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1885)
1818: Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1896)
1815: Edward Tompkins, American lawyer and politician (d. 1872)
1786: John Vianney, French priest and saint (d. 1859)
1753: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and rebel leader (d. 1811)
1745: Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer (d. 1801)
1737: Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (d. 1794)
1735: Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (d. 1811)
1720: William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)
1698: Henry Baker, English naturalist (d. 1774)
1670: Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1726)
1653: Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (d. 1734)
1641: Nicolaes Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1717)
1639: Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Italian artist (d. 1709)
1632: Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and politician (d. 1706)
1629: Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (d. 1697)
1628: Angelo Italia, Sicilian Jesuit and architect (d. 1700)
1622: Claes Rålamb, Swedish politician (d. 1698)
1587: Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
1551: Thomas Drury, English government informer and swindler (d. 1603)
1521: Peter Canisius, Dutch-Swiss priest and saint (d. 1597)
1508: Charles Wriothesley, English Officer of Arms (d. 1562)
1492: Andrea Alciato, Italian jurist and writer (d. 1550)
1460: Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)
1427: John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1470)
1326: Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (d. 1360)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Chris Cannon, American politician (b. 1950)
2024: Jimmy Johnson, American football player (b. 1938)
2024: Pete McCloskey, American politician (b. 1927)
2024: Ramón Fonseca Mora, Panamanian novelist and lawyer (b. 1952)
2022: Robert Gillmor, British wildlife artist and illustrator (b. 1936)
2022: Dennis Waterman, English actor and singer (b. 1948)
2021: Helmut Jahn, German-American architect (b. 1940)
2019: Sprent Dabwido, President of Nauru from 2011 to 2013 (b. 1972)
2018: Big Bully Busick, American professional wrestler (b. 1954)
2018: Anne V. Coates, British film editor (Lawrence of Arabia, The Elephant Man, Erin Brockovich), Oscar winner (1963) (b. 1925)
2016: William Schallert, American actor; president (1979-81) of the Screen Actors Guild (b. 1922)
2015: Zeki Alasya, Turkish actor and director (b. 1943)
2015: Mwepu Ilunga, Congolese footballer (b. 1949)
2015: Juan Schwanner, Hungarian-Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1921)
2015: Atanas Semerdzhiev, Bulgarian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Bulgaria (b. 1924)
2014: Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (b. 1921)
2014: Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer (b. 1935)
2014: Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer (b. 1939)
2014: Joseph P. Teasdale, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (b. 1936)
2013: Jeanne Cooper, American actress (b. 1928)
2013: Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2013: Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)
2013: Hugh J. Silverman, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1945)
2012: Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
2012: Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai criminal (b. 1948)
2012: Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (b. 1911)
2011: Lionel Rose, Australian boxer (b. 1948)
2009: Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1917)
2008: Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1918)
2008: François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (b. 1982)
2007: Philip R. Craig, American author and poet (b. 1933)
2007: Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1945)
2006: Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer and author (b. 1938)
2005: Jean Carrière, French author (b. 1928)
2005: Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1981)
2003: Elvira Pagã, Brazilian vedette, singer, and artist (b. 1920)
2000: Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author (b. 1918)
2000: Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
2000: Henry Nicols, American activist (b. 1973)
1999: Dirk Bogarde, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1999: Ed Gilbert, American actor (b. 1931)
1999: Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964)
1999: Soeman Hs, Indonesian author and educator (b. 1904)
1998: Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler (b. 1915)
1998: Charles Rebozo, American banker and businessman (b. 1912)
1996: Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937)
1996: Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926)
1996: Larry Levis, American poet, author, and critic (b. 1946)
1996: Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912)
1995: Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (b. 1953)
1994: George Peppard, American actor and producer (b. 1928)
1993: Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (b. 1923)
1992: Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (b. 1933)
1991: Jean Langlais, French pianist and composer (b. 1907)
1991: Rudolf Serkin, Czech-Austrian pianist and educator (b. 1903)
1990: Luigi Nono, Italian composer and educator (b. 1924)
1988: Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (b. 1907)
1987: Doris Stokes, English psychic and author (b. 1920)
1986: Ernle Bradford, English historian and author (b. 1922)
1985: Robert Halperin, American yachtsman (b. 1908)
1985: Karl Marx, German conductor and composer (b. 1897)
1985: Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic (b. 1918)
1985: Dolph Sweet, American actor (b. 1920)
1984: Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (b. 1890)
1984: Gino Bianco, Italian-Brazilian race car driver (b. 1916)
1983: John Fante, American author and screenwriter (b. 1909)
1982: Neil Bogart, American record producer, co-founded Casablanca Records (b. 1943)
1982: Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950)
1981: Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896)
1980: Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (b. 1920)
1975: Avery Brundage, American businessman and art collector (b. 1887)
1972: Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indian Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (b. 1880)
1972: Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist (b. 1921)
1969: Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1892)
1965: Wally Hardinge, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
1960: J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
1959: John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (b. 1881)
1952: William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (b. 1879)
1950: Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician and immunologist (b. 1865)
1948: U Saw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1900)
1947: Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)
1945: Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
1945: Julius Hirsch, German footballer (b. 1892)
1945: Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)
1945: Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
1945: Josef Terboven, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1898)
1944: Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)
1943: Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)
1942: Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)
1941: Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
1941: Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
1936: Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
1925: John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
1907: Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
1903: Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
1893: Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880-1884 (b. 1833)
1891: Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
1891: John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
1880: Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
1853: Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785)
1842: Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1790)
1837: Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (b. 1770)
1828: Mauro Giuliani, Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer (b. 1781)
1822: John Stark, American general (b. 1728)
1819: Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands (b. 1738)
1794: Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
1788: Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
1785: Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
1785: Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
1782: Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
1781: Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
1773: Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
1766: Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)
1668: Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nun and saint (b. 1632)
1551: Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (b. 1520)
1538: Edward Foxe, English bishop and academic (b. 1496)
1473: John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)
1319: Haakon V, king of Norway (b. 1270)
1278: Duan Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1269)
1220: Rikissa of Denmark, queen of Sweden
1192: Ottokar IV, duke of Styria (b. 1163)
1157: Ahmed Sanjar, Seljuk sultan (b. 1086)
997: Tai Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 939)
685: Pope Benedict II
615: Pope Boniface IV (b. 550)
535: Pope John II

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