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May 9

On This Day in History

May 9

May 9 is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 236 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Oregon lottery winners can now remain anonymous. On Thursday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed a bill into law that grants full anonymity to all Oregon lottery winners, regardless of the prize amount.
2025: North Carolina woman sets record for state's largest online instant lottery win at $6.7 million. A North Carolina woman set a new state record for the largest online instant lottery win when her $2 ticket scooped a $6,745,117 jackpot.
2024: Star Wars fan hits $5.37 million Massachusetts Lottery Megabucks jackpot on May 4th. The force was strong with one Star Wars superfan, who won a $5.37 million jackpot from the Massachusetts Lottery's Megabucks game on May the 4th, the unofficial holiday of the Star Wars franchise.
2023: Bankrupt builder to stand trial, accused of concealing $15 million lottery win from creditors. A bankrupt builder turned lottery winner is accused of intentionally failing to disclose a $15 million (US$10.14 million) Australian lottery windfall from creditors and faces trial and a possible prison sentence.
2022: Lottery pool goes to court after man with losing ticket demands share of $63.3 million prize. What started as a feel-good story for a lottery pool is turning sour after a man with a losing ticket claims the group owes him more than $260,000 (US$182,013) from a $63.3 million (US$44.3 million) Australian Powerball prize.
2017: Documentary: The Lottery Liar. The bizarre story of how painter and decorator Howard Walmsley deceived his wife, family, friends — and bank manager — into believing he had won an £8.9 million (US$11.5 million) jackpot in the UK National Lottery.
2017: Lottery vending machines considered in Kansas. Kansas lawmakers are mulling over the possibility of legalizing lottery vending machines as a means to fund the state's struggling mental health system. Such machines are used in 37 other lottery states.
2015: Texas legislature to consider lottery winner anonymity bill. On Tuesday the Texas House of Representatives will consider a bill that would allow winners of more than $1 million to remain anonymous.
2015: Minn. Senate passes bill restricting expansion of State Lottery. Minnesotans soon may no longer be able to buy lottery tickets at ATMs, gas pumps or online, as the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday that would restrict the Minnesota State Lottery's yearslong foray into new gambling platforms.
2014: NY insomniac wins $7.5 million lottery prize. A Staten Island, New York, man won millions of dollars, thanks to a bout of insomnia.
2014: Minnesota lottery officials try to salvage online sales. Minnesota State Lottery officials are scrambling to craft a last-ditch deal that would stop legislators from slamming shut the lottery's foray into online ticket sales.
2014: Chicago man credits mom with $2.5 million lottery win. A Chicago man is planning a special Mother's Day for his mom after she bought a lottery ticket for him that wound up being worth $2.5 million.
2013: Arkansas Lottery Commission wants lawsuit dismissed. The Arkansas Lottery Commission says the state Supreme Court should dismiss a lawsuit about the lottery's name.
2013: New Tri-State lottery game debuting Sunday. A new pick 5-style lottery game called Gimme 5 goes on sale Sunday in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont -- the states that collectively are known as 'Tri-State'.
2013: $270 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges. There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $270 million for Saturday's drawing.
2012: Six $1M Powerball tickets claimed by one Arizona winner. The Arizona Lottery announced today that all six $1 million Powerball second prize tickets won in Arizona from the drawing on Wednesday, April 25 have been claimed by one person.
2010: Va. delivery driver wins second major lottery prize. Three and a half years after winning $150,000 on a Pick 4 drawing, Karl Hartman of Chesterfield has won $5 million on a Virginia Lottery scratch-off ticket.
2009: One Euro Millions lottery ticket wins €126M jackpot (US$170M). One lucky lottery ticket from Spain matched 5 lotto numbers plus the two Lucky Stars in Friday's Euro Millions drawing to win a massive jackpot of €126 million (US$170 million).
2008: $180 Million Lottery Winners: 'We Want A Regular Life'. If you can't win it big in the lottery, you hope the ones who do seem worthy of the prize. Which is why few can be disappointed that a Minnesota couple has come forward to claim one of the biggest jackpots in North American history -- a whopping $180 million.
2008: Councilor seeks city-only lottery game. In the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, a council member is suggesting that the city launch its own lottery game to raise money for cash-strapped public schools.
2008: Louisiana man collects $97 million Powerball lottery jackpot. After nearly four months of keeping a secret, 73-year-old Carl Hunter of Metairie claimed the $97 million Powerball jackpot from the January 16 drawing at Louisiana Lottery headquarters this morning.
2008: Seattle man will use lottery winnings for his mother's care. It's quite the Mother's Day gift: A Seattle man who won $1 million on a Lottery scratch ticket says he will use the money to take care of his 83-year-old mom.
2008: Ex-boyfriend charged with killing $5M lottery winner. On Monday, Doris Murray was found dead in the same modest block home she had lived in on Barnes Road in the south-central Georgia town since before she hit the jackpot a year ago.
2008: Software error stalls validation of some winning D.C. lottery tickets. A mysterious software bug in 17 lottery machines used by the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board in Washington left several dozen winning instant ticketholders unable to immediately cash their prize tickets last week.
2006: Powerball Jackpot Raised to $85 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $85 million, with a cash option of $38.3 million.
2006: Oregon Lottery workers to vote on joining union. Ballots were mailed Monday to the homes of 307 Oregon State Lottery workers, to see if they want to unionize.
2006: Oklahoma bans some businesses from selling lottery tickets. A bill to prohibit pawn shops, payday lenders and check-cashing businesses from selling Oklahoma lottery tickets has won final legislative approval.
2006: Lottery Giant Targets European Market. Scientific Games, a dominant player in the US instant lottery ticket market, is jockeying for a larger stake in Europe after buying a British maker of betting terminals last month.
2005: Clash of the Lottery Titans: Scientific Games Suing Rival GTECH. Lottery and betting equipment maker Scientific Games Corp. said Monday that its subsidiary Scientific Games Royalty Corp. is suing Gtech Holdings Corp., the world's largest operator of lottery systems, for patent infringement.
2005: Chinese man jailed for selling newborn to buy lottery tickets. A father who sold his newborn son to raise money to buy lottery tickets was sentenced to 10 years in prison in China's latest baby-trafficking case, a newspaper reported Monday.
2005: Oklahoma closer to selecting new lottery director. In about six months, a new Oklahoma state agency will have to be built from the ground up and thousands of retailers across the state will have to be trained and outfitted to sell lottery tickets.
2005: S.C. retailers fret over N.C. lottery. South Carolina retailers could lose as much at $150 million yearly if North Carolina starts a lottery.
2005: N.C. Lottery passage threatens S.C. education programs. The South Carolina lottery's impact can be felt throughout the education system, and the state faces several challenges if North Carolina gets into the lottery business.

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.$270 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 11, 2013
6.$248 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 12, 2020
7.$235 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 11, 2019
8.$233 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 9, 2018
9.$232 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 12, 2026
10.€215 Million
US$226.72 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 10, 2022
11.€201.41 Million
US$212.39 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 10, 2022
12.€162.06 Million
US$191 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 9, 2026
13.€150.62 Million
US$179.24 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 11, 2021
14.$168.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 12, 2021
15.€149.03 Million
US$167.09 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
May 9, 2019
16.$165 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 10, 2017
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.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 12, 2015
22.€124 Million
US$139.52 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 9, 2025
23.€120 Million
US$135.02 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
May 9, 2025
24.€99 Million
US$123.06 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 14, 2010
25.$112 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 11, 2007

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: Kukoch72
Saturday, May 9, 1987
39 years old
1980: falcon028
Friday, May 9, 1980
46 years old
1980: sky180
Friday, May 9, 1980
46 years old
1978: MNM1
Tuesday, May 9, 1978
48 years old
1978: Mulkman
Tuesday, May 9, 1978
48 years old
1977: rexee
Monday, May 9, 1977
49 years old
1974: sirbrad
Thursday, May 9, 1974
52 years old
1973: fnmgal
Wednesday, May 9, 1973
53 years old
1972: WannaBAMillion
Tuesday, May 9, 1972
54 years old
1970: Lovelife25
Saturday, May 9, 1970
56 years old
1966: fast907
Monday, May 9, 1966
60 years old
1966: ladyhow
Monday, May 9, 1966
60 years old
1964: Bigmamarose56$
Saturday, May 9, 1964
62 years old
1963: Viper5963
Thursday, May 9, 1963
63 years old
1960: Bob5739
Monday, May 9, 1960
66 years old
: numbersman
(year not provided)
: play4shekels
(year not provided)
: MichiganMillion
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: The May 9 riots following the arrest of Imran Khan in Pakistan.
2022: Russo-Ukrainian War: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-era policy expediting American equipment to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.
2020: The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.
2018: Barisan Nasional, the coalition that had governed Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957, suffer an historic defeat in the 2018 Malaysian general election.
2002: The 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem comes to an end when the Palestinians inside agree to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
2001: In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
1992: Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
1992: Westray Mine disaster kills 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada.
1988: New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
1987: LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
1980: In Florida, United States, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 430-meter (1,400 ft) section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 46 metres (150 ft) into the water and die.
1980: In Norco, California, United States, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
1979: Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
1974: Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
1969: Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
1960: The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
1955: Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
1950: Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
1948: Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
1946: King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
1945: World War II: the Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi occupation.
1942: The Holocaust in Ukraine: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast. The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported.
1941: World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
1936: Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
1927: The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens.
1926: Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
1920: Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
1918: World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
1915: World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
1901: Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
1877: Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. The date will become recognised as the Independence Day of Romania.
1873: Der Krach: The Vienna stock exchange crash begins the Panic of 1873 and heralds the Long Depression.
1865: American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
1865: American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
1864: Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
1761: Exhibition of 1761, the inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opens at Spring Gardens in London.
1726: Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
1671: Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
1662: The figure who later became Mr. Punch makes his first recorded appearance in England.
1645: Scottish Royalist forces under Lord Montrose defeat Covenanter forces under John Urry.
1540: Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
1502: Christopher Columbus sets of from Cádiz for his fourth voyage.
1450: Timurid monarch 'Abd al-Latif is assassinated.
1386: England and Portugal formally ratify their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force.
1310: Nephon, Bishop of Cyzicus, is consecrated as Patriarch of Constantinople.
1009: Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
328: Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.

Births On This Day

2000: Trey Lance, American football player
1996: Noah Centineo, American actor
1995: Tommy Edman, American baseball player
1995: Beth Mead, English footballer
1995: Shaboozey, American rapper and singer-songwriter
1992: Dan Burn, English footballer
1991: Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka
1989: Ellen White, English footballer
1989: Daniel Rosenfeld, German musician
1988: J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian racing driver
1987: Kevin Gameiro, French footballer
1985: Jake Long, American football player
1984: Prince Fielder, American baseball player
1983: Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
1980: Grant Hackett, Australian swimmer
1979: Rosario Dawson, American actress
1979: Brandon Webb, American baseball player
1977: Averno, Mexican wrestler
1977: Marek Jankulovski, Czech footballer
1977: Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
1975: Tamia, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1975: Brian Deegan, American motocross rider
1973: Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan runner
1970: Doug Christie, American basketball player and coach
1970: Hao Haidong, Chinese footballer
1970: Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor
1968: Graham Harman, American philosopher and academic
1968: Ruth Kelly, British economist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1968: Marie-José Pérec, French sprinter
1965: Steve Yzerman, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1962: Dave Gahan, English singer-songwriter
1962: Paul Heaton, English singer-songwriter
1961: John Corbett, American actor
1960: Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (died 2014)
1956: Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
1955: Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (died 2012)
1955: Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano and actress
1951: Alley Mills, American actress
1951: Joy Harjo, American poet, musician, playwright and author, 23rd United States Poet Laureate
1949: Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1948: Calvin Murphy, American basketball player and radio host
1947: Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat (died 2019)
1946: Candice Bergen, American actress and producer
1945: Jupp Heynckes, German footballer and manager
1943: Vince Cable, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1943: Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (died 2014)
1942: John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
1942: David Gergen, American political consultant (died 2025)
1941: Dorothy Hyman, English sprinter
1940: James L. Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1939: Ion Țiriac, Romanian tennis player and manager
1938: Carroll Cole, American serial killer (died 1985)
1938: Charles Simić, Serbian-American poet and editor (died 2023)
1937: Dave Prater, American singer (died 1988)
1936: Albert Finney, English actor (died 2019)
1936: Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (died 2023)
1935: Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (died 2018)
1934: Alan Bennett, English screenwriter, playwright, and novelist
1932: Geraldine McEwan, English actress (died 2015)
1931: Vance D. Brand, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
1930: Joan Sims, English actress (died 2001)
1928: Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (died 1995)
1928: Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater (died 2012)
1927: Manfred Eigen, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)
1924: Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (died 1997)
1921: Daniel Berrigan, American priest, poet, and activist (died 2016)
1921: Sophie Scholl, German activist (died 1943)
1918: Mike Wallace, American journalist (died 2012)
1914: Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director (died 2005)
1914: J. Merrill Knapp, American musicologist (died 1993)
1914: Hank Snow, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999)
1912: Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (died 1963)
1909: Gordon Bunshaft, American architect, designed the Solow Building (died 1990)
1908: Billy Jurges, American baseball player and manager (died 1997)
1907: Jackie Grant, Trinidadian cricketer (died 1978)
1907: Baldur von Schirach, German politician (died 1974)
1900: Maria Malicka, Polish stage and film actress (died 1992)
1896: Richard Day, Canadian-American art director and set decorator (died 1972)
1895: Richard Barthelmess, American actor (died 1963)
1895: Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (died 1961)
1895: Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (died 1989)
1894: Benjamin Graham, British-American economist, professor, and investor (died 1976)
1893: William Moulton Marston, American psychologist and author (died 1947)
1892: Zita of Bourbon-Parma, last Empress of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (died 1989)
1888: Francesco Baracca, Italian fighter pilot (died 1918)
1888: Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (died 1964)
1885: Gianni Vella, Maltese artist (died 1977)
1884: Valdemar Psilander, Danish actor (died 1917)
1883: José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (died 1955)
1882: George Barker, American painter (died 1965)
1882: Henry J. Kaiser, American shipbuilder and businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards (died 1967)
1874: Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (died 1939)
1873: Anton Cermak, Czech-American captain and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (died 1933)
1870: Harry Vardon, British golfer (died 1937)
1866: Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian economist and politician (died 1915)
1860: J. M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright (died 1937)
1855: Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer (died 1932)
1850: Edward Weston, English-American chemist (died 1936)
1845: Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer and businessman (died 1913)
1837: Adam Opel, German engineer, founded the Opel Company (died 1895)
1836: Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart (died 1912)
1825: James Collinson, Victorian painter (died 1881)
1824: Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist and author (died 1896)
1823: Frederick Weld, English-New Zealand politician, 6th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1891)
1814: John Brougham, Irish-American actor and playwright (died 1880)
1801: Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded the town of Fleetwood (died 1866)
1800: John Brown, American abolitionist (died 1859)
1763: János Batsányi, Hungarian-Austrian poet and author (died 1845)
1746: Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (died 1818)
1740: Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer and educator (probable; (died 1816)
1617: Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (died 1655)
1594: Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, military leader in the Thirty Years' War (died 1662)
1555: Jerónima de la Asunción, Spanish Catholic nun and founder of the first monastery in Manila (died 1630)
1540: Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (died 1597)
1151: al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (died 1171)
1147: Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (died 1199)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Sean Burroughs, American baseball player (born 1980)
2024: Roger Corman, American film director, producer, and actor (born 1926)
2024: Rex Murphy, Canadian political commentator (born 1947)
2022: John Leo, American a writer and journalist (born 1935)
2022: Rieko Kodama, Japanese game developer (born 1963)
2020: Little Richard, American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1932)
2019: Freddie Starr, English comedian, impressionist, singer and actor (born 1943)
2018: Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor (born 1938)
2017: Robert Miles, a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (born 1969)
2015: Edward W. Estlow, American football player and journalist (born 1920)
2015: Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (born 1917)
2015: Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (born 1921)
2014: Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (born 1938)
2014: Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)
2014: Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1935)
2014: Mary Stewart, British author and poet (born 1916)
2013: Ramón Blanco Rodríguez, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1952)
2013: George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (born 1918)
2013: Humberto Lugo Gil, Mexican lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of Hidalgo (born 1933)
2013: Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (born 1921)
2012: Bertram Cohler, American psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic (born 1938)
2012: Geoffrey Henry, Cook Islander lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (born 1940)
2012: Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (born 1928)
2011: Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist (born 1984)
2010: Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and activist (born 1917)
2010: Otakar Motejl, Czech lawyer and politician (born 1932)
2009: Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)
2008: Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1929)
2008: Baptiste Manzini, American football player (born 1920)
2008: Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist and producer (born 1942)
2008: Pascal Sevran, French singer, television host, and author (born 1945)
2007: Dwight Wilson, Canadian soldier (born 1901)
2004: Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (born 1951)
2004: Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)
2004: Brenda Fassie, South African singer (born 1964)
2003: Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1918)
1998: Alice Faye, American actress and singer (born 1915)
1998: Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor (born 1924)
1997: Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (born 1926)
1997: Marco Ferreri, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1928)
1994: Elias Motsoaledi, South African activist (born 1924)
1993: Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (born 1932)
1989: Keith Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1954)
1987: Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (born 1909)
1986: Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (born 1914)
1985: Edmond O'Brien, American actor and director (born 1915)
1983: Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (born 1891)
1981: Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (born 1909)
1981: Rolf Just Nilsen, Norwegian singer and actor (born 1931)
1980: Kate Molale, South African activist (born 1928)
1979: Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist (born 1883)
1979: Eddie Jefferson, American singer and lyricist (born 1918)
1978: Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (born 1948)
1978: Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1916)
1977: James Jones, American novelist (born 1921)
1976: Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (born 1920)
1976: Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (born 1934)
1970: Walter Reuther, American union leader (born 1907)
1968: Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1893)
1968: Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (born 1894)
1968: Marion Lorne, American actress (born 1883)
1968: Finlay Currie, British actor (born 1878)
1965: Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (born 1902)
1959: Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (born 1887)
1957: Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (born 1887)
1957: Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (born 1892)
1950: Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (born 1883)
1949: Louis II, Prince of Monaco (born 1870)
1944: Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (born 1879)
1942: Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (born 1902)
1938: Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (born 1866)
1935: Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (born 1877)
1933: John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (born 1872)
1931: Albert Abraham Michelson, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)
1918: George Coșbuc, Romanian journalist and poet (born 1866)
1915: François Faber, Luxembourgian-French cyclist and soldier (born 1887)
1915: Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player and cricketer (born 1883)
1914: C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (born 1854)
1911: Thomas Wentworth Higginson, American abolitionist (born 1823)
1906: Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (born 1844)
1889: William S. Harney, American general (born 1800)
1864: John Sedgwick, American general and educator (born 1813)
1861: Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician (born 1805)
1850: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French chemist and physicist (born 1778)
1850: Garlieb Merkel, Baltic German author and activist (born 1769)
1805: Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (born 1759)
1791: Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (born 1737)
1790: William Clingan, American politician (born 1721)
1789: Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (born 1715)
1760: Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint (born 1700)
1747: John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish field marshal and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (born 1673)
1745: Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (born 1663)
1736: Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (born 1658)
1707: Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (born 1637)
1657: William Bradford, English-American politician, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony (born 1590)
1590: Charles de Bourbon French cardinal and pretender to the throne (born 1523)
1446: Mary of Enghien (born 1368)
1443: Niccolò Albergati, Italian Cardinal and diplomat (born 1373)
1329: John Drokensford, Bishop of Bath and Wells
1315: Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (born 1282)
1280: Magnus VI of Norway
934: Wang Sitong, Chinese general and governor (born 892)
909: Adalgar, archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen
893: Shi Pu, warlord of the Tang Dynasty
729: Osric, king of Northumbria
480: Julius Nepos, Western Roman Emperor

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