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November 13

On This Day in History

November 13

November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 48 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Mega Millions jackpot closes in on $1 billion. The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game continued its jackpot run last night — now approaching $1 billion — when no tickets matched all six numbers.
2024: North Carolina man wins $100,000 lottery prize, his second six-figure win. A North Carolina man recently won $100,000 in the lottery, marking his second six-figure prize — though not his largest.
2023: Virginia woman finds "pot of gold" in $150,000 lottery after paying for someone else's groceries. A Virginia woman found a "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow" in the form of a $150,000 lottery prize after she had just paid for another customer's groceries at the store.
2020: U.S. Marine Corps veteran wins the lottery on Veteran's Day. A veteran from Creswell, North Carolina was not even in the state when he found out he won a $1 million prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket.
2019: Connecticut man cashes in $21.3M lottery ticket. Connecticut's newest millionaire came forward Tuesday, cashing in a Lotto ticket worth a cool $21,365,302.
2018: N.C. man wins $1M after playing the same numbers for 5 years. A North Carolina man finally struck it big in the multi-state Powerball lottery after playing the same numbers for five years.
2015: Suspended CT lottery game had too many winners. The Connecticut Lottery and state Department of Consumer Protection shut down the 5 Card Cash game after noticing there were more winners than the game's parameters should have allowed, and determining that some lottery agents were manipulating machines to print more winning tickets and fewer losers.
2015: Connecticut Lottery suspends 5 Card Cash sales after retailers found cheating. The Connecticut Lottery has halted the sales and payouts for its 5 Card Cash game after it learned some retailers might have been cheating the system.
2013: New Mexico Lottery suddenly terminates CEO. The New Mexico Lottery's board of directors has voted to terminate the contract of chief executive officer Tom Romero, effective immediately.
2012: Man who helped with post-Sandy cleanup in NJ wins $100,000. While most people are frustrated by the problems created by Superstorm Sandy, one volunteer had an unexpected windfall.
2011: Man dropped from lottery syndicate wins share in court. A Melbourne, Austrailia, accountant has won his share of an $867,000 Tattslotto first division prize, three years after he was dropped from a 10-member Big Kahuna house syndicate.
2004: Hoosier Lottery asks State Police to join scam probe. Hoosier Lottery officials Friday asked the Indiana State Police to help investigate their agency after a scandal over a rigged $1 million scratch-off game.
2003: Georgia man hits the Mega Millions jackpot twice. A Georgia man held two of three winning tickets for a $70 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, good for a cash option prize of $26.6 million before taxes, lottery officials said.
2003: NJ Woman Wins Cash 5 Jackpot. A winning lottery ticket from the One Stop Shoppe on Corkery Lane landed a Monroe Township woman the claims to the Jersey Cash 5 Jackpot.
2003: House GOP pushes for gambling. Republican leaders of the Alaska state House are pushing ahead on video poker and a state lottery and are pointing to a new poll as evidence that Alaskans are interested in more gambling.
2003: California Man Hits Big-Spin Pay-Dirt. Ricky Rehberg, who said he has been playing scratch-off tickets for about 16 years, won $120,000 on the California Lottery's Big Spin television program that aired Saturday.
2003: Alleged Lottery Ticket Thieves Arrested. Two men who allegedly stole several stacks of lottery tickets Oct. 22 from a Virginia donut shop were bonded Tuesday in Winchester General District Court.
2003: Patton proposes Keno to raise funds for scholarships. Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton has urged the state lottery to launch a Keno game to raise more money for college scholarships, and lottery officials will discuss the proposal tomorrow.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$983 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 14, 2025
2.$548.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2025
3.$387 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2024
4.€307.82 Million US$319.27 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2022
5.$315 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2005
6.$293 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2016
7.$245 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 14, 2023
8.$237.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 13, 2023
9.€180 Million US$230.71 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 17, 2006
10.€168 Million
US$213.36 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 13, 2012
11.$207 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2022
12.$200 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 13, 2015
13.$185 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 14, 2012
14.$178 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2019
15.$173.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 13, 2021
16.$168 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 14, 2020
17.$165 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 13, 2020
18.€154 Million
US$162.45 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2024
19.$149 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2013
20.€123 Million
US$142.96 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 14, 2025
21.€129 Million
US$138.79 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 13, 2015
22.€100 Million
US$134.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2013
23.€115 Million
US$130.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2021
24.€120 Million
US$126.59 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 15, 2024
25.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 16, 2004

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1984: Blackdave
Tuesday, Nov 13, 1984
41 years old
1981: Frankwhite187$
Friday, Nov 13, 1981
44 years old
1980: Ctty13$
Thursday, Nov 13, 1980
45 years old
1977: Taskhia
Sunday, Nov 13, 1977
48 years old
1976: Chris1376
Saturday, Nov 13, 1976
49 years old
1972: Guitargodcrain
Monday, Nov 13, 1972
53 years old
1970: NexxIamTheorem
Friday, Nov 13, 1970
55 years old
1966: INDY66
Sunday, Nov 13, 1966
59 years old
1964: kindtopets
Friday, Nov 13, 1964
61 years old
1963: Ladyc743
Wednesday, Nov 13, 1963
62 years old
1961: arnestersmother
Monday, Nov 13, 1961
64 years old
1961: lalalee334
Monday, Nov 13, 1961
64 years old
1960: lottery lady
Sunday, Nov 13, 1960
65 years old
1960: Mrpick34
Sunday, Nov 13, 1960
65 years old
1954: Ona Roll
Saturday, Nov 13, 1954
71 years old
1910: bananapuddind
Sunday, Nov 13, 1910
115 years old
: Blimey
(year not provided)
: gettinjiggy135
(year not provided)
: jamesb47
(year not provided)
: Peahes
(year not provided)
: Postal Pete
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: A mass stabbing occurs in Moscow, Idaho in which four University of Idaho students are killed in off-campus housing.
2015: Islamic State operatives carry out a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings and a hostage crisis. The terrorists kill 130 people, making it the deadliest attack in France since the Second World War.
2013: Hawaii legalizes same-sex marriage.
2013: 4 World Trade Center officially opens.
2012: A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.
2002: Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
2002: During the Prestige oil spill, a storm bursts a tank of the oil tanker MV Prestige, which was not allowed to dock and sank on November 19, 2002, off the coast of Galicia, spilling 63,000 metric tons of heavy fuel oil, more than the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
2001: War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
2000: Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
1996: As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number, $2^{1398269}-1$ , a number with 420,921 digits.
1995: Mozambique becomes the first state to join the Commonwealth of Nations without having been part of the former British Empire.
1995: Nigeria Airways Flight 357 crashes at Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66.
1994: In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
1993: China Northern Airlines Flight 6901 crashes on approach to Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport in Ürümqi, China, killing 12 people.
1992: The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
1991: The Republic of Karelia, an autonomous republic of Russia, is formed from the former Karelian ASSR.
1990: In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
1989: Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
1986: The Late, Late Breakfast Show incident leads to death of 24 year old Michael Lush and show cancellation.
1985: The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
1985: Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.
1982: Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim's subsequent death (on November 18) leads to significant changes in the sport.
1982: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
1970: Bhola cyclone: A 240 km/h (150 mph) tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.
1969: Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
1966: In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
1966: All Nippon Airways Flight 533 crashes into the Seto Inland Sea near Matsuyama Airport in Japan, killing 50 people.
1965: Fire and sinking of SS Yarmouth Castle, 87 dead.
1956: The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated Alabama laws requiring segregated buses, thus ending the Montgomery bus boycott.
1954: Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
1950: General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
1947: The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
1942: World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal campaign.
1941: World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.
1940: Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released at New York's Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow.
1927: The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
1922: The United States Supreme Court upholds mandatory vaccinations for public school students in Zucht v. King.
1918: World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
1917: World War I: beginning of the First Battle of Monte Grappa (in Italy known as the "First Battle of the Piave"). The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces, despite help from the German Alpenkorps and numerical superiority, will fail their offensive against the Italian Army now led by its new chief of staff Armando Diaz.
1916: World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
1914: Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
1901: The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
1893: 13 November stabbing by Léon Léauthier during the Ère des attentats (1892-1894). Influential event for the birth of modern terrorism.
1887: Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
1864: American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Bull's Gap ends in a Union rout as Confederates under Major General John C. Breckinridge pursue them to Strawberry Plains, Tennessee.
1851: The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle.
1841: James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
1833: Great Meteor Storm of 1833.
1775: American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomery occupy Montreal.
1715: Jacobite rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.
1642: First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
1160: Louis VII of France marries Adela of Champagne.
1093: Battle of Alnwick: in an English victory over the Scots, Malcolm III of Scotland, and his son Edward, are killed.
1002: English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.

Births On This Day

2002: Emma Raducanu, British tennis player
2002: Giovanni Reyna, American soccer player
2000: Sydney Agudong, American actress and singer
1999: Brett Baty, American baseball player
1999: Lando Norris, British-Belgian race car driver
1995: Oliver Stummvoll, Austrian model
1994: Laurien Leurink, Dutch field hockey midfielder
1994: Andrew Tang, Singaporean race car driver
1993: Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter
1992: Grégory Hofmann, Swiss ice hockey player
1992: Shabazz Muhammad, American basketball player
1992: Dylan Napa, Australian-Cook Islands rugby league player
1992: Maksim Podholjuzin, Estonian footballer
1991: Matt Bennett, American actor
1991: Devon Bostick, Canadian actor
1990: Brenden Dillon, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Hatsune Matsushima, Japanese model and actress
1987: Dana Vollmer, American swimmer
1986: Kevin Bridges, Scottish comedian and actor
1986: Wade Miley, American baseball player
1985: Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
1984: Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer
1984: Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player
1984: Jamie Soward, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1983: Kalle Kriit, Estonian cyclist
1983: Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (died 2012)
1982: Michael Copon, American actor, singer, and producer
1982: Samkon Gado, Nigerian-American football player
1982: Kumi Koda, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1982: Adam Shantry, English cricketer
1981: Ryan Bertin, American wrestler and coach
1981: Rivkah, American author and illustrator
1980: Monique Coleman, American actress, singer, and dancer
1980: Sara Del Rey, American wrestler and trainer
1980: Juraj Kolník, Slovak ice hockey player
1980: François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater
1979: Kick, Japanese comedian and screenwriter
1979: Metta Sandiford-Artest, American basketball player
1979: Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer
1978: Nikolai Fraiture, American bass player
1977: Zulfiqer Russell, Bangladeshi journalist and lyricist
1977: Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
1976: Janine Leal, Venezuelan nutritionist, television presenter and model.
1976: Kelly Sotherton, English sprinter and long jumper
1976: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese wrestler
1975: Tom Compernolle, Belgian runner (died 2008)
1975: Alain Digbeu, French basketball player
1975: Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer
1975: Aisha Hinds, American actress
1975: Quim, Portuguese footballer
1975: Toivo Suursoo, Estonian ice hockey player and coach
1974: Carl Hoeft, New Zealand rugby player
1974: Indrek Zelinski, Estonian footballer and manager
1973: David Auradou, French rugby player
1973: Jordan Bridges, American actor
1973: Ari Hoenig, American drummer and composer
1972: Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer
1972: Samantha Riley, Australian swimmer
1969: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somalian-American activist and author
1969: Patrik Augusta, Czech ice hockey player
1969: Lori Berenson, American activist
1969: Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
1969: Nico Motchebon, German runner
1968: Pat Hentgen, American baseball player and coach
1967: Juhi Chawla, Indian actress, singer, and producer, Miss India 1984
1967: Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1967: Steve Zahn, American actor and singer
1966: Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (died 2009)
1964: Timo Rautiainen, Finnish race car driver
1964: Dan Sullivan, American politician
1963: Jaime Covilhã, Angolan basketball player and coach
1963: Vinny Testaverde, American football player
1961: Kim Polese, American entrepreneur and technology executive
1960: Neil Flynn, American actor
1960: Teodora Ungureanu, Romanian gymnast and coach
1959: Caroline Goodall, English actress and screenwriter
1957: Greg Abbott, American politician, 48th Governor of Texas
1956: Rex Linn, American actor
1956: Aldo Nova, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
1955: Robert Aaron, Canadian jazz musician
1955: Bill Britton, American golfer
1955: Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and talk show host
1954: Scott McNealy, American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
1954: Chris Noth, American actor and producer
1953: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, former President of Mexico
1953: Tracy Scoggins, American actress
1952: Merrick Garland, American jurist, 86th United States Attorney General
1952: Mark Lye, American golfer
1952: Art Malik, Pakistani-English actor and producer
1951: Pini Gershon, Israeli basketball player and coach
1951: Harry Hurt III, American author and journalist
1950: Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1949: Terry Reid, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)
1948: Humayun Ahmed, Bengali popular writer, dramatist, novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and filmmaker (died 2012)
1947: Toy Caldwell, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1993)
1947: Amory Lovins, American physicist and environmentalist
1947: Joe Mantegna, American actor and voice artist
1946: Stanisław Barańczak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (died 2014)
1946: Ray Wylie Hubbard, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945: Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese race car driver
1945: Bobby Manuel, American guitarist and producer
1945: Knut Riisnæs, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (died 2023)
1944: Timmy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2022)
1943: Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer and manager
1943: Jay Sigel, American golfer
1943: Howard Wilkinson, English footballer and manager
1942: John P. Hammond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941: Eberhard Diepgen, German lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Berlin
1941: David Green, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Hobby Lobby
1941: Dack Rambo, American actor (died 1994)
1941: Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach (died 2019)
1941: William Taubman, American political scientist and author
1940: Saul Kripke, American philosopher and academic (died 2022)
1940: Janet Lawson, American jazz singer and educator (died 2021)
1940: Baby Washington, American soul singer
1939: Karel Brückner, Czech footballer and manager
1939: Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (died 2014)
1938: Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist, poet, and politician (died 1994)
1938: Jack Rule, Jr., American golfer
1938: Jean Seberg, American-French actress and singer (died 1979)
1936: Salim Kallas, Syrian actor and politician (died 2013)
1935: George Carey, English archbishop and theologian
1934: Peter Arnett, New Zealand-American journalist and academic
1934: Jimmy Fontana, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (died 2013)
1934: Kamahl, Malaysian-Australian singer
1934: Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (died 2016)
1933: Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and television host (died 2009)
1933: Ojārs Vācietis, Latvian author and poet (died 1983)
1932: Buddy Killen, American record producer and music publisher (died 2006)
1932: Richard Mulligan, American actor (died 2000)
1931: Adrienne Corri, Scottish actress (died 2016)
1930: Benny Andrews, American painter and academic (died 2006)
1930: Fred R. Harris, American politician (died 2024)
1929: Robert Bonnaud, French historian and academic (died 2013)
1929: Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (died 2014)
1929: Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (died 1988)
1928: Helena Carroll, Scottish-American actress (died 2013)
1928: Jack George, American basketball player (died 1989)
1928: Hampton Hawes, American pianist and author (died 1977)
1927: Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid, American mathematician and theorist (died 1985)
1926: Harry Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Maryland (died 2019)
1924: Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (died 1994)
1923: Leonard Boyle, Irish and Canadian medievalist and palaeographer (died 1999)
1923: Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (died 2011)
1922: Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (died 2008)
1922: Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (died 1984)
1921: Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish pianist and composer (died 1996)
1920: Guillermina Bravo, Mexican dancer, choreographer, and director (died 2013)
1920: Jack Elam, American actor (died 2003)
1918: George Grant, Canadian philosopher and academic (died 1988)
1917: Vasantdada Patil, Indian farmer and politician, 9th Governor of Rajasthan (died 1989)
1917: Robert Sterling, American actor (died 2006)
1914: Amelia Bence, Argentinian actress (died 2016)
1914: Alberto Lattuada, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2005)
1913: V. Appapillai, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (died 2001)
1913: Dimitrios Hatzis, Greek novelist and journalist (died 1981)
1913: Lon Nol, Cambodian general and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 1985)
1911: Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (died 2006)
1910: William Bradford Huie, American journalist and author (died 1986)
1910: Pat Reid, Indian-English soldier and author (died 1990)
1909: Vincent Apap, Maltese sculptor (died 2003)
1908: C. Vann Woodward, American historian, author, and academic (died 1999)
1906: Hermione Baddeley, English actress (died 1986)
1906: A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (died 1987)
1906: Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-American potter and designer (died 2011)
1904: H. C. Potter, American director and producer (died 1977)
1900: David Marshall Williams, American convicted murderer and firearms designer (died 1975)
1900: Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1985)
1899: Iskander Mirza, Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan (died 1969)
1897: Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (died 1975)
1894: Bennie Moten, American pianist and bandleader (died 1935)
1894: Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (died 1945)
1893: Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
1886: Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (died 1973)
1883: Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (died 1957)
1881: Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (died 1907)
1879: John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (died 1939)
1878: Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (died 1952)
1872: John M. Lyle, Irish-Canadian architect and educator, designed the Royal Alexandra Theatre (died 1945)
1869: Helene Stöcker, German author and activist (died 1943)
1869: Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian-American activist, journalist, and politician (died 1962)
1866: Abraham Flexner, American educator, founded the Institute for Advanced Study (died 1959)
1864: James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (died 1944),
1856: Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (died 1941)
1854: George Whitefield Chadwick, American composer and educator (died 1931)
1853: John Drew Jr., American actor (died 1927)
1850: Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (died 1894)
1848: Albert I, Prince of Monaco (died 1922)
1847: Mir Mosharraf Hossain, famous novelist of Bengali literature (died 1912)
1841: Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (died 1913)
1838: Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1918)
1837: James T. Rapier, American lawyer and politician (died 1883)
1833: Edwin Booth, American actor and manager (died 1893)
1814: Joseph Hooker, American general (died 1879)
1813: Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin metropolitan, philosopher, and poet (died 1851)
1809: John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (died 1870)
1804: Theophilus H. Holmes, American general (died 1880)
1782: Esaias Tegnér, Swedish bishop and educator (died 1846)
1780: Ranjit Singh, Sikh emperor (died 1839)
1761: John Moore, Scottish general and politician (died 1809)
1760: Jiaqing Emperor of China (died 1820)
1732: John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 1808)
1715: Dorothea Erxleben, German first female medical doctor (died 1762)
1710: Charles Simon Favart, French director and playwright (died 1792)
1699: Jan Zach, Czech violinist, organist, and composer (died 1773)
1572: Cyril Lucaris, Greek patriarch and theologian (died 1638)
1559: Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (died 1621)
1504: Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (died 1567)
1493: William IV, Duke of Bavaria (died 1550)
1486: Johann Eck, German theologian and academic (died 1543)
1453: Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1475-1515) (died 1527)
1312: Edward III of England (died 1377)
354: Augustine of Hippo, Roman bishop and theologian (died 430)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Theodore Olson, American lawyer (born 1940)
2024: Shel Talmy, American record producer, songwriter and arranger (born 1937)
2024: Shuntarō Tanikawa, Japanese poet and translator (born 1931)
2024: Daim Zainuddin, Malaysian politician (born 1938)
2020: Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (born 1946)
2017: Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and manager (born 1918)
2016: Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
2014: María José Alvarado, Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (born 1995)
2014: Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (born 1956)
2014: Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (born 1922)
2014: Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (born 1928)
2013: Hans-Jürgen Heise, German author and poet (born 1930)
2013: Chieko Aioi, Japanese actress and voice actress (born 1934)
2012: Erazm Ciołek, Polish photographer and author (born 1937)
2012: Manuel Peña Escontrela, Spanish footballer (born 1965)
2012: John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (born 1933)
2010: Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1921)
2010: Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (born 1926)
2007: Wahab Akbar, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1960)
2007: John Doherty, English footballer and manager (born 1935)
2007: Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1937)
2005: Vine Deloria, Jr., American historian, theologian, and author (born 1933)
2005: Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (born 1967)
2004: John Balance, English singer-songwriter (born 1962)
2004: Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (born 1968)
2004: Thomas M. Foglietta, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1928)
2002: Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1925)
2002: Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese academic and politician (born 1925)
2001: Cornelius Warmerdam, American pole vaulter (born 1915)
1998: Edwige Feuillère, French actress (born 1907)
1998: Valerie Hobson, Irish-born English actress (born 1917)
1998: Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach (born 1920)
1997: André Boucourechliev, Bulgarian-French pianist and composer (born 1925)
1996: Bill Doggett, American pianist and composer (born 1916)
1996: Bobbie Vaile, Australian astrophysicist and academic (born 1959)
1994: Jack Baker, American actor and screenwriter (born 1947)
1994: Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist and geneticist (born 1924)
1993: Rufus R. Jones, American wrestler (born 1933)
1991: Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (born 1904)
1990: Helen Dettweiler, American golfer (born 1914)
1989: Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (born 1964)
1989: Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1906)
1989: Rohana Wijeweera, Sri Lankan rebel and politician (born 1943)
1989: Dorothea Krook-Gilead, Latvian-South African author, translator and scholar (born 1920)
1988: Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (born 1906)
1988: Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (born 1902)
1986: Franco Cortese, Italian race car driver (born 1903)
1983: Henry Jamison Handy, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1886)
1983: Junior Samples, American comedian and actor (born 1926)
1982: Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 15th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1911)
1979: Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright and academic (born 1907)
1975: Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and playwright (born 1910)
1974: Vittorio De Sica, Italian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1901)
1974: Karen Silkwood, American technician and activist (born 1946)
1973: Lila Lee, American actress (born 1901)
1973: Bruno Maderna, Italian-German conductor and composer (born 1920)
1970: Bessie Braddock, British politician (born 1899)
1969: Iskander Mirza, Indian-Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan (born 1899)
1963: Margaret Murray, Indian-English anthropologist and author (born 1863)
1961: Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (born 1897)
1955: Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (born 1897)
1955: Moshe Pesach, Greek rabbi (born 1869)
1954: Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (born 1881)
1952: Margaret Wise Brown, American author (born 1910)
1942: Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral (born 1890)
1937: Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (born 1857)
1932: Francisco Lagos Cházaro, acting president of Mexico (1915) (born 1878)
1929: Princess Viktoria of Prussia (born 1866)
1921: Ignác Goldziher, Hungarian scholar of Islam (born 1850)
1911: Cecilie Thoresen Krog, Norwegian women's rights pioneer (born 1858)
1903: Camille Pissarro, Virgin Islander-French painter (born 1830)
1883: J. Marion Sims, American physician and gynecologist (born 1813)
1872: Margaret Sarah Carpenter, English painter (born 1793)
1868: Gioachino Rossini, Italian pianist and composer (born 1792)
1867: Adolphe Napoléon Didron, French archaeologist and historian (born 1806)
1863: Ignacio Comonfort, Mexican soldier and politician. President 1855-1858 (born 1812)
1862: Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (born 1787)
1777: William Bowyer, English printer and author (born 1699)
1771: Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (born 1712)
1770: George Grenville, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1712)
1726: Sophia Dorothea of Celle (born 1666)
1650: Thomas May, English poet and historian (born 1595)
1619: Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter and illustrator (born 1555)
1606: Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian physician and philologist (born 1530)
1502: Annio da Viterbo, Italian friar, historian, and scholar (born 1432)
1460: Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (born 1394)
1440: Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland
1432: Anne of Burgundy, duchess of Bedford (born 1404)
1369: Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick
1359: Ivan II of Moscow (born 1326)
1345: Constance of Peñafiel, queen of Pedro I of Portugal (born 1323)
1319: Eric VI of Denmark (born 1274)
1299: Oliver Sutton, Bishop of Lincoln
1175: Henry of France, Archbishop of Reims (born c.1121)
1154: Iziaslav II of Kiev, Prince of Vladimir and Volyn, (born c. 1097)
1143: Fulk, King of Jerusalem (born 1089)
1093: Malcolm III of Scotland (born 1031)
1072: Adalbero III of Luxembourg (born c. 1010)
1004: Abbo of Fleury, French monk and saint (born 945)
1002: Pallig, Danish chieftain, Jarl of Devonshire
1002: Gunhilde, wife of Pallig, Danish chieftain
867: Pope Nicholas I (born 800)

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