- Home
- Premium Memberships
- Lottery Results
- Forums
- Predictions
- Lottery Post Videos
- News
- Search Drawings
- Search Lottery Post
- Lottery Systems
- Lottery Charts
- Lottery Wheels
- Worldwide Jackpots
- Quick Picks
- On This Day in History
- Blogs
- Online Games
- Premium Features
- Contact Us
- Whitelist Lottery Post
- Rules
- Lottery Book Store
- Lottery Post Gift Shop

The time is now 9:44 am
You last visited
February 7, 2025, 8:30 am
All times shown are
Eastern Time (GMT-5:00)

On This Day in History
November 2
November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 59 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day
- 2024
- California man says he's waited nine weeks for $44 million Powerball lottery jackpot payout. A California man claiming he won a $44 million Powerball jackpot in August says he has been waiting over nine weeks to receive the winnings from the California Lottery.
- 2023
- Lottery Post's guide to 2023 holiday raffles across the USA. For the holiday season of 2023, Lottery Post has compiled a list of states offering raffle drawings, which are popular as they tend to offer better odds of winning large prizes, and make for good gifts.
- 2022
- Airline launches its own lottery to encourage travelers to take the middle seat. An airline is hoping to encourage passengers to grab the less-than-desirable middle seat when booking a flight by holding a lottery that offers a six-figure cash prize.
- 2020
- Colorado man forfeits lottery winnings after missing claim deadline by three days. With days melding together in the midst the ongoing pandemic, it's easy to lose track of time. Sadly, that's exactly what happened to a Colorado player who lost all of his lottery winnings when he missed the deadline to turn the winning ticket in by just three days.
- 2018
- One ticket wins $15M Lotto Texas jackpot. Someone who purchased a lottery ticket in Wichita Falls, Texas, won a $15.25 million jackpot Wednesday.
- 2016
- Minnesota man comes up with 2nd big lottery win. A Minnesota man has claimed his second major lottery prize in less than 17 months, hitting a Gopher 5 jackpot last week worth nearly $875,000.
- 2013
- Kentucky Lottery starts Keno on Monday. Keno is coming to Kentucky, beginning Monday, Nov. 4, at 5 a.m.
- 2012
- Woman forgot $23M lottery ticket in car and claimed it just before deadline. A California woman who didn't know she had a jackpot-winning $23 million lottery ticket in her car has come forward to claim her fortune.
- 2010
- Florida woman accused of running personal lottery. A mother who solicited her neighbors for cash with the promise of a $500 prize was arrested Saturday and charged with leading an illegal lottery, authorities said.
- 2006
- N.J. considering privatizing lottery. State officials are studying whether selling the New Jersey Lottery to a private company can reap big money for cash-strapped state coffers, Treasurer Bradley Abelow said yesterday.
- 2004
- Powerball Jackpot Reaches $35 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $35 million, with a cash option of $19.5 million.
- 2004
- Mega Millions Jackpot Reaches $66 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $66 million Saturday.
- 2004
- NJ Lottery adds second Internet game. New Jersey, the first state to unveil an Internet lottery game earlier this year, is forging ahead with a second online offering in an effort to lure younger players.
- 2004
- No South Carolina lottery sales today. There will be no lottery sales today, according to a press release from the South Carolina Lottery.
Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day
- 1.$1.25 Billion
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 2, 2022 - 2.$321 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 4, 2014 - 3.$303 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 5, 2024 - 4.€299.54 Million
US$292.44 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Nov 3, 2022 - 5.$254.2 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 2, 2011 - 6.$198 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 2, 2016 - 7.$192 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 4, 2005 - 8.$181 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 3, 2023 - 9.$178 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 5, 2014 - 10.$168.5 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 4, 2023 - 11.€131 Million
US$167.18 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Nov 3, 2006 - 12.€160 Million
US$158.21 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Nov 4, 2022 - 13.€119 Million
US$153.03 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Nov 2, 2012 - 14.$150 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 2, 2019 - 15.€100 Million
US$148.61 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Nov 6, 2009 - 16.$144.1 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 4, 2015 - 17.$144 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 3, 2015 - 18.$137 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 4, 2020 - 19.$132.5 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 3, 2021 - 20.$129 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 3, 2020 - 21.$127 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 5, 2019 - 22.$124 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 3, 2012 - 23.€103.32 Million
US$119.73 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Nov 2, 2021 - 24.$119 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 4, 2022 - 25.€120 Million
US$118.66 Million - Multi-Country
EuroJackpotDraw Date
Nov 4, 2022
Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day
- 1991
- Saturday, Nov 2, 1991
33 years old - 1989
- Thursday, Nov 2, 1989
35 years old - 1983
- Wednesday, Nov 2, 1983
41 years old - 1980
- Sunday, Nov 2, 1980
44 years old - 1975
- Sunday, Nov 2, 1975
49 years old - 1972
- Thursday, Nov 2, 1972
52 years old - 1971
- Tuesday, Nov 2, 1971
53 years old - 1968
- Saturday, Nov 2, 1968
56 years old - 1968
- Saturday, Nov 2, 1968
56 years old - 1967
- Thursday, Nov 2, 1967
57 years old - 1967
- Thursday, Nov 2, 1967
57 years old - 1963
- Saturday, Nov 2, 1963
61 years old - 1963
- Saturday, Nov 2, 1963
61 years old - 1961
- Thursday, Nov 2, 1961
63 years old - 1945
- Friday, Nov 2, 1945
79 years old - 1938
- Wednesday, Nov 2, 1938
86 years old - (year not provided)
- (year not provided)
- (year not provided)
- (year not provided)
Worldwide Events On This Day
- 2022
- A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War.
- 2016
- The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
- 2008
- Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race.
- 2000
- Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.
- 1999
- Honolulu shootings: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.
- 1997
- Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.
- 1990
- British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
- 1988
- The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
- 1988
- LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 crashes in Białobrzegi, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, killing one person and injuring several more.
- 1986
- Lebanon hostage crisis: U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.
- 1984
- Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
- 1983
- U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
- 1982
- Channel 4 starts broadcasting.
- 1967
- Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
- 1966
- The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
- 1965
- Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
- 1964
- King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.
- 1963
- South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
- 1960
- Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
- 1959
- Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
- 1959
- The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
- 1956
- Hungarian Revolution: Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
- 1956
- Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
- 1951
- Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.
- 1949
- The Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
- 1947
- In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built until Scaled Composites rolled out their Stratolaunch in May 2017.
- 1940
- World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia-Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
- 1936
- The BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service begins. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
- 1920
- In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
- 1917
- The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
- 1917
- The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
- 1914
- World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles is subsequently closed.
- 1912
- Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
- 1899
- The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
- 1889
- North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
- 1882
- The great fire destroys a large part of Oulu's city center in Oulu Province, Finland.
- 1868
- Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
- 1795
- The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
- 1675
- Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
- 1410
- The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War.
- 619
- A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu.
Births On This Day
- 2001
- Moisés Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1998
- Jordan Love, American football player
- 1997
- Filip Hronek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1997
- Davis Keillor-Dunn, English footballer
- 1995
- Hanna Öberg, Swedish biathlete
- 1994
- Shaq Coulthirst, English footballer
- 1992
- Naomi Ackie, British actress
- 1991
- Jimmy Garoppolo, American football player
- 1990
- Christopher Dibon, Austrian footballer
- 1990
- Kendall Schmidt, American singer, songwriter, and actor
- 1989
- Tibor Pleiß, German basketball player
- 1989
- Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player
- 1989
- Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988
- Lisa Bowman, Irish netball player
- 1988
- Julia Görges, German tennis player
- 1987
- Danny Cipriani, English rugby player
- 1986
- Andy Rautins, American-Canadian basketball player
- 1985
- Danny Amendola, American football player
- 1983
- Ebonette Deigaeruk, Nauruan weightlifter
- 1983
- Darren Young, American wrestler
- 1982
- Yunel Escobar, Cuban-American baseball player
- 1982
- Charles Itandje, French footballer
- 1981
- Monica Iozzi, Brazilian actress
- 1981
- Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
- 1981
- Mitchell Johnson, Australian cricketer
- 1981
- Rafael Márquez Lugo, Mexican footballer
- 1981
- Miryo, South Korean rapper
- 1981
- Roddy White, American football player
- 1980
- Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer
- 1980
- Amos Roberts, Australian rugby player
- 1979
- Simone Puleo, Italian footballer
- 1978
- Carmen Cali, American baseball player
- 1977
- Rodney Buford, American basketball player
- 1977
- Konstantinos Economidis, Greek tennis player
- 1977
- Reshma Shetty, British-American actress
- 1977
- Leon Taylor, English diver and sportscaster
- 1976
- Matt Cullen, American ice hockey player
- 1976
- Thierry Omeyer, French handball goalkeeper
- 1976
- Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player
- 1975
- Danny Cooksey, American actor and musician
- 1975
- Stéphane Sarrazin, French race car driver
- 1975
- Chris Walla, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1974
- Orlando Cabrera, Colombian-American baseball player
- 1974
- Nelly, American rapper
- 1974
- Prodigy, American rapper (d. 2017)
- 1974
- Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1973
- Ben Graham, Australian footballer
- 1973
- Marisol Nichols, American actress
- 1972
- Marion Posch, Italian snowboarder
- 1972
- Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer and coach
- 1972
- Vladimir Vorobiev, Russian ice hockey player and coach
- 1972
- Samantha Womack, British actress, singer and director
- 1971
- Meta Golding, Haitian-American actress
- 1969
- Reginald Arvizu, American rock musician
- 1968
- Neal Casal, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and photographer (d. 2019)
- 1968
- Keith Jennings, American basketball player and coach
- 1967
- Kurt Elling, American singer-songwriter
- 1967
- Scott Walker, American politician, 45th Governor of Wisconsin
- 1966
- David Schwimmer, American actor
- 1965
- Nick Boles, English businessman and politician
- 1965
- Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host
- 1964
- Lauren Vélez, American actress
- 1963
- Bobby Dall, American bass player
- 1963
- Brian Kemp, American politician, 83rd Governor of Georgia
- 1963
- Borut Pahor, Slovenian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Slovenia
- 1962
- Mireille Delunsch, French operatic soprano
- 1962
- Derek Mountfield, English footballer and manager
- 1961
- k.d. lang, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1961
- Jeff Tedford, American football player and coach
- 1960
- Rosalyn Fairbank, South African tennis player
- 1959
- Peter Mullan, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1958
- Willie McGee, American baseball player and manager
- 1957
- Carter Beauford, American drummer and composer
- 1956
- Dale Brown, American author and pilot
- 1955
- Thomas Grunenberg, German footballer and manager
- 1952
- Ron Lee, American basketball player
- 1952
- Maxine Nightingale, English R&B/soul singer
- 1951
- Thomas Mallon, American novelist, essayist, and critic
- 1951
- Lindy Morrison, Australian rock drummer
- 1949
- Lois McMaster Bujold, American author
- 1947
- Dave Pegg, English bass player and producer
- 1947
- Kate Linder, American actress
- 1946
- Alan Jones, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
- 1946
- Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
- 1945
- Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player (d. 2013)
- 1945
- Larry Little, American football player
- 1945
- JD Souther, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2024)
- 1944
- Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1944
- Keith Emerson, English pianist, keyboard player, and composer (d. 2016)
- 1943
- Oldřich Pelčák, Czech cosmonaut and engineer (d. 2023)
- 1942
- Shere Hite, German sexologist, author, and educator (d. 2020)
- 1942
- Stefanie Powers, American actress
- 1941
- Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications
- 1941
- Dave Stockton, American golfer
- 1941
- Bruce Welch, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1940
- Jim Bakken, American football player
- 1940
- Phil Minton, English singer and trumpet player
- 1939
- Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones, English broadcaster and politician, Minister for Security
- 1939
- Richard Serra, American sculptor and academic (d. 2024)
- 1938
- Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician
- 1938
- David Eden Lane, American white supremacist (d. 2007)
- 1938
- Queen Sofía of Spain
- 1938
- Josse Goffin, Belgian artist and graphic novelist (d. 2024)
- 1937
- Earl Carroll, American singer (d. 2012)
- 1936
- Rose Bird, American lawyer and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (d. 1999)
- 1935
- Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Indian author
- 1934
- Joseph E. Brennan, American politician, 70th Governor of Maine (d. 2024)
- 1934
- Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player
- 1933
- Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 2016)
- 1931
- Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2015)
- 1929
- Amar Bose, American engineer and businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (d. 2013)
- 1929
- Robert Gover, American journalist and author (d. 2015)
- 1929
- Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani judge and politician, 9th President of Pakistan (d. 2022)
- 1929
- Richard E. Taylor, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
- 1928
- Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (d. 2011)
- 1928
- Paul Johnson, English journalist, historian, and author (d. 2023)
- 1928
- James Luisi, American basketball player and actor (d. 2002)
- 1927
- Steve Ditko, American author and illustrator (d. 2018)
- 1927
- John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and politician (d. 2022)
- 1926
- Myer Skoog, American basketball player (d. 2019)
- 1926
- Charlie Walker, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and DJ (d. 2008)
- 1924
- David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)
- 1924
- Rudy Van Gelder, American record producer and engineer (d. 2016)
- 1923
- Tibor Rosenbaum, Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman (d. 1980)
- 1921
- Shepard Menken, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1921
- Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1994)
- 1920
- Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
- 1919
- Warren Stevens, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1918
- Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot of Romanian descent (d. 2015)
- 1917
- Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012)
- 1915
- Sidney Luft, American film producer (d. 2005)
- 1914
- Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1997)
- 1914
- Ray Walston, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1913
- Burt Lancaster, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1911
- Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
- 1911
- Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician, philosopher, and theorist (d. 1995)
- 1910
- Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian lawyer and politician, Egyptian Minister of Interior (d. 1999)
- 1908
- Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983)
- 1908
- Bunny Berigan, American trumpet player (d. 1942)
- 1906
- Daniil Andreyev, Russian poet and mystic (d. 1959)
- 1906
- Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1976)
- 1905
- Isobel Andrews, New Zealand writer (d. 1990)
- 1905
- Georges Schehadé, Lebanese poet and playwright (d. 1989)
- 1903
- Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
- 1901
- James Dunn, American actor (d. 1967)
- 1894
- Alexander Lippisch, German-American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 1976)
- 1893
- Battista Farina, Italian businessman, founded the Pininfarina Company (d. 1966)
- 1892
- Alice Brady, American actress (d. 1939)
- 1890
- Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna (d. 1933)
- 1890
- Moa Martinson, Swedish author (d. 1964)
- 1886
- Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (d. 1971)
- 1885
- Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (d. 1972)
- 1883
- Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (d. 1947)
- 1879
- Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist (d. 1965)
- 1878
- Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (d. 1930)
- 1877
- Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (d. 1933)
- 1877
- Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam (d. 1957)
- 1877
- Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (d. 1915)
- 1865
- Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (d. 1923)
- 1855
- Henrik Schück, Swedish historian, author, and academic (d. 1947)
- 1847
- Georges Sorel, French philosopher and author (d. 1922)
- 1844
- Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1918)
- 1844
- John J. Loud, American inventor (d. 1916)
- 1837
- Émile Bayard, French illustrator and painter (d. 1891)
- 1821
- George Bowen, Irish-English diplomat, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1899)
- 1815
- George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
- 1808
- Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (d. 1889)
- 1799
- John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (d. 1885)
- 1795
- James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
- 1777
- Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor and translator (d. 1822)
- 1755
- Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
- 1734
- Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (d. 1820)
- 1709
- Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)
- 1699
- Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter and educator (d. 1779)
- 1696
- Conrad Weiser, American soldier, monk, and judge (d. 1760)
- 1649
- Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (d. 1660)
- 1636
- Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (d. 1721)
- 1549
- Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (d. 1580)
- 1475
- Anne of York, seventh child of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville (d. 1511)
- 1470
- Edward V of England (d. 1483)
- 1428
- Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (d. 1483)
- 1418
- Gaspare Nadi, Italian builder and writer (d. 1504)
- 971
- Mahmud of Ghazni (d. 1030)
Deaths On This Day
- 2023
- Humaira Himu, Bangladeshi actress (b. 1985)
- 2022
- Atilio Stampone, Argentine pianist and composer (b. 1926)
- 2021
- Neal Smith, American politician (b. 1920)
- 2019
- Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican television personality, astrologer, actor, and dancer (b. 1932)
- 2018
- Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer (b. 1927)
- 2017
- Aboubacar Somparé, Guinean politician (b. 1944)
- 2015
- Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, Polish painter, historian, and academic (b. 1924)
- 2015
- Mike Davies, Welsh-American tennis player and businessman (b. 1936)
- 2015
- Roy Dommett, English scientist and engineer (b. 1933)
- 2015
- Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
- 2014
- Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (b. 1929)
- 2014
- Michael Coleman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
- 2014
- Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (b. 1925)
- 2014
- Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (b. 1925)
- 2014
- Shabtai Teveth, Israeli historian and author (b. 1925)
- 2013
- Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (b. 1939)
- 2013
- Ghislaine Dupont, French journalist (b. 1956)
- 2013
- Clifford Nass, American author and academic (b. 1958)
- 2013
- Kjell Qvale, Norwegian-American businessman (b. 1919)
- 2012
- Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, Indian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1930)
- 2012
- Robert Morton Duncan, American soldier and judge (b. 1927)
- 2012
- Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 2012
- Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
- 2012
- Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (b. 1916)
- 2012
- Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, Indian politician (b. 1957)
- 2011
- Boots Plata, Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1943)
- 2010
- Clyde King, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
- 2009
- José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, costume designer and assistant director (b. 1922)
- 2009
- Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (b. 1915)
- 2008
- Madelyn Dunham, American banker and business executive (b. 1922)
- 2007
- Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)
- 2007
- Igor Moiseyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1906)
- 2007
- The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (b. 1923)
- 2005
- Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
- 2004
- Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the 1st president and founder of the UAE (b. 1918)
- 2004
- Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, and producer (b. 1957)
- 2003
- Frank McCloskey, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
- 2002
- Charles Sheffield, American physicist and author (b. 1935)
- 2000
- Robert Cormier, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
- 1998
- Vincent Winter, Scottish actor and production manager (b. 1957)
- 1996
- Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963)
- 1996
- John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (b. 1902)
- 1994
- Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright (b. 1917)
- 1992
- Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (b. 1930)
- 1992
- Hal Roach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1892)
- 1991
- Irwin Allen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 1991
- Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1936)
- 1990
- Eliot Porter, American photographer, chemist, and academic (b. 1901)
- 1982
- Lester Roloff, American preacher and radio host (b. 1914)
- 1981
- Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (b. 1927)
- 1975
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 1972
- Grigoriy Plaskov, Soviet artillery lieutenant (b. 1898)
- 1971
- Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
- 1970
- Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895)
- 1970
- Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (b. 1903)
- 1966
- Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
- 1966
- Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
- 1963
- 1963 South Vietnamese coup Ngô Đình Diệm, South Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) (b. 1901)
- 1963
- 1963 South Vietnamese coup Ngô Đình Nhu, South Vietnamese politician and tactical strategist (b. 1910)
- 1961
- Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, Hakim of Bahrain (b. 1894)
- 1961
- Harriet Bosse, Swedish-Norwegian actress (b. 1878)
- 1961
- James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (b. 1894)
- 1960
- Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
- 1959
- Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
- 1958
- Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
- 1952
- Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
- 1950
- George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
- 1949
- Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
- 1945
- Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
- 1944
- Thomas Midgley Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
- 1935
- Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
- 1933
- Gao Qifeng, Chinese painter (b. 1889)
- 1930
- Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
- 1911
- Kyrle Bellew, English actor (b. 1850)
- 1905
- Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
- 1898
- George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
- 1893
- Daniel Payne, American educator and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1811)
- 1887
- Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
- 1887
- Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
- 1883
- William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
- 1863
- Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
- 1852
- Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
- 1610
- Richard Bancroft, English archbishop and academic (b. 1544)
- 1521
- Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alençon and nun (b. 1463)
- 1483
- Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1454)
- 1319
- John Sandale, Bishop of Winchester
- 1261
- Bettisia Gozzadini (b. 1209)
- 1148
- Saint Malachy (b. 1094)
- 1083
- Matilda of Flanders (b. 1031)