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November 29

On This Day in History

November 29

November 29 is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 32 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Kentucky Lottery launches daily in-state jackpot game, records first winner. Last Monday, the Kentucky Lottery officially conducted the first drawing for its new in-state daily jackpot game, Kentucky 5.
2021: Over €85 million in unclaimed Ireland Lottery prizes over the past five years. Over the last five years, Ireland's National Lottery has had over €85 million (US$95.8 million) in unclaimed prizes returned to its wallet.
2019: $2.5 million in sales on 1st day of Mississippi lottery. The Mississippi Lottery Corporation says people bought a total of $2.5 million in lottery tickets on the first day of sales.
2018: Nurses donate Mega Millions winnings to co-workers in need. The nationwide buzz over the recent $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot was a temporary high, but the excitement at Mercy Children's Hospital in St. Louis, MO, continued weeks after the drawing.
2017: Mass. Lottery ends some scratch ticket games before grand prizes paid out. It's an enticing gamble: a few bucks for a chance to win $1 million, $4 million, or more. But all of those big, bright prize amounts we see stamped on scratch tickets won't necessarily be given away.
2017: Bob Newhart brings back Papa Elf in new Kentucky Lottery holiday commercial. Legendary actor Bob Newhart dusted off his Papa Elf costume from his turn in the Christmas blockbuster movie "Elf" to work with the Kentucky Lottery promoting its Holiday Gift Series Scratch-Off campaign.
2016: 20 co-workers to split $421M Powerball jackpot. A group of 20 co-workers are the winners of Saturday's $421 million Powerball jackpot on a ticket sold in Tennessee.
2016: CT Lottery settles 5 Card Cash dispute with vendor. The Connecticut Lottery Corp. has agreed to settle for a fraction of the nearly $4.2 million it had claimed that Scientific Games, the international gambling giant, lost in last year's hacking of the popular "5 Card Cash" instant game.
2016: Update: Players sue Delaware Lottery for $2M over disputed Keno tickets. Two Delaware men are claiming they haven't seen a penny of the $2 million they say the state lottery owes them after a computer glitch spewed out multiple matching numbers.
2015: More lottery winners using trusts to accept prizes anonymously. Although lottery regulations typically state that a claimant's name, city or town, image, amount of prize, claim date and game are all public record, trusts have become a common tool for winners to skirt the rules and remain their anonymity when claiming a big prize.
2015: NC's biggest lottery winner, who faced drug charges soon after win, gives nearly $700k to church. A North Carolina lottery winner — who was arrested on drug charges just months after she won $188 million earlier this year — has given her church nearly $700,000, an attorney says.
2012: Powerball coming to California. Less than 24 hours after the winning Powerball lottery numbers were announced for the largest Powerball jackpot ever, California's five-member lottery commission voted unanimously on Thursday to bring the Powerball jackpot to the state.
2012: Record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot won by 2 tickets. The largest Powerball lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Wednesday night by two tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri.
2011: Asset managers accused of fronting for real $254M Powerball winner. The three wealthy bankers who came forward to claim a $254 million Powerball jackpot are facing claims that they are not in fact the real winners.
2009: N.C. Lottery spent $11 million on advertising. In North Carolina, it is hard to avoid seeing the state lottery's advertising efforts, and with good reason: In the last fiscal year, the lottery spent $10.9 million on advertising.
2009: Michigan lottery players are the big winners. Conspiracy theory has long held that lottery proceeds intended to solve all of Michigan's school funding problems have been for decades fiscally diverted by crafty lawmakers in other, non-school programs, but lottery players might be the ones who are actually benefiting.
2007: Winning $151M Powerball lottery ticket sold in Rhode Island. One lucky person from Rhode Island is holding the winning ticket from last night's $151 million Powerball drawing. Lottery officials aren't sure who the lucky winner is yet.
2007: Will robber get to keep lottery jackpot?. The winner of a $1 million lottery scratch ticket may not be so lucky after all: He's a convicted bank robber who isn't supposed to gamble.
2006: Ex-lovers settle bitter fight over $12.4 million lottery win. A once-happy couple, who split five months ago, have settled a legal dispute over a $12.4 million Canada Super 7 jackpot win, cutting short what could have been a bitter and messy legal battle involving love and money.
2006: TV station reports on the Kansas Lottery. Television station KTKA 49 (ABC) takes a look at the good and bad of the Kansas Lottery.
2006: Florida Lottery raffle tickets almost sold out. Holiday Millionaire Raffle tickets could be sold out by the end of this week based on the current rate of sales, the Florida Lottery reports.
2006: Maryland budget deficit looms as lottery revenue falls off. Maryland's lottery has been slowing down as a revenue source for years and will continue to underperform as residents seek other gambling ventures, including betting on slot machines in neighboring states, budget analysts and state officials say.
2006: Michigan lottery ticket thieves sought by deputies. Livingston County sheriff's officials are looking for a man and woman who stole a "large amount" of Michigan instant lottery tickets from a drugstore east of Howell.
2006: N.D. woman duped in lottery scam. An elderly woman from Bismarck, North Dakota, reportedly has been fleeced of more than $100,000 in an apparent lottery scam.
2003: Will Mega Millions be the ticket for Texas?. Texas' plunge into the multistate lottery market this week with its promise of mega-jackpots and new revenues for the state is a bit of a gamble, supporters and critics agree.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$373.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2023
2.$355 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2023
3.€317.18 Million US$328.31 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2022
4.$305 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2022
5.$252 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2021
6.$243 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2019
7.$231 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2020
8.$230 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2013
9.$229 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2020
10.€200 Million
US$217.68 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2023
11.€178 Million
US$214.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2020
12.$190 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2018
13.$183 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2018
14.$163 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2017
15.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2017
16.€117.3 Million
US$132.95 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2021
17.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 29, 2000
18.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2008
19.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2004
20.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2015
20.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2019
22.€89 Million
US$105.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2017
23.$102 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2021
24.$101 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 30, 1994
25.$95 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2010

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: Mabuye
Friday, Nov 29, 1991
32 years old
1985: imash85
Friday, Nov 29, 1985
38 years old
1983: royalforty
Tuesday, Nov 29, 1983
40 years old
1978: rmwchatttn
Wednesday, Nov 29, 1978
45 years old
1977: nickoliaj
Tuesday, Nov 29, 1977
46 years old
1976: Newmoney76
Monday, Nov 29, 1976
47 years old
1976: Sensamm20
Monday, Nov 29, 1976
47 years old
1975: Pokiepants17
Saturday, Nov 29, 1975
48 years old
1975: Rachoue09
Saturday, Nov 29, 1975
48 years old
1975: Rachoue45
Saturday, Nov 29, 1975
48 years old
1973: BigCliff73
Thursday, Nov 29, 1973
50 years old
1973: Kennycano77
Thursday, Nov 29, 1973
50 years old
1971: cushman00071
Monday, Nov 29, 1971
52 years old
1969: thegreendestiny
Saturday, Nov 29, 1969
54 years old
1967: s5thomps
Wednesday, Nov 29, 1967
56 years old
1967: NinaHend
Wednesday, Nov 29, 1967
56 years old
1964: portiarn2006
Sunday, Nov 29, 1964
59 years old
1959: Kitababy25
Sunday, Nov 29, 1959
64 years old
1958: mreight2
Saturday, Nov 29, 1958
65 years old
1957: erdixon
Friday, Nov 29, 1957
66 years old
1956: sclotto
Thursday, Nov 29, 1956
67 years old
1956: kennedygrandma
Thursday, Nov 29, 1956
67 years old
1956: kennedygrandma8
Thursday, Nov 29, 1956
67 years old
1955: jcharlie1824
Tuesday, Nov 29, 1955
68 years old
1946: vicsr4180
Friday, Nov 29, 1946
77 years old
: Littleoldlady
(year not provided)
: Queen903
(year not provided)
: RUFUS1963
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2013: LAM Mozambique Airlines 470 crashes in the Bwabata National Park in a pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 33 people on board.
2009: Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.
2007: The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
1987: North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.
1986: The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.
1972: Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
1967: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1963: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1963: Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
1963: "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
1961: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
1952: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1947: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
1947: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War.
1945: The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
1944: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
1943: The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
1929: U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
1899: FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
1890: The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
1877: Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1872: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1864: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
1864: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Spring Hill.
1863: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders in the American Civil War.
1850: The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
1847: The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
1830: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
1807: John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
1783: A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
1781: The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance, beginning the Zong massacre.
1777: San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
1776: During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
1732: The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
1729: Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
1612: The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
1549: The papal conclave of 1549-50 begins.
1114: A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. Antioch, Mamistra, Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks.
903: The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.
618: The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.
561: Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.

Births On This Day

2002: Yunus Musah, American soccer player
1998: Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player
1995: Laura Marano, American actress and singer
1995: Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer
1994: Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player
1994: Julius Randle, American basketball player
1993: Stefon Diggs, American football player
1992: Ben Nugent, English footballer
1991: Becky James, Welsh cyclist
1990: Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer
1990: Yacouba Sylla, French footballer
1989: Adam Chapman, Northern Irish footballer
1988: Bradley Hudson-Odoi, Ghanaian footballer
1988: Russell Wilson, American football player
1986: Asa Hall, English footballer
1985: Shannon Brown, American basketball player
1985: Dominic Roma, English footballer
1983: Franchesca Ramsey, American comedian
1983: Aylin Tezel, German actress
1982: Lucas Black, American film and television actor
1982: Gemma Chan, English actress
1981: Fawad Khan, Pakistani actor, model and singer
1981: Jon Klassen, Canadian writer and illustrator
1980: Janina Gavankar, American actress and singer
1980: Dean Howell, English footballer
1979: Adam Barrett, English footballer
1979: The Game, American rapper
1978: Lauren German, American actress
1978: Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
1977: Andy Beshear, American attorney and politician, 63rd governor of Kentucky
1977: Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
1976: Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (d. 2020)
1976: Anna Faris, American actress
1975: Craig Ireland, Scottish footballer
1975: Scott McCulloch, Scottish footballer
1974: Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1974: Sarah Jones, American actress and playwright
1974: Jedediah Purdy, American legal scholar and cultural commentator
1973: Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager
1972: Brian Baumgartner, American actor and producer
1972: Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player and sportscaster
1971: David E. Campbell, Canadian political scientist
1971: Steve May, American soldier and politician
1971: Gena Lee Nolin, American actress and model
1970: Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and director
1970: Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer and coach
1969: Tomas Brolin, Swedish footballer
1969: Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American baseball player
1968: Andy Melville, Welsh footballer
1968: Iolanda Nanni, Italian politician (d. 2018)
1967: Fernando Ramos da Silva, Brazilian actor (d. 1987)
1967: Rebecca Wolff, American author and poet
1966: Dru Pagliassotti, American author
1966: Sophia Rosenfeld, American author
1965: Lauren Child, English author
1965: Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian and actress
1964: Don Cheadle, American actor and producer
1964: Ken Monkou, Dutch footballer
1963: Will Downing, American singer-songwriter and producer
1963: Lalit Modi, Indian businessman
1962: Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
1962: Andrew McCarthy, American actor and director
1960: Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (d. 2013)
1960: Cathy Moriarty, American actress
1959: Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic
1959: Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
1959: Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago
1958: Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player
1958: John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana
1957: Janet Napolitano, American politician, lawyer, and university administrator
1957: Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker
1956: Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer
1956: Yvonne Fovargue, English lawyer and politician
1955: Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host
1955: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somali politician, 8th president of Somalia
1954: Joel Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1954: Chirlane McCray, American writer, editor, and activist
1953: Alex Grey, American visual artist and author
1953: Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer-songwriter
1953: Christine Pascal, French actress, writer and director (d. 1996)
1952: John D. Barrow, English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician (d. 2020)
1952: Jeff Fahey, American actor and producer
1951: Barry Goudreau, American guitarist and songwriter
1951: Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
1950: Marie Laberge, Canadian actress, educator and writer
1950: Kevin O'Donnell Jr., American author (d. 2012)
1949: Jerry Lawler, American wrestler and sportscaster
1949: Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1949: Steve Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1948: Yōichi Masuzoe, Japanese politician
1947: Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (d. 1992)
1947: Ronnie Montrose, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
1946: Suzy Chaffee, American skier
1946: Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945: Csaba Pléh, Hungarian psychologist and linguist
1944: Felix Cavaliere, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1943: Bobbi Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
1943: Sue Miller, American novelist and short story writer
1942: Michael Craze, British actor (d. 1998)
1942: Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (d. 1995)
1942: John Grillo, English actor and playwright
1941: Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)
1940: Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (d. 2013)
1940: Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer
1940: Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge
1940: Henry T. Yang, Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic
1939: Peter Bergman, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1939: Meco, American record producer and musician
1938: Johnny Crossan, Northern Irish footballer, author and sports analyst
1937: Eric Barnes, English footballer (d. 2014)
1936: Gregory Gillespie, American painter (d. 2000)
1936: Bill Jenkins, American politician
1935: Diane Ladd, American actress
1935: Thomas J. O'Brien, American bishop (d. 2018)
1934: Willie Morris, American writer (d. 1999)
1933: John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1933: James Rosenquist, American painter and illustrator (d. 2017)
1932: Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist (d. 2019)
1932: Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France (d. 2019)
1932: John Gary, American singer and television host (d. 1998)
1931: Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1997)
1930: Shirley Porter, English politician, Lord Mayor of Westminster
1930: Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
1930: Alan Lee Williams, English academic and politician
1929: Derek Jameson, English journalist and radio host (d. 2012)
1929: Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier (d. 2012)
1928: Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and educator (d. 2021)
1928: Paul Simon, American soldier and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (d. 2003)
1927: Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (d. 2022)
1926: Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisian lawyer and politician, President of Tunisia (d. 2019)
1925: Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)
1923: Chuck Daigh, American race car driver (b. 2008)
1922: Michael Howard, English-American historian, author, and academic (d. 2019)
1921: Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and a promoter of women's wrestling (d. 2020)
1920: Yegor Ligachyov, Russian engineer and politician (d. 2021)
1920: Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (d. 2014)
1919: Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the IFBB (d. 2013)
1918: Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (d. 2007)
1917: Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1917: Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
1916: Helen Clare, British singer (d. 2018)
1916: Fran Ryan, American actress and comedian (d. 2000)
1915: Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (d. 2008)
1915: Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
1910: Elizabeth Choy, Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician (d. 2006)
1910: Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian actor and director (d. 1961)
1908: Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American pastor and politician (d. 1972)
1906: Barbara C. Freeman, English writer and poet (b. 1999)
1905: Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop and theologian (d. 1991)
1904: Margaret Barr, Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (d. 1991)
1900: Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (d. 1988)
1899: Andrija Artuković, Croatian Minister of Interior (d. 1988)
1899: Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever (d. 2017)
1898: C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1963)
1895: Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (d. 1976)
1895: William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia (d. 1971)
1891: Julius Raab, Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1964)
1882: Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer (d. 1984)
1881: Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general (d. 1944)
1879: Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (d. 1963)
1876: Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)
1874: Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic (d. 1949)
1874: Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1873: Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic (d. 1942)
1861: Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (d. 1917)
1857: Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1911)
1856: Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1921)
1849: John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (d. 1945)
1843: Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (d. 1932)
1835: Empress Dowager Cixi of China (d. 1908)
1832: Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (d. 1888)
1831: Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and soldier (d. 1862)
1827: William Crichton, Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (d. 1889)
1825: Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and psychologist (d. 1893)
1823: La Fayette Grover, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Oregon (d. 1911)
1818: George Brown, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 10th Premier of West Canada (d. 1880)
1817: William Ellery Channing, American poet and author (d. 1901)
1816: Morrison Waite, American jurist and politician, 7th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1888)
1803: Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist (d. 1853)
1803: Gottfried Semper, German architect and academic, designed the Semper Opera House (d. 1879)
1802: Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and author (d. 1827)
1799: Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and academic (d. 1888)
1798: Alexander Brullov, Russian painter and architect, designed the Pulkovo Observatory (d. 1877)
1798: Hamilton Rowan Gamble, American jurist and politician (d. 1864)
1797: Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
1781: Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)
1762: Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
1752: The Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (d. 1819)
1705: Michael Christian Festing, English violinist and composer (d. 1752)
1690: Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 1747)
1627: John Ray, English biologist and botanist (d. 1705)
1528: Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, English politician (d. 1592)
1463: Andrea della Valle, Italian cardinal (d. 1534)
1422: Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont, English Baron (d. 1460)
1338: Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1368)
1310: John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English Baron (d. 1361)
826: William of Septimania, Frankish nobleman (d. 850)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Derek Granger, British film and television producer and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2022: Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang, Samoan politician (b. 1953/1954)
2021: Kinza Clodumar, Nauruan politician, 7th President of Nauru (b. 1945)
2021: Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (b. 1925)
2021: LaMarr Hoyt, Major League Baseball player, 1983 AL Cy Young Award winner (b. 1955)
2020: Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (b. 1978)
2019: Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
2017: Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general (b. 1945)
2016: Luis Alberto Monge, Costa Rican politician, 39th President of Costa Rica (b. 1925)
2016: Marcos Danilo Padilha, Brazilian football player (b. 1985)
2016: Ruta Šaca-Marjaša, Latvian lawyer, writer and politician (b. 1927)
2015: Joseph F. Girzone, American Catholic priest and author (b. 1930)
2015: Joe Marston, Australian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2015: Christopher Middleton, British poet and translator (b. 1926)
2015: O'tkir Sultonov, Uzbek lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (b. 1939)
2014: Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (b. 1946)
2014: Dick Bresciani, American businessman (b. 1938)
2014: Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (b. 1934)
2013: Oliver Cheatham, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
2013: Colin Eglin, South African soldier and politician (b. 1925)
2013: Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (b. 1936)
2013: Brian Torrey Scott, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1976)
2012: Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist (b. 1936)
2012: Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (b. 1911)
2011: Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian (b. 1969)
2011: Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (b. 1936)
2010: Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet and author (b. 1937)
2010: Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1915)
2010: S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (b. 1930)
2010: Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (b. 1940)
2010: Maurice Wilkes, English physicist and computer scientist (b. 1913)
2009: Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
2009: Zuhair Al-Karmi, Palestinian author, scientific programs presenter on TV (b. 1922).
2008: Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (b. 1918)
2007: James Barber, Canadian chef and author (b. 1923)
2007: Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
2007: Henry Hyde, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
2006: Allen Carr, English-Spanish accountant and author (b. 1934)
2006: Ernie Tagg, English footballer (b. 1917)
2005: David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
2004: John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)
2004: Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
2004: Jack Shields, Canadian member of Parliament (b. 1929)
2003: Rudi Martinus van Dijk, Dutch composer (b. 1932)
2002: Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2001: Mic Christopher, American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)
2001: George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer (b. 1943)
2001: John Knowles, American novelist (b. 1926)
2000: Ilmar Laaban, Estonian-Swedish poet and publicist (b. 1921)
1999: Germán Arciniegas, Colombian historian, author and journalist (b. 1900)
1999: John Berry, American-French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
1999: Gene Rayburn, American game show panelist and host (b. 1917)
1999: Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (b. 1918)
1998: George Van Eps American swing and mainstream jazz guitarist (b. 1913)
1998: Robin Ray, English broadcaster, actor, and musician (b. 1934)
1997: Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (b. 1918)
1996: Dan Flavin, American sculptor and illustrator (b. 1933)
1996: Denis Jenkinson, English journalist and author (b. 1920)
1993: J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (b. 1904)
1992: Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
1991: Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904)
1991: Joe Bonson, English footballer (b. 1936)
1987: Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)
1986: Cary Grant, English-American actor (b. 1904)
1984: Nora Thompson Dean, American Lenape educator and author (b. 1907)
1982: Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (b. 1908)
1981: Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
1980: Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (b. 1897)
1975: Graham Hill plane crash Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)
1975: Graham Hill plane crash Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1929)
1974: Peng Dehuai, Chinese Communist military leader (b. 1898)
1972: Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888)
1970: Robert T. Frederick, American general (b. 1907)
1967: Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886)
1957: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1897)
1954: Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (b. 1892)
1953: Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (b. 1875)
1950: Walter Beech, American aviator and early aviation entrepreneur (b. 1891)
1942: Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
1942: Ron Middleton (VC), Australian bomber pilot and Victoria Cross Recipient (b. 1916)
1941: Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)
1939: Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)
1932: Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)
1927: George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
1924: Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
1918: Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince (b. 1881)
1901: Francesc Pi i Margall, Spanish federalist and republican politician and theorist (b. 1824)
1894: Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)
1872: Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
1847: Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
1846: Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)
1830: Charles-Simon Catel, French composer and educator (b. 1773)
1797: Samuel Langdon, American pastor, theologian, and academic (b. 1723)
1780: Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1717)
1759: Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1687)
1699: Patrick Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (b. 1635)
1695: James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1619)
1661: Brian Walton, English bishop and scholar (b. 1600)
1646: Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (b. 1565)
1643: William Cartwright, English priest and playwright (b. 1611)
1643: Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (b. 1567)
1632: Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)
1628: John Felton, English soldier and assassin of the Duke of Buckingham (b. c. 1595)
1626: Ernst von Mansfeld, German commander (b. 1580)
1594: Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (b. 1533)
1590: Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
1577: Cuthbert Mayne, English priest (b. 1543)
1530: Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1473)
1378: Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)
1342: Michael of Cesena, Italian general, priest, and theologian (b. 1270)
1330: Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1287)
1314: Philip IV, king of France (b. 1268)
1268: Clement IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1190)
1253: Otto II, duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
835: Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth of the Twelve Imams (b. 811)
561: Chlothar I, Frankish king (b. 497)
524: Ahkal Mo' Naab' I, ruler of Palenque (b. 465)
521: Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian (b. 451)

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