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On This Day in History
November 5
November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 56 days remain until the end of the year.
Lottery News On This Day
- 2022
- Chinese man hides $30 million lottery jackpot from family, worries that money will make them "lazy". A man who won a 219 million yuan ($30.5 million) lottery jackpot kept the news from his wife and child, fearing that the extra fortune would curb their motivation.
- 2021
- Iowa man unknowingly carries around $25,000 a year for life Lucky for Life lottery ticket for weeks. It pays to check your lottery tickets, as one Iowa man walked around with a winning Lucky for Life ticket worth $25,000 a year for life in his wallet for a couple weeks before realizing its value.
- 2020
- North Carolina veteran plans on using $10 million lottery prize to honor his son. A retired veteran from North Carolina will be using his $10 million lottery prize to honor his recently deceased son by giving back to the community.
- 2020
- Oklahoma Lottery director Rollo Redburn retires. Last week, the Oklahoma Lottery said farewell to the Director who was instrumental in vouching for and establishing the state's lottery.
- 2019
- Illinois Lottery winner puts half of $500,000 prize into Bitcoin. An Illinois resident who won $500,000 in the state lottery has revealed he put half of it into Bitcoin (BTC) back in May.
- 2016
- Nebraska Lottery adding Sunday drawings. Starting Sunday, Nebraska gamblers can place even more bets on the weekend.
- 2015
- Player in Tennessee wins first Powerball jackpot since game changed in Oct.. A Tennessee Lottery player who purchased a ticket in Antioch has won the first Powerball jackpot since the game was changed in October.
- 2014
- New York lottery player wins $321M Mega Millions jackpot. For the first time since Aug. 22, someone has won the Mega Millions jackpot.
- 2013
- Fresno man is $213 million California Powerball winner. A retired nuclear medicine technician from Saint Agnes Medical Center was the winner of the $213 million Powerball jackpot, the California Lottery confirmed Monday.
- 2011
- Professional lottery player wins tax dispute. When the Massachusetts Lottery tried to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes for the state's most prolific winning lottery ticket redeemer, the 'professional' lottery player appealed -- and won.
- 2011
- Oregon man finds millions on fridge door. A Portland, Oregon, man who bought a Megabucks ticket back in July, put it on his refrigerator and then forgot all about it found out this week that he had actually won $21.8 million.
- 2009
- Multi-state lottery shockwave sweeping America. In January 2010 the state lines that have been dividing the United States into "Powerball states" and "Mega Millions states" will be blurred by a cross-selling arrangement between the two multi-state lottery titans. In this exclusive report by Lottery Post, learn which states will be selling both games, and which ones will not.
- 2008
- Voters overwhelmingly approve Arkansas state lottery. Arkansas' push for a State Lottery has won voter approval by a two-to-one margin.
- 2007
- One Hell of a lucky day. John and Sue Wilson, from Hell, won a Fantasy 5 prize of $115,001 on Wednesday, which also just happened to be Halloween.
- 2007
- Mega lottery winner to open school for witches (well, not quite). Ellwood "Bunky" Bartlett -- Mega Millions lottery winner, Wiccan high priest, recently retired accountant -- would like to clear up a few misconceptions about his plans for a "witch school."
- 2005
- Oregon Powerball winner will finally be announced. A Milton, West Virginia, native living in Oregon claims he won the $340 million Powerball lottery jackpot, according to his sister in Milton.
- 2003
- Mega Millions jackpot increases to $60 million. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball, increasing the Friday jackpot to $60 million.
- 2003
- Paul says to expect multistate lotto games by summer. Tennesseans hoping to try their luck at big multistate lottery games like Mega Millions or Powerball likely will get their wish by next summer, lottery chief Rebecca Paul said Tuesday.
- 2003
- New games are boon for Michigan. Club Keno and Pull Tabs, the Michigan Lottery's latest lottery games, are selling better than expected in their first week.
- 2003
- State plans to give lottery vendors prizes for ideas to increase sales. Illinois Lottery vendors can win prize money from a pot of $200,000 if they generate ideas on how to entice customers to buy more lottery tickets.
- 2003
- Lottery winner imprisoned for buying tickets with drug money. A $12 million Texas lottery winner who bought his lucky ticket with drug proceeds got two strikes today: a 24-year federal prison sentence and an order to return the money.
- 2003
- S.C. makes bid to help Tenn. lottery. The South Carolina lottery, much like its neighbor in Georgia, has pitched the idea of helping out with the Tennessee lottery startup.
Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day
- 1.$1.66 Billion
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 5, 2022 - 2.€301.39 Million
US$300.36 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Nov 5, 2022 - 3.$225 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 8, 2005 - 4.$217 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 5, 2016 - 5.€152 Million
US$194.27 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Nov 10, 2006 - 6.$178 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 5, 2014 - 7.€132 Million
US$169.01 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Nov 6, 2012 - 8.$164 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 6, 2015 - 9.$154 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 8, 2022 - 10.$149 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 7, 2020 - 11.€100 Million
US$148.61 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Nov 6, 2009 - 12.$143.7 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 6, 2021 - 13.$143 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 7, 2012 - 14.$142 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 6, 2020 - 15.$127 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 5, 2019 - 16.$123 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 6, 2010 - 17.€105.64 Million
US$122.12 Million - Italy
SuperEnalottoDraw Date
Nov 6, 2021 - 18.€120 Million
US$120.7 Million - Multi-Country
EuroJackpotDraw Date
Nov 8, 2022 - 19.€100 Million
US$107.88 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Nov 6, 2015 - 20.€90 Million
US$102.05 Million - Multi-Country
EuroJackpotDraw Date
Nov 9, 2018 - 21.$99 Million
- Multi-State
Mega MillionsDraw Date
Nov 5, 2013 - 22.€86 Million
US$95.37 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Nov 5, 2019 - 23.€79 Million
US$91.25 Million - Multi-Country
Euro MillionsDraw Date
Nov 5, 2021 - 24.€79 Million
US$87.12 Million - Multi-Country
EuroJackpotDraw Date
Nov 8, 2019 - 25.$80 Million
- Multi-State
PowerballDraw Date
Nov 7, 2009
Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day
- 1988
- Saturday, Nov 5, 1988
34 years old - 1979
- Monday, Nov 5, 1979
43 years old - 1975
- Wednesday, Nov 5, 1975
47 years old - 1972
- Sunday, Nov 5, 1972
50 years old - 1972
- Sunday, Nov 5, 1972
50 years old - 1968
- Tuesday, Nov 5, 1968
54 years old - 1968
- Tuesday, Nov 5, 1968
54 years old - 1958
- Wednesday, Nov 5, 1958
64 years old - 1958
- Wednesday, Nov 5, 1958
64 years old - 1951
- Monday, Nov 5, 1951
71 years old - (year not provided)
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Worldwide Events On This Day
- 2017
- Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injures 22 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
- 2015
- An iron ore tailings dam bursts in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and causing at least 17 deaths and two missing.
- 2015
- Rona Ambrose takes over after Stephen Harper as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
- 2013
- India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
- 2009
- U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
- 2007
- China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
- 2007
- The Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.
- 2006
- Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shia Muslims.
- 1996
- Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly.
- 1996
- Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
- 1995
- André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
- 1990
- Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
- 1986
- USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao, China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949.
- 1983
- The Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
- 1970
- The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
- 1968
- Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
- 1956
- Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
- 1955
- After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
- 1950
- Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
- 1943
- World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.
- 1940
- World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
- 1940
- Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
- 1925
- Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
- 1917
- Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
- 1917
- Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- 1916
- The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
- 1916
- The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
- 1914
- World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 1913
- King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
- 1912
- Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
- 1911
- After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
- 1898
- Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
- 1895
- George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
- 1872
- Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
- 1862
- American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
- 1862
- American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to death. Thirty-eight are ultimately hanged and the others reprieved.
- 1831
- Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
- 1828
- Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.
- 1811
- Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado rings the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement.
- 1780
- French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
- 1768
- The Treaty of Fort Stanwix is signed, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
- 1757
- Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
- 1688
- William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham.
- 1605
- Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.
- 1556
- Second Battle of Panipat: Fighting begins between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and the forces of the Muslim emperor Akbar.
- 1499
- The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
- 1138
- Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.
Births On This Day
- 1993
- Hideya Tawada, Japanese actor and model
- 1992
- Odell Beckham Jr., American football player
- 1992
- Marco Verratti, Italian footballer
- 1991
- Flume, Australian DJ and producer
- 1991
- Shōdai Naoya, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1989
- Andrew Boyce, English footballer
- 1988
- Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer
- 1987
- Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor
- 1987
- Chris Knierim, American figure skater
- 1987
- O. J. Mayo, American basketball player
- 1986
- BoA, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer and actress
- 1986
- Ian Mahinmi, American basketball player
- 1986
- Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
- 1986
- Nodiko Tatishvili, Georgian singer
- 1985
- Michel Butter, Dutch runner
- 1985
- Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1985
- Alo Dupikov, Estonian footballer
- 1985
- Rimo Hunt, Estonian footballer
- 1985
- Pınar Saka, Turkish sprinter
- 1984
- Jon Cornish, Canadian football player
- 1984
- Tobias Enström, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1984
- Nick Folk, American football player
- 1984
- Baruto Kaito, Estonian sumo wrestler
- 1984
- Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long-distance runner
- 1984
- John Sutton, Australian rugby league player
- 1984
- Nick Tandy, English race car driver
- 1984
- Nikolay Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
- 1983
- Alexa Chung, English model and television host
- 1983
- Mike Hanke, German footballer
- 1983
- Juan Morillo, Dominican baseball player
- 1983
- David Pipe, Welsh footballer
- 1982
- Leah Culver, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founder of Pownce
- 1982
- Bryan LaHair, American baseball player
- 1982
- Rob Swire, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
- 1982
- Matthew Williams, Welsh footballer
- 1981
- Paul Chapman, Australian footballer
- 1981
- Ümit Ergirdi, Turkish footballer
- 1980
- Jaime Camara, Brazilian race car driver
- 1980
- Andrei Korobeinik, Estonian computer programmer, businessman and politician
- 1980
- Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
- 1980
- Orkun Uşak, Turkish footballer
- 1979
- Romi Dames, Japanese-American actress
- 1979
- Colin Grzanna, German rugby player and surgeon
- 1979
- Michalis Hatzigiannis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and producer
- 1979
- Keith McLeod, American basketball player
- 1979
- David Suazo, Honduran footballer and coach
- 1978
- Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (d. 2011)
- 1978
- Bubba Watson, American golfer
- 1977
- Maarten Tjallingii, Dutch cyclist
- 1977
- Richard Wright, English footballer and coach
- 1976
- Sebastian Arcelus, American actor, singer and producer
- 1976
- Mr. Fastfinger, Finnish guitarist and songwriter
- 1976
- Jeff Klein, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1976
- Samuel Page, American actor
- 1975
- Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter
- 1974
- Ryan Adams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1974
- Angela Gossow, German singer-songwriter
- 1974
- Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer and coach
- 1974
- Taine Randell, New Zealand rugby player
- 1974
- Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1973
- Johnny Damon, American baseball player
- 1973
- Peter Emmerich, American illustrator and educator
- 1973
- Gráinne Seoige, Irish journalist
- 1973
- Alexei Yashin, Russian ice hockey player and manager
- 1971
- Chris Addison, Welsh-English comedian, actor and screenwriter
- 1971
- Sergei Berezin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1971
- Jonny Greenwood, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1971
- Dana Jacobson, American sportscaster
- 1971
- Rob Jones, Welsh-English footballer and coach
- 1971
- Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and producer
- 1971
- Corin Nemec, American actor, producer and screenwriter
- 1971
- Mårten Olander, Swedish golfer
- 1970
- Javy López, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
- 1969
- Pat Kilbane, American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter
- 1968
- Ricardo Fort, Argentinian actor, director and businessman (d. 2013)
- 1968
- Sam Rockwell, American actor
- 1967
- Marcelo D2, Brazilian rapper
- 1967
- Judy Reyes, American actress and producer
- 1966
- Nayim, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1966
- James Allen, English journalist and sportscaster
- 1966
- Urmas Kirs, Estonian footballer and manager
- 1965
- Atul Gawande, American surgeon and journalist
- 1965
- Famke Janssen, Dutch model and actress
- 1963
- Hans Gillhaus, Dutch footballer and scout
- 1963
- Andrea McArdle, American actress and singer
- 1963
- Tatum O'Neal, American actress and author
- 1963
- Brian Wheat, American bass player and songwriter
- 1963
- Jean-Pierre Papin, French footballer and manager
- 1962
- Turid Birkeland, Norwegian businesswoman and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture (d. 2015)
- 1962
- Abedi Pele, Ghanaian footballer and manager
- 1962
- Marcus J. Ranum, American computer scientist and author
- 1961
- Alan G. Poindexter, American captain, pilot and astronaut (d. 2012)
- 1960
- René Froger, Dutch singer-songwriter
- 1960
- Tilda Swinton, English actress
- 1959
- Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor
- 1959
- Tomo Česen, Slovenian mountaineer
- 1958
- Don Falcone, American keyboard player, songwriter and producer
- 1958
- Mo Gaffney, American actress and screenwriter
- 1958
- Robert Patrick, American actor
- 1957
- Mike Score, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1956
- Jeff Watson, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1956
- John Harwood, American journalist
- 1956
- Lavrentis Machairitsas, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1956
- Michael Sorridimi, Australian rugby league player
- 1956
- Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (d. 1999)
- 1955
- Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist and academic
- 1955
- Kris Jenner, American talent manager and businesswoman
- 1955
- Karan Thapar, Indian journalist and author
- 1954
- Alejandro Sabella, Argentine footballer and manager (d. 2020)
- 1954
- Jeffrey Sachs, American economist and academic
- 1953
- Florentino Floro, Filipino lawyer and judge
- 1953
- Joyce Maynard, American journalist, author and academic
- 1952
- Oleh Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer and manager
- 1952
- Brian Muehl, American puppeteer
- 1952
- Vandana Shiva, Indian philosopher and author
- 1952
- Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1950
- Thorbjørn Jagland, Norwegian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Norway
- 1950
- James Kennedy, American psychologist and author
- 1949
- Armin Shimerman, American actor
- 1949
- Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
- 1948
- Bob Barr, American lawyer and politician
- 1948
- Peter Hammill, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
- 1948
- Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author
- 1948
- William Daniel Phillips, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1947
- Quint Davis, American director and producer
- 1947
- Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneon player (d. 2010)
- 1947
- Peter Noone, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1946
- Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
- 1946
- Ken Whaley, Austrian-English bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1945
- Peter Pace, American general
- 1945
- Aleka Papariga, Greek accountant and politician
- 1945
- Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja, Russian fencer and coach
- 1943
- Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American chef and author (d. 2007)
- 1943
- Percy Hobson, Australian high jumper
- 1943
- Sam Shepard, American playwright and actor (d. 2017)
- 1942
- Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
- 1941
- Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1941
- Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese animator, director and screenwriter
- 1940
- Ted Kulongoski, American soldier, lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Oregon
- 1940
- Elke Sommer, German actress
- 1939
- Lobsang Tenzin, Tibetan religious leader
- 1938
- Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
- 1938
- César Luis Menotti, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1938
- Jim Steranko, American author and illustrator
- 1937
- Chan Sek Keong, Singaporean lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of Singapore
- 1937
- Harris Yulin, American actor
- 1936
- Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic (d. 2001)
- 1936
- Uwe Seeler, German footballer (d. 2022)
- 1936
- Billy Sherrill, American record producer, songwriter and arranger (d. 2015)
- 1935
- Lester Piggott, English flat racing jockey and trainer (d. 2020)
- 1935
- Christopher Wood, English author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- 1934
- Jeb Stuart Magruder, American minister and civil servant (d. 2014)
- 1933
- Herb Edelman, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1932
- Algirdas Lauritėnas, Lithuanian basketball player (d. 2001)
- 1931
- Leonard Herzenberg, American immunologist, geneticist and academic (d. 2013)
- 1931
- Gil Hill, American actor, police officer and politician (d. 2016)
- 1931
- Harold McNair, Jamaican-English saxophonist and flute player (d. 1971)
- 1931
- Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (d. 2007)
- 1931
- Diane Pearson, British book editor and novelist (d. 2017)
- 1930
- Wim Bleijenberg, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2016)
- 1930
- Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (d. 2015)
- 1927
- Hirotugu Akaike, Japanese statistician (d. 2009)
- 1926
- John Berger, English author, poet, painter and critic (d. 2017)
- 1923
- Rudolf Augstein, German soldier and journalist, co-founder of Der Spiegel (d. 2002)
- 1922
- Violet Barclay, American illustrator (d. 2010)
- 1922
- Yitzchok Scheiner, American-Israeli rabbi (d. 2021)
- 1922
- Cecil H. Underwood, American educator and politician, 25th and 32nd Governor of West Virginia (d. 2008)
- 1921
- Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1994)
- 1921
- Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (d. 2013)
- 1920
- Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist and coach (d. 2012)
- 1920
- Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
- 1919
- Hasan Askari, Pakistani linguist, scholar and critic (d. 1978)
- 1919
- Myron Floren, American accordionist and pianist (d. 2005)
- 1917
- Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot (d. 2000)
- 1917
- Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007)
- 1917
- James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general (d. 2002)
- 1917
- Giuseppe Salvioli, Italian football player
- 1914
- Alton Tobey, American painter and illustrator (d. 2005)
- 1913
- Guy Green, English-American director, screenwriter and cinematographer (d. 2005)
- 1913
- Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress (d. 1967)
- 1913
- John McGiver, American actor (d. 1975)
- 1912
- W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician (d. 1998)
- 1911
- Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer (d. 2010)
- 1911
- Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist and actor (d. 1998)
- 1910
- John Hackett, Australian-English general and academic (d. 1997)
- 1906
- Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer (d. 1944)
- 1906
- Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (d. 2004)
- 1905
- Joel McCrea, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1905
- Louis Rosier, French race car driver (d. 1956)
- 1905
- Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and poet (d. 1973)
- 1904
- Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1985)
- 1901
- Etta Moten Barnett, American actress and singer (d. 2004)
- 1901
- Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer, judge and politician (d. 1972)
- 1901
- Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (d. 1979)
- 1900
- Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991)
- 1900
- Ethelwynn Trewavas, British ichthyologist, over a dozen fish species named in her honor (d. 1993)
- 1899
- Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian and author (d. 1991)
- 1895
- Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (d. 1956)
- 1895
- Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1956)
- 1894
- Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (d. 1960)
- 1893
- Raymond Loewy, French-American engineer and designer (d. 1986)
- 1892
- J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (d. 1964)
- 1892
- John Alcock, captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force (d. 1919)
- 1890
- Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator (d. 1977)
- 1887
- Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator (d. 1961)
- 1886
- Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (d. 1961)
- 1885
- Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (d. 1981)
- 1884
- James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1915)
- 1883
- P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator (d. 1940)
- 1881
- George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1961)
- 1879
- Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (d. 1963)
- 1873
- Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (d. 1935)
- 1870
- Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1925)
- 1857
- Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, reformer, and educator (d. 1944)
- 1855
- Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (d. 1926)
- 1855
- Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist and climatologist (d. 1913)
- 1854
- Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and businessman, co-founded Desjardins Group (d. 1920)
- 1854
- Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
- 1851
- Charles Dupuy, French academic and politician, 60th Prime Minister of France (d. 1923)
- 1850
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
- 1846
- Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)
- 1835
- Moritz Szeps, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist and publisher (d. 1902)
- 1818
- Benjamin Butler, American general, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1893)
- 1789
- William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (d. 1868)
- 1742
- Richard Cosway, English painter (d. 1821)
- 1739
- Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish composer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire (d. 1819)
- 1722
- William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1798)
- 1715
- John Brown, English author and playwright (d. 1766)
- 1705
- Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French violinist and composer (d. 1770)
- 1701
- Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter and educator (d. 1785)
- 1688
- Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1757)
- 1667
- Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
- 1666
- Attilio Ariosti, Italian viola player and composer (d. 1729)
- 1615
- Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1648)
- 1613
- Isaac de Benserade, French poet and educator (d. 1691)
- 1607
- Anna Maria van Schurman, Dutch painter (d. 1678)
- 1592
- Charles Chauncy, English-American pastor, theologian, and academic (d. 1672)
- 1549
- Philippe de Mornay, French theologian and author (d. 1623)
- 1494
- Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (d. 1576)
- 1436
- Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, Earl of Tankerville, 1450-1460 (d. 1466)
- 1271
- Ghazan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (d. 1304)
Deaths On This Day
- 2021
- Marília Mendonça, Brazilian singer (b. 1995)
- 2020
- Geoffrey Palmer, English actor (b. 1927)
- 2015
- George Barris, American engineer and car designer (b. 1925)
- 2015
- Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (b. 1923)
- 2015
- Soma Edirisinghe, Sri Lankan businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1939)
- 2015
- Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (b. 1925)
- 2015
- Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (b. 1930)
- 2014
- Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (b. 1921)
- 2014
- Lane Evans, American lawyer and politician (b. 1951)
- 2014
- Wally Grant, American ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- 2014
- Abdelwahab Meddeb, Tunisian-French author, poet, and scholar (b. 1946)
- 2013
- Habibollah Asgaroladi, Iranian politician (b. 1932)
- 2013
- Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter (b. 1934)
- 2013
- Tony Iveson, English soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
- 2013
- Charles Mosley, English genealogist and author (b. 1948)
- 2013
- Charlie Trotter, American chef and author (b. 1959)
- 2013
- Stuart Williams, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- 2012
- Olympe Bradna, French-American actress and dancer (b. 1920)
- 2012
- Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (b. 1908)
- 2012
- Leonardo Favio, Argentinian actor, singer, director and screenwriter (b. 1938)
- 2012
- Bob Kaplan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1936)
- 2012
- Louis Pienaar, South African lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1926)
- 2011
- Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, director, and poet (b. 1926)
- 2010
- Jill Clayburgh, American actress and singer (b. 1944)
- 2010
- Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1943)
- 2010
- Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (b. 1931)
- 2009
- Félix Luna, Argentinian lawyer, historian, and academic (b. 1925)
- 2007
- Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- 2006
- Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1925)
- 2005
- John Fowles, English novelist (b. 1926)
- 2005
- Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (b. 1912)
- 2005
- Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
- 2004
- Donald Jones, American-Dutch actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1932)
- 2003
- Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
- 2001
- Roy Boulting, English director and producer (b. 1913)
- 2001
- Milton William Cooper, American radio host, author, and activist (b. 1943)
- 2000
- Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1899)
- 2000
- Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b. 1926)
- 1999
- James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- 1999
- Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (b. 1920)
- 1997
- James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (b. 1946)
- 1997
- Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian, author, and academic (b. 1909)
- 1997
- Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (b. 1964)
- 1996
- Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
- 1992
- Adile Ayda, Russian-Turkish engineer and diplomat (b. 1912)
- 1992
- Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (b. 1903)
- 1991
- Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (b. 1923)
- 1991
- Fred MacMurray, American actor and businessman (b. 1908)
- 1989
- Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1903)
- 1987
- Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (b. 1922)
- 1986
- Adolf Brudes, German race car driver (b. 1899)
- 1986
- Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- 1986
- Bobby Nunn, American singer (b. 1925)
- 1985
- Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist and philologist (b. 1898)
- 1985
- Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1895)
- 1981
- Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (b. 1924)
- 1980
- Louis Alter, American musician (b. 1902)
- 1979
- Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
- 1977
- René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (b. 1926)
- 1977
- Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1902)
- 1977
- Alexey Stakhanov, Russian-Soviet miner, the Stakhanovite movement has been named after him (b. 1906)
- 1975
- Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
- 1975
- Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (b. 1905)
- 1972
- Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1898)
- 1971
- Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 1964
- Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (b. 1916)
- 1964
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1893)
- 1963
- Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1902)
- 1960
- Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1960
- Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (b. 1895)
- 1960
- August Gailit, Estonian author and poet (b. 1891)
- 1960
- Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
- 1960
- Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
- 1956
- Art Tatum, American pianist and composer (b. 1909)
- 1955
- Maurice Utrillo, French painter (b. 1883)
- 1951
- Reggie Walker, South African runner (b. 1889)
- 1950
- Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist (b. 1863)
- 1946
- Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (b. 1877)
- 1944
- Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
- 1942
- George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, composer, author and theatre manager/owner (b. 1878)
- 1941
- Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)
- 1939
- Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)
- 1938
- Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
- 1933
- Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
- 1933
- Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
- 1931
- Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
- 1930
- Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
- 1930
- Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
- 1928
- Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
- 1923
- Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
- 1879
- James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
- 1876
- Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
- 1872
- Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
- 1807
- Angelica Kauffman, painter (b. 1741)
- 1758
- Hans Egede, Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (b. 1686)
- 1752
- Carl Andreas Duker, German scholar and jurist (b. 1670)
- 1714
- Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (b. 1633)
- 1701
- Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1659)
- 1660
- Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (b. 1591)
- 1660
- Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (b. 1599)
- 1605
- Nyaungyan Min, Birmese king (b. 1555)
- 1559
- Kanō Motonobu, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1476)
- 1515
- Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter and educator (b. 1474)
- 1459
- John Fastolf, English soldier (b. 1380)
- 1450
- John IV, Count of Armagnac (b. 1396)
- 1370
- Casimir III the Great, Polish king (b. 1310)
- 1235
- Elisabeth of Swabia, queen consort of Castile and León (b. 1205)
- 1176
- Diego Martínez de Villamayor, Castilian nobleman
- 1011
- Mathilde, Abbess of Essen (b. 949)
- 964
- Fan Zhi, chancellor of the Song Dynasty (b. 911)
- 425
- Atticus, archbishop of Constantinople