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October 2

On This Day in History

October 2

October 2 is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 90 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: North Carolina woman's son correctly guesses her $100,000 lottery win. A North Carolina mother said her son's prediction of her $100,000 lottery win gave her a car ride she'll remember forever.
2024: Huge luck in Michigan this week: five big lottery wins in one week. Lottery players in Michigan have been remarkably lucky this past week, with five big lottery wins in Powerball, Lucky for Life, and Lotto 47 occurring within mere days of each other.
2023: Michigan man wins $4 million after being unable to buy lottery ticket he originally wanted. A Michigan man won $4 million on a lottery ticket he originally did not want after finding out that the store was sold out of the game he was looking to buy.
2021: Florida woman wins two $2 million Mega Millions prizes in one night. There's one lucky woman in Florida whose bet is paying off two times over — technically four times — when she bought two matching Mega Millions tickets, both with the Megaplier option.
2020: UPDATE: Florida winner whose ticket was lost in mail gets her prize. Every lottery player's worst nightmare came true for a Florida woman whose ticket was supposedly lost in the mail by the United States Postal Service over a month ago. After telling her she would have to forfeit her $1,000 prize and then awarding it to another player, the Florida Lottery looked again and discovered the winning ticket was in their possession after all.
2019: Record number of people win SC Lottery Pick 4 game. We now know that a lot of people in South Carolina have the same strategy for the Pick 4 lottery game — and it just won them a lot of money.
2017: Odd Brits furious that lottery jackpot is so high. British media is reporting that lottery players in the United Kingdom are 'disappointed' and 'furious' that lottery jackpots in the island nation have reached record levels.
2015: Oregon man claims $6.3 million Arizona Lottery jackpot. An Oregon man who purchased a lottery ticket in Arizona is now a multi-millionaire.
2015: Group of 12 co-workers claim $60M Lotto Max jackpot. A group of 12 colleagues from Markham, Ont., say they don't plan on retiring after picking up the $60 million jackpot at the Ontario Lottery headquarters Thursday.
2014: Supermarket chain accused of allowing lottery sales to minors. Northeastern University's Public Health Advocacy Institute is demanding that Star Market remove scratch lottery ticket vending machines from its Massachusetts stores after, PHAI claims, a 14-year-old was able to purchase tickets from two stores.
2013: $189 million Mega Millions winning ticket sold in Maryland. In the Tuesday night Mega Millions drawing only one ticket sold in Severn, Maryland, matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball to win the jackpot of $189 million.
2009: N.M. Lottery's Roadrunner Cash game changing this weekend. The New Mexico Lottery is changing the in-state Roadrunner Cash game to create a larger starting prize and jackpots that grow larger, faster.
2009: Frequent lottery wins by retailers investigated. In this 2-part video report, MSNBC revealed the findings of their investigation, in which the most frequent lottery winners were almost always retailers.
2003: Army sergeant wins $150 million Mega Millions jackpot. A U.S. Army sergeant on leave from South Korea claimed the $150 million jackpot on Wednesday in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery.
2003: Powerball Soars to $79 Million. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 394,341 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.8 million in prizes in America's Game. The Saturday Powerball jackpot is now $79 million, with a cash option of $42.3 million.
2003: Blue Springs man wins $2.5 million in Missouri Lotto game. A suburban Kansas City man won $2.5 million in last Saturday's Missouri Lotto game.
2003: Sanford asks S.C. Education Lottery to make small cuts. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he doesn't approve of a state lottery but since it's here, it should be as efficient as possible.
2003: Free lotto ticket promotion taken lightly. Some in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Lincoln communities are concerned that a lotto promotion at a UNL restaurant sent the wrong message to students about gambling.
2003: $10M jackpot winner's luck runs out. A multimillion-dollar lottery jackpot winner had a reversal of fortune yesterday when he was sent to jail for his part in a high-speed police chase.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.07 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2023
2.$651.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2021
3.$520 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2025
4.$380 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2022
5.$367 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2018
6.$338.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2022
7.$315 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2023
8.€282.39 Million US$280.64 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2022
9.$273.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2024
10.$229 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2018
11.€190 Million
US$223.16 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2017
12.€190 Million
US$208.56 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2019
13.€178 Million
US$206.43 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2021
14.$194.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2025
15.$193 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2009
16.€162 Million
US$187.06 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2018
17.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2005
18.€129 Million
US$179.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2010
19.€160 Million
US$175.87 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2024
20.€150.7 Million
US$168.62 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2016
21.€141 Million
US$157.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2016
22.$151 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 2, 2004
23.€100 Million
US$132.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 4, 2011
24.€100 Million
US$125.58 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2014
25.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 3, 2014

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: Dongfong42
Friday, Oct 2, 1998
27 years old
1994: Akramali
Sunday, Oct 2, 1994
31 years old
1994: Rayanne Josey
Sunday, Oct 2, 1994
31 years old
1994: RaybeewRRJ
Sunday, Oct 2, 1994
31 years old
1984: Blackjack
Tuesday, Oct 2, 1984
41 years old
1974: ForestB3
Wednesday, Oct 2, 1974
51 years old
1971: igoeufaula
Saturday, Oct 2, 1971
54 years old
1968: mssue70710
Wednesday, Oct 2, 1968
57 years old
1967: thompson2010
Monday, Oct 2, 1967
58 years old
1966: fran-smith52
Sunday, Oct 2, 1966
59 years old
1962: Sayvi$n17
Tuesday, Oct 2, 1962
63 years old
1961: chickenkid
Monday, Oct 2, 1961
64 years old
1954: Renaissaiceyx54
Saturday, Oct 2, 1954
71 years old
1951: Pick
Tuesday, Oct 2, 1951
74 years old
1951: The Deer Hunter
Tuesday, Oct 2, 1951
74 years old
1949: ARR1002
Sunday, Oct 2, 1949
76 years old
1948: slysly
Saturday, Oct 2, 1948
77 years old
1948: Wyman
Saturday, Oct 2, 1948
77 years old
1946: ejo127
Wednesday, Oct 2, 1946
79 years old
1944: Cuckey72
Monday, Oct 2, 1944
81 years old
: scott_one
(year not provided)
: Bettyboop777
(year not provided)
: Cashless
(year not provided)
: fran438
(year not provided)
: MamaWins
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: A privately owned Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress conducting a living history exhibition flight crashes shortly after takeoff from Windsor Locks, Connecticut, killing seven.
2018: The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
2016: Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people.
2007: President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
2006: Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States.
2004: The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK.
2002: The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people.
1996: Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
1996: The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
1992: Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.
1990: Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132.
1980: Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
1971: South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election.
1971: British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63.
1970: An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
1968: Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics.
1967: Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1958: Guinea declares its independence from France.
1944: World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
1942: World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks HMS Curacoa, killing over 300 crewmen aboard Curacoa.
1937: Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the border region of the Dominican Republic.
1928: The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
1920: Ukrainian War of Independence: Mikhail Frunze orders the Red Army to immediately cease hostilities with the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
1919: Seven days after suffering a "physical collapse" following a speech in Pueblo, Colorado, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson has a catastrophic stroke at the White House, leaving him physically and mentally incapacitated for the remainder of his presidency.
1870: By plebiscite, the citizens of the Papal States accept annexation by the Kingdom of Italy.
1864: American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners ensues.
1835: Texas Revolution: Mexican troops attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
1789: The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
1780: American Revolutionary War: John André, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
1766: The Nottingham Cheese Riot breaks out at the Goose Fair in Nottingham, UK, in response to the excessive cost of cheese.
1552: Russo-Kazan Wars: Russian troops enter Kazan.
1470: The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
1263: The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
939: Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes.
829: Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.

Births On This Day

2005: Sam Konstas, Australian cricketer
2002: Jacob Sartorius, American social media personality and singer
2000: Quadeca, American singer-songwriter and YouTuber
1997: Rubi Rose, American rapper
1996: Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
1995: Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player
1994: Joana Eidukonytė, Lithuanian tennis player
1993: Lance McCullers Jr., American baseball player
1993: Elizabeth McLaughlin, American actress
1992: Alisson Becker, Brazilian footballer
1992: Shane Larkin, American-Turkish basketball player
1992: Nicol Ruprecht, Austrian rhythmic gymnast
1991: Roberto Firmino, Brazilian footballer
1990: Samantha Barks, Manx actress and singer
1989: Frederik Andersen, Danish ice hockey player
1989: Josh Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player
1989: Aaron Hicks, American baseball player
1989: George Nash, English rower
1988: Kirara Asuka, Japanese model and adult video actress
1988: Brittany Howard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987: Bojana Bobusic, Australian tennis player
1987: Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player
1987: Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
1987: Christopher Larkin, South Korean-American actor
1987: Joel Reinders, American football player
1987: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., American race car driver
1986: Camilla Belle, American actress
1985: Çağlar Birinci, Turkish footballer
1985: Brandon Jackson, American football player
1984: Marion Bartoli, French tennis player
1982: Tyson Chandler, American basketball player
1982: Esra Gümüş, Turkish volleyball player
1981: Santi Kolk, Dutch footballer
1981: Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer
1979: Primož Brezec, Slovenian basketball player
1978: Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer, songwriter, actress
1977: Didier Défago, Swiss skier
1976: Mark Chilton, English cricketer
1974: Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect
1974: Brian Knight, American baseball player
1974: Matthew Nicholson, Australian cricketer
1974: Sam Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
1974: Paul Teutul Jr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
1973: Melissa Harris-Perry, American journalist, author, and educator
1973: Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer, songwriter, and musician
1973: Efren Ramirez, American actor
1973: Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
1972: Aaron McKie, American basketball player
1971: Tiffany Darwish, American singer-songwriter
1971: Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter
1971: Chris Savino, American comic book artist, writer, animator and creator of The Loud House
1970: Eddie Guardado, American baseball player
1970: Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano
1970: Kelly Ripa, American actress and talk show host
1970: Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress
1969: Badly Drawn Boy, English musician
1968: Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player and sportscaster (died 2017)
1968: Joey Slotnick, American actor
1968: Glen Wesley, Canadian ice hockey player
1968: Kelly Willis, American country music singer-songwriter
1967: Frankie Fredericks, Namibian sprinter
1967: Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player
1967: Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966: Yokozuna, American wrestler (died 2000)
1965: Darren Cahill, Australian tennis player
1965: Tom Moody, Australian cricketer
1965: Ferhan and Ferzan Önder, Turkish-Austrian pianists
1964: Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
1963: Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer
1963: Maria Ressa, Filipino-American journalist
1962: Mark Rypien, Canadian-American football player
1960: Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
1960: Django Bates, English musician and composer
1960: Joe Sacco, Maltese-American journalist and cartoonist
1960: Dereck Whittenburg, American basketball player and coach
1958: Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter
1957: John Cook, American golfer
1957: Wade Dooley, English rugby player
1956: Freddie Jackson, American soul singer
1955: Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1954: Lorraine Bracco, American actress
1953: Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer
1953: Tom Boswell, American basketball player
1952: Janusz Olejniczak, Polish classical pianist and actor (died 2024)
1952: Robin Riker, American actress
1951: Sting, English singer-songwriter and actor
1950: Mike Rutherford, English guitarist
1949: Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1949: Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
1948: Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager
1948: Avery Brooks, American actor
1948: Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY
1948: Siim Kallas, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia
1948: Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, (died 1998)
1947: Ward Churchill, American author and activist
1946: Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician
1945: Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic
1945: Don McLean, American singer-songwriter
1944: Vernor Vinge, American author (died 2024)
1943: Anna Ford, English journalist
1943: Henri Szeps, Australian actor
1942: Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2012)
1941: Diana Hendry, English poet and author
1941: Ron Meagher, American rock bass player
1939: Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (died 2006)
1938: Nick Gravenites, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)
1938: Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1983)
1938: Rex Reed, American film critic
1937: Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (died 2005)
1936: Dick Barnett, American basketball player (died 2025)
1936: Connie Dierking, American basketball player (died 2013)
1936: Gwen Marston, American quilter and writer (died 2019)
1935: Omar Sívori, Italian-Argentine footballer and manager (died 2005)
1934: Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, English lawyer and judge
1934: Earl Wilson, American baseball player (died 2005)
1933: John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933: Dave Somerville, Canadian singer (died 2015)
1932: Maury Wills, American baseball player and manager (died 2022)
1930: Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia (died 2018)
1929: Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (died 1996)
1929: Moses Gunn, American actor (died 1993)
1928: George McFarland, American actor (died 1993)
1928: Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (died 2014)
1926: Jan Morris, Welsh historian and author (died 2020)
1925: Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2013)
1921: Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (died 1978)
1921: Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer (died 2006)
1921: Robert Runcie, English archbishop (died 2000)
1919: John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer (died 2004)
1917: Christian de Duve, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1917: Charles Drake, American actor (died 1994)
1915: Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams Sonoma (died 2015)
1914: Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer (died 1952)
1914: Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian (died 1998)
1912: Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (died 1981)
1909: Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon (died 1956)
1907: Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, President of Bolivia (died 2001)
1907: Alexander R. Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
1906: Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (died 1971)
1905: Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (died 1981)
1904: Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic (died 1991)
1904: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian and politician, Prime Minister of India (died 1966)
1902: Leopold Figl, Austrian politician, Chancellor of Austria (died 1965)
1900: Leela Roy Nag, Indian freedom fighter, social reformer and politician (died 1970)
1895: Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel (died 1990)
1893: Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor (died 1962)
1890: Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (died 1977)
1883: Karl von Terzaghi, Austrian geologist and engineer (died 1963)
1882: Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel (died 1945)
1879: Wallace Stevens, American poet (died 1955)
1875: Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, American suffragist (died 1935)
1873: Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (died 1924)
1873: Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager (died 1963)
1871: Cordell Hull, American politician, United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
1871: Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author (died 1959)
1869: Mahatma Gandhi, Indian freedom fighter, activist and philosopher (died 1948)
1866: Swami Abhedananda, Indian mystic and philosopher (died 1939)
1854: Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist (died 1932)
1852: William Ramsay, Scottish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
1851: Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (died 1929)
1847: Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (died 1934)
1832: Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (died 1917)
1828: Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1896)
1821: Alexander P. Stewart, American general (died 1908)
1815: James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania (died 1901)
1800: Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader (died 1831)
1798: Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49) (died 1849)
1768: William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician (died 1854)
1718: Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic (died 1800)
1538: Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (died 1584)
1527: William Drury, English politician (died 1579)
1470: Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (died 1498)
1452: Richard III of England (died 1485)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Susie Berning, American professional golfer (born 1941)
2024: Marissa Haque, Indonesian politician (born 1962)
2023: Francis Lee, English footballer (born 1944)
2022: Sacheen Littlefeather, American actress, model and activist for Native American civil rights (born 1946)
2021: Jack Biondolillo, American bowler (born 1940)
2020: Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (born 1957)
2018: Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (born 1958)
2017: Tom Petty, American musician (born 1950)
2016: Neville Marriner, British conductor (born 1924)
2015: Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (born 1929)
2015: Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-English bassist and composer (born 1914)
2015: Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer and coach (born 1923)
2014: Robert Flower, Australian footballer (born 1955)
2013: Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (born 1918)
2012: Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Vietnamese-American poet and activist (born 1939)
2012: Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (born 1933)
2012: J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (born 1943)
2010: Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean lawyer and scholar (born 1920)
2007: Tex Coulter, American football player (born 1924)
2007: George Grizzard, American actor (born 1928)
2007: Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (born 1902)
2006: Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (born 1938)
2006: Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (born 1916)
2005: Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (born 1918)
2005: August Wilson, American author and playwright (born 1945)
2003: John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician, United States Secretary of Labor (born 1914)
2002: Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (born 1911)
2001: Franz Biebl, German composer and academic (born 1906)
2000: David Tonkin, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (born 1929)
1999: Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (born 1921)
1998: Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and guitarist (born 1907)
1996: Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, Premier of Quebec (born 1933)
1996: Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (born 1938)
1991: Hazen Argue, Canadian politician (born 1921)
1991: Demetrios I of Constantinople (born 1914)
1988: Alec Issigonis, English car designer, designed the Mini (born 1906)
1988: Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd vice president of Indonesia (born 1912)
1987: Madeleine Carroll, English actress (born 1906)
1987: Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
1985: Rock Hudson, American actor (born 1925)
1981: Harry Golden, American journalist and author (born 1902)
1981: Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American activist, actress, and musician (born 1920)
1975: K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1903)
1974: Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)
1973: Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (born 1904)
1973: Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (born 1897)
1971: Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (born 1883)
1968: Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (born 1887)
1955: William R. Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1881)
1953: John Marin, American painter (born 1870)
1953: Émilie Busquant, French anarcho-syndicalist, sewed the first Flag of Algeria (born 1901)
1943: John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (born 1855)
1938: Alexandru Averescu, Romanian military leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1859)
1927: Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)
1920: Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (born 1838)
1853: François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician (born 1786)
1850: Sarah Biffen, English painter (born 1784)
1847: Vasil Aprilov, Bulgarian educator, merchant and writer (born 1789)
1804: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (born 1725)
1803: Samuel Adams, American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (born 1722)
1786: Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (born 1725)
1782: Charles Lee, English-born American general (born 1732)
1780: John André, English soldier (born 1750)
1764: William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1720)
1746: Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (born 1666)
1724: François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (born 1644)
1709: Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat (born 1639)
1708: Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (born 1650)
1678: Wu Sangui, Qing Chinese general (born 1612)
1674: George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen, officer in the Dutch Army (born 1606)
1629: Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (born 1584)
1629: Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian (born 1575)
1626: Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (born 1567)
1559: Jacquet of Mantua, French-Italian composer (born 1483)
1264: Pope Urban IV
939: Eberhard of Franconia
939: Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
829: Michael II, Byzantine emperor
534: Athalaric, king of the Ostrogoths in Italy

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