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October 5

On This Day in History

October 5

October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 87 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: $1.4 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rolling. Last night, the multi-state Powerball lottery game produced no top winner for the 33rd consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to an astonishing $1.4 billion.
2022: Online play taking off: Virginia Lottery hits milestone $2 billion awarded. The Virginia Lottery is seeing huge profits — and payouts — since the launch of its online games just two years ago.
2021: $699.8 million Powerball lottery jackpot won by single ticket sold in California. One Powerball lottery ticket sold in California won the seventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Monday night.
2018: 'It was a horrible, horrible crime that I committed,' Jamaican lottery scammer repents. A woman who scammed elderly Americans out of their life savings verbalized a moment of repentance at her sentencing.
2017: Winner sues Colorado Lottery 12 years after rigged drawing. A lottery winner filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Colorado State Lottery, arguing he should be declared the sole winner of a jackpot he recently learned was rigged, and that the $800,000 cash prize he opted to receive should have been tripled.
2016: Lottery winner pranks kids by letting them 'find out about it on the news'. A Canadian man who won a $7.4 million lottery jackpot said he wants his children "to find out about it on the news."
2016: Mass. Treasurer renews push for online lottery games, apps. State officials are renewing their push to make Massachusetts State Lottery games available online and through mobile phone applications, a move they hope will attract a new generation of young players.
2015: Arizona Lottery launches new poker-themed game. Arizona Lottery players now have a new evening draw game to play featuring a playing card theme is proving to be very popular throughout North America.
2012: $14M Mega Millions lottery jackpot won by 2 old friends. Two old friends who met working in a Manhattan print shop have become instant millionaires, scooping up a $14 million jackpot in the Mega Millions game.
2011: Wrong ticket wins Georgia woman $25 million. It was a huge mistake, but one with a silver lining for a woman who says her winning $25 million lottery ticket wasn't the one she originally wanted.
2010: Hoax: Man claimed he shredded winning ticket. A Florida man's story to get his hands on $14.5 million in lottery winnings has been shredded.
2008: Mega lottery bucks go unclaimed every year. Last year, more than $600 million in lottery fortunes went unclaimed in the United States.
2007: Lottery competition between two border states. A Tennessee newspaper examines two competing lotteries -- Georgia and Tennessee -- to highlight the similarities and differences, and to examine the issue of gambling.
2005: GTECH may enter supreme court hearings. A former Texas lottery official, who claimed that then-Gov. George W. Bush's desire to cover up his National Guard record helped steer decisions about a key lottery contract, said he wants to talk to senators about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' possible role in that effort.
2005: Hilton may bid to operate UK lottery. Hilton Group is considering bidding for the next United Kingdom National Lottery license -- which will commence in January 2009 when Camelot's current contract expires -- through its Ladbrokes division.
2005: Lottery winner hangs self 7 years after collecting win. Life came to a shocking end for a man who appeared to have the world at his fingertips, yet clearly never could grasp the instant fame and fortune he was handed through his lucky $2 Super 7 ticket.
2004: Texas Seniors Targeted by Lottery Scam. The so called "foreign lottery" scam is again targeting senior citizens in Texas, and former Governor Ann Richards and First Mother and former First Lady Barbara Bush have joined forces to produce radio and TV commercials urging Texans to 'just hang up.'
2004: Euro Millions lottery expands to six new countries. Lottery players in six new countries will be able to cash in on the Euro Millions lottery starting from Friday, said the French creator of the game.
2004: Texas man claims Mega Millions jackpot. A Carrollton, Texas man spent Monday in Austin picking up his $62 million Mega Millions winnings.
2003: $88 Million Powerball Jackpot. The excitement is growing, the fun is growing, and most importantly, the jackpot is growing in one of America's biggest lottery games. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 457,515 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.8 million in prizes in America's Game.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.42 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2023
2.$420 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2018
3.$410 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2022
4.$360 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2023
5.$354.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2022
6.€283.66 Million US$279.01 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2022
7.$253 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2018
8.€190 Million US$222.6 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2017
9.€190 Million US$208.37 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2019
10.€178 Million
US$206.43 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2021
11.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2005
12.€129 Million
US$179.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2010
13.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2004
14.€156 Million
US$174.17 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2016
15.€151.94 Million
US$169.64 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2016
16.€119 Million
US$159.69 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2011
17.€111 Million
US$140.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2014
18.$136 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2014
19.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2009
20.$112 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2017
21.€90.32 Million
US$104.75 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2021
22.€90 Million
US$100.49 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Oct 7, 2016
23.$88 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 8, 2003
24.€68 Million
US$86.38 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Oct 6, 2006
25.$86 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Oct 5, 2013

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: codyrouse87
Monday, Oct 5, 1987
36 years old
1984: LBannerman00
Friday, Oct 5, 1984
39 years old
1984: mrslucio31
Friday, Oct 5, 1984
39 years old
1978: thomas40
Thursday, Oct 5, 1978
45 years old
1977: DariusF
Wednesday, Oct 5, 1977
46 years old
1975: Toni Love6
Sunday, Oct 5, 1975
48 years old
1974: kizzy10574
Saturday, Oct 5, 1974
49 years old
1967: NativeSlew67
Thursday, Oct 5, 1967
56 years old
1965: atriumprop
Tuesday, Oct 5, 1965
58 years old
1965: moneycow
Tuesday, Oct 5, 1965
58 years old
1964: manional
Monday, Oct 5, 1964
59 years old
1964: Theobell83
Monday, Oct 5, 1964
59 years old
1961: racing99
Thursday, Oct 5, 1961
62 years old
1957: tgirl137
Saturday, Oct 5, 1957
66 years old
1954: Fay57
Tuesday, Oct 5, 1954
69 years old
: paradisenow
(year not provided)
: BPOPPIN$
(year not provided)
: LoveHappiness
(year not provided)
: teagansmama
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2011: In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
2000: Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
1999: The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.
1991: An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
1990: After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
1988: A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
1986: Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
1984: Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
1982: Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
1974: Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
1970: The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
1970: The British Trade Commissioner, James Cross, is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
1968: A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
1966: A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
1963: The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.
1962: The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.
1962: The first Beatles single "Love Me Do" is released in Britain.
1947: President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
1945: A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
1944: The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
1943: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
1938: In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
1936: The Jarrow March sets off for London.
1930: British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.
1921: The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
1914: World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.
1911: The Kowloon-Canton Railway commences service.
1910: In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
1905: The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
1900: Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.
1877: The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
1869: The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
1869: The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.
1838: The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
1813: War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
1789: French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
1607: Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.
1450: Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
1143: With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
869: The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.
816: King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
610: Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.

Births On This Day

2006: Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor
1993: Wakamotoharu Minato, Japanese sumo wrestler
1992: Kevin Magnussen, Danish racing driver
1990: Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player
1989: Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player
1989: Marcel Baude, German footballer
1989: Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player
1989: Travis Kelce, American football player
1988: Benny Howell, English cricketer
1988: Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter
1988: Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host
1987: Dillon Francis, American DJ and record producer
1987: Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
1987: Tim Ream, American soccer player
1987: Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
1987: Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer
1986: Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer
1985: Nicola Roberts, English singer-songwriter
1984: Naima Adedapo, American singer and dancer
1984: Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
1983: Jesse Eisenberg, American actor and writer
1983: Florian Mayer, German tennis player
1983: Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
1982: Michael Roos, Estonian-American football player
1982: Steve Williams, Australian-German rugby player
1981: Jeanette Antolin, American gymnast
1981: Joel Lindpere, Estonian footballer
1981: Andy Nägelein, German footballer
1980: Paul Thomas, American bass player
1980: James Toseland, English motorcycle racer
1979: Vince Grella, Australian footballer
1979: Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
1978: Jesse Palmer, Canadian football player and sportscaster
1978: Shane Ryan, Irish footballer and hurler
1978: Steinar Nickelsen, Norwegian organist and composer
1978: Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer
1977: Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic
1977: Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and producer
1977: Konstantin Zyryanov, Russian footballer
1976: Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic
1976: Royston Tan, Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter
1976: J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
1975: Bobo Baldé, French-Guinean footballer
1975: Carson Ellis, American painter and illustrator
1975: Parminder Nagra, English actress
1975: Monica Rial, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
1975: Kate Winslet, English actress
1974: Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist and actor
1974: Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player
1973: Cédric Villani, French mathematician and academic
1972: Annely Akkermann, Estonian banker and politician
1972: Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
1972: Grant Hill, American basketball player and actor
1972: Thomas Roberts, American journalist and actor
1971: Tonia Antoniazzi, British politician
1971: Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentinian footballer and manager
1970: Josie Bissett, American actress
1970: Matthew Knights, Australian footballer and coach
1970: Tord Gustavsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
1970: Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter
1967: Rex Chapman, American basketball player and sportscaster
1967: Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor
1966: Dennis Byrd, American football player (d. 2016)
1966: Sean M. Carroll, American physicist, cosmologist, and academic
1966: Terri Runnels, American wrestler and manager
1966: Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker player and referee
1965: Trace Armstrong, American football player and agent
1965: Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
1965: Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964: Philip A. Haigh, English historian and author
1964: Malik Saidullaev, Russian businessman
1964: Korina Sanchez, Filipino journalist
1963: Laura Davies, English golfer and sportscaster
1963: Tony Dodemaide, Australian cricketer
1963: Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater
1963: Nick Robinson, English journalist and blogger
1962: Michael Andretti, American race car driver
1962: Thomas Herbst, German footballer and manager
1962: Caron Keating, British television host (d. 2004)
1961: Pato Banton, English singer-songwriter
1960: Careca, Brazilian footballer
1960: Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer
1960: David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1959: Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial
1959: Kelly Joe Phelps, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
1959: Kenan İpek, Turkish lawyer and judge
1958: André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut
1958: Neil Peart, Australian footballer
1958: Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author
1957: Mark Geragos, American lawyer
1957: Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist
1957: Bernie Mac, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1955: John Alexander, English footballer
1955: Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
1955: Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, English academic and businessman
1953: Philip Hampton, English-Scottish accountant and businessman
1953: Roy Laidlaw, Scottish rugby player
1952: Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, and screenwriter
1952: Harold Faltermeyer, German keyboard player, composer, and producer
1952: Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and Prime Minister
1951: Karen Allen, American actress
1951: Bob Geldof, British singer-songwriter and actor
1950: "Fast" Eddie Clarke, English rock guitarist (d. 2018)
1950: Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (d. 2011)
1950: Edward P. Jones, American novelist and short story writer
1950: James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (d. 2011)
1949: Peter Ackroyd, English biographer, novelist and critic
1949: Michael Gaughan (Irish republican) Irish Hunger Striker (d. 1974)
1949: Ralph Goodale, Canadian lawyer and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Finance
1949: Bill James, American historian and author
1949: Yashiki Takajin, Japanese singer and television host (d. 2014)
1948: Russell Mael, American vocalist
1947: Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
1946: Zahida Hina, Pakistani journalist and author
1946: Robin Lane Fox, English historian and author
1946: Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1946: David Watson, English footballer
1944: Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser, English union leader and politician
1943: Ben Cardin, American lawyer and politician
1943: Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943: Michael Morpurgo, English author, poet, and playwright
1943: Etela Farkašová, Slovak philosopher and writer
1942: Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1941: Stephanie Cole, English actress
1941: Eduardo Duhalde, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
1941: Frank Stagg (Irish republican), Hunger Striker (d. 1976)
1940: Terry Trotter, American jazz pianist
1939: Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright
1939: A. R. Penck, German painter and sculptor (d. 2017)
1939: Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino lawyer and jurist
1938: Johnny Duncan, American country singer (d. 2006)
1938: Teresa Heinz, Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist
1937: Carlo Mastrangelo, American doo-wop singer (d. 2016)
1937: Barry Switzer, American football player and coach
1936: Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011)
1934: Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)
1933: Doug Bailey, American political consultant, founded The Hotline (d. 2013)
1933: Billy Lee Riley, American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (d. 2009)
1932: Neal Ascherson, Scottish journalist and author
1932: Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2019)
1932: Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and police officer (d. 2006)
1931: Rosalie Gower, Canadian nurse and politician (d. 2013)
1930: Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (d. 2009)
1930: Reinhard Selten, German economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
1929: Richard F. Gordon Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2017)
1929: Bill Wirtz, American businessman (d. 2007)
1928: Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (d. 1974)
1926: Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012)
1926: Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (d. 1979)
1925: Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
1925: Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter (d. 2020)
1925: Walter Dale Miller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (d. 2015)
1924: Bill Dana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1924: José Donoso, Chilean author (d. 1996)
1924: Barbara Kelly, Canadian actress and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1924: Frederic Morton, Austrian-American banker, journalist, and author (d. 2015)
1924: Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
1923: Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (d. 2002)
1923: Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and author (d. 1954)
1923: Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (d. 1994)
1923: Glynis Johns, South African-born British actress and singer
1923: Kailashpati Mishra, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (d. 2012)
1922: José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver (d. 2013)
1922: Bil Keane, American cartoonist (d. 2011)
1922: Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
1921: Bill Willis, American football player and coach (d. 2007)
1919: Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)
1917: Allen Ludden, American television personality and game show host (d. 1981)
1917: Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007)
1916: Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011)
1914: Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (d. 2015)
1913: Eugene B. Fluckey, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2007)
1912: Fritz Fischer, German physician and convicted war criminal (d. 2003)
1911: Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist and academic (d. 2011)
1911: Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright (d. 1966)
1908: Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
1908: Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1907: Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer (d. 1997)
1907: Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (d. 1959)
1905: John Hoyt, American actor (d. 1991)
1905: Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)
1903: M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic (d. 1989)
1902: Larry Fine, American comedian (d. 1975)
1902: Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1984)
1901: John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1996)
1900: Bing Xin, Chinese author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature (d. 1998)
1900: Margherita Bontade, Italian politician (d. 1992)
1899: Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (d. 1961)
1898: Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor (d. 1980)
1894: Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (d. 1948)
1892: Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (d. 1969)
1889: Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author and educator (d. 1936)
1888: Mary Fuller, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1887: René Cassin, French judge and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
1887: Manny Ziener, German actress (d. 1972)
1885: Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (d. 1969)
1883: Ernst Pittschau, German actor (d. 1951)
1882: Robert H. Goddard, American physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 1945)
1879: Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1878: Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965)
1877: Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1959)
1873: Lucien Mérignac, French fencer (d. 1941)
1864: Louis Lumière, French director and producer (d. 1948)
1858: Helen Churchill Candee, American journalist and author (d. 1949)
1857: Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish author and playwright (d. 1942)
1850: Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (d. 1910)
1848: Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist and poet (d. 1919)
1844: Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
1829: Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
1824: Henry Chadwick, English-American historian and author (d. 1908)
1820: David Wilber, American lawyer and politician (d. 1890)
1816: Ursula Frayne, Irish-Australian nun and missionary (d. 1885)
1803: Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (d. 1844)
1795: Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax (d. 1873)
1792: Joseph Crosfield, English businessman (d. 1844)
1781: Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
1743: Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer and educator (d. 1818)
1728: Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat and spy (d. 1810)
1715: Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and educator (d. 1789)
1713: Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (d. 1784)
1712: Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793)
1703: Jonathan Edwards, American pastor and theologian (d. 1758)
1687: Maria Maddalena Martinengo, Italian nun (d. 1737)
1658: Mary of Modena (d. 1718)
1641: Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
1609: Paul Fleming, German physician and poet (d. 1640)
1524: Rani Durgavati, Queen of Gond (d. 1564)
1520: Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1589)
1487: Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman (d. 1553)
1422: Catherine, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royal (d. 1424)
1377: Louis II of Anjou (d. 1417)
1338: Alexios III of Trebizond (d. 1390)
1274: Al-Dhahabi, Syrian scholar and historian (d. 1348)

Deaths On This Day

2017: Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1955)
2016: Brock Yates, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
2015: Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (b. 1950)
2015: Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2015: Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (b. 1915)
2015: Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1948)
2014: David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (b. 1924)
2014: Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (b. 1959)
2014: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1930)
2014: Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (b. 1917)
2013: Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and academic (b. 1916)
2013: Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2013: Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (b. 1976)
2012: Keith Campbell, English biologist and academic (b. 1954)
2012: Vojin Dimitrijević, Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (b. 1932)
2012: James W. Holley III, American dentist and politician (b. 1926)
2012: Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (b. 1921)
2012: Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2011: Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar (b. 1930)
2011: Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
2011: Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. and Pixar (b. 1955)
2011: Charles Napier, American actor and singer (b. 1936)
2011: Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (b. 1922)
2011: Gökşin Sipahioğlu, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1926)
2010: Bernard Clavel, French journalist and author (b. 1923)
2010: Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939)
2010: Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
2006: Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (b. 1953)
2004: Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2004: William H. Dobelle, American biologist and academic (b. 1941)
2004: Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2003: Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1978)
2003: Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957)
2002: Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
2001: Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1903)
2000: Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (b. 1924)
2000: Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
1997: Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (b. 1962)
1996: Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (b. 1925)
1992: Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
1986: Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (b. 1947)
1986: Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
1986: James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
1985: Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
1983: Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
1983: Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
1981: Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
1976: Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
1976: Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1967: Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
1952: Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
1950: Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)
1943: Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
1942: Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)
1941: Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)
1940: Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
1940: Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (b. 1859)
1940: Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
1938: Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)
1938: Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
1936: J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)
1933: Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)
1933: Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
1930: Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
1929: Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
1927: Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
1921: John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
1918: Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
1914: Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
1913: Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
1895: Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
1885: Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
1880: Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
1861: Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1778)
1848: Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (b. 1781)
1827: William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1761)
1813: Tecumseh, American tribal leader (b. 1768)
1805: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1738)
1802: Sanité Bélair, Haitian freedom fighter (b. 1781)
1777: Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
1740: Jean-Philippe Baratier, German astronomer and scholar (b. 1721)
1714: Kaibara Ekken, Japanese botanist and philosopher (b. 1630)
1629: Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (b. 1569)
1606: Philippe Desportes, French poet and author (b. 1546)
1565: Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1522)
1564: Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1510)
1540: Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet and educator (b. 1488)
1528: Richard Foxe, English bishop and academic (b. 1448)
1524: Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter (b. c. 1480)
1399: Raymond of Capua, Italian priest and Master General (b. c. 1330)
1398: Blanche of Navarre, queen of France (b. 1330)
1354: Giovanni Visconti, Italian cardinal (b. 1290)
1285: Philip III, king of France (b. 1245)
1225: Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph (b. 1158)
1214: Alfonso VIII, king of Castile and Toledo (b. 1155)
1112: Sigebert of Gembloux, French monk, historian, and author (b. 1030)
1111: Robert II, count of Flanders (b. 1065)
1056: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1016)
989: Henry III, duke of Bavaria (b. 940)
610: Phocas, Byzantine emperor
578: Justin II, Byzantine emperor (b. 520)

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