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November 30

November 30 is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 31 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Arkansas Lottery's Lotto jackpot worth nearly $800,000; has yet to be won since game's launch. Since the Arkansas Lottery launched its newest game more than two months ago, Lotto has yet to produce its first big winner, with the jackpot climbing to nearly $800,000 for Wednesday's drawing.
2020: Massachusetts Lottery to allow prize claims via mobile app. Players who are tired of traveling to claim centers or mailing away their winning lottery tickets to claim their prizes will soon have a new option. Next spring, the Massachusetts Lottery will begin allowing players to claim larger prizes through their phones.
2020: Lottery winner taskforce in United Kingdom unites to spread early Christmas joy. A team of lottery winners from the United Kingdom have been working together to make Christmas happen a little earlier this year by gifting holiday baskets to charity workers and care staff who look after the elderly.
2019: Unclaimed $14.6 million Arizona Lottery ticket expires Monday. If you played the Arizona Lottery this past summer, look around the house for lottery tickets you might have missed; you might be sitting on $14.6 million.
2013: $257 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot expands. The last time the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot was this big, it was busy setting the record for the largest lottery jackpot in history.
2012: Mechanic and his wife are Missouri winners of $588M Powerball jackpot. Cindy Hill, a laid-off office manager who lives in a small town in Missouri, called her husband Thursday with urgent news that would change everything: "We won the lottery."
2012: Apparent Arizona winner captured on video the moment he learned of win. A man, who appeared to be a construction or highway worker, walked into a Prince George's County, Maryland, Exxon Thursday afternoon and -- according to witnesses -- walked out a multi-multi-millionaire.
2012: Winning Powerball ticket in Mo. turned in. Lottery officials in Missouri say a winning Powerball ticket for the record $588 million drawing has been turned-in and verified.
2011: Virginia woman dreams of Obama, wins lottery. A Virginia Beach woman says she dreamed about chatting with President Barack Obama, and the next day won the lottery by playing the president's birthday.
2011: Connecticut Powerball mystery deepens. Three money managers who claimed the state's record-breaking $254.2 million Powerball jackpot on Monday may still have a fight ahead of them in the court of public opinion.
2011: Atlanta man wins $1 million lottery for second time in three years. An Atlanta man has won a $1 million prize for the second time in three years playing an instant lottery game, according to Georgia Lottery officials.
2010: Unclaimed Pa. lottery prize worth $50K to expire. Time is running out for a Pennsylvania Lottery winner to claim a $50,000 prize.
2010: California Lottery has Thanksgiving millionaire. Someone was especially thankful this Thanksgiving: He won $8 million in Wednesday's California SuperLotto Plus drawing.
2006: N.C. lottery excitement: first Powerball jackpot winner. Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket this week in North Carolina is $74.5 million richer this morning.
2005: Two winning Mega Millions lottery tickets in $35 Million drawing. Two tickets will share the $35 million jackpot in Tuesday night's multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing.
2005: Mass. Lottery expanding Keno with new Bonus game. As of Wednesday, Dec. 14, the Massachusetts Lottery will launch a new way for residents to play the popular Keno game.
2005: Californians targeted by Spanish lottery scam. Imagine receiving a letter in the mail that you're the big winner of a lottery in Spain. If it sounds too good to be true, that's probably because it is.
2005: Texas Lottery Commission chair betting on future. The 72-year-old chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission is facing one last duty before retirement: overseeing the troubled agency's bid to win back public trust.
2005: Million-dollar ticket fight goes before Mass. Lottery board. In the opening round of what may be a lengthy legal battle, an 83-year-old local man who found a winning Massachusetts lottery ticket in a trash bin defended his right to the $1 million prize yesterday, fending off a rival claim.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $127 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $127 million, with a cash option of $69.9 million.
2004: Syndicate Misses Out on Lottery Fortune. A school cleaner apologized to other members of his Lottery syndicate Friday after failing to put on a winning line that could have scooped them a share of an £8.5 million (US$16.2 million) jackpot.
2004: Tennessee grants fewer lottery scholarships than projected. Tennessee's HOPE scholarship program gave out fewer grants in its first year than state officials had expected.
2004: Record Oregon lottery jackpot still unclaimed. Nobody has claimed the record $30 million prize in the two weeks since the six winning numbers turned up on a ticket sold in Milwaukie.
2004: Satellite failure stops Nebraska lottery ticket sales. According to Nebraska Lottery, communication between the Nebraska Lottery and retailers was interrupted early Sunday morning after a communications satellite failed.
2004: Tenn. Lottery Director Gets Pay Cut. Tennessee Lottery director Rebecca Paul is getting a pay cut under a new plan adopted by the state's lottery board Monday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$400 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2023
2.$355 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2023
3.€318.63 Million US$334.21 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2022
4.$333 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2022
5.$266 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2019
6.$263.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2021
7.$257 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2013
8.$231 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2020
9.$229 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2020
10.€200 Million
US$219.5 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2023
11.€178 Million
US$214.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2020
12.$190 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2018
13.$183 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2018
14.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2017
15.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2017
16.€130 Million
US$136.83 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2022
17.€117.3 Million
US$132.95 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2021
18.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2008
19.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2004
20.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2015
20.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2019
22.€89 Million
US$105.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2017
23.$102 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 30, 2021
24.$101 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 30, 1994
25.$95 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2010

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: cdennis
Thursday, Nov 30, 1989
34 years old
1988: LynnM
Wednesday, Nov 30, 1988
35 years old
1987: Eskimo843
Monday, Nov 30, 1987
36 years old
1979: Louisiana 79
Friday, Nov 30, 1979
44 years old
1976: wantmetotry
Tuesday, Nov 30, 1976
47 years old
1973: mdh1973
Friday, Nov 30, 1973
50 years old
1970: pixiedollsuez
Monday, Nov 30, 1970
53 years old
1969: bodybuilder
Sunday, Nov 30, 1969
54 years old
1969: Jamesalston1130
Sunday, Nov 30, 1969
54 years old
1964: param100
Monday, Nov 30, 1964
59 years old
1963: todmac
Saturday, Nov 30, 1963
60 years old
1946: bnye46
Saturday, Nov 30, 1946
77 years old
1946: bsapp456
Saturday, Nov 30, 1946
77 years old
: TheGameGrl
(year not provided)
: Dillar$M
(year not provided)
: JZydor
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Barbados becomes a republic.
2021: A 15-year-old gunman murders four students and injures seven people, including a teacher, in a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, Michigan.
2018: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake with its epicenter only 24 km from Anchorage, Alaska causes significant property damage but no deaths.
2005: John Sentamu becomes the first black archbishop in the Church of England with his enthronement as the 97th Archbishop of York.
2000: NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
1999: Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
1999: In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
1999: British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
1995: Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
1995: U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men".
1981: Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
1972: Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.
1971: Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.
1967: Decolonization: South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967: The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.
1967: Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.
1966: Decolonization: Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1962: Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 crashes at Idlewild Airport, killing 25 people.
1954: In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
1953: Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
1947: Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the State of Israel and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1942: World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. Navy cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
1941: The Holocaust: The SS-Einsatzgruppen round up 11,000 Jews from the Riga Ghetto and kill them in the Rumbula massacre.
1940: World War II: Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1940 between the Empire of Japan and the newly formed Wang Jingwei-led Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. This treaty was considered so unfair to China that it was compared to the Twenty-One Demands.
1939: World War II: The Soviet Red Army crosses the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the Winter War.
1936: In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
1916: Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
1872: The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.
1864: American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Franklin.
1853: Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
1803: The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines.
1803: In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to the French First Republic.
1786: The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
1782: American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
1718: Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
1707: Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British Empire and their Creek allies to capture Pensacola, Spanish Florida.
978: Franco-German war of 978-980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws.

Births On This Day

1994: Sofia Araújo, Portuguese tennis player
1991: Agnatius Paasi, Tongan rugby league player
1990: Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player
1990: Antoine N'Gossan, Ivorian footballer
1989: Vladimír Weiss, Slovak footballer
1988: Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (d. 2014)
1988: Vitaliy Polyanskyi, Ukrainian footballer
1988: Tomi Saarelma, Finnish footballer
1987: Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player
1987: Naomi Knight, American wrestler, model, and dancer
1987: Dougie Poynter, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1987: Daniel Noboa, President-elect of Ecuador and businessman
1986: Jordan Farmar, American basketball player
1986: Evgenia Linetskaya, Israeli tennis player
1985: Kaley Cuoco, American actress
1985: Hikari Mitsushima, Japanese actress and singer
1985: Chrissy Teigen, American model
1984: Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer
1984: Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer
1984: Olga Rypakova, Kazakhstani triple jumper
1984: Francisco Sandaza, Spanish footballer
1983: Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer
1983: Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakhstani swimmer
1982: Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
1982: Tony Giarratano, American baseball player
1982: Jason Pominville, Canadian ice hockey player
1981: Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player
1980: Cem Adrian, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and director
1980: Jamie Ashdown, English footballer
1979: Chris Atkinson, Australian racing driver
1979: Andrés Nocioni, Argentinian basketball player
1978: Clay Aiken, American singer
1978: Benjamin Lense, German footballer
1977: Richard Elias Anderson, Canadian basketball player and coach
1977: Steve Aoki, American DJ and producer, founded Dim Mak Records
1977: Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer and manager
1977: Kazumi Saito, Japanese baseball player and coach
1977: Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer and coach
1976: Marta Burgay, Italian astronomer
1976: Marco Castro, Peruvian-American director and cinematographer
1976: Josh Lewsey, English rugby player
1976: Paul Nuttall, British politician
1976: Andres Lacson, Filipino politician
1975: Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1975: Ben Thatcher, English footballer
1973: Christian Cage, Canadian wrestler, actor, and podcaster
1972: Christophe Beck, Canadian television and film score composer and conductor
1972: Dan Jarvis, English soldier and politician
1972: Stanislav Kitto, Estonian footballer
1972: Abel Xavier, Portuguese footballer and manager
1971: Ray Durham, American baseball player
1970: Phil Babb, English footballer and manager
1970: Walter Emanuel Jones, American actor and dancer
1969: Marc Forster, German-Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter
1969: Marc Goossens, Belgian racing driver
1969: Chris Weitz, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968: Des'ree, English R&B singer-songwriter
1968: Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist and sportscaster
1967: Joseph Corré, English fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Agent Provocateur
1967: Rajiv Dixit, Indian author and activist (d. 2010)
1967: Richard Harry, Australian rugby player
1966: Nigel Adams, English businessman and politician
1966: David Berkoff, American swimmer
1966: David Nicholls, English author and screenwriter
1966: Mika Salo, Finnish racing driver
1966: John Bishop, English comedian presenter and actor
1965: Aldair, Brazilian footballer
1965: Fumihito, Prince Akishino, Japanese royal (younger brother of Emperor Naruhito and first in line to the Chrysanthemum throne)
1965: David Laws, English banker and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
1965: Ben Stiller, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1964: Jushin Thunder Liger, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1962: Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (d. 2014)
1962: Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player
1962: Daniel Keys Moran, American computer programmer and author
1961: Innocent Egbunike, Nigerian sprinter and coach
1961: Ian Morris, Trinidadian footballer and sprinter
1960: Bill Halter, American scholar, activist, and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
1960: Rich Fields, American radio personality and announcer
1960: Gary Lineker, English footballer and sportscaster
1960: Michael O'Connor, Australian rugby player
1960: Bob Tewksbury, American baseball player and coach
1959: Cherie Currie, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
1959: George Faber, British television producer
1959: Lorraine Kelly, Scottish journalist and actress
1959: Hugo Swire, English soldier and politician, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
1958: Stacey Q, American pop singer-songwriter, dancer and actress
1957: John Ashton, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1957: Richard Barbieri, English keyboard player and songwriter
1957: Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1957: Thomas McElwee Irish Republican, died on hunger strike (d. 1981)
1957: Patrick McLoughlin, English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1957: Colin Mochrie, Scottish-Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1957: Margaret Spellings, American educator and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Education
1955: Michael Beschloss, American historian and author
1955: Richard Burr, American businessman, academic, and politician
1955: Kevin Conroy, American actor (d. 2022)
1955: Andy Gray, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1955: Billy Idol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1954: Wayne Bartholomew, Australian surfer
1954: Lawrence Summers, American economist and academic
1953: Shuggie Otis, American singer-songwriter and musician
1953: June Pointer, American singer and actress (d. 2006)
1953: David Sancious, American rock and jazz keyboard player and guitarist
1952: Semyon Bychkov, Russian-American conductor
1952: Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer
1951: Daniel Petrie, Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950: Patricia Ann Tracey, American Naval Vice Admiral
1950: Paul Westphal, American basketball player and coach (d. 2021)
1949: Jimmy London, Jamaican singer-songwriter
1949: Matthew Festing, 79th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
1947: Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean-Swedish poet and translator
1947: David Mamet, American playwright, screenwriter, and director
1946: George Duffield, English jockey and trainer
1945: Hilary Armstrong, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1945: Roger Glover, Welsh bass player, songwriter, and producer
1945: Vani Jairam, Indian playback singer (d. 2023)
1945: John R. Powers, American author and playwright (d. 2013)
1944: George Graham, Scottish footballer and manager
1943: Norma Alarcón, American author and professor
1943: Terrence Malick, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1943: Sokratis Kosmidis, Greek lawyer and politician
1941: Phil Willis, Baron Willis of Knaresborough, English politician
1940: Kevin Phillips, American political analyst and author (d. 2023)
1940: Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1938: Jean Eustache, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
1938: John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (d. 2013)
1938: Hani al-Rahib, Syrian novelist and literary academic. (d. 2000)
1937: Jimmy Bowen, American record producer, songwriter, and pop singer
1937: Praveen Chaudhari, Indian-American physicist and academic (d. 2010)
1937: Frank Ifield, English-Australian singer and guitarist
1937: Luther Ingram, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1937: Ridley Scott, English director, producer, and production designer
1937: Tom Simpson, English cyclist (d. 1967)
1937: Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese-American physician and author
1936: Dmitri Anosov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2014)
1936: Abbie Hoffman, American activist and author, co-founded the Youth International Party (d. 1989)
1935: Woody Allen, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1934: Marcel Prud'homme, Canadian politician (d. 2017)
1933: Norman Deeley, English footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1933: Sam Gilliam, American painter and educator (d. 2022)
1932: Bob Moore, American bassist (d. 2021)
1932: Cho Nam-chul, South Korean Go player (d. 2006)
1931: Vivian Lynn, New Zealand artist (d. 2018)
1931: Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (d. 2007)
1931: Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (d. 1989)
1930: G. Gordon Liddy, American lawyer, radio host, television actor and criminal (d. 2021)
1929: Dick Clark, American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (d. 2012)
1929: Joan Ganz Cooney, American screenwriter and producer, co-created Sesame Street
1928: Takako Doi, Japanese scholar and politician 68th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan (d. 2014)
1928: Joe B. Hall, American basketball player and coach (d. 2022)
1928: Steele Hall, Australian politician, 36th Premier of South Australia
1928: Andres Narvasa, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (d. 2013)
1927: Robert Guillaume, American actor and singer (d. 2017)
1926: Teresa Gisbert Carbonell, Bolivian architect and art historian (d. 2018)
1926: Richard Crenna, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2003)
1925: Maryon Pittman Allen, American journalist and politician (d. 2018)
1925: William H. Gates, Sr., American lawyer and philanthropist (d. 2020)
1924: Elliott Blackstone, American police officer and activist (d. 2006)
1924: Shirley Chisholm, American activist, educator and politician (d. 2005)
1924: Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1920: Virginia Mayo, American actress (d. 2005)
1919: Jane C. Wright, American oncologist and cancer researcher (d. 2013)
1918: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (d. 2014)
1916: Dena Epstein, American musicologist and author (d. 2013)
1916: Michael Gwynn, English actor (d. 1976)
1915: Brownie McGhee, American folk-blues singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
1915: Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
1912: Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (d. 1966)
1912: Gordon Parks, American photographer and director (d. 2006)
1911: Carle Hessay, German-Canadian painter (d. 1978)
1911: Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953)
1909: Robert Nighthawk, American singer and guitarist (d. 1967)
1907: Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (d. 2012)
1906: John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (d. 1977)
1906: Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican poet, linguist, and politician (d. 2008)
1904: Clyfford Still, American painter and educator (d. 1980)
1898: Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1889: Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
1889: Reuvein Margolies, Ukrainian-Israeli author and scholar (d. 1971)
1888: Harry Altham, English cricketer and coach (d. 1965)
1887: Andrej Gosar, Slovenian economist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1970)
1887: Beatrice Kerr, Australian swimmer and diver (d. 1971)
1883: Gustav Suits, Estonian-Swedish poet and politician (d. 1956)
1875: Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (d. 1936)
1875: Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941)
1874: Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1874: Lucy Maud Montgomery, English-Canadian author and poet (d. 1942)
1873: Božena Benešová, Czech author and poet (d. 1936)
1872: John McCrae, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet (d. 1918)
1869: Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
1869: James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (d. 1953)
1866: Andrey Lyapchev, Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (d. 1933)
1863: Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino activist and politician, co-founded Katipunan (d. 1897)
1858: Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (d. 1937)
1857: Bobby Abel, English cricketer (d. 1936)
1847: Afonso Pena, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Brazil (d. 1909)
1843: Martha Ripley, American physician (d. 1912)
1840: Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Birks & Mayors (d. 1928)
1836: Lord Frederick Cavendish, Anglo-Irish soldier and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (d. 1882)
1835: Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (d. 1910)
1832: James Dickson, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Queensland (d. 1901)
1825: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter and educator (d. 1905)
1821: Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (d. 1902)
1817: Theodor Mommsen, German jurist, historian, and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1903)
1813: Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (d. 1890)
1813: Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (d. 1888)
1810: Oliver Winchester, American businessman and politician, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (d. 1880)
1796: Carl Loewe, German singer, composer, and conductor (d. 1869)
1791: Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg, Austrian field marshal and politician (d. 1848)
1781: Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer (d. 1873)
1768: Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish physician, chemist, and biologist (d. 1838)
1764: Franz Xaver Gerl, Austrian singer and composer (d. 1827)
1756: Ernst Chladni, German physicist and author (d. 1827)
1748: Joachim Albertini, Italian-Polish composer (d. 1838)
1723: William Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790)
1719: Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (d. 1772)
1699: King Christian VI of Denmark (d. 1746)
1683: Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (d. 1744)
1670: John Toland, Irish philosopher and author (d. 1722)
1667: Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (d. 1745)
1645: Andreas Werckmeister, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1706)
1642: Andrea Pozzo, Jesuit Brother, architect and painter (d. 1709)
1637: Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian and author (d. 1698)
1625: Jean Domat, French scholar and jurist (d. 1696)
1614: William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (d. 1680)
1599: Andrea Sacchi, Italian painter (d. 1661)
1594: John Cosin, English bishop and academic (d. 1672)
1573: Aubert Miraeus, Belgian historian (d. 1640)
1554: Philip Sidney, English soldier, courtier, and poet (d. 1586)
1549: Sir Henry Savile, English scholar and mathematician (d. 1622)
1508: Andrea Palladio, Italian architect and theoretician, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Teatro Olimpico (d. 1580)
1485: Veronica Gambara, Italian poet and stateswoman (d. 1550)
1466: Andrea Doria, Italian admiral (d. 1560)
1459: Mingyi Nyo, founder of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (d. 1530)
1427: Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland (d. 1492)
1426: Johann IV Roth, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1506)
1364: John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, Scottish soldier (d. 1390)
1340: John, Duke of Berry (d. 1416)
1310: Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1349)
539: Gregory of Tours, French bishop and saint (probable; d. 594)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Jiang Zemin, Chinese politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) and President of China (b. 1926)
2022: Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
2020: Irina Antonova, Russian art historian (b. 1922)
2018: George H. W. Bush, American politician, 41st President of the United States (b. 1924)
2017: Jim Nabors, American actor and comedian (b. 1930)
2017: Surin Pitsuwan, Thai politician and diplomat (b. 1949)
2017: Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (b. 1931)
2017: Alfie Curtis, British actor (b. 1930)
2015: Pío Caro Baroja, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2015: Minas Hatzisavvas, Greek actor and screenwriter (b. 1948)
2015: Marcus Klingberg, Polish-Israeli physician and biologist (b. 1918)
2015: Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist and author (b. 1940)
2015: Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1922)
2015: Eldar Ryazanov, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2015: Nigel Buxton, British travel writer and wine critic (b. 1924)
2014: Qayyum Chowdhury, Bangladeshi painter and academic (b. 1932)
2014: Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1961)
2014: Martin Litton, American rafter and environmentalist (b. 1917)
2014: Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (b. 1924)
2014: Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player (b. 1914)
2014: Kent Haruf, American novelist (b. 1943)
2013: Paul Crouch, American broadcaster, co-founded Trinity Broadcasting Network (b. 1934)
2013: Jean Kent, English actress (b. 1921)
2013: Tabu Ley Rochereau, Congolese-Belgian singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
2013: Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1968)
2013: Paul Walker, American actor (b. 1973)
2012: Rogelio Álvarez, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1938)
2012: I. K. Gujral, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (b. 1919)
2012: Munir Malik, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1931)
2012: Susil Moonesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Western Province (b. 1930)
2012: Merv Pregulman, American football player and businessman (b. 1922)
2012: Homer R. Warner, American cardiologist and academic (b. 1922)
2012: Mitchell Cole, English footballer (b. 1985)
2010: Rajiv Dixit, Indian author and activist (b. 1967)
2010: Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)
2008: Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (b. 1958)
2007: Engin Arık, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1948)
2007: Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (b. 1938)
2006: Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and songwriter (b. 1927)
2006: Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker (b. 1938)
2006: Shirley Walker, American composer and conductor (b. 1945)
2005: Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
2004: Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1920)
2004: Seungsahn, South Korean spiritual leader, founded the Kwan Um School of Zen (b. 1927)
2003: Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1905)
2000: Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (b. 1915)
2000: Scott Smith, Canadian bass player (b. 1955)
1998: Janet Lewis, American novelist and poet (b. 1899)
1998: Margaret Walker, American author and poet (b. 1915)
1997: Kathy Acker, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)
1996: Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (b. 1932)
1995: Til Kiwe, German actor and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1994: Guy Debord, French theorist and author (b. 1931)
1994: Lionel Stander, American actor (b. 1908)
1993: David Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
1992: Peter Blume, American painter and sculptor (b. 1906)
1990: Fritz Eichenberg, German-American illustrator and arts educator (b. 1901)
1989: Ahmadou Ahidjo, Cameroonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Cameroon (b. 1924)
1989: Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (b. 1930)
1988: Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
1987: Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)
1979: Laura Gilpin, American photographer (b.1891)
1979: Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)
1977: Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1972: Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish actor, author, and academic (b. 1883)
1967: Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
1966: Salah Suheimat, Jordanian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
1958: Hubert Wilkins, Australian pilot, ornithologist, geographer, and explorer (b. 1888)
1955: Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and educator (b. 1896)
1954: Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
1953: Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1879)
1949: Frank Cooper, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Queensland (b. 1872)
1944: Paul Masson, French cyclist (b. 1876)
1943: Etty Hillesum, Dutch author (b. 1914)
1942: Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (b. 1893)
1935: Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet, philosopher, and critic (b. 1888)
1934: Hélène Boucher, French pilot (b. 1908)
1933: Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)
1931: Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1848)
1930: Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (b. 1851)
1930: Mary Harris Jones, American Labor organizer (b. 1837)
1923: John Maclean, Scottish educator and revolutionary socialist activist (b. 1879)
1920: Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (b. 1867)
1908: Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855)
1907: Ludwig Levy, German architect (b. 1854)
1901: Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (b. 1815)
1900: Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (b. 1854)
1892: Dimitrios Valvis, Greek judge and politician, 69th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
1864: Patrick Cleburne, Irish-American general (b. 1828)
1863: Kamehameha IV, Hawaiian King (b. 1834)
1765: George Glas, Scottish merchant and explorer (b. 1725)
1761: John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (b. 1706)
1760: Friederike Caroline Neuber, German actress (b. 1697)
1718: Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682)
1703: Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672)
1694: Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (b. 1628)
1675: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1605)
1654: John Selden, English jurist and scholar (b. 1584)
1647: Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1598)
1647: Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (b. 1582)
1623: Thomas Weelkes, English organist and composer (b. 1576)
1603: William Gilbert, English scientist (b. 1544)
1600: Nanda Bayin, Burmese king (b. 1535)
1580: Richard Farrant, English playwright and composer (b. 1530)
1526: Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Italian captain (b. 1498)
1525: Guillaume Crétin, French poet (b. c. 1460)
1378: Andrew Stratford, English verderer and landowner
1283: John of Vercelli, Master General of the Dominican Order (b. c. 1205)
1276: Kanezawa Sanetoki, Japanese member of the Hōjō clan (b. 1224)
1204: Emeric, King of Hungary
1016: Edmund Ironside, English king (b. 993)

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