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Eastern Time (GMT-5:00) | On This Day in History: January 19January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 346 days remain until the end of the year (347 in leap years). Lottery News On This Day- 2019
- Mom wins largest individual Powerball in Australian lottery history. A mom from Sydney won Australia's biggest individual prize in history on Thursday, cashing out with more than AU$107 million (US$76.7 million).
- 2019
- Michigan Lottery adds Double Play 2nd-chance option for Fantasy 5, Lotto 47. A new option being offered by the Michigan Lottery is giving players a second chance to win big and doubles non-jackpot prizes.
- 2018
- Brothers admit guilt in lottery scam. Two siblings from Maryland who convinced multiple local residents to pay taxes and fees in advance of collecting on nonexistent lottery winnings entered guilty pleas Thursday in federal court.
- 2018
- Wyoming would tap lottery money under proposed bill. A legislative panel has endorsed a proposal that would allow the state of Wyoming to grab some of the statewide lottery earnings.
- 2017
- Virginia nixes online lottery ticket sales. A Virginia House of Delegates subcommittee jettisoned legislation that would have allowed the Virginia Lottery to sell tickets on the Internet.
- 2016
- Lottery officials say identifying winners a must. Along with the money from a big lottery jackpot win comes 15 minutes of fame as the names of winners are required to be made public in California and many other states.
- 2014
- The Power Play multiplier returns to Powerball. Starting with the Wednesday, Jan. 22, Powerball draw, players of the popular multi-state lottery game will have the chance to multiply non-jackpot winning prizes up to five times with the return of the random Powerball Power Play multiplier.
- 2012
- New Mexico ticket wins Powerball's first $1M second prize. Last night the Powerball multi-state lottery held its first draw using its new prize structure, and a New Mexico Lottery player has the distinction of winning the first non-multiplied second-prize ticket worth $1 million.
- 2011
- Michigan Lottery holds annual Millionaire Raffle drawing. The Michigan Lottery conducted its fifth annual Millionaire Raffle drawing today, the state's 17th raffle drawing overall since 2007.
- 2011
- Illinois signs deal to privatize lottery. Daily operations of the Illinois Lottery will be managed by a private company beginning in July.
- 2011
- N.C. Lottery gets new director. The N.C. Education Lottery Commission tonight named Alice Garland, deputy executive director for legislative and corporate communications, as the new executive director of the N.C. Education Lottery.
- 2011
- Tenn. Lottery scholarships underfunded. The Tennessee Lottery games aren't generating enough money to pay for all of the Hope Scholarships. Now, lawmakers are putting options together that could make it tougher for students to get a scholarship in the future.
- 2010
- Iowa Lottery gives raffle game another try. The Iowa Lottery is giving a raffle game another try with "Pot O' Gold Raffle", to be drawn on St. Patrick's Day.
- 2010
- Arkansas Lottery announces 'points for prizes' rewards program. The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is adding even more value to instant lottery tickets with a new program called Points for Prizes.
- 2008
- Nebraska man wins Iowa Lottery's $500,000 second-chance jackpot. A railroad worker from Lincoln, Nebraska collected a $500,000 check Friday from the second chance drawing of the Iowa/Kansas "Midwest Millions" scratch ticket lottery game.
- 2008
- Ontario lottery to investigate 'suspicious' $24.5M win. The $24.5 million Lotto 6/49 win by workers at Powco Steel has been classified as "a suspicious win" by Ontario gaming officials after another potential winner came forward.
- 2007
- Two Canadian lottery scammers arrested. Two Abbotsford, British Columbia, men were arrested Saturday by Bellingham police in connection with a lottery scam that cheated its victims, many of whom reside in the United States, of thousands of dollars.
- 2007
- High rate of Tenn. Lottery scholarships are lost by bad grades. A state report found 64% of students who got Tennessee Lottery scholarships two years ago failed to qualify to keep them.
- 2007
- Spare change becomes lottery win for retired couple. Having a couple of spare coins in her pocket at the right time will allow Elizabeth Ross and her husband Douglas to buy a new car, renovate their home and make things a little easier for their loved ones.
- 2007
- Georgia Lottery sales hit record $1.56 billion. The Georgia Lottery Corp., which finances the HOPE Scholarship program, Thursday announced record sales for the first half of fiscal year 2007.
- 2007
- Mass. Lottery officials concerned about big revenue dip. The highly successful Massachusetts State Lottery experienced a $71 million decline in revenues in the first five months of the fiscal year, according to figures filed with the governor's office, sparking concern among municipal officials.
- 2007
- Bill to outsource Indiana Lottery bans keno, video poker. A bill that would allow Gov. Mitch Daniels to outsource the Hoosier Lottery would prohibit a private operator from offering keno, video lottery games, pari-mutuel wagering on horses or dogs and games based on winners of races or other sporting events.
- 2007
- New Iowa Lottery ad has gambling foes fuming. A new television commercial highlighting a new promotion between the University of Iowa and the Iowa Lottery giving away a car has some gambling opponents upset.
- 2007
- Wisconsin man wins $1.4 million playing 4 identical tickets. A man holding four winning lottery tickets each worth $350,000 has claimed his prize, a Wisconsin lottery official said Thursday.
- 2007
- Penn. Lottery introduces new 'Mix & Match' game. The Pennsylvania Lottery will introduce a new lotto game next week, "Mix & Match," offering better odds than any of the state's other numbers games, more ways to win, and a cash jackpot that begins at $50,000.
- 2007
- Calif. Lottery hops on raffle bandwagon. With Million Dollar Raffle, California becomes the latest state lottery to introduce a raffle-style game.
- 2006
- $1 Million Lottery Winner Used $8 From Previous Win. When Barbara Blaul cashed in an $8 Powerball winning ticket last week, she figured investing her earnings in another $8 of Powerball plays would be wise. Her strategy paid off Tuesday when she collected her latest prize of $1 million.
- 2006
- Ohio woman decides to drop appeal over lottery tax. An Ohio woman who thought she didn't owe city income tax on lottery money she and her ex-husband received has given up her appeals court case.
- 2006
- Top Oregon lottery official may lose post. Oregon Senate Democrats might block the reappointment of an Oregon State Lottery commissioner for resisting efforts to further increase the state's share of lottery profits last year.
- 2006
- Tenn. Lottery forced to reveal harassment records. Records made public yesterday by a Nashville judge indicated that sexual harassment led to the firing of Steve Adams, the former No. 2 official at the Tennessee Lottery.
- 2006
- $1 million lottery ticket was almost dog food. A lottery ticket worth $1 million sat on the bathroom counter of Louis and Connie Frankel's Bath home for almost 24 hours -- and nearly became dog food -- before anyone realized it was a winner.
- 2004
- Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $46 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $46 million, with a cash option of $25 million.
- 2004
- Mega Millions jackpot increases to $42 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $42 million Saturday.
- 2004
- Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $35 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers Saturday night, increasing the Wednesday jackpot to $35 million.
- 2004
- Michigan Lottery sales slip; commissioner blames blackout. The Michigan Lottery is on track to set an all-time sales record, despite a drop in sales last year, Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters said.
- 2004
- Lottery feelings still run deep. More than a year after Tennessee voters gave the green light to legislators to rework the state constitution to establish a lottery, anti-lottery feelings in West Tennessee still run deep.
- 2004
- Security heads list of lottery priorities. From printing the tickets to validating winners, the chief goal of the Tennessee Lottery is maintaining the integrity and security of the system so players have faith in it and buy tickets, and the state takes in enough money to fund college scholarships with the lottery's earnings.
- 2004
- Kentucky Lottery Officials Prepare For Loss Of Tennessee Customers. While Tennesseans prepare to win jackpots in their own state for the first time, Kentucky Lottery officials are fretting over the potential lost revenue.
- 2004
- Alabama town bracing for Tennessee Lottery. You can stand in lottery-free Alabama and see the pink-and-yellow sign just a few hundred feet away in Tennessee: "LOTTERY HERE - STARTS JAN. 20."
Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day- 1.$850 Million
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Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day- 1990
Friday, Jan 19, 1990
31 years old - 1989
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40 years old - 1979
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Worldwide Events On This Day- 2014
- A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.
- 2012
- The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.
- 2007
- Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.
- 2007
- Four-man Team N2i, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Antarctic pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.
- 1999
- British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
- 1997
- Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
- 1996
- The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
- 1995
- After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.
- 1993
- Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
- 1991
- Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
- 1986
- The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written.
- 1983
- Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
- 1983
- The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
- 1981
- Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
- 1978
- The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
- 1977
- President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
- 1974
- China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
- 1969
- Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
- 1960
- Japan and the United States sign the US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty
- 1953
- Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
- 1946
- General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
- 1945
- World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
- 1942
- World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
- 1941
- World War II: HMS Greyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 40 miles northeast of Falkonera.
- 1940
- You Nazty Spy!, the very first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.
- 1937
- Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
- 1920
- The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
- 1920
- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
- 1917
- Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
- 1915
- Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
- 1915
- German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
- 1899
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
- 1883
- The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
- 1871
- Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
- 1862
- American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
- 1861
- American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
- 1853
- Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
- 1839
- The British East India Company captures Aden.
- 1829
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
- 1817
- An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
- 1812
- Peninsular War: After a ten-day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.
- 1806
- Britain occupies the Dutch Cape Colony after the Battle of Blaauwberg.
- 1795
- The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
- 1788
- The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
- 1764
- John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
- 1764
- The world's first mail bomb severely injures the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at Børglum Abbey.
- 1661
- Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London.
- 1607
- San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
- 1520
- Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
- 1511
- Mirandola surrenders to the French.
- 1419
- Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.
- 649
- Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.
- 639
- Clovis II, King of Neustria and Burgundy, is crowned.
- 379
- Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
Births On This Day- 1994
- Matthias Ginter, German footballer
- 1993
- Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer
- 1992
- Shawn Johnson, American gymnast
- 1992
- Logan Lerman, American actor
- 1991
- Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player
- 1990
- Tatiana Búa, Argentine tennis player
- 1988
- JaVale McGee, American basketball player
- 1988
- Tyler Breeze, Canadian wrestler
- 1987
- Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
- 1986
- Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer
- 1986
- Oleksandr Miroshnychenko, Ukrainian footballer
- 1986
- Moussa Sow, Senegalese footballer
- 1985
- Jake Allen, American football player
- 1985
- Pascal Behrenbruch, German decathlete
- 1985
- Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
- 1985
- Esteban Guerrieri, Argentinian race car driver
- 1985
- Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer and actress
- 1985
- Elliott Ward, English footballer
- 1985
- Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin, Russian footballer
- 1984
- Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer
- 1984
- Karun Chandhok, Indian race car driver
- 1984
- Jimmy Kébé, Malian footballer
- 1984
- Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
- 1983
- Hikaru Utada, American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
- 1982
- Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
- 1982
- Jodie Sweetin, American actress and singer
- 1982
- Shane Tronc, Australian rugby league player
- 1982
- Kim Yoo-suk, South Korean pole vaulter
- 1982
- Robin tom Rink, German singer-songwriter
- 1981
- Paolo Bugia, Filipino basketball player
- 1981
- Asier del Horno, Spanish footballer
- 1981
- Lucho González, Argentinian footballer
- 1980
- Jenson Button, English race car driver
- 1980
- Pasha Kovalev, Russian-American dancer and choreographer
- 1980
- Luke Macfarlane, Canadian-American actor and singer
- 1980
- Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1980
- Michael Vandort, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1979
- Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast and sportscaster
- 1979
- Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer
- 1979
- Wiley, English rapper and producer
- 1977
- Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor, director, and photographer
- 1976
- Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer
- 1976
- Tarso Marques, Brazilian race car driver
- 1975
- Natalie Cook, Australian volleyball player
- 1975
- Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player
- 1974
- Dainius Adomaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
- 1974
- Frank Caliendo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1974
- Ian Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1974
- Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer and manager
- 1973
- Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist
- 1973
- Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer and coach
- 1972
- Jon Fisher, American businessman and author
- 1972
- Ron Killings, American wrestler and rapper
- 1972
- Troy Wilson, Australian footballer and race car driver
- 1972
- Sergei Zjukin, Estonian chess player and coach
- 1972
- Yoon Hae-young, South Korean actress
- 1972
- Tyrone Wheatley, American football player and college football coach
- 1971
- Phil Nevin, American baseball player
- 1971
- Shawn Wayans, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1971
- John Wozniak, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1970
- Steffen Freund, German footballer and manager
- 1970
- Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete
- 1970
- Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian and singer
- 1969
- Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American novelist and short story writer
- 1969
- Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach
- 1969
- Predrag Mijatović, Montenegrin footballer and manager
- 1969
- Junior Seau, American football player (d. 2012)
- 1969
- Casey Sherman, American journalist and author
- 1969
- Steve Staunton, Irish footballer and manager
- 1968
- David Bartlett, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Tasmania
- 1968
- Whitfield Crane, American singer-songwriter
- 1966
- Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
- 1966
- Yukiko Duke, Swedish journalist and translator
- 1966
- Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1966
- Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player and coach
- 1966
- Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1964
- Janine Antoni, Bahamian sculptor and photographer
- 1964
- Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer-songwriter and basketball player
- 1963
- Michael Adams, American basketball player and coach
- 1963
- Martin Bashir, English journalist
- 1963
- John Bercow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons
- 1962
- Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
- 1962
- Chris Sabo, American baseball player and coach
- 1962
- Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
- 1961
- William Ragsdale, American actor
- 1961
- Wayne Hemingway, English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead
- 1959
- Danese Cooper, American computer scientist and programmer
- 1959
- Jeff Pilson, American bass player, songwriter, and actor
- 1958
- Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d. 2012)
- 1957
- Ottis Anderson, American football player and sportscaster
- 1957
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths, English actor, screenwriter and film director
- 1957
- Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican public servant and politician, 22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
- 1956
- Carman, American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host
- 1956
- Susan Solomon, American atmospheric chemist
- 1955
- Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American comedian and actor
- 1954
- Katey Sagal, American actress and singer
- 1954
- Cindy Sherman, American photographer and director
- 1954
- Esther Shkalim, Israeli poet and Mizrahi feminist
- 1953
- Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor and singer
- 1953
- Richard Legendre, Canadian tennis player and politician
- 1953
- Wayne Schimmelbusch, Australian footballer and coach
- 1952
- Dewey Bunnell, British-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952
- Nadiuska, German television actress
- 1952
- Bruce Jay Nelson, American computer scientist (d. 1999)
- 1951
- Martha Davis, American singer of The Motels
- 1950
- Sébastien Dhavernas, Canadian actor
- 1949
- Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (d. 2012)
- 1949
- Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
- 1948
- Nancy Lynch, American computer scientist and academic
- 1948
- Frank McKenna, Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th Premier of New Brunswick
- 1948
- Mal Reilly, English rugby league player and coach
- 1947
- Frank Aarebrot, Norwegian political scientist and academic (d. 2017)
- 1947
- Paula Deen, American chef and author
- 1947
- Rod Evans, English singer-songwriter
- 1946
- Julian Barnes, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic
- 1946
- Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1945
- Trevor Williams, English singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1944
- Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer
- 1944
- Thom Mayne, American architect and academic, designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower
- 1944
- Dan Reeves, American football player and coach
- 1943
- Larry Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1943
- Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1970)
- 1943
- Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
- 1942
- Michael Crawford, English actor and singer
- 1942
- Paul-Eerik Rummo, Estonian poet and politician
- 1941
- Colin Gunton, English theologian and academic (d. 2003)
- 1941
- Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee
- 1940
- Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
- 1940
- Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (d. 2007)
- 1939
- Phil Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Everly Brothers) (d. 2014)
- 1937
- John Lions, Australian computer scientist and academic (d. 1998)
- 1936
- Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (d. 1981)
- 1936
- Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer, harmonica player, and drummer (d. 2011)
- 1936
- Fred J. Lincoln, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1935
- Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1978)
- 1933
- George Coyne, American priest, astronomer, and theologian
- 1932
- Russ Hamilton, English singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
- 1932
- Richard Lester, American-English director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1932
- Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (d. 2014)
- 1931
- Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author
- 1930
- Tippi Hedren, American model, actress, and animal rights-welfare activist
- 1930
- John Waite, South African cricketer (d. 2011)
- 1926
- Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist and author (d. 2013)
- 1926
- Fritz Weaver, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1925
- Nina Bawden, English author (d. 2012)
- 1924
- Nicholas Colasanto, American actor and director (d. 1985)
- 1924
- Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (d. 2006)
- 1923
- Jean Stapleton, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
- 1922
- Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 2015)
- 1922
- Miguel Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1990)
- 1921
- Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1995)
- 1920
- Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator (d. 2017)
- 1920
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru
- 1918
- John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (d. 2005)
- 1913
- Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955)
- 1913
- Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player (d. 1996)
- 1912
- Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
- 1911
- Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (d. 2009)
- 1908
- Ish Kabibble, American comedian and cornet player (d. 1994)
- 1908
- Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
- 1907
- Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver, sailor, and businessman (d. 2003)
- 1905
- Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (d. 1991)
- 1903
- Boris Blacher, German composer and playwright (d. 1975)
- 1893
- Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator (d. 1986)
- 1892
- Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1964)
- 1889
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1943)
- 1887
- Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (d. 1943)
- 1883
- Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (d. 1956)
- 1882
- John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (d. 1957)
- 1879
- Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author (d. 1925)
- 1878
- Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1934)
- 1876
- Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (d. 1943)
- 1876
- Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author (d. 1899)
- 1874
- Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (d. 1922)
- 1871
- Dame Gruev, Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1906)
- 1866
- Harry Davenport, American stage and film actor (d. 1949)
- 1863
- Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (d. 1941)
- 1852
- Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (d. 1909)
- 1851
- Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1922)
- 1848
- Arturo Graf, Italian poet, of German ancestry (d. 1913).
- 1848
- John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1904)
- 1848
- Matthew Webb, English swimmer and diver (d. 1883)
- 1839
- Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
- 1833
- Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (d. 1872)
- 1832
- Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1875)
- 1813
- Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (d. 1898)
- 1810
- Talhaiarn, Welsh poet and architect (d.1869)
- 1809
- Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, poet, and critic (d. 1849)
- 1808
- Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and author (d. 1887)
- 1807
- Robert E. Lee, American general and academic (d. 1870)
- 1798
- Auguste Comte, French economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1857)
- 1790
- Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet and academic (d. 1855)
- 1788
- Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
- 1757
- Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (d. 1831)
- 1752
- James Morris III, American captain (d. 1820)
- 1739
- Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect, designed Longford Hall and Barrells Hall (d. 1808)
- 1737
- Giuseppe Millico, Italian soprano, composer, and educator (d. 1802)
- 1736
- James Watt, Scottish-English chemist and engineer (d. 1819)
- 1721
- Jean-Philippe Baratier, German scholar and author (d. 1740)
- 1676
- John Weldon, English organist and composer (d. 1736)
- 1628
- Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, English noble (d. 1672)
- 1617
- Lucas Faydherbe, Flemish sculptor and architect (d. 1697)
- 1544
- Francis II of France (d. 1560)
- 1200
- Dōgen Zenji, founder of Sōtō Zen (d. 1253)
- 840
- Michael III, Byzantine emperor (d. 867)
- 398
- Pulcheria, Byzantine empress and saint (d. 453)
Deaths On This Day- 2018
- Munnu Bhai, Pakistani newspaper journalist and columnist, poet and writer (b. 1933)
- 2018
- Fredo Santana, American rapper (b. 1990)
- 2017
- Miguel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1955)
- 2016
- Richard Levins, American ecologist and geneticist (b. 1930)
- 2016
- Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- 2016
- Sheila Sim, English actress (b. 1922)
- 2015
- Justin Capră, Romanian engineer and academic (b. 1933)
- 2015
- Michel Guimond, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1953)
- 2015
- Ward Swingle, American-French singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1927)
- 2014
- Azaria Alon, Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist, co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (b. 1918)
- 2014
- Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (b. 1931)
- 2013
- Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (b. 1940)
- 2013
- Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
- 2013
- Frank Pooler, American conductor and composer (b. 1926)
- 2013
- Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930)
- 2013
- Toktamış Ateş, Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (b. 1944)
- 2012
- Peter Åslin, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1962)
- 2012
- Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (b. 1982)
- 2012
- Winston Riley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1943)
- 2012
- Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
- 2010
- Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1923)
- 2008
- Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (b. 1937)
- 2008
- John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
- 2008
- Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1936)
- 2007
- Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist and activist (b. 1954)
- 2007
- Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
- 2007
- Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1969)
- 2006
- Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2006
- Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- 2006
- Awn Alsharif Qasim, Sudanese author and scholar (b. 1933)
- 2006
- Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer and pilot (b. 1921)
- 2005
- K. Sello Duiker, South African author and screenwriter (b. 1974)
- 2004
- Harry E. Claiborne, American lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
- 2004
- David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
- 2003
- Milton Flores, Honduran footballer (b. 1974)
- 2003
- Françoise Giroud, French journalist, screenwriter, and politician, French Minister of Culture (b. 1916)
- 2002
- Vavá, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1934)
- 2001
- Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (b. 1921)
- 2000
- Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, Bahá’í Hand of the Cause of God and wife of Shoghi Effendi (b. 1910)
- 2000
- Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
- 2000
- Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress, singer, and mathematician (b. 1913)
- 1999
- Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (b. 1967)
- 1998
- Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
- 1997
- James Dickey, American poet and novelist (b. 1923)
- 1996
- Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
- 1995
- Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
- 1991
- Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist and journalist (b. 1918)
- 1990
- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru and mystic (b. 1931)
- 1990
- Alberto Semprini, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
- 1990
- Herbert Wehner, German politician, 6th Minister of Intra-German Relations (b. 1906)
- 1987
- Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
- 1984
- Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1920)
- 1982
- Elis Regina, Brazilian soprano (b. 1945)
- 1981
- Francesca Woodman, American photographer (b. 1958)
- 1980
- William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1898)
- 1979
- Moritz Jahn, German novelist and poet (b. 1884)
- 1976
- Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (b. 1886)
- 1975
- Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (b. 1889)
- 1973
- Max Adrian, Irish-English actor (b. 1903)
- 1972
- Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
- 1968
- Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
- 1965
- Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
- 1964
- Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
- 1963
- Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
- 1957
- József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)
- 1954
- Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
- 1948
- Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
- 1945
- Gustave Mesny, French general (b. 1886)
- 1938
- Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
- 1930
- Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
- 1929
- Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
- 1908
- Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1821)
- 1906
- Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
- 1905
- Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
- 1878
- Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
- 1874
- August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (b. 1798)
- 1869
- Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
- 1865
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
- 1853
- Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)
- 1851
- Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
- 1847
- Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico (b. 1799)
- 1847
- Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (b. 1772)
- 1833
- Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist and composer (b. 1791)
- 1785
- Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (b. 1713)
- 1766
- Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect and painter (b. 1695)
- 1757
- Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish scholar and academic (b. 1674)
- 1755
- Jean-Pierre Christin, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1683)
- 1729
- William Congreve, English playwright and poet (b. 1670)
- 1661
- Thomas Venner, English rebel leader (b. 1599)
- 1636
- Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Flemish painter (b.1561)
- 1576
- Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (b. 1494)
- 1571
- Paris Bordone, Venetian painter (b. 1495)
- 1565
- Diego Laynez, Spanish Jesuit theologian (b. 1512)
- 1547
- Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1516)
- 1526
- Isabella of Austria, Danish queen (b. 1501)
- 1401
- Robert Bealknap, British justice
- 1302
- Al-Hakim I, caliph of Cairo
- 1003
- Kilian of Cologne, Irish abbot
- 914
- García I, king of León
- 639
- Dagobert I, Frankish king (b. 603)
- 520
- John of Cappadocia, patriarch of Constantinople
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