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April 11

April 11 is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 264 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025
Lotto Texas winner sues betting company and couriers, claims he was cheated out of $100M jackpot. The winner of a $7.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot is suing the group that bought nearly every single number combination to win $95 million because he asserts his prize would have been worth more than $100 million had a London-based betting company not orchestrated the scheme.
2024
Accidental lottery ticket purchase nets Maryland couple $2 million in Powerball. A Maryland couple was surprised to find out that one of their favorite lottery retailers sold not one, but two $1 million winning Powerball tickets, and they were even more shocked to learn that they were in possession of both.
2023
Iowa man claims largest Lotto America jackpot at $40 million. An Iowa man claimed the largest Lotto America jackpot in the game's history — a prize of $40.03 million.
2020
SC Lottery offers refunds for some multi-draw tickets. The South Carolina Education Lottery is offering to refund the cost of some multi-draw Powerball and Mega Millions tickets purchased prior to game changes announced last week.
2019
Florida's biggest Powerball winner sues her own son after winnings squandered. The 90-year-old winner of one of the largest lottery jackpots in U.S. history is suing her own son, alleging that she lost more than $10 million because of how her son and his investment manager handled her money.
2019
Powerball winner-turned lawmaker opposes anonymity for lottery prizewinners. A Powerball jackpot winner from Bondurant, Iowa, who was elected to the state legislature says he would oppose efforts to let lottery winners stay anonymous.
2019
Audit of California Lottery finds over $305,000 in improper or dubious spending. California Lottery officials tallied more than $305,000 in improper or questionable spending over the last four years that included travel, food, gifts to employees and entertainment expenses, a state audit concluded Tuesday.
2018
MUSL issues report about computerized drawing failures in Arizona. The Arizona Lottery released the report last month from the Multi-State Lottery Association's (MUSL) investigation of a computerized drawing malfunction that caused the same winning numbers to be generated in successive drawings.
2017
Duo facing felony charges in lottery theft scheme. Two Indiana women are facing multiple felony theft charges for their alleged roles in a lottery theft scheme at a convenience store.
2017
Michigan nurse claims $4 million lottery prize. A nurse from the Detroit area is looking forward to cutting back her hours after winning $4 million on a Michigan lottery instant game.
2016
Cops: Lottery ticket dispute led to Florida ax murder. A Florida man is being held without bond, accused of murdering his friend with an ax during a fight over lottery tickets.
2016
N.Y. man pleads guilty in bogus lottery scheme. A West Hempstead, New York, man pleaded guilty to federal charges in a Boston courtroom Friday in connection with his role in a fake lottery scam targeting senior citizens.
2014
NJ casino alleges famous poker player cheated in $9.6M win. An Atlantic City casino is suing a big-time gambler, claiming he won $9.6 million in a card-cheating scheme in baccarat.
2013
Arkansas Lottery director appeals to state legislature to reject pending bill. The Arkansas Lottery director Friday issued a media statement vehemently opposing a proposed house bill mandating that 25% of total lottery proceeds be used to fund college scholarships.
2012
Winners of big lottery jackpots often crave anonymity amid challenges to do so. Lottery officials say that it's not unusual for winners to lay low for a while before claiming a big jackpot -- and those who advise them say it's just plain smart.
2011
$37M lotto winner dies heartbroken recluse. Ontario's biggest-ever lottery winner died a heartbroken and miserly recluse, estranged from family and too sick -- or too tightfisted -- to spend his millions.
2007
NJ lottery winner has 2 weeks to claim $19M jackpot. Someone has a New Jersey Lottery ticket worth $19 million, and just 2 weeks to claim the prize.
2006
Arizona man's lottery ticket wins on every line. Everyone dreams of purchasing a lottery ticket that has the winning numbers, but what about a $5 ticket that has winning numbers on each and every line -- including one with the winning jackpot numbers?
2006
N.C. lottery introduces 2 new scratch games. Two new scratch-off games will be available April 18, the North Carolina Education Lottery announced today.
2006
Lottery cash aids efforts to save the red squirrel. There are few of them left to enjoy it, but Britain's red squirrels have been awarded a £626,000 (US$1.09 million) Lottery grant -- supporting a project designed to save the native creatures from destruction.
2006
'Education Hero' wins lottery twice. In 1989, teacher Maurice Wiley won the lottery. He splurged on cars, retired early and donated money, and time, to Inglewood schools. Then he won the lottery again.
2006
A look at hot spots for sales of N.C. lottery tickets. North Carolina's leading sellers of lottery tickets sit along busy interstates, or on major thoroughfares, or they have extra ways of drawing their players in.
2006
Thief grabs N.C. lottery tickets from store display. A thief stole a display cabinet full of North Carolina lottery tickets this weekend, but his ill-gotten booty turned worthless almost immediately.
2005
Mass. lottery winners cash in on new prize law. Massachusetts lottery winners are rushing to cash in on a recent change in state law that allows them to negotiate with private companies for a lump-sum buyout of all or a portion of their 20-year income stream.
2005
Mass. horse racing officials raise concerns over new lottery game. Massachusetts horse racing officials expressed concern that a virtual horse racing game, which has been proposed by the state lottery, could draw bettors away from live and simulcast racing in a state with an already fragile Thoroughbred industry.
2005
Lottery winners celebrate Mega-divorce. An estranged New York City couple who agreed in court to split a $149 million lottery jackpot treated bystanders to an impromptu display of music and dance.
2005
Record Euro Millions jackpot won in Switzerland. A player in Switzerland scooped a huge £43.9 million (US$56.9 million) Lottery jackpot Friday night.
2005
N.C. Senate to work on lottery bill. Work continues on the legislative process for a North Carolina lottery. This week, a select committee of the North Carolina Senate will consider the lottery bill approved on Wednesday by the N.C. House.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$441 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2023
2.$287.3 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2022
3.$220 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2021
3.$220 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2006
3.$220 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2002
6.€186.66 Million
US$202.51 Million
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2022
7.$202.2 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2023
8.$189 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2006
9.$184 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2016
10.$175 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2010
11.€148.37 Million
US$173.92 Million
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2026
12.€136.2 Million
US$162.08 Million
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2021
13.€127.55 Million
US$157.32 Million
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2018
14.€135.47 Million
US$153.17 Million
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2019
15.$145 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2020
16.$140 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2019
17.€115 Million
US$134.9 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2026
18.$125 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2024
19.$120 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2026
19.$120 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2005
21.$106 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2022
22.$105 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2010
23.€95 Million
US$101.24 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2024
24.$101 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 13, 2019
25.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 17, 2020

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1993
Sunday, Apr 11, 1993
33 years old
1989
Tuesday, Apr 11, 1989
37 years old
1986
Friday, Apr 11, 1986
40 years old
1986
Friday, Apr 11, 1986
40 years old
1984
Wednesday, Apr 11, 1984
42 years old
1982
Sunday, Apr 11, 1982
44 years old
1980
Friday, Apr 11, 1980
46 years old
1980
Friday, Apr 11, 1980
46 years old
1978
Tuesday, Apr 11, 1978
48 years old
1971
Sunday, Apr 11, 1971
55 years old
1968
Thursday, Apr 11, 1968
58 years old
1964
Saturday, Apr 11, 1964
62 years old
1961
Tuesday, Apr 11, 1961
65 years old
1958
Friday, Apr 11, 1958
68 years old
(year not provided)
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023
During the Pazigyi massacre, an airstrike conducted by the Myanmar Air Force kills at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi, Sagaing Region.
2021
Twenty year old Daunte Wright is shot and killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota by officer Kimberly Potter, sparking protests in the city, when the officer mistakes her pistol for her taser.
2018
An Ilyushin Il-76 which was owned and operated by the Algerian Air Force crashes near Boufarik, Algeria, killing 257.
2017
The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund was attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, Germany. Three bombs exploded as the bus ferried the team to the Westfalenstadion for the first leg of their quarter-final against Monaco.
2012
A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake is VII (Very strong). Ten are killed, twelve are injured, and a non-destructive tsunami is observed on the island of Nias.
2011
An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
2008
Kata Air Transport Flight 007 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Chișinău International Airport, killing eight.
2007
Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.
2006
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.
2002
The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
2002
Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.
2001
The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.
2001
The Australia national men's soccer team sets a world record for the largest victory in an international association football match, winning the game 31-0 against American Samoa at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for OFC. Australia's Archie Thompson also breaks the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by scoring 13 goals.
1993
Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
1993
Guillem Agulló, pro-Catalan independence and anti-fascist Valencian young activist is assassinated by a group of Spanish nationalists and neo-nazis in Montanejos.
1990
Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
1987
The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
1986
FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan were killed, while five other agents were wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed.
1982
American-Israeli reservist Alan Harry Goodman carried out a mass shooting at the Dome of the Rock, killing two Palestinians and injured at least seven others.
1981
A massive riot in Brixton, south London results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
1979
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
1977
London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched.
1976
The Apple I is created.
1970
Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched.
1968
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
1968
A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage.
1965
The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-five tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states of the United States, killing 266 people.
1964
Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.
1963
Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
1961
The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
1957
United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
1955
The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
1952
Bolivian National Revolution: Rebels take over Palacio Quemado.
1952
Pan Am Flight 526A ditches near San Juan-Isla Grande Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after experiencing an engine failure, killing 52 people.
1951
Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
1951
The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
1945
World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
1935
Stresa Front: opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles.
1921
Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
1909
The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
1908
SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
1885
Luton Town F.C. is founded.
1881
Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
1876
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
1868
Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
1856
Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.
1814
The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
1809
Battle of the Basque Roads: Admiral Lord Gambier fails to support Captain Lord Cochrane, leading to an incomplete British victory over the French fleet.
1727
Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany).
1713
France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Utrecht, bringing an end to the War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War). Britain accepts Philip V as King of Spain, while Philip renounces any claim to the French throne.
1689
William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain on the same day that the Scottish Parliament concurs with the English decision of 12 February.
1544
Italian War of 1542-46: A French army defeats Habsburg forces at the Battle of Ceresole, but fails to exploit its victory.
1512
War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrarese forces led by Gaston de Foix and Alfonso I d'Este win the Battle of Ravenna against the Papal-Spanish forces.
1241
Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.
672
Consecration of Pope Adeodatus II following the death of Pope Vitalian.
491
Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.

Births On This Day

2005
Jack Hinshelwood, English footballer
2005
Danielle Marsh, South Korean-Australian singer
2002
Jake Fraser-McGurk, Australian cricketer
2001
Manuel Ugarte, Uruguayan footballer
2000
Calen Addison, Canadian ice hockey player
2000
Milly Alcock, Australian actress
2000
Loïc Badé, French footballer
2000
Ken Carson, American rapper and record producer
2000
Karina, South Korean singer
1996
Dele Alli, English international footballer
1996
Summer Walker, American singer-songwriter
1994
Brandon Montour, Canadian ice hockey player
1993
Florin Andone, Romanian footballer
1992
Sinem Dybvad Demir, Danish politician
1991
Thiago Alcântara, Spanish footballer
1991
Cédric Bakambu, Congolese footballer
1991
Brennan Poole, American racing driver
1990
Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer
1990
Thulani Serero, South African footballer
1989
Torrin Lawrence, American sprinter (died 2014)
1988
Milton Casco, Argentine footballer
1988
Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey player
1987
Joss Stone, English singer-songwriter and actress
1987
Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter
1986
Sarodj Bertin, Haitian model and human rights lawyer
1986
Lena Schöneborn, German pentathlete
1985
Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer
1985
Will Minson, Australian footballer
1984
Kelli Garner, American actress
1984
Nikola Karabatić, French handball player
1983
Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier
1983
Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer
1983
Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch race car driver
1982
Ian Bell, English cricketer
1982
Peeter Kümmel, Estonian skier
1981
Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
1981
Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player
1981
Luis Flores, Dominican basketball player
1981
Veronica Pyke, Australian cricketer
1980
Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer
1980
Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
1979
Malcolm Christie, English footballer
1979
Sebastien Grainger, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979
Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player
1979
Josh Server, American actor
1978
Josh Hancock, American baseball player (died 2007)
1977
Ivonne Teichmann, German runner
1976
Marta Breen, Norwegian journalist, non-fiction writer, and organizational leader
1976
Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
1976
Kotomitsuki Keiji, Japanese sumo wrestler
1974
Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player and coach
1974
Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter
1974
David Jassy, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1974
Tom Thacker, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1974
Trot Nixon, American baseball player and sportscaster
1973
Olivier Magne, French rugby player
1973
Jennifer Esposito, American actress and writer
1972
Balls Mahoney, American wrestler (died 2016)
1972
Allan Théo, French singer
1972
Jason Varitek, American baseball player and manager
1971
Oliver Riedel, German bass player
1970
Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1970
Whigfield, Danish singer and songwriter
1969
Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer-songwriter
1969
Dustin Rhodes, American wrestler
1969
Michael von Grünigen, Swiss skier
1968
Sergei Lukyanenko, Kazakh-Russian journalist and author
1966
Steve Scarsone, American baseball player and manager
1966
Shin Seung-hun, South Korean singer-songwriter
1966
Lisa Stansfield, English singer-songwriter and actress
1964
Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964
John Cryer, English journalist and politician
1964
Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist
1964
Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player and coach
1964
Patrick Sang, Kenyan runner
1963
Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricketer and umpire
1963
Waldemar Fornalik, Polish footballer and manager
1963
Elizabeth Smylie, Australian tennis player
1963
Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Greek singer
1962
Franck Ducheix, French fencer
1962
Mark Lawson, English journalist and author
1961
Vincent Gallo, American actor, director, producer, and musician
1961
Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1993)
1961
Nobuaki Kakuda, Japanese martial artist
1960
Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter
1959
Pierre Lacroix, Canadian ice hockey player
1959
Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge
1959
Zahid Maleque, Bangladeshi politician
1958
Stuart Adamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
1958
Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian sprinter
1958
Wayne Wigham, Australian rugby league player
1955
Kevin Brady, American lawyer and politician
1955
Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter and AIDS activist (died 1993)
1955
Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player and coach (died 2025)
1954
Abdullah Atalar, Turkish engineer and academic
1954
Aleksandr Averin, Azerbaijani cyclist and coach
1954
Francis Lickerish, English guitarist and composer
1954
David Perrett, Scottish psychologist and academic
1954
Ian Redmond, English biologist and conservationist
1954
Willie Royster, American baseball player (died 2015)
1953
Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium
1953
Andrew Wiles, English mathematician and academic
1952
Nancy Honeytree, American singer and guitarist
1952
Indira Samarasekera, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
1952
Peter Windsor, English-Australian journalist and sportscaster
1951
Paul Fox, English singer and guitarist (died 2007)
1950
Bill Irwin, American actor and clown
1949
Dorothy Allison, American writer (died 2024)
1949
Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (died 2011)
1947
Lev Bulat, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (died 2016)
1947
Uli Edel, German director and screenwriter
1947
Frank Mantooth, American pianist and composer (died 2004)
1947
Peter Riegert, American actor, screenwriter and film director
1947
Michael T. Wright, English engineer and academic (died 2015)
1946
Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (died 2015)
1946
Bob Harris, English journalist and radio host
1945
John Krebs, Baron Krebs, English zoologist and academic
1944
Peter Barfuß, German footballer
1944
John Milius, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1943
John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, English businessman and politician
1943
Harley Race, American wrestler and trainer (died 2019)
1942
Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2014)
1942
Hattie Gossett, American writer
1942
James Underwood, English pathologist and academic
1941
Ellen Goodman, American journalist and author
1941
Shirley Stelfox, English actress (died 2015)
1940
Col Firmin, Australian politician (died 2013)
1940
Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (died 1998)
1939
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, American singer and guitarist (died 2022)
1939
Louise Lasser, American actress
1938
Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (died 2013)
1938
Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (died 2007)
1938
Reatha King, American chemist and businesswoman
1937
Jill Gascoine, English actress and author (died 2020)
1936
Brian Noble, English bishop (died 2019)
1935
Richard Berry, American singer-songwriter (died 1997)
1934
Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (died 2014)
1934
Ron Pember, English actor, director and playwright (died 2022)
1933
Tony Brown, American journalist and academic
1932
Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer
1931
Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach (died 2024)
1930
Nicholas F. Brady, American businessman and politician, 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury
1930
Walter Krüger, German javelin thrower (died 2018)
1930
Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (died 1997)
1928
Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist (died 2024)
1928
Edwin Pope, American journalist and author (died 2017)
1928
Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2013)
1927
Lokesh Chandra, Indian historian
1926
David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (died 2014)
1926
Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (died 2011)
1926
Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (died 2007)
1925
Yuriy Lituyev, Russian hurdler and commander (died 2000)
1925
Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist (died 1965)
1925
Viktor Masing, Estonian botanist and ecologist (died 2001)
1925
Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (died 1997)
1924
Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist and politician (died 2014)
1923
George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (died 1980)
1922
Arved Viirlaid, Estonian-Canadian soldier and author (died 2015)
1921
Jim Hearn, American baseball player (died 1998)
1921
Jack Rayner, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2008)
1920
Emilio Colombo, Italian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (died 2013)
1920
William Royer, American soldier and politician (died 2013)
1919
Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (died 2015)
1918
Richard Wainwright, English soldier and politician (died 2003)
1917
David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (died 2005)
1916
Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (died 1983)
1916
Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (died 2001)
1914
Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer (died 1987)
1914
Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 2003)
1914
Dorothy Lewis Bernstein, American mathematician (died 1988)
1913
Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (died 2006)
1912
John Levy, American bassist and businessman (died 2012)
1910
António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (died 1996)
1908
Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (died 2007)
1908
Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (died 1997)
1908
Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (died 1992)
1908
Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (died 1997)
1907
Paul Douglas, American actor (died 1959)
1906
Dale Messick, American author and illustrator (died 2005)
1905
Attila József, Hungarian poet and educator (died 1937)
1904
K. L. Saigal, Indian singer and actor (died 1947)
1903
Misuzu Kaneko, Japanese poet (died 1930)
1900
Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author (died 1989)
1899
Percy Lavon Julian, African-American chemist and academic (died 1975)
1896
Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (died 1967)
1893
Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (died 1971)
1887
Jamini Roy, Indian painter (died 1972)
1879
Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German astronomer and optician (died 1935)
1878
Percy Lane Oliver, British pioneer of volunteer blood donation (died 1944)
1876
Paul Henry, Irish painter (died 1958)
1876
Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (died 1940)
1873
Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1955)
1872
Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, Albanian poet, rilindas and author of national anthem of Albania (died 1947)
1871
Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner (died 1940)
1869
Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal (died 1943)
1867
Mark Keppel, American educator (died 1928)
1866
Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (died 1953)
1864
Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (died 1943)
1862
William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and academic (died 1938)
1862
Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 44th United States Secretary of State (died 1948)
1859
Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek historian and author (died 1939)
1856
Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer and rugby player (died 1903)
1854
Hugh Massie, Australian cricketer (died 1938)
1837
Elmer E. Ellsworth, American army officer and law clerk (died 1861)
1830
John Douglas, English architect (died 1911)
1827
Jyotirao Phule, Indian scholar, philosopher, and activist (died 1890)
1825
Ferdinand Lassalle, German philosopher and jurist (died 1864)
1819
Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (died 1895)
1798
Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (died 1854)
1794
Edward Everett, English-American educator and politician, 15th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1865)
1770
George Canning, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1827)
1755
James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (died 1824)
1749
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, French miniaturist and portrait painter (died 1803)
1722
Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (died 1771)
1721
David Zeisberger, Czech-American clergyman and missionary (died 1808)
1715
John Alcock, English organist and composer (died 1806)
1683
Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer and conductor (died 1738)
1658
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish peer (died 1712)
1644
Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Duchess of Savoy (died 1724)
1592
John Eliot, English lawyer and politician (died 1632)
1591
Bartholomeus Strobel, Silezian painter (died 1650)
1493
George I, Duke of Pomerania (died 1531)
1374
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (died 1398)
1370
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (died 1428)
1357
John I of Portugal (died 1433)
1348
Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (died 1385)
1184
William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg (died 1213)
145
Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (probable; died 211)

Deaths On This Day

2025
Mike Berry, British singer and actor (born 1942)
2024
Park Bo-ram, South Korean singer (born 1994)
2020
John Horton Conway, English mathematician (born 1937)
2017
J. Geils, American singer and guitarist (born 1946)
2017
Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (born 1945)
2015
Jimmy Gunn, American football player (born 1948)
2015
Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (born 1952)
2015
François Maspero, French journalist and author (born 1932)
2015
Hanut Singh, Indian general (born 1933)
2015
Tekena Tamuno, Nigerian historian and academic (born 1932)
2014
Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (born 1926)
2014
Edna Doré, English actress (born 1921)
2014
Bill Henry, American baseball player (born 1927)
2014
Lou Hudson, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1944)
2014
Myer S. Kripke, American rabbi and scholar (born 1914)
2014
Sergey Nepobedimy, Russian engineer (born 1921)
2014
Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944)
2013
Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1953)
2013
Sue Draheim, American fiddler (born1949)
2013
Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1922)
2013
Thomas Hemsley, English actor and singer (born 1927)
2013
Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist (born 1916)
2013
Gilles Marchal, French singer-songwriter (born 1944)
2013
Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (born 1925)
2013
Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect (born 1923)
2013
Jonathan Winters, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (born 1925)
2012
Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (born 1916)
2012
Roger Caron, Canadian criminal and author (born 1938)
2012
Tippy Dye, American basketball player and coach (born 1915)
2012
Hal McKusick, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (born 1924)
2012
Agustin Roman, American bishop (born 1928)
2011
Larry Sweeney, American wrestler and manager (born 1981)
2010
Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer (born 1948)
2009
Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress and singer (born 1914)
2009
Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (born 1912)
2009
Corín Tellado, Spanish author (born 1927)
2008
Merlin German, American sergeant (born 1985)
2007
Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (born 1922)
2007
Loïc Leferme, French diver (born 1970)
2007
Janet McDonald, American lawyer and author (born 1954)
2007
Ronald Speirs, Scottish-American colonel (born 1920)
2007
Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1922)
2006
June Pointer, American singer (born 1953)
2006
DeShaun Holton, American rapper and actor (born 1973)
2005
André François, Romanian-French cartoonist, painter, and sculptor (born 1915)
2005
Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (born 1907)
2003
Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, founded Texas Instruments (born 1900)
2001
Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (born 1921)
2000
Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer (born 1945)
1999
William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (born 1911)
1997
Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (born 1899)
1997
Wang Xiaobo, contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist (born 1952)
1996
Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (born 1988)
1992
James Brown, American actor and singer (born 1920)
1992
Eve Merriam, American author and poet (born 1916)
1992
Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter, sculptor, and engraver (born 1920)
1991
Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (born 1915)
1991
Bruno Hoffmann. German glass harp player (born 1913)
1990
Harold Ballard, Canadian businessman (born 1903)
1987
Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer (born 1903)
1987
Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (born 1919)
1985
Bunny Ahearne, Irish-born English businessman (born 1900)
1985
John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (born 1898)
1985
Enver Hoxha, Albanian educator and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Albania (born 1908)
1984
Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (born 1910)
1983
Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (born 1904)
1981
Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (born 1895)
1980
Ümit Kaftancıoğlu, Turkish journalist and producer (born 1935)
1977
Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (born 1900)
1977
Phanishwar Nath 'Renu', Indian author and activist (born 1921)
1974
Ernst Ziegler, German actor (born 1894)
1970
Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (born 1923)
1970
John O'Hara, American novelist and short story writer (born 1905)
1967
Thomas Farrell, American general (born 1891)
1967
Donald Sangster, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (born 1911)
1962
Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (born 1900)
1962
George Poage, American hurdler and educator (born 1880)
1962
Axel Revold, Norwegian painter (born 1887)
1960
Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (born 1878)
1958
Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (born 1875)
1954
Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (born 1895)
1953
Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (born 1869)
1939
Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (born 1864)
1926
Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (born 1849)
1918
Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (born 1841)
1916
Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (born 1864)
1908
Henry Bird, English chess player and author (born 1829)
1906
James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (born 1847)
1906
Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Armed Forces Journal and The Galaxy Magazine (born 1839)
1903
Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (born 1878)
1902
Wade Hampton III, Confederate general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (born 1818)
1895
Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (born 1830)
1894
Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (born 1832)
1890
David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (born 1808)
1890
Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (born 1862)
1873
Edward Canby, American general (born 1817)
1870
Justo José de Urquiza, Argentine general, politician and first constitutional president of Argentina (born 1801)
1861
Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (born 1824)
1856
Juan Santamaría, Costa Rican soldier (born 1831)
1798
Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet and academic (born 1725)
1783
Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Polish-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1718)
1723
John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (born 1650)
1712
Richard Simon, French priest and critic (born 1638)
1626
Marino Ghetaldi, Ragusan mathematician and physicist (born 1568)
1612
Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian and author (born 1535)
1612
Edward Wightman, English minister and martyr (born 1566)
1609
John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley, English noble (born 1533)
1587
Thomas Bromley, English lord chancellor (born 1530)
1554
Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel leader (born 1521)
1512
Gaston de Foix, French military commander (born 1489)
1447
Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1377)
1349
Ramadan ibn Alauddin, first known Muslim from Korea
1240
Llywelyn the Great, Welsh prince (born 1172)
1165
Stephen IV, king of Hungary and Croatia
1079
Stanislaus of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków (born 1030)
1077
Anawrahta, king of Burma and founder of the Pagan Empire (born 1014)
1034
Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor (born 968)
924
Herman I, chancellor and archbishop of Cologne
678
Donus, pope of the Catholic Church (born 610)
618
Yang Guang, Chinese emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 569)
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