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April 24

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April 24

April 24 is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 251 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Two Illinois best friends focus on high jackpot lottery games and win $518,309 in FastPlay. In a neighborhood community of avid lottery fans, two Illinois best friends decided to put their heads (and wallets) together to try to win a $518,309 FastPlay jackpot, not realizing that they'd end up winning it all.
2025: Delaware Lottery celebrates 50th anniversary with launch of first $50 scratch-off ticket. The Delaware Lottery is celebrating its golden 50th anniversary all year long and has launched a $50 scratch-off ticket to commemorate the milestone achievement.
2024: Look-alike actor from movie inspires Michigan man to buy lottery ticket, wins $500,000. A Michigan man won $500,000 in the lottery after identifying with an actor look-alike, whose character bought a lottery ticket in a movie.
2023: Maryland man wins third $50,000 Pick 5 lottery prize in less than a year using same numbers. A Maryland man won his third $50,000 top prize in the Maryland Lottery's Pick 5 game in less than a year while using the same set of numbers each time.
2021: Australian couple hid $100,000 lottery ticket in a safe for eight months. A man and a woman from Australia purposefully waited eight months to collect their $100,000 prize and kept their winning ticket hidden away in a safe before making the claim.
2020: Texas Lottery sales surge amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In an announcement on Tuesday afternoon, the Texas Lottery revealed that sales of scratch-off tickets surged to $112 million from the previous week's sales of $95 million.
2020: Masks: The new lottery. A new sort of lottery is brewing in Japan. Electronics manufacturer Sharp Corp. has adopted a new method of selling its popular face masks — via a lottery.
2019: Canada lotteries changing biggest games to computerized drawings. Starting mid-May, players of Canada's two largest multi-province lottery games will no longer be able to rely on real lottery ball drawings to choose the winning numbers.
2019: GOP bill would keep Wisconsin lottery winners secret. Two Republican lawmakers are introducing a bill that would allow lottery winners in Wisconsin to remain anonymous.
2017: Trial set to start for 3 people charged in $2M Hoosier Lottery scam case. A jury trial is scheduled to start Monday in the case of three people accused of trying to bilk the Hoosier Lottery out of $2 million.
2017: Pennsylvania eyes leap to internet for casinos, lottery. Facing huge deficits, Pennsylvania could become the first state to allow both its casinos and lottery to take its games online in a quest for money from new and younger players.
2017: Study: Seven Ohio residents won the lottery more than 100 times. An analysis of an Ohio Lottery database reveals that seven Ohio residents have won the state lottery more than 100 times in the last three years.
2015: 3 face charges in Indiana Lottery scam. Three people redeemed a fraudulent Hoosier Lottery ticket worth $2 million, buying a home and several vehicles with the money before police caught on to the scam, court documents allege.
2014: $2 million Hoosier Lottery winner has to give ex-wife $50,000. A man who won $2 million in the Hoosier Lottery while separated from his wife has to give her only 2.5 percent of the winnings, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
2014: New Mexico woman wins lottery twice in two weeks. A New Mexico woman is on a lucky streak, winning two major scratch-off prizes in the past two weeks.
2014: Chicago man wins lottery three times in three weeks. A Chicago man won the same lottery game three times in three weeks, officials announced Wednesday.
2013: Emotions run hot in NY brothers' $5M lottery ticket trial. By the time the trial of two New York brothers accused of stealing a $5 million lottery ticket finished its third day, emotions had run so hot that the trial judge decided to call it a day.
2012: Virginia woman wins $1 million lottery twice in the same day. Winning the lottery once in a lifetime is pretty lucky. Winning the lottery twice in the same day? Virginia Fike is one of the few people that can describe that feeling.
2009: Maryland lottery pays out big in Pick 4 game. The Thursday Pick 4 midday drawing results of 1-0-2-0 paid out more than $1.5 million in prizes, according to the Maryland Lottery.
2008: Californians to get a full year to claim Mega Millions lottery prizes. Californians who keep their winning Mega Millions lottery tickets in their sock drawers will soon get an additional six months to dig them out and cash them in.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$434.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2022
2.$297 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2021
3.$282 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2016
4.$228 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2024
5.$212 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2019
6.€193.5 Million US$206.33 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2022
7.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2010
8.€154.29 Million US$180.54 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2026
9.$174 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2020
10.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2012
11.€142.46 Million
US$169.53 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2021
12.€138 Million
US$168.66 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2018
13.$167.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2025
14.€151 Million
US$161.69 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2024
15.€142.21 Million
US$158.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2019
16.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2018
17.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2009
18.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2019
18.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2026
20.€137 Million
US$146.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2022
21.$144 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2008
22.$130.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2024
23.€112 Million
US$123.16 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2023
24.$119.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2026
25.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 24, 2013

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Niccole2010
Friday, Apr 24, 1992
34 years old
1989: imaginewin21
Monday, Apr 24, 1989
37 years old
1983: Lilmo
Sunday, Apr 24, 1983
43 years old
1983: Justinsanchez12
Sunday, Apr 24, 1983
43 years old
1977: MaLaJa
Sunday, Apr 24, 1977
49 years old
1974: karpetkleaner
Wednesday, Apr 24, 1974
52 years old
1968: jeannieg1968
Wednesday, Apr 24, 1968
58 years old
1966: rteague
Sunday, Apr 24, 1966
60 years old
1966: moon101
Sunday, Apr 24, 1966
60 years old
1964: Margarethgustav
Friday, Apr 24, 1964
62 years old
1963: pete63
Wednesday, Apr 24, 1963
63 years old
1956: Fausto
Tuesday, Apr 24, 1956
70 years old
1955: kalan2125
Sunday, Apr 24, 1955
71 years old
: sysp34
(year not provided)
: karinda
(year not provided)
: froger1
(year not provided)
: Play2Win
(year not provided)
: ree'
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2025: A mass stabbing at a school in Nantes, France, leaves 1 person dead and 3 others wounded.
2013: A building collapses near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,134 people and injuring about 2,500 others.
2013: Violence in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture, of China's Xinjiang results in death of 21 people.
2011: WikiLeaks starts publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak.
2006: Bombings in the Egyptian resort city of Dahab kill 23 people and injure about 80.
2005: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
2004: The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
1996: In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
1994: A Douglas DC-3 ditches in Botany Bay after takeoff from Sydney Airport. All 25 people on board survive.
1993: An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
1990: STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
1990: Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
1980: Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
1979: Blair Peach, a New Zealand teacher, dies after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London.
1970: China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
1970: The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
1967: Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
1967: Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily".
1965: Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch.
1963: Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
1957: Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
1955: The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
1953: Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
1944: World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
1933: Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
1932: Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
1926: The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
1924: Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term).
1922: The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
1918: World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
1916: Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
1916: Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
1915: The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide.
1914: The Franck-Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
1913: The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
1895: Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop Spray.
1885: American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
1877: Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
1837: The great fire in Surat city of India caused more than 500 deaths and destruction of more than 9,000 houses.
1800: The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".
1793: French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris.
1704: The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
1558: Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre-Dame de Paris.
1547: Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
934: Abbasid Caliph Al-Qahir is deposed and blinded. His nephew al-Radi suceeds him as caliph.
858: Consecration of Pope Nicholas I following the death of Pope Benedict III earlier that month.
1183 BC: Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes, among others.
1479 BC: Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).

Births On This Day

2002: Olivia Gadecki, Australian tennis player
1999: Ziyu He, Chinese violinist
1999: Jerry Jeudy, American football player
1998: Ryan Newman, American actress
1997: Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
1997: Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
1996: Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
1995: Kehlani, American singer-songwriter
1994: Jordan Fisher, American singer, dancer, and actor
1994: Caspar Lee, British-South African YouTuber
1993: Ben Davies, Welsh international footballer
1992: Joe Keery, American actor
1992: Laura Kenny, English cyclist
1992: Jack Quaid, American actor
1991: Sigrid Agren, French-Swedish model
1991: Morgan Ciprès, French figure skater
1991: Batuhan Karadeniz, Turkish footballer
1990: Kim Tae-ri, South Korean actress
1990: Jan Veselý, Czech basketball player
1989: Elīna Babkina, Latvian basketball player
1989: David Boudia, American diver
1989: Taja Mohorčič, Slovenian tennis player
1987: Ben Howard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987: Kris Letang, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Rein Taaramäe, Estonian cyclist
1987: Jan Vertonghen, Belgian international footballer
1987: Varun Dhawan, Indian actor
1986: Aaron Cunningham, American baseball player
1985: Mike Rodgers, American sprinter
1983: Hanna Melnychenko, Ukrainian heptathlete
1982: Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter, talk show host
1982: David Oliver, American hurdler
1982: Simon Tischer, German volleyball player
1981: Taylor Dent, American tennis player
1981: Yuko Nakanishi, Japanese swimmer
1980: Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
1980: Karen Asrian, Armenian chess player (died 2008)
1978: Diego Quintana, Argentine footballer
1977: Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1977: Diego Placente, Argentine footballer
1976: Hedda Berntsen, Norwegian skier
1976: Steve Finnan, Irish international footballer
1976: Frédéric Niemeyer, Canadian tennis player and coach
1975: Marte Mjøs Persen, Norwegian politician
1975: Dejan Savić, Yugoslavian and Serbian water polo player
1974: Eric Kripke, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1974: Stephen Wiltshire, English illustrator
1973: Gabby Logan, English gymnast, television and radio host
1973: Damon Lindelof, American screenwriter and producer
1973: Brian Marshall, American bass player and songwriter
1973: Eric Snow, American basketball player and coach
1973: Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
1973: Toomas Tohver, Estonian footballer
1973: Lee Westwood, English golfer
1972: Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
1972: Chipper Jones, American baseball player
1972: Jure Košir, Slovenian skier and singer
1971: Kumar Dharmasena, Sri Lankan cricketer and umpire
1971: Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Damien Fleming, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1969: Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
1969: Rory McCann, Scottish actor
1969: Eilidh Whiteford, Scottish academic and politician
1968: Aidan Gillen, Irish actor
1968: Todd Jones, American baseball player
1968: Roxanna Panufnik, English composer
1968: Hashim Thaçi, Kosovan soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Kosovo
1967: Dino Rađa, Croatian basketball player
1967: Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach
1966: Pierre Brassard, Canadian comedian and actor
1966: Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
1966: David Usher, English-Canadian singer-songwriter
1965: Jeff Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1964: Helga Arendt, German sprinter (died 2013)
1964: Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian, actor, and producer
1964: Djimon Hounsou, Beninese-American actor and producer
1964: Witold Smorawiński, Polish guitarist, composer, and educator
1963: Paula Frazer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963: Billy Gould, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1963: Mano Solo, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2010)
1962: Clemens Binninger, German politician
1962: Stuart Pearce, English footballer, coach, and manager
1962: Steve Roach, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1961: Andrew Murrison, English physician and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
1959: Paula Yates, British-Australian television host and author (died 2000)
1958: Brian Paddick, English police officer and politician
1957: Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-English businessman and politician
1956: James A. Winnefeld, Jr., American admiral
1955: Marion Caspers-Merk, German politician
1955: John de Mol Jr., Dutch businessman, co-founded Endemol
1955: Eamon Gilmore, Irish trade union leader and politician, 25th Tánaiste of Ireland
1955: Margaret Moran, British politician and criminal
1955: Guy Nève, Belgian race car driver (died 1992)
1955: Michael O'Keefe, American actor
1955: Bill Osborne, New Zealand rugby player
1954: Mumia Abu-Jamal, American journalist, activist, and convicted murderer
1954: Jack Blades, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1953: Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer
1952: Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
1952: Ralph Winter, American film producer
1951: Ron Arad, Israeli architect and academic
1951: Christian Bobin, French author and poet (died 2022)
1951: Nigel Harrison, English bass player and songwriter
1951: Enda Kenny, Irish educator and politician, 13th Taoiseach of Ireland
1950: Rob Hyman, American singer-songwriter and musician
1949: Eddie Hart, American sprinter
1949: Véronique Sanson, French singer-songwriter and producer
1948: Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (died 2013)
1948: Eliana Gil, Ecuadorian-American psychiatrist, therapist, and author
1947: Josep Borrell, Spanish engineer and politician, 22nd President of the European Parliament
1947: João Braz de Aviz, Brazilian cardinal
1947: Claude Dubois, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947: Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician
1947: Roger D. Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1946: Doug Christie, Canadian lawyer and activist (died 2013)
1946: Phil Robertson, American hunter and television personality (died 2025)
1945: Doug Clifford, American drummer and songwriter
1944: Peter Cresswell, English judge
1944: Maarja Nummert, Estonian architect
1944: Tony Visconti, American record producer, musician and singer
1943: Richard Sterban, American country and gospel bass singer
1943: Gordon West, English footballer (died 2012)
1942: Richard M. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago
1942: Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, activist, and producer
1941: Richard Holbrooke, American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2010)
1941: John Williams, Australian-English guitarist and composer
1940: Sue Grafton, American author (died 2017)
1937: Joe Henderson, American saxophonist and composer (died 2001)
1936: David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto
1936: Jill Ireland, English actress (died 1990)
1934: Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (died 2015)
1934: Shirley MacLaine, American actress, singer, and dancer
1931: Abdelhamid Kermali, Algerian footballer and manager (died 2013)
1931: Bridget Riley, English painter and illustrator
1930: Jerome Callet, American instrument designer, educator, and author (died 2019)
1930: Richard Donner, American actor, director, and producer (died 2021)
1930: José Sarney, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 31st President of Brazil
1929: Dr. Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (died 2006)
1928: Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2020)
1928: Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (died 2008)
1928: Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (died 2012)
1927: Josy Barthel, Luxembourgish runner and politician, Luxembourgish Minister for Energy (died 1992)
1926: Marilyn Erskine, American actress
1926: Thorbjörn Fälldin, Swedish farmer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 2016)
1925: Franco Leccese, Italian sprinter (died 1992)
1924: Clement Freud, German-English radio host, academic, and politician (died 2009)
1924: Ruth Kobart, American actress and singer (died 2002)
1923: Gus Bodnar, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2005)
1923: Doris Burn, American author and illustrator (died 2011)
1922: Marc-Adélard Tremblay, Canadian anthropologist and academic (died 2014)
1920: Gino Valenzano, Italian race car driver (died 2011)
1919: David Blackwell, American mathematician and academic (died 2010)
1919: Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (died 2013)
1916: Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer (died 2002)
1914: William Castle, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977)
1914: Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1991)
1914: Justin Wilson, American chef and author (died 2001)
1913: Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (died 2014)
1912: Ruth Osburn, American discus thrower (died 1994)
1908: Marceline Day, American actress (died 2000)
1908: Inga Gentzel, Swedish runner (died 1991)
1908: Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (died 1963)
1907: Gabriel Figueroa, Mexican cinematographer (died 1997)
1906: William Joyce, American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster (died 1946)
1906: Mimi Smith, English nurse (died 1991)
1905: Al Bates, American long jumper (died 1999)
1905: Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (died 1989)
1904: Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator (died 1997)
1903: José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish lawyer and politician, founded the Falange (died 1936)
1900: Elizabeth Goudge, English author and educator (died 1984)
1899: Oscar Zariski, Russian-American mathematician and academic (died 1986)
1897: Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican colonel and politician, 45th President of Mexico (died 1955)
1897: Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist, anthropologist, and engineer (died 1941)
1889: Stafford Cripps, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1952)
1889: Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and academic (died 1924)
1888: Pe Maung Tin, Burma-based scholar and educator (died 1973)
1887: Denys Finch Hatton, English hunter (died 1931)
1885: Thomas Cronan, American triple jumper (died 1962)
1885: Con Walsh, Irish-Canadian hammer thrower and footballer (died 1961)
1882: Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish-English air marshal (died 1970)
1880: Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper (died 1954)
1880: Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist (died 1964)
1879: Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian-American circus performer (died 1984)
1878: Jean Crotti, Swiss-French painter (died 1958)
1876: Erich Raeder, German admiral (died 1960)
1868: Sandy Herd, Scottish golfer (died 1944)
1862: Tomitaro Makino, Japanese botanist (died 1957)
1860: Queen Marau, last Queen of Tahiti (died 1935)
1856: Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (died 1951)
1845: Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924)
1829: Luisa Cappiani, Austrian soprano, educator and essayist (died 1919)
1823: Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (died 1889)
1815: Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (died 1882)
1784: Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist (died 1860)
1743: Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom (died 1823)
1718: Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator (died 1784)
1706: Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer (died 1780)
1620: John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (died 1674)
1608: Gaston, Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV of France (died 1660)
1581: Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (died 1660)
1562: Xu Guangqi, Ming Dynasty Chinese politician, scholar and lay Catholic leader (died 1633)
1545: Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, English Earl (died 1581)
1538: Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (died 1587)
1533: William I of Orange, founding father of the Netherlands (died 1584)
1532: Thomas Lucy, English politician (died 1600)
1492: Sabina of Bavaria, Bavarian duchess and noblewoman (died 1564)
1086: Ramiro II of Aragon (died 1157)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Roy Phillips, British musician (born 1941)
2024: Bob Cole, Canadian sports announcer (born 1933)
2024: Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player (born 1972)
2024: Donald Payne Jr., American politician (born 1958)
2024: Mike Pinder, British musician (born 1941)
2023: Wang Xiaolong, Chinese Coast guardsman (born 1995)
2022: Andrew Woolfolk, American saxophonist (born 1950)
2017: Robert Pirsig, American author and philosopher (born 1928)
2016: Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (born 1930)
2015: Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1922)
2014: Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (born 1934)
2014: Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1948)
2014: Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (born 1968)
2014: Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (born 1921)
2011: Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philanthropist (born 1926)
2008: Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, and saxophonist, and composer (born 1921)
2006: Brian Labone, English footballer (born 1940)
2006: Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (born 1914)
2005: Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (born 1924)
2005: Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist and academic (born 1910)
2004: José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (born 1923)
2004: Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (born 1906)
2003: Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkish astronomer and mathematician (born 1910)
2002: Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgish sculptor (born 1908)
2001: Josef Peters, German racing driver (born 1914)
2001: Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (born 1928)
1997: Allan Francovich, American director and producer (born 1941)
1997: Pat Paulsen, American comedian and activist (born 1927)
1997: Eugene Stoner, American engineer, designed the AR-15 rifle (born 1922)
1995: Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (born 1903)
1993: Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and activist (born 1917)
1993: Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher and theorist (born 1917)
1986: Wallis Simpson, American socialite, Duchess of Windsor (born 1896)
1984: Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (born 1891)
1983: Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist, psychologist, and academic (born 1938)
1983: Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver (born 1943)
1982: Ville Ritola, Finnish runner (born 1896)
1980: Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (born 1904)
1976: Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (born 1890)
1974: Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (born 1897)
1972: Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (born 1892)
1970: Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (born 1930)
1968: Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (born 1876)
1967: Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and cosmonaut (born 1927)
1967: Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (born 1885)
1966: Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (born 1902)
1965: Louise Dresser, American actress (born 1878)
1964: Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist (born 1895)
1962: Milt Franklyn, American composer (born 1897)
1961: Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (born 1888)
1960: Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879)
1954: Guy Mairesse, French racing driver (born 1910)
1948: Jāzeps Vītols, Latvian composer (born 1863)
1947: Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1873)
1945: Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (born 1899)
1944: Charles Jordan, American magician (born 1888)
1942: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (born 1874)
1941: Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (born 1900)
1939: Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (born 1881)
1938: George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (born 1863)
1935: Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (born 1857)
1931: David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (born 1862)
1924: G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (born 1844)
1891: Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (born 1800)
1889: Zulma Carraud, French author (born 1796)
1852: Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (born 1783)
1794: Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (born 1719)
1779: Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (born 1711)
1748: Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (born 1683)
1731: Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (born 1660)
1692: Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (born 1633)
1656: Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (born 1561)
1622: Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (born 1577)
1617: Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1575)
1513: Şehzade Ahmet, Ottoman prince (born 1465)
1479: Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet (born 1440)
1338: Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat (born 1291)
1288: Gertrude of Austria (born 1226)
1149: Petronille de Chemillé, abbess of Fontevrault
624: Mellitus, saint and archbishop of Canterbury

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