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April 25

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April 25

April 25 is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 250 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Bill banning lottery courier services passes Indiana House and Senate. A bill banning lottery courier services passed in both the Indiana House and Senate this week, meaning there is just one more step before it officially becomes illegal to sell lottery tickets via courier companies.
2024: Oregon woman who doesn't check lottery tickets wins $1 million in raffle. An Oregon woman admitted that if it weren't for Powerball making headlines, she would not have thought to check an Oregon Lottery Raffle ticket that turned out to be worth $1 million.
2022: UPDATE: Hoosier Lottery pays out $1.78 million after Fast Play error produced 632 winning tickets. The Hoosier Lottery has paid out $1,785,000 so far after a vendor error mistakenly produced 632 winning tickets in an in-state Fast Play drawing.
2019: Thinking of going off the grid after winning the lottery? Not so fast. Everyone dreams of it: having a small piece of paper with the right numbers printed on it and winning the life-changing $200 million, $700 million or $1 billion jackpot. But what happens after you win?
2018: $1.5M Hoosier Lotto ticket to expire Thursday. Indiana lottery players check your tickets: a lottery ticket worth more than a million bucks is about to expire.
2018: Massachusetts lottery profits down 8 percent. Even with sales up more than 3 percent through nine months of the fiscal year, the Massachusetts Lottery has seen an almost 8 percent drop in profits so far this year, the executive director reported Tuesday.
2017: Mega Millions lottery tickets double to $2 starting in October. Five years after Powerball lottery ticket prices were increased to $2, the multi-state Mega Millions game is following suit.
2016: Florida Lottery's new Wheel of Fortune scratch-off game sets sales records. The Florida announced last week that Scratch-Off ticket sales for the newest $5 Scratch-Off game, Wheel of Fortune, exceeded $6.1 million in its first week, setting a record for the highest first week of sales by any game at that price point.
2015: Former Georgia Lottery official files whistleblower lawsuit. A former top finance official with the Georgia Lottery has filed a whistleblower lawsuit claiming that he was fired after refusing to present inflated sales projections.
2015: New York man accused of running lottery con game. A Rochester, New York, man has been accused of running a lottery con game in which three senior citizens were persuaded to send him a total of $138,000 in order to claim their mega-bucks winnings.
2013: N.J. treasurer says lottery privatization plan won't lead to layoffs. The New Jersey state treasurer today defended the Christie administration's plan to privatize parts of the New Jersey Lottery and said he does "not anticipate" it leading to layoffs.
2012: Lottery Post ranked among biggest lotto Web sites in March. The record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot on March 30 caused a huge lift in traffic to lottery-related Web sites, according to the latest comScore Media Metrix report released today, with LotteryPost.com cited among the industry's biggest winners.
2011: True to promise, pals share $1 million lottery jackpot. Two friends who agreed to play the lottery together and split any prizes won are honoring their agreement and splitting a $1 million jackpot.
2011: Arkansas Lottery partners with grocery chain on vending machines. An Ohio-based grocery store chain has signed a contract with the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery to sell lottery tickets through vending machines.
2011: N.M. lottery celebrates anniversary, tackles challenges. New Mexico Lottery officials this month are celebrating the 15th birthday of the lottery program with a special anniversary scratcher ticket and a new ad campaign.
2011: Robbery suspects caught on tape redeeming stolen lottery tickets. Cops are looking for a man who has been caught on tape redeeming stolen California lottery tickets.
2008: Lottery winner facing tax fraud trial dies. Former lottery multi-millionaire Alex Toth, who was broke and facing tax fraud charges, has died at the age of 60.
2008: Before drawing, lottery finalists agree to split jackpot. Eight of the ten finalists in the Maine Lottery's $2.5 million Extravaganza Instant Ticket game agreed to split the spoils from a live drawing held Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center.
2008: $13 million Florida Lotto winner dies a pauper. A former Florida Lotto multi-millionaire has died nearly broke.
2007: $800,000 lottery ticket now worthless. Somebody, somewhere, in the lint trap of a clothes dryer, or maybe on the floorboards of a pickup truck, has a scrap of paper that was worth $800,000 -- but is now worthless.
2007: N.C. Woman Still Waiting For Lottery Payout. A North Carolina woman thought she'd gotten extra money in March when she won the N.C. Education Lottery for $500, but weeks later she still has not been paid.
2007: Man charged in lottery ticket theft case. If you bought a lottery ticket at Valley Supreme Liquors in Pine Bush, New York, and lost, you might want to blame the clerk who sold it to you.
2007: Mega Millions lottery winner won't change lifestyle. Sure, she's $1.2 million wealthier than she was a week ago, but Mega Millions winner Terry Zuniga has no plans to exchange her routine for the lifestyle of the rich and famous.
2007: Mass. Lottery's new raffle game to offer $20M top prize. The Massachusetts State Lottery will unveil plans today for its most expensive game yet, a $20 raffle-style ("sweepstakes") drawing.
2007: Lottery Winner Succumbs to Cancer. A man who won $1 million in the lottery shortly after finding out he had terminal cancer has died.
2006: Kentucky Lottery hits record sales in third quarter. The Kentucky Lottery Corp. earned net income of $56.2 million on a record $198.5 million in sales during its third quarter of fiscal 2006.
2006: Arizona Lottery to begin new branding campaign. The Arizona Lottery, will kick off a new stop-action animation television campaign, which "transforms unexpected items into 'characters' engaged in surprising behavior and captures the 'suspense' of playing Scratchers."
2006: N.C. Lottery sales follow expected decline pattern. North Carolina lottery fever is fading, new numbers show.
2006: Top House leader balks at plan to use Pa. lottery for tax relief. A top Pennsylvania House leader said yesterday he didn't like the idea of transferring about $240 million from the state lottery fund to provide property tax and rent rebates this year for senior citizens.
2006: Lottery winners question Calif. Mega Millions prizes. Lottery winners discover that California laws that govern lottery games are different from the 11 other states in Mega Millions.
2005: One lottery ticket wins $205 million Mega Millions jackpot. A Michigan lottery player has won the $205 million grand prize from the latest Mega Millions lotto drawing held on Friday evening.
2004: UK Lottery sales up for the first time in six years. Camelot, the company that runs the National Lottery, will this week reveal that annual sales have risen for the first time in six years.

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.$186 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2020
9.€155.3 Million US$181.97 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2026
10.$181 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2009
11.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2012
12.€143.72 Million
US$171.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2021
13.$167.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2025
14.$166 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2019
15.$163 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2026
16.€151 Million
US$161.69 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2024
17.€142.21 Million
US$158.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2019
18.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2018
19.$151.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2024
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.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2013
23.€98 Million
US$130.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
24.€112 Million
US$123.16 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 25, 2023
25.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2004

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: mandownbeauty90
Wednesday, Apr 25, 1990
36 years old
1989: Dymis
Tuesday, Apr 25, 1989
37 years old
1984: Keshawn84!
Wednesday, Apr 25, 1984
42 years old
1977: reddhott425
Monday, Apr 25, 1977
49 years old
1972: sikamo228
Tuesday, Apr 25, 1972
54 years old
1968: Moneygirl46
Thursday, Apr 25, 1968
58 years old
1967: BSH3417
Tuesday, Apr 25, 1967
59 years old
1966: Need$
Monday, Apr 25, 1966
60 years old
1966: bobbyshibe
Monday, Apr 25, 1966
60 years old
1965: Winthor
Sunday, Apr 25, 1965
61 years old
1962: phantom3
Wednesday, Apr 25, 1962
64 years old
1962: ch8ch1
Wednesday, Apr 25, 1962
64 years old
: CashnCarry
(year not provided)
: ofun
(year not provided)
: Showwife
(year not provided)
: Stella Artois
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2015: At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.
2014: The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination.
2007: Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
2005: The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
2005: A seven-car commuter train derails and crashes into an apartment building near Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107, including the driver.
2005: Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union.
2004: The March for Women's Lives brings over one million protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
2001: President George W. Bush pledges U.S. military support in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.
1990: Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
1983: Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
1983: Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
1982: Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
1981: More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
1980: One hundred forty-six people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands.
1974: Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime.
1972: Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.
1961: Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
1960: The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1959: The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
1954: The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
1953: Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
1951: Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
1945: World War II: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two. This would be later known as Elbe Day.
1945: World War II: Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the Italian Social Republic.
1945: United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.
1945: World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military actions of the Second World War end in Finland.
1944: The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
1938: U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
1933: Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.
1920: At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
1916: Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
1915: World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
1901: New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
1898: Spanish-American War: The United States Congress declares that a state of war between the U.S. and Spain has existed since April 21, when an American naval blockade of the Spanish colony of Cuba began.
1892: Véry bombing during the Ère des attentats (1892-1894)
1882: French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.
1864: American Civil War: In the Battle of Marks' Mills, a force of 8,000 Confederate soldiers attacks 1,800 Union soldiers and a large number of wagon teamsters, killing or wounding 1,500 Union combatants.
1862: American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
1859: British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
1849: The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
1846: Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.
1829: Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the British Empire.
1808: Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809: The Battle of Trangen took place at Trangen in Flisa, Hedemarkens Amt, between Swedish and Norwegian troops.
1792: Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
1792: "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
1707: A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
1644: Transition from Ming to Qing: The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
1607: Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
1464: A Yorkist army under the Baron Montagu defeats a Lancastrian army under the Duke of Somerset in the battle of Hedgeley Moor during the Wars of the Roses.
1134: The name Zagreb was mentioned for the first time in the Felician Charter relating to the establishment of the Zagreb Bishopric around 1094.
799: After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, Pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection.
775: The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over the South Caucasus is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and their remnants flee to the Byzantine Empire.
404 BC: Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.

Births On This Day

2000: Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer
1998: Satou Sabally, German-American basketball player
1996: Mack Horton, Australian swimmer
1995: Lewis Baker, English footballer
1995: Packy Hanrahan, American bowler
1994: Omar McLeod, Jamaican hurdler
1994: Maggie Rogers, American musician
1994: Sam Fender, English singer-songwriter and musician
1993: Alex Bowman, American race car driver
1993: Daniel Norris, American baseball player
1993: Raphaël Varane, French footballer
1991: Jordan Poyer, American football player
1991: Alex Shibutani, American ice dancer
1990: Jean-Éric Vergne, French racing driver
1990: Taylor Walker, Australian footballer
1989: Marie-Michèle Gagnon, Canadian skier
1989: Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player
1989: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama
1988: Jonathan Bailey, English actor
1988: Sara Paxton, American actress
1988: James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Razak Boukari, Togolese footballer
1987: Jay Park, American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
1986: Alexei Emelin, Russian ice hockey player
1986: Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete
1986: Claudia Rath, German heptathlete
1985: Giedo van der Garde, Dutch racing driver
1983: Johnathan Thurston, Australian rugby league player
1983: DeAngelo Williams, American football player
1982: Monty Panesar, English cricketer
1981: Felipe Massa, Brazilian racing driver
1981: John McFall, English sprinter
1981: Anja Pärson, Swedish skier
1980: Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television host
1980: Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist
1978: Matt Walker, English swimmer
1977: Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer-songwriter
1977: Marguerite Moreau, American actress and producer
1977: Matthew West, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1976: Gilberto da Silva Melo, Brazilian footballer
1976: Tim Duncan, American basketball player
1976: Breyton Paulse, South African rugby player
1976: Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player and coach
1975: Jacque Jones, American baseball player and coach
1973: Carlota Castrejana, Spanish triple jumper
1973: Barbara Rittner, German tennis player
1971: Sara Baras, Spanish dancer
1970: Jason Lee, American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer
1969: Joe Buck, American sportscaster
1969: Martin Koolhoven, Dutch director and screenwriter
1969: Jon Olsen, American swimmer
1969: Darren Woodson, American football player and sportscaster
1969: Renée Zellweger, American actress and producer
1968: Thomas Strunz, German footballer
1967: Angel Martino, American swimmer
1966: Diego Domínguez, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1966: Femke Halsema, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician
1966: Darren Holmes, American baseball player and coach
1965: Eric Avery, American bass player and songwriter
1965: Mark Bryant, American basketball player and coach
1965: John Henson, American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2014)
1964: Hank Azaria, American actor, voice artist, comedian and producer
1964: Andy Bell, English singer-songwriter
1963: Joy Covey, American businesswoman (died 2013)
1963: David Moyes, Scottish footballer and manager
1963: Paul Wassif, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962: Foeke Booy, Dutch footballer and manager
1961: Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American journalist and author
1961: Miran Tepeš, Slovenian ski jumper
1960: Paul Baloff, American singer (died 2002)
1960: Robert Peston, English journalist
1959: Paul Madden, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia
1959: Daniel Kash, Canadian actor and director
1959: Tony Phillips, American baseball player (died 2016)
1958: Mike DeVault, American politician
1958: Fish, Scottish singer-songwriter
1958: Misha Glenny, British journalist
1957: Theo de Rooij, Dutch cyclist and manager
1956: Dominique Blanc, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1956: Abdalla Uba Adamu, Nigerian professor, media scholar
1955: Américo Gallego, Argentinian footballer and coach
1955: Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor and singer
1955: Zev Siegl, American businessman, co-founded Starbucks
1954: Melvin Burgess, English author
1954: Randy Cross, American football player and sportscaster
1954: Róisín Shortall, Irish educator and politician
1953: Ron Clements, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
1953: Gary Cosier, Australian cricketer
1953: Anthony Venables, English economist, author, and academic
1952: Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist and composer
1952: Vladislav Tretiak, Russian ice hockey player and coach
1952: Jacques Santini, French footballer and coach
1951: Ian McCartney, Scottish politician, Minister of State for Trade
1950: Donnell Deeny, Northern Irish lawyer and judge
1950: Steve Ferrone, English drummer
1950: Peter Hintze, German politician (died 2016)
1950: Valentyna Kozyr, Ukrainian high jumper
1949: Vicente Pernía, Argentinian footballer and race car driver
1949: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance
1949: James Fenton, English poet, journalist and literary critic
1948: Mike Selvey, English cricketer and sportscaster
1948: Yu Shyi-kun, Taiwanese politician, 39th Premier of the Republic of China
1947: Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2016)
1947: Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor
1947: Cathy Smith, Canadian singer and drug dealer (died 2020)
1946: Talia Shire, American actress
1946: Peter Sutherland, Irish lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Ireland (died 2018)
1946: Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2022)
1945: Stu Cook, American bass player Creedence Clearwater Revival, songwriter, and producer
1945: Richard C. Hoagland, American theorist and author
1945: Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1944: Len Goodman, English dancer (died 2023)
1944: Mike Kogel, German singer-songwriter
1944: Stephen Nickell, English economist and academic
1944: Bruce Ponder, English geneticist and cancer researcher
1943: Tony Christie, English singer-songwriter and actor
1942: Jon Kyl, American lawyer and politician
1941: Bertrand Tavernier, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2021)
1941: Dorothy Shea, Australian librarian (died 2024)
1940: Al Pacino, American actor and director
1939: Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer and manager (died 2021)
1939: Michael Llewellyn-Smith, English academic and diplomat
1939: Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, English historian and academic
1939: Veronica Sutherland, English academic and British diplomat
1938: Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist and engineer (died 2012)
1938: Ton Schulten, Dutch painter and graphic designer
1936: Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (died 2000)
1935: Bob Gutowski, American pole vaulter (died 1960)
1935: Reinier Kreijermaat, Dutch footballer (died 2018)
1934: Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1933: Jerry Leiber, American songwriter and producer (died 2011)
1933: Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (died 1992)
1932: Nikolai Kardashev, Russian astrophysicist (died 2019)
1932: Meadowlark Lemon, African-American basketball player and minister (died 2015)
1932: Lia Manoliu, Romanian discus thrower and politician (died 1998)
1931: Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1980)
1931: David Shepherd, English painter and author (died 2017)
1930: Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1930: Godfrey Milton-Thompson, English admiral and surgeon (died 2012)
1930: Peter Schulz, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Hamburg (died 2013)
1929: Yvette Williams, New Zealand long jumper, shot putter, and discus thrower (died 2019)
1928: Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter and sculptor (died 2011)
1927: Corín Tellado, Spanish author (died 2009)
1927: Albert Uderzo, French author and illustrator (died 2020)
1926: Johnny Craig, American author and illustrator (died 2001)
1926: Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (died 2008)
1926: Patricia Castell, Argentine actress (died 2013)
1925: Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher, English trade union leader and businessman
1925: Sammy Drechsel, German comedian and journalist (died 1986)
1925: Louis O'Neil, Canadian academic and politician (died 2018)
1924: Ingemar Johansson, Swedish race walker (died 2009)
1924: Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, composer, director, and playwright (died 2005)
1924: Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (died 2013)
1923: Francis Graham-Smith, English astronomer and academic (died 2025)
1923: Melissa Hayden, Canadian ballerina (died 2006)
1923: Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1992)
1921: Karel Appel, Dutch painter and sculptor (died 2006)
1919: Finn Helgesen, Norwegian speed skater (died 2011)
1918: Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (died 2005)
1918: Gérard de Vaucouleurs, French-American astronomer and academic (died 1995)
1918: Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano and actress (died 2006)
1917: Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (died 1996)
1917: Jean Lucas, French racing driver (died 2003)
1916: Jerry Barber, American golfer (died 1994)
1915: Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (died 1978)
1914: Ross Lockridge Jr., American author and academic (died 1948)
1913: Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (died 1944)
1912: Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (died 1965)
1911: Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (died 2014)
1911: George Roth, American gymnast (died 1997)
1910: Arapeta Awatere, New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer (died 1976)
1909: William Pereira, American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid (died 1985)
1908: Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (died 1965)
1906: Joel Brand, member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (died 1964)
1906: William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (died 1997)
1905: George Nēpia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (died 1986)
1903: Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1987)
1902: Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist and academic (died 1964)
1902: Mary Miles Minter, American actress (died 1984)
1900: Gladwyn Jebb, English politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (died 1996)
1900: Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
1897: Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (died 1965)
1896: Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1977)
1892: Maud Hart Lovelace, American author (died 1980)
1887: Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and critic (died 1936)
1882: Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer (died 1976)
1878: William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete (died 1946)
1876: Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (died 1958)
1874: Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)
1874: Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker (died 1937)
1873: Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist (died 1956)
1873: Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (died 1962)
1872: C. B. Fry, English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician (died 1956)
1871: Lorne Currie, French-English sailor (died 1926)
1868: John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (died 1910)
1862: Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (died 1933)
1854: Charles Sumner Tainter, American engineer and inventor (died 1940)
1851: Leopoldo Alas, Spanish author, critic, and academic (died 1901)
1850: Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer and educator (died 1927)
1849: Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (died 1925)
1843: Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (died 1878)
1776: Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (died 1857)
1770: Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist and academic (died 1850)
1767: Nicolas Oudinot, French general (died 1847)
1725: Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (died 1786)
1723: Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer (died 1797)
1710: James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and author (died 1776)
1694: Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (died 1753)
1666: Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German organist and composer (died 1727)
1621: Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, English soldier and politician (died 1679)
1599: Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died 1658)
1529: Francesco Patrizi, Italian philosopher and scientist (died 1597)
1502: Georg Major, German theologian and academic (died 1574)
1287: Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1330)
1284: Edward II of England (died 1327)
1228: Conrad IV of Germany (died 1254)
1214: Louis IX of France (died 1270)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Marla Adams, American television actress (born 1938)
2024: Laurent Cantet, French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (born 1961)
2023: Harry Belafonte, American singer, activist, and actor (born 1927)
2019: John Havlicek, American basketball player (born 1940)
2018: Madeeha Gauhar, Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist (born 1956)
2016: Tom Lewis, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (born 1922)
2015: Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (born 1927)
2015: Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (born 1948)
2015: Don Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and novelist (born 1922)
2015: Mike Phillips, American basketball player (born 1956)
2014: Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (born 1925)
2014: William Judson Holloway Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1923)
2014: Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (born 1934)
2014: Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1968)
2014: Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (born 1932)
2013: Brian Adam, Scottish biochemist and politician (born 1948)
2013: Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (born 1919)
2013: György Berencsi, Hungarian virologist and academic (born 1941)
2013: Rick Camp, American baseball player (born 1953)
2012: Gerry Bahen, Australian footballer (born 1929)
2012: Denny Jones, American rancher and politician (born 1910)
2012: Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina and educator (born 1925)
2012: Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (born 1916)
2011: Poly Styrene, British musician (born 1957)
2010: Dorothy Provine, American actress and singer (born 1935)
2010: Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (born 1928)
2009: Bea Arthur, American actress and singer (born 1922)
2008: Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (born 1921)
2007: Alan Ball Jr., English footballer and manager (born 1945)
2007: Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (born 1928)
2007: Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
2006: Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (born 1916)
2006: Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (born 1948)
2005: Jim Barker, American politician (born 1935)
2005: Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk and educator (born 1908)
2004: Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (born 1929)
2003: Samson Kitur, Kenyan runner (born 1966)
2002: Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (born 1971)
2001: Michele Alboreto, Italian racing driver (born 1956)
2000: Lucien Le Cam, French mathematician and statistician (born 1924)
2000: David Merrick, American director and producer (born 1911)
1999: Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author (born 1914)
1999: Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1951)
1998: Wright Morris, American author and photographer (born 1910)
1996: Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (born 1920)
1995: Art Fleming, American game show host (born 1925)
1995: Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911)
1995: Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian (born 1903)
1992: Mamoru Nakamura, Palauan jurist (born 1939/1940)
1992: Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1965)
1990: Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (born 1923)
1988: Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter (born 1944)
1988: Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (born 1904)
1983: William S. Bowdern, American priest and author (born 1897)
1982: John Cody, American cardinal (born 1907)
1976: Carol Reed, English director and producer (born 1906)
1976: Markus Reiner, Israeli engineer and educator (born 1886)
1975: Mike Brant, Israeli singer and songwriter (born 1947)
1974: Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (born 1888)
1973: Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (born 1896)
1972: George Sanders, English actor (born 1906)
1970: Anita Louise, American actress (born 1915)
1961: Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (born 1875)
1950: John Ernest Adamson, English educationalist and Director of Education of the Colony of Transvaal (born 1867)
1945: Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (born 1903)
1944: George Herriman, American cartoonist (born 1880)
1944: Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (born 1859)
1944: William Stephens, American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (born 1859)
1943: Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (born 1858)
1941: Salih Bozok, Turkish commander and politician (born 1881)
1936: Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (born 1871)
1928: Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (born 1878)
1923: Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (born 1840)
1921: Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist and women's rights advocate (born 1828)
1919: Augustus D. Juilliard, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1836)
1915: Frederick W. Seward, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (born 1830)
1913: Joseph-Alfred Archambeault, Canadian bishop (born 1859)
1911: Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (born 1862)
1906: John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (born 1839)
1892: Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (born 1840)
1892: Karl von Ditmar, Estonian-German geologist and explorer (born 1822)
1891: Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (born 1811)
1890: Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (born 1830)
1883: Adolph Strauch, Prussian American landscape architect (born 1822)
1878: Anna Sewell, English author (born 1820)
1875: 12th Dalai Lama (born 1857)
1873: Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (born 1783)
1840: Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (born 1781)
1800: William Cowper, English poet (born 1731)
1770: Jean-Antoine Nollet, French minister, physicist, and academic (born 1700)
1744: Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (born 1701)
1690: David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter and educator (born 1610)
1660: Henry Hammond, English cleric and theologian (born 1605)
1644: Chongzhen Emperor of China (born 1611)
1605: Naresuan, Siamese King of Ayutthaya Kingdom (born c. 1555)
1595: Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and songwriter (born 1544)
1566: Louise Labé, French poet and author (born 1520)
1566: Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France (born 1499)
1516: John Yonge, English diplomat (born 1467)
1472: Leon Battista Alberti, Italian author, poet, and philosopher (born 1404)
1397: Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, English nobleman
1342: Pope Benedict XII (born 1285)
1295: Sancho IV of Castile (born 1258)
1264: Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, medieval English nobleman; Earl of Winchester (born 1195)
1243: Boniface of Valperga, Bishop of Aosta
1228: Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem (born 1212)
1217: Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
1185: Emperor Antoku of Japan (born 1178)
1077: Géza I of Hungary (born 1040)
1074: Herman I, Margrave of Baden
908: Zhang Wenwei, Chinese chancellor
775: Smbat VII Bagratuni, Armenian prince
775: Mushegh VI Mamikonian, Armenian prince
501: Rusticus, saint and archbishop of Lyon (born 455)

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