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April 26

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April 26

April 26 is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 249 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: One ticket wins $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot, largest prize in the country. The Texas Lottery announced just after midnight on Sunday that one ticket won the $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot, which stood as the largest lottery prize in the U.S.
2021: Virginia Lottery announces new Pick 3 and Pick 4 feature. One week from now, players will have the opportunity to try out the Virginia Lottery's new Pick 3 and Pick 4 Fireball feature.
2021: North Carolina Lottery adds Cash 5 Double Play feature. Saunday marked the release of the North Carolina Lottery's Cash 5 Double Play add-on feature, which gives players the chance to win a prize twice in one night for an extra $1 per play.
2021: Multi-state Lucky for Life lottery game starting daily drawings in July. This morning, the state lotteries participating in the multi-state Lucky for Life lottery game announced that players will get daily opportunities to win $1,000 a day for life starting this summer.
2019: North Carolina grandfather gives lottery winnings to granddaughter. A North Carolina woman will be 'lucky for life' and be able to pay for college, thanks to her grandfather.
2019: Tennessee man hits $2 million lottery, says 'I'm still a redneck'. Timothy Seratt has lived paycheck to paycheck his whole life, but after winning $2 million dollars in the Tennessee Lottery this week, he said he'd like to invest and not just "blow of all it".
2019: UK Lottery refuses to pay out £4 million win on suspicions ticket was bought with stolen bank card. UK Lottery officials have refused to pay out a £4 million (US$5.2 million) jackpot to two players who they suspect had purchased the winning ticket with a stolen debit card.
2019: Texas Lottery to add new Fireball feature to Pick 3 and Daily 4. Texas Lottery players will soon have more chances to win when they play Pick 3 and Daily 4 by purchasing Fireball, a new add-on feature for both daily draw games.
2019: Alabama Senate passes lottery bill. Without a vote to spare, a plan to let Alabama voters have their say on a state lottery for the first time in 20 years stayed alive today.
2018: Your dog could be a Tennessee Lottery scratch-off star. The Tennessee Lottery is conducting a "Dog Days of Summer" photo contest through May 7 in search of the next "Tennessee Pup Star."
2017: N.C. man sentenced in Jamaica-based lottery scheme. A 25-year-old man from Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced on Monday to two years in federal prison for his role in a Jamaica-based lottery fraud scheme.
2016: $1.6 million lottery payout means 'mortgage-burning party' for N.C. man. A Liberty, North Carolina, man says he plans to pay off the mortgage on his home after his "Millionaire Bucks" win.
2015: Court rules grandmother, 90, will receive $1.85 instead of $41M jackpot. A 90-year-old grandmother will not receive the $41 million jackpot she thought she won at an Iowa slot machine after the state supreme court ruled her wining pull was caused by a software error.
2015: £36 million EuroMillions lottery jackpot claimed in UK. A United Kingdom ticket-holder has come forward to claim Friday night's EuroMillions jackpot of more than £36 million (US$54.7 million).
2014: Ohio Lottery considering offering a $50 instant ticket. A $50 instant lottery ticket may be in the future, say Ohio Lottery officials buoyed by the success of the agency's first $30 instant ticket.
2013: Prosecution calling last witnesses for $5M lottery theft trial. Prosecutor Beth Van Doren has called 11 out of 15 potential witnesses to the stand in the Onondaga County Court trial of two brothers accused of stealing a winning $5 million lottery ticket.
2012: Lottery leaders convene in D.C. to discuss future of games. This week leaders from nearly every U.S. and Canadian lottery met in Washington, D.C. at the annual La Fleur's Lottery Symposium to discuss the future of government lotteries, especially with regard to Internet sales and play.
2010: New Maryland Lottery Director appointed. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley Friday announced the appointment of Stephen L. Martino as director of the Maryland State Lottery Agency.
2009: Kansas Lottery is first in the world to offer electronic PushPlay. The Kansas Lottery is the first lottery in the world to offer its players a next generation lottery product called PushPlay.
2009: A Nevada Lottery? The Line Forms in California. Despite being surrounded by the world's most famous casinos as well as slot machines in almost every corner convenience store, Nevadans love playing the numbers. But the state is one of just seven that still prohibit lotteries.
2009: 'Team effort' leads to winning lottery ticket. Adam and Mandy Clark discovered they had an unplanned $350,000 tax bill on April 15, and they're thrilled.
2008: Lottery Post member asks "Mr. Lotto". A Lottery Post member asks columnist "Mr. Lotto" about the mysterious green ball, the 21st number drawn, in New York's Quick Draw game.
2007: $19M N.J. Lottery jackpot goes unclaimed. The State of New Jersey became $10.8 million richer yesterday when no one came forward to redeem a lottery ticket worth that much from a Pick 6 drawing a year ago.
2006: Lottery scammer busted by Border Patrol. A woman accused in Illinois and Florida scams and featured on the TV show "America's Most Wanted" was arrested in El Paso, Texas, a report said Wednesday.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised to $30 million. The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $30 million.
2006: Oregon Gov. signs bill sending lottery funds to schools. At Roosevelt Elementary School in Medford, Oregon, Gov. Ted Kulongoski was joined Tuesday by students, teachers, education leaders and legislators for the signing of House Bill 3510, which dedicates an additional $42.2 million in state lottery money to all 198 Oregon school districts for the 2006-07 school year.
2006: Lotto Scam Clears One Woman's Bank Account. A North Carolina woman is out almost five thousand dollars because of a lottery scam targeting local residents.
2005: One lottery ticket wins $37.5 million Illinois Lotto jackpot. A single player has won the $37.5 million grand prize from the latest drawing of the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game.
2005: $1.2 million Washington lottery jackpot goes unclaimed. Would-be millionaires searched for stray Washington Lotto tickets in hopes that one held the winning combination for a $1.2 million jackpot that had to be claimed by 5 p.m. yesterday.
2005: Texas closer to selling lottery tickets online. Texas would become the first state to sell lottery tickets online under legislation has received approval by a state legislative panel.
2004: New York Lotto jackpot reaches one-year high. The Wednesday $37 million New York Lotto jackpot is the highest lottery prize in the Empire state in more than a year.
2004: Powerball lottery jackpot zooms to $120 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $120 million, with a cash option of $63.4 million.
2004: Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $15 million. No tickets matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, creating a $15 million jackpot for the next drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.
2004: Tenn. lottery scholarship standards under scrutiny. Some Tennessee students who qualify for the first lottery scholarships this fall may be slipping through a window that won't be open long.
2004: E-mail lottery scams arise again. A fool and his money are soon parted, especially if the fool believes everything in his e-mail box.
2004: East San Jose ticket wins $24 million SuperLotto jackpot. The winning ticket in Saturday's SuperLotto Plus, worth $24 million, was sold at an East San Jose 7-Eleven, California Lottery officials announced Sunday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$473.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 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.$212 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2019
5.€193.5 Million US$206.33 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2022
6.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2010
7.$186 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2020
8.$181 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2009
9.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2018
10.€143.72 Million
US$171.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2021
11.$166 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2019
12.€142.21 Million
US$158.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2019
13.€137 Million
US$146.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2022
14.$144 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2008
15.€128 Million
US$141.32 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2023
16.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2013
17.€98 Million
US$130.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
18.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2004
19.$116.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2021
20.$111 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 27, 2018
21.$110 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 28, 2000
22.$108 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2016
23.€75 Million
US$103.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2014
24.$103 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2013
25.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 26, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: angelbabee
Wednesday, Apr 26, 1995
28 years old
1989: jdurazzo89
Wednesday, Apr 26, 1989
34 years old
1982: Hicks931
Monday, Apr 26, 1982
41 years old
1982: yungrell41
Monday, Apr 26, 1982
41 years old
1980: Wokeone
Saturday, Apr 26, 1980
43 years old
1979: Yao$9791
Thursday, Apr 26, 1979
44 years old
1978: Lildarryl
Wednesday, Apr 26, 1978
45 years old
1976: Bigdawg01
Monday, Apr 26, 1976
47 years old
1976: gimmeloot
Monday, Apr 26, 1976
47 years old
1965: pmmoyd
Monday, Apr 26, 1965
58 years old
1964: bub1964
Sunday, Apr 26, 1964
59 years old
1962: Gracie Girl
Thursday, Apr 26, 1962
61 years old
1962: shyn888
Thursday, Apr 26, 1962
61 years old
1958: In2Blues
Saturday, Apr 26, 1958
65 years old
1957: anousha
Friday, Apr 26, 1957
66 years old
: Divine Guidance
(year not provided)
: My3and Me
(year not provided)
: karenone
(year not provided)
: Neomind
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: Marvel Studios' blockbuster film, Avengers: Endgame, is released, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing the previous box office record of Avatar.
2018: American comedian Bill Cosby is convicted of sexual assault.
2015: Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote.
2005: Cedar Revolution: Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
2002: Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot.
1994: China Airlines Flight 140 crashes at Nagoya Airport in Japan, killing 264 of the 271 people on board.
1994: South Africa begins its first multiracial election, which is won by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress.
1993: The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.
1991: Fifty-five tornadoes break out in the central United States. Before the outbreak's end, Andover, Kansas, would record the year's only F5 tornado.
1989: The deadliest known tornado strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.
1989: People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
1986: The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
1982: Fifty-seven people are killed by former police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
1981: Dr. Michael R. Harrison of the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center performs the world's first human open fetal surgery.
1970: The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
1966: The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15-200 are killed.
1966: A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.
1964: Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form the United Republic of Tanzania.
1963: In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.
1962: NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
1962: The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1.
1960: Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule.
1958: Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
1956: SS Ideal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
1954: The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
1954: The first clinical trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine begin in Fairfax County, Virginia.
1945: World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
1945: World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army are liberated in Baguio and they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
1944: Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
1944: Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete.
1943: The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
1942: Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.
1937: Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
1933: The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established by Hermann Göring.
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.
1925: Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.
1923: The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
1920: Ice hockey makes its Olympic debut at the Antwerp Games with center Frank Fredrickson scoring seven goals in Canada's 12-1 drubbing of Sweden in the gold medal match.
1916: Easter Rising: Battle of Mount Street Bridge
1915: World War I: Italy secretly signs the Treaty of London pledging to join the Allied Powers.
1903: Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
1900: Fires destroy Canadian cities Ottawa and Hull, reducing them to ashes in 12 hours. Twelve thousand people are left without a home.
1865: Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
1805: First Barbary War: United States Marines captured Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon.
1803: Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European scientists that meteors exist.
1802: Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France.
1794: Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
1777: Sybil Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles (64 km) to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British regular forces
1721: A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
1607: The Virginia Company colonists make landfall at Cape Henry.
1564: Playwright William Shakespeare is baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England (date of birth is unknown).
1478: The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici kills his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Florence Cathedral.
1336: Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux.

Births On This Day

2002: Meagan Best, Barbadian squash player
2001: Thiago Almada, Argentine footballer
1996: Jordan Pefok, American footballer
1994: Daniil Kvyat, Russian racing driver
1992: Aaron Judge, American baseball player
1992: Delon Wright, American basketball player
1991: Lazaros Fotias, Greek footballer
1991: Peter Handscomb, Australian cricketer
1991: Isaac Liu, New Zealand rugby league player
1991: Ignacio Lores Varela, Uruguayan footballer
1991: Srdjan Pejicic, Canadian/Bosnian basketball player
1991: Wojciech Pszczolarski, Polish bicycle racer
1990: Mitch Rein, Australian rugby league player
1990: Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player (d. 2012)
1989: Melvin Ingram, American football player
1989: Kang Daesung, South Korean singer
1988: Ben Spina, Australian rugby league player
1988: Manuel Viniegra, Mexican footballer
1988: Gareth Evans, English footballer
1987: Jorge Andújar Moreno, Spanish footballer
1986: Lior Refaelov, Israeli footballer
1986: Yuliya Zaripova, Russian runner
1985: John Isner, American tennis player
1985: Andrea Koch Benvenuto, Chilean tennis player
1983: José María López, Argentinian racing driver
1983: Jessica Lynch, American soldier
1982: Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaican sprinter
1981: Caro Emerald, Dutch pop and jazz singer
1981: Ms. Dynamite, English rapper and producer
1981: Sandra Schmitt, German skier (d. 2000)
1980: Jordana Brewster, Panamanian-American actress
1980: Marlon King, English footballer
1980: Anna Mucha, Polish actress and journalist
1980: Channing Tatum, American actor and producer
1978: Stana Katic, Canadian actress
1978: Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
1977: Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut
1977: Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
1977: Roxana Saberi, American journalist and author
1977: Tom Welling, American actor
1976: Luigi Panarelli, Italian footballer
1976: Václav Varaďa, Czech ice hockey player
1975: Joey Jordison, American musician and songwriter (d. 2021)
1975: Rahul Verma, Indian social worker and activist
1973: Geoff Blum, American baseball player and sportscaster
1973: Jules Naudet, French-American director and producer
1973: Chris Perry, English footballer
1973: Óscar, Spanish footballer and coach
1972: Jason Bargwanna, Australian racing driver
1972: Kiko, Spanish footballer
1972: Natrone Means, American football player and coach
1972: Avi Nimni, Israeli footballer and manager
1971: Naoki Tanaka, Japanese comedian and actor
1971: Jay DeMarcus, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1970: Dean Austin, English footballer and manager
1970: Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United States
1970: Kristen R. Ghodsee, American ethnographer and academic
1970: Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1967: Glenn Thomas Jacobs, American professional wrestler, actor, businessman and politician
1967: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress and singer-songwriter
1967: Toomas Tõniste, Estonian sailor and politician
1965: Susannah Harker, English actress
1965: Kevin James, American actor and comedian
1963: Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer
1963: Colin Scotts, Australian-American football player
1963: Cornelia Ullrich, German hurdler
1963: Bill Wennington, Canadian basketball player
1962: Colin Anderson, English footballer
1962: Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian
1961: Joan Chen, Chinese-American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Chris Mars, American artist
1960: H. G. Carrillo, American writer and academic (d. 2020)
1960: Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player and coach
1960: Roger Taylor, English drummer
1959: John Corabi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959: Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rican politician
1958: John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Scottish racing driver (d. 2021)
1958: Giancarlo Esposito, American actor, director, and producer
1958: Georgios Kostikos, Greek footballer, coach, and manager
1956: Koo Stark, American actress and photographer
1955: Kurt Bodewig, German politician
1954: Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player
1954: Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
1951: John Battle, English politician
1949: Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager
1949: Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler (d. 1995)
1946: Ralph Coates, English international footballer (d. 2010)
1946: Marilyn Nelson, American poet and author
1946: Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer
1945: Howard Davies, English director and producer (d. 2016)
1945: Dick Johnson, Australian racing driver
1945: Sylvain Simard, Canadian academic and politician
1944: Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (d. 2007)
1943: Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1943: Peter Zumthor, Swiss architect and academic, designed the Therme Vals
1942: Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2014)
1942: Sharon Carstairs, Canadian lawyer and politician, Leader of the Government in the Senate
1942: Michael Kergin, Canadian diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
1942: Bobby Rydell, American singer and actor (d. 2022)
1942: Jadwiga Staniszkis, Polish sociologist, political scientist, and academic
1941: Claudine Auger, French model and actress (d. 2019)
1940: Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician (d. 2014)
1940: Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1940: Cliff Watson, English rugby league player (d. 2018)
1938: Duane Eddy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1938: Maurice Williams, American doo-wop/R&B singer-songwriter
1937: Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French racing driver and motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
1933: Carol Burnett, American actress, singer, and producer
1933: Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican-American general (d. 2005)
1933: Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1932: Israr Ahmed, Indian-Pakistani theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 2010)
1932: Shirley Cawley, English long jumper
1932: Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1932: Francis Lai, French accordion player and composer (d. 2018)
1932: Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
1931: Paul Almond, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1931: Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent and producer (d. 2008)
1931: John Cain Jr., Australian politician, 41st Premier of Victoria (d. 2019)
1930: Roger Moens, Belgian runner and sportscaster
1929: Richard Mitchell, American author and educator (d. 2002)
1927: Jack Douglas, English actor (d. 2008)
1927: Anne McLaren, British scientist (d. 2007)
1927: Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1927: Granny Hamner, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1926: Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (d. 2003)
1925: Vladimir Boltyansky, Russian mathematician, educator and author (d. 2019)
1925: Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1925: Michele Ferrero, Italian entrepreneur (d. 2015)
1925: Frank Hahn, British economist (d. 2013)
1924: Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (d. 1998)
1922: J. C. Holt, English historian and academic (d. 2014)
1922: Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, Governor General of Canada (d. 1993)
1922: Margaret Scott, South African-Australian ballerina and choreographer (d. 2019)
1921: Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 2008)
1918: Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch sprinter and long jumper (d. 2004)
1917: Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (d. 1992)
1917: I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower (d. 2019)
1917: Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1916: Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator (d. 2000)
1916: Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot (d. 2013)
1916: Morris West, Australian author and playwright (d. 1999)
1914: Bernard Malamud, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1986)
1914: James Rouse, American real estate developer (d. 1996)
1912: A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (d. 2000)
1911: Paul Verner, German soldier and politician (d. 1986)
1910: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
1909: Marianne Hoppe, German actress (d. 2002)
1907: Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968)
1905: Jean Vigo, French director and screenwriter (d. 1934)
1904: Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal (d. 1991)
1904: Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
1900: Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher (d. 1969)
1900: Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (d. 1985)
1900: Hack Wilson, American baseball player (d. 1948)
1899: Oscar Rabin, Latvian-English saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1958)
1898: Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1898: John Grierson, Scottish director and producer (d. 1972)
1897: Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder (d. 1967)
1897: Douglas Sirk, German-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1896: Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director (d. 1967)
1896: Ernst Udet, German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)
1894: Rudolf Hess, Egyptian-German politician (d. 1987)
1889: Anita Loos, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
1889: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1951)
1886: Ma Rainey, American singer-songwriter (d. 1939)
1886: Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet and publicist (d. 1913)
1879: Eric Campbell, British actor (d. 1917)
1879: Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
1878: Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican bishop and saint (d. 1938)
1877: James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (d. 1950)
1876: Ernst Felle, German rower (d. 1959)
1865: Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish artist (d. 1931)
1862: Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and educator (d. 1938)
1856: Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1930)
1834: Charles Farrar Browne, American author (d. 1867)
1822: Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park (d. 1903)
1804: Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician (d. 1876)
1801: Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1889)
1798: Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (d. 1863)
1787: Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian (d. 1862)
1785: John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (d. 1851)
1782: Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Queen of France (d. 1866)
1774: Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (d. 1853)
1718: Esek Hopkins, American commander (d. 1802)
1710: Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher and academic (d. 1796)
1697: Adam Falckenhagen, German lute player and composer (d. 1754)
1648: Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)
1647: William Ashhurst, English banker, Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London and politician (d. 1720)
1575: Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France (d. 1642)
1538: Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter and academic (d. 1600)
1319: King John II of France (d. 1364)
1284: Alice de Toeni, Countess of Warwick (d. 1324)
764: Al-Hadi, Iranian caliph (d. 786)
757: Hisham I of Córdoba (d. 796)
121: Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (d. 180)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Klaus Schulze, German composer and musician (b. 1947)
2017: Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2016: Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937)
2015: Jayne Meadows, American actress (b. 1919)
2015: Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
2014: Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
2014: Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (b. 1927)
2014: DJ Rashad, American electronic musician, producer and DJ (b. 1979)
2013: Jacqueline Brookes, American actress and educator (b. 1930)
2013: George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
2012: Terence Spinks, English boxer and trainer (b. 1938)
2011: Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
2010: Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian graphic designer and academic (b. 1930)
2010: Urs Felber, Swiss engineer and businessman (b. 1942)
2009: Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal investigator and author (b. 1920)
2008: Árpád Orbán, Hungarian footballer (b. 1938)
2007: Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (b. 1921)
2005: Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919)
2005: Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1925)
2005: Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (b. 1926)
2005: Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (b. 1917)
2004: Hubert Selby, Jr., American author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2003: Rosemary Brown, Jamaican-Canadian academic and politician (b. 1930)
2003: Yun Hyon-seok, South Korean poet and author (b. 1984)
2003: Edward Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1904)
1999: Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1957)
1999: Jill Dando, English journalist and television personality (b. 1961)
1996: Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
1994: Masutatsu Ōyama, Japanese martial artist, founded Kyokushin kaikan (b. 1923)
1991: Leo Arnaud, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1904)
1991: Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
1991: A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist and historian, (b. 1901)
1991: Richard Hatfield, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1931)
1989: Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (b. 1911)
1987: Shankar, Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922)
1987: John Silkin, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (b. 1923)
1986: Broderick Crawford, American actor (b. 1911)
1986: Bessie Love, American actress (b. 1898)
1986: Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
1984: Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1904)
1981: Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)
1980: Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893)
1976: Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)
1976: Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913)
1976: Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
1973: Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)
1970: Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (b. 1886)
1970: Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911)
1969: Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (b. 1883)
1968: John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891)
1964: E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)
1957: Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
1956: Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
1951: Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
1950: George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
1946: James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
1945: Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
1945: Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
1944: Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
1940: Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
1934: Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
1932: William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
1920: Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
1916: Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Portuguese poet and writer (b. 1890)
1915: John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
1915: Ida Hunt Udall, American diarist (b. 1858)
1910: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
1895: Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
1881: Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
1865: John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
1809: Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
1789: Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
1784: Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)
1716: John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
1686: Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
1558: Jean Fernel, French physician (b. 1497)
1489: Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shōgun (b. 1465)
1478: Giuliano de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1453)
1444: Robert Campin, Flemish painter (b. 1378)
1392: Jeong Mong-ju, Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (b. 1338)
1366: Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury
1192: Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)
962: Adalbero I, bishop of Metz
893: Chen Jingxuan, general of the Tang Dynasty
757: Pope Stephen II (b. 715)
680: Muawiyah I, Umayyad caliph (b. 602)
645: Richarius, Frankish monk and saint (b. 560)
499: Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei (b. 467)

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