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April 9

On This Day in History

April 9

April 9 is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 266 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Parole revoked for lottery rigger Eddie Tipton. Eddie Tipton, the former MUSL Director of Security who was convicted of rigging multiple lottery drawings in several states, will not be released from prison after his parole was revoked.
2021: Daily routine helps Washington man win lottery twice at the same store. A retiree is walking away from the same retailer with two lottery wins totaling $120,000 thanks to his rinse-and-repeat routine.
2019: $10M North Carolina lottery winner plans to spoil 12 grandkids. A North Carolina grandfather is planning to retire, purchase his dream house, and spoil his 12 grandkids after winning a $10 million lottery prize.
2019: Nebraska bill requiring disclosure of lottery odds advances. Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill requiring the state lottery to prominently disclose the odds of winning the biggest available prize in its game advertisements.
2015: Pennsylvania Lottery adds multi-state Cash4Life game. Ticket sales are underway for the new Pennsylvania Lottery Cash4Life game, a multi-state game offering a top prize of $1,000 a day for life and a second prize of $1,000 a week for life.
2014: Ohio Classic Lotto goes more than 2 years without winner. The Classic Lotto jackpot currently stands at $66.2 million after no ticket was sold for Monday's draw -- or any draw for the past two years.
2013: Numbers from Afghanistan net $371K lottery win. A Douglasville, Georgia, woman has won a $371,516 Georgia Lottery prize with numbers she received from her husband working in Afghanistan.
2013: Woman digs $10,000 Powerball lottery ticket out of trash. A 41-year-old woman from Greensburg, Louisiana, says she initially threw away a Powerball ticket for the March 23 drawing, but dug it out of the trash when she realized she hadn't checked the numbers.
2010: Couple thanks store clerk after claiming $1M lottery prize. A Durbin, West Virginia, couple expressed appreciation for the store clerk who sold them a winning ticket worth $1 million.
2010: Senator says Tenn. lottery scholarship fund in trouble. Tennessee Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle, D-Memphis, is urging lawmakers to deal with the state's "insolvent" lottery-funded college scholarship fund.
2010: Ark. lottery forced to revise budget after law change found. Arkansas' lottery director said Wednesday he wasn't aware that the Legislature changed how money from unclaimed prizes is to be managed -- a move that required lottery officials to revise their 2011 budget.
2010: $250,000 Va. lottery ticket expires Monday. The clock is ticking on a Mega Millions ticket worth a quarter-of-a-million dollars.
2009: N.C. Pick 4 lottery game starts next week. A new four-digit daily numbers game for the North Carolina Education Lottery will begin next week.
2009: D.C. lottery ticket wins $144M Powerball jackpot. One lottery ticket sold in Washington, D.C. matched all 6 numbers in the Wednesday evening Powerball drawing, and is now worth $144 million to the lucky ticket-holder.
2007: Winning $250,000 lottery ticket to expire Monday. Virginia Lottery officials say time is running out for the person who bought a winning $250,000 ticket in Virginia Beach. That ticket is about to expire.
2007: Kentucky Lottery's new '3 Line Lotto' starts next Monday. Starting next week, the Kentucky Lottery will offer its latest game, 3 Line Lotto, which takes the place of the old Tic Tac Cash game.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $220 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $220 million, with a cash option of $101 million.
2006: Police offer tips to avoid lottery scams. Calumet City, Indiana, police are investigating several reported scams that have misled people into thinking they have won a substantial amount of money from the lottery.
2006: Michigan resident loses whopping $295,000 in lottery scams. An elderly Michigan resident was conned out of $295,000 -- virtually her life savings -- in a series of scams over the previous year, Police Chief Dan McDevitt said.
2006: Lottery fever is alive and well in New Jersey. The New Jersey Lottery continues to thrive, driven by a diverse player base that recommends a variety of ways to play.
2006: Winning a lottery jackpot can't guarantee happiness. William "Bud" Post III called winning a $16.2 million lottery jackpot the "lottery of death."
2006: Lottery winners share secrets of their success. Ohio lottery winners offer advice for new millionaires to help avoid some of the pitfalls they themselves stepped into.
2006: Arizona man proposes lottery to increase voter turnout. If an Arizona man has his way, every person who votes in his state will automatically have his or her name entered in a in draw to win $1 million.
2004: Michigan authorities break up private lottery, seize $2.2 million. Authorities have seized $2.2 million and broken up a private lottery that they say mimicked the Michigan State Lottery but paid off significantly more money for matching winning numbers.
2004: Elderly Woman Loses $10,000 In Lottery Scam. Tampa, Florida Police are looking for a man and woman involved in scamming an elderly woman out of $10,000 by convincing her they held a winning lottery ticket.
2004: Winning $4 million Hoosier Lotto ticket sold in South Bend. There is only one winning ticket from Wednesday night's $4 million Hoosier Lotto drawing and it was purchased in South Bend, Indiana.
2004: California Lottery CEO Resigns. California Lottery chief executive officer and director Anthony Molica has resigned after only seven months, a lottery representative confirmed.
2004: Tennessee lottery board member Fair dies. Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation board member Morris Fair has died in Memphis of complications of treatment for esophageal cancer. He was 74.
2004: North Dakota lottery sales still going strong. The North Dakota Lottery was approaching $1 million in sales through two weeks of play, lottery officials said Thursday.
2004: Ohio Lottery Seeking Input on New Lottery Game. The Ohio Lottery posted the details of two possible replacements for the Super Lotto Plus game, and is asking readers for their opinion.
2004: Man to bet all on Vegas roulette spin. A British man who has sold all his possessions, including his clothes, will stand in a rented tuxedo on Sunday and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$441 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2023
2.$275.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 9, 2022
3.$220 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2006
4.€185.4 Million US$201.64 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 9, 2022
5.$201 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 9, 2021
6.$190.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2023
7.$189 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2006
8.$168 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 9, 2016
9.€134.96 Million US$160.6 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2021
10.€126.38 Million
US$155.99 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2018
11.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 9, 2002
12.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2010
13.€132.95 Million
US$149.81 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Apr 9, 2019
14.$136 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2020
15.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2005
15.$120 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 9, 2019
17.$106 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2022
18.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 9, 2004
19.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 10, 2020
20.€87 Million
US$94.39 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 12, 2022
21.$94 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2012
22.€86.97 Million
US$92.34 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Apr 14, 2017
23.$90 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 9, 2010
24.€79 Million
US$89.02 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 9, 2019
25.$89 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 11, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: CEmark
Monday, Apr 9, 1990
33 years old
1989: fairywigs
Sunday, Apr 9, 1989
34 years old
1988: egantt88
Saturday, Apr 9, 1988
35 years old
1987: xxnychickxx
Thursday, Apr 9, 1987
36 years old
1986: HoneyBunny$
Wednesday, Apr 9, 1986
37 years old
1986: Sanman37
Wednesday, Apr 9, 1986
37 years old
1981: Lisas5953
Thursday, Apr 9, 1981
42 years old
1980: Mister $antino
Wednesday, Apr 9, 1980
43 years old
1978: slglotto
Sunday, Apr 9, 1978
45 years old
1974: Mone
Tuesday, Apr 9, 1974
49 years old
1970: CANDY21
Thursday, Apr 9, 1970
53 years old
1970: diahannalove2
Thursday, Apr 9, 1970
53 years old
1967: Play4Keeps
Sunday, Apr 9, 1967
56 years old
1964: frbl
Thursday, Apr 9, 1964
59 years old
1960: poobonz
Saturday, Apr 9, 1960
63 years old
1959: bjk47
Thursday, Apr 9, 1959
64 years old
1948: wataguy153
Friday, Apr 9, 1948
75 years old
1946: MADDOG10
Tuesday, Apr 9, 1946
77 years old
: BevsPicks
(year not provided)
: BevsPicks2
(year not provided)
: Drmctchr42
(year not provided)
: ilee
(year not provided)
: truesee
(year not provided)
: jessie0409
(year not provided)
: MrHollie09
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Burmese military and security forces commit the Bago massacre, during which at least 82 civilians are killed.
2017: The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place.
2017: After refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked United Express flight, Dr. David Dao Duy Anh is forcibly dragged off the flight by aviation security officers, leading to major criticism of United Airlines.
2014: A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
2013: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people.
2013: At least 13 people are killed and another three injured after a man goes on a spree shooting in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča.
2009: In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
2003: Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces.
1992: A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison.
1991: Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1990: An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR.
1990: The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement is signed for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic.
1990: An Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 over Gadsden, Alabama, killing both of the Cessna's occupants.
1989: Tbilisi massacre: An anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
1981: The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it and killing two Japanese sailors.
1980: The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture.
1969: The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
1967: The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
1960: Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
1959: Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
1957: The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
1952: Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines
1952: Japan Air Lines Flight 301 crashes into Mount Mihara, Izu Ōshima, Japan, killing 37.
1948: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
1948: Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
1947: The Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
1947: The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
1947: United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
1945: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi dissident, is executed by the Nazi regime.
1945: World War II: The German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer is sunk by the Royal Air Force.
1945: World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
1945: The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.
1942: World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire.
1940: World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
1940: Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
1939: African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
1937: The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
1918: World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
1917: World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
1909: The U.S. Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act.
1865: American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
1860: On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
1784: The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
1682: Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
1609: Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce.
1609: Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos".
1454: The Treaty of Lodi is signed, establishing a balance of power among northern Italian city-states for almost 50 years.
1388: Despite being outnumbered 16:1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels.
1288: Mongol invasions of Vietnam: Yuan forces are defeated by Trần forces in the Battle of Bach Dang in present-day northern Vietnam.
1241: Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.
537: Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1,600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen. He starts, despite shortages, raids against the Gothic camps and Vitiges is forced into a stalemate.
475: Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position.
193: The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.

Births On This Day

2004: Thomas Simons, British YouTuber and Twitch streamer
2000: Jackie Evancho, American singer
1999: Montero Lamar Hill, American rapper
1998: Elle Fanning, American actress
1997: Luis Arráez, Venezuelan baseball player
1996: Jayden Brailey, Australian rugby league player
1996: Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian international footballer
1995: Domagoj Bošnjak, Croatian basketball player
1995: Robert Bauer, German-Kazakhstani footballer
1995: Demi Vermeulen, Dutch Paralympic equestrian
1994: Joey Pollari, American actor
1993: Alexandra Hunt, American politician
1992: Joshua Ledet, American singer
1991: Gai Assulin, Israeli footballer
1991: Ryan Kelly, American basketball player
1991: Mary Killman, American synchronized swimmer
1990: Kristen Stewart, American actress
1990: Ryan Williams, American football player
1989: Bianca Belair, American wrestler
1989: Danielle Kahle, American figure skater
1988: Jeremy Metcalfe, English racing driver
1987: Kassim Abdallah, French-Comorian footballer
1987: Graham Gano, American football player
1987: Craig Mabbitt, American singer
1987: Jesse McCartney, American singer-songwriter and actor
1987: Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league player
1987: Jazmine Sullivan, American singer-songwriter
1986: Mike Hart, American football player
1986: Leighton Meester, American actress
1985: Antonio Nocerino, Italian footballer
1985: David Robertson, American baseball player
1984: Habiba Ghribi, Tunisian runner
1984: Adam Loewen, Canadian baseball player
1984: Óscar Razo, Mexican footballer
1983: Ryan Clark, Australian actor
1982: Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor
1982: Carlos Hernández, Costa Rican footballer
1982: Kathleen Munroe, Canadian-American actress
1981: Milan Bartovič, Slovak ice hockey player
1981: A. J. Ellis, American baseball player
1981: Ireneusz Jeleń, Polish footballer
1981: Dennis Sarfate, American baseball player
1981: Eric Harris, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
1980: Sarah Ayton, English sailor
1980: Luciano Galletti, Argentinian footballer
1980: Albert Hammond Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979: Jeff Reed, American football player
1979: Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress
1978: Kousei Amano, Japanese actor
1978: Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer
1978: Rachel Stevens, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1977: Gerard Way, American singer-songwriter and comic book writer
1976: Kyle Peterson, American baseball player and sportscaster
1975: Robbie Fowler, English footballer and manager
1975: David Gordon Green, American director and screenwriter
1974: Megan Connolly, Australian actress (d. 2001)
1974: Jenna Jameson, American actress and pornographic performer
1972: Bernard Ackah, German-Japanese martial artist and kick-boxer
1972: Siiri Vallner, Estonian architect
1971: Peter Canavan, Irish footballer and manager
1971: Leo Fortune-West, English footballer and manager
1971: Austin Peck, American actor
1971: Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver
1970: Chorão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1969: Barnaby Kay, English actor
1969: Linda Kisabaka, German runner
1968: Jay Chandrasekhar, American actor, comedian, writer and director
1967: Natascha Engel, German-English translator and politician
1967: Sam Harris, American author, philosopher, and neuroscientist
1966: John Hammond, English weather forecaster
1966: Cynthia Nixon, American actress
1965: Helen Alfredsson, Swedish golfer
1965: Paulina Porizkova, Czech-born Swedish-American model and actress
1965: Jeff Zucker, American businessman
1965: Mark Pellegrino, American actor
1964: Rob Awalt, German-American football player
1964: Juliet Cuthbert, Jamaican sprinter
1964: Doug Ducey, American politician and businessman, 23rd Governor of Arizona
1964: Peter Penashue, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
1964: Margaret Peterson Haddix, American author
1964: Rick Tocchet, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1963: Marc Jacobs, American-French fashion designer
1963: Joe Scarborough, American journalist, lawyer, and politician
1962: John Eaves, American production designer and illustrator
1962: Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian director, producer, and screenwriter
1962: Imran Sherwani, English field hockey player
1962: Jeff Turner, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1961: Mark Kelly, Irish keyboard player
1961: Kirk McCaskill, Canadian-American baseball and hockey player
1960: Jaak Aab, Estonian educator and politician, Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
1959: Bernard Jenkin, English businessman and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1958: Nadey Hakim, British-Lebanese surgeon and sculptor
1958: Tony Sibson, English boxer
1958: Nigel Slater, English food writer and author
1957: Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer and architect (d. 2011)
1957: Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer
1957: Jamie Redfern, English-born Australian television presenter and pop singer
1956: Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentinian footballer and coach
1956: Nigel Shadbolt, English computer scientist and academic
1956: Vahur Sova, Estonian architect
1956: Marina Zoueva, Russian ice dancer and coach
1955: Yamina Benguigui, Algerian-French director and politician
1955: Joolz Denby, English poet and author
1954: Ken Kalfus, American journalist and author
1954: Dennis Quaid, American actor
1954: Iain Duncan Smith, British soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1953: John Howard, English singer-songwriter and pianist
1953: Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
1953: Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer responsible for the 2017 Las Vegas shooting (d. 2017)
1952: Robert Clark, American author
1952: Bruce Robertson, New Zealand rugby player
1952: Tania Tsanaklidou, Greek singer and actress
1949: Tony Cragg, English sculptor
1948: Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician
1948: Tito Gómez, Puerto Rican salsa singer (d. 2007)
1948: Michel Parizeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1948: Patty Pravo, Italian singer
1947: Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Italian economist and academic
1946: Nate Colbert, American baseball player (d. 2023)
1946: Alan Knott, English cricketer
1946: Sara Parkin, Scottish activist and politician
1946: David Webb, English footballer, coach, and manager
1945: Steve Gadd, American drummer and percussionist
1944: Joe Brinkman, American baseball player and umpire
1944: Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg, German shot putter
1943: Leila Khaled, Palestinian activist
1943: Terry Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
1943: Clive Sullivan, Welsh rugby league player (d. 1985)
1942: Brandon deWilde, American actor (d. 1972)
1942: Margo Smith, American singer-songwriter
1941: Kay Adams, American singer-songwriter
1941: Hannah Gordon, Scottish actress
1940: Hans-Joachim Reske, German sprinter
1940: Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1939: Michael Learned, American actress
1938: Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian businessman and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2010)
1937: Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge
1937: Marty Krofft, Canadian screenwriter and producer
1937: Valerie Singleton, English television and radio host
1936: Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor
1936: Valerie Solanas, American radical feminist author, attempted murderer (d. 1988)
1935: Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer and academic
1935: Avery Schreiber, American actor and comedian (d. 2002)
1934: Bill Birch, New Zealand surveyor and politician, 38th New Zealand Minister of Finance
1934: Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)
1934: Mariya Pisareva, Russian high jumper
1933: Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor and producer (d. 2021)
1933: René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist (d. 2014)
1933: Fern Michaels, American author
1933: Richard Rose, American political scientist and academic
1933: Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor (d. 1994)
1932: Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (d. 2006)
1932: Peter Moores, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 2016)
1932: Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
1931: Richard Hatfield, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1991)
1930: Nathaniel Branden, Canadian-American psychotherapist and author (d. 2014)
1930: F. Albert Cotton, American chemist and academic (d. 2007)
1930: Jim Fowler, American zoologist and television host (d. 2019)
1930: Wallace McCain, Canadian businessman, founded McCain Foods (d. 2011)
1929: Sharan Rani Backliwal, Indian sarod player and scholar (d. 2008)
1929: Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist (d. 1993)
1929: Paule Marshall, American author and academic (d. 2019)
1928: Paul Arizin, American basketball player (d. 2006)
1928: Tom Lehrer, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and mathematician
1927: Tiny Hill, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2019)
1926: Gerry Fitt, Northern Irish soldier and politician; British life peer (d. 2005)
1926: Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises (d. 2017)
1926: Harris Wofford, American politician, author, and civil rights activist (d. 2019)
1925: Virginia Gibson, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2013)
1925: Art Kane, American photographer (d. 1995)
1924: Arthur Shaw, English professional footballer (d. 2015)
1923: Leonard Levy, American historian and author (d. 2006)
1922: Carl Amery, German author and activist (d. 2005)
1921: Jean-Marie Balestre, French businessman (d. 2008)
1921: Yitzhak Navon, Israeli politician (d. 2015)
1921: Frankie Thomas, American actor (d. 2006)
1921: Mary Jackson, African-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (d. 2005)
1919: J. Presper Eckert, American engineer, invented the ENIAC (d. 1995)
1918: Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (d. 2008)
1917: Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet (d. 1965)
1917: Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1917: Brad Dexter, American actor (d. 2002)
1917: Henry Hewes, American theater writer (d. 2006)
1916: Julian Dash, American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist (d. 1974)
1916: Heinz Meyer, German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) during World War II (d. 1987)
1916: Bill Leonard, American journalist (d. 1994)
1915: Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (d. 1968)
1912: Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (d. 1997)
1910: Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (d. 1998)
1909: Robert Helpmann, Australian dancer, actor, and choreographer (d. 1986)
1908: Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1908: Paula Nenette Pepin, French composer, pianist and lyricist (d. 1990)
1906: Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (d. 1996)
1906: Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (d. 1988)
1906: Hugh Gaitskell, British politician and leader of the Labour Party (d. 1963)
1906: Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (d. 1997)
1905: J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
1904: Sharkey Bonano, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1972)
1903: Ward Bond, American actor (d. 1960)
1902: Théodore Monod, French explorer and scholar (d. 2000)
1901: Jean Bruchési, Canadian historian and author (d. 1979)
1901: Paul Willis, American actor and director (d. 1960)
1900: Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (d. 1974)
1898: Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach (d. 1965)
1898: Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and activist (d. 1976)
1897: John B. Gambling, American radio host (d. 1974)
1895: Mance Lipscomb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
1895: Michel Simon, Swiss-French actor (d. 1975)
1893: Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (d.1967)
1893: Victor Gollancz, English publisher, founded Victor Gollancz Ltd (d. 1967)
1893: Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian linguist, author, and scholar (d. 1963)
1888: Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American talent manager (d. 1974)
1887: Konrad Tom, Polish actor, writer, singer, and director (d. 1957)
1883: Frank King, American cartoonist (d. 1969)
1882: Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1946)
1882: Otz Tollen, German actor (d. 1965)
1880: Jan Letzel, Czech architect (d. 1925)
1875: Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (d. 1912)
1872: Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1950)
1867: Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941)
1867: Charles Winckler, Danish tug of war competitor, discus thrower, and shot putter (d. 1932)
1865: Erich Ludendorff, German general and politician (d. 1937)
1865: Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Polish-American mathematician and engineer (d. 1923)
1848: Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz, Spanish Augustinian Recollect priest and saint (d. 1906)
1846: Paolo Tosti, Italian-English composer and educator (d. 1916)
1835: Leopold II of Belgium (d. 1909)
1835: Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (d. 1913)
1830: Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer and cinematographer (d. 1904)
1821: Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (d. 1867)
1807: James Bannerman, Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1868)
1806: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge (d. 1859)
1802: Elias Lönnrot, Finnish physician and philologist (d. 1884)
1794: Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (d. 1881)
1773: Étienne Aignan, French author and academic (d. 1824)
1770: Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (d. 1831)
1717: Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (d. 1750)
1691: Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (d. 1761)
1686: James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1721)
1680: Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright (d. 1754)
1654: Samuel Fritz, Czech Jesuit missionary to South America (d. 1725?)
1649: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (d. 1685)
1648: Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1720)
1634: Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (d. 1696)
1627: Johann Caspar Kerll, German organist and composer (d. 1693)
1624: Henrik Rysensteen, Dutch military engineer (d. 1679)
1598: Johann Crüger, Sorbian-German composer and theorist (d. 1662)
1597: John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (d. 1670)
1586: Julius Henry, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1665)
1498: Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (d. 1550)
1458: Camilla Battista da Varano, Italian saint (d. 1524)
1285: Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Emperor Renzong of Yuan (d. 1320)
1096: Al-Muqtafi, caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (d. 1160)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Dwayne Haskins, American football player (b. 1997)
2021: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b. 1921)
2021: DMX, American rapper and actor (b. 1970)
2021: Nikki Grahame, British reality-TV icon (b. 1982)
2021: Ian Gibson, British scientist and Labour Party politician (b. 1938)
2021: Ramsey Clark, American lawyer (b. 1927)
2019: Charles Van Doren, American writer and editor (b. 1926)
2017: John Clarke, New Zealand-Australian comedian, writer, and satirist (b. 1948)
2016: Duane Clarridge, American spy (b. 1932)
2016: Will Smith, American football player (b. 1981)
2015: Paul Almond, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2015: Margaret Rule, British marine archaeologist (b. 1928)
2015: Nina Companeez, French director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2015: Alexander Dalgarno, English physicist and academic (b. 1928)
2015: Ivan Doig, American journalist and author (b. 1939)
2015: Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, Chinese-American academic (b. 1909)
2014: Gil Askey, American trumpet player, composer, and producer (b. 1925)
2014: Chris Banks, American football player (b. 1973)
2014: Rory Ellinger, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
2014: Norman Girvan, Jamaican economist, academic, and politician (b. 1941)
2014: Aelay Narendra, Indian politician (b. 1946)
2014: A. N. R. Robinson, Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1926)
2014: Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Serbian author (b. 1933)
2013: David Hayes, American sculptor and painter (b. 1931)
2013: Greg McCrary, American football player (b. 1952)
2013: Mordechai Mishani, Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
2013: McCandlish Phillips, American journalist and author (b. 1927)
2013: Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (b. 1919)
2012: Malcolm Thomas, Welsh rugby player and cricketer (b. 1929)
2011: Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, Bahraini journalist (b. 1971)
2011: Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2010: Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1945)
2009: Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (b. 1986)
2007: Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and poet (b. 1930)
2007: Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (b. 1907)
2006: Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, manager (b. 1916)
2006: Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2003: Jerry Bittle, American cartoonist (b. 1949)
2002: Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (b. 1926)
2002: Leopold Vietoris, Austrian soldier, mathematician, and academic (b. 1891)
2001: Willie Stargell, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
2000: Tony Cliff, Trotskyist activist and founder of the Socialist Workers Party (b. 1917)
1999: Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Nigerien general and politician, President of Niger (b. 1949)
1998: Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (b. 1953)
1997: Mae Boren Axton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1914)
1997: Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1996: Richard Condon, American author and publicist (b. 1915)
1993: Joseph B. Soloveitchik, American rabbi and philosopher (b. 1903)
1991: Forrest Towns, American hurdler and coach (b. 1914)
1988: Brook Benton, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1931)
1988: Hans Berndt, German footballer (b. 1913)
1988: Dave Prater, American singer (b. 1937)
1982: Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1896)
1980: Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric and philosopher (b. 1935)
1978: Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed Portmeirion (b. 1883)
1976: Dagmar Nordstrom, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1903)
1976: Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
1976: Renato Petronio, Italian rower (b. 1891)
1970: Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (b. 1896)
1963: Eddie Edwards, American trombonist (b. 1891)
1963: Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
1961: Zog I of Albania (b. 1895)
1959: Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (b. 1867)
1953: Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (b. 1877)
1953: C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and television host (b. 1891)
1953: Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
1951: Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862)
1948: George Carpenter, Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1872)
1948: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Colombian Minister of National Education (b. 1903)
1945: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)
1945: Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (b. 1887)
1945: Johann Georg Elser, German carpenter (b. 1903)
1945: Hans Oster, German general (b. 1887)
1945: Karl Sack, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1896)
1945: Hans von Dohnányi, Austrian-German lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)
1944: Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
1940: Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)
1936: Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)
1926: Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
1922: Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
1917: James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
1915: Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
1909: Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
1904: Isabella II, Spanish queen (b. 1830)
1889: Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
1882: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
1876: Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
1872: Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
1806: William V, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (b. 1748)
1804: Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1732)
1768: Sarah Fielding, English author (b. 1710)
1761: William Law, English priest and theologian (b. 1686)
1754: Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (b. 1679)
1747: Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1667)
1693: Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (b. 1618)
1654: Matei Basarab, Romanian prince (b. 1588)
1626: Francis Bacon, English jurist and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1561)
1561: Jean Quintin, French priest, knight and writer (b. 1500)
1557: Mikael Agricola, Finnish priest and scholar (b. 1510)
1553: François Rabelais, French monk and scholar (b. 1494)
1550: Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince (b. 1516)
1484: Edward of Middleheim, prince of Wales (b. 1473)
1483: Edward IV, king of England (b. 1442)
1327: Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, Scottish nobleman (ca. 1296)
1283: Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (b. 1261)
1241: Henry II, High Duke of Poland (b. 1196)
1137: William X, duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)
1024: Benedict VIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 980)
715: Constantine, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 664)
682: Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari, Egyptian politician, Governor of Egypt (b. 616)
491: Zeno, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (b. 425)
436: Tan Daoji, Chinese general and politician
585 BC: Jimmu, emperor of Japan (b. 711 BC)

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