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August 1

August 1 is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 152 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025
U.K. National Lottery going on 36-hour break for huge technology upgrade. As the U.K. National Lottery gets ready to undergo its most massive technology upgrade in three decades, ticket sales, ticket checkers, and prize claims will all experience a 36-hour blackout.
2024
Florida woman arrested for conducting illegal lottery, selling fake tickets. A Florida woman was arrested for operating a gambling house out of a small shopping center store last week and was witnessed by investigators selling fake lottery tickets.
2023
Post Malone and the "perfect storm" — North Carolina man wins $100,000 lottery prize. A North Carolina man says his $100,000 lottery win is all thanks to "the perfect storm" that involved a Post Malone concert, severe rains, and a bathroom break.
2022
Kentucky Lottery Instant Play jackpot winner celebrates by handing out money. A Kentucky woman made it her goal to spread the love from winning an Instant Play jackpot by handing out some of her winnings to strangers.
2020
NC lottery player visits 40 retailers and wins $5 million. A North Carolina man bent on finding the last top prize in a lottery scratch-off game conducted a modern day treasure hunt and came out the big winner.
2019
Powerball promotion set to draw 2020's first millionaire. One lucky person will get to start 2020 with $1 million in their pocket — and Jessie James Decker will announce the winner.
2019
Mississippi Lottery officials anticipate rush of sales from West Alabama. People living in West Alabama will soon be able to test their luck in the lottery. Scratch-off ticket sales were set to begin December 1st, 2019 in Mississippi.
2018
Memo: Iowa Lottery kept selling games after security warning. A newly unsealed memo shows the Iowa Lottery kept marketing four popular games despite an August 2015 warning from its security chief that their integrity was compromised.
2018
New Illinois Lottery game to help families of fallen officers. A new Illinois lottery game will generate money to help the families of police officers killed or severely hurt in the line of duty.
2018
Kansas Lottery installs new gaming system. An over $70 million lottery upgrade launched this week in Kansas.
2017
Missouri electrician finds his $10 million 'Golden Ticket'. A 67-year-old Imperial, Missouri man's "Golden Ticket" came to him July 9, in the form of a winning lottery ticket worth $10 million.
2017
Mass. Lottery reports record profits of $1 billion. Although lottery sales in Massachusetts dipped 2.7 percent to $5.093 billion, the amount of money flowing to the state's cities and towns reached record heights, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission.
2017
NJ lawmaker files bill to block new keno game. A new keno being offered by the New Jersey Lottery Commission essentially expands casino-style gaming outside the resort, according to legislation introduced by Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo, D-Atlantic.
2016
Florida Lottery revamps daily game lineup. The Florida Lottery is overhauling some of its long-running daily games, adding two new games and renaming two others.
2014
24-year-old single Michigan mom wins $66 million lottery. A Port Huron, Michigan, woman who won a $66 million Mega Millions jackpot that was drawn in mid-June said Thursday that she didn't learn for 11 days that the winning ticket was in her purse.
2014
New Mexico Lottery offers free Pick 3 ticket promotion. To acquaint players with drawing games played only in the "Land of Enchantment," the New Mexico Lottery will give away a free ticket with purchase during August.
2013
$290 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges. There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $290 million for Saturday's drawing.
2012
Lotto winners get torch-carrying teen new prosthetic leg. A 13-year-old who lost a leg to cancer will get a new life-changing prosthetic limb from Britain's biggest-ever lottery jackpot winners.
2012
Online poker sites settle U.S. lawsuit for $731 million. The Department of Justice announced a $731 million settlement Tuesday with online poker companies PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker to resolve bank fraud and money laundering allegations.
2011
Florida Lottery to update branding, Web site. Voters approved state-run gambling 25 years ago, but the Lottery is struggling to keep up with today’s demands amid much competition.
2010
$183M Maryland lottery winner resurfaces. Bernadette Gietka, the Maryland Lottery's largest winner to date, received a celebrity's welcome Friday at Maryland Lottery Headquarters.
2010
Florida Lottery winner is all business. Three years after collecting a $13.6 million, lump-sum jackpot payout, a Florida Lotto winner has opened his second Batteries Plus franchise store, and in September will debut a third.
2009
ARKANSAS LOTTERY DRAWINGS TO BE COMPUTERIZED. Despite nearly universal player mistrust of computerized lottery drawings, the new Arkansas Lottery director made the inexplicable decision this week to forgo real mechanical lottery ball drawings, and use a computer program to select the winning numbers in the state's new lottery.
2008
Some may say times are tough, but lottery spending doesn't show it. Illinoisans apparently haven't lost an appetite for lottery tickets, even though some say they are pinching pennies elsewhere in their personal budgets.
2008
Keno to debut in Ohio on Monday. On Monday, Ohio's closest thing yet to casino gambling will allow players to wager in Keno drawings held every four minutes, from 11 a.m. until 1:44 the next morning.
2007
Illinois Lottery Millionaire Raffle results. The Illinois Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Millionaire Raffle, was drawn last night, and will make four instant millionaires.
2006
Powerball Jackpot Raised to $178 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $178 million, with a cash option of $81 million.
2006
Bail set at $1m for UK internet gaming boss. The former BETonSPORTS chief executive David Carruthers is likely to be released on $1m bail within days under a deal with the American government which would allow him to live in the Midwestern city of St Louis until his trial for organizing illegal gambling.
2006
Massachusetts man becomes first Ca$hola winner. A Massachusetts man is $450,000 richer after he became the first person to win a new multi-state slot game.
2006
Lottery sales in Pa. hit record $3 billion. Pennsylvania Lottery sales for the 2005-06 fiscal year reached a record $3.07 billion, Gov. Rendell said yesterday.
2006
Winner of $45M N.Y. Lotto jackpot to be revealed today. The identity of a Broome County woman who bought a New York Lotto ticket in Brooklyn worth $45 million will be revealed this morning.
2006
Not guilty pleas entered in online gambling case. The former chief executive of one of the world's largest online gambling companies, BetOnSports, will remain in federal custody after pleading not guilty Monday to charges of mail and wire fraud and racketeering.
2005
Man let lottery winner go first. A man has revealed he missed out on the $136 million Euro Millions lottery jackpot -- because he let winner Dolores McNamara buy her ticket first.
2005
$1.75 million Hot Lotto ticket purchased in West Virginia. The winning ticket for Saturday's $1.75 million Hot Lotto jackpot was purchased at a Kanawha County convenience store, according to West Virginia lottery officials.
2005
One ticket wins $56 million NY Lotto jackpot. A $56 million New York Lotto ticket was sold at the Gold Star Deli on Arsenal Street, Watertown, New York.
2005
Towns insulted by Kansas Lottery radio ad. Residents in two Kansas communities are angry over a radio spot for the Kansas Lottery that suggests their towns are boring.
2005
Texas Lottery has history of frequent firings. Current and former Texas Lottery employees believe the threat of being fired was used to intimidate anyone who raised questions about lottery operations.
2005
Record Euro Millions lottery winner goes into hiding. A mother-of-six who won a US$136 million (£77 million) jackpot in one of the biggest lottery wins in history was in hiding last night.
2003
GTech loses Nebraska Lottery online contract. GTech Holdings Corp., the Rhode Island lottery technology giant, has lost the contract for the online portion of the Nebraska Lottery, cutting two-thirds of the company's business with the Nebraska Lottery, the company announced today.
2003
Lottery board looks at visiting seven states, Canadian province. Members of the Tennessee Lottery Board may visit seven states and a Canadian province in a search for information about setting up and running the Tennessee lottery.
2003
Lottery Sales Hit Record In Kansas. A new marketing strategy designed to keep games fresh and payoffs healthy helped send sales of the Kansas Lottery to record levels, officials said Thursday.
2003
Harless to refile lottery lawsuit. Jackson County, West Virginia lawyer Larry Harless said Thursday he has sent letters to the state Lottery Commission and attorney general, giving them 30 days' notice of his intent to refile a lawsuit challenging the legality of state-run video lottery.
2003
Tenn. Lottery Board develops workers code of conduct. The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. apparently does not intend to interfere with the love lives of its employees, but lottery workers may find their political activities restricted.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.1 Billion
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2023
2.$409.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2025
3.$358 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2024
4.$307.2 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2013
5.$303 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2017
6.$261 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2017
7.€246.98 Million
US$251.97 Million
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2022
8.€199.4 Million
US$220.6 Million
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2019
9.€176 Million
US$216.73 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2012
10.$211.7 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2021
11.€168 Million
US$193.5 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2025
12.$191.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2022
13.$187 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2018
14.$179 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2021
15.$178 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2006
16.$163.5 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2024
17.$160 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2011
18.$158 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2012
19.$140 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2025
20.$137 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2020
21.€116.77 Million
US$130.89 Million
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2016
22.$120 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2009
23.€100.54 Million
US$110.44 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2023
24.$110 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2015
25.$105 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 1, 2007

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2001
Wednesday, Aug 1, 2001
24 years old
1997
Friday, Aug 1, 1997
28 years old
1993
Sunday, Aug 1, 1993
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1991
Thursday, Aug 1, 1991
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1975
Friday, Aug 1, 1975
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1975
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1974
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1974
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1973
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1971
Sunday, Aug 1, 1971
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1971
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1970
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1968
Thursday, Aug 1, 1968
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1967
Tuesday, Aug 1, 1967
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1964
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1962
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1955
Monday, Aug 1, 1955
70 years old
1952
Friday, Aug 1, 1952
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1951
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1951
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1951
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1949
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1947
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2023
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.
2017
A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
2008
The Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
2008
Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
2007
The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
2004
A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
1998
Puntland, an autonomous state in northeastern Somalia, was officially established following a constitutional conference in Garowe, Issims and tribal chiefs agreed to create a self-declared government until Somalia recovered.
1993
The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
1990
A plane crash in the Karabakh Range kills 46 people.
1988
A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
1984
Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.
1981
MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
1980
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
1980
A train crash kills 18 people and injures over 170 more in County Cork, Ireland.
1976
Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nürburgring.
1974
Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
1971
The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
1968
The coronation of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei, is held.
1966
Charles Whitman kills 15 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
1966
Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1965
Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
1964
The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1961
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
1960
Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
1960
Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
1957
The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
1950
Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
1946
Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
1944
World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.
1943
World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.
1937
Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
1936
The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
1933
Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
1927
The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
1915
Patrick Pearse gives his famous speech "Ireland unfree shall never be at peace" at O'Donovan Rossa's funeral in Dublin.
1914
World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
1914
World War I: The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
1911
Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
1907
The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
1894
The Empire of Japan and Qing China declare war on each other after a week of fighting over Korea, formally inaugurating the First Sino-Japanese War.
1893
Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
1876
Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
1863
At the suggestion of Senator J. V. Snellman and the order of Emperor Alexander II, full rights are promised to the Finnish language by a language regulation in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
1855
The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
1849
Joven Daniel wrecks at the coast of Araucanía, Chile, leading to allegations that local Mapuche tribes murdered survivors and kidnapped Elisa Bravo.
1842
The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1834
Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
1834
Construction begins on the Wilberforce Monument in Kingston Upon Hull.
1801
First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.
1800
The Acts of Union 1800 are passed which merge the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1798
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
1774
British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
1759
Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
1714
George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
1664
Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
1620
Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
1571
The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.
1498
Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
1469
Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise.
1291
The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.
1203
Isaac II Angelos, restored Byzantine Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.
902
Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
607
Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).
527
Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
AD 69
Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
30 BC
Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.

Births On This Day

2003
Joseph Sua'ali'i, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
2001
Scottie Barnes, American basketball player
2001
Park Si-eun, South Korean actress
2001
Ben Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
2000
Kim Chaewon, South Korean singer
1996
Katie Boulter, British tennis player
1995
Madison Cawthorn, American politician
1994
Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player
1994
Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer
1993
Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player
1993
Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer
1993
Saleh Gomaa, Egyptian footballer
1992
Austin Rivers, American basketball player
1992
Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress
1991
Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer
1991
Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer
1990
Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player
1990
Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player
1989
Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player
1989
Tiffany Young, Korean American singer, songwriter, and actress
1988
Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
1988
Travis Boak, Australian footballer
1988
Patryk Małecki, Polish footballer
1988
Nemanja Matić, Serbian footballer
1988
Bodene Thompson, New Zealand rugby league player
1987
Iago Aspas, Spanish footballer
1987
Karen Carney, English women's footballer
1987
Taapsee Pannu, Indian actress
1987
Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer
1987
Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer
1986
Damien Allen, English footballer
1986
Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player
1986
Andrew Taylor, English footballer
1986
Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
1986
Mike Wallace, American football player
1985
Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player
1985
Adam Jones, American baseball player
1985
Cole Kimball, American baseball player
1985
Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player
1985
Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer
1985
Dušan Švento, Slovak footballer
1984
Steve Feak, American game designer
1984
Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist
1984
Brandon Kintzler, American baseball player
1984
Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer
1983
Bobby Carpenter, American football player
1983
Craig Clarke, New Zealand rugby player
1983
Julien Faubert, French footballer
1983
David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete
1982
Basem Fathi, Jordanian footballer
1982
Montserrat Lombard, English actress, director, and screenwriter
1981
Dean Cox, Australian footballer
1981
Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author
1981
Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer
1981
Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer
1981
Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player
1980
Mancini, Brazilian footballer
1980
Romain Barras, French decathlete
1980
Esteban Paredes, Chilean footballer
1979
Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer (died 2019)
1979
Nathan Fien, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
1979
Jason Momoa, American actor, director, and producer
1979
Grant Wooden, Australian rugby league player
1978
Andy Blignaut, Zimbabwean cricketer
1978
Björn Ferry, Swedish biathlete
1978
Dhani Harrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978
Chris Iwelumo, Scottish footballer
1978
Edgerrin James, American football player
1977
Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1977
Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor
1977
Darnerien McCants, American-Canadian football player
1977
Damien Saez, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977
Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese wrestler and boxer
1976
Don Hertzfeldt, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1976
Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer
1976
Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer
1976
David Nemirovsky, Canadian ice hockey player
1976
Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer and manager
1976
Cristian Stoica, Romanian-Italian rugby player
1975
Vhrsti, Czech author and illustrator
1974
Cher Calvin, American journalist
1974
Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (died 2014)
1974
Tyron Henderson, South African cricketer
1974
Dennis Lawrence, Trinidadian footballer and coach
1974
Beckie Scott, Canadian skier
1973
Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player and coach
1973
Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress
1973
Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian runner
1973
Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer
1972
Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972
Christer Basma, Norwegian footballer and coach
1972
Todd Bouman, American football player and coach
1972
Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and academic
1970
Quentin Coryatt, American football player
1970
David James, English footballer and manager
1970
Eugenie van Leeuwen, Dutch cricketer
1969
Andrei Borissov, Estonian footballer and manager
1969
Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player and scout
1969
Graham Thorpe, English cricketer and journalist (died 2024)
1968
Stacey Augmon, American basketball player and coach
1968
Dan Donegan, American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter
1968
Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
1967
Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player and coach
1967
José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter
1966
James St. James, American club promoter and author
1965
Brandt Jobe, American golfer
1965
Sam Mendes, English director and producer
1964
Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter and producer
1964
Fiona Hyslop, Scottish businesswoman and politician
1963
Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor and producer
1963
Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor (died 2022)
1963
John Carroll Lynch, American actor
1963
Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer
1963
Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962
Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (died 2013)
1960
Chuck D, American rapper and songwriter
1960
Suzi Gardner, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959
Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1958
Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2000)
1958
Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958
Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach
1957
Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (died 2020)
1957
Taylor Negron, American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
1954
Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (died 2006)
1954
James Gleick, American journalist and author
1954
Benno Möhlmann, German footballer and manager
1953
Robert Cray, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953
Howard Kurtz, American journalist and author
1952
Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (died 2003)
1951
Tim Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
1951
Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
1951
Pete Mackanin, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1950
Roy Williams, American basketball player and coach
1949
Bettina Arndt, Australian writer and commentator
1949
Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan
1949
Jim Carroll, American poet, author, and musician (died 2009)
1949
Ray Nettles, American football player (died 2009)
1948
Avi Arad, Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios
1948
Cliff Branch, American football player (died 2019)
1948
David Gemmell, English journalist and author (died 2006)
1947
Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author
1947
Chantal Montellier, French comics creator and artist
1946
Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (died 2006)
1946
Rick Coonce, American drummer (died 2011)
1946
Richard O. Covey, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1946
Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist and academic
1945
Douglas Osheroff, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1944
Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian banker and politician (died 1998)
1942
Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
1942
Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1941
Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1996)
1941
Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (died 2004)
1940
Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Iranian writer and actor
1940
Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire
1940
Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded Cendant
1939
Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (died 2015)
1939
Terry Kiser, American actor
1939
Stephen Sykes, English bishop and theologian (died 2014)
1939
Robert James Waller, American author and photographer (died 2017)
1937
Al D'Amato, American lawyer and politician
1936
W. D. Hamilton, British biologist, psychologist, and academic (died 2000)
1936
Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (died 2008)
1936
Laurie Taylor, English sociologist, radio host, and academic
1935
Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (died 2014)
1934
John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (died 2000)
1934
Derek Birdsall, English graphic designer (died 2024)
1933
Dom DeLuise, American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2009)
1933
Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player and manager (died 2019)
1933
Meena Kumari, Indian actress (died 1972)
1933
Teri Shields, American actress, producer, and agent (died 2012)
1933
Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian and author (died 2007)
1932
Meir Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (died 1990)
1931
Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1931
Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (died 2016)
1930
Lionel Bart, English composer (died 1999)
1930
Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (died 2002)
1930
Julie Bovasso, American actress and writer (died 1991)
1930
Lawrence Eagleburger, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (died 2011)
1930
Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1996)
1930
Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)
1929
Leila Abashidze, Georgian actress (died 2018)
1929
Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1979)
1929
Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (died 2006)
1928
Jack Shea, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
1927
María Teresa López Boegeholz, Chilean oceanographer (died 2006)
1927
Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (died 2013)
1926
George Habash, Palestinian politician, founder of the PFLP (died 2008)
1926
George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer (died 2013)
1926
Hannah Hauxwell, English TV personality (died 2018)
1925
Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet and author (died 2000)
1924
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (died 2015)
1924
Frank Havens, American canoeist (died 2018)
1924
Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (died 2007)
1924
Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (died 1967)
1922
Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (died 2006)
1921
Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (died 2009)
1921
Pat McDonald, Australian actress (died 1990)
1920
Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (died 1992)
1920
James Mourilyan Tanner, British paediatric endocrinologist (died 2010)
1919
Stanley Middleton, English author (died 2009)
1918
T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist (died 2013)
1916
Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (died 2014)
1916
Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (died 2000)
1914
Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (died 1997)
1914
Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (died 2015)
1914
J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
1912
David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (died 1979)
1912
Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (died 1994)
1912
Henry Jones, American actor (died 1999)
1911
Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist (died 1985)
1910
James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (died 1974)
1910
Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer (died 2003)
1910
Gerda Taro, German war photographer (died 1937)
1907
Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (died 1977)
1905
Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic (died 1993)
1903
Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic (died 1995)
1901
Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (died 1925)
1900
Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (died 1965)
1899
Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman (died 1980)
1898
Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director (died 1980)
1894
Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (died 1927)
1893
Alexander of Greece (died 1920)
1891
Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1968)
1889
Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (died 1979)
1885
George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)
1881
Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic (died 1940)
1878
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1961)
1877
George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman (died 1968)
1871
John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (died 1969)
1865
Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (died 1917)
1861
Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (died 1951)
1860
Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (died 1918)
1858
Gaston Doumergue, French lawyer and politician, 13th President of France (died 1937)
1858
Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (died 1884)
1856
George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (died 1883)
1843
Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (died 1926)
1831
Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator (died 1918)
1819
Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1891)
1818
Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (died 1889)
1815
Richard Henry Dana Jr., American lawyer and politician (died 1882)
1809
William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer (died 1836)
1779
Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet (died 1843)
1779
Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (died 1851)
1770
William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (died 1838)
1744
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (died 1829)
1738
Jacques François Dugommier, French general (died 1794)
1714
Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic (died 1782)
1713
Charles I, German duke and prince (died 1780)
1659
Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (died 1734)
1630
Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (died 1673)
1626
Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (died 1676)
1579
Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (died 1644)
1555
Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (died 1597)
1545
Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar (died 1622)
1520
Sigismund II, Polish king (died 1572)
1492
Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (died 1566)
1410
John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count (died 1475)
1385
John Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel (died 1421)
1377
Go-Komatsu, Japanese emperor (died 1433)
1313
Kōgon, Japanese emperor (died 1364)
1068
Emperor Taizu of Jin, Chinese emperor (died 1123)
992
Hyeonjong of Goryeo, Korean king (died 1031)
845
Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese scholar and politician (died 903)
126
Pertinax, Roman emperor (died 193)
10 BC
Claudius, Roman emperor (died 54)

Deaths On This Day

2024
Joyce Brabner, American writer and artist (born 1952)
2021
Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (born 1930)
2021
Jerry Ziesmer, American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (born 1939)
2020
Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (born 1934)
2020
Rickey Dixon, American professional football player (born 1966)
2020
Rodney H. Pardey, American poker player (born 1945)
2016
Queen Anne of Romania (born 1923)
2015
Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (born 1968)
2015
Cilla Black, English singer and actress (born 1943)
2015
Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1921)
2015
Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (born 1939)
2015
Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (born 1948)
2014
Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (born 1973)
2014
Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (born 1974)
2014
Charles T. Payne, American soldier (born 1925)
2014
Mike Smith, English radio and television host (born 1955)
2013
John Amis, English journalist and critic (born 1922)
2013
Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (born 1932)
2013
Babe Martin, American baseball player (born 1920)
2013
Toby Saks, American cellist and educator (born 1942)
2013
Wilford White, American football player (born 1928)
2012
Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer and agent (born 1953)
2012
Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (born 1921)
2012
Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (born 1924)
2010
Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican-American activist (born 1919)
2010
Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (born 1910)
2009
Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (born 1933)
2008
Gertan Klauber, Czech-English actor (born 1932)
2008
Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1916)
2007
Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1932)
2006
Bob Thaves, American illustrator (born 1924)
2006
Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and activist (born 1949)
2005
Al Aronowitz, American journalist (born 1928)
2005
Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist and educator (born 1918)
2005
Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (born 1920)
2005
Fahd of Saudi Arabia (born 1923)
2004
Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (born 1913)
2003
Guy Thys, Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1922)
2003
Marie Trintignant, French actress and screenwriter (born 1962)
2001
Korey Stringer, American football player (born 1974)
1998
Eva Bartok, Hungarian-British actress (born 1927)
1996
Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
1996
Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and surgeon (born 1929)
1990
Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (born 1897)
1989
John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (born 1937)
1982
T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (born 1933)
1981
Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1923)
1981
Kevin Lynch, Irish Republican, hunger striker
1980
Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (born 1944)
1980
Strother Martin, American actor (born 1919)
1977
Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (born 1929)
1974
Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (born 1898)
1973
Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (born 1882)
1973
Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (born 1893)
1970
Frances Farmer, American actress (born 1913)
1970
Doris Fleeson, American journalist (born 1901)
1970
Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1883)
1967
Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (born 1900)
1966
Charles Whitman, American mass murderer (born 1941)
1963
Theodore Roethke, American poet (born 1908)
1959
Jean Behra, French race car driver (born 1921)
1957
Rose Fyleman, English writer and poet (born 1877)
1944
Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (born 1878)
1943
Lydia Litvyak, Soviet lieutenant and pilot (born 1921)
1938
Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (born 1862)
1929
Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (born 1870)
1922
Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (born 1856)
1921
T. J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (born 1876)
1920
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (born 1856)
1918
John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (born 1854)
1911
Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (born 1852)
1911
Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (born 1843)
1905
Henrik Sjöberg, Swedish gymnast and medical student (born 1875)
1903
Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (born 1853)
1869
Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (born 1815)
1869
Peter Julian Eymard, French priest and founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (born 1811)
1866
John Ross, American tribal chief (born 1790)
1863
Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (born 1817)
1851
William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (born 1775)
1812
Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (born 1763)
1808
Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (born 1734)
1807
John Boorman, English cricketer (born c. 1754)
1807
John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (born 1732)
1798
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (born 1753)
1797
Emanuel Granberg, Finnish church painter (born 1754)
1796
Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (born 1720)
1795
Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (born 1735)
1787
Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (born 1696)
1714
Anne, Queen of Great Britain (born 1665)
1603
Matthew Browne, English politician (born 1563)
1589
Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (born 1567)
1580
Albrecht Giese, Polish-German politician and diplomat (born 1524)
1557
Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (born 1490)
1546
Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (born 1506)
1543
Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1488)
1541
Simon Grynaeus, German theologian and scholar (born 1493)
1494
Giovanni Santi, artist and father of Raphael (born c. 1435)
1464
Cosimo de' Medici, Italian ruler (born 1386)
1457
Lorenzo Valla, Italian author and educator (born 1406)
1402
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1341)
1299
Conrad de Lichtenberg, Bishop of Strasbourg (born 1240)
1252
Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian archbishop and explorer (born 1180)
1227
Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (born 1179)
1146
Vsevolod II of Kiev, Russian prince
1137
Louis VI, king of France (born 1081)
1098
Adhemar of Le Puy, French papal legate
984
Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester
953
Yingtian, Chinese Khitan empress (born 879)
946
Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, Abbasid vizier (born 859)
946
Lady Xu Xinyue, Chinese queen (born 902)
873
Thachulf, duke of Thuringia
690
Jonatus, abbot and saint
527
Justin I, Byzantine emperor (born 450)
371
Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop and saint (born 283)
30 BC
Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (born 83 BC)
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