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August 11

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August 11

August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 142 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2020: Washington Lottery makes new changes to its oldest game. The Washington Lottery is making new changes to its longest-running game of 36 years, with the final drawing under the name "Daily Game" to occur on August 29, 2020 at 8:00 pm.
2016: NY man sentenced to 4+ years in prison for lottery scam targeting elderly. A New York man who ran a bogus lottery scam, in which elderly people were told they won millions but would have to pay taxes in advance to receive a payout, has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison and ordered to repay more than $733,000.
2016: After cheating death in plane crash, Indian man wins $1M lottery days later. After surviving a fiery plane crash, an Indian man has beaten the odds again, this time winning $1 million in the lottery.
2015: Former teacher wins Wisconsin's largest Megabucks jackpot ever. A former high school teacher won Wisconsin's biggest Megabucks jackpot ever, thanks to a quick trip to pick up a gallon of milk.
2010: N.C. collected record debt from lottery winners. The North Carolina Lottery collected a record $1 million during the past year from prize winners who were also debtors.
2010: Online gambling coming to Ontario. In a bid to keep millions spent on offshore gambling websites in the province, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. says Ontarians will have access to legal online gambling by 2012.
2009: $500K lottery prize divides two elderly sisters. A passion for gambling shared by two once-inseparable octogenarian sisters has ended up dividing them, with the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that one can sue the other for a share of a winning $500,000 lottery ticket.
2009: Mishap leads to lottery jackpot for Florida couple. When the ticket printer at the Publix on Gladiolus Drive in south Fort Myers accidentally popped out two Florida Lotto tickets instead of just the one a customer ordered a few weeks ago, no one could have predicted the mechanical error would turn out to be a windfall.
2009: Jets and N.J. Lottery partner for new scratch game. The New York Jets, the New Jersey Lottery, Gov. Jon S. Corzine and State Treasurer and Sports and Exposition Authority Commissioner R. David Rousseau today announced an extension of their partnership that will now include a new Jets-themed instant lottery ticket and the chance to win several once-in-a-lifetime Jets-themed prizes.
2009: Packers Team Up with Wisconsin Lottery. The Green Bay Packers and the Wisconsin Lottery are teaming up, and it may open the door for other forms of gambling to advertise at Packers games.
2008: Powerball lottery winner shares $42.5M with relatives. Barrie Edwards could have kept an $86 million annuity Powerball jackpot all to himself, but instead decided to take the $42.5 million cash payment up front and share his good fortune with his wife, his brother and sister-in-law, and 10 nieces and nephews and their spouses.
2007: Woman must forfeit $1 million lottery jackpot. A White City, Oregon, woman must turn over her lottery winnings after a judge said she won them illegally.
2006: N.C. Woman, 82, wins $400,000 in Powerball lottery. According to North Carolina Lottery officials, a woman's decision to make fruit salad with marshmellows last week may have helped her win a $400,000 Powerball prize.
2006: 34-year lottery quest finally pays off. A Michigan woman who has been playing the lottery since 1972 won $400,000 by purchasing 80 $1 tickets, all with the same number that represents her late husband's birthday.
2006: $200,000 Oklahoma Powerball lottery ticket to expire soon. A $200,000 winning Powerball ticket sold on February 25 in Skiatook, Oklahoma, is set to expire August 24th.
2006: Ohio Lottery backs GTECH, Lottomatica deal. The Ohio lottery has confirmed that the planned takeover of U.S. lottery operator GTECH by Italy's Lottomatica would not hurt GTECH's lottery concession there, Lottomatica said on Thursday.
2006: Police Need Help Catching Man Who Stole Lottery Tickets. Detectives in the town of Hamburg, New York, are looking for help solving a theft, in which a brazen bandit took off with a bundle of lottery tickets valued at $3,000.
2006: Video Lottery Placed On South Dakota Ballot. The South Dakota Supreme Court says voters can decide the fate of the controversial gambling devices in November.
2006: Transsexual lottery winner regrets paying for gender reassignment. A transsexual who came to prominence in 2003 for funding her sex-change operation from a UK National Lottery win has revealed to her local newspaper that she now regrets paying £21,000 (US$40,000) for the procedure.
2006: Ohio Lottery chief to oversee county election. In Ohio, the two Democrats on the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections said Thursday that they would drop their drive to dump elections Director Michael Vu and his deputy, Gwen Dillingam, once the decision was made to hire Ohio Lottery Director Tom Hayes to oversee the general election.
2006: Virginia Border Stores Take Hit From N.C. Lottery. Now that North Carolina has a lottery, residents with hopes of striking it rich don't have to head north to Virginia to buy tickets, and retail stores just across the line are feeling the effects.
2006: N.C. store clerk accused of stealing woman's winning lottery ticket. A North Carolina woman thought her first-ever scratch-off ticket was a winner. The store clerk told her otherwise, and cashed the winning ticket himself.
2006: Penn. Lottery chief takes job with newspaper publisher. The executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery is leaving his post to work for the owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News, the state and the company announced Thursday.
2006: Online gambling company says it will lock out U.S. bettors. BETonSPORTS, the online gambling company targeted by federal prosecutors in Missouri and Washington, is shuttering the majority of its billion-dollar operations and will no longer accept bets from the United States, a company spokesman said Thursday evening.
2006: BETonSPORTS Shutting U.S. Gambling Sites. BetOnSports PLC, the British-based Internet gambling company that has been charged with fraud and racketeering in the United States, said Friday it will shut down its services for American gamblers.
2005: $93.4 million Powerball lottery winner is New Mexico's third. One winning Powerball lottery ticket was sold in New Mexico for Wednesday night's drawing. It is New Mexico's third Powerball jackpot winner, and the Lottery's second-largest prize ever.
2004: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $35 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $35 million Wednesday.
2004: Saints and Sinners among the Winners. The UK National Lottery has been dogged by controversy as the game of chance has thrown up some seemingly less-than-worthy winners over the years.
2003: Lottery-Style Drawing Picks Ballot Order. The California Secretary of State held a lottery-style drawing Monday to determine the order of candidate's names on the recall ballot. The complete order of the letters drawn is r, w, q, o, j, m, v, a, h, b, s, g, z, x, n, t, c, i, e, k, u, p, d, y, f, l.
2003: Carson widow wins $91 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot. Patricia Frierson went to her factory job after winning the $91 million California Lottery jackpot but she went home in a limousine. Frierson had the sole winning ticket for Saturday night's SuperLotto Plus game. She bought it on Saturday afternoon at a liquor store down the block from an Econolodge motel, where she has lived for three years because she no longer could afford her town home.
2003: N.D. explores lottery agreement. Numbers for North Dakota's new Powerball lottery may be provided by another state lottery's computer system, a move that officials say would reduce the cost of running the game in a small, rural state.
2003: CT Lottery makes good after two balls stick. Connecticut lottery officials said Saturday they will honor lottery tickets containing numbers of two lottery balls that got stuck during a drawing Friday night.
2003: Italian lottery hits $75m. With still no winner Saturday, the Italian lottery jackpot grew to a record 63 million euros (US$109.46 million) for the Wednesday drawing.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$393 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2017
2.$371.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2017
3.€251.91 Million US$260.02 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2022
4.$253 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2012
5.$247 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2018
6.$241.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2021
7.€209.16 Million US$233.97 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2019
8.$225 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2021
9.$203.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2023
10.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2009
11.$169 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2020
12.$161 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2007
13.$138 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2019
14.€121.72 Million
US$135.7 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2016
15.€110 Million
US$129.55 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2021
16.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2014
17.$124 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2009
18.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2007
19.€90 Million
US$105.99 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2021
20.€90 Million
US$102.3 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2018
21.$86 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2001
22.$84 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2004
23.€75 Million
US$83.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2019
24.€75 Million
US$83.19 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 16, 2019
25.$82 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2016

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: Lahodges05
Tuesday, Aug 11, 1987
36 years old
1980: ksgambler
Monday, Aug 11, 1980
43 years old
1980: Reed2021
Monday, Aug 11, 1980
43 years old
1979: Mom2Rew
Saturday, Aug 11, 1979
44 years old
1971: harmony35
Wednesday, Aug 11, 1971
52 years old
1971: mrwickitslam
Wednesday, Aug 11, 1971
52 years old
1968: ga gurl12
Sunday, Aug 11, 1968
55 years old
1967: Ga $
Friday, Aug 11, 1967
56 years old
1965: lordskrappy
Wednesday, Aug 11, 1965
58 years old
1964: RickT811
Tuesday, Aug 11, 1964
59 years old
1963: Reddog3
Sunday, Aug 11, 1963
60 years old
1961: LA Igrok
Friday, Aug 11, 1961
62 years old
1952: RANDY B
Monday, Aug 11, 1952
71 years old
1928: jhunter24
Saturday, Aug 11, 1928
95 years old
1928: john hunter
Saturday, Aug 11, 1928
95 years old
: I M Trying
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2017: At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.
2012: At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
2006: The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
2003: NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
2003: Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
2000: An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.
1992: The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.
1988: A meeting between Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan culminates in the formation of Al-Qaeda.
1984: "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
1982: A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
1979: Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
1975: East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
1972: Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
1969: The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the Moon.
1965: Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
1962: Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
1961: The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
1960: Chad declares independence from France.
1959: Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
1952: Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
1945: Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
1942: Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi.
1934: The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
1920: The 1920 Cork hunger strike begins which eventually results in the deaths of three Irish Republicans including the Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney.
1920: The Latvian-Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
1919: Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
1918: World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
1898: Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
1871: An explosion of guncotton occurs in Stowmarket, England, killing 28.
1858: The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
1813: In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia.
1812: Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
1804: Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
1786: Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
1675: Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
1492: Rodrigo de Borja is elected as Head of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Alexander VI.
1473: The Battle of Otlukbeli: Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu.
1332: Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.
1315: The Great Famine of Europe becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage.
923: The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra.
490: Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan.
355: Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
106: The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
2492 BC: Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
3114 BC: The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.

Births On This Day

2001: Moyuka Uchijima, Japanese tennis player
1997: Sarah Clelland, Scottish footballer
1994: Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
1994: Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist
1994: Joseph Barbato, French footballer
1994: Song I-han, South Korean singer
1993: Alyson Stoner, American actor, singer, and dancer
1992: Tomi Lahren, American conservative political commentator
1991: Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
1990: Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
1989: Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)
1989: Sebastian Huke, German footballer
1988: Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player
1988: Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
1988: Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer
1987: Dany N'Guessan, French footballer
1987: Drew Storen, American baseball player
1986: Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer
1986: Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
1985: Jacqueline Fernandez, Bahraini-Sri Lankan actress
1985: Asher Roth, American rapper
1984: Mojtaba Abedini, Iranian Olympic fencer
1984: Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
1984: Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian race car driver
1983: Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
1983: Luke Lewis, Australian rugby league player
1983: Pavel 183, Russian painter (d. 2013)
1982: Andy Lee, American football player
1981: Daniel Poohl, Swedish journalist
1980: Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist and sportscaster
1980: Lee Suggs, American football player
1979: Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
1978: Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
1978: Charlotte Leslie, British politician
1978: Lillian Nakate, Ugandan politician
1978: Isy Suttie, English comedian, musician, actress, and writer
1977: Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter
1977: Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer
1976: Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager
1976: Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
1976: Will Friedle, American actor and screenwriter
1976: Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Ľubomír Višňovský, Slovak ice hockey player
1975: Chris Cummings, Canadian singer-songwriter
1974: Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater
1974: Hadiqa Kiani, Pakistani singer, songwriter and philanthropist
1974: Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (d. 2002)
1974: Carolyn Murphy, American model and actress
1973: Kristin Armstrong, American cyclist
1971: Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress and screenwriter
1971: Tommy Mooney, English footballer
1970: Dirk Hannemann, German footballer and manager
1970: Gianluca Pessotto, Italian footballer
1968: Anna Gunn, American actress
1968: Sophie Okonedo, British actress
1968: Charlie Sexton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Massimiliano Allegri, Italian footballer and manager
1967: Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Joe Rogan, American actor, comedian, and television host
1967: Petter Wettre, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1966: Nigel Martyn, English footballer and coach
1966: Juan María Solare, Argentinian pianist and composer
1965: Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1965: Embeth Davidtz, American actress
1965: Viola Davis, American actress
1964: Jim Lee, South Korean-American author and illustrator
1964: Grant Waite, New Zealand golfer
1963: Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
1962: Brian Azzarello, American author
1962: Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software
1962: John Micklethwait, English journalist and author
1962: Rob Minkoff, American director and producer
1961: David Brooks, American journalist and author
1961: Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach
1959: Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)
1959: Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman
1959: Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)
1959: Richard Scudamore, English businessman
1959: László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
1958: Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player
1958: Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1957: Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
1957: Masayoshi Son, Japanese technology entrepreneur and investor
1956: Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic
1955: Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau
1955: Sylvia Hermon, Northern Irish academic and politician
1954: Bryan Bassett, American guitarist
1954: Vance Heafner, American golfer and coach (d. 2012)
1954: Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter and musician
1954: Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
1954: Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire (d. 2021)
1953: Hulk Hogan, American wrestler
1953: Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
1952: Reid Blackburn, American photographer (d. 1980)
1952: Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer
1950: Erik Brann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
1950: Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (d. 2003)
1950: Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.
1949: Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949: Tim Hutchinson, American lawyer and politician
1949: Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 1990)
1948: Don Boyd, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
1947: Theo de Jong, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
1947: Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek journalist and politician
1947: Wilma van den Berg, Dutch sprinter
1946: John Conlee, American singer-songwriter
1946: Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author
1944: Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician
1944: Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx
1944: Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
1943: Jim Kale, Canadian bass player
1943: Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (d. 2023)
1943: Denis Payton, English saxophonist (d. 2006)
1942: Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player
1942: Otis Taylor, American football player (d. 2023)
1941: John Ellison, American-Canadian musician and songwriter
1940: Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2012)
1939: James Mancham, first President of Seychelles (d. 2017)
1939: Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
1937: Anna Massey, English actress (d. 2011)
1937: Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded International Data Group (d. 2014)
1936: Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (d. 1999)
1936: Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)
1936: Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic (d. 2021)
1934: Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic (d. 2015)
1933: Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host (d. 2007)
1933: Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer (d. 1999)
1933: Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor
1932: Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
1932: Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (d. 2003)
1932: Geoffrey Cass, English businessman
1932: Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
1932: John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter
1927: Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor (d. 2019)
1927: Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (d. 2007)
1926: Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
1925: Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2006)
1925: Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (d. 2021)
1923: Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (d. 2015)
1922: John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1921: Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992)
1920: Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (d. 2006)
1920: Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1919: Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (d. 2017)
1916: Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (d. 1956)
1915: Morris Weiss, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1913: Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (d. 1976)
1913: Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
1913: Angus Wilson, English author and academic (d. 1991)
1912: Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954)
1912: Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
1911: Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
1909: Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)
1909: Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)
1908: Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (d. 1978)
1908: Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)
1907: Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer (d. 1989)
1905: Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (d. 2002)
1905: Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (d. 1998)
1902: Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
1902: Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1985)
1902: Christian de Castries, French general (d. 1991)
1900: Charley Paddock, American sprinter (d. 1943)
1900: Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994)
1898: Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1968)
1897: Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator (d. 1968)
1897: Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (d. 1970)
1892: Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist (d. 1978)
1892: Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (d. 1962)
1891: Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)
1891: Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (d. 1944)
1885: Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer (d. 1958)
1884: Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (d. 1962)
1881: Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
1878: Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author (d. 1955)
1877: Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge (d. 1954)
1874: Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1953)
1870: Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)
1860: Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player (d. 1939)
1858: Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
1855: John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
1837: Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1894)
1836: Warren Brown, American historian and politician (d. 1919)
1833: Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1899)
1833: Kido Takayoshi, Japanese samurai and politician (d. 1877)
1816: Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1882)
1808: William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)
1807: David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)
1794: James B. Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
1778: Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (d. 1852)
1748: Joseph Schuster, German composer (d. 1812)
1722: Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
1718: Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (d. 1791)
1673: Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (d. 1754)
1510: Margaret Paleologa, Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat (d. 1566)
1472: Nikolaus von Schönberg, Catholic cardinal (d. 1537)
1384: Yolande of Aragon (d. 1442)
1086: Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1125)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Anne Heche, American actress (b. 1969)
2022: Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (b. 1926)
2020: Trini Lopez, Mexican American singer and guitarist (b. 1937)
2020: Sumner Redstone, American billionaire businessman (b. 1923)
2019: Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1931)
2018: V S Naipaul, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
2017: Yisrael Kristal, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (b. 1903)
2017: Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (b. 1946)
2015: Serge Collot, French viola player and educator (b. 1923)
2015: Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2015: Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (b. 1920)
2014: Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
2014: Raymond Gravel, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)
2014: Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)
2014: Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (b. 1951)
2013: Raymond Delisle, French cyclist (b. 1943)
2013: Zafar Futehally, Indian ornithologist and author (b. 1919)
2013: David Howard, English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)
2012: Red Bastien, American wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1931)
2012: Michael Dokes, American boxer (b. 1958)
2012: Lucy Gallardo, Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2009: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, founded the Special Olympics (b. 1921)
2008: George Furth, American actor and playwright (b. 1932)
2008: Dursun Karataş, founding leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) in Turkey (b. 1952)
2006: Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1920)
2003: Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)
2003: Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
2002: Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountaineer (b. 1940)
2001: Percy Stallard, English cyclist and coach (b. 1909)
2000: Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)
1996: Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
1996: Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (b. 1910)
1995: Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
1994: Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)
1991: J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b. 1938)
1989: John Meillon, Australian actor (b. 1934)
1988: Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
1986: János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
1984: Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
1984: Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)
1982: Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
1980: Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
1979: J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
1978: Berta Ruck, Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)
1977: Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)
1974: Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
1972: Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1969: Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
1965: Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
1963: Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
1961: Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
1956: Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
1953: Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
1945: Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
1939: Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
1939: Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
1937: Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
1936: Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
1921: Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
1919: Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
1908: Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
1903: Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
1892: Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
1890: John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
1886: Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
1868: Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
1854: Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
1851: Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
1813: Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)
1774: Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French physician and author (b. 1722)
1725: Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (b. 1723)
1656: Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
1614: Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
1596: Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
1578: Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and academic (b. 1502)
1563: Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer and educator (b. 1500)
1556: John Bell, English bishop
1519: Johann Tetzel, German preacher (b. 1465)
1494: Hans Memling, German-Belgian painter (b. 1430)
1486: William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. c. 1398)
1465: Kettil Karlsson, regent of Sweden and Bishop of Linköping (b. 1433)
1464: Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (b. 1401)
1456: John Hunyadi, Hungarian general and politician (b. 1387)
1332: Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
1332: Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland
1332: Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray
1332: Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith
1332: Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale
1268: Agnes of Faucigny, Dame ruler of Faucigny, Countess consort of Savoy
1259: Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1208)
1253: Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)
1204: Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
1044: Sokkate, king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (b. 1001)
991: Byrhtnoth, English soldier (b. 956)
979: Gero, Count of Alsleben
919: Dhuka al-Rumi, Abbasid governor of Egypt
632: Rusticula, abbess of Arles
449: Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople
353: Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)
223: Jia Xu, Chinese politician and strategist (b. 147)

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