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August 12

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August 12

August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 141 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Playing the same lottery numbers for years wins South Carolina woman a $507,000 Cash 5 jackpot. A South Carolina lottery player finally won big after playing the same numbers for years, scooping a Palmetto Cash 5 jackpot of $507,000.
2024: Unclaimed $500,000 Powerball Double Play lottery ticket bought in Iowa to expire in one month. A Powerball Double Play lottery ticket that won a $500,000 prize in Iowa is set to expire in one month, unless the winner comes forward to validate it.
2021: Wait times for lottery prize payouts doubled in California. Lottery players are continuing to win big in California but are having to wait twice the amount of time it normally takes to receive their check, with some waiting more than three months.
2018: Powerball winning ticket sold in Saturday's $245.6 million drawing. A single ticket sold in New York state won Saturday's Powerball jackpot worth $245.6 million, lottery officials announced early Sunday.
2017: $393 million Mega Millions jackpot won on ticket sold in Illinois. One winning ticket sold in Illinois beat the odds and matched all the numbers drawn in Friday's Mega Millions drawing to win a massive $393 million jackpot.
2015: Illinois woman wins $15 million on instant lottery ticket. A Hanover Park, Illinois, woman recently won $15 million playing a World Class Millions Illinois Lottery ticket, according to an Illinois Lottery news release.
2014: Irish Lottery winner giving away $44 million fortune. A Northern Ireland woman who won €34 million (US$45.4 million) in the EuroMillions lottery is giving away a whopping €33 million (US$44.1 million).
2014: Iowa Lottery chief addresses online ticket sales. Terry Rich, president and chief executive officer of the Iowa Lottery, on Monday said the Iowa Lottery is educating itself for a coming time when Iowa Lottery players likely will be able to purchase tickets for lotto games like Powerball and Mega Millions via phone, tablet or computer.
2014: Texas Lottery to launch new game after AG gives OK. The Texas Lottery Commission is moving forward with next year's launch of an unusual new game after getting a favorable ruling on its legality from Attorney General Greg Abbott.
2014: 'All or Nothing' coming to North Carolina Lottery. The North Carolina Education Lottery is starting next month its first numbers game in more than four years.
2013: Lottery winner stays grounded after $220 million jackpot. In 2005, Brad Duke of Star, Idaho, hit a huge Powerball jackpot of $220 million, and in the ensuing years managed to stay grounded despite his sudden tremendous wealth.
2013: Doorman who won $5 million lottery pot is battling lung cancer. New York City's most famous doorman for winning a $5 million lottery jackpot has been battling lung cancer for the past six months, and is taking another gamble by forgoing surgery.
2012: $305 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot in rare territory. For only the 15th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot run-up has crossed into $300 million+ territory.
2011: $228.9M Powerball lottery ticket sold in Minnesota. The prize has yet to be claimed for a winning Powerball ticket worth $228.9 million bought in Dakota County in Minnesota.
2009: Unemployed man wins £4.5M Ireland lottery jackpot. Northern Ireland's new Lottery millionaire Seamus Duffy, unemployed and father-of-six, revealed that he was feeling lucky in the run up to hitting the £4.5 million (US$7.4 million) jackpot.
2008: Powerball multi-state lottery game to change rules. Powerball, arguably the world's best known jackpot lottery game, will be making changes to the game with the addition of Florida in January.
2007: Atlantic Lottery adds new ticket security measures. The Atlantic Lottery Corp. is introducing more measures aimed at tightening the security of lottery ticket validation, the corporation said this week.
2007: Local Iowa police report surge in lottery scam letters. At least three Marshalltown, Iowa, residents have been targeted by a bogus check scam in the last two weeks, according to Marshalltown Police Chief Lon Walker.
2007: S.C. man wins major Powerball prize for second time. South Carolina's first Powerball million-dollar winner scored a another major prize Tuesday when he learned his quick pick ticket matched the first five numbers.
2007: Acting director named for New York Lottery. A former deputy director of the New York Lottery has been named acting director of the organization.
2005: New Mexico Lottery still looking for $93 million Powerball winner. No one came forward to claim a $93.4 million Powerball lottery jackpot sold in the Albuquerque area by the time Lottery claims offices closed for the weekend late Friday afternoon.
2005: $45 million N.Y. Lotto winner living life to the fullest. Six years ago New Yorker John Falcon won $45 million, and he went from living in a modest tenement apartment to living in the Trump Tower.
2005: D.C. Lottery to change lottery lineup. According to the D.C. Lottery Board, changes are coming to two of its games, in addition to the August Powerball changes.
2005: Buyer of 10 millionth N.D. lottery ticket to win $10,000. The North Dakota Lottery says whoever buys the ten millionth ticket sold will win the ten-grand.
2005: Oklahoma Lottery chooses Scientific Games. The Oklahoma Lottery Commission selected Scientific Games Corp. Tuesday to provide lottery terminals and scratch-off tickets.
2005: N.C. lottery's fate could come down to one key vote. The proposal for a North Carolina lottery -- which seemed headed for passage a month ago -- is in jeopardy.
2005: N.C. lottery vote today or Saturday. Backers of a North Carolina lottery spent Thursday trying to get a few senators to change their "no" votes to "yes."
2004: Powerball Lottery Jackpot Approaches $100 Million Mark. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $97 million, with a cash option of $52.5 million.
2004: Store clerk tells how she found winning ticket. Battling the sniffs and coughs of a summer cold, Julie Prive, 27-year-old mother of two, stood before a jury in Barnstable County, Massachusetts Superior Court yesterday and recalled the evening in May 2002 when she had believed her life had changed forever.
2003: Savannah family wins $50 million Mega Millions prize. A Savannah, Georgia family turned in a winning ticket on Monday for a Mega Millions jackpot worth $50 million.
2003: As lottery trial ends, foes see liars everywhere. A court battle over a $25 million New Jersey Mega Millions lottery jackpot concluded yesterday with stinging accusations of betrayal and dishonesty.
2003: Judge to decide ownership of $25 million lottery ticket. A Superior Court judge is scheduled to rule Wednesday on who owns a disputed New Jersey Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $25 million.
2003: Big games enter lottery's big picture. A giant jackpot lottery - such as Powerball or Mega Millions - is likely to become part of Tennessee's buffet of games, but the heads of lotteries in Tennessee and Georgia say a possible partnership won't affect which game Tennesseans play.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$530.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2025
2.$435 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2024
3.$371.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2017
4.$337 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 15, 2012
5.€253.36 Million US$259.92 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2022
6.$259.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2021
7.€214 Million US$249.35 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2025
8.€209.16 Million US$233.97 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2019
9.$225 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2021
10.$213.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2024
11.$203.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2023
12.$186 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2009
13.$182 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2025
14.$181 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 15, 2007
15.$169 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2020
16.$146 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2009
17.$138 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2019
18.€123.02 Million
US$137.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2016
19.€110 Million
US$129.55 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2021
20.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 12, 2014
21.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2007
22.€90 Million
US$105.99 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2021
23.€90 Million
US$102.3 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2018
24.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 15, 2001
25.$97 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2004

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: B-$avage
Saturday, Aug 12, 1995
30 years old
1990: Lipss12
Sunday, Aug 12, 1990
35 years old
1989: Davia1
Saturday, Aug 12, 1989
36 years old
1988: esrica2
Friday, Aug 12, 1988
37 years old
1986: Jessika1623
Tuesday, Aug 12, 1986
39 years old
1986: Roscoe2015
Tuesday, Aug 12, 1986
39 years old
1985: seraphim712
Monday, Aug 12, 1985
40 years old
1982: smallsrule
Thursday, Aug 12, 1982
43 years old
1980: hatetro
Tuesday, Aug 12, 1980
45 years old
1980: Morty
Tuesday, Aug 12, 1980
45 years old
1979: LeoLuckygirl$
Sunday, Aug 12, 1979
46 years old
1977: glitter77
Friday, Aug 12, 1977
48 years old
1976: Generalgee
Thursday, Aug 12, 1976
49 years old
1974: Sandra Dee
Monday, Aug 12, 1974
51 years old
1973: Morave
Sunday, Aug 12, 1973
52 years old
1971: cadmill12
Thursday, Aug 12, 1971
54 years old
1968: lennyb68
Monday, Aug 12, 1968
57 years old
1965: golotto
Thursday, Aug 12, 1965
60 years old
1965: avbee1
Thursday, Aug 12, 1965
60 years old
1965: Maro11
Thursday, Aug 12, 1965
60 years old
1963: rowe81263
Monday, Aug 12, 1963
62 years old
1961: tomboy4u
Saturday, Aug 12, 1961
64 years old
: Island Girl
(year not provided)
: LucilleBallFan
(year not provided)
: jefs812
(year not provided)
: jestaffiera
(year not provided)
: making$
(year not provided)
: NITRO-K
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Six people, five victims and the perpetrator are killed in Keyham, Plymouth in the worst mass shooting in the UK since 2010.
2018: Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in Sarmada, Syria.
2017: The Unite the Right rally occurs in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to the deaths of 3 and injuring nearly 50 more.
2016: Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
2015: At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
2000: The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
1994: Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
1992: Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
1990: Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
1985: Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
1984: An infamous brawl takes place at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres.
1981: The IBM Personal Computer is released.
1977: The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
1977: The Sri Lanka Riots: Targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
1976: Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
1969: Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
1964: South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
1960: Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
1953: First thermonuclear bomb test: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme.
1953: The 7.2 M_s Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
1952: The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
1950: Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army.
1948: Between 15 and 150 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are killed by Pakistani police.
1944: Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
1944: Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
1944: Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
1914: World War I: The United Kingdom and the British Empire declare war on Austria-Hungary.
1914: World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
1898: The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States where it is formally recognized as Hawaii.
1883: The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1865: Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs the first antiseptic surgery.
1851: Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
1831: French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
1806: Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
1793: The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
1788: The Anjala conspiracy is signed.
1765: Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
1687: Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
1676: Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
1624: Charles de La Vieuville is arrested and replaced by Cardinal Richelieu as the French king's chief advisor.
1499: First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
1492: Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
1323: The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.
1164: Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
1121: Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
1099: First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.

Births On This Day

2001: Dixie D'Amelio, American social media personality and singer
2000: Tristan Charpentier, French racing driver
1999: Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer
1999: Dream, American YouTuber
1999: Jule Niemeier, German tennis player
1999: GK Barry, social media star and presenter
1998: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greek tennis player
1996: Choi Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress
1996: Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player
1996: Arthur Melo, Brazilian footballer
1996: Samuel Moutoussamy, Congolese footballer
1994: Ian Happ, American baseball player
1993: Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
1993: Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter
1992: Cara Delevingne, English model and actress
1992: Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player
1992: Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor
1991: Jesinta Campbell, Australian model
1991: Sam Hoare, Australian rugby league player
1991: Khris Middleton, American basketball player
1991: LaKeith Stanfield, American actor and musician
1990: Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
1990: Marvin Zeegelaar, Dutch footballer
1990: Martin Zurawsky, German footballer
1989: Tom Cleverley, English footballer
1989: Hong Jeong-ho, South Korean footballer
1989: Sunye, South Korean singer
1988: Tyson Fury, English boxer
1988: Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player
1987: Vanessa Watts, West Indian cricketer
1986: Andrei Agius, Maltese footballer
1986: Kyle Arrington, American football player
1985: Danny Graham, English footballer
1985: Franck Moutsinga, German rugby player
1984: Bryan Pata, American football player (died 2006)
1983: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
1983: Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas, Brazilian footballer
1983: Manoa Vosawai, Italian rugby player
1982: Boban Grnčarov, Macedonian footballer
1982: Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
1981: Tony Capaldi, Norwegian-Northern Irish footballer
1981: Djibril Cissé, French footballer
1980: Javier Chevantón, Uruguayan footballer
1980: Maggie Lawson, American actress
1980: Dominique Swain, American actress
1980: Matt Thiessen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979: D. J. Houlton, American baseball player
1979: Ian Hutchinson, English motorcycle racer
1979: Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater
1979: Austra Skujytė, Lithuanian pentathlete
1978: Chris Chambers, American football player
1978: Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player
1977: Plaxico Burress, American football player
1977: Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer
1977: Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor (died 2010)
1976: Pedro Collins, Barbadian cricketer
1976: Mikko Lindström, Finnish guitarist
1976: Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player
1976: Antoine Walker, American basketball player
1975: Casey Affleck, American actor
1974: Matt Clement, American baseball player and coach
1974: Karl Stefanovic, Australian television host
1973: Jonathan Coachman, American sportscaster and wrestler
1973: Mark Iuliano, Italian footballer and manager
1973: Todd Marchant, American ice hockey player and coach
1972: Demir Demirkan, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
1972: Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer and manager
1972: Takanohana Kōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna
1972: Gyanendra Pandey, Indian cricketer
1972: Del the Funky Homosapien, American rapper
1971: Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress, comedian, and talk show host
1971: Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
1971: Pete Sampras, American tennis player
1970: Aleksandar Đurić, Bosnian footballer
1970: Charles Mesure, English-Australian actor and screenwriter
1970: Toby Perkins, English businessman and politician
1970: Jim Schlossnagle, American baseball player and coach
1970: Anthony Swofford, American soldier and author
1969: Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor and politician
1969: Stuart Williams, Nevisian cricketer
1969: Tanita Tikaram, British pop/folk singer-songwriter
1968: Thorsten Boer, German footballer and manager
1967: Andy Hui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
1967: Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker
1967: Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer
1966: Tobias Ellwood, American-English captain and politician
1965: Peter Krause, American actor
1964: Txiki Begiristain, Spanish footballer
1964: Michael Hagan, Australian rugby league player and coach
1963: Kōji Kitao, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 60th Yokozuna (died 2019)
1963: Campbell Newman, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Queensland
1963: Sir Mix-a-Lot, American rapper, producer, and actor
1961: Roy Hay, English guitarist, keyboard player, and composer
1961: Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer
1960: Laurent Fignon, French cyclist and sportscaster (died 2010)
1960: Greg Thomas, Welsh-English cricketer
1959: Kerry Boustead, Australian rugby league player
1958: Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player and songwriter
1957: Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer
1957: Amanda Redman, English actress
1956: Lee Freedman, Australian horse trainer
1956: Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor and producer
1956: Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer
1954: Rob Borbidge, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Queensland
1954: Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong businessman and politician, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
1954: Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Hungary
1954: François Hollande, French lawyer and politician, 24th President of France
1954: Sam J. Jones, American actor
1954: Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist and composer
1952: Daniel Biles, American associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
1952: Sitaram Yechury, Indian politician and leader of CPI(M) (died 2024)
1951: Klaus Toppmöller, German football manager and former player
1950: Jim Beaver, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1950: August "Kid Creole" Darnell, American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer
1950: George McGinnis, American basketball player (died 2023)
1949: Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician
1949: Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1949: Lou Martin, Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (died 2012)
1949: Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
1949: Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer and photographer
1948: Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
1948: Graham J. Zellick, English academic and jurist
1947: John Nathan-Turner, English author and television director, producer, and writer (died 2002)
1946: Terry Nutkins, English television host and author (died 2012)
1945: Dorothy E. Denning, American computer scientist and academic
1945: Ron Mael, American keyboard player and songwriter
1943: Javeed Alam, Indian academician (died 2016)
1942: Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician and author
1941: L. M. Kit Carson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1941: Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright (died 2017)
1941: Edwin Feulner, American political scientist (died 2025)
1941: Dana Ivey, American actress
1940: Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (died 2005)
1940: John Waller, English historical European martial arts (HEMA) revival pioneer and fight director (died 2018)
1939: George Hamilton, American actor
1939: David Jacobs, American television writer and producer (died 2023)
1939: S. Jayakumar, Singaporean politician, 4th Senior Minister of Singapore
1939: Pam Kilborn, Australian track and field athlete
1939: David King, South African chemist and academic
1939: Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (died 2016)
1939: Roy Romanow, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Saskatchewan
1938: Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian journalist and politician, 38th Mayor of Quebec City (died 2016)
1937: Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (died 2014)
1936: Kjell Grede, Swedish director and screenwriter (died 2017)
1935: John Cazale, American actor (died 1978)
1934: Robin Nicholson, English metallurgist and academic (died 2024)
1933: Parnelli Jones, American race car driver and businessman (died 2024)
1933: Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (died 2013)
1932: Dallin H. Oaks, American lawyer, jurist, and religious leader
1932: Charlie O'Donnell, American radio and television announcer (died 2010)
1932: Sirikit, Queen mother of Thailand
1931: William Goldman, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2018)
1930: Harry Babcock, American football player and first overall draft pick (died 1996)
1930: George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the Soros Fund Management
1930: Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant (died 2010)
1930: Jacques Tits, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (died 2021)
1929: Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
1928: Charles Blackman, Australian painter and illustrator (died 2018)
1928: Bob Buhl, American baseball player (died 2001)
1928: Dan Curtis, American director and producer (died 2006)
1927: Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
1926: Douglas Croft, American child actor (died 1963)
1926: John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (died 1998)
1926: Joe Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)
1925: Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (died 2016)
1925: Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (died 1986)
1925: Donald Justice, American poet and writing teacher (died 2004)
1925: Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 2004)
1925: Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 1975)
1925: George Wetherill, American physicist and academic (died 2006)
1924: Derek Shackleton, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (died 2007)
1924: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (died 1988)
1923: John Holt, Jamaican cricketer (died 1997)
1922: Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright (died 1987)
1922: Miloš Jakeš, Czech communist politician (died 2020)
1920: Charles Gibson, American ethnohistorian (died 1985)
1920: Percy Mayfield, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 1984)
1919: Margaret Burbidge, English-American astrophysicist and academic (died 2020)
1919: Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist and academic (died 1971)
1918: Sid Bernstein, American record producer (died 2013)
1918: Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944)
1917: Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (died 2008)
1917: Ebba Haslund, Norwegian writer (died 2009)
1916: Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (died 2012)
1916: Edward Pinkowski, American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (died 2020)
1915: Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (died 2007)
1914: Gerd Buchdahl, German-English philosopher and author (died 2001)
1914: Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter (died 1981)
1913: Richard L. Bare, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
1912: Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1997)
1911: Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (died 1993)
1910: Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (died 1970)
1910: Jane Wyatt, American actress (died 2006)
1909: Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (died 1991)
1907: Gladys Bentley, American blues singer (died 1960)
1907: Joe Besser, American actor (died 1988)
1907: Boy Charlton, Australian swimmer (died 1975)
1907: Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (died 1981)
1906: Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach (died 1985)
1906: Tedd Pierce, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (died 1972)
1904: Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (died 1997)
1904: Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (died 2009)
1904: Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (died 1918)
1902: Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian statesman, 1st Vice President of Indonesia (died 1980)
1899: Ben Sealey, Trinidadian cricketer (died 1963)
1897: Maurice Fernandes, Guyanese cricketer (died 1981)
1892: Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (died 1977)
1891: C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and academic (died 1953)
1891: John McDermott, American golfer (died 1971)
1889: Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (died 1981)
1887: Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)
1885: Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (died 1959)
1885: Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (died 1952)
1885: Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (died 1959)
1883: Martha Hedman, Swedish-American actress and playwright (died 1974)
1883: Marion Lorne, American actress (died 1968)
1881: Cecil B. DeMille, American director and producer (died 1959)
1880: Radclyffe Hall, English poet, author, and activist (died 1943)
1880: Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (died 1925)
1877: Albert Bartha, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (died 1960)
1876: Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author and playwright (died 1958)
1871: Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian politician, 2nd President of Latvia (died 1939)
1870: Henry Reuterdahl, Swedish-American artist (died 1925)
1867: Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator (died 1963)
1866: Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1954)
1866: Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter, mountaineer, and jurist (died 1907)
1860: Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (died 1907)
1859: Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author (died 1929)
1857: Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter and educator (died 1924)
1856: Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1917)
1852: Michael J. McGivney, American priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus (died 1890)
1833: William P. Sanders, American army officer (died 1863)
1831: Helena Blavatsky, Russian theosophist and scholar (died 1891)
1774: Robert Southey, English poet and author (died 1843)
1773: Karl Faber, Prussian historian and academic (died 1853)
1762: George IV of the United Kingdom (died 1830)
1696: Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (died 1755)
1686: John Balguy, English philosopher and author (died 1748)
1644: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer (died 1704)
1629: Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Austrian archduchess (died 1685)
1626: Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (died 1690)
1604: Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1651)
1599: Sir William Curtius FRS, German magistrate, English baronet (died 1678)
1591: Louise de Marillac, co-founder of the Daughters of Charity (died 1660)
1506: Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (died 1576)
1503: Christian III of Denmark (died 1559)
1452: Abraham Zacuto, Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian (died 1515)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Kim Kahana, American actor and stunt performer (born 1929)
2021: Una Stubbs, English actress, TV personality, and dancer (born 1937)
2020: Bill Yeoman, American college football player and coach (born 1927)
2019: DJ Arafat, Ivorian DJ and singer (born 1986)
2017: Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (born 1942)
2016: Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (born 1958)
2015: Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and academic (born 1929)
2015: Stephen Lewis, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
2015: Meshulim Feish Lowy, Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (born 1921)
2015: John Scott, English organist and conductor (born 1956)
2014: Lauren Bacall, American model, actress, and singer (born 1924)
2014: Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1950)
2014: Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1948)
2013: Tereza de Arriaga, Portuguese painter (born 1915)
2013: Hans-Ekkehard Bob, German soldier and pilot (born 1917)
2013: Pauline Maier, American historian and academic (born 1938)
2013: David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (born 1952)
2013: Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov, Russian ecologist and journalist (born 1930)
2012: Jimmy Carr, American football player and coach (born 1933)
2012: Jerry Grant, American race car driver (born 1935)
2012: Joe Kubert, Polish-American illustrator, founded The Kubert School (born 1926)
2012: Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican engineer and politician
2012: Alf Morris, English politician and activist (born 1928)
2011: Robert Robinson, English journalist and author (born 1927)
2010: Isaac Bonewits, American Druid, author, and activist; founded Ár nDraíocht Féin (born 1949)
2010: Guido de Marco, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th President of Malta (born 1931)
2010: Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter (born 1946)
2010: André Kim, South Korean fashion designer (born 1935)
2009: Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1915)
2008: Christie Allen, English-Australian singer (born 1954)
2008: Helge Hagerup, Norwegian playwright, poet and novelist (born 1933)
2007: Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (born 1925)
2007: Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (born 1963)
2006: Victoria Gray Adams, American civil rights activist (born 1926)
2005: John Loder, English sound engineer and producer, founded Southern Studios (born 1946)
2004: Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)
2002: Enos Slaughter, American baseball player and manager (born 1916)
2000: Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (born 1955)
2000: Loretta Young, American actress (born 1913)
1999: Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (born 1916)
1997: Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (born 1914)
1996: Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist and academic (born 1908)
1996: Mark Gruenwald, American author and illustrator (born 1953)
1992: John Cage, American composer and theorist (born 1912)
1990: Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (born 1903)
1989: Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (born 1917)
1989: William Shockley, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
1988: Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (born 1960)
1986: Evaline Ness, American author and illustrator (born 1911)
1985: Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1941)
1985: Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (born 1951)
1984: Ladi Kwali, Nigerian potter (born 1925)
1983: Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (born 1892)
1982: Henry Fonda, American actor (born 1905)
1982: Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (born 1959)
1979: Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
1978: John Williams, English motorcycle racer (born 1946)
1976: Tom Driberg, British politician/journalist (born 1905)
1973: Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
1973: Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
1967: Esther Forbes, American historian and author (born 1891)
1966: Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (born 1923)
1964: Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (born 1908)
1959: Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1877)
1955: Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875)
1955: James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
1952: David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (born 1884)
1944: Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (born 1915)
1944: Jacques Pellegrin, French zoologist (born 1873)
1943: Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (born 1859)
1941: Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (born 1866)
1941: Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (born 1857)
1940: Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (born 1884)
1935: Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (born 1851)
1934: Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (born 1856)
1928: Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (born 1854)
1924: Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (born 1863)
1922: Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (born 1871)
1921: Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (born 1836)
1918: William Thompson, American archer (born 1848)
1914: John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed HMS Holland 1 (born 1840)
1904: William Renshaw, English tennis player (born 1861)
1901: Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (born 1832)
1900: Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (born 1836)
1896: Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (born 1841)
1891: James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (born 1819)
1865: William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (born 1785)
1864: Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese scholar and politician (born 1811)
1861: Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (born 1793)
1849: Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1761)
1848: George Stephenson, English engineer and academic (born 1781)
1829: Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (born 1760)
1827: William Blake, English poet and painter (born 1757)
1822: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (born 1769)
1810: Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (born 1725)
1809: Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (born 1738)
1778: Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (born 1714)
1689: Pope Innocent XI (born 1611)
1674: Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (born 1602)
1638: Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (born 1557)
1612: Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (born 1557)
1602: Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Mughal vizier and historian (born 1551)
1588: Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (born 1543)
1577: Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (born 1513)
1546: Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian (born 1492)
1484: Sixtus IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1414)
1424: Yongle, emperor of the Ming Empire (born 1360)
1399: Demetrius I Starshy, Prince of Trubczewsk (in battle) (born 1327)
1335: Prince Moriyoshi, Japanese shōgun (born 1308)
1319: Rudolf I, duke of Bavaria (born 1274)
1315: Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman
1295: Charles Martel, king of Hungary (born 1271)
1222: Vladislaus III, duke of Bohemia
961: Yuan Zong, emperor of Southern Tang (born 916)
960: Li Gu, chancellor of Later Zhou (born 903)
875: Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 825)
792: Jænberht, archbishop of Canterbury
30 BC: Cleopatra, Egyptian queen (born 69 BC)

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