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August 13

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August 13

August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 140 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Michigan man who misses lottery jackpot by one number wins $795,905 Fantasy 5 jackpot the next night. A Michigan man who was disappointed that he had missed the jackpot by one number was surprised to learn that he had won a $795,905 Fantasy 5 lottery jackpot the next night.
2023: Michigan man wins record $503,254 Club Keno prize. A Michigan lottery player won his second big Club Keno jackpot and set the new record for the highest prize won in the game at $503,254 while doing so.
2021: £148 million Euro Millions lottery winner sells £6.5 million mansion. A lottery winner who won £148 million (US$232.5 million) in a Euro Millions drawing in August 2012 sold the mansion he bought with his lottery winnings at a loss.
2019: UK lottery winners thank cat for £1 million prize. A UK couple who got their claws on a £1 million (US$1.2 million) lottery prize thanked their pet cat for the win.
2019: Will R.I. Lottery win or lose in $1 billion IGT contract battle?. In the months ahead, the smallest state's biggest controversy is expected to be a high-stakes battle over whether IGT gets to run the state's lottery system and provide slot machines at Twin River's casinos through 2043.
2017: $430 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges on rollover. Coming into this weekend there were two big jackpots generating lots of excitement and ticket sales; going out there's just one — and it's enormous.
2016: Alabama lottery plan could face uphill battle. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, who said a year ago that lotteries were as old-fashioned as leisure suits, now says they are the best remaining option to boost funding for important state programs, especially Medicaid.
2015: NY Lottery winner, 82, shares $7M jackpot with daughter. A winning $7 million scratch-off lottery ticket purchased by an 82-year-old grandmother while waiting for her hair appointment is about to change the lives of several generations in one family.
2013: Meet the "Ocean's 16" N.J. Powerball Winners. Among the 16 co-workers who came forward today to claim their piece of a $448 million Powerball jackpot were a woman who lost her home in Superstorm Sandy and the daughter of the man who is credited as the "father of the New Jersey lottery."
2011: Minnesota couple claims $229M Powerball lottery jackpot. Thomas and Kathleen Morris, a couple from Burnsville, Minnesota, walked into the Minnesota State Lottery headquarters around 2:30 p.m. Friday afternoon to claim the nearly $229 million winning Powerball ticket.
2010: 'Lottery Ticket' cast tries luck at Scratchers. Local media gave the stars of the upcoming Lottery Ticket movie some scratchers to play while they were entering the movie's premier.
2010: Writer accuses agent of stealing 'Lottery Ticket' movie. Ice Cube's new movie "Lottery Ticket" doesn't come out for another week, but there's already a legal fight over the flick from a screenwriter who claims his agent ripped off his idea and gave it to another one of his clients.
2009: Powerball lottery jackpot cracks $200M mark. The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $213 million, with a cash option of $104.7 million.
2009: Connecticut lottery players' prize claim period cut in half. From now on, Connecticut Lottery winners will have six months less time to claim their prizes, in a change expected to reap $6.1 million in unclaimed prize money for the cash-starved state government during the first year.
2008: Lottery winners plea for a wife for their son. After winning a Â£2.3 million (US$4.3 million) UK Lotto jackpot, Bob and Pat Green are hoping money CAN buy love -- for son Stewart.
2004: Lottery ticket number crucial to trial. The outcome of a civil case pitting Julie Prive, 27, who worked at the Tedeschi's in East Falmouth, Massachusetts where a winning $4 million scratch ticket was sold, against two other Falmouth residents could hinge on the question of when she learned the number of the ticket.
2004: Kentucky Lottery tries to stave off losses from competition. Even as Kentucky lottery officials announced Thursday that a record $193.5 million in proceeds were turned over to the state last fiscal year, there was no time for celebration. Officials are too busy trying to stave off expected losses to Tennessee and its lottery that debuted this year.
2004: Ministers set on blocking rapist's £7m lottery win. Two ministers vowed yesterday to stop a convicted rapist receiving his £7 million lottery winnings but no one in Whitehall could say how.
2004: Georgia Lottery executives get $560,000 in bonuses. Executives of the Georgia Lottery Corp. received more than $559,000 in bonuses after registering another record sales year, even though the Legislature voted to cut benefits under lottery-funded HOPE scholarships.
2003: Record Italian Jackpot Scooped by Single Ticket. One lucky gambler won Europe's biggest-ever jackpot on Wednesday, pocketing nearly 66 million euros (US$75 million) and ending an almost six-month Italian lottery drought.
2003: Judge rules $25 million lottery ticket belongs to couple. A New Jersey judge ruled Wednesday that a $25 million lottery ticket belongs to the couple that presented the ticket to lottery officials.
2003: Lawsuit has a pull-tab lottery plan on hold. A new Michigan instant lottery game planned for bars this fall is mired in a court fight over whether it is legal and is unfair competition to charities that sell similar pull-tab games.
2003: No cameras, please! Big Lotto winner's shy. Florida's newest jumbo Lotto winner, who Monday morning claimed the second half of the recent $80.9 million jackpot, doesn't want any publicity.
2003: Six indicted in numbers racket. Six people were charged yesterday in what authorities say is a massive gambling network that grossed millions of dollars a year in Northeast Ohio.
2003: $25 million lottery ticket before judge. A Superior Court judge is scheduled to rule today on who owns a disputed Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $25 million.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$435 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2024
2.$432.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 16, 2017
3.$337 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 15, 2012
4.€253.36 Million US$259.92 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2022
5.$259.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2021
6.€209.16 Million US$233.97 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2019
7.$225 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2021
8.$220.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2023
9.$213 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 15, 2009
10.$181 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 15, 2007
11.$146 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2009
12.$144 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 15, 2014
13.$138 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2019
14.€123.02 Million
US$137.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2016
15.€110 Million
US$129.55 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2021
16.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2007
17.€90 Million
US$105.99 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2021
18.€90 Million
US$102.3 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2018
19.$100 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 15, 2001
20.$97 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2004
21.€85 Million
US$93.71 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 14, 2020
22.€75 Million
US$83.9 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2019
23.€75 Million
US$83.19 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 16, 2019
24.$82 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2016
24.$82 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 16, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2000: Yscratch
Sunday, Aug 13, 2000
24 years old
1985: Tay333
Tuesday, Aug 13, 1985
39 years old
1982: cb0013
Friday, Aug 13, 1982
42 years old
1981: Betttucha
Thursday, Aug 13, 1981
43 years old
1981: Javier4Life
Thursday, Aug 13, 1981
43 years old
1977: keakyd
Saturday, Aug 13, 1977
47 years old
1974: netta2132
Tuesday, Aug 13, 1974
50 years old
1972: pdlipe336
Sunday, Aug 13, 1972
52 years old
1961: Marcyog
Sunday, Aug 13, 1961
63 years old
1958: bikinibeegee
Wednesday, Aug 13, 1958
66 years old
1958: blackbeauty351
Wednesday, Aug 13, 1958
66 years old
1954: bobg
Friday, Aug 13, 1954
70 years old
: AngelEyes
(year not provided)
: Luckyteetee
(year not provided)
: djstripper
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Israel-United Arab Emirates relations are formally established.
2015: At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq.
2008: Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
2004: One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
1990: A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwanese naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
1978: One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
1977: Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
1973: Aviaco Flight 118 crashes on approach to A Coruña Airport in A Coruña, Spain, killing 85.
1969: The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
1968: Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
1967: Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
1964: Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
1961: Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started. The day is known as Barbed Wire Sunday.
1960: The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
1954: Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
1944: World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
1942: Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
1937: Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
1920: Polish-Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
1918: Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1918: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
1913: First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
1906: The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
1905: Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
1900: The steamer Deutschland of Hamburg America Lines set a new record for the eastward passage when it docked on Plymouth, England, five days, 11 hours and 45 minutes after sailing from New York, breaking by three hours, six minutes its previous mark in its maiden voyage in July.
1898: Spanish-American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
1898: Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
1889: William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
1868: The 8.5-9.0 M_w Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing 25,000+ deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand.
1814: The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Netherlands, is signed in London, England.
1806: Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle ends two days later with a Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
1792: King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
1779: American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1724: Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101, a chorale cantata on a famous tune.
1704: War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
1650: Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.
1645: Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro.
1624: The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister.
1553: Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
1536: Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance.
1532: Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
1521: After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
1516: The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
1099: Raniero is elected as Pope Paschal II, who would become deeply entangled in the Investiture Controversy.
900: Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren.
871: Emperor Louis II of Italy and Empress Engelberga are captured by Prince Adelchis of Benevento.
582: Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
554: Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy.
523: John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
29 BC: Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.

Births On This Day

2000: Na Jaemin, South Korean rapper, singer, dancer and actor
1999: Lennon Stella, Canadian singer and actress
1998: Dalma Gálfi, Hungarian tennis player
1996: Antonia Lottner, German tennis player
1994: Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1993: Moses Mbye, Australian rugby league player
1992: Katrina Gorry, Australian football player
1992: Lucas Moura, Brazilian footballer
1992: Alicja Tchórz, Polish swimmer
1992: Taijuan Walker, American baseball player
1991: Dave Days, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991: Lesley Doig, Scottish lawn bowler
1990: DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player
1990: Benjamin Stambouli, French footballer
1989: Greg Draper, New Zealand footballer
1989: Justin Greene, American basketball player
1989: Israel Jiménez, Mexican footballer
1988: Keith Benson, American basketball player
1988: Jerry Hughes, American football player
1988: Brandon Workman, American baseball player
1987: Jose Lorenzo Diokno, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter
1987: Devin McCourty, American football player
1987: Jason McCourty, American football player
1987: Jamie Reed, Welsh footballer
1985: Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach
1984: Alona Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
1984: Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
1984: Boone Logan, American baseball player
1984: James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983: Dallas Braden, American baseball player
1983: Aleš Hemský, Czech ice hockey player
1983: Ľubomír Michalík, Slovak footballer
1983: Christian Müller, German footballer
1982: Christopher Raeburn, English fashion designer
1982: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Governor of Arkansas, American political consultant and press secretary
1982: Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
1980: Murtz Jaffer, Canadian journalist
1979: Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
1979: Corey Patterson, American baseball player
1979: Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
1978: Dwight Smith, American football player
1977: Michael Klim, Polish-Australian swimmer
1977: Kenyan Weaks, American basketball player and coach
1976: Geno Carlisle, American basketball player
1976: Nicolás Lapentti, Ecuadorian tennis player
1975: Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
1975: Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1974: Scott MacRae, American baseball player and coach
1974: Joe Perry, English snooker player
1974: Niklas Sundin, Swedish musician and artist
1974: Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player and coach
1973: Molly Henneberg, American journalist
1973: Eric Medlen, American race car driver (d. 2007)
1972: Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour
1971: Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver
1971: Adam Housley, American baseball player and journalist
1971: Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
1970: Will Clarke, American author
1970: Elvis Grbac, American football player and coach
1970: Seana Kofoed, American actress
1970: Alan Shearer, English footballer and manager
1969: Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
1968: Tal Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter
1968: Todd Hendricks, American football player and coach
1968: Tony Jarrett, English sprinter and hurdler
1967: Quinn Cummings, American actress, author, and entrepreneur
1967: Dave Jamerson, American basketball player
1967: Digna Ketelaar, Dutch tennis player
1966: Scooter Barry, American basketball player
1966: Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
1965: Mark Lemke, American baseball player, coach, and radio host
1965: Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer and conductor
1964: Jay Buhner, American baseball player and sportscaster
1964: Debi Mazar, American actress
1964: Tom Prince, American baseball player and manager
1963: Steve Higgins, American talk show co-host and announcer, writer, producer, comedian and impressionist
1963: Valerie Plame, American CIA agent and author
1963: Sridevi, Indian actress (d. 2018)
1962: John Slattery, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961: Koji Kondo, Japanese composer and sound director
1961: Dawnn Lewis, American actress
1961: Neil Mallender, English cricketer and umpire
1961: Tom Perrotta, American novelist and screenwriter
1960: Ivar Stukolkin, Estonian swimmer
1959: Danny Bonaduce, American actor and wrestler
1959: Bruce French, English cricketer and coach
1959: Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
1958: David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer and sportscaster
1958: Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
1958: Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
1956: Rohinton Fali Nariman, Judge of the Supreme Court of India
1955: Keith Ahlers, English race car driver
1955: Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver
1955: Paul Greengrass, English director and screenwriter
1954: Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
1953: Tom Cohen, American philosopher, theorist, and academic
1953: Ron Hilditch, Australian rugby league player and coach
1953: Thomas Pogge, German philosopher and academic
1953: Peter Wright, English historian and author
1952: Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1952: Gary Gibbs, American football player and coach
1952: Suzanne Muldowney, American performance artist
1952: Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (d. 2002)
1952: Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
1952: Eugenio Lopez III, Filipino businessperson, CEO and chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation
1951: Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
1950: Jane Carr, English actress
1950: Rusty Gerhardt, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1949: Jim Brunzell, American wrestler
1949: Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1949: Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker
1949: Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (d. 1973)
1948: Kathleen Battle, American operatic soprano
1947: Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager
1947: John Stocker, Canadian voice actor and director
1947: Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
1946: Janet Yellen, American economist, 78th United States secretary of the treasury
1945: Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
1945: Gary Gregor, American basketball player
1945: Robin Jackman, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2020)
1945: Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (d. 2016)
1944: Kevin Tighe, American actor
1943: Fred Hill, American football player
1943: Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, President of Haiti
1943: Michael Willetts, English sergeant; George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
1942: Hissène Habré, Chadian politician and war criminal, 5th president of Chad (d. 2021)
1940: Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
1938: Dave "Baby" Cortez, American R&B pianist, organist, and composer
1938: Bill Masterton, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1968)
1935: Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (d. 2001)
1935: Mudcat Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2021)
1933: Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
1930: Wilfried Hilker, German footballer and referee
1930: Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (d. 2007)
1930: Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
1930: Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (d. 1999)
1930: Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (d. 2014)
1929: Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor (d. 2016)
1928: John Tidmarsh, English journalist and radio host (d. 2019)
1926: Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, ex-President of Cuba (d. 2016)
1925: Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2005)
1925: José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentine executive and policy maker (d. 2013)
1922: Chuck Gilmur, American basketball player, coach, and educator (d. 2011)
1921: Louis Frémaux, French conductor (d. 2017)
1921: Jimmy McCracklin, American blues/R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
1921: Mary Lee, Scottish singer (d. 2022)
1920: Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
1919: Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host (d. 2007)
1919: George Shearing, English jazz pianist and bandleader (d. 2011)
1918: Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2006)
1918: Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1917: Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
1914: Grace Bates, American mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
1913: Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
1913: Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
1912: Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985)
1912: Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1997)
1912: Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1911: William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide (d. 1982)
1908: Gene Raymond, American actor and pilot (d. 1998)
1907: Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed Coventry Cathedral (d. 1976)
1906: Chuck Carroll, American football player and lawyer (d. 2003)
1906: Art Shires, American baseball player and boxer (d. 1967)
1904: Buddy Rogers, American actor and musician (d. 1999)
1904: Margaret Tafoya, Native American Pueblo potter (d. 2001)
1902: Felix Wankel, German engineer (d. 1988)
1899: Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
1899: José Ramón Guizado, Panamanian politician, 17th President of Panama (d. 1964)
1898: Jean Borotra, French tennis player (d. 1994)
1898: Regis Toomey, American actor (d. 1991)
1895: István Barta, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1948)
1895: Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)
1889: Camillien Houde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
1888: John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television (d. 1946)
1888: Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)
1884: Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach (d. 1957)
1879: John Ireland, English composer and educator (d. 1962)
1872: Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
1871: Karl Liebknecht, German politician, co-founded Communist Party of Germany (d. 1919)
1867: George Luks, American painter and illustrator (d. 1933)
1866: Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A. (d. 1945)
1860: Annie Oakley, American target shooter (d. 1926)
1851: Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and educator (d. 1933)
1849: Leonora Barry, Irish-born American social activist (d. 1930)
1842: Charles Wells, English brewer, founded Charles Wells Ltd (d. 1914)
1841: Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
1831: Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1902)
1824: John J. Robison, American politician in Michigan (d. 1897)
1823: Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)
1820: George Grove, English musicologist and historian (d. 1900)
1819: Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist (d. 1903)
1818: Lucy Stone, American abolitionist and suffragist (d. 1893)
1814: Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (d. 1874)
1803: Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (d. 1869)
1790: William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician (d. 1872)
1764: Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1813)
1756: James Gillray, English caricaturist and printmaker (d. 1815)
1717: Louis François, Prince of Conti (d. 1776)
1700: Heinrich von Brühl, Polish-German politician (d. 1763)
1666: William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (d. 1727)
1662: Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1748)
1625: Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
1592: William, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count, field marshal of the Dutch State Army (d. 1642)
1584: Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (d. 1640)
1567: Samuel de Champlain, French explorer (d. 1635)
1311: Alfonso XI, king of Castile and León (d. 1350)
985: Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (d. 1021)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter (b. 1953)
2018: Jim Neidhart, American wrestler (b. 1955)
2016: Kenny Baker, English actor and musician (b. 1934)
2016: Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu leader (b. 1921)
2015: Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Interior (b. 1952)
2015: Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1920)
2015: Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (b. 1928)
2014: Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (b. 1934)
2014: Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician, 14th Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (b. 1965)
2014: Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)
2014: Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2013: Lothar Bisky, German politician (b. 1941)
2013: Aaron Selber, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
2013: Jean Vincent, French footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2012: Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
2012: Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
2012: Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1937)
2012: Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (b. 1919)
2012: Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2011: Tareque Masud, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1957)
2011: Mishuk Munier, Bangladeshi journalist and cinematographer (b. 1959)
2010: Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (b. 1976)
2010: Lance Cade, American wrestler (b. 1981)
2010: Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
2009: Lavelle Felton, American basketball player (b. 1980)
2008: Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
2008: Bill Gwatney, American politician (b. 1959)
2008: Jack Weil, American businessman (b. 1901)
2007: Brian Adams, American wrestler (b. 1964)
2007: Brooke Astor, American philanthropist and socialite (b. 1902)
2007: Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
2006: Tony Jay, English actor and singer (b. 1933)
2006: Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (b. 1975)
2005: Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
2005: David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
2004: Julia Child, American chef, author, and television host (b. 1912)
2003: Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2001: Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
2001: Jim Hughes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1923)
2001: Betty Cavanna, American author (b. 1909)
2000: Nazia Hassan, Pakistani singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
1999: Ignatz Bubis, German Jewish religious leader (b. 1927)
1999: Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and lawyer (b. 1960)
1998: Nino Ferrer, Italian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
1998: Edward Ginzton, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (b. 1915)
1998: Julien Green, American author (b. 1900)
1998: Rafael Robles, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1947)
1996: António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1910)
1995: Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (b. 1963)
1995: Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (b. 1926)
1995: Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1931)
1991: James Roosevelt, American general and politician (b. 1907)
1989: Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
1989: Larkin I. Smith, American police officer and politician (b. 1944)
1986: Helen Mack, American actress (b. 1913)
1984: Tigran Petrosian, Georgian-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
1979: Andrew Dasburg, American painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
1978: Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (b. 1944)
1975: Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)
1974: Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (b. 1888)
1971: W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
1965: Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
1963: Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
1958: Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
1954: Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
1946: H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
1937: Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
1934: Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
1917: Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
1912: Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
1910: Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
1900: Collis Potter Huntington, American railway magnate (b. 1821)
1865: Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
1863: Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
1826: René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
1795: Ahilyabai Holkar, Queen of Indore (b. 1725)
1766: Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (b. 1726)
1749: Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (b. 1719)
1744: John Cruger, Danish-American businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
1721: Jacques Lelong, French priest and author (b. 1665)
1686: Louis Maimbourg, French priest and historian (b. 1610)
1667: Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop and saint (b. 1613)
1617: Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman and theologian (b. 1540)
1608: Giambologna, Italian sculptor (b. 1529)
1523: Gerard David, Flemish painter (b. 1460)
1447: Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan (b. 1392)
1382: Eleanor of Aragon, queen of Castile (b. 1358)
1311: Pietro Gradenigo, doge of Venice
1297: Nawrūz, Mongol emir
1134: Irene of Hungary, Byzantine empress (b. 1088)
981: Gyeongjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 955)
908: Al-Muktafi, Abbasid caliph
900: Zwentibold, king of Lotharingia (b. 870)
696: Takechi, Japanese prince
662: Maximus the Confessor, Byzantine theologian
612: Fabia Eudokia, Byzantine empress (b. 580)
604: Wen, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (b. 541)
587: Radegund, Frankish princess and saint (b. 520)

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