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August 17

On This Day in History

August 17

August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 136 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Iowa Lottery to add Double Play add-on feature to Powerball. The Iowa Lottery has announced that it has approved a plan to allow players to add the Double Play add-on feature to their Powerball tickets.
2021: £2.4 million UK lottery winner opens up 17 years after win. More often then not, it's the unfortunate lottery winners we hear about years after the big win, but one UK winner opened up about how he maintained both his wealth and normalcy after winning £2.4 million (US$3.3 million) 17 years ago.
2020: Connecticut Lottery's Fast Play instant game crashes lottery terminals. The Connecticut Lottery's newest game is attracting so many players that lottery terminals are slowing or shutting down.
2018: Police break up scratch-off lottery ticket burglary ring. Authorities have arrested three San Jose, California, men and are seeking at least one other suspected of breaking into Bay Area businesses to steal lottery scratch-off tickets.
2018: Pennsylvania Lottery is now offering simulated sports games, much to casinos' dismay. The Pennsylvania Lottery on Tuesday rolled out the latest addition to its line-up with the introduction of a simulated sports games that may appeal to football and auto racing fans.
2017: $510 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot soars into top 10. August has been a hot month for lottery jackpot chasers, with both Mega Millions and Powerball simultaneously reaching massive levels. Even though Mega Millions has been won, Powerball continues to roll, now surpassing the half-billion dollar mark.
2016: Alabama lottery debate: Senators try to reach compromise on 2 proposals. Alabama senators on Wednesday remained divided on lottery proposals as they tried to strike compromise on gambling that has so far been elusive.
2015: Idaho woman claims second big lotto prize. For the second time in just three months, Misty Adams collected a big check from the Idaho Lottery.
2014: Maryland lottery players winning big with Pick 4. Maryland lottery players are winning Pick 4 in such great numbers that it's hurting the Lottery's bottom line.
2013: Florida Lotto reaches its largest jackpot in 12 years. The jackpot in this weekend's Florida Lotto game is reaching its highest level in 12 years.
2013: Unclaimed $1 million lottery ticket to expire. Check your pockets, look under your couch, search your car, claim your million dollar grand prize before it's too late.
2010: N.H. Lottery cancels proposed online game. The New Hampshire Lottery Commission announced Tuesday it is abandoning a proposed new online, interactive game and shifting its focus to the state's current games, especially instant scratch tickets.
2007: Powerball lottery winners give back. Powerball winners Steve and Carolyn West and Frances Chaney created foundations to help children, veterans and the poor.
2007: Indiana Lottery Million Dollar Raffle results. The Hoosier Lottery's latest raffle-style game, Million Dollar Raffle, was drawn Thursday, awarding millions of dollars in prizes.
2006: More offshore gambling arrests. The U.S. attorney's office reported Wednesday that four men have been indicted in connection with an ongoing investigation into a gambling and money laundering scheme that allegedly involves facilitating illegal betting through a Costa Rica-based Web site.
2005: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $72 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $72 million Wednesday.
2005: While N.C. lottery bill sits, backers and critics wait. North Carolinians will have to wait at least a week before they find out if the legislature will approve a state lottery, because lawmakers have taken this week off while some of their fellows have traveled to Seattle for a legislative conference.
2005: French family win lottery twice with same numbers. In a feat that will have statisticians shaking their heads, a French family have twice won a national lottery -- using the same numbers each time.
2005: Texas Lottery May Eliminate Lotto Bonus Number. In an effort in increase sales, the Texas Lottery Commission is considering the elimination of the new five numbers and bonus ball matrix and return to a 'pick six of fifty' (6/50) format for the Lotto game, which is the flagship of the Texas Lottery.
2005: Redundant Mega Millions lottery bill passes Calif. Senate Committee. A Senate committee, on a bipartisan vote, approved a measure Tuesday to legalize California's participation in Mega Millions lotto -- without the testimony of lottery officials who maintain the multi-state game is already legal.
2004: Tennessee unveils new lottery game. The Tennessee Lottery Monday unveiled its newest computerized game, "Lotto 5," set to launch August 29.
2004: Decision on Tenn. lottery bonuses up in the air. A pending decision on whether to continue salary bonuses for Tennessee lottery CEO Rebecca Paul and her employees will be based on business principles rather than politician opinions, a key lottery board member said Monday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$541.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2017
2.$498 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2024
3.$274.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2023
4.$274.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 18, 2021
5.$259.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2009
6.€255.75 Million US$258.87 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 18, 2022
7.$242 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 17, 2021
8.€147.81 Million US$211.79 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2009
9.$210 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 18, 2007
10.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 18, 2009
11.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2014
12.$149 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 17, 2019
13.$148 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 17, 2007
14.€124.93 Million
US$141.56 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 18, 2016
15.$128 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 18, 2001
16.€99 Million
US$113 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 17, 2018
17.€79 Million
US$105.87 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2013
18.€74 Million
US$105.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2009
19.€95 Million
US$104.74 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 18, 2020
20.€69 Million
US$102.26 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2008
21.€91 Million
US$100.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2019
22.€90 Million
US$100.12 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2019
23.$99 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2022
24.$94 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 17, 2016
25.€65 Million
US$93.41 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 19, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2001: XD823
Friday, Aug 17, 2001
23 years old
1995: deason516
Thursday, Aug 17, 1995
29 years old
1994: blin3908
Wednesday, Aug 17, 1994
30 years old
1987: lailaji
Monday, Aug 17, 1987
37 years old
1985: Maryjpierce
Saturday, Aug 17, 1985
39 years old
1976: latrell76
Tuesday, Aug 17, 1976
48 years old
1974: Franklassgirl30
Saturday, Aug 17, 1974
50 years old
1974: Cane727
Saturday, Aug 17, 1974
50 years old
1969: scotty921
Sunday, Aug 17, 1969
55 years old
1962: tdempsey
Friday, Aug 17, 1962
62 years old
1961: KennyKen
Thursday, Aug 17, 1961
63 years old
1960: ccbrown33
Wednesday, Aug 17, 1960
64 years old
1949: spookysoozy
Wednesday, Aug 17, 1949
75 years old
1944: wildwillie
Thursday, Aug 17, 1944
80 years old
: dbello
(year not provided)
: islandgirll
(year not provided)
: PhillyLex
(year not provided)
: a$forme
(year not provided)
: flyinwahine
(year not provided)
: kingof-lotto
(year not provided)
: kjanine
(year not provided)
: suzymc
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured.
2017: Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.
2015: A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.
2009: An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
2008: American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
2005: The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
2005: Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh.
2004: The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
1999: The 7.6 M_w İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118-17,127 dead and 43,953-50,000 injured.
1998: Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
1991: Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.
1988: President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
1985: The 1985-86 Hormel strike begins in Austin, Minnesota.
1978: Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
1977: The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
1976: A magnitude 7.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000-8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless.
1970: Soviet Union Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
1969: Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
1962: Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
1960: Aeroflot Flight 036 crashes in Soviet Ukraine, killing 34.
1959: Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.2 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
1958: Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
1955: Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
1953: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
1949: The 6.7 M_s Karlıova earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 320-450 dead.
1949: Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing three crew members and igniting a political firestorm between the Japanese Communist Party and the government of Occupied Japan that will eventually lead to the Japanese Red Purge.
1947: The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
1945: Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
1945: The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published.
1945: Evacuation of Manchukuo: At Talitzou by the Sino-Korean border, Puyi, then the Kangde Emperor of Manchukuo, formally renounces the imperial throne, dissolves the state, and cedes its territory to the Republic of China.
1943: World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission.
1943: World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
1943: World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
1943: World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
1942: World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
1918: Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
1916: World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
1915: Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia, USA after his death sentence is commuted by Governor John Slaton.
1915: A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h).
1914: World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
1896: Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
1883: The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
1876: Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung, the last opera in his Ring cycle, premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus.
1866: The Grand Duchy of Baden announces its withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
1864: American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
1863: American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
1862: American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Dakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
1862: American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
1836: British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths.
1827: Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord.
1808: The Finnish War: The Battle of Alavus is fought.
1807: Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
1798: The Vietnamese Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang.
1784: Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12,000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
1740: Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
1723: Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
1717: Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
1668: The magnitude 8.0 North Anatolia earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in northern Anatolia, Ottoman Empire.
1597: Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores.
1585: Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
1585: A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
1560: The Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
1549: Battle of Sampford Courtenay: The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England.
1498: Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentinois.
1488: Konrad Bitz, the Bishop of Turku, marks the date of his preface to Missale Aboense, the oldest known book of Finland.
1424: Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas.
1386: Karl Topia, the ruler of Princedom of Albania forges an alliance with the Republic of Venice, committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the Ottomans in return.
1186: Georgenberg Pact: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria and Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided.
986: Byzantine-Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
682: Pope Leo II begins his pontificate.
310: Pope Eusebius dies, possibly from a hunger strike, shortly after being banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily.

Births On This Day

2003: Nastasja Schunk, German tennis player
2003: The Kid Laroi, Australian rapper and songwriter
2000: Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter
1996: Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player
1995: Gracie Gold, American figure skater
1995: Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
1994: Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter
1994: Jack Conklin, American football player
1994: Taissa Farmiga, American actress
1993: Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer
1993: Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
1993: Xie Zhenye, Chinese athlete
1992: Saraya Bevis, English wrestler
1992: Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013)
1992: Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
1992: Maru Teferi, Israeli marathon runner
1991: Austin Butler, American actor
1990: Rachel Hurd-Wood, English actress
1989: Lil B, American rapper
1989: Rachel Corsie, Scottish footballer
1988: Brady Corbet, American actor and director
1988: Jihadi John, Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS (d. 2015)
1988: Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1988: Erika Toda, Japanese actress
1986: Rudy Gay, American basketball player
1986: Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
1985: Yū Aoi, Japanese actress and model
1984: Dee Brown, American basketball player
1984: Oksana Domnina, Russian ice dancer
1984: Liam Heath, British sprint canoeist
1984: Garrett Wolfe, American football player
1983: Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
1982: Phil Jagielka, English footballer
1982: Cheerleader Melissa, American wrestler and manager
1982: Mark Salling, American actor and musician (d. 2018)
1980: Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
1980: Daniel Güiza, Spanish footballer
1980: Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
1980: Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1979: Antwaan Randle El, American football player and journalist
1977: Nathan Deakes, Australian race walker
1977: William Gallas, French footballer
1977: Thierry Henry, French footballer
1977: Mike Lewis, Welsh guitarist
1977: Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer
1976: Eric Boulton, Canadian ice hockey player
1976: Geertjan Lassche, Dutch journalist and director
1976: Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1974: Giuliana Rancic, Italian-American journalist and television personality
1974: Johannes Maria Staud, Austrian composer
1972: Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
1971: Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
1971: Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1971: Shaun Rehn, Australian footballer and coach
1970: Jim Courier, American tennis player and sportscaster
1970: Andrus Kivirähk, Estonian author
1970: Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer and coach
1969: Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach
1969: Kelvin Mercer, American rapper, songwriter and producer
1969: Donnie Wahlberg, American singer-songwriter, actor and producer
1968: Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1968: Ed McCaffrey, American football player and sportscaster
1968: Helen McCrory, English actress (d. 2021)
1967: David Conrad, American actor
1967: Michael Preetz, German footballer and manager
1966: Jüri Luik, Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th Estonian Minister of Defense
1966: Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder and stuntman
1966: Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1965: Steve Gorman, American drummer
1965: Dottie Pepper, American golfer
1964: Colin James, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1964: Maria McKee, American singer-songwriter
1964: Dave Penney, English footballer and manager
1963: Jon Gruden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1963: Jackie Walorski, American politician (d. 2022)
1962: Gilby Clarke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1962: Dan Dakich, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1960: Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer-songwriter
1960: Sean Penn, American actor, director, and political activist
1959: Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist
1959: Jacek Kazimierski, Polish footballer
1959: Eric Schlosser, American journalist and author
1959: David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993)
1958: Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
1958: Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant
1958: Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver
1957: Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
1957: Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
1957: Robin Cousins, British competitive figure skater
1956: Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun
1956: Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
1955: Colin Moulding, English singer-songwriter and bassist
1954: Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1954: Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia
1953: Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach
1953: Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate
1953: Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (d. 2015)
1953: Kevin Rowland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952: Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012)
1952: Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
1952: Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman
1952: Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
1951: Richard Hunt, American Muppet performer (d. 1992)
1951: Robert Joy, Canadian actor
1949: Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul
1949: Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013)
1949: Julian Fellowes, English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician
1949: Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (d. 2017)
1948: Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014)
1947: Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (d. 2016)
1947: Gary Talley, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author
1946: Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer
1946: Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946: Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2016)
1945: Rachel Pollack, American author, poet, and educator (d. 2023)
1944: Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation
1944: Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor
1943: Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author
1943: Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer
1943: John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author
1943: Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1942: Shane Porteous, Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter
1941: Lothar Bisky, German businessman and politician (d. 2013)
1941: Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter
1941: Boog Powell, American baseball player
1940: Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1940: Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician
1939: Luther Allison, American blues guitarist and singer (d. 1997)
1938: Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2023)
1936: Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2020)
1936: Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner
1934: João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 2023)
1934: Ron Henry, English footballer (d. 2014)
1933: Mark Dinning, American pop singer (d. 1986)
1932: V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
1932: Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (d. 1980)
1932: Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (d. 2022)
1931: Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic (d. 2022)
1930: Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1930: Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (d. 1998)
1929: Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (d. 1977)
1928: T. J. Anderson, American composer, conductor, and educator
1928: Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011)
1927: Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009)
1927: F. Ray Keyser Jr., American lawyer and politician, Governor of Vermont (d. 2015)
1926: Valerie Eliot, English businesswoman (d. 2012)
1926: Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) and 5th President of China (d. 2022)
1924: Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 2013)
1923: Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist (d. 2019)
1923: Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
1922: Roy Tattersall, English cricketer (d. 2011)
1921: Geoffrey Elton, German-English historian and academic (d. 1994)
1920: Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1920: Lida Moser, American photographer and author (d. 2014)
1919: Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
1918: Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (d. 1985)
1918: Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist (d. 1963)
1918: Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic (d. 2015)
1916: Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012)
1914: Bill Downs, American journalist (d. 1978)
1914: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1988)
1913: Mark Felt (aka 'Deep Throat'), American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 2008)
1913: Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989)
1913: Rudy York, American baseball player and manager (d. 1970)
1911: Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995)
1911: Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer (d. 2010)
1909: Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985)
1909: Wilf Copping, English footballer (d. 1980)
1904: Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (d. 1984)
1904: Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991)
1900: Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (d. 1957)
1900: Pauline A. Young, American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (d. 1991)
1899: Janet Lewis, American poet and novelist (d. 1998)
1896: Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (d. 1970)
1896: Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1991)
1896: Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author (d. 1970)
1894: William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (d. 1964)
1893: John Brahm, German-American director and production manager (d. 1982)
1893: Mae West, American stage and film actress (d. 1980)
1890: Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920)
1890: Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
1889: Lalla Carlsen, Norwegian singer and actress (d. 1967)
1888: Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit (d. 1963)
1887: Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)
1887: Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (d. 1940)
1880: Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player (d. 1948)
1878: Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
1877: Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923)
1873: John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946)
1866: Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)
1865: Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (d. 1950)
1863: Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer (d. 1924)
1849: William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (d. 1919)
1845: Henry Cadwalader Chapman, American physician and naturalist (d. 1909)
1840: Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (d. 1922)
1828: Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician (d. 1897)
1801: Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist (d. 1865)
1786: Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (d. 1836)
1786: Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1861)
1768: Louis Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
1753: Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian (d. 1828)
1686: Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (d. 1768)
1629: John III Sobieski, Polish-Lithuanian king (d. 1696)
1603: Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d. 1651)
1586: Johann Valentin Andrea, German theologian (d. 1654)
1582: John Matthew Rispoli, Maltese philosopher (d. 1639)
1578: Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)
1578: Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1638)
1556: Alexander Briant, English martyr and saint (d. 1581)
1501: Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1529)
1473: Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (d. 1483)
1465: Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1482)
1153: William IX, Count of Poitiers (d. 1156)

Deaths On This Day

2016: Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
2015: Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937)
2015: Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, German businessman (b. 1933)
2015: László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927)
2014: Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937)
2014: Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (b. 1921)
2014: Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917)
2014: Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928)
2014: Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
2013: Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938)
2013: Jack Harshman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
2013: John Hollander, American poet and critic (b. 1929)
2013: David Landes, Jewish-American historian and economist (b. 1924)
2013: Frank Martínez, American painter (b. 1924)
2013: Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912)
2012: Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915)
2012: Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933)
2012: Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945)
2012: John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2010: Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)
2008: Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926)
2007: Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913)
2007: Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
2006: Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929)
2005: John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934)
2004: Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (b. 1925)
2000: Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929)
1998: Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)
1998: Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950)
1995: Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
1995: Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
1994: Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)
1994: Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902)
1993: Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
1990: Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
1988: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
1988: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
1988: Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (b. 1935)
1987: Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924)
1987: Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician (b. 1894)
1987: Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
1983: Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896)
1979: John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907)
1979: Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
1977: Delmer Daves, American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904)
1973: Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
1973: Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)
1973: Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (b. 1939)
1971: Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
1971: Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
1970: Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
1969: Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1966: Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
1958: Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
1949: Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
1945: Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
1940: Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
1936: José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
1935: Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
1935: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
1925: Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
1924: Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
1920: Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
1918: Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
1909: Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
1908: Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
1903: Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
1901: Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
1897: William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
1875: Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
1870: Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
1861: Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
1850: José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
1838: Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
1834: Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
1814: John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
1809: Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728)
1786: Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
1785: Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
1768: Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
1723: Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668)
1720: Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654)
1676: Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621)
1673: Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
1547: Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478)
1510: Edmund Dudley, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1462)
1510: Richard Empson, English statesman
1424: John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381)
1338: Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (b. 1301)
1324: Irene of Brunswick (b. 1293)
1304: Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
1153: Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (b. 1130)
949: Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor
754: Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia

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