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August 2

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August 2

August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 151 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Wisconsin Lottery launches new Wisconsin 50/50 Raffle. Following the long-time success of the annual Holly Jolly and May Madness Raffles, the Wisconsin Lottery is announcing the arrival of the new Wisconsin 50/50 Raffle.
2024: Former New Jersey Lottery Executive Director Gloria Decker passes away at 91. On Thursday, the New Jersey Lottery published a dedication to the life of former Executive Director Gloria Decker, whose role as a "glass ceiling breaker" in the lottery industry cemented her place in New Jersey history.
2023: $1.25 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealth. After 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a cresting jackpot of $1.25 billion that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet.
2021: Louisiana Lottery launches Pick 5 draw game. Yesterday, the Louisiana Lottery launched Pick 5, the third game in its family of daily numbers games that also includes Pick 3 and Pick 4.
2019: Tennessee Powerball winner claims $198 million prize sold at Hendersonville market. A winner has come forward to claim the $198 million Powerball jackpot drawn on July 13, receiving the prize anonymously through a trust.
2018: EuroMillions ticket mistakenly ripped in half wins Scottish couple $67 million. The winners of a £57.9 million (US$67.3 million) EuroMillions jackpot were initially told they did not have a winning ticket and it was ripped in half and put in the garbage.
2018: What it's like to tell people they won the lottery for a living. An interview with an employee of Australia's largest lottery operator, The Lott, who makes calls every day to information lottery players that they won.
2016: Online lottery sales not approved by Massachusetts lawmakers. Massachusetts lottery players are going to have to wait a little bit longer if they want to buy lottery tickets online.
2015: Alabama Gov. compares lottery to leisure suits. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley took his campaign for tax increases and budget reform to the Bessemer Chamber of Commerce today, where he was asked about whether he's concerned that Alabamians buy lottery tickets in other states.
2014: Is it game over for the Texas Lottery?. More than two decades after Texas voters legalized the game of chance in the state, a group of lawmakers will soon start reviewing whether to end at multibillion-dollar industry that pumps more than $1 billion a year into schools.
2013: $300 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raised on huge sales. Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Saturday's drawing to $300 million.
2012: $181 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot ramps up. There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $181 million for Saturday's drawing.
2012: Report: Ill. lottery manager short $100M on profit. The Illinois Lottery's private manager fell nearly $100 million short of the profits it promised to deliver for the state.
2010: Against the odds, KY Lottery returns record amount to state. The Kentucky Lottery Corporation (KLC) today announced a record-breaking $214.3 million was returned to the Commonwealth in Fiscal Year 2010, despite lottery sales dropping $38 million or 4.7% during the same period.
2010: $85.7M Powerball lottery jackpot is Lousiana's 14th. One ticket purchased in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, won the $85.7 million Powerball jackpot Saturday night, the second-largest single amount won in Louisiana Lottery history.
2010: N.Y. Lottery computer switch a glitch for some retailers. New York Lottery players who frequent a popular Albany-area convenience store chain may be out of luck for a little while.
2009: Texas Lottery drawings inspire confidence. As some states are tempted to listen to computer vendors pushing computerized drawings as cheaper and easier, the Texas Lottery is demonstrating every night the way to conduct lottery drawings in a way that inspires lottery players' trust and confidence.
2006: Oklahoma Powerball lottery winner claims prize. The winner of the June 17th $101.8 million Powerball jackpot claimed their prize from the Oklahoma Lottery Commission Wednesday.
2006: Mega Millions lottery jackpot won ... again. Not that $31 million is a small sum of money, but it's not what the inventors of Mega Millions envisioned when they constructed the game with 176 million-to-1 odds of winning.
2006: A million bad reasons to vote. The propsed Arizona Voter Reward Act, which would pay $1 million after each general election to a single voter selected at random, is a boneheaded idea.
2006: $45M N.Y. Lotto winner bought ticket on impulse. After she was hit with a hot flash during a late June trip to Brooklyn, 49-year-old Mary Ann Hrywnak ducked into David's Check Cashing to beat the heat and buy a Quick Pick Lotto ticket.
2006: Michigan lottery backs GTECH, Lottomatica deal. The Michigan lottery has confirmed that the planned takeover of U.S. lottery operator GTECH by Lottomatica will not hurt its lottery concession in the state, the Italian company said in a statement on Thursday.
2005: Euro Millions lottery winner 'in Dublin to collect prize'. The Irish woman who won the biggest jackpot in European lottery history is believed to have flown to Dublin to collect her winnings, it emerged Monday.
2005: Still no consensus in N.C. lottery talks. North Carolina is the only East Coast state without a numbers game, but House and Senate leaders and Gov. Mike Easley are trying to create one before the Legislature adjourns for the year.
2005: N.D. lottery revenues exceed expectations. North Dakota's three lottery games have raised $7.2 million for the state treasury since Powerball sold its first ticket in March 2004, the state's lottery director said.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $63 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $63 million, with a cash option of $33 million.
2004: Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $40 million. The jackpot for the Florida Lotto has rolled over to an estimated $40 million after Saturday night's drawing produced no winning tickets with all six numbers, the Florida Lottery said on Sunday.
2004: Powerball lottery tickets go on sale in Maine. At noon on Friday, Maine became the 27th state, along with the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to sell Powerball tickets. The first ticket in Maine was sold at a Hannaford supermarket in Bangor, according to lottery officials.
2004: Tenn. lottery fans make fewer runs for the Kentucky border. Between the Tennessee games' Jan. 20 debut and the June 30 end of the 2004 fiscal year, the 16 Kentucky counties that border Tennessee saw their lottery sales drop $12 million, or 22%, from the same time a year earlier, according to the Kentucky Lottery Corp.
2004: Connecticut recalls 300 scratch tickets. A printing glitch on tickets for a scratch-off lottery game has prompted a recall of 300 tickets, Connecticut lottery officials said Friday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.35 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2023
2.$409.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2025
3.$358 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2024
4.$323 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2017
5.$307.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2013
6.$261 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2017
7.€246.98 Million US$251.97 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2022
8.€201.4 Million US$223.76 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2019
9.€176 Million US$216.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2012
10.$211.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2021
11.€181 Million
US$209.25 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2025
12.$206.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2022
13.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2018
14.$181 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2012
15.$179 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2021
16.$178 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2006
17.$163.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2024
18.$160 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2011
19.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2025
20.$147 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2020
21.$138 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2009
22.€116.77 Million
US$130.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 2, 2016
23.€117.24 Million
US$128.93 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2023
24.$123 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2007
25.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 3, 1999

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: Xinyuhuang
Wednesday, Aug 2, 1989
36 years old
1987: rae2887
Sunday, Aug 2, 1987
38 years old
1985: missy25
Friday, Aug 2, 1985
40 years old
1984: Jlaw02
Thursday, Aug 2, 1984
41 years old
1984: meloneyb
Thursday, Aug 2, 1984
41 years old
1984: peppersuzy
Thursday, Aug 2, 1984
41 years old
1982: Shell111
Monday, Aug 2, 1982
43 years old
1981: Leo81
Sunday, Aug 2, 1981
44 years old
1981: Phatlady81
Sunday, Aug 2, 1981
44 years old
1980: illuMoney17
Saturday, Aug 2, 1980
45 years old
1976: ToJo76*
Monday, Aug 2, 1976
49 years old
1976: genicegabriel5
Monday, Aug 2, 1976
49 years old
1975: cremere
Saturday, Aug 2, 1975
50 years old
1974: Cortio1
Friday, Aug 2, 1974
51 years old
1970: Justgod
Sunday, Aug 2, 1970
55 years old
1969: Prettyboy69
Saturday, Aug 2, 1969
56 years old
1969: Jamie333
Saturday, Aug 2, 1969
56 years old
1965: betterbe
Monday, Aug 2, 1965
60 years old
1962: ez- eve
Thursday, Aug 2, 1962
63 years old
1959: Allegria
Sunday, Aug 2, 1959
66 years old
1958: TGOOD7
Saturday, Aug 2, 1958
67 years old
1956: chepat1956
Thursday, Aug 2, 1956
69 years old
1952: stribman
Saturday, Aug 2, 1952
73 years old
1950: Katkenric
Wednesday, Aug 2, 1950
75 years old
1941: larandpat
Saturday, Aug 2, 1941
84 years old
: JAMORA
(year not provided)
: destined2bgr8
(year not provided)
: steelerchyc
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2014: At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
2005: Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames, leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
1999: The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
1991: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-43 to deploy the TDRS-5 satellite.
1990: Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
1989: Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
1989: A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
1985: Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
1982: The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system of Finland, is opened to the general public.
1980: A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
1973: A flash fire kills 50 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
1968: An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
1947: A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
1945: World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.
1944: ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
1944: World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
1943: The Holocaust: Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
1943: World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
1939: Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
1937: The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
1934: Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
1932: The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
1923: Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
1922: A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
1918: The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
1916: World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
1914: The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
1903: The Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
1897: Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
1873: The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
1870: Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
1869: Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
1858: The Government of India Act 1858 replaces Company rule in India with that of the British Raj.
1830: Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.
1798: French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory.
1790: The first United States Census is conducted.
1784: The first British mail coach service ran from Bristol to London.
1776: The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
1610: During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
1492: The Jews are expelled from Spain: 40,000-200,000 leave. Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire, learning of this, dispatches the Ottoman Navy to bring the Jews safely to Ottoman lands, mainly to the cities of Thessaloniki (in modern-day Greece) and İzmir (in modern-day Turkey).
1415: Thomas Grey is executed for participating in the Southampton Plot.
1377: Russian troops are defeated by forces of the Blue Horde Khan Arapsha in the Battle on Pyana River.
1343: After the execution of her husband, Jeanne de Clisson sells her estates and raises a force of men with which to attack French shipping and ports.
1274: Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.
932: After a two-year siege, the city of Toledo, in Spain, surrenders to the forces of the Caliph of Córdoba Abd al-Rahman III, assuming an important victory in his campaign to subjugate the Central March.
461: Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor.
49 BC: Caesar, who marched to Spain earlier in the year, leaving Marcus Antonius in charge of Italy, defeats Pompey's general Afranius and Petreius in Ilerda (Lerida) north of the Ebro river.
216 BC: The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.
338 BC: A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.

Births On This Day

2000: Varvara Gracheva, Russian tennis player
2000: Mohammed Kudus, Ghanaian footballer
1999: Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer
1997: Austin Theory, American wrestler
1996: Keston Hiura, American baseball player
1996: Simone Manuel, American swimmer
1995: Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
1995: Vikkstar123, English internet personality
1994: Cr1TiKaL, American YouTuber and streamer
1994: Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
1994: Laremy Tunsil, American football player
1993: Gael Bussa, Congolese politician
1993: Joey Florez, American scholar and cultural critic
1992: Charli XCX, English singer-songwriter
1991: Evander Kane, Canadian ice hockey player
1990: Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
1990: Vitalia Diatchenko, Russian tennis player
1990: Skylar Diggins, American basketball player
1989: Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
1988: Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
1988: Golden Tate, American football player
1986: Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
1986: Lily Gladstone, American actress
1985: Stephen Ferris, Irish rugby player
1985: David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler
1985: Britt Nicole, American Christian pop artist
1984: Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer
1984: JD Vance, American politician, 50th vice president of the United States
1983: Michel Bastos, Brazilian footballer
1983: Huston Street, American baseball player
1982: Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer
1982: Kerry Rhodes, American football player
1982: Grady Sizemore, American baseball player
1981: Alexander Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist and boxer
1981: Tim Murtagh, English-Irish cricketer
1980: Ivica Banović, Croatian footballer
1979: Marco Bonura, Italian footballer
1979: Reuben Kosgei, Kenyan runner
1978: Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
1978: Matt Guerrier, American baseball player
1978: Deividas Šemberas, Lithuanian footballer
1978: Dragan Vukmir, Serbian footballer
1977: Edward Furlong, American actor
1976: Reyes Estévez, Spanish runner
1976: Jay Heaps, American soccer player and coach
1976: Michael Weiss, American figure skater
1976: Pritam Singh, Singaporean lawyer and politician
1976: Sam Worthington, English-Australian actor and producer
1976: Mohammad Zahid, Pakistani cricketer
1975: Mineiro, Brazilian footballer
1975: Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-German badminton player and coach
1975: Tamás Molnár, Hungarian water polo player
1974: Phil Williams, English journalist and radio host
1973: Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer
1973: Miguel Mendonca, Zimbabwean journalist and author
1973: Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer
1972: Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabian footballer
1972: Muriel Bowser, American politician, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
1971: Jason Bell, Australian rugby league player
1971: Michael Hughes, Irish footballer and manager
1970: Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player and coach
1970: Kevin Smith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1970: Philo Wallace, Barbadian cricketer
1969: Cedric Ceballos, American basketball player
1969: Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer and manager
1968: Stefan Effenberg, German footballer and sportscaster
1967: Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player
1967: Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter and producer
1966: Takashi Iizuka, Japanese wrestler
1966: Grainne Leahy, Irish cricketer
1966: Tim Wakefield, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023)
1965: Joe Hockey, Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Treasurer of Australia
1965: Hisanobu Watanabe, Japanese baseball player and coach
1964: Frank Biela, German race car driver
1964: Mary-Louise Parker, American actress
1963: Laura Bennett, American architect and fashion designer
1963: Uğur Tütüneker, Turkish footballer and manager
1962: Lee Mavers, English singer, songwriter and guitarist
1962: Cynthia Stevenson, American actress
1961: Pete de Freitas, Trinidadian-British drummer and producer (died 1989)
1961: Cui Jian, Chinese singer-songwriter
1960: Linda Fratianne, American figure skater
1960: Neal Morse, American singer and keyboard player
1960: David Yow, American singer-songwriter
1959: Jim Doughan, American actor
1959: Victoria Jackson, American actress and singer
1959: Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
1959: Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress
1957: Jacky Rosen, United States senator
1956: Fulvio Melia, Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author
1955: Caleb Carr, American historian and author (died 2024)
1955: Tony Godden, English footballer and manager
1955: Butch Vig, American drummer, songwriter, and record producer
1954: Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1953: Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist
1953: Butch Patrick, American actor
1953: Anthony Seldon, English historian and author
1952: Alain Giresse, French footballer and manager
1951: Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2011)
1951: Steve Hillage, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Burgess Owens, American football player and politician
1951: Joe Lynn Turner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951: Per Westerberg, Swedish businessman and politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden
1950: Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author and publisher
1950: Ted Turner, British guitarist
1949: James Fallows, American journalist and author
1949: Bertalan Farkas, Hungarian general and cosmonaut
1948: Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1948: Dennis Prager, American radio host and author
1948: Tapan Kumar Sarkar, Indian-American electrical engineer and academic (died 2021)
1948: James Street, American football and baseball player (died 2013)
1948: Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (died 2013)
1947: Ruth Bakke, Norwegian organist and composer
1947: Lawrence Wright, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
1946: James Howe, American journalist and author
1945: Joanna Cassidy, American actress
1945: Alex Jesaulenko, Austrian-Australian footballer and coach
1945: Bunker Roy, Indian educator and activist
1945: Eric Simms, Australian rugby league player and coach
1944: Jim Capaldi, English drummer and singer-songwriter (died 2005)
1944: Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and berimbau player (died 2016)
1943: Herbert M. Allison, American lieutenant and businessman (died 2013)
1943: Tom Burgmeier, American baseball player and coach
1943: Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2014)
1943: Rose Tremain, English novelist and short story writer
1942: Isabel Allende, Chilean-American novelist, essayist, essayist
1942: Leo Beenhakker, Dutch football manager (died 2025)
1942: Juan Formell, Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2014)
1942: Nell Irvin Painter, American author and historian
1941: Doris Coley, American singer (died 2000)
1941: Jules A. Hoffmann, Luxembourgish-French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941: François Weyergans, Belgian director and screenwriter (died 2022)
1940: Angel Lagdameo, Filipino archbishop (died 2022)
1940: Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian physician and activist (died 2006)
1940: Will Tura, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939: Benjamin Barber, American theorist, author, and academic (died 2017)
1939: Wes Craven, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
1939: John W. Snow, American businessman and politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
1938: Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2007)
1938: Pierre de Bané, Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2019)
1938: Terry Peck, Falkland Islander soldier (died 2006)
1937: Ron Brierley, New Zealand businessman
1937: Billy Cannon, American football player and dentist (died 2018)
1937: María Duval, Mexican actress and singer
1937: Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)
1937: Tim Bowden, Australian historian and television presenter (died 2024)
1936: Anthony Payne, English composer and author (died 2021)
1935: Hank Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
1934: Valery Bykovsky, Russian general and cosmonaut (died 2019)
1933: Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence
1932: Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (died 2006)
1932: Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor and producer (died 2013)
1931: Pierre DuMaine, American bishop and academic (died 2019)
1931: Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (died 2008)
1931: Karl Miller, English journalist and critic (died 2014)
1931: Viliam Schrojf, Czech footballer (died 2007)
1930: Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer (died 2003)
1929: Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer (died 2014)
1929: John Gale, English director and producer
1929: Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (died 2013)
1929: David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda (died 2017)
1929: K. M. Peyton, British children's author (died 2023)
1928: Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer (died 1990)
1927: Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic (died 2018)
1925: K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic (died 2004)
1925: John Dexter, English director and producer (died 1990)
1925: John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)
1925: Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 43rd President of Argentina (died 2013)
1925: Alan Whicker, Egyptian-born British journalist and broadcaster (died 2013)
1924: James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (died 1987)
1924: Joe Harnell, American pianist and composer (died 2005)
1924: Carroll O'Connor, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
1923: Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel (died 2016)
1923: Ike Williams, American boxer (died 1994)
1922: Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist and socialite (died 2016)
1922: Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author (died 1998)
1922: Len Murray, British trade union leader (died 2004)
1920: Louis Pauwels, French journalist and author (died 1997)
1920: Augustus Rowe, Canadian physician and politician (died 2013)
1919: Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor (died 2022)
1917: Wah Chang, Chinese-American artist and designer (died 2003)
1916: Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (died 1990)
1915: Gary Merrill, American actor (died 1990)
1914: Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (died 1988)
1914: Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2012)
1914: Beatrice Straight, American actress (died 2001)
1913: Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic (died 1980)
1912: Palle Huld, Danish actor (died 2010)
1912: Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (died 1977)
1912: Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author (died 2001)
1911: Ann Dvorak, American actress (died 1979)
1910: Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1993)
1907: Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (died 1984)
1905: Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (died 1963)
1905: Myrna Loy, American actress (died 1993)
1905: Ruth Nelson, American actress (died 1992)
1902: Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (died 1971)
1902: Mina Rees, American mathematician (died 1997)
1900: Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (died 1973)
1900: Helen Morgan, American actress and singer (died 1941)
1899: Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter (died 1995)
1898: Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer (died 1977)
1897: Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (died 1945)
1897: Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 1974)
1895: Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer (died 1970)
1894: Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (died 1976)
1892: Jack L. Warner, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (died 1978)
1891: Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (died 1975)
1891: Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian linguist and historian (died 1971)
1889: Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress (died 1929)
1887: Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician (died 1960)
1886: John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (died 1961)
1884: Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela (died 1969)
1882: Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (died 1936)
1882: Albert Bloch, American painter and academic (died 1961)
1880: Arthur Dove, American painter and educator (died 1946)
1878: Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (died 1956)
1877: Ravishankar Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (died 1956)
1876: Pingali Venkayya, Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India (died 1963)
1872: George E. Stewart, Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1946)
1871: John French Sloan, American painter and illustrator (died 1951)
1870: Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (died 1954)
1868: Constantine I of Greece (died 1923)
1867: Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1900)
1865: Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic (died 1933)
1865: John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (died 1955)
1861: Prafulla Chandra Ray, Indian chemist and academic (died 1944)
1835: Elisha Gray, American businessman, co-founded Western Electric (died 1901)
1834: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (died 1904)
1828: Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general (died 1895)
1820: John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and mountaineer (died 1893)
1815: Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet and historian (died 1894)
1788: Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (died 1853)
1754: Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (died 1825)
1740: Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general (died 1817)
1703: Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1775)
1702: Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1769)
1696: Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan (died 1754)
1674: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (died 1723)
1672: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar (died 1733)
1646: Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and buccaneer (died 1715)
1630: Estephan El Douaihy, Maronite patriarch (died 1704)
1627: Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (died 1678)
1612: Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch model and wife of Rembrandt van Rijn (died 1642)
1549: Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman (died 1616)
1533: Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar (died 1588)
1455: John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1499)
1260: Kyawswa of Pagan, last ruler of the Pagan Kingdom (died 1299)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Indian art director, production designer, and film and television producer (born 1965)
2022: Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (born 1927)
2020: Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (born 1922)
2017: Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (born 1924)
2016: Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (born 1930)
2016: David Huddleston, American actor (born 1930)
2016: Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (born 1927)
2016: Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946)
2015: Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (born 1921)
2015: Giovanni Conso, Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (born 1922)
2015: Piet Fransen, Dutch footballer (born 1936)
2015: Jack Spring, American baseball player (born 1933)
2014: Ed Joyce, American journalist (born 1932)
2014: Billie Letts, American author and educator (born 1938)
2014: Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (born 1954)
2014: James Thompson, American-Finnish author (born 1964)
2013: Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer and activist (born 1936)
2013: Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle (born 1942)
2013: Alla Kushnir, Russian-Israeli chess player (born 1941)
2012: Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (born 1927)
2012: Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (born 1948)
2012: Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (born 1930)
2012: John Keegan, English historian and journalist (born 1934)
2012: Bernd Meier, German footballer (born 1972)
2012: Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (born 1920)
2011: José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (born 1932)
2008: Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (born 1935)
2007: Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (born 1950)
2005: Steven Vincent, American journalist and author (born 1955)
2004: Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter and academic (born 1929)
2004: François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (born 1926)
2004: Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th prime minister of Estonia in exile (born 1911)
2003: Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (born 1924)
1999: Willie Morris, American writer (born 1934)
1998: Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (born 1933)
1997: William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1914)
1997: Harald Kihle, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1905)
1997: Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (born 1938)
1996: Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, 150th prime minister of France (born 1912)
1996: Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1917)
1996: Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian general and politician, 5th president of Somalia (born 1934)
1996: Sergey Golovkin, Russian serial killer and rapist, last person executed by Russia (born 1959)
1992: Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (born 1947)
1990: Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (born 1902)
1990: Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (born 1921)
1988: Joe Carcione, American activist and author (born 1914)
1988: Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (born 1938)
1986: Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)
1983: James Jamerson, American bass player (born 1936)
1981: Kieran Doherty, Irish hunger striker and politician (born 1955)
1981: Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (born 1900)
1979: Thurman Munson, American baseball player (born 1947)
1978: Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (born 1899)
1978: Antony Noghès, French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (born 1890)
1976: László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (born 1905)
1976: Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1890)
1974: Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (born 1893)
1973: Ismail Abdul Rahman, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1915)
1973: Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1917)
1972: Brian Cole, American bass player (born 1942)
1972: Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (born 1911)
1972: Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (born 1887)
1970: Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (born 1891)
1967: Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1886)
1963: Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (born 1901)
1955: Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1901)
1955: Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (born 1879)
1945: Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (born 1863)
1939: Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (born 1883)
1937: Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1900)
1934: Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd president of Germany (born 1847)
1923: Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th president of the United States (born 1865)
1923: Joseph Whitty, Irish Republican died on hunger strike during the 1923 Irish Hunger Strikes (born 1904)
1922: Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (born 1847)
1921: Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (born 1873)
1917: Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (born 1894)
1915: John Downer, Australian politician, 16th premier of South Australia (born 1843)
1913: Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (born 1851)
1911: Ioryi Mucitano, Aromanian revolutionary
1903: Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (born 1847)
1903: Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (born 1850)
1890: Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (born 1813)
1889: Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (born 1851)
1876: "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (born 1837)
1859: Horace Mann, American educator and politician (born 1796)
1854: Heinrich Clauren, German author (born 1771)
1849: Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (born 1769)
1834: Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (born 1793)
1823: Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, president of the National Convention (born 1753)
1815: Guillaume Brune, French general and politician (born 1763)
1799: Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (born 1745)
1788: Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (born 1727)
1769: Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1689)
1696: Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (born 1630)
1667: Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (born 1599)
1611: Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese daimyō (born 1562)
1605: Richard Leveson, English admiral (born c. 1570)
1589: Henry III of France (born 1551)
1512: Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (born 1463)
1511: Andrew Barton, Scottish admiral (born 1466)
1451: Elizabeth of Görlitz (born 1390)
1445: Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian poet and composer (born 1376)
1415: Thomas Grey, English conspirator (born 1384)
1332: King Christopher II of Denmark (born 1276)
1330: Yolande of Dreux, Queen consort of Scotland and Duchess consort of Brittany (born 1263)
1316: Louis of Burgundy (born 1297)
1277: Mu'in al-Din Sulaiman Pervane, Chancellor and Regent of the Sultanate of Rum
1222: Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (born 1156)
1100: William II of England (born 1056)
1075: Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople
924: Ælfweard of Wessex (born 904)
855: Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Arab theologian and jurist (born 780)
686: Pope John V
640: Pope Severinus
575: Ahudemmeh, Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East.
257: Pope Stephen I
216 BC: Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Roman consul
216 BC: Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Roman consul and general
216 BC: Marcus Minucius Rufus, Roman consul

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