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August 20

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August 20

August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 133 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Powerball reaches $643 million: highest lottery jackpot of 2025. The Powerball jackpot continues its reign as the highest lottery prize of 2025 after it reached an estimated $643 million following the drawing on Monday night.
2022: Alabama man wins $1 million in Florida Lottery after playing for over 30 years. After over three decades of crossing state lines to play the Florida Lottery, an Alabama man can finally return home with a $1 million prize.
2021: Washington Army veteran of 29 years wins $5.4 million Lotto jackpot. A quick and simple deviation from an everyday routine earned a Washington Army veteran a $5.4 million Lotto prize.
2018: The man who won the lottery 14 times (part 1). How a rogue Romanian economist legally gamed the lottery and won millions of dollars around the world.
2017: $650 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot skyrockets. For only the 4th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to more than $600 million.
2016: UPDATED: Alabama Senate approves lottery bill. The Alabama Senate on Friday passed a lottery bill proposed by Gov. Robert Bentley, capping off the first week of a special session called by the governor. The bill, which was amended substantially before the vote, will now go on to the House of Representatives.
2015: NJ Lottery officials still investigating cause of massive outage. The exact cause and circumstances of a five-day outage that blocked nearly half of New Jersey's lottery retailers from selling printed tickets like Pick 3 and Mega Millions earlier this month are still a mystery.
2014: Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $180 million. The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $180 million for the next drawing in the multi-state lottery game after nobody won Tuesday night.
2013: COMPUTERIZED DRAWING GLITCH STRIKES ARIZONA LOTTERY. Due to an error in the computerized drawing system for the Arizona Lottery Pick 3 game between June 10 and Aug. 3, replacement tickets are being offered to eligible people who purchased tickets during that time frame, according to a press release.
2012: Staten Islander revealed as winner of $85M Mega Millions jackpot. A Staten Island, New York, woman who bought a lottery ticket while wine shopping can afford champagne now -- a lot of it.
2012: UK couple wins massive EuroMillions lottery jackpot. Lottery winner Adrian Bayford has already been bombarded with requests for cash following his huge £148 million (US$232.5 million) win -- despite being away on vacation with his family.
2012: Woman who gave away lotto ticket won't give up. Emily Leach, who won a million-dollar jackpot in California last January, said she is hoping to fight the state lottery's decision stopping her from collecting a second jackpot of $260,000 -- winnings that came from a ticket Leach has famously claimed she accidentally gave away to a stranger in March.
2012: Mass. man keeps mistake lottery ticket, wins $1 million. A Taunton, Massachusetts, man was on the right side of a million dollar mistake, when a scratch ticket game he didn't want to play turned out to be a winner.
2010: Arkansas Lottery vending machines coming soon. The Arkansas Lottery Commission approved rules Thursday for use of 100 vending machines in retail outlets, though opponents vowed to continue to try to have the machines declared illegal.
2009: One ticket from S.C. wins $260M Powerball lottery jackpot. A torrent of ticket sales sent the Poweball jackpot soaring again, to $259.9 million -- up $15 million since the $245 million estimate was established Saturday -- and then one ticket won last night.
2007: Man goes into hiding after falsely claiming to win lottery jackpot. A father is in hiding from his furious famly after tricking them into thinking he had won $85.88 million in the Euro Millions lottery.
2007: Lure of riches fuels lottery craze in China. The lottery craze is so string in China that bank robbers who stole $6.6 million from a vault spent the money on lottery tickets.
2005: N.C. lottery bill weakening. Unless legislative leaders can shake loose one more "yes" vote, North Carolina appears all but certain to remain the only state on the East Coast without a lottery for another year.
2004: Man wins share of ex's lotto prize. A Newfoundland man has won a legal battle with his former live-in lover for half of what's left of a $700,000 lottery prize.
2004: Tennessee Policeman wins $200,000 in Powerball. Metro police Armed Robbery Detective Jonathan Kelton yesterday became the largest Powerball winner in the state to date, lottery officials said.
2004: Lottery Ticket Loser Says He Won't Give Up. A Cape Cod man who bought a winning $4 million scratch lottery ticket but discarded it, said he will go back to court to try reclaim the prize.
2003: Hundreds of businesses interested in selling Tenn. lottery tickets. Tennessee lottery officials say more than 500 businesses have contacted them about selling lottery tickets.
2003: Surrey man wins Keno Viper live on City TV. Terry Fisher of Surrey, British Columbia won a 2003 Dodge Viper live on City TV's Breakfast Television Friday morning.
2003: Pensioner woozy after near-win lottery saga. An Italian pensioner felt faint and had to be taken to hospital when he realised he had forgotten to hand in a lottery ticket that could have won him €66 million (US$73.4 million).
2003: Uniondale Woman Hits Jackpot. A 71-year-old single mother of five from Uniondale, New York was handed a $20.6 million check Tuesday morning for holding the winning Mega Millions ticket from the July 11 drawing.
2003: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $21 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $21 million Wednesday, with a cash option of $12 million.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$758.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2017
2.$650.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2025
3.$498 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2024
4.$292.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2023
5.$286.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2021
6.€257.11 Million US$258.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2022
7.$256 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2021
8.$245 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2007
9.$234 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2025
10.€147.81 Million
US$211.79 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2009
11.$207 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2009
12.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2001
13.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2014
14.$171 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2007
15.€126.25 Million
US$142.96 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2016
16.€107 Million
US$123.55 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2018
17.€110 Million
US$121.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2020
18.$116 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2022
19.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2016
20.€74 Million
US$106.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2011
21.€79 Million
US$105.87 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2013
22.€74 Million
US$105.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2009
23.€69 Million
US$102.26 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2008
24.$102 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2018
25.€91 Million
US$100.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 20, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: MunizEsp69
Thursday, Aug 20, 1992
33 years old
1989: Mm-$qvl
Sunday, Aug 20, 1989
36 years old
1988: MalopeN
Saturday, Aug 20, 1988
37 years old
1985: lionessBx
Tuesday, Aug 20, 1985
40 years old
1985: misssea
Tuesday, Aug 20, 1985
40 years old
1983: jordanslegit
Saturday, Aug 20, 1983
42 years old
1980: Anthony1313
Wednesday, Aug 20, 1980
45 years old
1977: mssipdiva20
Saturday, Aug 20, 1977
48 years old
1976: mangoskin
Friday, Aug 20, 1976
49 years old
1975: mcantu0875
Wednesday, Aug 20, 1975
50 years old
1973: Jay-Brad
Monday, Aug 20, 1973
52 years old
1972: Bud Weiser
Sunday, Aug 20, 1972
53 years old
1971: Atomic Dog
Friday, Aug 20, 1971
54 years old
1971: kingofsoul
Friday, Aug 20, 1971
54 years old
1971: skyjack912
Friday, Aug 20, 1971
54 years old
1970: Jacques
Thursday, Aug 20, 1970
55 years old
1967: denise43
Sunday, Aug 20, 1967
58 years old
1966: lottaloot
Saturday, Aug 20, 1966
59 years old
1966: amiller14
Saturday, Aug 20, 1966
59 years old
1966: Tmontana
Saturday, Aug 20, 1966
59 years old
1962: kphillips1010
Monday, Aug 20, 1962
63 years old
1960: KellyJay
Saturday, Aug 20, 1960
65 years old
1952: ljm08521
Wednesday, Aug 20, 1952
73 years old
1948: mal1611
Friday, Aug 20, 1948
77 years old
1941: ketcher
Wednesday, Aug 20, 1941
84 years old
1940: Dean-O$
Tuesday, Aug 20, 1940
85 years old
: sweetie7398
(year not provided)
: dnice07
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
2016: Fifty-four people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep, Turkey.
2014: Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.
2012: A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.
2011: First Air Flight 6560 was a scheduled domestic flight connecting Yellowknife Airport, Canada and Resolute Bay, Canada. The Boeing 737-210C crashed into terrain 1 mile from the runway, catching fire. Of the 15 people on board, 12 perished while 3 survived with severe injuries.
2008: Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
2007: China Airlines Flight 120 catches fire and explodes after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
2006: Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai.
2002: A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.
1998: The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
1998: U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
1997: Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
1995: The Firozabad rail disaster kills 358 people in Firozabad, India.
1992: In India, Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of the Indian Government.
1991: Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
1991: Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.
1989: The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
1988: "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
1988: Iran-Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
1988: The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
1986: In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
1977: Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
1975: Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
1975: ČSA Flight 540 crashes on approach to Damascus International Airport in Damascus, Syria, killing 126 people.
1968: Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
1962: The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
1960: Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
1955: Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
1949: Hungary adopts the Hungarian Constitution of 1949 and becomes a People's Republic.
1948: Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob M. Lomakin is expelled by the United States, due to the Kasenkina Case.
1944: World War II: One hundred sixty-eight captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp.
1944: World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
1940: In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
1940: World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
1940: World War II: The Eighth Route Army launches the Hundred Regiments Offensive, a successful campaign to disrupt Japanese war infrastructure and logistics in occupied northern China.
1938: Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
1926: Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
1920: The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
1920: The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
1914: World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
1910: Extreme fire weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes many small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km) and killing 87 people.
1905: Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, and others establish the Tongmenghui, a Republican, anti-Qing revolutionary organisation, in Tokyo, Japan.
1882: Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow, Russia.
1866: President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.
1864: Bakumatsu: Kinmon incident: The Chōshū Domain attempts to expel the Satsuma and Aizu Domains from Japan's imperial court.
1858: Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, alongside Alfred Russel Wallace's same theory.
1852: Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives.
1794: Northwest Indian War: United States troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
1775: The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
1710: War of the Spanish Succession: A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa.
1707: The first Siege of Pensacola comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
1672: Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are lynched by a mob in The Hague.
1648: The Battle of Lens is the last major military confrontation of the Thirty Years' War, contributing to the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in October that year.
1519: Philosopher and general Wang Yangming defeats Zhu Chenhao, ending the Prince of Ning rebellion against the reign of the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor.
1467: The Second Battle of Olmedo takes places as part of a succession conflict between Henry IV of Castile and his half-brother Alfonso, Prince of Asturias.
1391: Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order.
1308: At the conclusion of the interrogation of the leaders of the Knights Templar, the three papal investigators, Cardinals Bérenger Frédol, Etienne de Suisy and Landolfo Brancacci, write the "Chinon Parchment", in which they affirm that the accused Templars had confessed, done penance, and were absolved of heresy.
1191: Believing Saladin had reneged on ransom promises, Richard I of England initiates the massacre at Ayyadieh, beheading 2,700 captive Muslim soldiers and another 300 women and children seized at the Fall of Acre.
1083: The first King of Hungary, Stephen I, and his son, Prince Emeric, are canonized, a date now celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.
917: Battle of Acheloos: Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army.
636: Marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia, Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid defeat the Byzantine Empire and take control of the Levant.
AD 14: Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is executed by his guards while in exile.

Births On This Day

2003: Prince Gabriel of Belgium
1998: Lieke Klaver, Dutch athlete
1997: Kaho Minagawa, Japanese rhythmic gymnast
1997: Daniel Vladař, Czech ice hockey player
1996: Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player
1995: Liana Liberato, American actress
1994: Mitchell Trubisky, American football player
1993: Tonisha Rock-Yaw, Barbadian netball player
1992: Matt Eisenhuth, Australian rugby league player
1992: Carolina Horta, Brazilian beach volleyball player
1992: Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress
1992: Alex Newell, American actor and singer
1992: Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer
1992: Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist
1991: Marko Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
1991: Jyrki Jokipakka, Finnish hockey player
1991: Cory Joseph, Canadian basketball player
1990: Macauley Chrisantus, Nigerian footballer
1990: Culoe De Song, South African music producer and DJ
1990: Venelin Filipov, Bulgarian footballer
1990: Leigh Griffiths, Scottish footballer
1990: Fabien Jarsalé, French footballer
1990: Bradley Klahn, American tennis player
1990: Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer
1989: Kirko Bangz, American rapper and producer
1989: Nebil Gahwagi, Hungarian footballer
1989: Silas Kiplagat, Kenyan runner
1989: Slavcho Shokolarov, Bulgarian footballer
1989: Judd Trump, English snooker player
1989: Dean Winnard, English footballer
1988: Jerryd Bayless, American basketball player
1988: Sarah R, Lotfi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1988: José Zamora, Spanish footballer
1987: Stefan Aigner, German footballer
1987: Gunther, Austrian wrestler
1987: Manny Jacinto, Canadian actor
1987: Vedran Janjetović, Croatian-Australian footballer
1987: Sido Jombati, Portuguese footballer
1987: Egon Kaur, Estonian race car driver
1986: Andrew Surman, South African-English footballer
1986: Steven Zalewski, American ice hockey player
1985: Brant Daugherty, American actor
1985: Glen Buttriss, Australian rugby league player
1985: Blake DeWitt, American baseball player
1985: Thomas Domingo, French rugby player
1985: Matt Hague, American baseball player
1985: Jack King, English footballer
1985: Álvaro Negredo, Spanish footballer
1985: Willie Ripia, New Zealand rugby player
1985: Joe Vitale, American ice hockey player
1985: Stephen Ward, Irish footballer
1985: Mark Washington, American football player
1984: Aílton José Almeida, Brazilian footballer
1984: Pavel Eismann, Czech footballer
1984: Laura Georges, French footballer
1984: Jamie Hoffmann, American baseball player
1984: Ingrid Lukas, Estonian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist
1983: Hamza Abdullah, American football player
1983: Paulo André Cren Benini, Brazilian footballer
1983: Andrew Garfield, American-English actor
1983: Héctor Landazuri, Colombian footballer
1983: Mladen Pelaić, Croatian footballer
1983: Brian Schaefering, American football player
1983: Yuri Zhirkov, Russian footballer
1982: Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian footballer
1982: Aleksandr Amisulashvili, Georgian footballer
1982: Monty Dumond, South African rugby player
1982: Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian footballer
1982: Joshua Kennedy, Australian footballer
1982: Mijaín López, Cuban wrestler
1982: Meghan Ory, Canadian actress
1982: Richard Petiot, Canadian ice hockey player
1982: Barney Rogers, Zimbabwean cricketer
1982: Enyelbert Soto, Venezuelan-Japanese baseball player
1981: Ben Barnes, English actor
1981: Brett Finch, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1981: Artur Kotenko, Estonian footballer
1981: Bernard Mendy, French footballer
1981: Craig Ochs, American football player
1981: Byron Saxton, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster
1979: Sarah Borwell, English tennis player
1979: Jamie Cullum, English singer-songwriter and pianist
1979: Cory Sullivan, American baseball player
1978: Alberto Martín, Spanish tennis player
1978: Emir Mkademi, Tunisian footballer
1978: Chris Schroder, American baseball player
1977: Paolo Bianco, Italian footballer
1977: Wayne Brown, English footballer
1977: Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player, coach, and physician
1977: Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby player
1977: Shockmain Davis, American football player
1977: Stéphane Gillet, Luxembourgish footballer
1977: Aaron Hamill, Australian footballer and coach
1977: Ívar Ingimarsson, Icelandic footballer
1977: James Ormond, English cricketer
1977: Josh Pearce, American baseball player
1977: Aaron Taylor, American baseball player
1976: Chris Drury, American ice hockey player
1976: Cornel Frăsineanu, Romanian footballer
1976: Tony Grant, Irish footballer
1976: Kristen Miller, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1976: Marcel Podszus, German footballer
1976: Fabio Ulloa, Honduran footballer
1975: Marcin Adamski, Polish footballer and manager
1975: Marko Martin, Estonian pianist and educator
1975: Shaun Newton, English footballer
1975: Elijah Williams, American football player and coach
1974: Amy Adams, American actress
1974: Misha Collins, American actor
1974: Szabolcs Sáfár, Hungarian footballer and coach
1974: Andy Strachan, Australian drummer and songwriter
1974: Maxim Vengerov, Russian-Israeli violinist and conductor
1973: Alban Bushi, Albanian footballer
1973: Alexandre Finazzi, Brazilian footballer
1973: Scott Goodman, Australian swimmer
1973: Todd Helton, American baseball player
1973: Cameron Mather, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
1973: José Paniagua, Dominican baseball player
1973: Donn Swaby, American actor and screenwriter
1973: Juan Becerra Acosta, Mexican journalist
1972: Derrick Alston, American basketball player
1972: Melvin Booker, American basketball player
1972: Chaney Kley, American actor (died 2007)
1972: Scott Quinnell, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
1972: Anna Umemiya, Japanese model and actress
1971: Nenad Bjelica, Croatian footballer and manager
1971: Matt Calland, English rugby player and coach
1971: Ke Huy Quan, Vietnamese-American actor
1971: Steve Stone, English footballer and coach
1971: David Walliams, English comedian, actor, and author
1970: Els Callens, Belgian tennis player and sportscaster
1970: Fred Durst, American singer-songwriter
1969: Billy Gardell, American comedian, actor, and producer
1969: Mark Holzemer, American baseball player and scout
1969: Santeri Kinnunen, Finnish actor
1968: Brett Angell, English footballer and coach
1968: Abdelatif Benazzi, Moroccan-French rugby player
1968: Sandy Brondello, Australian basketball player and coach
1968: Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (died 2014)
1968: Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer
1968: Bai Yansong, Chinese host
1967: Andy Benes, American baseball player
1966: Miguel Albaladejo, Spanish director and screenwriter
1966: Colin Cunningham, American actor
1966: Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2004)
1966: Enrico Letta, Italian lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Italy
1966: Liu Chunyan, Chinese host and voice actress
1965: KRS-One, American rapper and producer
1964: Azarias Ruberwa, Congolese lawyer and politician, Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1963: Uwe Bialon, German footballer and manager
1963: Kal Daniels, American baseball player
1963: José Cecena, Mexican baseball player
1962: James Marsters, American actor
1961: Amanda Sonia Berry, English businesswoman
1960: Dom Duff, Breton singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer
1960: Mark Langston, American baseball player
1958: Nigel Dodds, Northern Irish lawyer and politician
1958: Patricia Rozema, Canadian director and screenwriter
1958: David O. Russell, American director and screenwriter
1958: John Stehr, American journalist
1957: Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
1957: Jim Calder, Scottish rugby player
1957: Simon Donaldson, English mathematician and academic
1957: Sorin Antohi, Romanian journalist and historian
1957: Paul Johnson, American football coach
1956: Joan Allen, American actress
1956: Alvin Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer
1956: Desmond Swayne, English soldier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1955: Agnes Chan, Hong Kong singer and author
1955: Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1954: Quinn Buckner, American basketball player and coach
1954: Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (died 2007)
1954: Al Roker, American news anchor, television personality, and author
1953: Gerry Bertier, American football player (died 1981)
1953: Peter Horton, American actor and director
1953: Mike Jackson, American politician
1953: Jim Trenton, American radio host and actor
1953: Leroy Burgess, American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, recording artist, and record producer
1952: John Emburey, English cricketer and coach
1952: Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
1952: John Hiatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952: Ric Menello, American director and screenwriter (died 2013)
1951: Greg Bear, American author (died 2022)
1951: DeForest Soaries, American minister and politician, 30th Secretary of State of New Jersey
1949: Nikolas Asimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1988)
1949: Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 1986)
1948: John Noble, Australian actor and director
1948: Robert Plant, English singer-songwriter
1947: Alan Lee, English painter and illustrator
1947: James Pankow, American musician
1947: Ray Wise, American actor
1946: Mufaddal Saifuddin, 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Fatimid Caliphate
1946: Henryk Broder, Polish-German journalist and author
1946: Connie Chung, American journalist
1946: Laurent Fabius, French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France
1946: Ralf Hütter, German singer and keyboard player
1946: N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
1945: Roy Gardner, English businessman
1944: Rajiv Gandhi, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (died 1991)
1944: Graig Nettles, American baseball player and manager
1944: José Wilker, Brazilian actor and director (died 2014)
1943: Roger Gale, English journalist and politician
1943: Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor
1942: Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (died 2008)
1942: Fred Norman, American baseball player
1941: Dave Brock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941: Rich Brooks, American football player and coach
1941: Anne Evans, English soprano and actress
1941: William H. Gray, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
1941: Slobodan Milošević, Serbian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Serbia (died 2006)
1941: Robin Oakley, English journalist and author
1941: Jo Ramírez, Mexican race car driver and manager
1940: Rubén Hinojosa, American businessman and politician
1940: Gus Macdonald, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
1940: Rex Sellers, Indian-Australian cricketer
1939: Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and politician (died 2004)
1939: Mike Velarde, Filipino televangelist and religious leader
1938: Jean-Loup Chrétien, French military officer and astronaut
1938: Peter Day, English chemist and academic (died 2020)
1938: Alain Vivien, French politician
1937: Stelvio Cipriani, Italian composer (died 2018)
1937: Andrei Konchalovsky, Russian director, producer, and screenwriter
1937: Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter and bassist (died 2009)
1936: Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1935: Ron Paul, American captain, physician, and politician
1934: Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American country-rock pedal-steel guitarist and songwriter (died 2007)
1934: Tom Mangold, German-English journalist and author
1933: Ted Donaldson, American actor (died 2023)
1933: George J. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
1932: Anthony Ainley, English actor (died 2004)
1932: Vasily Aksyonov, Russian physician, author, and academic (died 2009)
1932: Atholl McKinnon, South African cricketer (died 1983)
1931: Don King, American boxing promoter
1930: Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (died 2013)
1930: Peter Randall, English sergeant (died 2007)
1929: Kevin Heffernan, Irish footballer and manager (died 2013)
1927: John Boardman, English archaeologist and historian (died 2024)
1927: Yootha Joyce, English actress (died 1980)
1927: Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (died 2013)
1927: Peter Oakley, English soldier and blogger (died 2014)
1926: Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (died 1978)
1926: Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (died 2014)
1924: George Zuverink, American baseball player (died 2014)
1923: Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (died 1964)
1921: Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player (died 1978)
1921: Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer (died 1985)
1920: H. R. Van Dongen, American illustrator (died 2010)
1919: Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer (died 2021)
1919: Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 2000)
1918: Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author (died 1974)
1917: Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina (died 1998)
1916: Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player and chemist (died 1984)
1915: Ivo Rojnica, Croatian-Argentine war crimes suspect, businessman, diplomat, and intelligence agent (died 2007)
1913: Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
1912: John H. Michaelis, American general (died 1985)
1910: Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch (died 1961)
1909: André Morell, English actor (died 1978)
1909: Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (died 1978)
1908: Al López, American baseball player and manager (died 2005)
1906: Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player (died 1981)
1905: Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher (died 1973)
1905: Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter (died 1969)
1905: Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (died 1964)
1901: Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
1898: Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright (died 1973)
1897: Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (died 1970)
1896: Gostha Pal, Indian footballer (died 1976)
1890: H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist (died 1937)
1888: Tôn Đức Thắng, Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam (died 1980)
1887: Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and scholar (died 1959)
1886: Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian (died 1965)
1885: Dino Campana, Italian poet and author (died 1932)
1884: Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg (died 1976)
1881: Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author (died 1959)
1881: Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1943)
1873: Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect and academic, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (died 1950)
1868: Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (died 1954)
1865: Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer and lawyer (died 1911)
1860: Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (died 1934)
1857: George Griffith, British writer (died 1906)
1856: Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (died 1909)
1847: Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer (died 1889)
1847: Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (died 1912)
1845: Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (died 1916)
1833: Benjamin Harrison, American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States (died 1901)
1799: James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar (died 1840)
1789: Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia (died 1833)
1779: Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (died 1848)
1778: Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile (died 1842)
1720: Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer (died 1785)
1719: Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (died 1783)
1710: Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (died 1761)
1659: Henry Every, English pirate (died 1696)
1632: Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and academic (died 1704)
1625: Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (died 1709)
1561: Jacopo Peri, Italian singer and composer (died 1633)
1517: Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French cardinal and art collector (died 1586)
1377: Shahrukh Mirza, ruler of Persia and Transoxiania (died 1447)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Al Attles, American basketball player and coach (born 1936)
2022: Darya Dugina, Russian journalist (born 1992)
2021: Igor Vovkovinskiy, Ukrainian-American law student and actor, American tallest person (born 1982)
2018: Uri Avnery, Israeli writer, politician and peace activist (born 1923)
2018: Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model (born 1978)
2017: Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian (born 1926)
2015: Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (born 1922)
2015: Paul Kibblewhite, New Zealand chemist and engineer (born 1941)
2015: Frank Wilkes, Australian soldier and politician (born 1922)
2014: Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (born 1983)
2014: Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (born 1934)
2014: Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (born 1946)
2014: B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (born 1918)
2014: Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (born 1924)
2014: Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (born 1925)
2014: Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (born 1927)
2013: Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (born 1936)
2013: Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist (born 1945)
2013: Don Hassler, American saxophonist and composer (born 1929)
2013: Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (born 1925)
2013: Marian McPartland, English-American pianist and composer (born 1918)
2013: John W. Morris, American general (born 1921)
2013: Ted Post, American director and screenwriter (born 1918)
2012: Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian (born 1917)
2012: Daryl Hine, Canadian-American poet and academic (born 1936)
2012: Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1916)
2012: Len Quested, English footballer and manager (born 1925)
2012: Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (born 1967)
2012: Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (born 1955)
2011: Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian and academic (born 1919)
2010: Đặng Phong, Vietnamese economist and historian (born 1937)
2009: Larry Knechtel, American keyboardist and bass player (born 1940)
2009: Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (born 1932)
2008: Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1927)
2008: Hua Guofeng, Chinese politician, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1921)
2008: Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American lawyer and politician (born 1949)
2008: Gene Upshaw, American football player (born 1945)
2007: Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (born 1920)
2006: Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1977)
2006: Joe Rosenthal, American photographer and journalist (born 1911)
2006: S. Sivamaharajah, Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (born 1938)
2005: Thomas Herrion, American football player (born 1981)
2005: Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer and songwriter (born 1970)
2001: Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (born 1915)
2001: Kim Stanley, American actress (born 1925)
1998: Vũ Văn Mẫu, 10th and final Prime Minister of South Vietnam (born 1914)
1997: Norris Bradbury, American soldier, physicist, and academic (born 1909)
1997: Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (born 1922)
1996: Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (born 1950)
1995: Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (born 1927)
1993: Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (born 1912)
1987: Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian-Polish basketball player and coach (born 1909)
1986: Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (born 1923)
1985: Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist and academic (born 1904)
1985: Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken, German admiral (born 1897)
1982: Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (born 1929)
1981: Michael Devine, Irish Republican hunger striker
1980: Joe Dassin, American-French singer-songwriter (born 1938)
1979: Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (born 1922)
1976: Vera Lutz, British economist (born 1912)
1971: Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (born 1951)
1965: Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (born 1939)
1963: Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (born 1879)
1961: Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1882)
1951: İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (born 1882)
1949: Ragnhild Kaarbø, Norwegian painter (born 1889)
1943: William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (born 1858)
1942: István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (born 1904)
1939: Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (born 1845)
1936: Edward Weston, English-American chemist (born 1850)
1930: Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (born 1851)
1919: Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (born 1869)
1917: Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1835)
1915: Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)
1914: Pope Pius X (born 1835)
1912: William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (born 1829)
1897: Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (born 1827)
1893: Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (born 1827)
1887: Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (born 1860)
1882: James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (born 1820)
1859: Juan Bautista Ceballos, former president of Mexico (born 1811)
1854: Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (born 1801)
1835: Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (born 1775)
1825: William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (born 1753)
1823: Pope Pius VII (born 1740)
1785: Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (born 1714)
1773: Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (born 1701)
1707: Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (born 1627)
1701: Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician (born 1639)
1680: William Bedloe, English spy (born 1650)
1672: Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1623)
1672: Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (born 1625)
1651: Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (born 1612)
1648: Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English soldier and diplomat (born 1583)
1639: Martin Opitz, German poet and hymnwriter (born 1597)
1611: Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish priest and composer (born 1548)
1580: Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian and author (born 1506)
1572: Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish navigator and politician, 1st Governor-General of the Philippines (born 1502)
1528: Georg von Frundsberg, German knight and landowner (born 1473)
1471: Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (born 1413)
1386: Bo Jonsson, royal marshal of Sweden
1384: Geert Groote, Dutch preacher, founded the Brethren of the Common Life (born 1340)
1348: Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (born 1319)
1297: William Fraser, bishop and Guardian of Scotland
1158: Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (born 1100), Earl of Orkney and Saint
1153: Bernard of Clairvaux, French theologian and saint (born 1090)
984: Pope John XIV
917: Constantine Lips, Byzantine admiral
768: Eadberht of Northumbria
651: Oswine of Deira
535: Mochta, Irish missionary and saint
AD 14: Agrippa Postumus, Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (born 12 BC)

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