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August 21

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August 21

August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 132 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Florida woman's secret to winning $865,811 in the lottery is talking to her phone. A Florida woman won a $865,811 digital lottery jackpot in North Carolina after her personal strategy worked: give her phone some verbal words of encouragement.
2024: Kentucky man's "heart was crawling out" of his throat after winning $175,000 lottery prize. A Kentucky man had trouble catching his breath as he gradually learned he had won a $175,000 prize on a lottery ticket.
2023: Connecticut Lottery to move headquarters. The Connecticut Lottery will be moving its headquarters and claims center to a new facility this month.
2020: Louisiana retailer sells two winning lottery tickets in one week. One gas station in Baton Rouge might find more players frequenting its store for a dab of luck since it sold two winning lottery tickets within one week.
2019: CT Lottery CEO refuses to testify as to why official was placed on leave. President/CEO Gregory Smith of the Connecticut Lottery Corp. (CLC) repeatedly refused last week to say why he placed CLC Vice President Chelsea Turner on paid administrative leave July 15 from her $190,000-a-year job under a state personnel regulation that provides for "investigation of alleged serious misconduct which could constitute just cause for dismissal."
2016: Alabama lottery bill faces battle in House. Putting a vote before Alabama residents to add a state lottery still has sizable challenges before it can happen.
2014: $3 million lottery winnings just chicken feed to farmer. A Michigan chicken farmer who won a $3.3 million lottery jackpot was on the brink of losing everything.
2013: Fla. senator proposes online Florida Lottery sales, again. A Florida state senator wants to make Florida Lottery tickets just a click or two away.
2011: Winning $32M Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Massachusetts. One lucky Massachusetts resident is $32 million richer after Friday night's drawing of the Mega Millions jackpot, state lottery officials said.
2009: Recession or not, Michigan lottery tickets are hot sellers. Michigan Lottery officials say lottery sales are running at a near record pace and are expected to get a boost by tonight's $207 million Mega Millions jackpot.
2009: California Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $200K to expire Monday. A lottery ticket worth more than $200,000 that was bought in Coronado, California, remains unclaimed, and lottery officials yesterday warned that the prize will expire in three days.
2009: S.C. Lottery officials waiting for Powerball winner to come forward. Right now one Powerball lottery ticket holder is a multi-millionaire and may not even know it. So far no one has come forward to claim Wednesday night's prize of $259,900,000.
2008: Michigan Lottery starts two big new games. After starting its latest raffle game last week -- with a $2 million top prize -- the Michigan Lottery will introduce a new instant win game next week awarding eleven ticket holders $1 million each.
2007: Tennessee Lottery computerized drawings flawed since inception. A month ago, Tennessee Lottery officials claimed the state's new computerized drawings would be "exciting". What Tennessee lottery players got instead were buggy, unfair drawings, in which almost half the numbers people picked had no chance whatsoever of winning.
2006: Maryland Lottery to add horse race tie-in. At this year's Maryland Million, a signature day of racing for state-sired horses, a fan can take home a million dollars from the Maryland Lottery.
2006: Lawmakers criticize Iowa Lottery bonuses. Iowa Lottery workers are about to receive up to $7,700 each in what their board calls incentive-based pay -- and what critics call politically tone-deaf bonuses.
2006: N.C. lottery counts on millions in unclaimed prizes. North Carolina lottery officials expect almost $9 million in lottery winnings will go unclaimed between last month and June.
2004: Penn. Lottery's Midday Mistake Leads to Questions About Drawings. When news outlets received the results of the Pennsylvania midday lottery drawing 20 minutes earlier than usual, some questioned how the nontelevised drawing operates.
2003: Powerball Jackpot Soars to $100 Million. Summer may be winding down but the excitement surrounding America's favorite lottery game is heating up. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 488,267 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.9 million in prizes in America's Game. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $100 million, with a cash option of $51 million. That's the largest current lottery jackpot in the world.
2003: One of these days, someone is going to win Super Six jackpot. The last Super Six jackpot, won on Nov. 8, 2002, has been followed by 81 straight rollovers and now stands at $27.5 million. In the world of lottery jackpots, 20 rollovers is a long run. Eighty-one rollovers is astounding.
2003: Family double as father scoops lotto windfall. A retired father of three is celebrating an £85,248 Lotto windfall - just two months after his son scooped £179,137.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$758.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2017
2.$715.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2025
3.$535 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 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.$270 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 24, 2021
7.€258.39 Million US$257.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2022
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.€127.53 Million
US$144.35 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2016
16.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 24, 2016
17.€93 Million
US$124.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2013
18.€107 Million
US$123.55 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2018
19.€110 Million
US$121.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2020
20.$116 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2022
21.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 24, 2010
22.€100 Million
US$111.24 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2019
23.€74 Million
US$106.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2011
24.€74 Million
US$105.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 21, 2009
25.€93 Million
US$103.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2024

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: Slims00
Friday, Aug 21, 1992
33 years old
1990: Emprezz
Tuesday, Aug 21, 1990
35 years old
1989: Eddieisnow2026
Monday, Aug 21, 1989
36 years old
1986: Myohtetaung
Thursday, Aug 21, 1986
39 years old
1986: Stevenjean103
Thursday, Aug 21, 1986
39 years old
1985: Hot-N-Spicy
Wednesday, Aug 21, 1985
40 years old
1985: Longer
Wednesday, Aug 21, 1985
40 years old
1982: Honeybfly
Saturday, Aug 21, 1982
43 years old
1981: Lady21
Friday, Aug 21, 1981
44 years old
1981: Simmysimsim
Friday, Aug 21, 1981
44 years old
1979: Dr Lotto
Tuesday, Aug 21, 1979
46 years old
1978: smwillis78
Monday, Aug 21, 1978
47 years old
1976: Lakasha Sejour
Saturday, Aug 21, 1976
49 years old
1970: Roxieky
Friday, Aug 21, 1970
55 years old
1970: Hongkong076
Friday, Aug 21, 1970
55 years old
1969: a1agape
Thursday, Aug 21, 1969
56 years old
1968: Todd
Wednesday, Aug 21, 1968
57 years old
1968: Sandria$5
Wednesday, Aug 21, 1968
57 years old
1964: jeffreystory
Friday, Aug 21, 1964
61 years old
1964: wenee
Friday, Aug 21, 1964
61 years old
1961: bardjr777
Monday, Aug 21, 1961
64 years old
1960: provodawg
Sunday, Aug 21, 1960
65 years old
1959: Wizard859
Friday, Aug 21, 1959
66 years old
1956: texgirl
Tuesday, Aug 21, 1956
69 years old
1956: linbybag
Tuesday, Aug 21, 1956
69 years old
1954: icanwin
Saturday, Aug 21, 1954
71 years old
1939: jeborde
Monday, Aug 21, 1939
86 years old
: Fabie nicolas
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2017: A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.
2013: Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
2000: American golfer Tiger Woods wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
1995: Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, attempts to divert to West Georgia Regional Airport after the left engine fails, but the aircraft crashes in Carroll County near Carrollton, Georgia, killing nine of the 29 people on board.
1994: Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
1993: NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
1991: Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
1991: Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
1988: The 6.9 M_w Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal-India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709-1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
1986: Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12 mi) range.
1983: Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
1982: Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
1971: A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
1968: Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
1968: James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
1965: The Socialist Republic of Romania is proclaimed, following the adoption of a new constitution.
1963: Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
1959: United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
1957: The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
1945: Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1944: Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
1944: World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
1942: World War II: The Guadalcanal campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
1918: World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
1914: World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
1901: Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
1888: The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
1883: An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
1879: The locals of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland report their having seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary. The apparition is later named "Our Lady of Knock" and the spot transformed into a Catholic pilgrimage site.
1878: The American Bar Association is founded in Saratoga Springs, New York.
1863: Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
1862: The Stadtpark, the first public park in Vienna, opens to the public.
1858: The first of the Lincoln-Douglas debates is held in Ottawa, Illinois.
1852: Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.
1831: Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites and about twice that number of blacks.
1821: Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.
1810: Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
1808: Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.
1791: A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
1778: American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.
1772: King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
1770: James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
1716: Seventh Ottoman-Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.
1689: The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
1680: Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
1415: Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Conquest of Ceuta.
1331: King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.
1192: Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Sei-i Taishōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: the 12th day of the seventh month in the third year of the Kenkyū (建久) era).
1169: Battle of the Blacks: Uprising by the black African forces of the Fatimid army, along with a number of Egyptian emirs and commoners, against Saladin.
1140: Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin-Song Wars.
959: Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.

Births On This Day

2000: Corbin Carroll, American baseball player
1999: Maxim Knight, American actor
1996: Karolína Muchová, Czech tennis player
1995: Dominik Kubalík, Czech ice hockey player
1994: Alexandra Cooper, American podcaster
1994: Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, British-Turkish reality television personality, actress and model
1993: Millie Bright, English footballer
1993: Mike Evans, American football player
1992: Brandon Drury, American baseball player
1992: RJ Mitte, American actor
1992: Felipe Nasr, Brazilian race car driver
1991: Leandro Bacuna, Dutch footballer
1991: Jesse Rutherford, American singer and songwriter
1990: Bo Burnham, American comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker and poet
1990: Christian Vázquez, Puerto Rican baseball player
1989: Charlison Benschop, Dutch footballer
1989: James Davey, English rugby league player
1989: Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer
1989: Hayden Panettiere, American actress
1989: Aleix Vidal, Spanish footballer
1988: Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer
1988: Joanna Mitrosz, Polish rhythmic gymnast
1988: Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987: DeWanna Bonner, American-Macedonian basketball player
1987: Cody Kasch, American actor
1987: J. D. Martinez, American baseball player
1987: Jodie Meeks, American basketball player and coach
1986: Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
1986: Wout Brama, Dutch footballer
1986: Koki Sakamoto, Japanese gymnast
1986: Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thai politician and 31st Prime Minister of Thailand
1986: Brooks Wheelan, American comedian and actor
1985: Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player
1985: Aleksandra Kiryashova, Russian pole vaulter
1984: Neil Dexter, South African cricketer
1984: Melvin Upton, Jr., American baseball player
1984: Alizée, French singer
1983: Brody Jenner, American television personality and model
1983: Scott McDonald, Australian footballer
1982: Jason Eaton, New Zealand rugby player
1982: Omar Sachedina, Canadian television journalist, correspondent, and news anchor
1981: Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer (died 2018)
1981: Cameron Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU
1981: Tyler Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU
1981: Ross Thomas, American actor
1980: Bryan Allen, Canadian ice hockey player
1980: Burney Lamar, American race car driver
1980: Paul Menard, American race car driver
1980: Jasmin Wöhr, German tennis player
1979: Kelis, American singer-songwriter, producer, chef and author
1979: Diego Klattenhoff, Canadian actor
1978: Peter Buxton, English rugby player and manager
1978: Reuben Droughns, American football player and coach
1978: Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player and coach
1978: Alan Lee, Irish footballer and coach
1978: Jason Marquis, American baseball player
1976: Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player and scout
1976: Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican-American soccer player
1976: Robert Miles, Australian rugby league player
1976: Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1975: Simon Katich, Australian cricketer and manager
1975: Alicia Witt, American actress and musician
1974: Martin Andanar, Filipino journalist and radio host
1974: Paul Mellor, Australian rugby league player and referee
1973: Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google
1973: Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1971: Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese footballer
1971: Robert Harvey, Australian footballer and coach
1971: Liam Howlett, English keyboard player, DJ, and producer
1970: Craig Counsell, American baseball player and coach
1970: Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist and manager
1970: Cathy Weseluck, Canadian actress
1969: Bruce Anstey, New Zealand motorcycle racer
1969: Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater
1968: Dina Carroll, English singer-songwriter
1968: Goran Ćurko, Serbian footballer
1968: Laura Trevelyan, English journalist and author
1967: Darren Bewick, Australian footballer
1967: Charb, French journalist and cartoonist (died 2015)
1967: Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
1967: Serj Tankian, Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
1966: John Wetteland, American baseball player and coach
1965: Jim Bullinger, American baseball player
1964: Gary Elkerton, Australian surfer
1963: Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco
1963: Nigel Pearson, English footballer and manager
1962: Cleo King, American actress
1962: John Korfas, Greek-American basketball player and coach
1962: Gilberto Santa Rosa, Puerto Rican bandleader and singer of salsa and bolero
1962: Pete Weber, American bowler
1961: Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player and coach (died 2001)
1961: V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2019)
1961: Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, cartoonist, animator and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants (died 2018)
1959: Anne Hobbs, English tennis player and coach
1959: Jim McMahon, American football player and coach
1958: Steve Case, American businessman, co-founder of America Online (AOL)
1958: Mark Williams, Australian footballer and coach
1957: Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (died 2012)
1956: Kim Cattrall, English-Canadian actress
1956: Jon Tester, American farmer and politician
1954: Archie Griffin, American football player
1954: Steve Smith, American drummer
1954: Mark Williams, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
1953: Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director
1952: Keith Hart, Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer
1952: Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, sixth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
1952: Bernadette Porter, English nun and educator
1952: Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
1951: Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
1951: Glenn Hughes, English musician
1951: Yana Mintoff, Maltese politician, economist and educator
1951: Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician
1950: Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model (died 2021)
1950: Arthur Bremer, American attempted assassin of George Wallace
1949: Loretta Devine, American actress and singer
1949: Daniel Sivan, Israeli scholar and academic
1947: Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter and musician
1945: Basil Poledouris, Greek-American composer, conductor (died 2006)
1945: Celia Brayfield, English journalist and author
1945: Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player
1945: Willie Lanier, American football player
1945: Patty McCormack, American actress
1944: Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, third Prime Minister of the Bahamas
1944: Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1943: Patrick Demarchelier, French photographer (died 2022)
1943: Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (died 2014)
1943: Lucius Shepard, American author and critic (died 2014)
1943: Hugh Wilson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
1941: Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter
1940: Dominick Harrod, English journalist, historian, and author (died 2013)
1940: Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist
1939: James Burton, American Hall of Fame guitarist
1939: Festus Mogae, Botswana economist and politician, third President of Botswana
1939: Clarence Williams III, American actor (died 2021)
1938: Steve Cowper, American politician, 6th Governor of Alaska
1938: Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2020)
1938: Mike Weston, English rugby player (died 2023)
1937: Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, first First Minister of Scotland (died 2000)
1937: Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51st President of Ecuador (died 2021)
1937: Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (died 2015)
1936: Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (died 1999)
1936: Radish Tordia, Georgian painter and educator
1934: Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2001)
1934: Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer (died 2015)
1933: Janet Baker, English soprano and educator
1933: Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (died 1994)
1933: Barry Norman, English author and critic (died 2017)
1933: Erik Paaske, Danish actor and singer (died 1992)
1932: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter (died 2015)
1932: Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2021)
1930: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (died 2002)
1930: Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
1929: Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (died 2014)
1929: X. J. Kennedy, American poet, translator, anthologist, editor
1929: Ahmed Kathrada, South African politician and political prisoner (died 2017)
1928: Addison Farmer, American bassist (died 1963)
1928: Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)
1928: Bud McFadin, American football player (died 2006)
1927: Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 2018)
1926: Can Yücel, Turkish poet and translator (died 1999)
1924: Jack Buck, American sportscaster (died 2002)
1924: Jack Weston, American actor (died 1996)
1923: Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2014)
1922: Albert Irvin, English soldier and painter (died 2015)
1921: Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (died 2014)
1918: Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 2004)
1917: Leonid Hurwicz, Polish-American economist and mathematician (died 2008)
1916: Bill Lee, American actor and singer (died 1980)
1916: Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (died 2005)
1914: Doug Wright, English cricketer and coach (died 1998)
1912: Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1995)
1909: Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1992)
1907: P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1963)
1906: Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (died 1995)
1905: Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer (died 1981)
1904: Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1984)
1903: Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1984)
1902: Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author (died 1972)
1897: Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer (died 1966)
1895: Blossom Rock, American actress (died 1978)
1894: Christian Schad, German painter (died 1982)
1892: Charles Vanel, French actor and director (died 1989)
1891: Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (died 2007)
1887: James Paul Moody, English sailor (died 1912)
1886: Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet (died 1988)
1885: Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner (died 1939)
1884: Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (died 1936)
1879: Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer (died 1959)
1878: Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (died 1963)
1872: Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (died 1898)
1869: William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet and author (died 1963)
1862: Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (died 1911)
1858: Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (died 1889)
1856: Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès, American heiress (died 1921)
1851: Charles Barrois, French geologist and palaeontologist (died 1939)
1840: Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch bishop and missionary (died 1900)
1829: Otto Goldschmidt, German composer, conductor and pianist (died 1907)
1826: Carl Gegenbaur, German anatomist and academic (died 1903)
1823: Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer (died 1899)
1816: Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic (died 1856)
1813: Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician (died 1891)
1801: Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (died 1876)
1800: Hiram Walden, American general and politician (died 1880)
1798: Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher (died 1874)
1789: Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (died 1857)
1787: John Owen, American governor of North Carolina (died 1841)
1765: William IV, King of the United Kingdom (died 1837)
1754: William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting (died 1839)
1754: Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician (died 1833)
1725: Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter and educator (died 1805)
1670: James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (died 1734)
1665: Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (died 1729)
1660: Hubert Gautier, French mathematician and engineer (died 1737)
1643: Afonso VI of Portugal (died 1683)
1625: John Claypole, English politician (died 1688)
1597: Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (died 1672)
1579: Henri, Duke of Rohan (died 1638)
1567: Francis de Sales, Swiss bishop and saint (died 1622)
1552: Muhammad Qadiri, Founder of the Naushahia branch of the Qadri order (died 1654)
1535: Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese general (died 1619)
1481: Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (died 1550)
1165: Philip II of France (died 1223)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Nell McCafferty, Northern Irish journalist, playwright and civil rights campaigner (born 1944)
2024: Bill Pascrell, American politician (born 1937)
2024: John Amos, American actor (born 1939)
2019: Celso Piña, Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (born 1953)
2018: Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (born 1975)
2017: Bajram Rexhepi, First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (born 1954)
2015: Colin Beyer, New Zealand lawyer and businessman (born 1938)
2015: Wang Dongxing, Chinese commander and politician (born 1916)
2015: Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach (born 1924)
2014: Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (born 1944)
2014: Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (born 1925)
2014: Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1946)
2014: Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1937)
2014: Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, ninth Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1932)
2013: Jean Berkey, American lawyer and politician (born 1938)
2013: Sid Bernstein, American record producer (born 1918)
2013: C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1936)
2013: Fred Martin, Scottish footballer (born 1929)
2013: Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (born 1932)
2012: Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, Federal Minister of Defence for Germany (born 1920)
2012: J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (born 1926)
2012: Don Raleigh, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)
2012: Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, seventh Minister-President of Wallonia (born 1931)
2012: William Thurston, American mathematician and academic (born 1946)
2010: Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean sociologist and author (born 1941)
2009: Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (born 1930)
2008: Jerry Finn, American engineer and producer (born 1969)
2007: Frank Bowe, American academic (born 1947)
2007: Siobhan Dowd, British author (born 1960)
2007: Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (born 1918)
2006: Bismillah Khan, Indian musician, Bharat Ratna recipient (born 1916)
2006: Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (born 1941)
2005: Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (born 1957)
2005: Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (born 1934)
2005: Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (born 1936)
2005: Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (born 1925)
2004: Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (born 1916)
2003: John Coplans, British artist (born 1920)
2003: Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and academic (born 1946)
2001: Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1927)
2000: Tomata du Plenty, American singer-songwriter and playwright (born 1948)
2000: Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, third Prime Minister of Zambia (born 1930)
2000: Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer and author (born 1928)
1996: Mary Two-Axe Earley, Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (born 1911)
1995: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
1995: Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (born 1919)
1993: Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano and actress (born 1938)
1989: Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1945)
1988: Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (born 1963)
1988: Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (born 1912)
1983: Benigno Aquino Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (born 1932)
1981: Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi Writer(born 1885)
1979: Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (born 1910)
1978: Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (born 1907)
1974: Buford Pusser, American police officer (born 1937)
1974: Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (born 1894)
1971: George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (born 1941)
1968: Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (born 1893)
1964: Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (born 1893)
1960: David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (born 1886)
1957: Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (born 1879)
1957: Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902)
1957: Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (born 1888)
1951: Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (born 1905)
1947: Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (born 1881)
1943: Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)
1940: Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1882)
1940: Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (born 1863)
1940: Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (born 1879)
1935: John Hartley, English tennis player (born 1849)
1919: Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (born 1875)
1911: Mahboob Ali Khan, sixth Nizam of Hyderabad State (born 1866)
1910: Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (born 1835)
1905: Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (born 1827)
1888: James Farnell, Australian politician, eighth Premier of New South Wales (born 1825)
1870: Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (born 1821)
1867: Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1790)
1854: Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (born 1777)
1853: Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (born 1783)
1838: Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (born 1781)
1836: Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (born 1785)
1835: John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (born 1773)
1814: Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (born 1753)
1796: John McKinly, American physician and politician, first Governor of Delaware (born 1721)
1775: Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (born 1690)
1763: Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1710)
1762: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1689)
1689: William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (born 1661)
1673: Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier (born 1599)
1627: Jacques Mauduit, French composer and academic (born 1557)
1622: Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana, Spanish poet and politician (born 1582)
1614: Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and purported serial killer (born 1560)
1568: Jean Parisot de Valette, 49th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1495)
1534: Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, 44th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1464)
1271: Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (born 1220)
1245: Alexander of Hales, English theologian
1157: Alfonso VII of León and Castile (born 1105)
1148: William II, Count of Nevers (born c. 1089)
1131: King Baldwin II of Jerusalem
913: Tang Daoxi, Chinese general
784: Alberic, archbishop of Utrecht
672: Emperor Kōbun of Japan (born 648)

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