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August 22

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August 22

August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 131 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Thief steals $27,000 worth of Pennsylvania Lottery tickets from gas station. State police are looking for the thief who stole over $27,000 worth of Pennsylvania Lottery tickets from a small gas station convenience store.
2024: North Carolina man wins $439,527 Cash 5 lottery jackpot the day after buying new home. A North Carolina man who bought a new home can use his $439,527 Cash 5 lottery jackpot, which he won the day after the purchase, to pay it off.
2023: New Jersey Lottery will begin selling tickets online. The New Jersey Lottery has announced that it has voted to approve selling tickets online.
2019: DoJ files notice of appeal against New Hampshire Wire Act ruling. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a notice of appeal following the decision in June by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to find in favor of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission (NHLC) in the long-awaited ruling on last year's revised opinion of the Wire Act by the DoJ.
2018: Pennsylvania casinos file suit against state lottery over Internet-based games. Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says he won't block a proposal from the lottery from passing his chamber "if the votes are there" among Republicans.
2017: Lottery rigging mastermind sentenced to 25 years in prison. A former lottery security chief was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday for rigging the computerized lottery drawings in several states so he could collect the jackpots.
2017: Wed. Powerball lottery jackpot jumps to $700 million. Spurred on by a surge of lottery ticket sales, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official estimate for Wednesday's Powerball drawing to $700 million.
2015: N.C. legislators look to expand lottery. Lawmakers in Raleigh are looking to place bets on the state lottery — once again — as a source of more money for education programs across North Carolina.
2013: Former MD Lottery employee pleads guilty of stealing tickets, cashing winners. The office of the Maryland Attorney General said Tuesday a former Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency employee pleaded guilty to theft after stealing thousands of lottery tickets and cashing in winners for $67,000.
2013: Salon lottery winners settle dispute. The fight over a $9.5 million Hoosier Lottery jackpot finally has been settled.
2012: New Jersey casino suing gamblers who won $1.5 million. A New Jersey casino has sued a group of gamblers who won $1.5 million after they allegedly realized the eight decks of cards used in a game of mini baccarat were not preshuffled.
2010: Anonymous donor gives lottery ticket to Kansas hospital. Imagine the surprise to open your mail and find a lottery ticket worth thousands of dollars. It happened in one Kansas county this week and now the hospital in Beloit is all the richer for it.
2009: Not "mentally ready", lottery winner waits six months to claim jackpot. A 48-year-old small businessman from Newcastle, NSW [Australia], has waited six months for the right psychological moment to claim a AU$2 million (US$1.65 million) Lotto prize won in January.
2009: $252 MILLION: largest Mega Millions jackpot in 18 months. Lottery jackpot hunters will have a big target this coming Tuesday night, when a $252 million jackpot is up from grabs in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game.
2008: Woman prepares for 9 months before claiming $8.8M lottery jackpot. Backcountry resident Lynn Hagerbrant knew she'd hit the jackpot just a day after she bought her winning lottery ticket -- yet she waited nearly nine months to cash in on the $8.8 million prize.
2008: N.Y. man spends thousands in search of lottery riches. A New York building superintendent, who spends tens of thousands of dollars a year in an attempt to win the lottery, is jealous of a doorman across the street who won a $5 million scratch-off jackpot.
2008: Wisconsin couple win in lottery -- again!. The Mount Horeb couple who made headlines earlier this week because they held two of only four winning tickets sold in Wisconsin for Saturday's SuperCash drawing, turn out to have the other two as well.
2007: Tennessee Lottery glitch shuts out players. A computer programming error has prevented any number from being selected more than once in Cash 3 and Cash 4 drawings over the past three weeks, the Tennessee Lottery said Tuesday.
2007: Lottery winner goes from rags to riches to rags. A shocking account of David Lee Edwards, who won a $27 million cash payout from a Powerball jackpot, and proceeded to make every bad decision possible.
2003: Lottery Answers Prayers. Doris Rabik, 74, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, matched five numbers in the Saturday Powerball lottery drawing. She plays the lottery often but says she has no immediate plans on how to spend the money other than to save it in the bank.
2003: Ga. officials: HOPE funds could run out early as 2007. Organizers of the Georgia Lottery-supported HOPE scholarship program said Thursday that the resources to provide full tuition for eligible students may be depleted as early as 2007.
2003: Computer problem shut down lottery machines across California. Roughly 19,000 lottery machines shut down across the California Wednesday due to a software glitch, according to the California Lottery.
2003: Lottery's promotional firms to be named. The organization that is putting Tennessee's new lottery together expects to hire a public relations and marketing firm on Monday, and several Nashville-area firms are among the finalists.
2003: Winners in waiting. Teri and Cornell Davis, winners in the lawsuit brought by 20 Englewood Hospital employees, are still waiting for their $25.4 million lump-sum check from the New Jersey Lottery Commission.
2003: 9/11 widow now officially running Jersey's lottery business. Virginia Bauer, 47, was sworn in yesterday by Gov. James E. McGreevey as the new executive director of the New Jersey Lottery, a position she has held in an acting capacity for four months.
2003: Elderly Couple Going to Court Over Million-dollar Lottery Ticket. A Long Island couple married for 16 years recently bought a New York Lottery ticket and won $25 million. Then the divorce papers were filed, and the lottery jackpot is now at the center of a bitter custody battle.

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.$314.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2023
5.$293 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 23, 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.$252 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 25, 2009
9.$245 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2007
10.$234 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2025
11.€147.81 Million
US$211.79 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2009
12.$201 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 24, 2007
13.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2001
14.$180 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 22, 2014
15.€127.53 Million
US$144.35 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2016
16.€122 Million
US$134.51 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 25, 2020
17.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 24, 2016
18.€93 Million
US$124.33 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2013
19.$120 Million: California
SuperLotto Plus
Draw Date
Aug 24, 2002
20.$118 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 24, 2018
21.$116 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2022
22.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 24, 2010
23.€100 Million
US$111.24 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2019
24.€74 Million
US$106.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2011
25.€93 Million
US$103.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 23, 2024

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: alexcord
Saturday, Aug 22, 1992
33 years old
1991: dera123
Thursday, Aug 22, 1991
34 years old
1981: dada30
Saturday, Aug 22, 1981
44 years old
1978: AMOS1978
Tuesday, Aug 22, 1978
47 years old
1978: JAH-SUN
Tuesday, Aug 22, 1978
47 years old
1977: eknikky
Monday, Aug 22, 1977
48 years old
1976: ladytj
Sunday, Aug 22, 1976
49 years old
1976: GravesRobert22
Sunday, Aug 22, 1976
49 years old
1976: Robertlennis4
Sunday, Aug 22, 1976
49 years old
1976: RobertLennisG
Sunday, Aug 22, 1976
49 years old
1975: brazen234
Friday, Aug 22, 1975
50 years old
1973: rustylask22
Wednesday, Aug 22, 1973
52 years old
1970: Damian Williams
Saturday, Aug 22, 1970
55 years old
1967: garyB822
Tuesday, Aug 22, 1967
58 years old
1966: Blonde 777
Monday, Aug 22, 1966
59 years old
1966: thediesel1
Monday, Aug 22, 1966
59 years old
1966: vinster
Monday, Aug 22, 1966
59 years old
1962: Disisme
Wednesday, Aug 22, 1962
63 years old
1958: jackpotismine
Friday, Aug 22, 1958
67 years old
1958: bossman48
Friday, Aug 22, 1958
67 years old
1958: tcorena822
Friday, Aug 22, 1958
67 years old
1957: Gtrace822
Thursday, Aug 22, 1957
68 years old
1956: Wizzard2behold$
Wednesday, Aug 22, 1956
69 years old
1947: nadine8$
Friday, Aug 22, 1947
78 years old
1944: Ms. Pat
Tuesday, Aug 22, 1944
81 years old
1940: jones4364
Thursday, Aug 22, 1940
85 years old
: calady*714
(year not provided)
: lotto queen
(year not provided)
: three bears
(year not provided)
: Cath
(year not provided)
: Cosmobirhythms
(year not provided)
: renelda
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2012: Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.
2007: The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
2006: Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 crashes near the Russian border over eastern Ukraine, killing all 170 people on board.
2006: Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.
2004: Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
2003: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
1999: China Airlines Flight 642 crashes at Hong Kong International Airport, killing three people and injuring 208 more.
1992: FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
1991: Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
1989: Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
1985: British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
1981: Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes in Sanyi Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. All 110 people on board are killed.
1978: Nicaraguan Revolution: The FSLN seizes the National Congress of Nicaragua, along with over a thousand hostages.
1978: The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress, although it is never ratified by a sufficient number of states.
1973: The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
1972: Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
1971: J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
1968: Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
1966: Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), the predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
1965: Juan Marichal, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, strikes John Roseboro, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, on the head with a bat, sparking a 14-minute brawl, one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history.
1963: X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).
1962: The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
1953: The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
1949: The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
1944: World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
1942: Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy.
1934: Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only test cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
1922: Michael Collins, Commander-in-chief of the Irish Free State Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.
1902: The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
1902: Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
1902: At least 6,000 people are killed by the magnitude 7.7 Kashgar earthquake in the Tien Shan mountains.
1894: Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
1875: The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
1864: Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
1851: The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
1849: Passaleão incident: João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, the governor of Portuguese Macau, is assassinated by a group of Chinese locals, triggering a military confrontation between China and Portugal at the Battle of Passaleão three days after.
1846: The Second Federal Republic of Mexico is established.
1827: José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
1798: French troops land at Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid the rebellion.
1791: The Haitian slave revolution begins in Saint-Domingue, Haiti.
1780: James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
1777: British forces abandon the Siege of Fort Stanwix after hearing rumors of Continental Army reinforcements.
1770: James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
1717: Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
1711: Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
1654: Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
1642: Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
1639: Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.
1614: Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
1559: Spanish archbishop Bartolomé Carranza is arrested for heresy.
1485: The Battle of Bosworth Field occurs; King Richard III of England's death in battle marks the end of the reigning Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of the Tudors under Henry VII.
1153: Crusader-Fatimid wars: The fortress of Ascalon was surrendered by Fatimid Egypt to an army of crusaders, Templars, and Hospitallers led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem.
1138: Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
851: Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland, halting the expansion of West Francia.
392: Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.

Births On This Day

2005: Stiliana Nikolova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
2003: Cooper Connolly, Australian cricketer
2001: LaMelo Ball, American basketball player
1997: Maxx Crosby, American football player
1997: Fanum, American streamer
1997: Lautaro Martínez, Argentine footballer
1996: Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer
1996: Jeon So-min, South Korean singer-songwriter
1995: Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
1994: Israel Broussard, American actor
1994: Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
1993: Dillon Danis, American mixed martial artist
1992: Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
1991: Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
1991: Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
1990: Randall Cobb, American football player
1990: Drew Hutchison, American baseball player
1990: Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player
1990: Adam Thielen, American football player
1989: Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer
1987: Leonardo Moracci, Italian footballer
1987: Apollo Crews, American wrestler
1986: Stephen Ireland, Irish footballer
1986: Tokushōryū Makoto, Japanese sumo wrestler
1985: Luke Russert, American journalist
1985: Jey Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
1985: Jimmy Uso, Samoan-American wrestler
1985: Salih Yoluç, Turkish race car driver
1984: Lee Camp, English footballer
1984: Lawrence Quaye, Ghanaian-Qatari footballer
1983: Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
1983: Jahri Evans, American football player
1981: Alex Holmes, American football player
1981: Jang Hyun-kyu, South Korean footballer (died 2012)
1981: Christina Obergföll, German athlete
1980: Roland Benschneider, German footballer
1980: Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canadian sprinter
1980: Seiko Yamamoto, Japanese wrestler
1979: Brandon Adams, American actor
1979: Matt Walters, American football player
1978: James Corden, English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter
1978: Ioannis Gagaloudis, Greek basketball player
1977: Heiðar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
1977: Keren Cytter, Israeli visual artist and writer
1976: Marius Bezykornovas, Lithuanian footballer
1976: Bryn Davies, American bassist, cellist, and pianist
1976: Laurent Hernu, French decathlete
1976: Jeff Weaver, American baseball player
1976: Randy Wolf, American baseball player
1975: Clint Bolton, Australian footballer
1975: Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
1974: Cory Gardner, American politician
1974: Jenna Leigh Green, American actress and singer
1974: Agustín Pichot, Argentinian rugby player
1973: Roslina Bakar, Malaysian sport shooter
1973: Howie Dorough, American singer-songwriter and dancer
1973: Kristen Wiig, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
1973: Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
1972: Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
1972: Paul Doucette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
1972: Max Wilson, German-Brazilian race car driver
1971: Richard Armitage, English actor
1971: Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971: Rick Yune, American actor
1970: Charlie Connelly, English author and broadcaster
1970: Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef and author
1970: Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer
1968: Casper Christensen, Danish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1968: Aleksandr Mostovoi, Russian footballer
1968: Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian businesswoman
1968: Horst Skoff, Austrian tennis player (died 2008)
1967: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English actor
1967: Ty Burrell, American actor and comedian
1967: Paul Colman, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (died 2002)
1966: GZA, American rapper and producer
1966: Rob Witschge, Dutch footballer and manager
1965: Wendy Botha, South African-Australian surfer
1965: David Reimer, Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (died 2004)
1964: Mats Wilander, Swedish-American tennis player and coach
1963: Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1963: James DeBarge, American R&B/soul singer
1962: Stefano Tilli, Italian sprinter
1961: Andrés Calamaro, Argentine singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1961: Roland Orzabal, English singer and musician
1961: Debbi Peterson, American singer-songwriter and drummer
1960: Holger Gehrke, German footballer and manager
1960: Collin Raye, American country music singer
1960: Regina Taylor, American actress and playwright
1959: Juan Croucier, Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1959: Pia Gjellerup, Danish lawyer and politician, Danish Minister of Finance
1959: Mark Williams, English actor
1958: Colm Feore, American-Canadian actor
1958: Stevie Ray, American wrestler
1958: Vernon Reid, English-born American guitarist and songwriter
1957: Steve Davis, English snooker player, sportscaster, and author
1957: Holly Dunn, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2016)
1956: Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach
1956: Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer
1955: Chiranjeevi, Indian film actor, producer and politician
1953: Paul Ellering, American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
1952: Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
1950: Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach
1950: Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
1949: Diana Nyad, American swimmer and author
1949: Joop Donkervoort, Dutch businessman
1948: David Marks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: Carolyn L. Mazloomi, American art historian and quilter
1947: Cindy Williams, American actress and producer (died 2023)
1945: David Chase, American screenwriter and producer
1945: Ron Dante, American singer-songwriter and producer
1944: Roger Cashmore, English physicist and academic
1943: Alun Michael, Welsh police commissioner and politician, inaugural First Minister of Wales
1943: Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist and engineer, co-designed the Intel 4004
1941: Bill Parcells, American football player and coach
1940: Bill McCartney, American football player and coach (died 2025)
1939: Valerie Harper, American actress (died 2019)
1939: Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
1938: Jean Berkey, American businesswoman and politician (died 2013)
1936: Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)
1936: John Callaway, American journalist and producer (died 2009)
1936: Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
1936: Werner Stengel, German roller coaster designer and engineer, designed the Maverick roller coaster
1935: Annie Proulx, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist
1934: Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (died 2012)
1933: Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (died 1994)
1932: Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut (died 2020)
1930: Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (died 2013)
1929: Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author (died 1991)
1929: Roy Clay, American computer scientist (died 2024)
1929: Ulrich Wegener, German police officer and general (died 2017)
1928: Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (died 2015)
1928: Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (died 2007)
1926: Marc Bohan, French fashion designer (died 2023)
1926: Bob Flanigan, American pop singer (died 2011)
1925: Honor Blackman, English actress and republican (died 2020)
1924: James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author (died 1989)
1924: Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist (died 1995)
1922: Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor (died 1996)
1922: Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (died 2011)
1922: Frank Kelly Freas, American science fiction and fantasy artist (died 2005)
1921: Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (died 2003)
1921: Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (died 2012)
1920: Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (died 2012)
1920: Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (died 2016)
1918: Mary McGrory, American journalist and author (died 2004)
1917: John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001)
1915: David Dellinger, American activist (died 2004)
1915: James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope (died 2007)
1915: Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (died 2005)
1914: Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright (died 1992)
1914: Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (died 1989)
1913: Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot (died 2008)
1913: Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (died 1993)
1909: Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer (died 2000)
1909: Mel Hein, American football player and coach (died 1992)
1908: Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (died 2004)
1908: Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach (died 1993)
1904: Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997)
1903: Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (died 1990)
1902: Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (died 1973)
1902: Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist (died 2003)
1902: Edward Rowe Snow, American historian and author (died 1982)
1900: Lisy Fischer, Swiss-born pianist and child prodigy (died 1999)
1897: Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (died 1965)
1896: Laurence McKinley Gould, American geologist, educator, and polar explorer (died 1995)
1895: László Almásy, Hungarian captain, pilot, and explorer (died 1951)
1895: Paul Comtois, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1966)
1893: Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (died 1977)
1893: Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (died 1967)
1893: Ernest H. Volwiler, American chemist (died 1992)
1891: Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (died 1983)
1891: Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (died 1973)
1890: Cecil Kellaway, South African actor (died 1973)
1887: Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1977)
1882: Raymonde de Laroche, French pilot (died 1919)
1881: Bede Jarrett, English Dominican priest (died 1934)
1881: James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (died 1949)
1880: Gorch Fock, German author and poet (died 1916)
1880: George Herriman, American cartoonist (died 1944)
1874: Max Scheler, German philosopher and author (died 1928)
1873: Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (died 1928)
1868: Willis R. Whitney, American chemist (died 1958)
1867: Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (died 1939)
1867: Charles Francis Jenkins, American inventor (died 1934)
1862: Claude Debussy, French pianist and composer (died 1918)
1860: Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk (died 1940)
1860: Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (died 1940)
1857: Ned Hanlon, American baseball player and manager (died 1937)
1854: Milan I of Serbia (died 1901)
1848: Melville Elijah Stone, American publisher, founded the Chicago Daily News (died 1929)
1847: John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (died 1918)
1845: William Lewis Douglas, American businessman and politician, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1924)
1844: George W. De Long, American Naval officer and explorer (died 1881)
1836: Archibald Willard, American soldier and painter (died 1918)
1834: Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (died 1906)
1827: Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1906)
1818: Rudolf von Jhering, German jurist (died 1892)
1800: Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (died 1865)
1778: James Kirke Paulding, American poet, playwright, and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1860)
1773: Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (died 1858)
1771: Henry Maudslay, English engineer (died 1831)
1764: Charles Percier, French architect and interior designer (died 1838)
1760: Pope Leo XII (died 1829)
1679: Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (died 1758)
1647: Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (died 1712)
1624: Jean Regnault de Segrais, French author and poet (died 1701)
1601: Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (died 1667)
1599: Agatha Marie of Hanau, German noblewoman (died 1636)
1570: Franz von Dietrichstein, Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (died 1636)
1412: Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (died 1464)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Arthur J. Gregg, American military officer (born 1928)
2021: Rod Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1941)
2018: Ed King, American musician (born 1949)
2018: Krishna Reddy, Indian printmaker, sculptor and teacher (born 1925)
2017: Michael J. C. Gordon, British Computer scientist (born 1948)
2016: S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (born 1924)
2016: Toots Thielemans, Belgian and American jazz musician (born 1922)
2015: Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (born 1922)
2015: Ieng Thirith, Cambodian academic and politician (born 1932)
2015: Eric Thompson, English race car driver and book dealer (born 1919)
2014: U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)
2014: Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (born 1906)
2014: Pete Ladygo, American football player and coach (born 1928)
2014: Noella Leduc, American baseball player (born 1933)
2014: John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (born 1921)
2014: John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (born 1929)
2013: Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (born 1921)
2013: Andrea Servi, Italian footballer (born 1984)
2012: Nina Bawden, English author (born 1925)
2012: Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Taiwanese cardinal (born 1923)
2012: Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
2011: Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
2011: Jack Layton, Canadian academic and politician (born 1950)
2011: Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (born 1922)
2011: Yao Yuanjun, Chinese border police officer (born 1993)
2010: Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1923)
2009: Muriel Duckworth, Canadian pacifist, feminist, and activist (born 1908)
2009: Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (born 1926)
2008: Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (born 1899)
2007: Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (born 1922)
2005: Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (born 1929)
2005: Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (born 1914)
2004: Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (born 1960)
2004: Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1908)
2004: Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (born 1920)
2003: Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (born 1914)
2000: Abulfaz Elchibey, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (born 1938)
1996: Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (born 1904)
1995: Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (born 1919)
1994: Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (born 1931)
1994: Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (born 1914)
1991: Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (born 1924)
1991: Boris Pugo, Russian soldier and politician, Soviet Minister of Interior (born 1937)
1989: Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (born 1933)
1989: Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (born 1942)
1987: Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (born 1909)
1986: Celâl Bayar, Turkish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Turkey (born 1883)
1985: Charles Gibson, historian of Mexico and its Indians, president of the American Historical Association (born 1920)
1981: Vicente Manansala, Filipino painter (born 1910)
1980: James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (born 1899)
1979: James T. Farrell, American novelist, short-story writer, and poet (born 1904)
1978: Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (born 1894)
1977: Sebastian Cabot, English actor (born 1918)
1977: Chunseong, Korean monk, philosopher and writer (born 1891)
1977: Rex Connor, Australian politician (born 1907)
1976: Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (born 1913)
1976: Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (born 1902)
1974: Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (born 1908)
1971: Birger Nerman, Swedish archaeologist (born 1888)
1970: Vladimir Propp, Russian philologist and scholar (born 1895)
1967: Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (born 1903)
1963: William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (born 1877)
1960: Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (born 1897)
1958: Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
1953: Jim Tabor, American baseball player (born 1916)
1951: Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884)
1950: Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (born 1888)
1946: Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1883)
1942: Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1880)
1940: Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (born 1851)
1940: Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1861)
1937: Pedro Durruti, Spanish anarchist and Falangist revolutionary (born 1911)
1933: Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (born 1858)
1926: Charles William Eliot, American academic (born 1834)
1922: Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (born 1890)
1920: Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (born 1860)
1918: Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (born 1868)
1914: Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (born 1859)
1909: Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (born 1846)
1904: Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (born 1850)
1903: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1830)
1891: Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (born 1834)
1888: Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (born 1817)
1861: Xianfeng, Emperor of China (born 1831)
1850: Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (born 1802)
1828: Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (born 1758)
1818: Warren Hastings, English lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (born 1732)
1806: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and illustrator (born 1732)
1797: Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (born 1724)
1793: Louis de Noailles, French general (born 1713)
1773: George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1709)
1752: William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (born 1667)
1711: Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (born 1644)
1701: John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1628)
1681: Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (born 1602)
1680: John George II, Elector of Saxony (born 1613)
1664: Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (born 1610)
1652: Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (born 1583)
1607: Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (born 1572)
1599: Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1553)
1584: Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1530)
1572: Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (born 1528)
1553: John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1504)
1545: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (born c. 1484)
1532: William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1450)
1485: Richard III of England (born 1452)
1485: James Harrington, Yorkist knight
1485: John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk (born 1430)
1485: Richard Ratcliffe, supporter of Richard III
1485: William Brandon, supporter of Henry VII (born 1426)
1456: Vladislav II of Wallachia
1425: Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (born 1423)
1358: Isabella of France (born 1295)
1350: Philip VI of France (born 1293)
1338: William II, Duke of Athens (born 1312)
1304: John II, Count of Holland (born 1247)
1280: Pope Nicholas III (born 1225)
1241: Pope Gregory IX, (born 1143)
1155: Emperor Konoe of Japan (born 1139)
408: Stilicho, Roman general (born 359)

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