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August 26

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August 26

August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 127 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: $1 million Powerball lottery ticket purchased in West Virginia expiring in two weeks. There's an unclaimed Powerball ticket worth $1 million that will expire in West Virginia if the winner doesn't step forward to claim it in two weeks' time.
2024: Michigan woman increases usual lottery purchase and wins $4 million lottery prize. A Michigan woman veered out of her comfort zone and bought a more expensive lottery ticket than usual, which ended up winning her a $4 million top prize.
2022: VIDEO: Lottery Post launches new online store. Lottery Post is delighted to announce the refresh of its online store with all-new and carefully selected products for the lottery enthusiast, including the long-awaited scratch-off lottery ticket scratchers seen in several YouTube videos.
2021: Colorado man wins $5.75 million Lucky for Life top prize. Colorado just had its very first top prize winner in the Lucky for Life multi-state game, who scooped up the $5.75 million cash option jackpot this week.
2020: Mississippi Lottery announces its first daily draw game. Since officially launching on November 25, 2019, the Mississippi Lottery Corporation will be releasing its first-ever daily draw game this coming Tuesday, September 1.
2020: Lucky number 9: thousands of lottery players win a total of $9.2M with winning numbers 9-9-9-9. Thousands of North Carolina lottery players are celebrating lucky number 9 after winning numbers 9-9-9-9 were drawn for the Pick 4 game on Monday night.
2019: Florida Lottery admits error, winner collects two years later. A Florida man finally has his lottery prize after a local media investigation exposed a state error.
2018: Mississippi lottery bill advances, but more work remains. Mississippi could be inching closer to creating a lottery and leaving the list of six states that don't offer the game of chance.
2018: UK Lottery botched raffle draw results. Five players in a UK National Lottery raffle missed out on becoming millionaires after a technical fault on its website hid winning tickets, it can be revealed.
2016: Hope still alive: Alabama House passes modified lottery bill. The Alabama House of Representatives narrowly approved Gov. Robert Bentley's proposed state lottery Thursday night after 10 hours of contentious debate and two vote attempts.
2015: Alabama lottery proposal dead for now. Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, recently announced he will not push his bill to allow a statewide vote on a lottery and casinos during the second special session.
2011: Struggling couple wins $10M lottery jackpot. The overjoyed $10 million (US$10.5 million) winners of Thursday night's Australian Powerball game don't want to be named, but said they had been struggling to make ends meet on one income for years.
2011: Nebraska Lottery records best year ever. For the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011, The Nebraska Lottery recorded the highest revenue since the lottery began in 1993, marking the eighth consecutive year of increased sales.
2010: Ottawa man claims $25M Lotto Max prize. An Ottawa construction worker is $25 million richer after claiming his Lotto Max prize almost two weeks after the winning numbers were drawn.
2009: 24 employees at Toledo retirement home rejoice over big lottery win. 24 of the 77 employees at a Toledo, Ohio, retirement home will share $250,000 after hitting five of six numbers in the multi-state Mega Millions game.
2009: Florida's newest lottery millionaire. A Jackson County woman is the state's newest Florida lottery millionaire. Lottery officials presented 33-year-old Dawna McAlpin with her check today at the Grand Ridge convenience store that sold her the winning ticket. McAlpin is keeping a level head about her newfound wealth.
2009: Arkansas Lottery begins licensing retailers for ticket sales. A Murphy USA retail outlet in Magnolia on Wednesday received the first license issued in the state to sell tickets for Arkansas' scholarship lottery when scratch-off games begin next month.
2009: $325 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls again. There has been another rollover in the top prize for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery -- expanding the jackpot to a staggering $325 million for the Friday drawing.
2007: Single winner in $314M Powerball lottery drawing. Powerball lottery officials say one winning ticket was sold in Indiana for Saturday night's $314 million jackpot.
2005: Powerball lottery changes go into effect Sunday. Changes to Powerball, the country's largest lotto game, take effect Sunday (August 28), with two new numbers added to the mix.
2005: Indiana Lottery has limit for Pick 3 and Pick 4 Numbers. There are occasions when the Hoosier Lottery will close betting on certain combinations when too many people are betting one number.
2004: Kansas lottery player keeps winning. Topeka resident Louis Guebara just added a third big payday to his list of lottery achievements.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $28 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $28 million, with a cash option of $15.3 million.
2004: Arizona Lottery has record sales. Arizonans pursuing quick riches bought a record $366.6 million in Lottery tickets in the year that ended June 30, a nearly 14 percent gain over the previous 12 months.
2004: Florida Man Accused Of Stealing Lottery Winnings. A former MetLife salesman from Tampa is accused of stealing more than $375,000 from brokerage and other accounts a millionaire lottery winner established with MetLife, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court.
2004: Bookkeeper's lottery habit costly. After serving a 14-month prison term for first-degree theft, the Federal Way woman, now 68, should have her $549,000 restitution bill paid off in a little over 457 years.
2004: Atlantic Lottery Corporation starts online ticket sales. The Atlantic Lottery Corporation has pioneered a controversial website that sells lottery tickets on the Internet.
2003: Kansas Lottery Winner to Stay Anonymous. Kansas Lottery officials have honored the request of the record-setting winner of the Super Kansas Cash drawing Wednesday to stay anonymous.
2003: USC, MUSC, Clemson awarded $6 million in matching lotto research funds. South Carolina's three research universities will work together on a project to produce human tissue and organs with the help of $6 million in state lottery funds.
2003: Lottery board sets criteria for ticket sellers. Retailers who want to sell tickets for the new Tennessee lottery must abide by a list of criteria set Monday by the lottery corporation board.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$861.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2025
2.$582 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2024
3.$344.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 26, 2023
4.$336 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2009
5.$325.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2021
6.$288 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2021
7.€261 Million US$260.09 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2022
8.$253 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 26, 2025
9.$250 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2007
10.€140 Million
US$154.35 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2020
11.€129.75 Million
US$145.25 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2016
12.$142 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2016
13.$135 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 26, 2022
14.$134 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2018
15.$133 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2010
16.€88 Million
US$129.4 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 29, 2008
17.€88 Million
US$127.22 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 26, 2011
18.€108 Million
US$119.85 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2019
19.$116.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2022
20.€104 Million
US$116.19 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2024
21.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2013
22.$115 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2003
23.$114 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 26, 2008
24.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2002
25.$103 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: tiamartin93
Wednesday, Aug 26, 1998
27 years old
1989: Soulless
Saturday, Aug 26, 1989
36 years old
1985: Retchee
Monday, Aug 26, 1985
40 years old
1982: babyflip2001
Thursday, Aug 26, 1982
43 years old
1981: Melida81
Wednesday, Aug 26, 1981
44 years old
1980: MsMariannaK
Tuesday, Aug 26, 1980
45 years old
1976: abed1155
Thursday, Aug 26, 1976
49 years old
1976: emmorgan
Thursday, Aug 26, 1976
49 years old
1976: traceysnt
Thursday, Aug 26, 1976
49 years old
1970: WINBIGTN
Wednesday, Aug 26, 1970
55 years old
1969: MrsT
Tuesday, Aug 26, 1969
56 years old
1968: Anya826
Monday, Aug 26, 1968
57 years old
1967: big dr
Saturday, Aug 26, 1967
58 years old
1955: winsumloosesum
Friday, Aug 26, 1955
70 years old
1954: charmed7
Thursday, Aug 26, 1954
71 years old
1951: zoomcat
Sunday, Aug 26, 1951
74 years old
: Lexi26
(year not provided)
: MsMona66
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: Exactly 5 years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, leaving 3 people dead.
2021: During the 2021 Kabul airlift, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport kills 13 US military personnel and at least 169 Afghan civilians.
2018: Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a mass shooting at a Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
2015: Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
2014: The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.
2011: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
2009: Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are apprehended.
2003: A Beechcraft 1900 operating as Colgan Air Flight 9446 crashes after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, killing both pilots on board.
1999: Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
1998: The first flight of the Boeing Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X communications satellite.
1997: Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
1993: Sakha Avia Flight 301 crashes on approach to Aldan Airport, killing all 24 aboard.
1980: After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.
1978: Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
1977: The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec.
1972: The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany.
1970: The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
1969: Aeroflot Flight 1770 crashes while landing at Vnukovo International Airport, killing 16.
1966: The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
1944: World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
1942: The Holocaust in Ukraine: At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
1940: World War II: Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
1936: Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the nationalists and the republican interprovincial council is dissolved.
1922: Greco-Turkish War (1919-22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the Great Offensive (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
1920: The 19th amendment to United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote, is certified.
1914: World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign. Togoland is the first German colony to fall to Allied hands in World War I.
1914: World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fights a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
1883: The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
1863: The Swedish-language liberal newspaper Helsingfors Dagblad proposed the current blue-and-white cross flag as the flag of Finland.
1849: President Faustin Soulouque of the First Republic of Haiti has the Senate and Chamber of Deputies proclaim him the Emperor of Haiti, abolishing the Republic and inaugurating the Second Empire of Haiti.
1833: The great 1833 Kathmandu-Bihar earthquake causes major damage in Nepal, northern India and Tibet, a total of 500 people perish.
1814: Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias.
1813: War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
1810: The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
1791: John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.
1789: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
1778: The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
1768: Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
1767: Jesuits all over Chile are arrested as the Spanish Empire suppresses the Society of Jesus.
1748: The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
1648: The Fronde: First Fronde: In the wake of the successful Battle of Lens, Cardinal Mazarin, Chief Minister of France, suddenly orders the arrest of the leaders of the Parlement of Paris, provoking the rest of Paris to break into insurrection and barricade the streets the next day.
1642: Dutch-Portuguese War: Second Battle of San Salvador: The Dutch force the Spanish garrison at San Salvador (modern day Keelung, Taiwan) to surrender, ending the short-lived Spanish colony on Formosa and replacing it with a new Dutch administration.
1542: A year and a half after leaving Guayaquil on the Pacific coast, Francisco de Orellana finishes his overland journey across South America and reaches the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast.
1444: Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near Basel.
1346: Hundred Years' War: At the Battle of Crécy, an English army easily defeats a French one twice its size.
1303: Chittorgarh falls to the Delhi Sultanate.
1278: Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germany defeat Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle on the Marchfeld near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.
1071: The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia.
683: The Battle of al-Harrah concludes, with Yazid I's army killing 11,000 people of the city of Medina.

Births On This Day

2002: Lil Tecca, American rapper
2001: Patrick Williams, American basketball player
2000: Kyren Williams, American football player
1999: Naz Reid, American basketball player
1999: Kotoshoho Yoshinari, Japanese sumo wrestler
1998: Jeon Soyeon, Korean rapper and record producer
1997: Cordae, American rapper
1995: Anthony Duclair, Canadian ice hockey player
1995: Ranger Suárez, Venezuelan baseball player
1994: Alex Collins, American football player (died 2023)
1993: Keke Palmer, American actress and singer
1991: Jessie Diggins, American cross-country skier
1991: Dylan O'Brien, American actor
1990: Lorenzo Brown, American basketball player
1990: Irina-Camelia Begu, Romanian tennis player
1990: Mateo Musacchio, Argentine footballer
1989: James Harden, American basketball player
1988: Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
1988: Evan Ross, American actor
1988: Danielle Savre, American actress
1988: Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
1988: Lars Stindl, German footballer
1987: Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (died 2014)
1986: Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
1986: Saint Jhn, Guyanese-American rapper, singer, and songwriter
1986: Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer
1986: Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model
1985: Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete
1985: Brandon McDonald, American football player
1985: David Price, American baseball player
1983: Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer
1983: Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver
1983: Nicol David, Malaysian squash player
1982: Angelo Iorio, Italian footballer
1982: John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
1982: Jayson Nix, American baseball player
1982: Noah Welch, American ice hockey player
1981: Tino Best, Barbadian cricketer
1981: Sebastian Bönig, German footballer
1981: Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player
1981: Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer
1981: Petey Williams, Canadian wrestler
1980: Macaulay Culkin, American actor
1980: Brendan Harris, American baseball player
1980: Manolis Papamakarios, Greek basketball player
1980: Chris Pine, American actor
1979: Jamal Lewis, American football player
1979: Cristian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer
1979: Rubén Arriaza Pazos, Spanish footballer
1977: Therese Alshammar, Swedish swimmer
1977: Liam Botham, English rugby player and cricketer
1977: Saeko Chiba, Japanese voice actress and singer
1977: Simone Motta, Italian footballer
1977: Morris Peterson, American basketball player
1976: Mike Colter, American actor
1976: Amaia Montero, Spanish singer-songwriter
1975: Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player and coach
1974: Kelvin Cato, American basketball player and coach
1974: Meredith Eaton, American actress
1973: Richard Evatt, English boxer (died 2012)
1971: Thalía, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress
1970: Jason Little, Australian rugby player
1970: Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1970: Brett Schultz, South African cricketer
1969: Adrian Young, American drummer and songwriter
1968: Chris Boardman, English cyclist
1967: Michael Gove, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Education
1966: Jacques Brinkman, Dutch field hockey player and coach
1966: Shirley Manson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
1965: Marcus du Sautoy, English mathematician and academic
1965: Chris Burke, American actor
1964: Allegra Huston, English-American author and screenwriter
1964: Bobby Jurasin, American-Canadian football player and coach
1964: Chad Kreuter, American baseball player and manager
1964: Zadok Malka, Israeli footballer and manager
1964: Torsten Schmitz, German boxer
1964: Carsten Wolf, German cyclist
1964: Mehriban Aliyeva, 1st Vice President of Azerbaijan, goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO
1963: David Byas, English cricketer and umpire
1963: Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author
1963: Patrice Oppliger, American author, critic, and academic
1962: Roger Kingdom, American hurdler
1961: Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2022)
1961: Jeff Parrett, American baseball player
1960: Branford Marsalis, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
1960: Ola Ray, American model and actress
1959: Oliver Colvile, English lawyer and politician
1959: Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
1958: Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist
1957: Nikky Finney, American poet and academic
1957: Dr. Alban, Swedish musician
1956: Sally Beamish, English viola player and composer
1956: Brett Cullen, American actor
1956: Mark Mangino, American football player and coach
1955: Ian Dejardin, English historian and curator
1955: Giuseppe Resnati, Italian chemist and educator
1954: Howard Clark, English golfer and sportscaster
1954: Tracy Krohn, American race car driver and businessman
1954: Hugh Pelham, British academic and educator
1953: David Hurley, Australian general and politician, 27th Governor General of Australia
1953: Andrea Saltelli, Italian statistician and sociologist
1953: Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
1952: Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player
1952: Michael Jeter, American actor (died 2003)
1952: Will Shortz, American journalist and puzzle creator
1951: Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter (died 2014)
1951: Bill Whitaker, American journalist
1951: Edward Witten, American physicist and academic
1949: Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Azerbaijani cleric
1949: Leon Redbone, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2019)
1947: Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (died 2007)
1946: Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education
1946: Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter
1946: Mark Snow, American composer for film and television (died 2025)
1946: Alison Steadman, English actress
1945: Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security
1944: Alan Parker, English guitarist and songwriter
1944: Judith Rees, English geographer and academic
1944: Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer
1943: Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942: Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English lawyer and politician (died 2014)
1942: Chow Kwai Lam, Malaysian football coach and player (died 2018)
1941: Chris Curtis, English drummer and singer (died 2005)
1941: Jane Merrow, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
1941: Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer
1940: Michael Cockerell, English journalist
1940: Vic Dana, American dancer and singer
1940: Don LaFontaine, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)
1940: Nik Turner, English musician and songwriter (died 2022)
1939: Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli businessman and politician (died 2007)
1939: Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier
1939: Bill White, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2017)
1938: Jet Black, English drummer (died 2022)
1937: Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1936: Benedict Anderson, American political scientist and academic (died 2015)
1935: Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (died 2011)
1935: Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (died 2007)
1934: Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2020)
1934: Kevin Ryan, Australian rugby player, coach, lawyer and politician
1932: Luis Salvadores Salvi, Chilean basketball player (died 2014)
1931: Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player (died 2009)
1930: Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach (died 2023)
1929: Reuben Kamanga, Zambian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Zambia (died 1996)
1928: Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (died 2015)
1926: Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999)
1926: Robert Vickrey, American painter and author (died 2011)
1925: Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and academic (died 2005)
1925: Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar and politician, Minister of Justice for France (died 1999)
1925: Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2013)
1925: Etelka Keserű, Hungarian economist and politician (died 2018)
1925: Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer (died 2010)
1924: Alex Kellner, American baseball player (died 1996)
1923: Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (died 2013)
1922: Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (died 2009)
1921: Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (died 1994)
1921: Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author (died 2014)
1920: Brant Parker, American illustrator (died 2007)
1920: Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2019)
1919: Gerard Campbell, American priest and academic (died 2012)
1918: Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (died 2020)
1915: Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor (died 1982)
1914: Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and translator (died 1984)
1914: Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (died 2008)
1912: John Tinniswood, British supercentenarian (died 2024)
1911: Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter (died 1974)
1910: Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
1909: Eric Davies, South African cricketer and educator (died 1976)
1909: Jim Davis, American actor (died 1981)
1909: Gene Moore, American baseball player (died 1978)
1908: Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (died 1967)
1908: Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (died 1999)
1906: Bunny Austin, English tennis player (died 2000)
1906: Albert Sabin, Polish-American physician and virologist, developed the polio vaccine (died 1993)
1905: Helen Sharsmith, American biologist and educator (died 1982)
1904: Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (died 1986)
1904: Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (died 1991)
1903: Caroline Pafford Miller, American author (died 1992)
1901: Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet (died 1985)
1901: Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer (died 1945)
1901: Jimmy Rushing, American singer and bandleader (died 1972)
1901: Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Vietnam (died 1987)
1901: Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (died 1972)
1900: Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom (died 1970)
1900: Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman (died 1980)
1898: Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist (died 1979)
1897: Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea (died 1990)
1896: Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian soldier and politician (died 1990)
1894: Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer (died 1989)
1891: Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright (died 1960)
1888: Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (died 1974)
1885: Jules Romains, French author and poet (died 1972)
1882: James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
1882: Sam Hardy, English footballer (died 1966)
1880: Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1918)
1875: John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (died 1940)
1874: Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1938)
1873: Lee de Forest, American engineer and academic, invented the Audion tube (died 1961)
1865: Arthur James Arnot, Scottish-Australian engineer, designed the Spencer Street Power Station (died 1946)
1862: Herbert Booth, Canadian songwriter and bandleader (died 1926)
1856: Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress (died 1939)
1854: Arnold Fothergill, English cricketer (died 1932)
1824: Martha Darley Mutrie, British painter (died 1885)
1819: Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (died 1861)
1797: Saint Innocent of Alaska, Russian Orthodox missionary priest, then the first Orthodox bishop and archbishop in the Americas, and finally the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Russia (died 1879)
1792: Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan soldier and politician, 4th President of Uruguay (died 1857)
1783: Federigo Zuccari, astronomer, director of the Astronomical Observatory of Naples (died 1817)
1775: William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (died 1851)
1751: Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop (died 1825)
1743: Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (died 1794)
1740: Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon (died 1810)
1736: Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist (died 1790)
1728: Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1777)
1695: Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter (died 1791)
1694: Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician (died 1755)
1676: Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1745)
1596: Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king (died 1632)
1582: Humilis of Bisignano, Italian Franciscan friar and saint (died 1637)
1548: Bernardino Poccetti, Italian painter (died 1612)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager (born 1948)
2024: Sid Eudy, American actor and professional wrestler (born 1960)
2023: Bob Barker, American television game show host (born 1923)
2020: Joe Ruby, American animator (born 1933)
2018: Neil Simon, American playwright and author (born 1927)
2017: Tobe Hooper, American film director (born 1943)
2015: Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (born 1905)
2015: Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (born 1939)
2015: P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (born 1931)
2015: Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (born 1952)
2015: Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (born 1935)
2014: Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (born 1954)
2014: Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1950)
2014: Caroline Kellett, English journalist (born 1960)
2014: Chūsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
2013: Hélie de Saint Marc, French soldier (born 1922)
2013: John J. Gilligan, American soldier and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (born 1921)
2013: Bill Schmitz, American football player and coach (born 1954)
2013: Jack Sinagra, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)
2013: Clyde A. Wheeler, American soldier and politician (born 1921)
2012: Russ Alben, American composer and businessman (born 1929)
2012: Reginald Bartholomew, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1936)
2012: Jacques Bensimon, Canadian director and producer (born 1943)
2012: Krzysztof Wilmanski, Polish-German physicist and academic (born 1940)
2011: George Band, Taiwanese-English mountaineer and author (born 1929)
2011: Patrick C. Fischer, American computer scientist and academic (born 1935)
2011: John McAleese, Scottish sergeant (born 1949)
2010: Raimon Panikkar, Catalan priest and scholar (born 1918)
2009: Dominick Dunne, American journalist and novelist (born 1925)
2007: Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (born 1928)
2006: Rainer Barzel, Polish-German lawyer and politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (born 1924)
2006: Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1926)
2006: William Garnett, American landscape photographer (born 1916)
2005: Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (born 1960)
2005: Robert Denning, American art collector and interior designer (born 1927)
2005: Moondog King, Canadian wrestler and politician (born 1949)
2004: Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1952)
2003: Jim Wacker, American football player and coach (born 1937)
2001: Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (born 1904)
2001: Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, 8th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1940)
2000: Akbar Adibi, Iranian engineer and academic (born 1939)
2000: Bunny Austin, English tennis player (born 1906)
1998: Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
1995: John Brunner, English-Scottish author and poet (born 1934)
1993: Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect, co-designed the Kaleva Church (born 1923)
1992: Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1925)
1991: Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (born 1905)
1990: Tang Chang, Thai artist (born 1934)
1989: Irving Stone, American author (born 1903)
1988: Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1957)
1987: John Goddard, Barbadian-English cricketer and manager (born 1919)
1987: Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
1986: Ted Knight, American actor (born 1923)
1981: Roger Nash Baldwin, American trade union leader, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (born 1884)
1981: Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (born 1914)
1980: Rosa Albach-Retty, German-Austrian actress (born 1874)
1980: Tex Avery, American animator, director, and voice actor (born 1908)
1979: Mika Waltari, Finnish author, translator, and academic (born 1908)
1978: Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (born 1899)
1978: José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (born 1916)
1977: H. A. Rey, German-American author and illustrator, created Curious George (born 1898)
1976: Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano (born 1888)
1975: Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist and academic (born 1885)
1974: Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (born 1902)
1972: Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (born 1901)
1968: Kay Francis, American actress (born 1905)
1966: W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (born 1894)
1958: Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (born 1872)
1956: Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (born 1881)
1946: Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (born 1887)
1945: Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (born 1890)
1944: Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (born 1909)
1943: Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (born 1873)
1930: Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1883)
1921: Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (born 1875)
1921: Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1848)
1921: Petro Petrenko, Ukrainian anarchist military commander (born 1890)
1910: William James, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1842)
1878: Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (born 1846)
1865: Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (born 1791)
1850: Louis Philippe I of France (born 1773)
1813: Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (born 1791)
1810: Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (born 1753)
1785: George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1716)
1778: Johan Augustin Mannerheim, Swedish nobleman and military leader (born 1706)
1723: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (born 1632)
1714: Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (born 1654)
1714: Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (born 1632)
1666: Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (born 1580)
1595: António, Prior of Crato (born 1531)
1572: Petrus Ramus, French philosopher and logician (born 1515)
1551: Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (born 1516)
1500: Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (born 1449)
1486: Ernest, Elector of Saxony (born 1441)
1462: Catherine Zaccaria, Despotess of the Morea
1399: Mikhail II, Grand Prince of Tver (born 1333)
1349: Thomas Bradwardine, English archbishop, mathematician, and physicist (born 1290)
1346: Charles II, Count of Alençon (born 1297)
1346: Louis I, Count of Flanders (born 1304)
1346: Louis II, Count of Blois
1346: Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (born 1320)
1346: John of Bohemia (born 1296)
1278: Ottokar II of Bohemia (born 1233)
1214: Michael IV of Constantinople
887: Kōkō, emperor of Japan (born 830)
787: Arechis II, duke of Benevento

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