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August 27

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August 27

August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 126 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: North Carolina man hides $2 million winning lottery ticket using a microwave as a safe. To protect a $2 million winning lottery ticket from a certain four-legged friend, one North Carolina man hid it in the safest spot he could think of — his microwave.
2021: NEW VIDEO: The biggest scandal in lottery history. It was the hottest scandal and largest invasion of trust in lottery history, something that never should have happened, was predicted by Lottery Post or years, and absolutely could have been prevented.
2018: The man who won the lottery 14 times (part 2). How a rogue Romanian economist legally gamed the lottery and won millions of dollars around the world.
2016: Senate Democrats kill Alabama lottery bill over dog track concerns. Alabama voters won't have their say on whether to allow a state lottery after Senate Democrats killed the bill that proposed a constitutional changes permitting a state lottery.
2014: Kentucky Lottery finally able to advertise where the money goes. For the first time in its 25 year history, the Kentucky Lottery is advertising where proceeds from the sale of its games are spent.
2013: Pennsylvania Lottery game development: Little left to chance. Every one of the 50 to 54 instant lottery games introduced each year by the Pennsylvania Lottery receives an abundance of forethought from how it looks, how it's played and how it will be received by players.
2013: Arkansas Lottery revives Million Dollar Raffle, plans 46 new instant games. The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery will roll out a new statewide raffle game with a top $1 million prize and more than 40 new instant tickets in the next year, officials said Monday.
2013: Twelve things not to do if you win the lottery. If you happen to be lucky enough to win a lottery, please avoid some of the simple mistakes, and complex mistakes, that have taken other lottery winners into bankruptcy.
2012: New Arkansas Lottery jackpot game kicks off today. Starting today, Arkansas Lottery players can play the state's new Natural State Jackpot game, featuring a rolling jackpot that starts at a minimum of $25,000.
2009: Former Snow White wins lottery. A 22-year-old Rancho Cucamonga, California, resident who works as Snow White at Disneyland, won the $5.2 million jackpot on the California Lottery's "Make Me a Millionaire" show.
2004: Massachusetts woman scratches a $4 million lottery win. A Warrendale, Massachusetts woman who bought a winning scratch ticket at a Main Street convenience store this week says the $4 million prize will not completely transform her life.
2004: Elderly California woman loses $250,000 to foreign lottery scam. An elderly woman from Lodi, California, was scammed to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars.
2004: Tennessee couple wins $500,000 lottery prize. Pat Bates, 57, of Fairview, won a lottery sum of $500,000, making her the recipient of the largest Tennessee Powerball prize to date.
2004: California has 'lottery fever'. The California SuperLotto Plus jackpot for Saturday is currently valued at $95 million, and is the seventh largest in the state's history, according to lottery spokeswoman Norma Minas.
2003: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $33 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has increased to $33 million following last night's drawing in which there was was no jackpot-winning ticket.
2003: Lottery syndicate robbed of winnings at celebration party. An Italian Lottery syndicate won and lost a fortune when members were robbed at gunpoint as they divided up their £30,000 (US$47,000) winnings.
2003: S.C. lotto questions deal with Georgia. Top officials in South Carolina said Tuesday savings projections acquired by Tennessee lottery board members regarding a potential partnership with the successful Georgia lottery are likely inaccurate.
2003: N.D. LOTTERY: Board supports two extra games. North Dakota gamblers may have their pick of two additional lotteries next year, which offer smaller prizes and less daunting odds than the more widely played Powerball game.
2003: Bigger jackpot means higher lottery sales. Many customers of the Blue Flash Food Mart - the location where the last West Virginia Powerball jackpot winner was sold - are hoping that lightning can strike twice.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$582 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2024
2.$364.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2023
3.$336 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2009
4.$325.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2021
5.$288 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2021
6.€261 Million US$260.09 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2022
7.$250 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2007
8.€140 Million US$154.35 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2020
9.$153 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2022
10.€129.75 Million
US$145.25 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2016
11.$142 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2016
12.€97 Million
US$140.1 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2011
13.$134 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2018
14.$133 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2010
15.$132 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 29, 2008
16.€88 Million
US$129.4 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 29, 2008
17.€108 Million
US$119.85 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2019
18.$116.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2022
19.€104 Million
US$116.19 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2024
20.$116 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 28, 2013
21.$115 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2003
22.€112 Million
US$112.22 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2022
23.$111 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2005
24.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 29, 2015
25.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 27, 2002

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1982: portaboy
Friday, Aug 27, 1982
42 years old
1979: crsm165
Monday, Aug 27, 1979
45 years old
1979: Squiggy
Monday, Aug 27, 1979
45 years old
1975: charlzie68
Wednesday, Aug 27, 1975
49 years old
1972: Bigrig1972
Sunday, Aug 27, 1972
52 years old
1967: nywilliams
Sunday, Aug 27, 1967
57 years old
1964: frenchie
Thursday, Aug 27, 1964
60 years old
1964: free40jam
Thursday, Aug 27, 1964
60 years old
1963: montanaghost
Tuesday, Aug 27, 1963
61 years old
1960: grandpajohn
Saturday, Aug 27, 1960
64 years old
1960: Rose-Lin
Saturday, Aug 27, 1960
64 years old
1956: shootingstar
Monday, Aug 27, 1956
68 years old
1954: ladyjordi
Friday, Aug 27, 1954
70 years old
1952: dlc0827
Wednesday, Aug 27, 1952
72 years old
: computerhead723
(year not provided)
: DionneP
(year not provided)
: bow001
(year not provided)
: ck452
(year not provided)
: Colkim
(year not provided)
: Juanjo
(year not provided)
: passion0827
(year not provided)
: tls827
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2011: Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
2009: Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
2006: Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, bound for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
2003: Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
2003: The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
1992: Aeroflot Flight 2808 crashes on approach to Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport, killing all 84 aboard.
1991: The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1991: Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
1985: Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
1985: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-51-I to deploy three communication satellites and repair a fourth malfunctioning one.
1982: Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa. Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide claim to be avenging the massacre of 1+1⁄2 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian genocide.
1980: South Korean presidential election: After successfully staging the Coup d'état of May Seventeenth, General Chun Doo-hwan, running unopposed, has the National Conference for Unification elect him President of the Fourth Republic of Korea.
1979: The Troubles: Eighteen British soldiers are killed in an ambush by the Provisional Irish Republican Army near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during Operation Banner. An IRA bomb also kills British royal family member Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at Mullaghmore, Republic of Ireland.
1975: The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
1971: An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
1964: South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
1963: An explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah kills 18 miners.
1962: The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
1956: The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
1955: The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published in Great Britain.
1943: World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
1943: World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
1942: First day of the Sarny Massacre, perpetrated by Germans and Ukrainians.
1939: First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
1933: The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
1928: The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
1927: Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking: "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
1922: Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Kingdom of Greece.
1918: Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
1916: World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
1915: Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona, by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
1914: World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
1914: World War I: Siege of Tsingtao: A Japanese fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Sadakichi Kato imposes a blockade along the whole coastline of German Tsingtao, initiating the Siege of Tsingtao.
1908: The Qing dynasty promulgates the Qinding Xianfa Dagang, the first constitutional document in the history of China, transforming the Qing empire into a constitutional monarchy.
1896: Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
1895: Japanese invasion of Taiwan: Battle of Baguashan: The Empire of Japan decisively defeats a smaller Formosan army at Changhua, crippling the short-lived Republic of Formosa and leading to its surrender two months later.
1893: The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000 and 2,000 people.
1883: Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions almost completely destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
1881: The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
1859: Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania, leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well.
1832: Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the Black Hawk War.
1828: Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of Montevideo
1813: French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
1810: Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
1798: Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connacht.
1793: French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
1791: French Revolution: Frederick William II of Prussia and Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, issue the Declaration of Pillnitz, declaring the joint support of the Holy Roman Empire and Prussia for the French monarchy, agitating the French revolutionaries and contributing to the outbreak of the War of the First Coalition.
1776: American Revolutionary War: Members of the 1st Maryland Regiment repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the Battle of Long Island, allowing General Washington and the rest of the American troops to escape.
1689: The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
1600: Ishida Mitsunari's Western Army commences the Siege of Fushimi Castle, which is lightly defended by a much smaller Tokugawa garrison led by Torii Mototada.
1597: Jeongyu War: Battle of Chilcheollyang: A Japanese fleet of 500 ships destroys Joseon commander Won Gyun's fleet of 200 ships at Chilcheollyang.
1593: Pierre Barrière failed an attempt to assassinate Henry IV of France.
1557: The Battle of St. Quentin results in Emmanuel Philibert becoming Duke of Savoy.
1232: Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura shogunate promulgates the Goseibai Shikimoku, the first Japanese legal code governing the samurai class.
1172: Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England.
410: The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.

Births On This Day

2007: Ariana Greenblatt, American actress
2001: Franz Wagner, German basketball player
1998: Kevin Huerter, American basketball player
1998: Rod Wave, American rapper, singer, and songwriter
1997: Lucas Paquetá, Brazilian footballer
1995: Jessie Mei Li, English actress
1995: Sergey Sirotkin, Russian race car driver
1994: Ellar Coltrane, American actor
1994: Breanna Stewart, American basketball player
1993: Sarah Hecken, German figure skater
1993: Olivier Le Gac, French cyclist
1992: Blake Jenner, American actor and singer
1992: Stephen Morris, American football player
1992: Kim Petras, German singer-songwriter
1992: Ayame Goriki, Japanese actress and singer
1991: Lee Sung-yeol, South Korean actor and singer
1990: Tori Bowie, American athlete (d. 2023)
1990: Luuk de Jong, Dutch footballer
1989: Romain Amalfitano, French footballer
1989: Juliana Cannarozzo, American figure skater and actress
1988: Alexa PenaVega, American actress and singer
1987: Joel Grant, English-Jamaican footballer
1987: Darren McFadden, American football player
1986: Lana Bastašić, Serbian-Bosnian author and translator
1986: Sebastian Kurz, Austrian politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
1986: Mario, American singer and actor
1985: Kayla Ewell, American actress
1985: Kevan Hurst, English footballer
1985: Nikica Jelavić, Croatian footballer
1985: Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American painter and sculptor
1984: David Bentley, English footballer
1984: Amanda Fuller, American actress
1984: Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
1983: Joanna McGilchrist, English rugby player and physiotherapist
1981: Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor
1981: Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Brazilian footballer
1981: Chantal Djotodia, Beninese-Central African nurse and politician
1981: Alessandro Gamberini, Italian footballer
1981: Karla Mosley, American actress
1979: Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist
1979: Aaron Paul, American actor and producer
1979: Karel Rachůnek, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1979: Rusty Smith, American speed skater
1978: Demetria McKinney, American actress and singer
1977: Deco, Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
1977: Justin Miller, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1976: Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
1976: Audrey C. Delsanti, French astronomer and biologist
1976: Milano Collection A.T., Japanese wrestler
1976: Carlos Moyá, Spanish-Swiss tennis player
1976: Mark Webber, Australian race car driver
1975: Blake Adams, American golfer
1975: Mase, American rapper, songwriter and pastor
1975: Jonny Moseley, Puerto Rican-American skier and television host
1975: Marko Rudan, Australian footballer and manager
1974: Aaron Downey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1974: Manny Fernandez, Canadian ice hockey player
1974: Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer
1974: José Vidro, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1974: Mohammad Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
1973: Danny Coyne, Welsh footballer
1973: Dietmar Hamann, German footballer and manager
1973: Burak Kut, Turkish singer-songwriter
1973: Johan Norberg, Swedish historian and author
1972: Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player
1972: Denise Lewis, English heptathlete
1972: Jimmy Pop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: The Great Khali, Indian professional wrestler
1971: Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer and manager
1971: Kyung Lah, South Korean-American journalist
1971: Hisayuki Okawa, Japanese runner
1971: Aygül Özkan, German lawyer and politician
1970: Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer and coach
1970: Mark Ilott, English cricketer
1970: Pokwang, Filipino comedian, actress, television host and singer
1970: Tony Kanal, British-American bass player. songwriter, and record producer
1970: Jim Thome, American baseball player and manager
1970: Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (d. 2008)
1969: Mark Ealham, English cricketer
1969: Cesar Millan, Mexican-American dog trainer, television personality, and author
1969: Reece Shearsmith, English actor, comedian and writer
1969: Chandra Wilson, American actress and director
1968: Eric "Bobo" Correa, American musician
1968: Daphne Koller, Israeli-American computer scientist and academic
1968: Michael Long, New Zealand golfer
1968: Matthew Ridge, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
1967: Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1967: Rob Burnett, American football player and sportscaster
1966: Jeroen Duyster, Dutch rower
1966: René Higuita, Colombian footballer
1966: Juhan Parts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia
1965: Scott Dibble, American lawyer and politician
1965: Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1965: Ange Postecoglou, Greek-Australian footballer and coach
1964: Stephan Elliott, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
1964: Paul Bernardo, Canadian serial rapist and murderer
1962: Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player
1961: Yolanda Adams, American singer, producer, and actress
1961: Mark Curry, English television host and actor
1961: Tom Ford, American fashion designer and film director
1961: Steve McDowall, New Zealand rugby player
1961: Helmut Winklhofer, German footballer
1959: Daniela Romo, Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess
1959: Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver
1959: Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor
1959: Denice Denton, American engineer and academic (d. 2006)
1959: Frode Fjellheim, Norwegian pianist and composer
1959: András Petőcz, Hungarian author and poet
1959: Jeanette Winterson, English journalist and novelist
1958: Sergei Krikalev, Russian engineer and astronaut
1958: Tom Lanoye, Belgian author, poet, and playwright
1958: Hugh Orde, British police officer
1957: Jeff Grubb, American game designer and author
1957: Bernhard Langer, German golfer
1956: Glen Matlock, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1955: Robert Richardson, American cinematographer
1955: Diana Scarwid, American actress
1954: John Lloyd, English tennis player and sportscaster
1954: Rajesh Thakker, English physician and academic
1954: Derek Warwick, English race car driver
1953: Tom Berryhill, American businessman and politician (d. 2020)
1953: Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1953: Joan Smith, English journalist and author
1953: Peter Stormare, Swedish actor, director, and playwright
1952: Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (d. 2023)
1951: Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager
1951: Mack Brown, American football player and coach
1951: Randall Garrison, American-Canadian criminologist and politician
1950: Charles Fleischer, American comedian and actor
1950: Neil Murray, Scottish bass player and songwriter
1950: Edmund Weiner, English lexicographer and author
1949: Jeff Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
1949: Leah Jamieson, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic
1949: Ann Murray, Irish soprano
1948: John Mehler, American drummer
1948: Sgt. Slaughter, American wrestler
1948: Deborah Swallow, English historian and curator
1948: Philippe Vallois, French director and screenwriter
1947: Barbara Bach, American actress and model
1947: Halil Berktay, Turkish historian and academic
1947: Kirk Francis, American engineer and producer
1947: Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1947: John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and politician
1947: Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1946: Tony Howard, Barbadian cricketer and manager
1945: Douglas R. Campbell, Canadian lawyer and judge
1945: Marianne Sägebrecht, German actress
1944: G. W. Bailey, American actor
1944: Tim Bogert, American singer and bass player (d. 2021)
1943: Chuck Girard, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1943: Bob Kerrey, American lieutenant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient, 35th Governor of Nebraska
1943: Tuesday Weld, American model and actress
1942: Daryl Dragon, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2019)
1942: Brian Peckford, Canadian educator and politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
1941: Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (d. 2011)
1941: János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer (d. 2014)
1941: Harrison Page, American actor
1940: Fernest Arceneaux, American singer and accordion player (d. 2008)
1940: Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (d. 1994)
1939: William Least Heat-Moon, American travel writer and historian
1939: Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1939: Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav tennis player and coach
1937: Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (d. 2007)
1937: Tommy Sands, American pop singer and actor
1936: Joel Kovel, American scholar and author (d. 2018)
1936: Lien Chan, Taiwanese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China
1935: Ernie Broglio, American baseball player (d. 2019)
1935: Michael Holroyd, English author
1935: Frank Yablans, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2014)
1932: Cor Brom, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2008)
1932: Antonia Fraser, English historian and author
1931: Sri Chinmoy, Indian-American guru and poet (d. 2007)
1931: Joe Cunningham, American baseball player and coach (d. 2021)
1930: Aase Foss Abrahamsen, Norwegian writer (d. 2023)
1930: Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler and politician (d. 1968)
1929: Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (d. 2007)
1929: George Scott, Canadian-American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)
1928: Péter Boross, Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of Hungary
1928: Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician, Chief Minister of KwaZulu (d. 2023)
1928: Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (d. 2003)
1926: George Brecht, American-German chemist and composer (d. 2008)
1926: Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic (d. 2002)
1925: Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian cardinal (d. 2017)
1925: Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1925: Saiichi Maruya, Japanese author and critic (d. 2012)
1925: Bill Neilson, Australian politician, 34th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1989)
1925: Jaswant Singh Neki, Indian poet and academic (d. 2015)
1925: Carter Stanley, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966)
1924: David Rowbotham, Australian journalist and poet (d. 2010)
1924: Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
1923: Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1922: Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Minister of Defence for The Netherlands (d. 2012)
1921: Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1996)
1921: Leo Penn, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1920: Baptiste Manzini, American football player (d. 2008)
1920: James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (d. 2015)
1919: Pee Wee Butts, American baseball player and coach (d. 1972)
1919: Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
1918: Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001)
1917: Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1986)
1916: Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover (d. 1991)
1916: Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1993)
1916: Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (d. 1994)
1915: Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1912: Gloria Guinness, Mexican journalist (d. 1980)
1911: Kay Walsh, English actress and dancer (d. 2005)
1909: Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
1909: Charles Pozzi, French race car driver (d. 2001)
1909: Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1959)
1908: Don Bradman, Australian cricketer and manager (d. 2001)
1908: Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
1906: Ed Gein, American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield (d. 1982)
1905: Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier (d. 1945)
1904: Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (d. 1963)
1904: Norah Lofts, English author (d. 1983)
1904: John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (d. 1982)
1899: C. S. Forester, English novelist (d. 1966)
1898: Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian businessman and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1963)
1896: Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (d. 1933)
1895: Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian (d. 1981)
1890: Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (d. 1976)
1886: Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (d. 1979)
1884: Vincent Auriol, French lawyer and politician, President of the French Republic (d. 1966)
1884: Denis G. Lillie, British biologist, member of the 1910-1913 Terra Nova Expedition (d. 1963)
1878: Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (d. 1928)
1877: Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1910)
1877: Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and politician, 48th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1963)
1875: Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and activist (d. 1967)
1874: Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1871: Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (d. 1945)
1870: Amado Nervo, Mexican journalist, poet, and diplomat (d. 1919)
1868: Hong Beom-do, Korean general and activist (d. 1943)
1865: James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist and historian (d. 1935)
1865: Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
1864: Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (d. 1919)
1858: Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1932)
1856: Ivan Franko, Ukrainian author and poet (d. 1916)
1845: Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect, designed the Museum of Applied Arts and the Church of St Elisabeth (d. 1914)
1845: Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 1909)
1827: Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (d. 1897)
1822: William Hayden English, American politician, U.S. Representative from Indiana and Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee (d. 1896)
1812: Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1869)
1809: Hannibal Hamlin, American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (d. 1891)
1803: Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (d. 1895)
1795: Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician (d. 1885)
1785: Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (d. 1841)
1770: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic (d. 1831)
1730: Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author (d. 1788)
1724: John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician (d. 1781)
1677: Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian general (d. 1748)
1669: Anne Marie d'Orléans, queen of Sardinia (d. 1728)
1665: John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
1637: Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician, 2nd Proprietor of Maryland (d. 1715)
1624: Koxinga, Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist (d. 1662)
1545: Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1592)
1542: John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania and Protestant Bishop of Cammin (d. 1600)
1512: Friedrich Staphylus, German theologian (d. 1564)
1487: Anna of Brandenburg (d. 1514)
1471: George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)
1407: Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1425)
865: Rhazes, Persian polymath (d. 925)

Deaths On This Day

2016: Cookie, Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo, oldest recorded parrot (b. 1933)
2015: Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1939)
2015: Pascal Chaumeil, French director and screenwriter (b. 1961)
2015: Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (b. 1957)
2014: Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (b. 1921)
2014: Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2014: Benno Pludra, German author (b. 1925)
2013: Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (b. 1910)
2013: Bill Peach, Australian journalist (b. 1935)
2013: Dave Thomas, Welsh golfer and architect (b. 1934)
2012: Neville Alexander, South African linguist and activist (b. 1936)
2012: Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (b. 1931)
2012: Art Heyman, American basketball player (b. 1941)
2012: Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2012: Richard Kingsland, Australian captain and pilot (b. 1916)
2012: Geliy Korzhev, Russian painter (b. 1925)
2010: Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist (b. 1934)
2010: Luna Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
2009: Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and poet (b. 1913)
2007: Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
2006: Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2006: Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (b. 1969)
2005: Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
2005: Seán Purcell, Irish footballer (b. 1929)
2004: Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946)
2003: Pierre Poujade, French soldier and politician (b. 1920)
2002: Edwin Louis Cole, American religious leader and author (b. 1922)
2001: Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1936)
2001: Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian politician (b. 1938)
1999: Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop and theologian (b. 1909)
1998: Essie Summers, New Zealand author (b. 1912)
1996: Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933)
1994: Frank Jeske, German footballer (b. 1960)
1992: Bengt Holbek, Danish folklorist (b. 1933)
1990: Avdy Andresson, Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1899)
1990: Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1954)
1981: Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
1980: Douglas Kenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)
1979: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (b. 1900)
1978: Gordon Matta-Clark, American painter and illustrator (b. 1943)
1978: Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author and poet (b. 1897)
1975: Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1892)
1971: Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (b. 1898)
1971: Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
1969: Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (b. 1884)
1969: Erika Mann, German actress and author (b. 1905)
1968: Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (b. 1906)
1967: Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager (b. 1934)
1965: Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (b. 1887)
1964: Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (b. 1895)
1963: W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)
1963: Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, Pakistani mathematician and scholar (b. 1888)
1958: Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
1956: Pelageya Shajn, Russian astronomer and academic (b. 1894)
1950: Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)
1948: Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
1945: Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
1944: Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
1935: Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
1931: Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
1931: Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
1931: Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
1929: Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
1922: Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
1909: Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
1903: Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
1891: Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
1875: William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
1871: William Whiting Boardman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
1865: Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
1857: Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
1828: Eise Eisinga, Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
1782: John Laurens, American Revolutionary and abolitionist (b. 1754)
1748: James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
1664: Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)
1635: Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
1611: Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish composer (b. c. 1548)
1590: Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
1576: Titian, Italian painter and educator (b. 1488)
1545: Piotr Gamrat, Polish archbishop (b. 1487)
1521: Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer (b. 1450)
1450: Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
1394: Emperor Chōkei of Japan (b. 1343)
1312: Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1261)
1255: Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (b. 1247)
1146: King Eric III of Denmark
923: Ageltrude, queen of Italy and Holy Roman Empress
827: Pope Eugene II
749: Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, Persian general
542: Caesarius of Arles, French bishop and saint (b. 470)

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