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August 29

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August 29

August 29 is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 124 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: Maryland woman wins $50,000 Pick 5 prize the same day she collects second-chance lottery prize. A Maryland woman says she is on a lucky streak after stepping out of the Maryland Lottery's headquarters just to win a $50,000 Pick 5 prize right across the street.
2023: North Carolina woman wins largest Keno lottery prize in state history at $168,750. A North Carolina woman set a new record for the largest win in the North Carolina Lottery's Carolina Keno game at $168,750.
2022: Brothers smash father's car with hammers after he refuses to share £3.1 million lottery prize. A brand-new car bore the brunt of two brothers' frustration after their father refused to share his £3.1 million (US$3.6 million) EuroMillions lottery prize with them.
2019: Canadian man wins $60 million after playing the same numbers for 30 years. He waited nearly 10 months to claim his lottery winnings because, he said, he felt so overwhelmed by the size of his luck.
2018: Mississippi lawmakers approve lottery bill. The Mississippi House reversed itself Tuesday and passed a bill to create a state lottery in the Bible Belt state where churches have long opposed it.
2018: Thanks to $325,000 lottery win, couple will replace home lost in Hurricane Irma. A couple who lost their home to Hurricane Irma in the U.S. Virgin Islands say they will be able to rebuild their lives after winning a $325,000 prize on a $1 North Carolina lottery ticket.
2017: Panama woman wins $30 million Florida Lotto jackpot with online purchase. Lightning has struck twice for an online lottery ticket service, which had its second United States lottery jackpot winner when a Panamanian player claimed a $30 million Florida Lotto jackpot this month.
2017: Chinese lottery officials accused of corruption. Two top officials previously in charge of China's official state lottery have been stripped of their positions on suspicion of taking bribes, China's top graft watchdog said late on Sunday.
2016: Second-chance winner fell to the floor when she found out. A second chance Michigan Lottery drawing gave a 55-year-old Inkster woman the financial relief her family was looking for.
2016: Alabama Gov. says lottery opponents 'should be ashamed of themselves'. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley expressed frustration this weekend, saying lawmakers standing in the way of what he calls "Alabama Progress" should be ashamed of themselves.
2014: PA couple claims $149M Mega Millions jackpot. The Pennsylvania couple who bought a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket in May has finally come forward to claim the jackpot.
2012: 98 Florida Lottery players share Fantasy 5 win. If you woke up this morning and discovered you were a Florida Fantasy 5 winner, you have plenty of company.
2011: Canadian couple claims $40M Lotto Max jackpot. A Saskatchewan couple from the village of Paradise Hill won the top prize of $40 million from a Lotto Max draw one week ago.
2009: Live drawing fluke puts Maryland lottery machine maker in spotlight. During the Florida Lotto drawing last Saturday, hostess Michele Lyles stood behind the machine for a few seconds as the third ball drawn failed to appear at the end of the chamber -- which turned out to be a demonstration of a seldom-needed drawing procedure.
2009: 2 lottery tickets split $333M Mega Millions jackpot. Two tickets have split last night's $333 million Mega Millions jackpot, one on each coast of the United States.
2008: Lottery winner donates $3M jackpot to church. A Long Island, N.Y., congregation was praying for pennies from heaven to help expand their church, but instead they were showered with millions.
2007: $325 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery nears record high. Last night Mega Millions became the second United States lottery game in less than a week to cross the $300 million jackpot level.
2004: Lottery petition attacks computerized drawings. A popular lottery Internet Web site is opposing a controversial industry trend head-on, in an attempt to eliminate computer-generated drawings from all US lottery games.
2003: Illinois Rep. Boland Wants to Add Keno. Illinois Rep. Mike Boland says Keno would add $130 million of new state revenue and be a boost to small business owners, many of whom already offer lottery games at convenience stores and gas stations.
2003: Whittaker in news again. Jack Whittaker, the record West Virginia Powerball winner, helped fund a house for the woman who sold him his ticket, but neighbors of the new homeowner are uneasy about a male sex-offender living there.
2003: Brock defends lottery opposition. North Carolina State Sen. Andrew Brock, R-Davie, continues his strong opposition to a statewide lottery while pushing a proposal to move the start of the public school year to after Labor Day.
2003: Michigan Lottery Introduces 'Front Pair Payout' Promotion for Daily 4. Michigan Lottery players will soon have yet another way to win cash prizes with the Lottery's Daily 4 game thanks to the Lottery's newest promotion -- "Front Pair Payout."
2003: No Tolls Tonight at Bay Bridge Tonight, Lottery Office Will Pay Bill. If you put off your trip to the Eastern Shore in Maryland until after 7 p.m. tonight, you can cross the Bay Bridge without paying a toll.
2003: Computerized lotto must wait awhile. Tennesseans would be left to play a scratch-off lottery game for months before they get a chance to play computerized games such as lotto, under plans discussed by the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. board yesterday.
2003: Powerball Jackpot Jumps To $140 Million. No one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing, driving the jackpot to an estimated $140 million. That's the largest current lottery jackpot in the world and the 8th largest Powerball jackpot ever.
2003: Father's tardiness nets son $20,000 lottery win. While waiting for his dad at the Bandon, Oregon Quick Mart last Friday, Mark Peters bought a newspaper and an Oregon Lottery Scratch-it ticket, something he does a few times a month.
2003: Man wins battle with Hoosier lottery. After a six-month battle, the State Lottery Commission of Indiana agreed to release the time a $100,000 winning ticket was purchased at Joe's Junction in Trafalgar.
2003: Sen. Criticizes Proposed Tenn.-Georgia Partnership. A Tennessee state senator Thursday questioned a lottery alliance proposed between Tennessee and Georgia.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$387.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2023
2.$333.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2021
3.$330 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2007
4.$306 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2021
5.€262.29 Million US$262.81 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2022
6.€156 Million US$171.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2020
7.$154 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2016
8.$153 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2022
9.$152 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2018
10.€131.02 Million
US$146.16 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2016
11.$142 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2013
12.€97 Million
US$140.1 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2011
13.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2003
14.$132 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 29, 2008
15.€119 Million
US$131.09 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2019
16.€88 Million
US$129.4 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 29, 2008
17.$124.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 29, 2022
18.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2001
19.$113 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2019
20.€112 Million
US$112.22 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2022
21.$111 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2005
22.$110 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 29, 2015
23.€92 Million
US$99.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 29, 2023
24.$90 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 30, 2014
25.€74.41 Million
US$87.91 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: Candace123
Saturday, Aug 29, 1987
36 years old
1977: bdeshields77
Monday, Aug 29, 1977
46 years old
1976: bigrodx2
Sunday, Aug 29, 1976
47 years old
1972: Dwaen
Tuesday, Aug 29, 1972
51 years old
1969: ebenesar
Friday, Aug 29, 1969
54 years old
1969: lotologist861
Friday, Aug 29, 1969
54 years old
1968: LaunicaYoly2
Thursday, Aug 29, 1968
55 years old
1962: build12er
Wednesday, Aug 29, 1962
61 years old
1961: GWhitehouse
Tuesday, Aug 29, 1961
62 years old
1956: julia2946
Wednesday, Aug 29, 1956
67 years old
1953: tombkeeper
Saturday, Aug 29, 1953
70 years old
1949: MatB
Monday, Aug 29, 1949
74 years old
1943: cummings70h
Sunday, Aug 29, 1943
80 years old
: Kbones
(year not provided)
: Mastermind
(year not provided)
: Ladyamp
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Russo-Ukrainian War: Ukraine begins its southern counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast, eventually culminating in the liberation of the city of Kherson.
2012: At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province.
2012: The XIV Paralympic Games open in London, England, United Kingdom.
2005: Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
2003: Sayed Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
2001: Four people are killed when Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 crashes into the N-340 highway near Málaga Airport.
1998: Eighty people are killed when Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 crashes during a rejected takeoff from the Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito, Ecuador.
1997: Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
1997: At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
1996: Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
1991: Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
1991: Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
1987: Odaeyang mass suicide: 33 individuals linked to a religious cult are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in Yongin, South Korea. Investigators attribute their deaths to a murder-suicide pact.
1982: The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
1975: El Tacnazo: Peruvian Prime Minister Francisco Morales Bermúdez carries out a coup d’état in the city of Tacna, forcing the sitting President of Peru, Juan Velasco Alvarado, to resign and assuming his place as the new President.
1970: Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
1966: The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1966: Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
1965: The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
1958: United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1952: American experimental composer John Cage’s 4’33” premieres at Maverick Concert Hall, played by American pianist David Tudor.
1950: Korean War: British Commonwealth Forces Korea arrives to bolster the US presence.
1949: Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
1948: Northwest Airlines Flight 421 crashes in Fountain City, Wisconsin, killing all 37 aboard.
1944: World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
1943: World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
1941: World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
1930: The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
1918: World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
1916: The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
1915: US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
1914: World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
1912: A typhoon strikes China, killing at least 50,000 people.
1911: Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
1911: The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
1910: The Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
1907: The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
1903: The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
1898: The Goodyear tire company is founded in Akron, Ohio
1885: Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
1871: Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
1869: The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
1861: American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
1842: Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
1831: Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
1825: Portuguese and Brazilian diplomats sign the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro, which has Portugal recognise Brazilian independence, formally ending the Brazilian war of independence. The treaty will be ratified by the King of Portugal three months later.
1807: British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
1786: Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
1779: American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and Iroquois forces at the Battle of Newtown.
1778: American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
1758: The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
1756: Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
1741: The eruption of Oshima-Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a tsunami caused by the eruption of Oshima.
1728: The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.
1588: Toyotomi Hideyoshi issues a nationwide sword hunting ordinance, disarming the peasantry so as to firmly separate the samurai and commoner classes, prevent peasant uprisings, and further centralise his own power.
1541: The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
1526: Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
1521: The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade).
1498: Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal.
1484: Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
1475: The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England.
1350: Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
1315: Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered.
1261: Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV, becoming the 182nd pope.
1219: Battle of Fariskur during the Fifth Crusade
1009: Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its inauguration.
870: The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine Malta.
708: Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).

Births On This Day

1994: Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgian tennis player
1993: Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter
1992: Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1992: Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player
1991: Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer
1991: Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player
1990: Jakub Kosecki, Polish footballer
1990: Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
1987: Tony Kane, Irish footballer
1986: Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator
1986: Lea Michele, American actress and singer
1983: Antti Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player
1982: Ruhila Adatia-Sood, Kenyan journalist and radio host (d. 2013)
1982: Carlos Delfino, Argentinian-Italian basketball player
1982: Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer
1981: Geneviève Jeanson, Canadian cyclist
1981: Jay Ryan, New Zealand-Australian actor and producer
1980: Chris Simms, American football player
1980: David West, American basketball player
1979: Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist
1979: Kristjan Rahnu, Estonian decathlete
1979: Ryan Shealy, American baseball player
1978: Volkan Arslan, German-Turkish footballer
1978: Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer
1977: Cayetano, Greek DJ and producer
1977: Devean George, American basketball player
1977: John Patrick O'Brien, American soccer player
1977: Roy Oswalt, American baseball player
1977: Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian and radio host
1977: Aaron Rowand, American baseball player and sportscaster
1976: Stephen Carr, Irish footballer
1976: Phil Harvey, English manager (Coldplay)
1976: Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player
1976: Georgios Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player
1976: Pablo Mastroeni, Argentine-American soccer player and manager
1976: Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer and manager
1975: Kyle Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974: Kumi Tanioka, Japanese keyboard player and composer
1973: Vincent Cavanagh, English singer and guitarist
1973: Olivier Jacque, French motorcycle racer
1972: Amanda Marshall, Canadian singer-songwriter
1972: Bae Yong-joon, South Korean actor
1971: Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
1971: Alex Griffin, English bass player
1971: Carla Gugino, American actress
1969: Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player
1969: Jennifer Crittenden, American screenwriter and producer
1969: Lucero, Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, and television host
1968: Meshell Ndegeocello, German-American singer-songwriter
1967: Neil Gorsuch, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1967: Anton Newcombe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966: Jörn Großkopf, German footballer and manager
1965: Will Perdue, American basketball player and sportscaster
1965: Geir-Inge Sivertsen, Norwegian politician and engineer, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Seafood
1964: Perri "Pebbles" Reid, American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter
1964: Zisis Tsekos, Greek footballer
1963: Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer-songwriter
1962: Carl Banks, American football player and sportscaster
1962: Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese game designer and composer
1962: Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor, writer, producer and author
1962: Simon Thurley, English historian and academic
1961: Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player
1961: Rodney McCray, American basketball player
1960: Todd English, American chef and author
1960: Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1959: Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
1959: Ramón Díaz, Argentinian footballer and manager
1959: Ray Elgaard, Canadian football player
1959: Chris Hadfield, Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1959: Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1959: Timothy Shriver, American businessman and activist
1959: Stephen Wolfram, English-American physicist and mathematician
1959: Nagarjuna, Indian film actor, Producer and Businessman
1958: Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1958: Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (d. 2009)
1957: Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey and sportscaster
1957: Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (d. 2001)
1956: Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer
1956: Eddie Murray, American football player
1956: Charalambos Xanthopoulos, Greek footballer
1956: Steve Yarbrough, American novelist and short story writer
1955: Diamanda Galás, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1955: Jack Lew, American lawyer and politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff
1954: Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American journalist, author, and academic
1953: David Boaz, American businessman and author
1953: Richard Harding, English rugby player
1953: James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic
1952: Karen Hesse, American author and poet
1952: Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952: Don Schlitz, American Hall of Fame country music songwriter
1951: Geoff Whitehorn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950: Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
1950: Frank Henenlotter, American director and screenwriter
1950: Dave Reichert, American soldier and politician
1949: Stan Hansen, American wrestler and actor
1948: Robert S. Langer, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic
1947: Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author
1947: James Hunt, English race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1993)
1946: Bob Beamon, American long jumper
1946: Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic
1946: Demetris Christofias, Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th President of Cyprus (d. 2019)
1946: Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice
1945: Chris Copping, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945: Wyomia Tyus, American sprinter
1943: Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (d. 1996)
1943: Dick Halligan, American pianist and composer
1943: Arthur B. McDonald, Canadian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1942: James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)
1942: Gottfried John, German actor (d. 2014)
1942: Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist (d. 1995)
1941: Robin Leach, English journalist and television host (d. 2018)
1940: James Brady, American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary (d. 2014)
1940: Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984)
1939: Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter
1939: Joel Schumacher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
1938: Elliott Gould, American actor and producer
1938: Angela Huth, English journalist and author
1938: Christian Müller, German footballer and manager
1938: Robert Rubin, American lawyer and politician, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury
1937: James Florio, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th Governor of New Jersey
1936: John McCain, American captain and politician (d. 2018)
1935: Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (d. 2014)
1935: William Friedkin, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
1935: László Garai, Hungarian psychologist and scholar (d. 2019)
1934: Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (d. 2004)
1933: Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (d. 2014)
1933: Arnold Koller, Swiss politician
1931: Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (d. 2001)
1931: Lise Payette, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2018)
1930: Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
1930: Carlos Loyzaga, Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
1929: Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (d. 2004)
1928: Herbert Meier, Swiss author and translator (d. 2018)
1927: Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
1926: Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic
1926: Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (d. 2016)
1926: Betty Lynn, American actress (d. 2021)
1924: Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (d. 1963)
1923: Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1922: Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008)
1922: John Edward Williams, American author and educator (d. 1994)
1922: Arthur Anderson, American actor (d. 2016)
1920: Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1955)
1920: Herb Simpson, American baseball player (d. 2015)
1920: Otis Boykin, American inventor and engineer (d. 1982)
1917: Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
1916: Luther Davis, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1915: Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
1915: Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist and author (d. 1985)
1913: Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
1913: Jackie Mitchell, American baseball pitcher (d. 1987)
1912: Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (d. 2002)
1912: Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)
1912: Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016)
1911: John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon (d. 1982)
1910: Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (d. 1985)
1905: Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (d. 1979)
1905: Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (d. 1941)
1904: Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1901: Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1986)
1898: Preston Sturges, American director and producer (d. 1959)
1891: Marquis James, American journalist and author (d. 1955)
1890: Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975)
1888: Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician (d. 1964)
1887: Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 1978)
1879: Han Yong-un, Korean independence activist, reformer, and poet (d. 1944)
1876: Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics (d. 1958)
1876: Kim Koo, South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)
1875: Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator (d. 1962)
1871: Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (d. 1950)
1862: Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)
1862: Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
1861: Byron G. Harlan, American singer (d. 1936)
1857: Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)
1844: Edward Carpenter, English anthologist and poet (d. 1929)
1843: David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (d. 1910)
1842: Alfred Shaw, English cricketer, rugby player, and umpire (d. 1907)
1813: Henry Bergh, American activist, founded the ASPCA (d. 1888)
1810: Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian theorist and diplomat (d. 1884)
1809: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author (d. 1894)
1805: Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author (d. 1872)
1792: Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author (d. 1875)
1780: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (d. 1867)
1777: Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology (d. 1853)
1773: Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)
1772: James Finlayson, Scottish Quaker (d. 1852)
1756: Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1830)
1756: Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician (d. 1845)
1728: Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)
1725: Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1767)
1724: Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author (d. 1803)
1632: John Locke, English physician and philosopher (d. 1704)
1628: John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1701)
1619: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1683)
1597: Henry Gage, Royalist officer in the English Civil War (d. 1645)
1534: Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (d. 1572)
1514: García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish noble and admiral (d. 1577)
1434: Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop and poet (d. 1472)
1347: John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (d. 1375)
1321: John of Artois, French nobleman (d. 1387)
979: Otto (or Eudes), French nobleman (d. 1045)

Deaths On This Day

2021: Ed Asner, American actor (b. 1929)
2021: Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican reggae producer (b. 1936)
2021: Jacques Rogge, Olympic sailor and Orthopedic Surgeon who served as the 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1942)
2018: James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1936)
2018: Paul Taylor, American choreographer (b. 1930)
2016: Gene Wilder, American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (b. 1933)
2014: Octavio Brunetti, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)
2014: Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (b. 1943)
2013: Joan L. Krajewski, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
2013: Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Zambian cardinal (b. 1931)
2013: Bruce C. Murray, American geologist and academic, co-founded The Planetary Society (b. 1931)
2012: Ruth Goldbloom, Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded Pier 21 (b. 1923)
2012: Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English historian and author (b. 1953)
2012: Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)
2012: Anne McKnight, American soprano (b. 1924)
2012: Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)
2012: Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)
2011: Honeyboy Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)
2011: Junpei Takiguchi, Japanese voice actor (b. 1931)
2008: Geoffrey Perkins, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953)
2008: Michael Schoenberg, American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939)
2007: James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand businessman (b. 1914)
2007: Richard Jewell, American police officer (b. 1962)
2007: Pierre Messmer, French civil servant and politician, 154th Prime Minister of France (b. 1916)
2007: Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. 1920)
2004: Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
2003: Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (b. 1939)
2003: Patrick Procktor, English painter and academic (b. 1936)
2002: Lance Macklin, English race car driver (b. 1919)
2001: Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (b. 1952)
2001: Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2000: Shelagh Fraser, English actress (b. 1922)
2000: Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (b. 1951)
2000: Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913)
1995: Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
1992: Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930)
1991: Libero Grassi, Italian businessman (b. 1924)
1990: Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901)
1989: Peter Scott, English explorer and painter (b. 1909)
1987: Archie Campbell, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)
1987: Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)
1985: Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (b. 1918)
1982: Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
1982: Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
1981: Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
1979: Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (b. 1890)
1977: Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)
1977: Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)
1975: Éamon de Valera, Irish soldier and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (b. 1882)
1972: Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)
1971: Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)
1968: Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)
1966: Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
1958: Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
1952: Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
1951: Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
1946: Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
1946: John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
1944: Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
1932: Raymond Knister, Canadian poet and author (b. 1899)
1931: David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
1930: William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
1917: George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
1911: Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
1904: Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
1892: William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
1891: Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
1889: Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
1877: Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
1866: Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
1856: Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
1844: Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
1799: Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)
1780: Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
1769: Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
1749: Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
1712: Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
1657: John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614)
1604: Hamida Banu Begum, Mughal empress (b. 1527)
1542: Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese commander (b. 1516)
1533: Atahualpa, Inca emperor (b. 1497)
1526: Louis II, king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1506)
1526: Pál Tomori Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475)
1523: Ulrich von Hutten, Lutheran reformer (b. 1488)
1499: Alesso Baldovinetti, Florentine painter (b. 1427)
1442: John V, duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
1395: Albert III, duke of Austria (b. 1349)
1315: Peter Tempesta, Italian nobleman (b. 1291)
1315: Charles of Taranto, Italian nobleman (b. 1296)
1298: Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar, English princess (b. 1269)
1159: Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine empress
1135: Al-Mustarshid, Abbasid caliph (b. 1092)
1123: Eystein I, king of Norway (b. 1088)
1093: Hugh I, duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
1046: Gerard of Csanád Venetian monk and Hungarian bishop (b.980)
1021: Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Japanese nobleman (b. 948)
979: Abu Taghlib, Hamdanid emir
956: Fu the Elder, Chinese empress
939: Wang Jipeng, Chinese emperor of Min
939: Li Chunyan, Chinese empress
886: Basil I, Byzantine emperor (b. 811)

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