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August 3

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August 3

August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 150 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: South Carolina man charged with fraud after stealing winning lottery tickets on social media. A South Carolina man was charged with intent to defraud the South Carolina Lottery after stealing lottery tickets on social media, using their information to doctor fake winning tickets, and attempting to cash them.
2023: VIDEO: Dee Dee Moore killed Florida Lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare... now she wants a new trial. The convicted killer of Florida lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare has resurfaced in headlines now that she is seeking a new trial or a modification of her life sentence.
2022: Nebraska woman who cut back on playing the lottery wins $1 million Powerball prize. A once-daily Powerball player is now reaping the rewards from reducing her habitual play, having won a $1 million second-prize after having cut back on her playing.
2020: Virginia Lottery releases new Keno game. The Virginia Lottery has added a new draw game to its arsenal for lottery enthusiasts to test their luck.
2019: Air Force vet wins $6.5 million after nearly throwing away winning lottery ticket. An Oregon Air Force veteran almost let a fortune slip right out of his hands.
2018: California office pool claims $543 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. The California Lottery says last month's $543 million Mega Millions jackpot was won by 11 members of an office pool that played on a whim.
2017: Massachusetts has more repeat lottery winners than any other state. Massachusetts has more repeat lottery winners than any other state, people who redeem so many winning tickets that they raise questions about the integrity and oversight of the $5 billion state lottery, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of nearly 11 million lottery records from 34 states.
2017: Lottery winner hands out winning tickets at favorite restaurant. A Maine man who won the lottery twice in recent months shared his winnings with employees and diners of a local restaurant he patronized nearly daily for more than a decade.
2016: Details emerge about Alabama Gov.'s lottery vision. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley provided some details about his plans for this month's special session in which he will propose a state lottery.
2015: Texas Lottery launches Set For Life scratch-off games. The Texas Lottery today announced a new series of scratch-off games called Set For Life, offering players the chance to win as much as $5,000 per week for the next 20 years.
2011: Tri-State lottery players get extra chance to win Pick 4. Players of the Tri-State Pick 4 lottery had two chances to win this week when a ball left in the drawing machine led to two sets of winning numbers.
2011: Massachusetts Lottery closes loophole after big wins. It was great while it lasted, for the few who knew the trick and had the money to take advantage of it.
2010: Fla. Powerball winner claims $73.8M lottery jackpot. The Florida Lottery announced on Friday that the $73.8 million jackpot from the July 10 Powerball drawing has been claimed.
2009: Lottery heartbreak: Florida man says he lost $500,000 ticket. Florida Lottery security officials have opened an investigation into the case of a 69-year-old Wellington man who lost a scratch-off ticket worth $500,000.
2008: $200,000 Powerball lottery prize goes unclaimed. One lucky Powerball winner from Kansas isn't so lucky after the deadline expired for claiming a $200,000 prize.
2006: How a lottery win tore a family apart. One lottery jackpot winner's attempts at secrecy have woefully failed to avert a family feud over the fortune, with greed, deceit and vitriol as its central ingredients.
2006: Online gambling world watches U.S. case. The recent BetOnSports indictment in U.S. federal court may show the limits of American authorities' control over online gambling.
2006: Lottery winner feels like he has a horseshoe in his behind. A South Carolina player has been so lucky that he feels like he has "a horseshoe stuck up [his] behind."
2005: N.J. Officials Warn Residents Of Lottery Scam. New Jersey Lottery officials are warning Garden State residents to beware of a scam involving letters claiming large lottery winnings.
2005: N.J. store owners win lottery jackpot. Not only did Jr.'s Wholesale on McBride Avenue in Paterson, New Jersey, sell two winning lottery tickets totaling $3.25 million last month, but the family that owns the convenience store includes the winners, New Jersey Lottery officials confirmed Monday.
2005: New Yorker claims huge lottery jackpot amid controversy. A 66-year-old former state worker has claimed the second largest lottery payout in New York history, but residents in the town in which the winning ticket was sold feels the lottery is snubbing them.
2005: Euro Millions lottery winner makes press wait for prize claim. The wealthiest winner in European lottery history failed to come forward to collect her _115.6 million (US$136 million) prize yesterday, to the disappointment of waiting press.
2005: W.V. woman claims $1.75 million Hot Lotto jackpot. A bookkeeper for a West Virginia realty company came forward Tuesday as the state's latest West Virginia Lottery jackpot winner.
2005: N.C. Democrats feel heat on lottery. In North Carolina, legislative leaders trying to break a logjam on the state's budget are pressing reluctant House Democrats to support a much more aggressively advertised lottery than the version that squeaked through the House in April.
2004: Maine Powerball sales strong. In a little less than 34 hours, Mainers gobbled up $536,191 worth of Powerball tickets to propel the state into the top three markets in the country for the game's Saturday night drawing.
2004: UK National Lottery has new rival. A rival national draw that promises to make competitors millionaires and to take the lottery out of donating money to charity was today dismissed as a threat by Lotto operator Camelot.
2004: Former S.C. Lottery employee charged with theft. A former procurement officer with the South Carolina Education Lottery has been released on bond after his arrest on charges that he converted $425 for his own use.
2003: Naples woman sues ex-husband for greater share of lottery winnings. Marcel and Helene Imbert, once the envy of residents across Florida 13 years ago, are now divorced and fighting in court over Helene's share of the lottery winnings.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.35 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2023
2.$429.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2025
3.$374 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 6, 2024
4.$323 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2017
5.$307.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2013
6.$286 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2017
7.€247.95 Million US$253.26 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2022
8.€201.4 Million US$223.76 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2019
9.€176 Million US$216.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2012
10.$211.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2021
11.€181 Million
US$209.25 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2025
12.$206.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2022
13.$204 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2006
14.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2018
15.$181 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2012
16.$179 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2021
17.$163.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2024
18.$160 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2011
19.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2025
20.$147 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2020
21.$138 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2009
22.$136 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2023
23.€117.96 Million
US$131.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2016
24.€117.24 Million
US$128.93 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2023
25.$123 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2007

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: Lela30
Saturday, Aug 3, 1991
34 years old
1989: jackpot718
Thursday, Aug 3, 1989
36 years old
1988: Kionne25
Wednesday, Aug 3, 1988
37 years old
1981: K$Dub
Monday, Aug 3, 1981
44 years old
1980: Vintage33
Sunday, Aug 3, 1980
45 years old
1978: Mahogonnee
Thursday, Aug 3, 1978
47 years old
1978: ms_lottorookie
Thursday, Aug 3, 1978
47 years old
1976: JSNAKE252
Tuesday, Aug 3, 1976
49 years old
1973: henfield
Friday, Aug 3, 1973
52 years old
1971: Banker333
Tuesday, Aug 3, 1971
54 years old
1968: nancy13
Saturday, Aug 3, 1968
57 years old
1965: king-stubborn
Tuesday, Aug 3, 1965
60 years old
1958: summertime1811
Sunday, Aug 3, 1958
67 years old
1956: Johnny50
Friday, Aug 3, 1956
69 years old
1956: RLABenz8356
Friday, Aug 3, 1956
69 years old
: bigmon
(year not provided)
: eawilliam
(year not provided)
: aggieaj
(year not provided)
: Rummy76
(year not provided)
: watercoot
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.
2019: Six hundred protesters, including opposition leader Lyubov Sobol, are arrested in an election protest in Moscow, Russia.
2019: Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.
2018: Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
2014: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
2014: The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.
2010: Widespread rioting erupts in Karachi, Pakistan, after the assassination of a local politician, leaving at least 85 dead and at least 17 billion Pakistani rupees (US$200 million) in damage.
2007: Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.
2005: President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
2004: The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
1997: Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
1997: The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
1981: Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front - Suxxali Reew Mi.
1977: Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
1975: A privately chartered Boeing 707 strikes a mountain peak and crashes near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.
1972: The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1960: Niger gains independence from France.
1959: Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
1958: The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
1949: The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
1948: Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
1946: Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
1940: World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
1936: Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
1936: A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
1921: Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
1914: World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
1907: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
1903: Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
1900: The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
1859: The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.
1852: Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also known as the first ever American intercollegiate athletic event.
1829: The Treaty of Lewistown is signed by the Shawnee and Seneca peoples, exchanging land in Ohio for land west of the Mississippi River.
1811: First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.
1795: Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.
1778: The theatre La Scala in Milan is inaugurated with the première of Antonio Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.
1678: Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
1645: Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
1601: Long War: Austria captures Transylvania in the Battle of Goroszló.
1527: The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.
1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
1342: The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
1057: Frederick of Lorraine elected as Pope Stephen IX.
1031: Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey.
908: Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia.
881: Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
435: Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt.
8: Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.

Births On This Day

1999: Zach Wilson, American football player
1999: Brahim Díaz, Spanish-Moroccan footballer
1999: Yoo Yeon-jung, South Korean singer
1997: Luis Robert Jr., Cuban baseball player
1996: Alec Bohm, American baseball player
1996: Bokondji Imama, Canadian ice hockey player
1996: Derwin James, American football player
1995: Zac Gallen, American baseball player
1995: Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player
1994: Kwon Alexander, American football player
1994: Manaia Cherrington, New Zealand rugby league player
1994: Esther Earl, American author, vlogger, and online personality (died 2010)
1994: Todd Gurley, American football player
1994: Younghoe Koo, South Korean-born American football player
1993: Ola Abidogun, English sprinter
1993: Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer
1992: Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner
1992: Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner
1992: Diāna Marcinkēviča, Latvian tennis player
1992: Aljon Mariano, Filipino basketball player
1992: Lum Rexhepi, Finnish footballer
1992: Karlie Kloss, American fashion model
1990: Jourdan Dunn, English model
1990: Kang Min-kyung, South Korean singer
1989: Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (died 2015)
1989: Sam Hutchinson, English footballer
1989: Tyrod Taylor, American football player
1989: Nick Viergever, Dutch footballer
1988: Denny Cardin, Italian footballer
1988: Leigh Tiffin, American football player
1988: Sven Ulreich, German footballer
1987: Kim Hyung-jun, South Korean singer and dancer
1987: Chris McQueen, Australian-English rugby league player
1986: Charlotte Casiraghi, Monégasque journalist, co-founded Ever Manifesto
1986: Darya Domracheva, Belarusian biathlete
1985: Georgina Haig, Australian actress
1985: Brent Kutzle, American bass player and producer
1985: Ats Purje, Estonian footballer
1985: Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby player and boxer
1984: Yasin Avcı, Turkish footballer
1984: Sunil Chhetri, Indian footballer
1984: Matt Joyce, American baseball player
1984: Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
1984: Chris Maurer, former bassist of ska band Suburban Legends
1983: Ryan Carter, American ice hockey player
1983: Mark Reynolds, American baseball player
1982: Kaspar Kokk, Estonian skier
1982: Jesse Lumsden, Canadian bobsledder and football player
1982: Damien Sandow, American wrestler
1981: Fikirte Addis, Ethiopian fashion designer
1981: Travis Bowyer, American baseball player
1981: Pablo Ibáñez, Spanish footballer
1980: Nadia Ali, Libyan-American singer-songwriter
1980: Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
1980: Tony Pashos, American football player
1980: Brandan Schieppati, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980: Hannah Simone, Canadian television host and actress
1979: Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress
1978: Joi Chua, Singaporean singer-songwriter and actress
1978: Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
1978: Jenny Tinmouth, English motorcycle racer
1978: Dimitrios Zografakis, Greek footballer
1977: Tom Brady, American football player
1977: Justin Lehr, American baseball player
1977: Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist and footballer
1976: Troy Glaus, American baseball player
1975: Wael Gomaa, Egyptian footballer
1975: Argyro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
1973: Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
1973: Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
1973: Michael Ealy, American actor
1973: Chris Murphy, American politician
1972: Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player and politician
1971: Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (died 2007)
1971: DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, producer, and actress
1970: Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter
1970: Gina G, Australian singer-songwriter
1970: Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game designer
1969: Doug Overton, American basketball player and coach
1968: Rod Beck, American baseball player (died 2007)
1967: Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1967: Skin, English singer and guitarist
1966: Brent Butt, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966: Gizz Butt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966: Eric Esch, American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist
1966: Robert Laimer, Austrian politician
1964: Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboard player (died 2007)
1964: Ralph Knibbs, British rugby union player
1964: Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach
1964: Kevin Sumlin, American football player and coach
1964: Abhisit Vejjajiva, English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand
1963: Tasmin Archer, English pop singer
1963: Frano Botica, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1963: James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963: David Knox, Australian rugby player
1963: Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1963: Lisa Ann Walter, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Isaiah Washington, American actor and producer
1961: Molly Hagan, American actress
1961: Nick Harvey, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1961: Lee Rocker, American bassist
1960: Tim Mayotte, American tennis player and coach
1960: Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer
1959: Martin Atkins, English drummer and producer
1959: Mike Gminski, American basketball player and sportscaster
1959: John C. McGinley, American actor and producer
1959: Koichi Tanaka, Japanese chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1958: Lindsey Hilsum, English journalist and author
1958: Ana Kokkinos, Australian director and screenwriter
1957: Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer and manager
1957: Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 11th New Zealand Minister of Conservation
1956: Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956: Todd Christensen, American football player and sportscaster (died 2013)
1956: Dave Cloud, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2015)
1956: Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer and coach
1954: Michael Arthur, English physician and academic
1954: Gary Peters, English footballer and manager
1953: Ian Bairnson, Scottish saxophonist and keyboard player (died 2023)
1953: Marlene Dumas, South African painter
1952: Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinian footballer and manager
1951: Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
1951: Jay North, American actor (died 2025)
1950: Linda Howard, American author
1950: John Landis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1950: Jo Marie Payton, American actress and singer
1950: Ernesto Samper, Colombian economist and politician, 29th President of Colombia
1949: Philip Casnoff, American actor and director
1949: B. B. Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter (died 2021)
1949: Sue Slipman, English politician
1948: Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France
1947: Ralph Wright, English footballer (died 2020)
1946: Robert Ayling, English businessman
1946: Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1946: John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1945: Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer and journalist
1944: Morris Berman, American historian and social critic
1944: Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (died 1973)
1943: Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-English mathematician and academic
1943: Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson of Sweden
1943: Steven Millhauser, American novelist and short story writer
1941: Beverly Lee, American singer
1941: Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
1940: Lance Alworth, American football player
1940: Martin Sheen, American actor and producer
1940: James Tyler, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2010)
1939: Jimmie Nicol, English drummer
1939: Apoorva Sengupta, Indian general and cricketer (died 2013)
1938: Terry Wogan, Irish radio and television host (died 2016)
1937: Steven Berkoff, English actor, director, and playwright
1937: Roland Burris, American lawyer and politician, 39th Illinois Attorney General
1937: Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani-Australian cricketer
1936: Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (died 2013)
1936: Edward Petherbridge, English actor
1935: John Erman, American actor, director, and producer (died 2021)
1935: Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 1997)
1935: Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2019)
1934: Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (died 1989)
1934: Michael Chapman, English bassoon player (died 2005)
1934: Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (died 2002)
1933: Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (died 2009)
1930: James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
1928: Cécile Aubry, French actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2010)
1928: Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (died 2012)
1926: Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (died 2013)
1926: Tony Bennett, American singer and actor (died 2023)
1926: Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (died 2004)
1926: Gordon Scott, American actor (died 2007)
1926: Rushdy Abaza, Egyptian actor (died 1980)
1925: Marv Levy, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
1925: Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (died 2017)
1924: Connie Converse, American musician and singer-songwriter
1924: Leon Uris, American soldier and author (died 2003)
1923: Jean Hagen, American actress (died 1977)
1923: Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (died 2012)
1922: John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (died 2013)
1921: Richard Adler, American composer and producer (died 2012)
1921: Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (died 2008)
1921: Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (died 1972)
1920: Norman Dewis, English test driver and engineer (died 2019)
1920: Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (died 2012)
1920: P. D. James, English author (died 2014)
1920: Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player and composer (died 1971)
1920: Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect (died 2013)
1918: James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (died 2014)
1918: Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (died 1999)
1918: Larry Haines, American actor (died 2008)
1918: Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (died 1979)
1917: Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1995)
1916: Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1970)
1916: José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 1978)
1913: Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer (died 2007)
1912: Fritz Hellwig, German politician (died 2017)
1911: Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor and producer (died 1990)
1909: Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator (died 1971)
1907: Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer (died 1988)
1907: Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (died 1996)
1907: Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (died 1998)
1905: Franz König, Austrian cardinal (died 2004)
1904: Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (died 1983)
1904: Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (died 1988)
1903: Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia (died 2000)
1902: Regina Jonas, German rabbi (died 1944)
1902: David Buttolph, American film composer (died 1983)
1901: John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (died 1995)
1901: Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (died 1981)
1900: Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist (died 1945)
1900: John T. Scopes, American educator (died 1970)
1899: Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (died 1979)
1896: Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (died 1997)
1895: Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician (died 1942)
1894: Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1951)
1890: Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club (died 1974)
1887: Rupert Brooke, English poet (died 1915)
1887: August Wesley, Finnish journalist, trade unionist, and revolutionary (died ?)
1886: Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (died 1964)
1872: Haakon VII of Norway (died 1957)
1871: Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (died 1929)
1867: Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1947)
1863: Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author and journalist (died 1922)
1860: William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (died 1935)
1856: Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (died 1919)
1850: Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic (died 1926)
1840: John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (died 1929)
1837: Julien Reverchon, French botanist (died 1905)
1832: Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director (died 1914)
1823: Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana (died 1867)
1817: Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (died 1895)
1811: Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (died 1861)
1808: Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (died 1893)
1803: Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace (died 1865)
1770: Frederick William III of Prussia (died 1840)
1766: Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author (died 1844)
1724: Alvise Foscari, Venetian admiral (died 1790)
1692: John Henley, English minister and poet (died 1759)
1622: Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, German field marshal (died 1698)
1509: Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (died 1546)
1491: Maria of Jülich-Berg, German noblewoman (died 1543)
1486: Imperia Cognati, Italian courtesan (died 1512)
1442: Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (died 1499)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Yamini Krishnamurthy, Indian dancer (born 1940)
2023: Mark Margolis, American actor (born 1939)
2023: Bram Moolenaar, Dutch software engineer (born 1961)
2022: Jackie Walorski, American politician (born 1963)
2020: John Hume, Northern Irish politician (born 1937)
2015: Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (born 1917)
2015: Mel Farr, American football player and businessman (born 1944)
2015: Coleen Gray, American actress (born 1922)
2015: Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)
2015: Johanna Quandt, German businesswoman (born 1926)
2015: Jef Murray, American artist and author (born 1960)
2014: Miangul Aurangzeb, Pakistani captain and politician, 19th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (born 1928)
2014: Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (born 1923)
2014: Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American author (born 1916)
2014: Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist and composer (born 1958)
2014: Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist and academic (born 1944)
2013: John Coombs, English-Monegasque race car driver and businessman (born 1922)
2013: Jack English Hightower, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)
2013: Jack Hynes, Scottish-American soccer player and manager (born 1920)
2012: Frank Evans, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1921)
2012: Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist and academic (born 1927)
2012: Paul McCracken, American economist and academic (born 1915)
2012: John Pritchard, American basketball player (born 1927)
2012: George Shanard, American politician and agribusinessman (born 1926)
2011: William Sleator, American author (born 1945)
2011: Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (born 1945)
2010: Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
2009: Nikolaos Makarezos, Greek soldier and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)
2008: Skip Caray, American sportscaster (born 1939)
2008: Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
2008: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
2007: John Gardner, English author (born 1926)
2007: Peter Thorup, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1948)
2006: Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1945)
2006: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-English soprano and actress (born 1915)
2005: Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (born 1920)
2004: Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (born 1908)
2003: Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1954)
2001: Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (born 1922)
2000: Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (born 1921)
1999: Rod Ansell, Australian hunter (born 1953)
1999: Byron Farwell, American historian and author (born 1921)
1998: Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and journalist (born 1934)
1997: Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
1996: Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (born 1939)
1995: Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director (born 1918)
1995: Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (born 1933)
1992: Wang Hongwen, Chinese labor activist and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1935)
1983: Carolyn Jones, American actress (born 1930)
1979: Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
1979: Angelos Terzakis, Greek author and playwright (born 1907)
1977: Makarios III, Cypriot archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus (born 1913)
1977: Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (born 1892)
1975: Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet and photographer (born 1901)
1974: Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (born 1888)
1973: Richard Marshall, American general (born 1895)
1972: Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (born 1913)
1969: Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (born 1889)
1968: Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (born 1896)
1966: Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1925)
1964: Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (born 1925)
1961: Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (born 1884)
1959: Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (born 1887)
1958: Peter Collins, English race car driver (born 1931)
1954: Colette, French novelist and journalist (born 1873)
1949: Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (born 1869)
1943: Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (born 1914)
1942: Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)
1936: Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (born 1873)
1929: Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (born 1851)
1929: Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (born 1857)
1925: William Bruce, Australian cricketer (born 1864)
1924: Joseph Conrad, British novelist (born 1857)
1922: Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (born 1851)
1920: Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (born 1883)
1917: Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (born 1849)
1916: Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (born 1864)
1913: William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (born 1844)
1894: George Inness, American painter (born 1825)
1879: Joseph Severn, English painter (born 1793)
1877: William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (born 1805)
1867: Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (born 1785)
1866: Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (born 1804)
1857: Eugène Sue, French author and politician (born 1804)
1839: Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (born 1763)
1835: Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1767)
1805: Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (born 1724)
1797: Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1717)
1792: Richard Arkwright, English engineer and businessman (born 1732)
1780: Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemologist and philosopher (born 1715)
1773: Stanisław Konarski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1700)
1761: Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (born 1691)
1721: Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (born 1648)
1720: Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch politician (born 1641)
1712: Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (born 1654)
1621: Guillaume du Vair, French lawyer and author (born 1556)
1604: Bernardino de Mendoza, Spanish commander and diplomat (born 1540)
1546: Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace (born 1484)
1546: Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (born 1509)
1530: Francesco Ferruccio, Italian captain (born 1489)
1527: Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal
1460: James II, king of Scotland (born 1430)
1355: Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh, English nobleman
1003: At-Ta'i, Abbasid caliph (born 929)
979: Thietmar, margrave of Meissen
925: Cao, Chinese empress dowager
908: Burchard, duke of Thuringia
908: Egino, duke of Thuringia
908: Rudolf I, bishop of Würzburg

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