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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.$374 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 6, 2024
3.$323 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2017
4.$307.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2013
5.$286 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2017
6.€247.95 Million US$253.26 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2022
7.€201.4 Million US$223.76 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2019
8.€176 Million US$216.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2012
9.$211.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2021
10.$206.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2022
11.$204 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2006
12.$203 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2018
13.$181 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2012
14.$179 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2021
15.$163.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2024
16.$160 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2011
17.$147 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2020
18.$138 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2009
19.$136 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2023
20.€117.96 Million
US$131.34 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2016
21.€117.24 Million
US$128.93 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2023
22.$123 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 4, 2007
23.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 3, 1999
24.$102 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 3, 2019
25.$100 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 5, 2014

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: Lela30
Saturday, Aug 3, 1991
33 years old
1989: jackpot718
Thursday, Aug 3, 1989
35 years old
1988: Kionne25
Wednesday, Aug 3, 1988
36 years old
1980: Vintage33
Sunday, Aug 3, 1980
44 years old
1978: Mahogonnee
Thursday, Aug 3, 1978
46 years old
1978: ms_lottorookie
Thursday, Aug 3, 1978
46 years old
1976: JSNAKE252
Tuesday, Aug 3, 1976
48 years old
1973: henfield
Friday, Aug 3, 1973
51 years old
1971: Banker333
Tuesday, Aug 3, 1971
53 years old
1968: nancy13
Saturday, Aug 3, 1968
56 years old
1965: king-stubborn
Tuesday, Aug 3, 1965
59 years old
1958: summertime1811
Sunday, Aug 3, 1958
66 years old
1956: Johnny50
Friday, Aug 3, 1956
68 years old
1956: RLABenz8356
Friday, Aug 3, 1956
68 years old
: bigmon
(year not provided)
: eawilliam
(year not provided)
: aggieaj
(year not provided)
: watercoot
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

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: Frederik van Lotharingen elected as first Belgian 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

1995: Zac Gallen, American baseball player
1995: Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player
1994: Manaia Cherrington, New Zealand rugby league player
1994: Esther Earl, American author, vlogger, and online personality. (d. 2010) Celebrated annually as Esther day
1994: Todd Gurley, 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 (d. 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, American singer and bass player
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 (d. 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 (d. 2007)
1967: Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, founded MNP Entreprise
1967: Creme Puff, tabby domestic cat, oldest recorded cat (d. 2005)
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
1964: Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboard player (d. 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 (d. 2013)
1956: Dave Cloud, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 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
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
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
1949: Sue Slipman, English politician
1948: Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France
1947: Ralph Wright, English footballer (d. 2020)
1946: Robert Ayling, English businessman
1946: Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1946: Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
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 (d. 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 (d. 2010)
1939: Jimmie Nicol, English drummer
1939: Apoorva Sengupta, Indian general and cricketer (d. 2013)
1938: Terry Wogan, Irish radio and television host (d. 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 (d. 2013)
1936: Edward Petherbridge, English actor
1935: John Erman, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2021)
1935: Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (d. 1997)
1935: Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2019)
1934: Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (d. 1989)
1934: Michael Chapman, English bassoon player (d. 2005)
1934: Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (d. 2002)
1933: Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (d. 2009)
1930: James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1928: Cécile Aubry, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1928: Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (d. 2012)
1926: Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (d. 2013)
1926: Tony Bennett, American singer and actor (d. 2023)
1926: Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (d. 2004)
1926: Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)
1925: Marv Levy, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
1925: Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (d. 2017)
1924: Connie Converse, American musician and singer-songwriter
1924: Leon Uris, American soldier and author (d. 2003)
1923: Jean Hagen, American actress (d. 1977)
1923: Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (d. 2012)
1922: John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (d. 2013)
1921: Richard Adler, American composer and producer (d. 2012)
1921: Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (d. 2008)
1921: Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)
1920: Norman Dewis, English test driver and engineer (d. 2019)
1920: Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1920: P. D. James, English author (d. 2014)
1920: Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1971)
1920: Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect (d. 2013)
1918: James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (d. 2014)
1918: Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (d. 1999)
1918: Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
1918: Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
1917: Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995)
1916: Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1970)
1916: José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1978)
1913: Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)
1912: Fritz Hellwig, German politician (d. 2017)
1911: Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor and producer (d. 1990)
1909: Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator (d. 1971)
1907: Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer (d. 1988)
1907: Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (d. 1996)
1907: Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (d.1998)
1905: Franz König, Austrian cardinal (d. 2004)
1904: Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983)
1904: Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (d. 1988)
1903: Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia (d. 2000)
1902: Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
1902: David Buttolph, American film composer (d. 1983)
1901: John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
1901: Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (d. 1981)
1900: Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist (d. 1945)
1900: John T. Scopes, American educator (d. 1970)
1899: Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979)
1896: Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (d. 1997)
1895: Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician (d. 1942)
1894: Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1951)
1890: Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club (d. 1974)
1887: Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)
1887: August Wesley, Finnish journalist, trade unionist, and revolutionary (d. ?)
1886: Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1964)
1872: Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
1871: Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (d. 1929)
1867: Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)
1863: Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author and journalist (d. 1922)
1860: William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 1935)
1856: Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
1850: Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic (d. 1926)
1840: John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (d. 1929)
1832: Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director (d. 1914)
1823: Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana (d. 1867)
1817: Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (d. 1895)
1811: Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (d. 1861)
1808: Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (d. 1893)
1803: Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace (d. 1865)
1770: Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1840)
1766: Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author (d. 1844)
1724: Alvise Foscari, Venetian admiral (d. 1790)
1692: John Henley, English minister and poet (d. 1759)
1622: Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, German field marshal (d. 1698)
1509: Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (d. 1546)
1491: Maria of Jülich-Berg, German noblewoman (d. 1543)
1486: Imperia Cognati, Italian courtesan (d. 1512)
1442: Galeotto I Pico, Duke of Mirandola (d. 1499)

Deaths On This Day

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