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August 31

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August 31

August 31 is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 122 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Last lottery ticket in the bin awards Ohio man $500,000 prize amid mounting medical bills. An Ohio man took a chance on the last and final scratch-off ticket of its kind in the display bin, and it turned out to be a winner for a handsome $500,000 prize.
2023: Virginia college student who "never wins" lands a $500,000 scratch-off lottery prize. A Virginia woman who very rarely picks up a lottery ticket because she doesn't understand them found success with one particular scratch-off that landed her a $500,000 prize.
2021: Lightning strikes twice for Virginia man who won $1 million and $2.5 million. A Virginia man had a taste of victory back in 2014 when he won $2.5 million on a scratch-off lottery ticket, but nothing said he couldn't win again.
2020: Texas Lotto jackpot grows to largest in a decade. The Texas Lottery's premier in-state jackpot game, Lotto Texas, has now gone 65 drawings without a top prize winner, generating a jackpot that is the largest the game has seen in more than a decade.
2018: With Mississippi in the lottery game, the pressure is now on Alabama. When Mississippi starts their state lottery, Alabamians can head, north, south, east or west to buy a lottery ticket — but they still can't buy one in their own state.
2017: Scammers using social media accounts claiming to be lottery winner Mavis Wanczyk. Police are again warning people about multiple fake social media accounts created by scammers pretending to be the Massachusetts Powerball winner.
2016: Lawyers contact N.H. Lottery about $487 million jackpot. July's half-billion dollar Powerball jackpot winner in New Hampshire has yet to come forward, but the New Hampshire Lottery said it has heard several times from lawyers who may represent the lucky ticket-holder.
2016: CT Lottery chief departs after nine years. Anne M. Noble, president and CEO of the Connecticut Lottery Corp. for the last nine years, resigned Tuesday, saying, "I've really done what I set out to do when I was hired by this board in 2008."
2015: Mass. postal worker wins $4 million one day after getting married. A Massachusetts postal worker and his new bride are having the best week ever. Thursday, they tied the knot, and Friday, they claimed a $4 million lottery prize.
2015: Calif. man buys scratch game with $20 bill he found, wins $1 million. A man who won $1 million from the California Lottery on Wednesday in Millbrae paid for the winning Scratcher ticket using a $20 bill he found on the ground.
2012: Michigan railroad engineer claims $337M Powerball lottery jackpot. A 44-year-old Michigan railroad engineer said he quit his job and told familly members to do the same when he learned he had won the third-largest winner's share ever for a U.S. lottery drawing.
2011: $80,000 lottery ticket dropped in church collection plate. An anonymous lottery winner placed a winning ticket worth $80,000 in the collection plate at Cathedral of Prayer Church in Columbus, donating every penny of the cash earnings to the church.
2010: Doctor who won lottery still wants 'to help people'. Jackson Memorial Hospital doctor Shirley Press's actual experience winning the lottery was a lot different than she had mused over the years.
2007: Tenn. Lottery says duplicate numbers drawn were legit; can we be sure?. The Tennessee Lottery's Cash 3 game had the exact same winning number in both the midday and evening drawings Thursday, which comes on the heels of weeks of flawed drawings, in which no doubles or triples had a chance of winning.
2007: Lucky couple wins second NY Lotto jackpot. A former Bronx, New York, couple has won the New York Lottery's 6-number Lotto game for the second time in 11 years, twice overcoming odds of more than 22 million to 1.
2007: Charges against wife of Powerball lottery winner dropped. A judge on Wednesday dismissed a felony charge against the wife of Powerball jackpot winner David Edwards.
2005: $131 million lottery jackpot awaits Mega Millions hopefuls. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $131 million today, when no tickets sold for Tuesday's $111 million drawing drawing matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball number.
2005: N.C. Governor Signs Historic Lottery Bill. A jubilant North Carolina Governor Mike Easley waited just a day after the state Senate approved the lottery bill to sign it into law. His signature capped two decades of effort to bring a lottery to North Carolina, previously the only state on the East Coast without a game.
2004: Toronto couple claims $26.8 million lottery win. A Toronto couple has claimed the third-largest jackpot in Canadian lottery history -- almost $27 million.
2004: $40 Million Man's payments end. For the first time in 20 years, Michael Wittkowski and family won't be receiving their big fat annual check courtesy of the Illinois State Lottery.
2004: 80-year-old claims a piece of Calif. lottery jackpot. Walter F. Tracey slept in until about 1 p.m. Sunday, then got a surprising jolt. The 80-year-old World War II Navy pilot checked the newspaper, and there it was in black and white: He had the winning numbers for the $100 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot.
2004: Three tickets split $100 million California lottery jackpot. California Lottery officials announced Sunday that two of the three winning tickets in Saturday's $100 million Super Lotto Plus jackpot were purchased in the Bay Area, with the thrid being sold in Huntington Beach.
2003: Lucky lottery store in N.H. does it again. The winning Powerball ticket, worth an estimated $135.6 million, was sold at a convenience store that is building a reputation as the place to buy lottery tickets.
2003: Schwarzenegger spars with Davis on gaming. Two days before Labor Day -- the traditional kickoff of campaign season -- the gloves started to come off in California's untraditional recall election as actor Arnold Schwarzenegger accused Gov. Gray Davis of pandering to Indian gaming interests.
2003: $135.6 Million Powerball Jackpot Won In New Hampshire. One lucky Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire is worth $135.6 million this morning.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.2 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2025
2.$681 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2024
3.$418.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2023
4.$347.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2021
5.$330 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2007
6.$306 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2021
7.$302 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2025
8.€263.55 Million US$262.91 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2022
9.€156 Million US$171.99 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2020
10.$169 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2022
11.€114 Million
US$162.61 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 5, 2008
12.€114 Million
US$162.12 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2011
13.$154 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2016
14.$152 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2018
15.€132.26 Million
US$147.79 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2016
16.€131 Million
US$144.7 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2024
17.$142 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2013
18.€127 Million
US$139.18 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2019
19.$134.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2022
20.$131 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2005
21.$127 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Sep 3, 2019
22.€127 Million
US$126.67 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2022
23.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Sep 2, 2015
24.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 31, 2001
25.€106 Million
US$114.58 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Sep 1, 2023

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: Typarent27
Saturday, Aug 31, 1991
34 years old
1986: Eruobill
Sunday, Aug 31, 1986
39 years old
1978: henry lee
Thursday, Aug 31, 1978
47 years old
1978: Shannon45!
Thursday, Aug 31, 1978
47 years old
1976: needtowin1
Tuesday, Aug 31, 1976
49 years old
1974: denisear5
Saturday, Aug 31, 1974
51 years old
1965: Winymica
Tuesday, Aug 31, 1965
60 years old
1962: BazookaJoe
Friday, Aug 31, 1962
63 years old
1962: Evyy123
Friday, Aug 31, 1962
63 years old
1960: MissKitty*2
Wednesday, Aug 31, 1960
65 years old
1959: rsparks59
Monday, Aug 31, 1959
66 years old
1957: dahorsegal
Saturday, Aug 31, 1957
68 years old
1956: HOY4226
Friday, Aug 31, 1956
69 years old
1955: Dnanhc9$
Wednesday, Aug 31, 1955
70 years old
: sdc027
(year not provided)
: crosser72
(year not provided)
: dmolina512
(year not provided)
: Iclotto
(year not provided)
: monocron
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: A helicopter crashes in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, killing all 22 occupants.
2019: A sightseeing helicopter crashes in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta Municipality in Northern Norway killing all 6 occupants.
2016: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
2006: Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
2005: The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
2002: Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, made landfall, killing at least 236 people.
1999: The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
1999: A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, her partner, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
1996: Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
1994: Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia.
1993: Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.
1991: Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1988: Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
1988: CAAC Flight 301 overshoots the runway at Kai Tak Airport and crashes into Kowloon Bay, killing seven people.
1987: Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
1986: Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
1986: The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
1972: Aeroflot Flight 558 crashes in the Abzelilovsky District in Bashkortostan, Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing all 102 people aboard.
1963: Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.
1962: Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
1959: A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
1957: The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1950: TWA Flight 903 crashes near Itay El Barud, Egypt, killing all 55 aboard.
1949: The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece into Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
1943: USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
1941: World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
1940: Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
1939: Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
1936: Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
1935: In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
1933: The Integral Nationalist Group wins the 1933 Andorran parliamentary election, the first election in Andorra held with universal male suffrage.
1920: Polish-Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
1918: World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
1907: Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
1895: German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
1888: Mary Ann Nichols, the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims, is murdered.
1886: The 7.0 M_w Charleston earthquake strikes southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 60 people and causing damage worth an estimated at $5 to $6 million.
1876: Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother, Abdul Hamid II.
1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, the culmination of the Atlanta campaign, begins as Union forces under General William T. Sherman clash with Confederate troops under General William J. Hardee south of Atlanta.
1813: Peninsular War: Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
1798: Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
1795: War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
1776: William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
1483: Under the influence of the Ottoman government, patriarch Symeon I convenes a synod of the Eastern Orthodox Churches in Constantinople which defines the ritual for admitting Catholics to the Eastern Orthodox Churches and condemns the church union of Ferrara-Florence.
1422: King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France and his son, Henry VI, becomes king at the age of nine months.
1420: The 8.8-9.4 Caldera earthquake shakes Chile's Atacama Region causing tsunami in Chile, Hawaii, and Japan.
1314: King Haakon V moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.
1218: Al-Kamil becomes sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty.
1056: After a sudden gastric illness, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.

Births On This Day

2004: Jang Won-young, South Korean singer and model
2001: Amanda Anisimova, American tennis player
2000: Sauce Gardner, American football player
1998: Jaylen Barron, American actress
1998: BossMan Dlow, American rapper
1996: Jalen Brunson, American basketball player
1995: Brittany Mahomes, American soccer player
1994: Alex Harris, Scottish footballer
1994: Can Aktav, Turkish football player
1993: Pablo Marí, Spanish football player
1993: Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player
1993: Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player
1992: Holly Earl, British actress
1992: Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player
1992: Ragna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician
1992: Nicolás Tagliafico, Argentine footballer
1991: António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver
1991: Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer
1990: Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player
1989: Dezmon Briscoe, American football player
1988: Matt Adams, American baseball player
1988: Trent Hodkinson, Australian rugby league player
1988: David Ospina, Colombian footballer
1988: Athena, American wrestler
1987: Xavi Annunziata, Spanish footballer
1987: Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer
1987: Ondřej Pavelec, Czech ice hockey player
1986: Ryan Kelley, American actor
1986: Johnny Wactor, American actor (died 2024)
1986: Blake Wheeler, American ice hockey player
1985: Rolando, Portuguese footballer
1985: Andrew Foster, Australian footballer
1985: Mabel Matiz, Turkish singer
1985: Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
1984: Matti Breschel, Danish cyclist
1984: Ryan Kesler, American ice hockey player
1984: Ted Ligety, American skier
1984: Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer
1983: Deniz Aydoğdu, German-Turkish footballer
1983: Milan Biševac, Serbian footballer
1983: Larry Fitzgerald, American football player
1982: Ian Crocker, American swimmer
1982: Chris Duhon, American basketball player
1982: Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian sprinter
1982: Christopher Katongo, Zambian footballer
1982: Josh Kroeger, American baseball player
1982: Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
1982: Pepe Reina, Spanish footballer
1982: Michele Rugolo, Italian race car driver
1982: G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and author
1981: Ahmad Al Harthy, Omani race car driver
1981: Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby player
1981: Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player
1980: Joe Budden, American broadcaster and former rapper
1979: Clay Hensley, American baseball player
1979: Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer
1979: Yara Martinez, Puerto Rican-American actress
1979: Simon Neil, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1979: Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian Tamil singer-songwriter and producer
1979: Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player
1979: Mickie James, American wrestler
1978: Philippe Christanval, French footballer
1978: Ido Pariente, Israeli mixed martial artist and trainer
1978: Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model
1978: Craig Stapleton, Australian rugby league player
1978: Sandis Valters, Latvian basketball player
1978: Morten Qvenild, Norwegian pianist and composer
1977: Jeff Hardy, American wrestler and singer
1977: Ian Harte, Irish footballer
1977: Craig Nicholls, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977: Arzu Yanardağ, Turkish actress and model
1976: Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter and pianist
1976: Shar Jackson, American actress and singer
1976: Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer and manager
1976: Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player
1975: Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1975: John Grahame, American ice hockey player and coach
1975: Sara Ramirez, Mexican-American actor and musician
1974: Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian-Monégasque tennis player
1973: Scott Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1971: Kirstie Allsopp, British TV presenter
1971: Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
1971: Vadim Repin, Belgian-Russian violinist
1971: Chris Tucker, American comedian and actor
1970: Debbie Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1970: Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
1970: Greg Mulholland, English politician
1970: Queen Rania of Jordan
1970: Arie van Lent, Dutch-German footballer and manager
1970: Zack Ward, Canadian actor and producer
1969: Nathalie Bouvier, French skier
1969: Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor and physician
1969: Jeff Russo, American musician
1969: Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer and referee
1968: Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician (died 2016)
1968: Hideo Nomo, Japanese baseball player
1968: Jolene Watanabe, American tennis player (died 2019)
1967: Gene Hoglan, American drummer
1967: Anita Moen, Norwegian skier
1966: Lyuboslav Penev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
1965: Zsolt Borkai, Hungarian gymnast and politician
1965: Susan Gritton, English soprano and actress
1964: Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and critic
1963: Reb Beach, American guitarist
1963: Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2013)
1963: Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer and manager
1962: Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor
1961: Kieran Crowley, New Zealand rugby player
1961: Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian and author
1960: Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
1960: Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
1960: Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah (died 2024)
1959: Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959: Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
1958: Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman
1958: Stephen Cottrell, English bishop
1957: Colm O'Rourke, Irish footballer and sportscaster
1957: Gina Schock, American drummer
1957: Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956: Mária Balážová, Slovak painter and illustrator
1956: Kent Nilsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1956: Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director
1956: Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China
1955: Aleksander Krupa, Polish-American actor
1955: Julie Maxton, Scottish lawyer and academic
1955: Edwin Moses, American hurdler
1955: Anthony Thistlethwaite, English saxophonist and bass player
1955: Gary Webb, American journalist and author (died 2004)
1954: Julie Brown, American actress and screenwriter
1953: Marcia Clark, American attorney and author
1953: Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentinian race car driver
1953: György Károly, Hungarian poet and author (died 2018)
1953: Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer
1953: Elisabeth Kværne, Norwegian langeleik player (died 2024)
1952: Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator
1952: Herbert Reul, German politician
1951: Grant Batty, New Zealand rugby player
1950: Eduardo Nonato Joson, Filipino politician (died 2025)
1949: Richard Gere, American actor and producer
1949: Stephen McKinley Henderson, American actor
1949: Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1949: Rick Roberts, American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948: Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (died 1982)
1948: Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter and producer
1948: Ken McMullen, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1948: Holger Osieck, German footballer and manager
1948: Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist and songwriter
1947: Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman
1947: Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese author and illustrator
1947: Somchai Wongsawat, Thai lawyer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
1946: Ann Coffey, Scottish social worker and politician
1946: Jerome Corsi, American conspiracy theorist and author
1946: Tom Coughlin, American football player and coach
1945: Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
1945: Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
1945: Bob Welch, American singer and guitarist (died 2012)
1944: Roger Dean, English illustrator and publisher
1944: Liz Forgan, English journalist
1944: Christine King, English historian and academic
1944: Clive Lloyd, Guyanese cricketer
1943: Leonid Ivashov, Russian general
1942: Isao Aoki, Japanese golfer
1941: William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
1941: Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (died 2012)
1940: Robbie Basho, American guitarist, pianist, and composer (died 1986)
1940: Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (died 2015)
1940: Larry Hankin, American actor, director, and producer
1940: Roger Newman, English-American actor and screenwriter (died 2010)
1940: Jack Thompson, Australian actor
1939: Jerry Allison, American drummer and songwriter (died 2022)
1938: Martin Bell, English journalist and politician
1937: Warren Berlinger, American actor (died 2020)
1937: Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
1936: Vladimir Orlov, Russian journalist and author (died 2014)
1935: Eldridge Cleaver, American activist and author (died 1998)
1935: Bryan Organ, English painter
1935: Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager (died 2019)
1932: Allan Fotheringham, Canadian journalist (died 2020)
1932: Roy Castle, English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician (died 1994)
1931: Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
1931: Rolf Just Nilsen, Norwegian singer and actor (died 1981)
1931: Noble Willingham, American actor (died 2004)
1930: Big Tiny Little, American pianist (died 2010)
1928: James Coburn, American actor (died 2002)
1928: Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (died 2005)
1925: Ted Blakey, American historian, activist, and businessman (died 2004)
1925: Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (died 2004)
1925: Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (died 2003)
1924: John Davidson, American physician and politician (died 2012)
1924: Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer (died 2003)
1924: Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer (died 2015)
1921: Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (died 2014)
1921: Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic (died 1988)
1919: Amrita Pritam, Indian poet and author (died 2005)
1918: Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer (died 1986)
1916: Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach (died 2011)
1916: Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (died 2010)
1916: John S. Wold, American geologist and politician (died 2017)
1915: Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach (died 2008)
1914: Richard Basehart, American actor (died 1984)
1913: Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer (died 2009)
1913: Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (died 2012)
1911: Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician (died 1998)
1911: Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader (died 1970)
1909: Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (died 2008)
1908: William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 1981)
1907: Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer (died 1977)
1907: Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician (died 2007)
1907: Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (died 1957)
1907: William Shawn, American journalist (died 1992)
1907: Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician (died 1986)
1905: Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (died 2004)
1905: Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator (died 1997)
1903: Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (died 1983)
1903: Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher (died 1985)
1902: Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (died 1977)
1900: Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (died 1943)
1897: Fredric March, American actor (died 1975)
1896: Brian Edmund Baker, English Air Marshal (died 1979)
1896: Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (died 1982)
1894: Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author (died 1982)
1893: Lily Laskine, French harp player (died 1988)
1890: August Alle, Estonian poet and author (died 1952)
1890: Nätti-Jussi, Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (died 1964)
1885: DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright (died 1940)
1884: George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science (died 1956)
1880: Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands (died 1962)
1879: Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author (died 1964)
1879: Taishō, Emperor of Japan (died 1926)
1878: Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer (died 1933)
1875: Rosa Lemberg, Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, singer and choral conductor (died 1959)
1871: James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas (died 1944)
1870: Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator (died 1952)
1843: Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (died 1919)
1842: Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist (died 1924)
1834: Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and educator (died 1886)
1823: Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1907)
1821: Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (died 1894)
1811: Théophile Gautier, French poet and critic (died 1872)
1802: Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (died 1834)
1797: Ramón Castilla, Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (died 1867)
1797: Stephen Geary, English architect, inventor and entrepreneur (died 1854)
1775: Agnes Bulmer, English poet and author (died 1836)
1767: Henry Joy McCracken, Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen (died 1798)
1748: Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright (died 1820)
1741: Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, French composer and educator (died 1816)
1721: George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1775)
1663: Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (died 1705)
1652: Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Italian nobleman (died 1708)
1569: Jahangir, Mughal emperor (died 1627)
1542: Isabella de' Medici, Italian princess (died 1576)
1168: Zhang Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1208)
1018: Jeongjong II, Korean ruler (died 1046)
161: Commodus, Roman emperor (died 192)
12: Caligula, Roman emperor (died 41)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Sol Bamba, Ivorian-French footballer (born 1985)
2021: Mahal, Filipino comedian and actress (born 1974)
2021: Francesco Morini, Italian footballer (born 1944)
2021: Michael Constantine, Greek-American actor (born 1927)
2021: Geronimo, British alpaca (born 2013)
2020: Pranab Mukherjee, Former President of India (born 1935)
2020: Tom Seaver, American baseball player (born 1944)
2019: Anthoine Hubert, French race car driver (born 1996)
2019: Alec Holowka, Canadian game developer (born 1983)
2018: Carole Shelley, British-American actress (born 1939)
2015: Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English politician, founded the National Motor Museum (born 1926)
2015: Tom Scott, American football player (born 1930)
2014: Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1933)
2014: Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1931)
2014: Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (born 1932)
2014: Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1945)
2013: Alan Carrington, English chemist and academic (born 1934)
2013: David Frost, English journalist and game show host (born 1939)
2013: Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (born 1923)
2013: Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (born 1939)
2012: Max Bygraves, English actor (born 1922)
2012: Joe Lewis, American martial artist and actor (born 1944)
2012: Carlo Maria Martini, Italian cardinal (born 1927)
2012: Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1938)
2012: John C. Shabaz, American judge and politician (born 1931)
2012: Sergey Sokolov, Russian commander and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for The Soviet Union (born 1911)
2011: Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1976)
2010: Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (born 1960)
2009: Eraño Manalo, Filipino religious minister and Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (born 1925)
2008: Ken Campbell, English actor and screenwriter (born 1941)
2008: Ike Pappas, American journalist (born 1933)
2008: Victor Yates, New Zealand rugby player (born 1939)
2007: Gay Brewer, American golfer (born 1932)
2007: Jean Jacques Paradis, Canadian general (born 1928)
2007: Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (born 1926)
2006: Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (born 1983)
2006: Tom Delaney, English race car driver and businessman (born 1911)
2005: Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
2002: Lionel Hampton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1908)
2002: Farhad Mehrad, Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (born 1944)
2002: George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
2000: Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (born 1912)
2000: Dolores Moore, American baseball player and educator (born 1932)
1997: Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1961)
1997: Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (born 1955)
1991: Cliff Lumsdon, Canadian swimmer and coach (born 1931)
1990: Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player and coach (born 1922)
1986: Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (born 1893)
1986: Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (born 1900)
1986: Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (born 1898)
1985: Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
1984: Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (born 1927)
1979: Sally Rand, American actress and dancer (born 1904)
1979: Tiger Smith, English cricketer and coach (born 1886)
1978: John Wrathall, Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd President of Rhodesia (born 1913)
1974: William Pershing Benedict, American soldier and pilot (born 1918)
1974: Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1923)
1973: John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)
1969: Rocky Marciano, American boxer (born 1923)
1968: John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (born 1933)
1967: Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (born 1891)
1965: E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (born 1890)
1963: Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (born 1882)
1954: Elsa Barker, American author and poet (born 1869)
1952: Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (born 1868)
1951: Paul Demel, Czech actor (born 1903)
1948: Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (born 1896)
1945: Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician (born 1892)
1941: Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (born 1874)
1941: Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (born 1892)
1940: Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (born 1871)
1940: DeLancey W. Gill, American painter (born 1859)
1937: Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (born 1905)
1927: Andranik, Armenian general (born 1865)
1924: Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (born 1881)
1920: Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1832)
1912: Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (born 1864)
1910: Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (born 1875)
1908: Leslie Green, English architect (born 1875)
1884: Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (born 1814)
1869: Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (born 1827)
1867: Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (born 1821)
1864: Ferdinand Lassalle, Prussian-German jurist and philosopher (born 1825)
1858: Chief Oshkosh, Menominee chief (born 1795)
1818: Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (born 1745)
1817: Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1747)
1814: Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (born 1738)
1811: Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (born 1729)
1799: Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect and academic, designed the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle (born 1720)
1795: François-André Danican Philidor, French-English chess player and composer (born 1726)
1772: William Borlase, English geologist and historian (born 1695)
1741: Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (born 1681)
1730: Gottfried Finger, Czech-German viol player and composer (born 1660)
1688: John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (born 1628)
1654: Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian (born 1588)
1645: Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (born 1566)
1528: Matthias Grünewald, German artist (born 1470)
1502: Thomas Wode, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1450: Isabella of Navarre, Countess of Armagnac (born 1395)
1422: Henry V of England (born 1386)
1372: Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (born 1301)
1324: Henry II of Jerusalem (born 1271)
1287: Konrad von Würzburg, German poet
1234: Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (born 1212)
1158: Sancho III of Castile (born 1134)
1115: Turgot of Durham (bornc. 1050)
1056: Theodora, Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire (born 981)
1054: Kunigunde of Altdorf, Frankish noblewoman (born c. 1020)
894: Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ta'i, Muslim governor
731: Ōtomo no Tabito, Japanese poet (born 665)
651: Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and saint
577: John Scholasticus, Byzantine patriarch and saint
318: Liu Cong, emperor of the Xiongnu state

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