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August 7

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August 7

August 7 is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 146 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: New York Lottery launches new Million Dollar Raffle with best odds of winning $1 million. The New York Lottery has launched a brand-new Million Dollar Raffle, giving New York players the best odds at winning $1 million in any New York Lottery game.
2024: North Carolina man will be able to buy a house for his family with $1.1 million Cash 5 jackpot. A North Carolina man will be able to buy his family the "house they deserve" after winning a $1.1 million Cash 5 jackpot in the lottery.
2023: California man reinvests $500 lottery win into scratch-off book, scoops up $1 million prize. A California man reinvested his $500 lottery win back into a full book of scratch-off tickets and spent an entire day at work before he discovered one of the tickets in the booklet was worth $1 million.
2021: Oregon man wins two prizes for life in one drawing. An Oregon man is set for two lifetimes over after winning the top prize twice in the Oregon Lottery's Win for Life draw game.
2020: Couple wins £1 million lottery prize a day after husband loses job. A couple who suffered a year's worth of hardship was hanging on by a thread, but one well-timed lottery prize was the long-awaited good karma to tip the scales and help lift the husband and wife out of their streak of misfortune.
2019: What's it like to suddenly become rich?. We've all daydreamed about an unexpected windfall that would change our luck. But what's it really like to come into money? Meet five people who did.
2019: UK Lottery's first £10k a month for life winner goes public as he reveals bucket list. A 24-year-old Amazon worker is celebrating after becoming the first person to win the National Lottery's £10,000 a month for the next 30 years.
2018: Wells Fargo lottery winners poker-faced as they return to work. Customers strolling into a South San Jose Wells Fargo this morning had no idea that millionaires would be cashing their checks.
2017: $650 million in lottery jackpots up for grabs this week. The USA's two powerhouse multi-state lottery games have been steadily growing their jackpots over the past several weeks, and this week they offer a combined $650 million to lottery players who will take a chance to beat the odds.
2014: Cottage industry helps lottery winners dodge taxes. With few rules or law enforcement to stop it, a cottage industry has popped up to help lottery winners avoid taxes, child support, and other debts, potentially costing the state and federal governments millions in lost revenue.
2014: Michigan Lottery hot streak: Fantasy 5 has 43 jackpot winners in last 4 months. According to the Michigan Lottery, the Fantasy 5 jackpot is riding an unprecedented hot streak, claiming 43 winners since April 7.
2013: Stores with past Powerball winners lure crowds. When big jackpots roll around, stores known for selling winning tickets see their business pick up as superstitious dreamers pour in, hoping luck will strike again.
2011: $220 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot ramps up. There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $220 million for Wednesday's drawing.
2010: Federal online gambling legislation clears big hurdle. Maybe there are some teeth in the push for legalization and sensible federal regulation of the Internet gambling industry after all.
2009: Scientific Games sued a second time by Gameologist. Gameologist, a New Jersey based and minority-owned small business, filed a second lawsuit in New York Supreme Court against Scientific Games, for infringement of trademark.
2009: Italy Is a 'Mad House' for Lottery. With a record €119 million (US$177 million) jackpot at stake in Italy's state lottery, millions have been gripped by lotto fever.
2006: N.C. Lottery lagging behind revenue estimates. North Carolina's lottery commission has cut the lottery budget because of lower sales than state lawmakers originally expected.
2006: Reporter honored for lottery coverage. Steve Geissinger, the Sacramento bureau chief for ANG Newspapers, received a national award Friday night from the Association of Capital Reporters and Editors for coverage of California's controversial entrance into the multi-state Mega Millions lottery.
2006: One ticket wins $40 million Florida Lotto jackpot. The Food R Us convenience store in Palm Springs, Florida, a small neighborhood store on Congress Avenue, sold the sole winning ticket for Saturday's $40 million Florida Lotto jackpot.
2006: Wisconsin factory workers win $208M Powerball lottery. About 100 cheese factory workers in the Wisconsin town of St. Cloud have been celebrating -- because they say they're $208 million richer now.
2006: Andy Rooney: Lotteries and lottery players are stupid. Andy Rooney demonstrates how a critic with a loud voice, a bunch of pre-conceived notions, and the laziness to obtain all of their information from one biased source can create an embarrassingly wrong opinion piece.
2003: Interlott wins Arizona lottery contract. Interlott Technologies Inc. won a bid to supply instant ticket vending machines to the Arizona Lottery.
2003: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $53 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $53 million, with a cash option of $27.3 million.
2003: $3.4M Ticket Hasn’t Been Cashed. The sale of a winning Megabucks ticket worth $3.4 million at the Brooklin General Store in June continues to cause a stir.
2003: Court Orders City To Return Couple’s Tax On Lottery Winnings. Ohio's highest court says one Northeast Ohio city can't tax lottery winnings under its current law.
2003: Davis names Washington lottery director to head Calif. lottery. Gov. Gray Davis on Wednesday appointed the executive director of the Washington state lottery to head California's lottery.
2003: Wrong lottery numbers get transmitted. A computer error caused some television stations around Louisiana to broadcast the wrong Pick 4 numbers for the Louisiana Lottery's Tuesday night drawing, officials said.
2003: Facing Fraud Trial, Mayor Wins Lottery. The mayor of the small town of Dawson, Georgia won $500,000 in the Georgia Lottery a month before his trial on charges of insurance fraud and forgery.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.6 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2023
2.$478.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2025
3.$448.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 7, 2013
4.$405 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2024
5.$350 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2017
6.$323.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2017
7.€250.6 Million US$256.04 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2022
8.€190 Million US$235.71 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 7, 2012
9.€198 Million US$230.59 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2025
10.€205.4 Million
US$230.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2019
11.$228.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2011
12.$227.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 7, 2021
13.$223 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2018
14.$212 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2012
15.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2021
16.$184.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 7, 2024
17.$166 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2025
18.$161 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2009
19.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2020
20.$154.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 7, 2023
21.$141 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2007
22.€120.54 Million
US$133.86 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2016
23.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2014
24.$112 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 7, 2019
25.€94 Million
US$110.2 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2000: Dkstarr5687
Monday, Aug 7, 2000
25 years old
1991: Vaniessa2424
Wednesday, Aug 7, 1991
34 years old
1989: stop light
Monday, Aug 7, 1989
36 years old
1987: Newbienewme
Friday, Aug 7, 1987
38 years old
1985: Erubin01
Wednesday, Aug 7, 1985
40 years old
1984: prncss59
Tuesday, Aug 7, 1984
41 years old
1980: frikiton1980
Thursday, Aug 7, 1980
45 years old
1978: bluejay1234
Monday, Aug 7, 1978
47 years old
1972: mcleanboi
Monday, Aug 7, 1972
53 years old
1971: cheryl c
Saturday, Aug 7, 1971
54 years old
1970: mlswpea07
Friday, Aug 7, 1970
55 years old
1970: Semira
Friday, Aug 7, 1970
55 years old
1969: Bigpt7
Thursday, Aug 7, 1969
56 years old
1968: bluemonkey
Wednesday, Aug 7, 1968
57 years old
1964: Trenalowe64
Friday, Aug 7, 1964
61 years old
1963: SHAUNWAN
Wednesday, Aug 7, 1963
62 years old
1962: Tammi8762
Tuesday, Aug 7, 1962
63 years old
1961: nova563
Monday, Aug 7, 1961
64 years old
1960: afplum
Sunday, Aug 7, 1960
65 years old
1952: karmastarman
Thursday, Aug 7, 1952
73 years old
1946: gcbM$1965
Wednesday, Aug 7, 1946
79 years old
1946: silvercream
Wednesday, Aug 7, 1946
79 years old
: Three2001
(year not provided)
: Jalessia
(year not provided)
: lily345
(year not provided)
: theking7
(year not provided)
: uncledougy
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Air India Express Flight 1344 overshoots the runway at Calicut International Airport in the Malappuram district of Kerala, India, and crashes, killing 21 of the 190 people on board.
2008: The start of the Russo-Georgian War over the territory of South Ossetia.
2007: At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron's 33-year-old record.
1999: The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
1998: Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
1997: Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1997: Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
1995: The Chilean government declares state of emergency in the southern half of the country in response to an event of intense, cold, wind, rain and snowfall known as the White Earthquake.
1993: Ada Deer, a Menominee activist, is sworn in as the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
1990: First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.
1989: U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
1987: Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.
1985: Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.
1981: The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.
1978: U.S. President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
1976: Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
1974: Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.
1970: California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
1969: Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
1964: Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
1962: Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize thalidomide.
1960: Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.
1959: Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1947: Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
1947: The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
1946: The government of the Soviet Union presented a note to its Turkish counterparts which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the Turkish Straits, thus beginning the Turkish Straits crisis.
1944: IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
1942: World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
1933: The Kingdom of Iraq slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as Martyrs Day or National Day of Mourning by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.
1930: The last confirmed lynching of black people in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
1927: The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
1909: Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
1890: Anna Månsdotter, found guilty of the 1889 Yngsjö murder, became the last woman to be executed in Sweden.
1858: The first Australian rules football match is played between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College.
1819: Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain in the Battle of Boyacá.
1794: U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
1791: American troops destroy the Miami town of Kenapacomaqua near the site of present-day Logansport, Indiana in the Northwest Indian War.
1789: The United States Department of War is established.
1786: The first federal Indian Reservation is created by the United States.
1782: George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
1743: The Treaty of Åbo ended the 1741-1743 Russo-Swedish War.
1714: The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.
1679: The brigantine Le Griffon becomes the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
1479: Battle of Guinegate: French troops of King Louis XI were defeated by the Burgundians led by Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg.
1461: The Ming dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
936: Coronation of King Otto I of Germany.
768: Pope Stephen III is elected to office, and quickly seeks Frankish protection against the Lombard threat, since the Byzantine Empire is no longer able to help.
626: The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Constantinople.
461: Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the magister militum Ricimer.

Births On This Day

2000: Lauren Hemp, English footballer
1999: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, American hurdler and sprinter
1998: Vladimir Barbu, Italian diver
1998: María Belén Bazo, Peruvian windsurfer
1998: Jalen Hurts, American football player
1997: Matty Cash, Polish footballer
1997: Kyler Murray, American football player
1996: Dani Ceballos, Spanish footballer
1993: Francesca Eastwood, American actress and television personality
1993: Martti Nõmme, Estonian ski jumper
1993: Karol Zalewski, Polish sprinter
1992: Adam Yates, English cyclist
1992: Simon Yates, English cyclist
1992: Wout Weghorst, Dutch footballer
1991: Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2016)
1991: Mike Trout, American baseball player
1991: Mitchell te Vrede, Dutch footballer
1990: Jake Allen, Canadian ice hockey player
1990: Josh Franceschi, English singer-songwriter
1989: DeMar DeRozan, American basketball player
1988: Jonathan Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
1988: Mohamed Coulibaly, Senegalese footballer
1988: Anisa Mohammed, West Indian cricketer
1988: Melody Oliveria, American blogger
1988: Erik Pieters, Dutch footballer
1988: Beanie Wells, American football player
1987: Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player
1987: Mustapha Dumbuya, Sierra Leonean footballer
1987: Ryan Lavarnway, American baseball player
1987: Rouven Sattelmaier, German footballer
1986: Paul Biedermann, German swimmer
1986: Valter Birsa, Slovenian footballer
1986: Altaír Jarabo, Mexican model and actress
1986: Juan de la Rosa, Mexican boxer
1984: Stratos Perperoglou, Greek basketball player
1984: Tooba Siddiqui, Pakistani model and actress
1984: Yun Hyon-seok, South Korean poet and author (died 2003)
1983: Christian Chávez, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor
1983: Murat Dalkılıç, Turkish singer-songwriter
1983: Danny, Portuguese footballer
1983: Andriy Hrivko, Ukrainian cyclist
1983: Mark Pettini, English cricketer and journalist
1982: Ángeles Balbiani, Argentine actress and singer
1982: Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
1982: Juan Martín Hernández, Argentine rugby player
1982: Marquise Hill, American football player (died 2007)
1982: Vassilis Spanoulis, Greek basketball player
1982: Martin Vučić, Macedonian singer and drummer
1981: David Testo, American soccer player
1981: Randy Wayne, American actor and producer
1980: Carsten Busch, German footballer
1980: Aurélie Claudel, French model and actress
1980: Tácio Caetano Cruz Queiroz, Brazilian footballer
1980: Seiichiro Maki, Japanese footballer
1979: Eric Johnson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1979: Miguel Llera, Spanish footballer
1979: Birgit Zotz, Austrian anthropologist and author
1978: Alexandre Aja, French director, producer, and screenwriter
1978: Jamey Jasta, American singer-songwriter
1978: Mark McCammon, English-Barbadian footballer
1978: Cirroc Lofton, American actor
1977: Charlotte Ronson, English fashion designer
1977: Samantha Ronson, English singer-songwriter and DJ
1977: Justin Brooker, Australian rugby league player
1976: Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Greek footballer and manager
1976: Shane Lechler, American football player
1975: Koray Candemir, Turkish singer-songwriter
1975: Gerard Denton, Australian cricketer
1975: Megan Gale, Australian model and actress
1975: Ray Hill, American football player (died 2015)
1975: Rebecca Kleefisch, American journalist and politician, 44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
1975: Édgar Rentería, Colombian baseball player
1975: Charlize Theron, South African actress
1974: Chico Benymon, American actor
1974: Michael Shannon, American actor
1973: Mikhail Gorsheniov, Russian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1973: Danny Graves, Vietnamese-American baseball player
1973: Kevin Muscat, English-Australian footballer, coach, and manager
1972: Gerry Peñalosa, Filipino boxer and promoter
1971: Dominic Cork, England cricketer and sportscaster
1971: Rachel York, American actress and singer
1970: Eric Namesnik, American swimmer (died 2006)
1969: Markus Bundi, Swiss writer
1969: Paul Lambert, Scottish footballer and manager
1969: Dana G. Peleg, Israeli writer and LGBT activist
1968: Francesca Gregorini, Italian-American director and screenwriter
1968: Trevor Hendy, Australian surfer and coach
1968: Sophie Lee, Australian actress and author
1967: Jason Grimsley, American baseball player
1966: David Cairns, Scottish laicised priest and politician, Minister of State for Scotland (died 2011)
1966: Shobna Gulati, British actress
1966: Kristin Hersh, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966: Jimmy Wales, American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia
1965: Raul Malo, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965: Elizabeth Manley, Canadian figure skater
1964: John Birmingham, English-Australian journalist and author
1964: Ian Dench, English guitarist and songwriter
1964: Peter Niven, Scottish jockey
1963: Paul Dunn, Australian rugby league player
1963: Nick Gillespie, American journalist and author
1963: Marcus Roberts, American pianist and educator
1962: Alison Brown, American banjo player, songwriter, and producer
1961: Brian Conley, English actor and singer
1961: Yelena Davydova, Russian gymnast
1961: Walter Swinburn, English jockey and trainer (died 2016)
1961: Carlos Vives, Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor
1960: David Duchovny, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959: Koenraad Elst, Belgian orientalist and author
1959: Ali Shah, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1958: Russell Baze, Canadian-American jockey
1958: Bruce Dickinson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Alberto Salazar, Cuban-American runner and coach
1957: Daire Brehan, Irish journalist, lawyer, and actress (died 2012)
1957: Alexander Dityatin, Russian gymnast and colonel
1955: Wayne Knight, American actor, comedian and voice actor
1955: Greg Nickels, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Seattle
1955: Vladimir Sorokin, Russian author and playwright
1954: Valery Gazzaev, Russian footballer, manager and politician
1954: Jonathan Pollard, Israeli spy
1954: Alan Reid, Scottish politician
1953: Anne Fadiman, American journalist and author
1952: Caroline Aaron, American actress and producer
1952: Eamonn Darcy, Irish golfer
1952: Kees Kist, Dutch footballer
1952: Alexei Sayle, English comedian, actor, and author
1950: Rodney Crowell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950: Alan Keyes, American politician and diplomat, 16th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
1950: S. Thandayuthapani, Sri Lankan educator and politician
1949: Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese journalist and politician
1949: Matthew Parris, South African-English journalist and politician
1948: Marty Appel, American businessman and author
1948: Greg Chappell, Australian cricketer and coach
1947: Franciscus Henri, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter
1947: Sofia Rotaru, Ukrainian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1945: Kenny Ireland, Scottish actor and director (died 2014)
1945: Alan Page, American football player and jurist
1944: John Glover, American actor
1944: Robert Mueller, American soldier and lawyer, 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1943: Mohammed Badie, Egyptian religious leader
1943: Lana Cantrell, Australian singer-songwriter and lawyer
1943: Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter (died 2010)
1942: Garrison Keillor, American humorist, novelist, short story writer, and radio host
1942: Carlos Monzón, Argentinian boxer and actor (died 1995)
1942: Caetano Veloso, Brazilian singer-songwriter, writer and producer
1942: Richard Sykes, English biochemist and academic
1942: B. J. Thomas, American singer (died 2021)
1941: Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting, English publisher and politician (died 2016)
1940: Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian lawyer and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2014)
1940: Uwe Nettelbeck, German record producer, journalist and film critic (died 2007)
1938: Giorgetto Giugiaro, Italian automotive designer
1937: Zoltán Berczik, Hungarian table tennis player and coach (died 2011)
1937: Don Wilson, English cricketer and coach (died 2012)
1935: Lee Corso, American college football coach and broadcaster
1935: Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist and composer (died 1977)
1934: Sándor Simó, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
1933: Eddie Firmani, South African footballer and manager
1933: Elinor Ostrom, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
1933: Jerry Pournelle, American journalist and author (died 2017)
1933: Alberto Romulo, Filipino politician and diplomat
1932: Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (died 1973)
1932: Edward Hardwicke, English actor (died 2011)
1932: Rien Poortvliet, Dutch painter and illustrator (died 1995)
1932: Maurice Rabb Jr., American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2005)
1930: Togrul Narimanbekov, Azerbaijani-French painter and academic (died 2013)
1930: Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer and educator (died 2017)
1929: Don Larsen, American baseball player (died 2020)
1928: Betsy Byars, American author and academic (died 2020)
1928: Owen Luder, English architect, designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square (died 2021)
1928: James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author (died 2020)
1927: Edwin Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of Louisiana (died 2021)
1926: Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (died 2015)
1925: Felice Bryant, American songwriter (died 2003)
1921: Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (died 2014)
1921: Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor (died 2016)
1918: C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator (died 1985)
1918: Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author (died 2007)
1916: Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer (died 2008)
1911: István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician (died 1979)
1911: Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter (died 1979)
1907: Albert Kotin, Belarusian-American soldier and painter (died 1980)
1904: Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
1903: Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist (died 1972)
1901: Ann Harding, American actress and singer (died 1981)
1890: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author and activist (died 1964)
1887: Anna Elisabet Weirauch, German author and playwright (died 1970)
1884: Billie Burke, American actress and singer (died 1970)
1884: Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter and illustrator (died 1940)
1879: Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer (died 1931)
1876: Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (died 1917)
1869: Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician (died 1959)
1868: Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician (died 1931)
1868: Huntley Wright, English actor (died 1941)
1867: Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator (died 1956)
1862: Henri Le Sidaner, French painter (died 1939)
1862: Victoria of Baden (died 1931)
1844: Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author (died 1911)
1826: August Ahlqvist, Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the Finno-Ugric languages, author, and literary critic (died 1889)
1779: Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (died 1859)
1751: Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (died 1820)
1742: Nathanael Greene, American general (died 1786)
1726: James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1790)
1702: Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India (died 1748)
1613: William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Dutch stadtholder (died 1664)
1598: Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet and linguist (died 1672)
1574: Robert Dudley, English explorer and cartographer (died 1649)
1571: Thomas Lupo, English viol player and composer (died 1627)
1560: Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian aristocrat and purported serial killer (died 1614)
1533: Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (died 1595)
1282: Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (died 1316)
317: Constantius II, Roman emperor (died 361)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Jon McBride, American astronaut (born 1943)
2023: William Friedkin, American film director (born 1935)
2022: David McCullough, American historian and author (born 1933)
2021: Markie Post, American actress (born 1950)
2021: Trevor Moore, American comedian (born 1980)
2020: Lê Khả Phiêu, Vietnamese politician (born 1931)
2019: David Berman, American musician, singer, poet and cartoonist (born 1967)
2018: M. Karunanidhi, Indian politician, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and prominent leader of Tamils (born 1924)
2018: Stan Mikita, Slovak hockey player (born 1940)
2017: Don Baylor, American baseball player (born 1949)
2017: David Maslanka, American composer (born 1943)
2016: Bryan Clauson, American racing driver (born 1989)
2015: Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (born 1929)
2015: Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (born 1914)
2015: Louise Suggs, American golfer, co-founded LPGA (born 1923)
2014: Víctor Fayad, Argentine lawyer and politician (born 1955)
2014: Perry Moss, American football player and coach (born 1926)
2014: Henry Stone, American record producer (born 1921)
2013: Samuel G. Armistead, American linguist, historian, and academic (born 1927)
2013: Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer (born 1964)
2013: Anthony Pawson, English-Canadian biologist, chemist, and academic (born 1952)
2013: Margaret Pellegrini, American actress and dancer (born 1923)
2013: Meeli Truu, Estonian architect (born 1946)
2013: Alexander Yagubkin, Russian boxer (born 1961)
2012: Murtuz Alasgarov, Azerbaijani academic and politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (born 1928)
2012: Judith Crist, American critic and academic (born 1922)
2012: Vladimir Kobzev, Russian footballer and coach (born 1959)
2012: Anna Piaggi, Italian journalist and author (born 1931)
2012: Mayer Zald, American sociologist and academic (born 1931)
2012: Dušan Zbavitel, Czech indologist and author (born 1925)
2011: Mark Hatfield, American soldier, academic, and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon (born 1922)
2011: Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain and spy (born 1912)
2010: John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (born 1924)
2009: Louis E. Saavedra, American educator and politician, 48th Mayor of Albuquerque (born 1933)
2009: Mike Seeger, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
2008: Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent and producer (born 1931)
2008: Andrea Pininfarina, Italian engineer and businessman (born 1957)
2007: Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director, and producer (born 1917)
2007: Angus Tait, New Zealand businessman, founded Tait Communications (born 1919)
2006: Mary Anderson Bain, American lawyer and politician (born 1911)
2005: Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (born 1938)
2005: Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková, Slovak painter (born 1909)
2004: Red Adair, American firefighter (born 1915)
2004: Colin Bibby, English ornithologist and academic (born 1948)
2003: K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (born 1931)
2003: Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (born 1929)
2001: Algirdas Lauritėnas, Lithuanian basketball player (born 1932)
1995: Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (born 1929)
1994: Larry Martyn, English actor (born 1934)
1989: Mickey Leland, American lawyer and politician (born 1944)
1987: Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (born 1900)
1985: Grayson Hall, American actress (born 1922)
1981: Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (born 1931)
1978: Eddie Calvert, English trumpeter (born 1922)
1974: Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (born 1925)
1974: Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1902)
1973: Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (born 1895)
1972: Joi Lansing, American model, actress, and singer (born 1929)
1970: Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (born 1904)
1970: Jonathan P. Jackson, American bodyguard and kidnapper (born 1953)
1969: Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (born 1915)
1969: Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (born 1905)
1968: Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (born 1908)
1963: Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (born 1908)
1960: Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (born 1894)
1958: Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (born 1892)
1957: Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (born 1892)
1953: Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (born 1860)
1948: Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (born 1879)
1941: Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)
1938: Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (born 1863)
1917: Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (born 1891)
1912: François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (born 1841)
1900: Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (born 1826)
1899: Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (born 1837)
1893: Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (born 1854)
1864: Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (born 1823)
1855: Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (born 1802)
1848: Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1779)
1834: Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (born 1752)
1817: Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (born 1739)
1787: Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (born 1705)
1661: Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (born 1608)
1639: Martin van den Hove, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (born 1605)
1635: Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (born 1591)
1632: Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford, English soldier (born 1575)
1616: Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect, designed Teatro Olimpico (born 1548)
1613: Thomas Fleming, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England (born 1544)
1547: Cajetan, Italian priest and saint (born 1480)
1485: Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany (born 1454)
1385: Joan of Kent, mother of Richard II (born 1328)
1296: Heinrich II von Rotteneck, prince-bishop of Regensburg
1272: Richard Middleton, English Lord Chancellor
1234: Hugh Foliot, bishop of Hereford (born c. 1155)
1106: Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1050)
1028: Alfonso V, king of León (born 994)
707: Li Chongjun, Chinese prince
461: Majorian, Roman emperor (born 420)

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