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August 8

On This Day in History

August 8

August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 145 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: California husband and wife scoop $1 million in the lottery after playing for 20 years. A California husband and wife who have been playing the lottery loyally for 20 years finally came across a special $1 million winning ticket in their weekly stash.
2024: Michigan man has friend pick out lottery ticket, wins $2 million. What are friends for, if not helping you become a millionaire?
2023: South Carolina man sticks to lottery routine, wins $300,000. A South Carolina man proved that finding a decent routine and sticking to it pays off, and he has a $300,000 lottery win to show for it.
2022: Kansas store owner tracks down $1 million lottery winner who left behind ticket. A Kansas convenience store owner made a million-dollar decision to hunt down the longtime customer that had accidentally left behind a winning lottery ticket.
2018: How North Carolina scratch-off lottery tickets are distributed. An investigative article explores if scratch-off tickets are distributed to the same counties in the same sequence every month in North Carolina.
2016: Alabama Gov. releases legislation for lottery. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has released the legislation for his proposed lottery to support the state budget.
2014: Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky lotteries to cancel Decades of Dollars. There are just twenty remaining chances to play and win the multi-state Decades of Dollars game in Arkansas, Georgia, and Kentucky.
2013: Minnesota man claims share of $448M Powerball jackpot. A project engineer from suburban Minneapolis came forward Thursday as one of three winners in the $448 million Powerball jackpot, one of the largest in American history.
2013: Three tickets to split $448 million Powerball jackpot. Wednesday's massive Powerball jackpot that generated millions of ticket sales this week has been won by three tickets, which will evenly split the $448.4 million final tally.
2011: Lucky lottery lady outed as Stanford University statistics PhD. She was called the luckiest woman in the world, but now that luck is being called into question by some who think that winning the lottery four times is more than just a coincidental spell of good fortune.
2010: Maryland Lottery achieves 13th straight year of record sales. Despite a challenging economy and two paralyzing snow storms that buried large parts of the state, the Maryland Lottery tallied more than $1.706 billion in sales in Fiscal Year 2010, breaking its sales record for the 13th year in a row.
2008: Lancaster County man claims $86M Powerball lottery jackpot. Barrie Edwards of Willow Street did not buy the Aug. 2 Powerball ticket that earned him over $42 million -- he received the promotional ticket for free when he purchased two Pennsylvania Lottery Match 6 tickets. Now, Edwards and his wife are sharing their good fortune with a dozen relatives.
2008: Woman bets $50,000 of her lottery win for chance at $1 million. It's been said lightning never strikes twice, but Judith Yap is betting 50 grand that the old maxim is wrong.
2008: 2 tickets to split $45.1M Lotto 6/49 jackpot. A ticket sold in northern Ontario and one sold in Quebec will split the $45.1 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot, tied for the second-largest draw in Canada.
2008: Lottery officials to name $86M Powerball winners. Who won last week's Powerball jackpot? That's the $86 million question -- and Pennsylvania lottery officials have the answer.
2007: Tenn. Lottery players complaining over switch from numbered balls. Thanks to the Tennessee Lottery's unilateral decision to abandon traditional lottery drawings using numbered balls to pick the winning numbers on television, many players have decided to stop playing.
2003: $71m jackpot frenzy hits Italy. Lottery fever is gripping people throughout Italy, as the possibility of winning the jackpot worth 63 million euros ($71.4 million) looms nearer.
2003: Police think Whittaker was drugged. The Kanawha County Sheriff's Department says it believes Powerball multimillionaire Jack Whittaker was drugged inside a Cross Lanes strip club when someone broke into his car and snatched a briefcase containing more than $545,000.
2003: Club Manager, Girlfriend Accused of Stealing Powerball Winner's Money. The manager of a strip club and his girlfriend were arrested Thursday for allegedly drugging a Powerball jackpot winner and stealing $545,000 of the winner's money.

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.$405 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2024
4.$350 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2017
5.$323.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2017
6.€250.6 Million US$256.04 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2022
7.$241.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2021
8.€190 Million US$233.42 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 10, 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.$223 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2018
13.$212 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2012
14.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2021
15.$201.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2024
16.$177.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2023
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.$141 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2007
21.€120.54 Million
US$133.86 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2016
22.$128 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2019
23.$124 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2009
24.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2014
25.€94 Million
US$110.2 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: King8888
Saturday, Aug 8, 1998
27 years old
1994: moolaacabage$
Monday, Aug 8, 1994
31 years old
1986: Tyte86
Friday, Aug 8, 1986
39 years old
1983: StrikeSentinel
Monday, Aug 8, 1983
42 years old
1981: Blessed41
Saturday, Aug 8, 1981
44 years old
1981: GWOP804
Saturday, Aug 8, 1981
44 years old
1981: Nickpulfer
Saturday, Aug 8, 1981
44 years old
1980: Judge
Friday, Aug 8, 1980
45 years old
1978: PassionPEdwards
Tuesday, Aug 8, 1978
47 years old
1976: odion247
Sunday, Aug 8, 1976
49 years old
1976: Shawnda 58
Sunday, Aug 8, 1976
49 years old
1976: Tim M
Sunday, Aug 8, 1976
49 years old
1975: bethere143
Friday, Aug 8, 1975
50 years old
1974: ddflex
Thursday, Aug 8, 1974
51 years old
1972: primoprosper
Tuesday, Aug 8, 1972
53 years old
1972: tyler07$
Tuesday, Aug 8, 1972
53 years old
1971: bahamaboy09
Sunday, Aug 8, 1971
54 years old
1970: partlycloudy07
Saturday, Aug 8, 1970
55 years old
1970: boatryde
Saturday, Aug 8, 1970
55 years old
1969: chipdriver
Friday, Aug 8, 1969
56 years old
1967: CrSal
Tuesday, Aug 8, 1967
58 years old
1967: Tompal1967
Tuesday, Aug 8, 1967
58 years old
1965: oh2btraveling
Sunday, Aug 8, 1965
60 years old
1961: mystic317
Tuesday, Aug 8, 1961
64 years old
1959: tiger58b
Saturday, Aug 8, 1959
66 years old
1955: ScottMacMaine
Monday, Aug 8, 1955
70 years old
1953: donald88
Saturday, Aug 8, 1953
72 years old
: shirbird
(year not provided)
: ali9charan
(year not provided)
: Arneatha
(year not provided)
: Arneatha7
(year not provided)
: bonnie8856
(year not provided)
: Leatrice
(year not provided)
: Luckieight
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.
2023: Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of wildfires break out on the island of Maui in Hawaii.
2022: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.
2019: An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people.
2016: Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
2015: Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas.
2013: A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
2010: China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
2009: A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
2008: A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
2008: The 29th modern summer Olympic Games took place in Beijing, China until August 24.
2007: An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
2007: Space Shuttle program: STS-118 Mission: Endeavor takes off on a mission to the International Space Station.
2004: A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers.
2001: Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, killing 10 soldiers.
2000: Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.
1998: Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan is raided by Taliban leading to the deaths of ten Iranian diplomats and a journalist.
1993: The 7.8 M_w  Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people.
1991: The Warsaw radio mast, then the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
1990: Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
1989: Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
1988: The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
1988: The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
1974: President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
1973: Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
1969: At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
1967: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
1963: Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6 million in bank notes.
1963: The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union.
1956: Marcinelle mining disaster in Belgium. 262 coal miners, including a substantial number of Italian migrant workers, were killed in one of the largest mining accidents in Belgian history.
1946: First flight of the nuclear capable Convair B-36, heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft at the time.
1945: The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials. The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
1942: Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.
1940: The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
1929: The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
1919: The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
1918: World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
1908: Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
1903: Black Saturday occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in Philadelphia.
1897: Italian anarchist Michele Angiolillo assassinates Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
1876: Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
1870: The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
1863: American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
1863: Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves in Greeneville, Tennessee despite them being exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation, now commemorated as Emancipation Day in the state.
1844: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
1831: Four hundred Shawnee people agree to relinquish their lands in Ohio in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Wapakoneta.
1794: Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
1786: Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
1709: Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
1648: Mehmed IV (1648-1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640-1648) as Ottoman sultan.
1647: The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
1588: Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
1585: John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
1576: The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
1509: Krishnadeva Raya is crowned Emperor of Vijayanagara at Chittoor.
1503: King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1264: Mudéjar revolt: Muslim rebel forces took the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garrison.
1220: Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
870: Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German and his half-brother Charles the Bald partition the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions.
685 BC: Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi - but is defeated at Qianshi by Jiu's brother and rival claimant, the newly inaugurated Duke Huan of Qi.

Births On This Day

2000: Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player
1999: Xiaojun, Chinese singer
1998: Ryan Garcia, American boxer
1998: Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1997: Karim Walid, Egyptian footballer
1996: A'ja Wilson, American basketball player
1995: S.Coups, South Korean rapper and singer
1994: Cameron Payne, American basketball player
1993: Emilie Mehl, Norwegian politician
1992: Josip Drmić, Swiss footballer
1992: Casey Cott, American actor
1991: Yandy Díaz, Cuban baseball player
1991: Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
1991: Tyrone Peachey, Australian rugby league player
1991: Joël Matip, Cameroonian footballer
1990: Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer
1990: Parker Kligerman, American race car driver
1990: Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress and singer
1990: Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricket captain
1989: Ken Baumann, American actor and author
1989: Anthony Rizzo, American baseball player
1989: Hannah Miley, English-Scottish swimmer
1989: Prajakta Mali, Indian actress
1988: Princess Beatrice, British royal
1988: Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
1988: Rinku Singh, Indian baseball player and wrestler
1988: Laura Slade Wiggins, American actress and singer
1987: Pierre Boulanger, French actor
1987: Katie Leung, Scottish actress
1987: Tatjana Maria, German tennis player
1986: Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
1986: Jackie Cruz, Dominican-American actress and singer
1986: Pierre Garçon, American football player
1986: Chris Pressley, American football player
1985: Toby Flood, English rugby player
1985: Ryan Koolwijk, Dutch footballer
1985: James Morgan, Welsh actor and producer
1985: Brett Ratliff, American football player
1985: Anita Włodarczyk, Polish track and field athlete
1984: Kirk Broadfoot, Scottish footballer
1984: Norbert Michelisz, Hungarian racing driver
1984: Martrez Milner, American football player
1983: Guy Burnet, English actor and producer
1983: Willie Tonga, Australian rugby league player
1982: David Florence, English canoe racer
1982: Ross Ohlendorf, American baseball player
1981: Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer-songwriter
1981: Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
1981: Meagan Good, American actress and producer
1981: Harel Skaat, Israeli singer-songwriter
1980: Shayna Baszler, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1980: Craig Breslow, American baseball pitcher and executive
1980: Jack Cassel, American baseball player
1980: Denisse Guerrero, Mexican singer-songwriter
1980: Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
1980: Diego Markwell, Dutch baseball player
1980: Pat Noonan, American soccer player
1980: Michael Urie, American actor, director, and producer
1979: Richard Harwood, English cellist
1979: Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
1979: Richard Lyons, Northern Irish racing driver
1978: Alan Maybury, Irish footballer and coach
1978: Louis Saha, French footballer
1978: Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress
1977: Lindsay Sloane, American actress
1977: Darren Manzella, American sergeant (died 2013)
1977: Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1977: Nicolas Vogondy, French cyclist
1977: Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
1976: JC Chasez, American singer and dancer
1976: Drew Lachey, American singer and actor
1975: Mick Moss, English singer-songwriter
1974: Manjul Bhargava, Canadian-American mathematician and academic
1974: Scott D'Amore, Canadian wrestler and manager
1974: Brian Harvey, English singer-songwriter
1974: Andy Priaulx, Guernseyan racing driver
1973: Shane Lee, Australian cricketer and guitarist
1973: Gert Olesk, Estonian footballer and manager
1973: Scott Stapp, American singer-songwriter and producer
1973: Mark Wills, American singer-songwriter
1973: Ilka Agricola, German mathematician
1972: Joely Collins, Canadian actress and producer
1972: Andrea de Rossi, Italian rugby player and coach
1972: Axel Merckx, Belgian cyclist
1972: Steven Tweed, Scottish footballer and manager
1972: Liina Vahtrik, Estonian actress
1971: Johnny Balentina, Dutch baseball player
1970: Trev Alberts, American football player and journalist
1970: Ben G. Davis, English chemist and academic
1970: José Francisco Molina, Spanish footballer and manager
1970: Chester Williams, South African rugby player and coach (died 2019)
1969: Monika Tsõganova, Estonian chess player
1969: Faye Wong, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
1968: Yvie Burnett, Scottish soprano
1968: Aldo Calderón van Dyke, Honduran journalist (died 2013)
1968: Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer and coach
1968: Huey Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
1967: Yūki Amami, Japanese theater and film actress
1966: Chris Eubank, English boxer
1966: John Hudek, American baseball player and coach
1965: Angus Fraser, English cricketer, manager, and journalist
1965: Kate Langbroek, Australian talk show host
1964: Anastasia M. Ashman, American blogger and author
1964: Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy
1964: Scott Sandelin, American ice hockey player and coach
1964: Paul Taylor, English cricketer
1963: Hur Jin-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter
1963: Ron Karkovice, American baseball player and manager
1963: Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2024)
1963: Rika Fukami, Japanese voice actress and singer
1963: Jon Turteltaub, American director and producer
1963: Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager
1962: Kool Moe Dee, American musician, singer and actor
1961: The Edge, British-Irish musician, singer and songwriter
1961: Daniel House, American bass player and producer
1961: Ron Klain, American lawyer and politician, White House Chief of Staff
1961: Bruce Matthews, American football player and coach
1961: Rikki Rockett, American glam rock drummer
1960: Mustafa Balbay, Turkish journalist and politician
1960: Ulrich Maly, German politician, 16th Mayor of Nuremberg
1959: Caroline Ansink, Dutch flute player, composer, and educator
1958: Deborah Norville, American journalist
1957: Dennis Drew, American keyboard player
1956: Chris Foreman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956: David Grant, English singer
1956: Cecilia Roth, Argentinian actress
1955: Diddú, Icelandic singer-songwriter
1955: Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer and manager
1955: Michael Roe, Irish racing driver
1954: Nick Holtam, English bishop
1953: Nigel Mansell, English racing driver
1953: Don Most, American actor and singer
1952: Anton Fig, South African-American drummer
1952: Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
1952: Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and manager
1952: Robin Quivers, American nurse, radio host/personality, and author
1952: Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
1951: Martin Brest, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1951: Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer (died 2022)
1951: Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt (died 2019)
1951: Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1951: Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (died 1994)
1951: Louis van Gaal, Dutch footballer and manager
1950: Willie Hall, American drummer and producer
1950: Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation
1949: Terry Burnham, American actress (died 2013)
1949: Keith Carradine, American actor
1949: Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver (died 2009)
1948: Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian engineer and astronaut
1948: Margaret Urban Walker, American philosopher
1948: Wincey Willis, British broadcaster (died 2024)
1947: Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician
1947: Larry Wilcox, American actor, director, and producer
1946: Joe Bethancourt, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
1944: John C. Holmes, American film actor (died 1988)
1944: Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2017)
1944: John Renbourn, English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (died 2015)
1944: Simon Taylor, English journalist and author
1942: James Blanchard, American diplomat and politician, 45th Governor of Michigan
1942: Dennis Canavan, Scottish educator and politician
1942: John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2014)
1942: Vardo Rumessen, Estonian pianist and musicologist (died 2015)
1940: Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (died 2007)
1940: Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates
1939: Jana Andrsová, Czech actress and ballerina (died 2023)
1939: Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian long jumper
1939: Alexander Watson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru
1938: Jack Baldwin, English chemist and academic (died 2020)
1938: Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator (died 2010)
1938: Connie Stevens, American actress and businesswoman
1937: Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
1937: Sheila Varian, American horse breeder (died 2016)
1937: Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1987)
1936: Frank Howard, American baseball player and manager (died 2023)
1936: Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-English author and illustrator (died 2022)
1935: Donald P. Bellisario, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1935: John Laws, Papua New Guinean-Australian singer and radio host
1934: Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1933: Joe Tex, American soul singer-songwriter (died 1982)
1932: Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
1931: Roger Penrose, English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
1930: Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
1930: Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
1929: Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (died 2004)
1929: Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia (died 2018)
1929: Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (died 2013)
1928: Don Burrows, Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (died 2020)
1927: Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach (died 1994)
1927: Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (died 2002)
1926: Richard Anderson, American actor and producer (died 2017)
1925: Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (died 2003)
1925: Aziz Sattar, Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director (died 2014)
1922: Rory Calhoun, American actor (died 1999)
1922: Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the Monokini (died 1985)
1922: Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian, author, and academic (died 2019)
1922: Károly Reich, Hungarian illustrator (died 1988)
1921: William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
1921: Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1991)
1921: Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (died 2013)
1920: Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter and producer (died 2006)
1920: Jimmy Witherspoon, American jump blues singer (died 1997)
1919: Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer (died 2010)
1919: John David Wilson, English animator and producer (died 2013)
1915: James Elliott, American runner and coach (died 1981)
1911: Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (died 2002)
1910: Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager (died 1989)
1910: Sylvia Sidney, American actress (died 1999)
1909: Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1977)
1909: Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (died 1987)
1909: Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach (died 1984)
1908: Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1990)
1907: Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer (died 2003)
1907: Jimmy Steele (Irish republican), lifelong militant and editor (died 1970)
1905: André Jolivet, French composer (died 1974)
1904: Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver (died 1948)
1902: Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
1901: Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
1898: Marguerite Bise, French chef (died 1965)
1896: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (died 1953)
1891: Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer (died 1952)
1889: Hans Egede Budtz, Danish actor (died 1968)
1889: Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (died 1977)
1884: Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator (died 1933)
1882: Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 1965)
1881: Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (died 1954)
1880: Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1961)
1879: Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (died 1950)
1879: Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician (died 1919)
1876: Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (died 1929)
1875: Artur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil (died 1955)
1874: Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade (died 1948)
1866: Matthew Henson, American explorer (died 1955)
1863: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (died 1930)
1857: Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (died 1944)
1856: Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English journalist and author (died 1934)
1851: George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria (died 1916)
1839: Nelson A. Miles, American general (died 1925)
1822: George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (died 1894)
1814: Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge (died 1902)
1807: Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (died 1892)
1790: Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (died 1838)
1758: Friedrich Georg Weitsch, German painter (died 1828)
1754: Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist (died 1816)
1720: Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (died 1796)
1709: Hermann Anton Gelinek, German-Italian monk and violinist (died 1779)
1706: Johan Augustin Mannerheim, Swedish nobleman and military leader (died 1778)
1694: Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher and academic (died 1746)
1693: Laurent Belissen, French composer (died 1762)
1673: John Ker, Scottish spy (died 1726)
1646: Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (died 1723)
1640: Amalia Catharina, German poet and composer (died 1697)
1605: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (died 1675)
1558: George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, English noble (died 1605)
1518: Conrad Lycosthenes, French-German scholar and author (died 1561)
1492: Matteo Tafuri, Italian alchemist (died 1582)
1306: Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria (died 1353)
1170: Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (died 1221)
1079: Emperor Horikawa of Japan (died 1107)
422: Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenque

Deaths On This Day

2024: Issa Hayatou, Cameroonian basketball player and football executive (born 1946)
2024: Mitzi McCall, American actress (born 1930)
2024: Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican professional golfer (born 1935)
2024: Steve Symms, American politician and lobbyist (born 1938)
2023: Rodriguez, American singer and songwriter (born 1942)
2022: Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1948)
2021: Bill Davis, Canadian politician, 18th premier of Ontario (born 1929)
2020: Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Colombian football player and manager (born 1929)
2020: Alfredo Lim, former Philippine senator and Mayor of Manila (born 1929)
2018: Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (born 1990)
2017: Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1936)
2015: Sean Price, American rapper (born 1972)
2015: Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)
2014: Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (born 1929)
2014: Charles Keating, English-American actor (born 1941)
2014: Leonardo Legaspi, Filipino archbishop (born 1935)
2014: Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (born 1929)
2014: Red Wilson, American football and baseball player (born 1929)
2013: Karen Black, American actress (born 1939)
2013: Johannes Bluyssen, Dutch bishop (born 1926)
2013: Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (born 1918)
2013: Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (born 1985)
2013: Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (born 1922)
2012: Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, German-American physicist and academic (born 1926)
2012: Ruth Etchells, English poet and academic (born 1931)
2012: Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1944)
2012: Kurt Maetzig, German director and screenwriter (born 1911)
2010: Patricia Neal, American actress (born 1926)
2009: Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (born 1983)
2008: Orville Moody, American golfer (born 1933)
2007: Ma Lik, Chinese journalist and politician (born 1952)
2007: Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1917)
2005: Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (born 1922)
2005: Ahmed Deedat, South African missionary and author (born 1918)
2005: John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (born 1918)
2005: Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (born 1925)
2005: Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (born 1912)
2005: Monica Sjöö, Swedish-English painter (born 1938)
2004: Leon Golub, American painter and academic (born 1922)
2004: Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (born 1907)
2003: Dirk Hoogendam, Dutch-German SS officer (born 1922)
2003: Falaba Issa Traoré, Malian director and playwright (born 1930)
1998: Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist (born 1968)
1996: Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
1996: Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (born 1927)
1992: Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar (born 1899)
1991: James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
1988: Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914)
1988: Alan Napier, English actor (born 1903)
1987: Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician and physicist (born 1903)
1985: Louise Brooks, American actress (born 1906)
1984: Richard Deacon, American actor (born 1921)
1984: Ellen Raskin, American author and illustrator (born 1928)
1982: Eric Brandon, English racing driver and businessman (born 1920)
1981: Thomas McElwee, Irish republican, PIRA volunteer and Hunger Striker (born 1957)
1980: Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1910)
1979: Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (born 1910)
1975: Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (born 1928)
1974: Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (born 1882)
1973: Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (born 1898)
1971: Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (born 1907)
1969: Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (born 1896)
1965: Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (born 1916)
1959: Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (born 1902)
1950: Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (born 1879)
1944: Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (born 1881)
1944: Michael Wittmann, German commander (born 1914)
1940: Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (born 1892)
1937: Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (born 1897)
1934: Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1863)
1930: Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (born 1874)
1928: Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (born 1871)
1921: Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (born 1861)
1920: Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (born 1855)
1911: William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (born 1830)
1909: Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (born 1842)
1902: James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (born 1836)
1902: John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (born 1853)
1898: Eugène Boudin, French painter (born 1824)
1897: Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (born 1818)
1887: Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1808)
1879: Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (born 1797)
1863: Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (born 1825)
1858: Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (born 1758)
1828: Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (born 1743)
1827: George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1770)
1759: Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (born 1704)
1747: Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (born 1678)
1746: Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (born 1694)
1724: Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (born 1665)
1684: George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, English politician (born 1622)
1631: Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian priest, lexicographer, and academic (born 1579)
1616: Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter (born 1548)
1604: Horio Tadauji, Japanese daimyō (born 1578)
1588: Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter (born 1532)
1555: Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (born 1494)
1533: Lucas van Leyden, Dutch artist (born 1494)
1303: Henry of Castile the Senator, Spanish nobleman (born 1230)
1171: Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (born 1111)
1002: Almanzor, chief minister and de facto ruler of Córdoba
998: Sŏ Hŭi, Korean politician and diplomat (born 942)
869: Lothair II, Frankish king (born 835)
753: Hildegar, bishop of Cologne
117: Trajan, Roman emperor (born 53)

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