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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

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.$405 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2024
3.$350 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2017
4.$323.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2017
5.€250.6 Million US$256.04 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2022
6.$241.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2021
7.€190 Million US$233.42 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2012
8.€205.4 Million US$230.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2019
9.$228.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2011
10.$223 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2018
11.$212 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2012
12.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2021
13.$201.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2024
14.$177.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2023
15.$161 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2009
16.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2020
17.$141 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2007
18.€120.54 Million
US$133.86 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Aug 9, 2016
19.$128 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2019
20.$124 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 11, 2009
21.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 8, 2014
22.€94 Million
US$110.2 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2021
23.€90 Million
US$105.99 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Aug 13, 2021
24.$105 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2007
25.€83 Million
US$94.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Aug 10, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1998: King8888
Saturday, Aug 8, 1998
26 years old
1994: moolaacabage$
Monday, Aug 8, 1994
30 years old
1986: Tyte86
Friday, Aug 8, 1986
38 years old
1983: StrikeSentinel
Monday, Aug 8, 1983
41 years old
1981: Blessed41
Saturday, Aug 8, 1981
43 years old
1981: GWOP804
Saturday, Aug 8, 1981
43 years old
1980: Judge
Friday, Aug 8, 1980
44 years old
1976: odion247
Sunday, Aug 8, 1976
48 years old
1976: Shawnda 58
Sunday, Aug 8, 1976
48 years old
1976: Tim M
Sunday, Aug 8, 1976
48 years old
1975: bethere143
Friday, Aug 8, 1975
49 years old
1974: ddflex
Thursday, Aug 8, 1974
50 years old
1972: primoprosper
Tuesday, Aug 8, 1972
52 years old
1972: tyler07$
Tuesday, Aug 8, 1972
52 years old
1970: partlycloudy07
Saturday, Aug 8, 1970
54 years old
1970: boatryde
Saturday, Aug 8, 1970
54 years old
1969: chipdriver
Friday, Aug 8, 1969
55 years old
1967: CrSal
Tuesday, Aug 8, 1967
57 years old
1967: Tompal1967
Tuesday, Aug 8, 1967
57 years old
1961: mystic317
Tuesday, Aug 8, 1961
63 years old
1959: tiger58b
Saturday, Aug 8, 1959
65 years old
1955: ScottMacMaine
Monday, Aug 8, 1955
69 years old
1953: donald88
Saturday, Aug 8, 1953
71 years old
: shirbird
(year not provided)
: oh2btraveling
(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

2023: 2023 Hawaii wildfires: 17,000 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.
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.
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 Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
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.
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.
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
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
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 (d. 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
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 (d. 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 (d. 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
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 (d. 2022)
1951: Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt (d. 2019)
1951: Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1951: Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 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 (d. 2013)
1949: Keith Carradine, American actor
1949: Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver (d. 2009)
1948: Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian engineer and astronaut
1948: Margaret Urban Walker, American philosopher
1947: Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician
1947: Larry Wilcox, American actor, director, and producer
1946: Joe Bethancourt, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1944: John C. Holmes, American film actor (d. 1988)
1944: Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2017)
1944: John Renbourn, English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (d. 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 (d. 2014)
1942: Vardo Rumessen, Estonian pianist and musicologist (d. 2015)
1940: Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (d. 2007)
1940: Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates
1939: Jana Andrsová, Czech actress and ballerina (d. 2023)
1939: Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian long jumper
1939: Alexander Watson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru
1938: Jack Baldwin, English chemist and academic (d. 2020)
1938: Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator (d. 2010)
1938: Connie Stevens, American actress and businesswoman
1937: Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
1937: Sheila Varian, American horse breeder (d. 2016)
1937: Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1987)
1936: Frank Howard, American baseball player and manager (d. 2023)
1936: Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-English author and illustrator (d. 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 (d. 2014)
1933: Joe Tex, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
1932: Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1931: Roger Penrose, English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
1930: Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1930: Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1929: Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (d. 2004)
1929: Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia (d. 2018)
1929: Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (d. 2013)
1928: Don Burrows, Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (d. 2020)
1927: Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
1927: Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (d. 2002)
1926: Richard Anderson, American actor and producer (d. 2017)
1925: Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 2003)
1925: Aziz Sattar, Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director (d. 2014)
1922: Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. 1999)
1922: Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the Monokini (d. 1985)
1922: Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian, author, and academic (d. 2019)
1922: Károly Reich, Hungarian illustrator (d. 1988)
1921: William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1921: Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
1921: Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (d. 2013)
1920: Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter and producer (d. 2006)
1920: Jimmy Witherspoon, American jump blues singer (d. 1997)
1919: Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer (d. 2010)
1919: John David Wilson, English animator and producer (d. 2013)
1915: James Elliott, American runner and coach (d. 1981)
1911: Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (d. 2002)
1910: Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager (d. 1989)
1910: Sylvia Sidney, American actress (d. 1999)
1909: Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1977)
1909: Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (d. 1987)
1909: Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach (d. 1984)
1908: Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1990)
1907: Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer (d. 2003)
1907: Jimmy Steele (Irish republican), life long militant and editor (d. 1970)
1905: André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974)
1904: Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver (d. 1948)
1902: Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1901: Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1898: Marguerite Bise, French chef (d. 1965)
1896: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (d. 1953)
1891: Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer (d. 1952)
1889: Hans Egede Budtz, Danish actor (d. 1968)
1889: Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (d. 1977)
1884: Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator (d. 1933)
1882: Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1965)
1881: Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (d. 1954)
1880: Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1961)
1879: Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950)
1879: Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician (d. 1919)
1876: Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (d. 1929)
1875: Artur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil (d. 1955)
1874: Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade (d. 1948)
1866: Matthew Henson, American explorer (d. 1955)
1863: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (d. 1930)
1857: Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1856: Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English journalist and author (d. 1934)
1851: George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria (d. 1916)
1839: Nelson A. Miles, American general (d. 1925)
1822: George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (d. 1894)
1814: Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge (d. 1902)
1807: Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (d. 1892)
1790: Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (d. 1838)
1758: Friedrich Georg Weitsch, German painter (d. 1828)
1754: Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist (d. 1816)
1720: Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (d. 1796)
1709: Hermann Anton Gelinek, German-Italian monk and violinist (d. 1779)
1694: Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher and academic (d. 1746)
1693: Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
1673: John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)
1646: Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (d. 1723)
1640: Amalia Catharina, German poet and composer (d. 1697)
1605: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1675)
1558: George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, English noble (d. 1605)
1518: Conrad Lycosthenes, French-German scholar and author (d. 1561)
1492: Matteo Tafuri, Italian alchemist (d. 1582)
1306: Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1353)
1170: Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (d. 1221)
1079: Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)
422: Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenque

Deaths On This Day

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

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