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December 1

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December 1

December 1 is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 30 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Michigan woman claims $131,121 Fantasy 5 lottery jackpot weeks before it expires. A Michigan woman waited nearly until the last minute to claim a $131,121 Fantasy 5 lottery jackpot, just weeks before it was due to expire.
2024: Numbers from late wife help Illinois man win $650,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot. An Illinois man won a $650,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot using personal lottery numbers related to his late wife.
2021: N.C. man wins two $25,000 a year for life prizes after accidentally playing same numbers twice. The accidental purchase of two identical Lucky for Life tickets in Saturday's drawing produced not one but two $25,000 a year for life prizes for a very lucky North Carolina man.
2018: Feds bust up illegal fantasy football lottery scheme. A business pairing the enormously popular fantasy football leagues with the Georgia Lottery must have looked like a money-making combination, but instead has landed its operator in a legal mess.
2017: N.C. lottery winner to give away his jackpot. An Army veteran from Statesville, North Carolina, plans to give his $250,000 lottery jackpot to help people battling substance abuse.
2017: Hacker crashes Belize lottery machines countrywide. On Sunday, lottery buyers throughout the country of Belize, except for only two locations in Belize City, were unable to purchase their favorite numbers for that morning's draw because someone hacked into the computer system which controls the printing of lottery tickets, shutting down the entire system.
2015: Former Ohio Lottery worker sentenced for stealing instant tickets. A former Ohio Lottery Commission employee has been sentenced to probation for stealing $115,000 in instant lottery tickets and cashing in winners.
2015: Judge gives Wyoming Lottery 15 days to amend lawsuit. A state judge is giving the Wyoming Lottery Corporation 15 days to amend its lawsuit that seeks to block a local man from criticizing the corporation.
2015: Arkansas Lottery officials sign contract with Camelot for business plan. Arkansas officials signed a contract Monday with lottery consultant Camelot Global Services, which will develop a business plan for the state lottery and help implement the plan, a spokesman for the state Department of Finance and Administration said.
2014: Washington player wins $90 million Powerball jackpot. One lottery ticket holder matched the winning Powerball numbers on Nov. 29, 2014, winning the $90 million multi-state jackpot.
2014: Unclaimed $12 million Florida Lottery ticket to expire Dec. 25. You might want to check your junk drawer and anywhere else you might put a lottery ticket: a $12 million Florida Lottery ticket remains unclaimed.
2011: Unclaimed Iowa lottery jackpot to expire Dec. 29. The one-month countdown has begun for a Hot Lotto ticket that matched the jackpot numbers in last year’s Dec. 29 drawing.
2009: Lottery giant GTECH lays off 31 R.I. employees. GTECH Corp. has laid off 31 Rhode Island employees, calling the cuts a routine "realignment of resources."
2009: Intralot's D.C. Lottery contact finally passed by council. The lucrative and long-controversial lottery contract has finally passed the D.C. Council.
2009: California woman claims $39M lottery jackpot. The $38.5 million Mega Millions lottery ticket bought at a Pak 'n Save a few weeks ago belonged to a South San Francisco woman.
2008: How online gamblers unmasked cheaters. A joint investigation by 60 Minutes and The Washington Post raised new questions about the integrity and security of the shadowy and highly profitable online gambling industry that operates outside U.S. law.
2004: Oregon man claims record jackpot after finishing hunting trip. Halfway through a two-week hunting trip, Portland-area accountant Art Brenner discovered he had won the record $30 million Megabucks jackpot -- and then went back to camp and kept hunting elk.
2004: Lottery winner dies in crash. An Oregon woman was killed in a Salem car crash last week after winning the lottery just a few days earlier.
2004: Technicians hustle to fix Nebraska lottery machines. As the $127 million Powerball drawing looms, technicians are hustling to fix the Nebraska's 950 lottery machines.
2003: Powerball Soars to $57 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $57 million, with a cash option of $30.6 million.
2003: Mega Millions Jackpot Increases to $33 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $33 million Saturday.
2003: Florida Lotto jackpot hits $18 million. No one ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers Saturday, and the jackpot will roll over to $18 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
2003: Win the El Gordo jackpot with no ticket?" Fat chance. Sometimes greed cancels out good judgment in people who get fooled by scammers.
2003: Audit of Colorado lottery to be released today. An audit of the Colorado Lottery is scheduled to be unveiled today, capping an extensive review that focused on its overall performance.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$744.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2025
2.$541 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2024
3.$397.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2023
4.$355 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2023
5.€318.63 Million US$334.21 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2022
6.$333 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2022
7.$266 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2019
8.$263.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2021
9.$257 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2013
10.$231 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2020
11.$229 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2020
12.$225.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2024
13.€200 Million
US$217.68 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2023
14.€178 Million
US$214.03 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2020
15.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2018
16.$183 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2018
17.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2017
18.€130 Million
US$146.97 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2021
19.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2017
20.€130 Million
US$136.83 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2022
21.€118.39 Million
US$133.93 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2021
22.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2008
23.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 1, 2004
24.€120 Million
US$126.12 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2024
25.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1987: Jenn-1
Tuesday, Dec 1, 1987
38 years old
1986: Droptop209
Monday, Dec 1, 1986
39 years old
1984: Scoobysteve
Saturday, Dec 1, 1984
41 years old
1979: Pick4pimp
Saturday, Dec 1, 1979
46 years old
1977: Victory77
Thursday, Dec 1, 1977
48 years old
1975: msowens75
Monday, Dec 1, 1975
50 years old
1975: phyllisbowden
Monday, Dec 1, 1975
50 years old
1974: Aneedtowin
Sunday, Dec 1, 1974
51 years old
1974: ladycapone
Sunday, Dec 1, 1974
51 years old
1969: stoopendaal
Monday, Dec 1, 1969
56 years old
1969: skydust11
Monday, Dec 1, 1969
56 years old
1968: CPTSUPPLY
Sunday, Dec 1, 1968
57 years old
1967: luckygirllenore
Friday, Dec 1, 1967
58 years old
1967: lvsweetsop
Friday, Dec 1, 1967
58 years old
1965: Alotoffaith
Wednesday, Dec 1, 1965
60 years old
1958: lady bren
Monday, Dec 1, 1958
67 years old
1956: Matrix99
Saturday, Dec 1, 1956
69 years old
1953: Wblathan71
Tuesday, Dec 1, 1953
72 years old
: lottomullah
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: The Arecibo Telescope collapsed.
2019: Arsenal Women 11-1 Bristol City Women breaks the record for most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match, with Vivianne Miedema involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals.
2019: The outbreak of coronavirus infection began in Wuhan.
2018: The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland.
2011: The Alma-Ata Metro was opened.
2009: The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force in the European Union.
2006: The law on same-sex marriage comes into force in South Africa, legalizing same-sex marriage for the first time on the African continent.
2005: As a result of the merger of the Perm Oblast and the Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug, a new subject of the Russian Federation, the Perm Krai, was created.
2001: The United Russia political party was founded.
2000: Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
1997: In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
1997: Fourteen-year-old Michael Carneal opens fire at a group of students in Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, killing three and injuring five.
1991: Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
1990: Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet beneath the seabed.
1989: Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.
1989: Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.
1988: World AIDS Day is proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states.
1988: Benazir Bhutto, is named as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first female leader to lead a Muslim nation.
1984: NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
1981: Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board.
1974: TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
1974: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1973: Papua New Guinea gains self-government from Australia.
1971: Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
1971: Purge of Croatian Spring leaders starts in Yugoslavia at the meeting of the League of Communists at the Karađorđevo estate.
1969: Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
1964: Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
1963: Nagaland, became the 16th state of India.
1960: Patrice Lumumba is arrested by Mobutu Sese Seko's men on the banks of the Sankuru River, for inciting the army to rebellion.
1959: Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
1958: The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
1958: The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
1955: American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.
1952: The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.
1941: World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives his tacit approval to the decision of the imperial council to initiate war against the United States.
1941: World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.
1939: World War II: A day after the beginning of the Winter War in Finland, the Cajander III Cabinet resigns and is replaced by the Ryti I Cabinet, while the Finnish Parliament move from Helsinki to Kauhajoki to escape the Soviet airstrikes.
1939: The Soviet Union establishes the Finnish Democratic Republic puppet state in Terijoki.
1934: Sergei Kirov is assassinated, paving way for the repressive Great Purge, and Vinnytsia massacre by General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin.
1924: The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, plays their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.
1924: A Soviet-backed communist 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt fails in Estonia.
1919: Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament (MP) to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
1918: Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28) and thus concluding the Great Union.
1918: Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
1918: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
1913: The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
1913: Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
1900: Nicaragua sells canal rights to U.S. for $5 million. The canal agreement fails in March 1901. Great Britain rejects the amended treaty.
1878: President Rutherford B. Hayes gets the first telephone installed in the White House.
1865: Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
1862: American Civil War: In his second State of the Union Address, President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
1834: Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
1828: Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution.
1824: United States presidential election: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1822: Pedro I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
1821: José Núñez de Cáceres wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the Republic of Spanish Haiti.
1768: The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
1662: Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park, London, watched by Charles II and Queen Catherine.
1640: End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty.
1577: Courtiers Christopher Hatton and Thomas Heneage are knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England.
1420: Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France.
800: A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III.

Births On This Day

2001: Carole Monnet, French tennis player
1999: Lloyd Pope, Australian cricketer
1999: Nico Schlotterbeck, German footballer
1997: Sada Williams, Barbadian sprinter
1997: Jung Chae-yeon, South Korean actress and singer
1995: Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player
1995: Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer
1995: James Wilson, English footballer
1994: Seedy Njie, English footballer
1993: Reena Pärnat, Estonian archer
1993: Beau Webster, Australian cricketer
1992: Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer
1992: Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player
1992: Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player
1992: Gary Payton II, American basketball player
1992: Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer
1991: Rakeem Christmas, American basketball player
1991: Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player
1991: Sun Yang, Chinese swimmer
1990: Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player
1989: Sotelúm, Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer
1988: Tyler Joseph, American musician and singer
1988: Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model
1988: Dan Mavraides, Greek-American basketball player
1988: Michael Raffl, Austrian ice hockey player
1987: Simon Dawkins, English footballer
1987: Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter
1987: Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter
1987: Brett Williams, English footballer
1986: DeSean Jackson, American football player
1985: Philip DeFranco, American media host and YouTube personality
1985: Ilfenesh Hadera, American actress
1985: Janelle Monáe, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1985: Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer
1984: Charles Michael Davis, American actor
1984: Yolandi Visser, South African rapper and actress
1982: Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper
1982: Christos Kalantzis, Greek footballer
1982: Christos Melissis, Greek footballer
1981: Park Hyo-shin, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
1981: Luke McPharlin, Australian footballer
1981: I Made Wirawan, Indonesian footballer
1980: Iftikhar Anjum, Pakistani cricketer
1980: Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer and politician
1980: Mubarak Hassan Shami, Kenyan-Qatari runner
1980: Gianna Terzi, Greek singer
1979: Stephanie Brown Trafton, American discus thrower
1979: Ryan Malone, American ice hockey player
1979: Richard James, Jamaican sprinter
1978: Mat Kearney, American musician
1977: Brad Delson, American guitarist and producer
1977: Sophie Guillemin, French actress
1977: Lee McKenzie, Scottish journalist
1977: Nate Torrence, American actor and comedian
1976: Tomasz Adamek, Polish boxer
1976: Laura Ling, American journalist and author
1976: Dean O'Gorman, New Zealand actor, artist, and photographer
1976: Matthew Shepard, American hate crime victim (died 1998)
1976: Evangelos Sklavos, Greek basketball player
1975: Matt Fraction, American author
1975: Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, American keyboard player and producer (died 2014)
1975: Thomas Schie, Norwegian racing driver and sportscaster
1975: Farah Shah, Pakistani actress and host
1975: Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
1974: Costinha, Portuguese footballer and manager
1973: Steve Gibb, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972: Stanton Barrett, American race car driver and stuntman
1972: Bart Millard, American singer-songwriter
1971: Christian Pescatori, Italian race car driver
1971: Mika Pohjola, Finnish-American pianist and composer
1971: John Schlimm, American author and educator
1970: Golden Brooks, American actress
1970: Jonathan Coulton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
1970: Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and singer
1970: Tisha Waller, American high jumper and educator
1969: Richard Carrier, American author and blogger
1968: Justin Chadwick, English actor and director
1968: Sarah Fitzgerald, Australian squash player
1968: Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer
1967: Nestor Carbonell, American actor
1967: Reggie Sanders, American baseball player
1966: Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
1966: Katherine LaNasa, American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer
1966: Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player and coach
1965: Henry Honiball, South African rugby player
1965: Magnifico, Slovenian singer
1964: Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer (died 2024)
1964: Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian author and poet
1963: Marco Greco, Brazilian race car driver
1963: Nathalie Lambert, Canadian speed skater
1963: Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
1962: Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater
1962: Pamela McGee, American basketball player and coach
1961: Safra Catz, Israeli-American businesswoman and boss of Oracle
1961: Raymond E. Goldstein, American biophysicist and academic
1961: Jeremy Northam, English actor
1960: Carol Alt, American model and actress
1960: Shirin M. Rai, Indian-English political scientist and academic
1960: Jane Turner, Australian actress and producer
1959: Billy Childish, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter
1959: Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1958: Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and manager
1958: Candace Bushnell, American journalist and author
1958: Alberto Cova, Italian runner
1958: Gary Peters, American politician
1958: Charlene Tilton, American actress and singer
1957: Chris Poland, American guitarist and songwriter
1957: Deep Roy, Kenyan-British actor
1957: Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2011)
1956: Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 2022)
1955: Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter
1955: Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress (died 2021)
1955: Udit Narayan, Indian playback singer
1955: Pat Spillane, Irish footballer and sportscaster
1955: Karen Tumulty, American journalist
1954: Alan Dedicoat, English journalist
1954: Judith Hackitt, English chemist and engineer
1954: François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer (died 2017)
1952: Stephen Poliakoff, English director, producer, and playwright
1951: Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgarian cosmonaut
1951: Obba Babatundé, American actor, director, and producer
1951: Doug Mulray, Australian radio and television host (died 2023)
1951: Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 1987)
1951: Nozipho Schroeder, South African lawn bowler
1951: Treat Williams, American actor (died 2023)
1950: Manju Bansal, Indian biologist and academic
1950: Ross Hannaford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
1950: Richard Keith, American actor and drummer
1950: Gary Panter, American illustrator and painter
1950: Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice (died 2020)
1949: Jan Brett, American author and illustrator
1949: Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist (died 1993)
1949: Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile (died 2024)
1948: George Foster, American baseball player and radio host
1948: Sarfraz Nawaz, Pakistani cricketer and politician
1948: John Roskelley, American mountaineer and author
1948: Neil Warnock, English footballer and manager
1948: N. T. Wright, English bishop and scholar
1948: Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian civil servant and politician, Governor of Kaduna State (died 2012)
1947: Alain Bashung, French singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009)
1947: Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)
1946: Jonathan Katz, American comedian and actor
1946: Kemal Kurspahić, Bosnian journalist and author (died 2021)
1946: Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter and pianist
1945: Ásta B. Þorsteinsdóttir, Icelandic politician
1945: Lyle Bien, American vice admiral in the United States Navy
1945: Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer
1944: Eric Bloom, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944: John Densmore, American drummer and songwriter
1944: Michael Hagee, American general
1944: Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan author and poet
1943: Kenny Moore, American runner and journalist (died 2022)
1942: Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian politician, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1942: John Crowley, American author and academic
1942: Ross Edwards, Australian cricketer
1940: Mike Denness, Scottish cricketer and referee (died 2013)
1940: Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer and inventor (died 2011)
1940: Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2005)
1940: Tasso Wild, German footballer
1939: Lee Trevino, American golfer and sportscaster
1938: Sandy Nelson, American rock and roll drummer (died 2022)
1937: Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano and actress (died 2005)
1937: Gordon Crosse, English composer and academic (died 2021)
1937: Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvian psychologist and politician, President of Latvia
1936: Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence (died 2014)
1935: Sola Sierra, Chilean human rights activist (died 1999)
1934: Billy Paul, American soul singer (died 2016)
1933: Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2006)
1933: Violette Verdy, French ballerina (died 2016)
1931: Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (died 1986)
1931: Jim Nesbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
1931: George Maxwell Richards, Trinidadian politician, 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2018)
1930: Marie Bashir, Australian psychiatrist, academic, and politician, 37th Governor of New South Wales
1930: Joachim Hoffmann, German historian and author (died 2002)
1929: David Doyle, American actor (died 1997)
1928: Emily McLaughlin, American actress (died 1991)
1928: Malachi Throne, American actor (died 2013)
1927: Micheline Bernardini, French dancer and model
1926: Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (died 2013)
1926: Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018)
1926: Keith Michell, Australian actor (died 2015)
1926: Robert Symonds, American actor (died 2007)
1926: Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish businessman (died 2010)
1925: Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
1924: Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba (died 2015)
1923: Dick Shawn, American actor (died 1987)
1923: Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic, 12th Director of Central Intelligence (died 2018)
1922: Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager (died 1979)
1921: Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2013)
1920: Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha (died 2014)
1917: Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (died 1995)
1917: Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager (died 2011)
1916: Wan Li, Chinese educator and politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 2015)
1913: Mary Martin, American actress and singer (died 1990)
1912: Billy Raimondi, American baseball player (died 2010)
1912: Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (died 1986)
1911: Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (died 1984)
1911: Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (died 1999)
1910: Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (died 2004)
1905: Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach (died 1994)
1903: Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1950)
1901: Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator (died 1988)
1900: Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (died 1987)
1898: Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba (died 1977)
1898: Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer (died 1977)
1896: Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (died 1974)
1895: Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author (died 1977)
1894: Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist (died 1982)
1886: Rex Stout, American detective novelist (died 1975)
1886: Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (died 1976)
1884: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter and etcher (died 1976)
1883: Henry Cadbury, American historian, scholar, and academic (died 1974)
1871: Archie MacLaren, English cricketer (died 1944)
1869: Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (died 1923)
1855: John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (died 1943)
1847: Julia A. Moore, American poet (died 1920)
1846: Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (died 1923)
1844: Alexandra of Denmark (died 1925)
1805: 9th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader (died 1815)
1800: Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet (died 1855)
1792: Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and geometer (died 1856)
1761: Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (died 1850)
1743: Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (died 1817)
1716: Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (died 1791)
1709: Franz Xaver Richter, Czech composer, violinist, and conductor (died 1789)
1690: Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (died 1764)
1580: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (died 1637)
1561: Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast (died 1631)
1530: Bernardino Realino, Italian Jesuit (died 1616)
1525: Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (died 1600)
1521: Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyō (died 1573)
1443: Magdalena of France, French princess (died 1495)
1438: Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, son of Charles I (died 1503)
1415: Jan Długosz, Polish historian (died 1480)
1083: Anna Komnene, Byzantine physician and scholar (died 1153)
1081: Louis VI, French king (died 1137)
624: Hasan ibn Ali, the second Shia Imam (died 670)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player and coach (born 1947)
2024: Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1941)
2023: Sandra Day O'Connor, first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1981-2006) (born 1930)
2022: Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach (born 1938)
2020: Arnie Robinson, American athlete (born 1948)
2019: Paula Tilbrook, English actress (born 1930)
2018: Vivian Lynn, New Zealand artist (born 1931)
2018: Ken Berry, American actor, dancer, and singer (born 1933)
2015: Rob Blokzijl, Dutch physicist and computer scientist (born 1943)
2015: Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (born 1925)
2015: John F. Kurtzke, American neurologist and academic (born 1926)
2015: Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (born 1930)
2015: Trevor Obst, Australian footballer and coach (born 1940)
2014: Mario Abramovich, Argentinian violinist and composer (born 1926)
2014: Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (born 1938)
2014: Rocky Wood, New Zealand-Australian author (born 1959)
2013: Richard Coughlan, English drummer (born 1947)
2013: Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (born 1925)
2013: Edward Heffron, American soldier (born 1923)
2013: Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist and songwriter (born 1942)
2012: Jovan Belcher, American football player (born 1987)
2012: Arthur Chaskalson, South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1931)
2012: Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (born 1948)
2012: Ed Price, American soldier, pilot, and politician (born 1918)
2011: Christa Wolf, German author and critic (born 1929)
2010: Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1914)
2010: Hillard Elkins, American actor and producer (born 1929)
2008: Paul Benedict, American actor (born 1938)
2008: Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (born 1917)
2007: Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player and footballer (born 1929)
2007: Anton Rodgers, British actor (born 1933)
2007: Ivo Rojnica, Croatian-Argentine war crimes suspect, businessman, diplomat, and intelligence agent (born 1915)
2006: Claude Jade, French actress (born 1948)
2006: Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian (born 1937)
2005: Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (born 1938)
2005: Mary Hayley Bell, English actress and playwright (born 1911)
2005: Freeman V. Horner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1922)
2004: Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (born 1911)
2004: Bill Brown, Scottish footballer (born 1931)
2004: Norman Newell, English record producer and lyricist (born 1919)
2003: Clark Kerr, American economist and academic (born 1911)
2003: Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (born 1928)
2002: Edward L. Beach Jr., American captain and author (born 1918)
2002: Dave McNally, American baseball player (born 1942)
2001: Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (born 1909)
1998: Janet Lewis, American poet and novelist (born 1899)
1997: Michel Bélanger, Canadian banker and businessman (born 1929)
1997: Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (born 1908)
1997: Endicott Peabody, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (born 1920)
1996: Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (born 1928)
1995: Hopper Levett, English cricketer (born 1908)
1995: Colin Tapley, New Zealand-English actor (born 1907)
1995: Maxwell R. Thurman, American general (born 1931)
1993: Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter (born 1959)
1991: Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (born 1906)
1991: George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
1990: Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (born 1917)
1989: Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (born 1931)
1988: J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (born 1904)
1987: James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (born 1924)
1987: Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1918)
1986: Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (born 1912)
1984: Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (born 1911)
1981: Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (born 1929)
1975: Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (born 1927)
1975: Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (born 1898)
1975: Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (born 1906)
1973: David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (born 1886)
1968: Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (born 1887)
1968: Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1921)
1964: J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (born 1892)
1964: Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (born 1877)
1958: Elizabeth Peratrovich, American civil rights activist (born 1911)
1954: Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (born 1898)
1950: Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (born 1894)
1947: Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (born 1875)
1947: G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (born 1877)
1944: Charlie Kerins, Irish Republican executed by hanging (born 1918)
1943: Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (born 1862)
1942: Leon Wachholz, Polish scientist and medical examiner (born 1867)
1935: Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (born 1879)
1934: Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (born 1886)
1933: Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (born 1865)
1928: José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (born 1888)
1923: Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (born 1836)
1916: Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (born 1858)
1914: Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (born 1840)
1913: Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (born 1864)
1884: William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (born 1809)
1867: Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (born 1797)
1866: George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (born 1790)
1865: Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (born 1796)
1825: Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (born 1777)
1767: Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (born 1710)
1755: Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (born 1696)
1750: Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (born 1671)
1729: Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (born 1665)
1660: Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist and historian (born 1592)
1640: Miguel de Vasconcelos, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1590)
1633: Isabella Clara Eugenia, infanta of Spain (born 1566)
1581: Alexander Briant, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint (born 1556)
1581: Edmund Campion, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (born 1540)
1581: Ralph Sherwin, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (born 1550)
1580: Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (born 1509)
1530: Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy (born 1480)
1521: Leo X, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1475)
1455: Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian goldsmith and sculptor (born 1378)
1433: Go-Komatsu, emperor of Japan (born 1377)
1374: Magnus Eriksson, king of Sweden (born 1316)
1335: Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (born 1305)
1255: Muhammad III of Alamut, Nizari Ismaili Imam
1241: Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress (born 1214)
1135: Henry I, king of England (born 1068)
1018: Thietmar of Merseburg, German bishop (born 975)
969: Fujiwara no Morotada, Japanese statesman (born 920)
948: Gao Conghui, Chinese governor and prince (born 891)
660: Eligius, Frankish bishop and saint (born 588)
217: Yehudah HaNasi, 'Nasi', Rabbi and editor of the Mishnah (born 135)

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