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December 11

On This Day in History

December 11

December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 20 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Good omen? Bird collision preceded NJ lottery winner's $90 million Mega Millions jackpot. The New Jersey lottery winner of a $90 million Mega Millions jackpot knew something was headed their way when a bird crashed into their window the night they unknowingly became the state's newest multi-millionaire.
2024: Winner who claimed half of $395 million Mega Millions jackpot sues California Lottery for other half. The California winner who claimed half of a $395 million Mega Millions jackpot sued the California Lottery for the other share of the prize, alleging that he is entitled to the second half.
2023: Maryland man wins $57,777 after dreaming of father gifting him a lottery ticket. A Maryland man's dream literally became a reality when he was inspired by a vision of his father gifting him a lottery ticket, played the lottery in real life, and won a $57,777 prize.
2020: Iowa man drove around with Powerball ticket worth $50K for nearly a year. It's been an emotional rollercoaster for an Iowan lottery player who drove around with a winning Powerball ticket worth $50,000 in his car for almost a full year.
2019: Cashier's mix-up ends in lottery jackpot win for man on his first visit to NC. A man on his first trip to North Carolina ended up with a $100,000 souvenir.
2018: Florida man putting $14.5 million lottery win toward education in India. A Tampa man is a millionaire after he struck the Florida Lottery's $14.5 million dollar jackpot, and he plans to use his windfall to help less fortunate children in his home country of India.
2015: Fantasy sports sites back in business in N.Y. after appeal. DraftKings Inc. and FanDuel Inc. can continue doing business in New York for now, after an appeals court halted a trial judge's order to temporarily halt daily fantasy games in the state.
2014: Texas Lottery suspends sales of Monopoly Millionaires' Club game. The Texas Lottery announced today that it will suspend sales of the multi-state Monopoly Millionaires' Club game following the drawing on Friday, Dec. 12.
2013: $400 MILLION: Massive Mega Millions lottery jackpot set for Friday. The changes made in October have put the "Mega" back into Mega Millions.
2012: Woman found guilty of murder in lottery winner's death. Dorice "Dee Dee" Moore showed no emotion as she was found guilty and sentenced to mandatory life without parole for the murder of Florida lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare.
2012: Arizona Lottery releases name of Powerball jackpot winner. Arizona Lottery officials on Monday identified Matthew Good, a married man in his 30s, as the second winner of last week's $587.5 million Powerball jackpot.
2009: Oklahoma ranks near top for lottery winners. Are Oklahomans luckier than residents of other states? According to the statistics, they seem to be.
2009: Oklahoma Lottery sales hurt by lagging economy. Lottery ticket sales declined about $11.3 million in the past fiscal year, mainly because of a downturn in the economy, Oklahoma officials said.
2009: Georgia lottery players tout big scratch-off wins. Two retirees and a teen are among a handful of recent big Georgia lottery winners.
2009: Mass. Lottery becoming political football. A war of words -- and numbers -- broke out in the governor's race yesterday as Gov. Deval Patrick accused rival Tim Cahill of making "excuses" about the Lottery's performance even as the state treasurer touted a better-than-expected financial forecast.
2007: Lottery may be top talk among Tennessee legislators this session. Recent questions about the Tennessee state lottery could become political football in the upcoming legislative session.
2006: Secrets of lottery millionaires. As the 2,000th UK Lottery millionaire pops the champagne, 16 former jackpot winners shared how their money has been spent -- and how their lives have changed.
2006: Opinion: Calif. Lottery should not rubber-stamp GTECH deal. Some industry watchdogs are concerned about the seemingly scant review California is giving to the acquisition of GTECH by Lottomatica.
2006: Indiana Lottery gets new director. Kathryn Densborn of Indianapolis will begin work at the Hoosier Lottery next week, and will take over as director in January.
2006: UK Lottery, by the numbers. 50 facts about the United Kingdom's #1 numbers game.
2006: The hidden Lotto millionaires. They have wealth beyond their wildest dreams but nobody knows. In the Irish province of Ulster some of the millionaires have made their identities known to the world, but most have not.
2006: Australian lottery sale proposal 'a gamble'. A NSW opposition plan to sell NSW Lotteries to help pay for drought projects would amount to a gamble on the security of the state's water resources, Premier Morris Iemma says.
2006: Lottery pool loses $36 million jackpot; wrong tickets bought. Members of a Belgian lottery pool who thought they had won 27 million euros (US$35.8 million) were devastated when they found the wrong numbers had been entered.
2004: Study Proves Number Bias in UK Lottery. A previously unpublished report by the National Lottery Commission unearthed a series of statistical anomalies that, taken at face value, suggest the lottery might not be as random as was previously thought.
2003: Powerball Jackpot Reaches $88 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $88 million, with a cash option of $46.9 million.
2003: It can happen... from broke to lots of bucks. James Gatzke was struggling with depression, and living off handouts and charity, with only his seven cats for company, when he hit the jackpot.
2003: Lottery Retailer Approvals In Full Swing. The Tennessee Lottery is moving swiftly to sign up retail outlets across Tennessee that want to be part of the lottery's kickoff on or before February 10, officials said.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.06 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2025
2.$695 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2024
3.$477.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2023
4.$425 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2013
5.$400 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2022
6.€326.01 Million US$345.67 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2022
7.$340 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2019
8.$311 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2021
9.$277 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2020
10.$276 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2020
11.$245 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2018
12.€200 Million
US$242.4 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2020
13.$230 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2018
14.$229 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2017
15.$207 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2008
16.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2017
17.$164 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2015
18.$148 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 14, 2021
19.$140 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2019
20.€123.24 Million
US$139.47 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2021
21.€115 Million
US$135.16 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2017
22.$124.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2022
23.$122 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2013
24.$116 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 13, 2011
25.$115 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2007

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2000: TANTASYON
Monday, Dec 11, 2000
25 years old
1991: ChinaDoll
Wednesday, Dec 11, 1991
34 years old
1983: Amma$83
Sunday, Dec 11, 1983
42 years old
1982: mayhem
Saturday, Dec 11, 1982
43 years old
1978: Midian777
Monday, Dec 11, 1978
47 years old
1977: Juan Gee
Sunday, Dec 11, 1977
48 years old
1976: ISAIE-7576
Saturday, Dec 11, 1976
49 years old
1973: msjthewinner
Tuesday, Dec 11, 1973
52 years old
1970: desihumes05
Friday, Dec 11, 1970
55 years old
1964: Cyber117
Friday, Dec 11, 1964
61 years old
1964: dan614
Friday, Dec 11, 1964
61 years old
1964: Domingo 5
Friday, Dec 11, 1964
61 years old
1961: MoneyOG37624
Monday, Dec 11, 1961
64 years old
1960: rayvenfile1
Sunday, Dec 11, 1960
65 years old
1957: pick4money4me
Wednesday, Dec 11, 1957
68 years old
1954: desi1201
Saturday, Dec 11, 1954
71 years old
1951: joyjoy8
Tuesday, Dec 11, 1951
74 years old
1949: Muckmpoker69
Sunday, Dec 11, 1949
76 years old
1948: dcgamer
Saturday, Dec 11, 1948
77 years old
1948: FLAME58
Saturday, Dec 11, 1948
77 years old
1948: reelmirage
Saturday, Dec 11, 1948
77 years old
: Mink404Ski
(year not provided)
: allure01
(year not provided)
: Candy242
(year not provided)
: Lucky$tar
(year not provided)
: Turquoiseshores
(year not provided)
: wazwins
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: The Food and Drug Administration issues an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency.
2019: The results of the 2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum are announced. The results are overwhelmingly one-sided. Over 98% of voters vote for Bougainville's independence.
2017: New York City Subway bombing: A pipe bomb partially detonates in the New York City Subway, in the Times Square-42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal. Four people are injured, including the perpetrator.
2012: At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.
2009: Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment releases the hit mobile game Angry Birds internationally on iOS.
2008: Bernie Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
2007: Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations.
2006: The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
2006: Felipe Calderón, the president of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican drug war.
2005: The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
2005: Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
2001: China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
1999: SATA Air Açores Flight 530M crashes into Pico da Esperança on São Jorge Island in the Azores, killing 35.
1998: Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
1997: The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
1994: First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya.
1994: A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to land the plane safely.
1993: A block of the Highland Towers condominium complex collapses following a landslide caused by heavy rain and water flowing from a construction site at Ampang district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 48 of its residents die, including one who died in hospital after being rescued alive, leaving only two survivors.
1990: Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.
1990: Several fatal collisions in the 1990 Interstate 75 fog disaster result in a total of 12 deaths and 42 being injured
1988: A Soviet Air Force Il-76 aircraft crashes while participating in the Armenian earthquake relief, killing 78 people.
1981: El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
1980: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
1978: The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
1972: Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
1964: Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
1962: Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
1960: French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French president Charles de Gaulle.
1958: French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
1948: Arab-Israeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.
1946: The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
1941: World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.
1941: World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.
1941: World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.
1937: Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
1936: Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
1934: Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
1931: Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth-Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
1927: Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
1925: Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.
1920: Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
1917: World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
1913: More than two years after it was stolen from the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa is recovered in Florence, Italy. The thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, is immediately arrested.
1907: The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
1905: A workers' uprising occurs in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
1901: Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to Saint John's, Newfoundland.
1899: Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
1868: Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat the Paraguayan Army at the Battle of Avay.
1816: Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
1815: The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
1792: French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
1688: Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
1675: Antonio de Vea expedition enters San Rafael Lake in western Patagonia.
1640: The Root and Branch petition, signed by 15,000 Londoners calling for the abolition of the episcopacy, is presented to the Long Parliament.
1602: A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.)
1282: Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri near Builth Wells in mid-Wales.
1239: Treaty of Benavente: the heiresses of the Kingdom of León renounce their throne to King Ferdinand III of Castile
1041: Michael V, adoptive son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium, is proclaimed emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
969: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.
861: Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne, start of the "Anarchy at Samarra".
361: Julian enters Constantinople as sole Roman Emperor.
220: Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty.

Births On This Day

2000: Onyeka Okongwu, American basketball player
1997: Matthew Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
1996: Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, singer and songwriter
1995: Abbi Grant, Scottish footballer
1993: Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress
1992: Tiffany Alvord, American singer-songwriter
1992: Malcolm Brogdon, American basketball player
1990: Alexa Demie, American actress and singer
1989: Kellie Harrington, Irish boxer
1988: Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer
1987: Violetta Bock, German politician
1987: Clifton Geathers, American football player
1987: Alex Russell, Australian actor
1987: Miranda Tapsell, Australian actress
1986: Roy Hibbert, American basketball player
1985: Karla Souza, Mexican actress
1984: Leighton Baines, English footballer
1984: Sandra Echeverría, Mexican actress and singer
1984: James Ellsworth, American wrestler
1984: Xosha Roquemore, American actress
1982: Roman Harper, American football player
1982: Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine race car driver
1981: Rebekkah Brunson, American basketball player and coach
1981: Jason Kennedy, American journalist
1981: Jeff McComsey, American author and illustrator
1981: Paul Medhurst, Australian footballer
1981: Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
1980: Adi Keissar, Israeli poet
1980: Kristjan Kitsing, Estonian basketball player
1979: Colleen Hoover, American author
1979: Valdis Mintals, Estonian figure skater
1979: Rider Strong, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978: Roy Wood, Jr., American comedian, actor, and radio host
1977: Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
1976: Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player, coach, and manager
1976: Yujiro Shirakawa, Japanese actor
1975: Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
1974: Maarten Lafeber, Dutch golfer
1974: Rey Mysterio, American wrestler
1974: Lisa Ortiz, American theatre and voice actress
1974: Ben Shephard, English journalist and television host
1974: Gete Wami, Ethiopian runner
1973: Mos Def, American rapper
1972: Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1972: Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer and manager
1972: Murray Goodwin, Zimbabwean cricketer
1972: Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2014)
1971: Willie McGinest, American football player and sportscaster
1970: Victoria Fuller, American model and actress
1969: Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess player
1969: Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer and manager
1969: Max Martini, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1969: Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer and manager
1968: Emmanuelle Charpentier, French researcher in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry, and Nobel laureate
1968: Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian footballer and manager
1967: Peter Kelamis, Australian voice actor
1967: Mo'Nique, American comedian, actress, and producer
1967: Chris Shepherd, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
1967: Katy Steding, American basketball player and coach
1966: Gary Dourdan, American actor
1966: Erik Honoré, Norwegian guitarist and producer
1966: Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (died 2002)
1966: Leon Lai, Hong Kong singer and actor
1965: Jay Bell, American baseball player and coach
1965: Gavin Hill, New Zealand rugby player
1965: Glenn Lazarus, Australian rugby league player and politician
1965: Giannis Ragousis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence
1964: Justin Currie, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964: Dave Schools, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1964: Carolyn Waldo, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster
1963: Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager
1963: Mark Greatbatch, New Zealand cricketer
1963: Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, German tennis player
1963: John Lammers, Dutch footballer and manager
1963: Nigel Winterburn, English footballer and coach
1962: Ben Browder, American actor
1961: Dave King, Irish-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961: Steve Nicol, Scottish footballer and manager
1961: Macky Sall, Senegalese engineer and politician, fourth President of Senegal
1961: Marco Pierre White, English chef and mentor
1960: Anders Eldebrink, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
1958: Chris Hughton, English-born Irish footballer and manager
1958: Tom Shadyac, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1958: Nikki Sixx, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1957: Peter Bagge, American author and illustrator
1956: Lani Brockman, American actress and director
1956: Andrew Lansley, English politician, Secretary of State for Health
1955: Gene Grossman, American economist and academic
1955: Stu Jackson, American basketball player, coach, and manager
1955: Ray Kelvin, British fashion designer
1955: Christian Sackewitz, German footballer and manager
1954: Brad Bryant, American golfer
1954: Sylvester Clarke, Barbadian cricketer (died 1999)
1954: Santiago Creel, Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior
1954: Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1954: Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic guitarist, mathematician, and engineer
1953: Bess Armstrong, American actress
1951: Mazlan Othman, Malaysian astrophysicist and astronomer
1951: Ria Stalman, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
1949: Christina Onassis, Greek-Argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress (died 1988)
1948: Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek guitarist and composer
1948: Shinji Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter (died 2023)
1946: Rhoma Irama, Indonesian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1946: Rick McCosker, Australian cricketer
1946: Diana Palmer, American journalist and author
1944: Teri Garr, American actress and comedian (died 2024)
1944: Jon Garrison, American tenor and educator
1944: Lynda Day George, American actress
1944: Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (died 2022)
1944: Brenda Lee, American singer-songwriter
1943: John Kerry, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State
1942: Anna Carteret, English actress
1941: Max Baucus, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 11th United States Ambassador to China
1941: J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2015)
1941: Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (died 1988)
1941: J. Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter (died 1991)
1940: David Gates, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1940: Donna Mills, American actress and producer
1939: Tom Hayden, American activist and politician (died 2016)
1939: Thomas McGuane, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
1938: Enrico Macias, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1938: McCoy Tyner, American jazz musician (died 2020)
1937: Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (died 2016)
1936: Hans van den Broek, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
1936: Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
1935: Pranab Mukherjee, Indian journalist and politician, 13th President of India (died 2020)
1935: Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1998)
1934: Salim Durani, Afghan-Indian cricketer (died 2023)
1933: Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino civil servant and politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 2019)
1932: Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan colonel and engineer (died 1991)
1932: Keith Waldrop, American author and poet (died 2023)
1931: Ernie Beck, American basketball player (died 2024)
1931: Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (died 2013)
1931: Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer
1931: Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)
1931: Rajneesh, Indian guru, mystic, and educator (died 1990)
1930: Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (died 2016)
1930: Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2022)
1929: Axel Anderson, German actor and production manager (died 2012)
1929: Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (died 2002)
1927: John Buscema, American illustrator (died 2002)
1926: Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)
1925: Aaron Feuerstein, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2021)
1925: Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2019)
1925: James Sullivan, American politician (died 2012)
1924: Doc Blanchard, American football player and colonel (died 2009)
1923: Betsy Blair, American actress and dancer (died 2009)
1923: Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-born American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (died 2013)
1923: Morrie Turner, American comics creator (died 2014)
1922: Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (died 2005)
1922: Dilip Kumar, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2021)
1922: Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)
1922: Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (died 2007)
1921: Ilmar Laaban, Estonian poet and publicist (died 2000)
1921: Liz Smith, English actress (died 2016)
1920: Mary Ivy Burks, American environmental activist (died 2007)
1920: Denis Jenkinson, English motorcycle racer and journalist (died 1996)
1919: Cliff Michelmore, English television host and producer (died 2016)
1919: Marie Windsor, American actress (died 2000)
1918: Clinton Adams, American painter and historian (died 2002)
1918: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
1916: Elena Garro, Mexican author and playwright (died 1998)
1916: Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader (died 1989)
1913: Jean Marais, French actor and director (died 1998)
1912: Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer (died 2007)
1911: Val Guest, English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (died 2006)
1911: Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)
1911: Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (died 2009)
1910: Mildred Cleghorn, Native American chairwoman and educator (died 1997)
1909: Ronald McKie, Australian soldier, journalist, and author (died 1991)
1908: Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (died 2012)
1908: Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
1908: Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, fourth Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1987)
1908: Amon Göth, Austrian Nazi war criminal (died 1946)
1905: Robert Henriques, English farmer, author, and broadcaster (died 1967)
1905: Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor and singer (died 1994)
1904: Marge, American cartoonist (died 1993)
1900: Hermína Týrlová, Czechoslovakian animator, screenwriter, and film director (died 1993)
1900: Gerd Arntz, German Modernist artist, co-creator of Isotype (died 1988)
1899: Julio de Caro, Argentinian violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1980)
1897: Ronald Skirth, English soldier (died 1977)
1893: Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer (died 2002)
1892: Arnold Majewski, Finnish military hero of Polish descent (died 1942)
1890: Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (died 1935)
1890: Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (died 1976)
1889: Walter Knott, American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm (died 1981)
1884: Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player (died 1961)
1882: Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet (died 1921)
1882: Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
1882: Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (died 1947)
1880: Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (died 1951)
1875: Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician (died 1962)
1873: Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician and academic (died 1967)
1872: René Bull, British illustrator and photographer (died 1942)
1863: Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (died 1941)
1861: Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry, British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer (died 1923)
1858: Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (died 1943)
1856: Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher, theorist, and author (died 1918)
1843: Robert Koch, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1910)
1838: John Labatt, Canadian brewer and businessman (died 1915)
1837: Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (died 1887)
1830: Kamehameha V of Hawaii (died 1872)
1810: Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (died 1857)
1803: Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (died 1869)
1801: Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German poet and playwright (died 1836)
1781: David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (died 1868)
1761: Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist (died 1835)
1758: Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator (died 1832)
1725: George Mason, American lawyer and politician (died 1792)
1712: Francesco Algarotti, Italian poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1764)
1613: Amar Singh Rathore, Rajput nobleman (died 1644)
1595: Hŏ Mok, Korean politician, poet and scholar (died 1682)
1566: Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer (died 1650)
1475: Pope Leo X (died 1521)
1465: Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (died 1489)
1445: Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (died 1496)

Deaths On This Day

2024: David Bonderman, American billionaire businessman (born 1942)
2024: Khalil Haqqani, Afghan politician and warlord (born 1966)
2024: Purushottam Upadhyay, Indian musician, singer and composer (born 1934)
2023: Andre Braugher, American actor (born 1962)
2021: Anne Rice, American author (born 1941)
2020: James Flynn, New Zealand intelligence researcher. (born 1934)
2017: Keith Chegwin, British TV presenter (born 1957)
2015: Abish Kekilbayev, Kazakh academic and politician (born 1939)
2015: H. Arnold Steinberg, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and academic (born 1933)
2015: Hema Upadhyay, Indian painter and sculptor (born 1972)
2015: John "Hot Rod" Williams, American basketball player (born 1962)
2015: Ken Woolley, Australian architect (born 1933)
2014: Hans Wallat, German conductor and director (born 1929)
2013: Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (born 1920)
2013: Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author and academic (born 1929)
2013: Javier Jáuregui (boxer), Mexican boxer (born 1973)
2013: Sheikh Mussa Shariefi, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1942)
2012: Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano and actress (born 1926)
2012: Mendel Weinbach, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (born 1933)
2012: Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (born 1920)
2011: John Patrick Foley, American cardinal (born 1935)
2010: Dick Hoerner, American football player (born 1922)
2008: Bettie Page, American model (born 1923)
2004: José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (born 1962)
2004: Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (born 1917)
2003: Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian author and playwright (born 1927)
2001: Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, first Prime Minister of Zambia (born 1930)
2000: Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician and diplomat (born 1915)
2000: David Lewis, American actor (born 1916)
1998: André Lichnerowicz, French physicist and mathematician (born 1915)
1998: Lynn Strait, American singer-songwriter (born 1968)
1997: Eddie Chapman, English spy (born 1914)
1997: Simon Jeffes, English guitarist and composer (born 1949)
1996: Willie Rushton, English cartoonist, author, and publisher, co-founded Private Eye (born 1937)
1995: Greg Bahnsen, American minister and philosopher (born 1948)
1994: Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (born 1900)
1991: Robert Q. Lewis, American actor, comedian, game show host/panelist, and television personality (born 1921)
1991: Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author and critic (born 1906)
1989: Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (born 1895)
1987: G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (born 1923)
1984: Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (born 1911)
1984: George Waggner, American director, producer and actor (born 1894)
1983: Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (born 1897)
1979: James J. Gibson, American psychologist and author (born 1904)
1978: Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
1978: Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (born 1920)
1975: Lee Wiley, American singer (born 1908)
1975: Nihal Atsız, Turkish philosopher, author, and poet (born 1905)
1971: Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (born 1902)
1968: Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter and author (born 1910)
1968: Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (born 1891)
1966: Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (born 1881)
1964: Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (born 1931)
1964: Percy Kilbride, American actor (born 1888)
1959: Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and manager (born 1900)
1957: Musidora, French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1889)
1953: Sedat Simavi, Turkish journalist and director (born 1896)
1951: Mustafa Muğlalı, Turkish general (born 1882)
1951: Hijri Dede, Iraqi Turkmen poet and writer (born 1881)
1950: Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and author (born 1893)
1945: Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (born 1867)
1941: John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American pilot and poet (born 1922)
1941: Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (born 1856)
1938: Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)
1937: Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (born 1884)
1937: Hugh Thackeray Turner, English architect and painter (born 1853)
1936: Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (born 1875)
1928: Juho Kekkonen, Finnish forestry manager and tenant farmer (born 1873)
1920: Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (born 1855)
1918: Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (born 1876)
1913: Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (born 1852)
1909: Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (born 1839)
1906: Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (born 1872)
1892: William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (born 1821)
1880: Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (born 1810)
1872: Kamehameha V of Hawaii (born 1830)
1840: Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (born 1771)
1826: Maria Leopoldina of Austria (born 1797)
1797: Richard Brocklesby, English physician (born 1722)
1747: Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (born 1675)
1737: John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (born 1643)
1694: Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (born 1630)
1686: Louis, Grand Condé, French general (born 1621)
1610: Adam Elsheimer, German artist working in Rome (born 1578)
1582: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish general and politician, 12th Constable of Portugal (born 1508)
1532: Pietro Accolti, Italian cardinal (born 1455)
1474: Henry IV of Castile, King of the Crown of Castile (born 1425)
1282: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Welsh prince (born 1223)
1282: Michael VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1225)
1241: Ögedei Khan, Mongolian emperor (born 1186)
1198: Averroes, Spanish astronomer, physicist, and philosopher (born 1126)
1121: Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Egyptian political adviser (born 1066)
969: Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor (born 912)
861: Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, chief confidant and councillor to al-Mutawakkil
384: Pope Damasus I (born c.304)

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