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December 16

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December 16

December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 15 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: $1.25 BILLION: Epic Powerball winless streak marches on. This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $1.25 billion.
2024: New Jersey lottery player having a bad day turns it around with $1 million prize. A New Jersey man was having "one of those days" until a $1 million scratch-off prize instantly turned it around.
2022: Kentucky woman wins $175,000 from scratch-off during company white elephant game. Anyone who has played the game of white elephant knows that there's no way to predict the outcome, but someone ending up with a scratch-off ticket worth $175,000 was not something anyone would ever expect to happen.
2020: NJ Lottery rounds off 50th Anniversary celebration. Today marks the New Jersey Lottery's 50th year in operation, and to round off the year-long celebration, it will be hosting a Facebook Live event where 50 players will have the chance to receive $500 in scratch-off tickets.
2019: WVa board admonishes former lottery director for moonlighting. West Virginia's Lawyer Disciplinary Board has admonished a former state lottery director who moonlighted at his old law firm.
2015: Some on welfare bet big on Maine lottery in pursuit of life-changing win. Maine residents on public assistance have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on lottery tickets, according to an estimate based on the $22.4 million in large prizes they collected between 2010 and 2014, including eight jackpots worth at least $500,000 each.
2014: N.C. man wins $4M lottery, joins friend in 'the millionaires' club'. A lumber yard supervisor from Rutherfordton, North Carolina, is the first player in the state to win $4 million instantly playing the $200 Million Blowout game.
2014: Players seek $250 million from Texas Lottery contractor. More than 500 players of a lottery scratch-off card filed suit against the game's developer seeking about $250 million in contested prize money.
2014: New Ireland Lottery operator expected to raise prices. Ireland's National Lottery is expected to raise ticket prices next year as part of a shake-up of the business aimed at halting several years of declining sales.
2014: 101-year-old wins $50,000 Arizona Lottery prize. Christmas came a few weeks early for 101-year-old Lily Camacho, who won the grand prize of $50,000 in the Arizona Lottery's Money Tree game.
2013: $586 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot climbs toward a new record. As tickets for the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot pump out of lottery machines across the United States, the question on lottery players minds is just how high will the jackpot go before the drawing on Tuesday night.
2011: Kentucky store clerk wins $200,000 from duplicate lottery ticket. A store clerk accidentally generated two identical lottery tickets, both of which turned out to be $200,000 winners.
2011: Washington Gov. proposes privatizing state's lottery. Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday floated the idea of privatizing the state lottery system as a way to bring in more money for education.
2011: After spat, wife gets winning lottery ticket. A Massapequa Park, New York, woman is $3 million richer after winning the jackpot in the New York State Lottery's Triple Million scratch-off game.
2010: N.C. Lottery making changes to counter weak sales. North Carolina lottery commissioners estimated Wednesday the program will earn $40 million less than expected in the current year because of weak ticket sales -- another financial blow for a state education system already bracing for budget cuts.
2009: N.M. teacher claims lottery prize 2 hours before it expires. At 2:30 p.m. today, Albuquerque teacher Chris Daskalos came forward with a $10,000-winning Powerball ticket two hours before it was scheduled to expire.
2009: Fla. woman faces eviction after lottery-winning husband disappears. Two years after discovering her husband hid the fact he won the Florida Lottery, Donna Campbell is being evicted.
2007: Georgia Lottery winner roundup (Dec. 2007). Some of the big wins Georgia Lottery players have claimed in the past month.
2007: 'Infrequent buyer' claims $34M Powerball lottery jackpot. An inquisitive local press in Kentucky obtained the most recent Kentucky Powerball jackpot winner's name through an open records request, even though the man requested anonymity.
2005: Wyoming voters to have no say on Powerball. Voters won't be given a say next year on whether Wyoming should join the multi-state Powerball lottery.
2005: SoCal man sues to get share of $315 million lottery jackpot. A medical lab technician has sued seven co-workers who shared a $315 million Mega Millions multi-state lottery jackpot, claiming he deserves a share of the money.
2005: Audit: S.C. lottery leaders paid more than those in other states. Top South Carolina lottery officials are being paid more than those in many other states, according to an audit released Thursday.
2005: $113 million Powerball winner may be a regular player. The identity of the buyer of the largest winning Powerball ticket in Iowa history is still a mystery. Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer says they know one of the 609 Powerball tickets sold at a northwest Des Moines Dahl's supermarket won the $113 million jackpot.
2005: Group sues to stop N.C. lottery. North Carolina's state lottery would be declared illegal and work on the game would stop if a lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court on Thursday is successful.
2005: Scientific Games to be allowed to bid on N.C. Lottery deal. Barring a Georgia lottery operator that had inside influence on the writing of North Carolina's state lottery law from running the game would leave only one bidder for the lucrative contract, the lottery commission chairman said Thursday.
2005: Heflin won't take Texas Lottery director job. Former state Rep. Talmadge Heflin ended his flirtation with becoming director of the Texas lottery Thursday and decided instead to file for the House district in Houston that he lost by a scant 16 votes in 2004.
2003: Fort Lauderdale trucker hits the jackpot. Florida's newest millionaire is a Fort Lauderdale truck driver, a habitual lottery player whose stepdaughter figures the $1 million in winnings may just get him even.
2003: Paul pitches retirement plan for lottery staff, but board balks. Tennessee lottery officials yesterday introduced the idea of a retirement program for the 38 employees they've hired this year.
2003: Jamaica scales back lottery tax plan. The Jamaica givernment yesterday announced a $15,000 threshold on lottery winnings, before the 15 per cent tax is applied.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.27 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2025
2.$760 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2024
3.$648 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2013
4.$520 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2023
5.$429 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2022
6.$372 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2019
7.$352.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2021
8.€329.14 Million US$348.46 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2022
9.$310 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2020
10.$287 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2020
11.$284 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2018
12.$262 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 19, 2018
13.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2017
14.$223 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 19, 2017
15.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2015
16.$163.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2002
17.$163 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2007
18.$160 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2019
18.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2021
20.€135 Million
US$159.62 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 19, 2017
21.$149.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2022
22.€125.56 Million
US$142.13 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2021
23.$140 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 18, 2009
24.$135 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 16, 2011
25.$123 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 17, 2010

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1995: icaniwill
Saturday, Dec 16, 1995
30 years old
1994: markiel29
Friday, Dec 16, 1994
31 years old
1991: Jessieadkins
Monday, Dec 16, 1991
34 years old
1987: mxfreekstyle
Wednesday, Dec 16, 1987
38 years old
1985: Getmoney816
Monday, Dec 16, 1985
40 years old
1984: Kingjohnson1984
Sunday, Dec 16, 1984
41 years old
1980: sugabear
Tuesday, Dec 16, 1980
45 years old
1980: Asiandrea
Tuesday, Dec 16, 1980
45 years old
1977: shawndon77
Friday, Dec 16, 1977
48 years old
1975: Mr777MLK
Tuesday, Dec 16, 1975
50 years old
1973: wander73
Sunday, Dec 16, 1973
52 years old
1967: pelletman
Saturday, Dec 16, 1967
58 years old
1966: gra8*2win
Friday, Dec 16, 1966
59 years old
1966: Maurice 66
Friday, Dec 16, 1966
59 years old
1966: strat156
Friday, Dec 16, 1966
59 years old
1958: tamia046
Tuesday, Dec 16, 1958
67 years old
1957: mrbigman61
Monday, Dec 16, 1957
68 years old
1957: Ni4Ni
Monday, Dec 16, 1957
68 years old
1954: jmrappa2002
Thursday, Dec 16, 1954
71 years old
1949: jofa269
Friday, Dec 16, 1949
76 years old
: DrannyMa7
(year not provided)
: lataylo45
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of Batang Kali in Selangor, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31.
2014: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.
2013: A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured.
2011: Zhanaozen massacre: Violent protests by oil workers take place in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, leading to 16 people dead and 100 injured by the security forces.
1992: 1992 deportation of Hamas members: Israeli authorities began deporting hundreds of Palestinians suspected to be members of Hamas across the Lebanese border.
1989: Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
1986: Jeltoqsan: Riots erupt in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, in response to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of ethnic Kazakh Dinmukhamed Kunaev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and his replacement with Gennady Kolbin, an ethnic Russian from the Russian SFSR.
1973: Aeroflot Flight 2022 crashes in the Soviet Union's (now Russia) Volokolamsky District, killing all 51 aboard, including four Lithuanian doctors.
1972: The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was enacted.
1971: Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh and Vijay Diwas in India respectively.
1971: The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
1968: Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
1960: A United Air Lines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
1951: A Miami Airlines Curtiss C-46 Commando crashes in Elizabeth, New Jersey, killing all 58 aboard including dancer Doris Ruby.
1944: World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.
1942: The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz.
1920: The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5M_w , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
1914: World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
1912: First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
1905: In Rugby Union, The "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park.
1883: Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel.
1882: Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.
1880: Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.
1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Nashville ends as the Union Army of the Cumberland under General George H. Thomas routs and destroys the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General John Bell Hood, ending its effectiveness as a combat unit.
1863: American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints General Joseph E. Johnston to replace General Braxton Bragg as commander of the Army of Tennessee.
1850: The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton, New Zealand.
1838: Great Trek: Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
1826: Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
1811: The first two in a series of four severe earthquakes occur in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.
1782: British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah.
1777: Virginia becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. [1]
1773: American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
1761: Seven Years' War: After a four-month siege, the Russians under Pyotr Rumyantsev take the Prussian fortress of Kołobrzeg.
1707: Most Recent Eruption of Mount Fuji.
1689: Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
1653: English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1598: Seven-Year War: Battle of Noryang: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory.
1575: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.5M_w strikes Valdivia, Chile.
1497: Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River at the southern tip of Africa, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
1431: Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris.
755: An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Yanjing, initiating the An Lushan Rebellion during the Tang dynasty of China.
714: Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the Merovingian palace, dies at Jupille (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson Theudoald, while his widow Plectrude holds actual power in the Frankish Kingdom.
533: The Digest, the great collection of all Roman jurists' law, is issued together with a new official law textbook for legal schools, The Institutes.

Births On This Day

2001: Kai Cenat, American streamer
1998: Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player
1998: Zhou Jieqiong, Chinese singer and actress
1996: Wilfred Ndidi, Nigerian footballer
1996: Sergio Reguilón, Spanish footballer
1996: Henry Thornton, Australian cricketer
1994: Nigel Hayes, American basketball player
1994: Elliot Lee, English footballer
1994: Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
1994: José Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
1993: Jyoti Amge, Indian actress
1993: Stephan James, Canadian actor
1992: Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
1992: Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
1992: Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
1992: Tom Rogic, Australian footballer
1991: Craig Goodwin, Australian footballer
1991: David Johnson, American football player
1990: Rebecca Marino, Canadian tennis player
1989: Mikkel Bødker, Danish ice hockey player
1988: Mats Hummels, German footballer
1988: Anna Popplewell, English actress
1988: Alexey Shved, Russian basketball player
1987: Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
1987: Beau Dowler, Australian footballer
1987: Hallee Hirsh, American actress
1986: Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
1986: Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer (died 2013)
1986: Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor.
1985: Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
1985: James Nash, English race car driver
1985: Amanda Setton, American actress
1984: Theo James, English actor
1983: Kelenna Azubuike, Nigerian-American basketball player
1983: Frankie Ballard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983: Joey Dorsey, American basketball player
1982: Antrel Rolle, American football player
1982: Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
1982: Stanislav Šesták, Slovak footballer
1981: Krysten Ritter, American actress, musician, and model
1981: Reanna Solomon, Nauruan weightlifter (died 2022)
1981: Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
1980: Danish Kaneria, Pakistani cricketer
1979: Trevor Immelman, South African golfer
1979: Brodie Lee, American wrestler (died 2020)
1979: Daniel Narcisse, French handball player
1979: Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter
1979: Jessie Ward, American wrestler and producer
1978: John Morris, Canadian curler and firefighter
1978: Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer and manager
1977: Éric Bélanger, Canadian ice hockey player
1977: Sylvain Distin, French footballer
1976: Jen Golbeck, American computer scientist and academic
1975: Valentin Bădoi, Romanian footballer and manager
1975: Kaba Diawara, French-Guinean footballer
1975: Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975: Paul Maynard, English politician
1973: Themba Mnguni, South African footballer
1973: Scott Storch, American songwriter and producer, founded Storch Music Company
1972: Charles Gipson, American baseball player
1972: Zeljko Kalac, Australian soccer player and manager
1972: Paul Leyden, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1972: Travis Morrison, American singer-songwriter
1971: Seyhan Kurt, French-Turkish poet and sociologist
1971: Paul van Dyk, German musician, producer and DJ
1971: Michael McCary, American R&B singer
1970: Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress and publicist
1970: Daniel Cosgrove, American actor
1969: Simon Grayson, English footballer and manager
1969: Kent Hehr, Canadian politician
1969: Adam Riess, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
1969: Michelle Smith, Irish swimmer
1969: Dmitri Tymoczko, American composer and theorist
1969: Craig White, English cricketer and coach
1968: Wendy Doolan, Australian golfer
1968: Lalah Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1968: Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (died 2013)
1967: Donovan Bailey, Canadian sprinter and sportscaster
1967: Indrek Kaseorg, Estonian decathlete
1967: Miranda Otto, Australian actress
1966: Fatima Lamarti, Belgian politician
1966: Paul McGinley, Irish golfer
1966: Clifford Robinson, American basketball player (died 2020)
1966: Dennis Wise, English footballer and manager
1965: Melanie Sloan, American lawyer and activist
1965: J. B. Smoove, American comedian, writer, and actor
1964: Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper
1964: Todd Glass, American comedian
1964: John Kirwan, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1964: Georgie Parker, Australian actress
1964: Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster
1963: Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer
1963: Cathy Johnston-Forbes, American golfer
1963: James Mangold, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Nadia Moscufo, Belgian politician
1962: Maruschka Detmers, Dutch-French actress
1962: William Perry, American football player and wrestler
1961: André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1961: Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1961: Bill Hicks, American comedian and musician (died 1994)
1961: LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer
1961: Sam Robards, American actor
1961: Jon Tenney, American actor and director
1960: Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager
1959: H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
1959: Alison La Placa, American actress
1959: Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
1959: Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator
1958: Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
1958: Jeff Ruland, American basketball player
1957: Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
1956: Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter (died 2004)
1955: Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
1955: Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
1955: Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
1955: Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter
1953: Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter
1952: Joel Garner, Barbadian cricketer and manager
1952: Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer and manager
1951: Aykut Barka, Turkish scientist (died 2002)
1951: Sally Emerson, English author and poet
1951: Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2011)
1951: Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter
1951: Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1992)
1950: Claudia Cohen, American journalist (died 2007)
1950: Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (died 2006)
1949: Billy Gibbons, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1949: Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge
1947: Ben Cross, English actor (died 2020)
1947: Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
1947: Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic
1947: Trevor Żahra, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator
1946: Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1946: Charles Dennis, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946: Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor
1946: Tom Stern, American cinematographer
1945: Tony Hicks, English singer and guitarist
1944: Jeff Kanew, American director and screenwriter
1944: Don Meyer, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)
1943: Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (died 2018)
1943: Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (died 2017)
1942: Donald Carcieri, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of Rhode Island
1941: Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
1941: Roger Neil Wheeler, English general
1939: Philip Langridge, English tenor (died 2010)
1939: Gordon Miller, English high jumper
1938: Frank Deford, American journalist and author (died 2017)
1938: Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
1937: Joyce Bulifant, American actress
1937: Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer
1936: Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
1932: Grace Alele-Williams, Nigerian mathematician and academic (died 2022)
1932: Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator
1932: Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (died 1968)
1930: Bill Brittain, American author (died 2011)
1930: Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (died 2013)
1930: Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (died 2013)
1929: Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor (died 2011)
1928: Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer (died 2024)
1928: Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (died 1982)
1927: Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (died 2015)
1927: Randall Garrett, American author and poet (died 1987)
1926: James McCracken, American tenor and actor (died 1988)
1926: A. N. R. Robinson, Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2014)
1926: Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (died 2012)
1924: Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator (died 1993)
1923: Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist (died 2023)
1923: Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (died 2014)
1922: Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records (died 2008)
1921: Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2003)
1920: Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (died 2005)
1917: Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (died 2011)
1917: Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (died 2013)
1917: Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction writer (died 2008)
1916: Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide (died 2024)
1914: O. Winston Link, American photographer (died 2001)
1913: George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1989)
1910: Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster (died 1991)
1908: Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (died 1963)
1907: Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress (died 2011)
1905: Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (died 1996)
1905: Ruben Nirvi, Finnish linguist and professor (died 1986)
1903: Hardie Albright, American actor (died 1975)
1903: Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach (died 1985)
1902: Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1999)
1901: Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (died 1978)
1900: Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer (died 1999)
1900: V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (died 1997)
1899: Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (died 1973)
1896: Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (died 1984)
1895: Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator (died 1984)
1889: Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader (died 1930)
1888: Alexander I of Yugoslavia (died 1934)
1888: Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (died 1967)
1884: John Gunn, Australian politician, 29th Premier of South Australia (died 1959)
1884: Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (died 1987)
1883: Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician (died 1977)
1883: Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1925)
1882: Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (died 1963)
1882: Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (died 1967)
1882: Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (died 1974)
1872: Anton Denikin, Russian general (died 1947)
1869: Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (died 1952)
1869: Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer (died 1943)
1867: Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (died 1951)
1866: Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (died 1944)
1865: Olavo Bilac, Brazilian journalist and poet (died 1918)
1863: George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (died 1952)
1861: Antonio de La Gándara, French painter and illustrator (died 1917)
1849: Mary Hartwell Catherwood, American author and poet (died 1902)
1836: Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (died 1907)
1834: Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and theorist (died 1910)
1812: Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (died 1867)
1804: Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1889)
1790: Leopold I of Belgium (died 1865)
1787: Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (died 1855)
1778: John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (died 1841)
1776: Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)
1775: Jane Austen, English novelist (died 1817)
1775: François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer (died 1834)
1770: Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (died 1827)
1742: Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (died 1819)
1730: Diego Silang, Filipino revolutionary leader (died 1763)
1717: Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar (died 1806)
1716: Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (died 1798)
1714: George Whitefield, English Anglican priest (died 1770)
1630: Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist (died 1715)
1614: Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (died 1674)
1605: Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (died 1663)
1585: Livia della Rovere, Italian noble (died 1641)
1584: John Selden, English jurist and scholar (died 1654)
1582: Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (died 1642)
1534: Hans Bol, Flemish artist (died 1593)
1485: Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess, later queen consort of England (died 1536)
1364: Emperor Manuel III of Trebizond (died 1417)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player (born 1943)
2017: Keely Smith, American singer and actress (born 1928)
2015: Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (born 1927)
2015: Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (born 1950)
2015: George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (born 1926)
2014: Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (born 1947)
2014: Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (born 1955)
2013: James Flint, English commander (born 1913)
2013: Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1926)
2013: Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (born 1951)
2012: Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (born 1920)
2012: Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (born 1972)
2011: Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (born 1930)
2011: Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (born 1938)
2010: Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1923)
2010: Ayinde Barrister, Nigerian fuji musician (born 1948)
2009: Roy E. Disney, American businessman (born 1930)
2009: Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (born 1956)
2009: Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician, 22nd South African Minister of Health (born 1940)
2007: Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
2006: Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler and trainer (born 1940)
2006: Taliep Petersen, South African singer-songwriter and director (born 1950)
2006: Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist and educator (born 1922)
2006: Stanford J. Shaw, American historian and academic (born 1930)
2005: Kenneth Bulmer, English author (born 1921)
2005: Ed Hansen, American director and screenwriter (born 1937)
2005: John Spencer, American actor (born 1946)
2004: Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (born 1933)
2004: Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (born 1946)
2004: Agnes Martin, American painter and educator (born 1912)
2003: Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1914)
2003: Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (born 1945)
2001: Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1958)
2001: Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (born 1913)
1998: William Gaddis, American author and academic (born 1922)
1997: Lillian Disney, American illustrator and philanthropist (born 1899)
1996: Quentin Bell, English historian and author (born 1910)
1993: Moses Gunn, American actor (born 1929)
1993: Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1918)
1991: Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress and journalist (born 1938)
1989: Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (born 1913)
1989: Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (born 1930)
1989: Aileen Pringle, American actress (born 1895)
1989: Lee Van Cleef, American actor (born 1925)
1985: Thomas Bilotti, American mobster (born 1940)
1985: Paul Castellano, American mobster (born 1915)
1984: Karl Deichgräber, German philologist and academic (born 1903)
1983: Debs Garms, American baseball player (born 1907)
1983: Mitchell WerBell III, American mercenary (born 1918)
1982: Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (born 1928)
1980: Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (born 1890)
1980: Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer (born 1900)
1977: Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)
1976: Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1917)
1974: Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (born 1884)
1970: Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (born 1914)
1969: Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (born 1899)
1969: Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (born 1942)
1968: Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (born 1912)
1968: Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (born 1916)
1965: W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (born 1874)
1961: Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1882)
1956: Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (born 1890)
1952: Robert Henry Best, American journalist (born 1896)
1949: Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1873)
1945: Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (born 1866)
1945: Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1891)
1944: Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (born 1885)
1943: George Bambridge, English diplomat (born 1892)
1940: Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (born 1858)
1940: Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (born 1866)
1936: Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (born 1865)
1935: Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (born 1905)
1928: Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (born 1885)
1922: Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian-Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (born 1865)
1921: Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1835)
1917: Frank Gotch, American wrestler (born 1878)
1908: American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (born 1840)
1898: Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (born 1832)
1897: Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1840)
1892: Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (born 1810)
1859: Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (born 1786)
1809: Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (born 1755)
1805: Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (born 1746)
1783: Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (born 1699)
1783: Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (born 1720)
1774: François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (born 1694)
1751: Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (born 1700)
1687: William Petty, English economist and philosopher (born 1623)
1669: Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (born 1608)
1598: Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (born 1545)
1594: Allison Balfour, Scottish witch
1583: Ivan Fyodorov, Russian printer
1558: Thomas Cheney, English diplomat and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1515: Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd Viceroy of Portuguese India (born 1453)
1474: Ali Qushji, Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (born 1403)
1470: John II, duke of Lorraine (born 1424)
1379: John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, English general and politician, Lord Marshall of England (born 1348)
1378: Secondotto, marquess of Montferrat (born 1360)
1325: Charles, French nobleman (born 1270)
1316: Öljaitü, Mongolian ruler (born 1280)
1263: Haakon IV, king of Norway (born 1204)
1153: Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester, Norman nobleman
999: Adelaide of Italy, Holy Roman Empress (born 931)
902: Wei Yifan, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
882: John VIII, pope of the Catholic Church
874: Ado, archbishop of Vienne
867: Eberhard of Friuli, Frankish duke (born 815)
714: Pepin of Herstal, Frankish statesman (born 635)
705: Wu Zetian, Empress of the Zhou dynasty (born 624)
604: Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (born 553)

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