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December 2

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December 2

December 2 is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 29 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: New Jersey man emerges as sole winner of $1 million at Jets game in second chance drawing. One single lottery player was crowned the biggest winner in the MetLife Stadium on Sunday when he won the $1 million grand prize in the final draw of the New Jersey Lottery's second chance promotion.
2024: California Walmart employee wins $1 million in the lottery after being called in for work on holiday. A California woman begrudgingly went into work after being called in for Labor Day but won $1 million in the lottery because of the last-minute disruption.
2023: Hoosier Lottery Commission votes to approve $50,000 prize claim to winner whose ticket was ripped up. Within the same meeting, the Hoosier Lottery Commission voted to approve a $50,000 prize claim to a winner whose ticket was ripped up and to deny a $500 prize to another scratch-off winner who posted their winning ticket online.
2022: Despite sales influx from $2B Powerball, Massachusetts Lottery ticket sales falter. The Massachusetts State Lottery Tuesday stated it could be in some financial trouble regarding its overall sales for the fiscal year, despite the massive ticket sales generated by the recent Powerball jackpot worth $2 billion.
2021: Mississippi Lottery announces new Cash 4 game. This week, the Mississippi Lottery announced that it is adding a third draw game to its lineup, a daily Pick 4-style game called Cash 4.
2020: Florida player scores $5 million lottery jackpot three years after winning $1 million. Surmounting astronomical odds, one Florida man is taking home a $5 million lottery jackpot after having won a $1 million grand prize three years ago.
2020: Group of ten public workers claim $5.9 million Ohio Lottery jackpot. A group of ten public workers from Ohio who call themselves "The Lucky Ten" just split a $5.9 million Classic Lotto jackpot after spending 16 years playing the lottery together on a weekly basis.
2017: Florida Lottery shuts down popular lottery store. A popular store for Florida lottery players to buy their tickets has been shut down for undisclosed violations to their retailer contract.
2016: Infamous lottery winner's house burns. Firefighters from all over Bland County converged on Deer Run Estates in Rocky Gap, West Virginia, on Friday morning to battle a blaze at lottery winner Jack Whittaker's house.
2016: Alabama gambling council hears from state lottery executives. Louisiana Lottery President Rose Hudson and New Hampshire Lottery Executive Director Charlie McIntyre spoke to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's advisory council on gaming yesterday.
2015: Calif. man wins $10M lottery prize right after winning $1K. Just moments after winning $1,000 on a California Lottery scratch-off ticket, a Modesto man learned that he was the winner of a $10 million prize.
2014: Man to donate $14 million casino jackpot to church. A Las Vegas man who put $20 into a slot machine hit a jackpot Sunday afternoon worth $14 million, and he's donating it all to his church.
2012: Georgia construction worker collects $50M Mega Millions win. A 55-year-old Thomasville construction worker is getting ready to build a new life after winning a $50 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot.
2010: Powerball lottery spreads the wealth in Wednesday's drawing. In Wednesday evening's Powerball multi-state lottery drawing, 34 players hit the Match-5 $200,000 prize level, including nine winners who also purchased Power Play and will walk away with $1 million, and one player won the entire jackpot of $95.3 million.
2010: Nigerian lottery scammer sentenced to 14 years. A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and must pay restitution to 52 people he duped out of more than $2.7 million with bogus lottery companies that he operated out of London.
2009: Missouri Lottery honors 'Clinic Gals'. "The Clinic Gals" of Dexter, Missouri, have been named the December Lottery Team of the Month, earning the group of Powerball-playing co-workers and friends a prize package of Lottery merchandise.
2009: State senator wants to repeal Arkansas Lottery. A state senator who wants to abolish Arkansas' new lottery is scheduled to present her case Wednesday to a legislative panel.
2005: 44 hospital workers split Florida Lotto jackpot. A fortunate group of 44 hospital workers struck it big in the Florida Lottery, claiming a lump-sum prize of $5.9 million, which breaks down to nearly $134,000 per person.
2005: Michigan Mega Millions lottery winners claim prize. A pair of lucky Michigan Mega Millions lottery winners picked up their winnings in Lansing early Thursday.
2005: Connecticut woman steals lottery winnings from purse. A 40-year-old Bridgeport, Connecticut, woman was charged Tuesday with stealing a woman's lottery ticket winnings at Shaw's Supermarket in Fairfield, police said.
2005: Elderly Lottery Winner Donates All Money To Charity. Local media reports that A 71-year-old man in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region who won a lottery jackpot of 5RMB million (US$620,000) has donated all of the money to charity.
2005: N.C. Lottery panel trip may violate open meeting law. The North Carolina State Lottery Commission's planned trip to Tennessee appears to violate open meetings laws, some lawyers argue, although the commission chairman disagrees.
2003: $4 million winner lays low after jackpot. Edward Davis of Ashland, Massachusetts has been lying low since hitting a $4 million Lottery jackpot Friday, but he bought a round of drinks for everyone at the American Legion James O. Carey Post No. 77, where he scored his winning ticket.
2003: Mega wait almost over for lottery's Mega Millions. Lottery players in Texas are anxiously awaiting Mega Millions tickets to go on sale Wednesday.
2003: Company picked to operate North Dakota state lottery. Scientific Games International, which sells Powerball lottery tickets in Montana, Iowa and four other states, has been chosen to provide equipment for North Dakota's entry into the game next year.
2003: Instant ticket grand-prize lottery game still under wraps. Tennessee lottery officials planning an instant ticket grand-prize game, probably as early as February, are still being mum about the details.
2003: Colorado lottery audit unveils woes. State auditors released a report Monday on the Colorado Lottery, finding that its sales may be hitting a ceiling and that profits that should be going to parks and open space are being eaten up by increased prizes used to try to attract more players.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$778.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 3, 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.$377 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2023
5.€320.36 Million US$337.47 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2022
6.$333 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2022
7.$270.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2021
8.$266 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2019
9.$257 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2013
10.$244 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2020
11.€200 Million
US$242.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2020
12.€217 Million
US$234.49 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2023
13.$231 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2020
14.$225.2 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2024
15.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2018
16.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2018
17.$177 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2017
18.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2017
19.€130 Million
US$146.97 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2021
20.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2004
21.€130 Million
US$136.83 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2022
22.€118.39 Million
US$133.93 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2021
23.$128 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 2, 2008
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

1980: mckoyf8953
Tuesday, Dec 2, 1980
45 years old
1979: Hodaggium
Sunday, Dec 2, 1979
46 years old
1979: Steffie1202
Sunday, Dec 2, 1979
46 years old
1978: Imgonnawin19
Saturday, Dec 2, 1978
47 years old
1976: kterry
Thursday, Dec 2, 1976
49 years old
1971: Brian Hall
Thursday, Dec 2, 1971
54 years old
1966: prettybrowneyez
Friday, Dec 2, 1966
59 years old
1965: yasmine
Thursday, Dec 2, 1965
60 years old
1961: comprat
Saturday, Dec 2, 1961
64 years old
1960: johine
Friday, Dec 2, 1960
65 years old
1953: gold50
Wednesday, Dec 2, 1953
72 years old
1950: Lynnwoods
Saturday, Dec 2, 1950
75 years old
: olplugger
(year not provided)
: Salmon
(year not provided)
: Angie3279
(year not provided)
: Shay 52
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: Cannabis is removed from the list of most dangerous drugs of the international drug control treaty by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
2016: Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California, warehouse serving as an artist collective.
2015: San Bernardino attack: Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.
2001: Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
1999: The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.
1993: Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed by police in Medellín.
1993: Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
1992: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-53 for the United States Department of Defense.
1991: Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.
1990: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-35, carrying the ASTRO-1 spacelab observatory.
1989: The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia.
1988: Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.
1988: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-27, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense.
1982: At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
1980: Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.
1977: A Tupolev Tu-154 crashes near Benghazi, Libya, killing 59.
1976: Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
1975: Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
1972: Gough Whitlam is elected the 21st Prime Minister of Australia in the 1972 Australian federal election, defeating William McMahon and leading the Australian Labor Party back into office after 23 years in Opposition.
1971: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
1970: The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
1968: Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 crashes into Pedro Bay, Alaska, killing all 39 people on board.
1962: Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
1961: In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba will adopt Communism.
1957: United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to the Kashmir conflict is adopted.
1956: The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
1954: Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
1954: The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
1950: Korean War: The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ends with a decisive Chinese victory and UN forces are completely expelled from North Korea.
1949: Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.
1947: Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Arabs riot in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
1943: World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SS John Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of mustard gas.
1942: World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
1939: New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
1930: Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
1927: Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
1917: World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
1908: Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
1899: Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, known as the "Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
1867: At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
1865: Alabama ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina, then Georgia; U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
1859: Origins of the American Civil War: Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia).
1852: Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
1851: French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
1848: Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria.
1845: Manifest Destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
1823: Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
1805: War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
1804: At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1766: Swedish parliament approves the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implements it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
1763: Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.
1697: St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated.
1409: The University of Leipzig opens.
1244: Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.

Births On This Day

2004: Ilia Malinin, American competitive figure skater
2003: Neil Erasmus, South African-Australian footballer
1998: Annalise Basso, American actress
1998: Anna Kalinskaya, Russian tennis player
1998: Juice Wrld, American rapper, singer and songwriter (died 2019)
1997: De'Andre Hunter, American basketball player
1996: Jake Doran, Australian cricketer
1995: Uladzislau Hancharou, Belarusian trampolinist
1995: Inori Minase, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
1994: Zach Cunningham, American football player
1994: Aaron Jones, American football player
1994: Elias Lindholm, Swedish ice hockey player
1994: Fumika Shimizu, Japanese actress and model
1994: Tomokaze Yūta, Japanese sumo wrestler
1993: Haruka Ishida, Japanese singer and actress
1993: Kostas Stafylidis, Greek footballer
1992: Sim Bhullar, Canadian basketball player
1992: Gary Sánchez, Dominican baseball player
1991: Chloé Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
1991: Brandon Knight, American basketball player
1991: Charlie Puth, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1990: Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Ghanaian footballer
1990: Gastón Ramírez, Uruguayan footballer
1989: Etta Bond, English singer-songwriter
1989: Matteo Darmian, Italian footballer
1989: Cassie Steele, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1989: Robert Turbin, American football player
1988: Alfred Enoch, English actor
1988: Stephen McGinn, Scottish footballer
1986: Song Ha-yoon, South Korean actress
1986: Claudiu Keșerü, Romanian footballer
1986: Renee Montgomery, American basketball player and executive
1986: Tal Wilkenfeld, Australian bass player and composer
1985: Amaury Leveaux, French swimmer
1985: Dorell Wright, American basketball player
1984: Péter Máté, Hungarian footballer
1983: Action Bronson, American rapper, songwriter, chef, and television host
1983: Chris Burke, Scottish footballer
1983: Bibiana Candelas, Mexican volleyball player
1983: Jaime Durán, Mexican footballer
1983: Eugene Jeter, American-Ukrainian basketball player, coach, and executive
1983: Jana Kramer, American actress and singer
1983: Aaron Rodgers, American football player
1983: Daniela Ruah, Portuguese-American actress
1982: Christos Karipidis, Greek footballer
1982: Matt Walsh, American basketball player
1981: Maria Ferekidi, Greek canoe racer
1981: Eric Jungmann, American actor
1981: Thomas Pöck, Austrian ice hockey player
1981: Danijel Pranjić, Croatian footballer
1981: Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1980: Adam Kreek, Canadian rower
1980: Darryn Randall, South African cricketer (died 2013)
1980: Joel Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
1979: Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer-songwriter and actress
1979: Michael McIndoe, Scottish footballer
1979: Abdul Razzaq, Pakistani cricketer
1978: Jarron Collins, American basketball player and coach
1978: Jason Collins, American basketball player
1978: Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1978: Luigi Malafronte, Italian footballer
1978: Peter Moylan, Australian baseball player
1978: Maëlle Ricker, Canadian snowboarder
1978: David Rivas, Spanish footballer
1978: Andrew Ryan, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1978: Christopher Wolstenholme, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1977: Siyabonga Nomvethe, South African footballer
1976: Masafumi Gotoh, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975: Mark Kotsay, American baseball player and manager
1973: Graham Kavanagh, Irish footballer and manager
1973: Monica Seles, Serbian-American tennis player
1973: Lee Steele, English footballer
1973: Jan Ullrich, German cyclist
1972: Alan Henderson, American basketball player
1972: Sergei Zholtok, Latvian ice hockey player (died 2004)
1971: Wilson Jermaine Heredia, American actor and singer
1971: Rachel McQuillan, Australian tennis player
1971: Jüri Reinvere, Estonian-German composer and poet
1971: Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer
1971: Mine Yoshizaki, Japanese illustrator
1970: Joe Lo Truglio, American actor and comedian
1970: Maksim Tarasov, Russian pole vaulter
1970: Treach, American rapper and actor
1969: Ulrika Bergquist, Swedish journalist
1969: Chris Kiwomya, English footballer
1969: Pavel Loskutov, Estonian runner
1969: Tanya Plibersek, Australian journalist and politician, 45th Australian Minister of Health
1968: David Batty, English footballer
1968: Jiří Dopita, Czech ice hockey player
1968: Darryl Kile, American baseball player (died 2002)
1968: Lucy Liu, American actress and producer
1968: Nate Mendel, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1968: Rena Sofer, American actress
1967: Mary Creagh, English scholar and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
1966: Philippe Etchebest, French chef and television host
1966: Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese wrestler and promoter, co-founded Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
1965: Shane Flanagan, Australian rugby league player and coach
1963: Brendan Coyle, English actor
1963: Ann Patchett, American author
1963: Rich Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1963: Ron Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962: John Dyegh, Nigerian businessman and politician
1960: Peter Blakeley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960: Deb Haaland, American politician, 54th United States Secretary of the Interior
1960: Razzle, English rock drummer (died 1984)
1960: Rick Savage, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1960: Silk Smitha, Indian film actress
1959: Kelefa Diallo, Guinean general (died 2013)
1958: Randy Gardner, American figure skater
1958: Andrew George, English politician
1958: Vladimir Parfenovich, Belarusian canoe racer and politician
1958: George Saunders, American short story writer and essayist
1957: Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian political scientist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Health
1956: Steven Bauer, Cuban-American actor and producer
1954: Dan Butler, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1952: Carol Shea-Porter, American social worker, academic, and politician
1952: Keith Szarabajka, American actor
1950: John Wesley Ryles, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950: Amin Saikal, Afghan-Australian political scientist and academic
1950: Benjamin Stora, Algerian-French historian and author
1950: Paul Watson, Canadian activist, founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
1948: Elizabeth Berg, American nurse and author
1948: T. Coraghessan Boyle, American novelist and short story writer
1948: Patricia Hewitt, Australian-English educator and politician, English Secretary of State for Health
1948: Toninho Horta, Brazilian guitarist and composer
1948: Antonín Panenka, Czech footballer
1947: Isaac Bitton, Moroccan-French drummer and songwriter
1947: Tommy Jenkins, English footballer and manager
1947: Ivan Atanassov Petrov, Bulgarian neurologist and author
1946: John Banks, New Zealand businessman and politician, 38th Mayor of Auckland City
1946: David Macaulay, English-American author and illustrator
1946: Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (died 1997)
1945: Penelope Spheeris, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1945: Alan Thomson, Australian cricketer (died 2022)
1944: Cathy Lee Crosby, American actress and tennis player
1944: Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (died 2006)
1944: Dionysis Savvopoulos, Greek singer-songwriter (died 2025)
1944: Botho Strauß, German author and playwright
1943: Wayne Allard, American veterinarian and politician
1942: Anna G. Jónasdóttir, Icelandic political scientist and academic
1941: Mike England, Welsh footballer and manager
1941: Tom McGuinness, English guitarist, songwriter, author, and producer
1940: Willie Brown, American football player, coach, and manager (died 2019)
1939: Yael Dayan, Israeli journalist, author, and politician
1939: Francis Fox, Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Secretary of State for Canada
1939: Harry Reid, American lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada (died 2021)
1937: Manohar Joshi, Indian lawyer and politician, 15th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2024)
1935: David Hackett Fischer, American historian, author, and academic
1934: Tarcisio Bertone, Italian cardinal
1933: Peter Robin Harding, English marshal and pilot (died 2021)
1933: Mike Larrabee, American sprinter and educator (died 2003)
1931: Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1931: Masaaki Hatsumi, Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Bujinkan
1931: Wynton Kelly, American pianist and composer (died 1971)
1931: Edwin Meese, American lawyer, 75th United States Attorney General
1931: Gareth Wigan, British film studio executive (died 2010)
1930: Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
1930: David Piper, English race car driver
1929: Dan Jenkins, American journalist and author (died 2019)
1929: Leon Litwack, American historian and author (died 2021)
1928: Guy Bourdin, French photographer (died 1991)
1927: Ralph Beard, American basketball player (died 2007)
1925: Julie Harris, American actress (died 2013)
1924: Jonathan Frid, Canadian actor (died 2012)
1924: Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (died 2010)
1924: Else Marie Pade, Danish composer (died 2016)
1924: Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)
1923: Maria Callas, American-Greek soprano and actress (died 1977)
1922: Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek author, poet, and screenwriter (died 2011)
1921: Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal (died 2015)
1917: Sylvia Syms, American singer (died 1992)
1916: Howard Finster, American minister and painter (died 2001)
1915: Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan (died 2016)
1914: Bill Erwin, American actor (died 2010)
1914: Adolph Green, American playwright and composer (died 2002)
1913: Marc Platt, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 2014)
1912: George Emmett, English cricketer and coach (died 1976)
1910: Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author (died 1991)
1910: Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner (died 1979)
1909: Arvo Askola, Finnish runner (died 1975)
1909: Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian-Polish basketball player and coach (died 1987)
1909: Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author (died 1987)
1906: Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (died 1977)
1901: Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian-Italian footballer (died 1986)
1900: Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista, former First Lady of Cuba (died 1993)
1900: Herta Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor (died 1985)
1899: John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (died 1970)
1899: John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (died 1952)
1899: Ray Morehart, American baseball player (died 1989)
1898: Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (died 1918)
1897: Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general (died 1982)
1897: Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist (died 1987)
1895: Harriet Cohen, English pianist (died 1967)
1894: Warren William, American actor (died 1948)
1891: Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator (died 1969)
1891: Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author (died 1987)
1885: George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1950)
1884: Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge (died 1953)
1884: Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet and author (died 1958)
1877: Cahir Healy, Northern Irish Anti Partitionist, writer and politician (died 1970)
1876: Yusuf Akçura, Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism (died 1935)
1866: Harry Burleigh, American singer-songwriter (died 1949)
1863: Charles Edward Ringling, American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus (died 1926)
1860: Charles Studd, England cricketer and missionary (died 1931)
1859: Kateryna Melnyk-Antonovych, Ukrainian historian and archaeologist (died 1942)
1859: Georges Seurat, French painter (died 1891)
1847: Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (died 1939)
1846: Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (died 1904)
1827: William Burges, English architect and designer (died 1881)
1825: Pedro II of Brazil (died 1891)
1817: Heinrich von Sybel, German historian, academic, and politician (died 1895)
1811: Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (died 1885)
1810: Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (died 1892)
1798: António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra, Portuguese magistrate and politician (died 1895)
1760: John Breckinridge, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General (died 1806)
1760: Joseph Graetz, German organist, composer, and educator (died 1826)
1759: James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society (died 1828)
1754: William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York (died 1809)
1738: Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general (died 1775)
1703: Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (died 1759)
1694: William Shirley, English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1771)
1629: Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg, Catholic cardinal (died 1704)
1599: Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, Scottish nobleman (died 1663)
1578: Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist (died 1641)
1501: Queen Munjeong, Korean queen (died 1565)
503: Emperor Jianwen of Liang, emperor of the Chinese Liang dynasty (died 551)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Ed Botterell, Canadian Olympic sailor (born 1931)
2024: Helmut Duckadam, Romanian footballer (born 1959)
2024: Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player (born 1933)
2024: Paul Maslansky, American film producer and writer (born 1933)
2024: Debbie Mathers, Mother of Eminem (born 1955)
2024: Israel Vázquez, Mexican boxer (born 1977)
2020: Pat Patterson, American wrestler (born 1941)
2015: Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (born 1945)
2015: Will McMillan, American actor, director, and producer (born 1944)
2015: George T. Sakato, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1921)
2014: A. R. Antulay, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1929)
2014: Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1931)
2014: Josie Cichockyj, English basketball player and coach (born 1964)
2014: Bobby Keys, American saxophonist (born 1943)
2014: Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (born 1929)
2013: William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (born 1928)
2013: Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (born 1925)
2013: Marcelo Déda, Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1960)
2013: Junior Murvin, Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1946)
2012: Tom Hendry, Canadian playwright, co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre (born 1929)
2012: Ehsan Naraghi, Iranian sociologist and author (born 1926)
2009: Foge Fazio, American football player and coach (born 1938)
2009: Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1945)
2008: Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (born 1930)
2008: Henry Molaison, American memory disorder patient (born 1926)
2008: Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian lawyer and businessman (born 1933)
2008: Renato de Grandis, Italian composer, musicologist, and writer (born 1927)
2007: Jennifer Alexander, Canadian-American ballerina and actress (born 1972)
2007: Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (born 1916)
2006: Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (born 1947)
2005: William P. Lawrence, American admiral and pilot (born 1930)
2005: Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian convicted drug trafficker (born 1980)
2004: Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (born 1910)
2004: Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (born 1921)
2003: Alan Davidson, British soldier, historian, and author (born 1924)
2002: Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (born 1926)
2002: Arno Peters, German cartographer and historian (born 1916)
2000: Gail Fisher, American actress (born 1935)
1999: Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (born 1925)
1997: Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (born 1930)
1997: Michael Hedges, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1953)
1995: Robertson Davies, Canadian author, playwright, and critic (born 1913)
1995: Roxie Roker, American actress (born 1929)
1995: Mária Telkes, Hungarian-American biophysicist and chemist (born 1900)
1993: Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (born 1949)
1990: Aaron Copland, American composer and conductor (born 1900)
1990: Robert Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (born 1908)
1988: Karl-Heinz Bürger, German colonel (born 1904)
1988: Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1922)
1987: Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
1987: Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist (born 1914)
1986: Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, businessman, and television producer (born 1917)
1986: John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (born 1912)
1985: Philip Larkin, English poet, author, and librarian (born 1922)
1983: Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1904)
1982: Marty Feldman, English actor and comedian (born 1934)
1982: Giovanni Ferrari, Italian footballer and manager (born 1907)
1981: Wallace Harrison, American architect, co-founded Harrison & Abramovitz (born 1895)
1980: Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1905)
1980: Romain Gary, Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (born 1914)
1976: Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player and manager (born 1917)
1974: Sylvi Kekkonen, Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen (born 1900)
1974: Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1897)
1969: José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (born 1911)
1969: Kliment Voroshilov, Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd Head of State of The Soviet Union (born 1881)
1967: Francis Spellman, American cardinal (born 1889).
1966: L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (born 1881)
1966: Giles Cooper, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1918)
1957: Harrison Ford, American actor (born 1884)
1957: Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (born 1902)
1953: Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (born 1884)
1953: Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1883)
1950: Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (born 1917)
1944: Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (born 1874)
1944: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (born 1876)
1944: Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (born 1917)
1943: Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (born 1902)
1936: John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (born 1866)
1931: Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (born 1851)
1927: Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (born 1843)
1924: Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (born 1879)
1918: Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (born 1868)
1899: Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (born 1875)
1892: Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (born 1836)
1888: Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1840)
1885: Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People". (born 1826)
1881: Jenny von Westphalen, German author (born 1814)
1859: John Brown, American abolitionist (born 1800)
1849: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (born 1792)
1844: Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (born 1768)
1814: Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (born 1740)
1774: Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (born 1720)
1748: Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1662)
1747: Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (born 1695)
1726: Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (born 1665)
1723: Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (born 1674)
1719: Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (born 1634)
1694: Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (born 1622)
1665: Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (born 1588)
1615: Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (born 1541)
1594: Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (born 1512)
1547: Hernán Cortés, Spanish general and explorer (born 1485)
1515: Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (born 1453)
1510: Muhammad Shaybani, Khan of Bukhara (born 1451)
1469: Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian banker and politician (born 1416)
1463: Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (born 1418)
1455: Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (born 1432)
1381: John of Ruusbroec, Flemish priest and mystic (born 1293)
1348: Emperor Hanazono of Japan (born 1297)
1340: Geoffrey le Scrope, Chief Justice of King Edward III of England
1255: Muhammad III of Alamut, Nizari Ismaili Imam
1022: Elvira Menéndez, queen of Alfonso V of Castile (born 996)
949: Odo of Wetterau, German nobleman
930: Ma Yin, Chinese warlord, king of Chu (Ten Kingdoms) (born 853)
537: Pope Silverius

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