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December 21

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December 21

December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 10 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: No winner again: Powerball jackpot hits $1.6 billion in longest-ever rollover run. Following the massive Powerball drawing worth $1.43 billion Saturday night, get ready to head back to your local lottery retailer, because things have gotten even more interesting.
2024: $944 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot set to make holiday wishes come true. Nine months after Mega Millions delivered a $1.13 billion jackpot to one ticket sold in New Jersey, the multi-state lottery game is back with a jackpot to be drawn Tuesday that is also nearing the $1 billion mark.
2023: Virginia man who won $1,000 a week lottery prize in Cash4Life says it's just "good". A Virginia man didn't really have anything enthusiastic to say about winning a lottery prize of $1,000 a week for life in Cash4Life.
2016: Anonymous donor gives church $100k winning lottery ticket. Somebody won a $100,000 lottery ticket and instead of cashing it in themselves, they handed it over to a church for a higher use.
2015: Prosecutors say Tipton rigged two jackpots he purchased tickets for in Kansas. The former security chief for a national association that operates lotteries personally bought two tickets that won jackpots in Kansas, investigators said Monday, bringing to five the number of states where he may have rigged lottery drawings.
2012: Million-dollar lottery jackpot revives college dream for Brooklyn woman. Hard times forced Linza Ford to drop out of college, but a $1 million lottery jackpot has revived her educational dreams.
2011: $173 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls. Will an incredibly lucky lottery player win a life-changing windfall this week, or will the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game enter into the realm of $200+ million jackpots?
2010: $145M jackpot for tonight's Mega Millions lottery draw. The jackpot for tonight's multi-state Mega Millions lottery draw is $145 million, the most since May 4th.
2010: Idaho Lottery offers free ticket deal. Just in time for the late holiday season shoppers, the Idaho Lottery is offering a two-day special for players on Tuesday and Wednesday this week only.
2009: Idaho Lottery's $1 million raffle almost sold out. The Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle is 90 percent sold out, meaning there are about 25,000 of the $10 tickets still available.
2009: Tenn. lottery scholarships outstrip revenue; day of reckoning looms. A day of reckoning is coming for students and parents over Tennessee's lottery scholarships that could result in tightened eligibility, reduced scholarship awards or both.
2009: $50 lottery game remains popular. The sour economy isn't stopping some big-spending Texans from plopping down $50 for a single lottery ticket.
2009: Ontario Lottery may be sold off. The Liberal government will sign a $200,000 deal with two investment banks within days to do "preliminary research" on privatizing all or part of the problem-prone Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, the Toronto Star has learned.
2007: Georgia Lottery launches talent search. The Georgia Lottery Corporation is searching for a new host/spokesperson for its daily televised drawings and to make special appearances around the state.
2007: $3 million Florida Lottery ticket expires Monday. A lottery winner has one last chance to claim a $3 million Florida Lotto prize.
2007: Vermont could become first state to privatize lottery. No other state has leased its lottery, but Vermont wants to be the first.
2007: GTECH takes half ownership of Chinese lottery firm. Providence, R.I.-based lottery technology company GTECH Global Services Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Italy's Lottomatica S.p.A., has spent $20 million to acquire 50 percent of Tabcorp International Hong Kong Ltd. (TIHK), a Chinese lottery provider.
2007: Don't buy lottery tickets for kids, researcher warns. Parents who buy lottery tickets as presents for their kids are gambling with their children's futures, says a McGill University researcher.
2007: D.C. Lottery thefts tied to lax security processes. D.C. officials learned last year that lax enforcement of security procedures made it possible for a handful of contract employees to steal tens of thousands of dollars in lottery tickets and prize money, according to records released this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the District of Columbia Lottery & Charitable Games Control Board.
2007: Stolen lottery money returned to real winners. Four school board employees, allegedly cheated out of their winning lottery ticket by a retailer who claimed the prize money as his own, received a check for $5.7 million -- plus interest -- Wednesday from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
2005: Police called to convince German lottery winner. A lottery company had to call the police to convince an elderly German woman that she had hit the jackpot, police said on Tuesday.
2005: S.C. Laments N.C.'s Move To Powerball. Now that North Carolina announced that it will be a part of the Powerball lottery, lottery stores in South Carolina said they will lose half of their business, not to mention there won't be as much cash for education.
2004: Details of lottery winner kin's death still sketchy. The 17-year-old granddaughter of the nation's largest lottery winner was found dead near her boyfriend's home, her body wrapped in a sheet and plastic tarp.
2004: NJ couple wins $2.2M Pick 6 Lotto jackpot. A Bayonne couple has claimed the winning ticket in the Dec. 2 New Jersey Pick 6 Lotto jackpot drawing, which carried a jackpot of nearly $2.2 million.
2004: GTECH lands 5-year deal with Finland lottery. Lottery systems operator Gtech Holdings Corp. reported Monday that it signed a five year deal with the Finnish national lottery.
2004: Tennesse lottery markets tickets as Christmas gifts. For the first Christmas in the Volunteer State since the lottery started last January, Tennessee Lottery President Rebecca Paul is marketing lottery tickets as inexpensive gifts that can potentially grow in value.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.59 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 22, 2025
2.$1 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 24, 2024
3.$626.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 23, 2023
4.$510 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 23, 2022
5.$378.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 22, 2021
6.€332.01 Million US$352.26 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 22, 2022
7.$330 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 22, 2020
8.$321 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 23, 2020
9.$305 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 21, 2018
10.$300 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 23, 2017
11.$281 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 22, 2018
12.$253 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 22, 2017
13.$227 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 23, 2015
14.$216.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 21, 2002
15.$173 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 23, 2011
16.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 21, 2019
16.$171 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 21, 2021
18.$170.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 21, 2022
19.$162 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 22, 2009
20.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 21, 2010
21.€128.1 Million
US$144.52 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 21, 2021
22.$142 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 23, 2014
23.$137 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 24, 2003
24.€100 Million
US$131.91 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 21, 2012
25.€101 Million
US$115.18 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 21, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1996: ThaJackpotkid
Saturday, Dec 21, 1996
29 years old
1981: R Hines
Monday, Dec 21, 1981
44 years old
1978: ILLotteryX
Thursday, Dec 21, 1978
47 years old
1978: Quaina78
Thursday, Dec 21, 1978
47 years old
1978: Tonye78
Thursday, Dec 21, 1978
47 years old
1977: KMOMO
Wednesday, Dec 21, 1977
48 years old
1977: Juicy$969706
Wednesday, Dec 21, 1977
48 years old
1977: LadyT96
Wednesday, Dec 21, 1977
48 years old
1976: bake
Tuesday, Dec 21, 1976
49 years old
1976: Mystomelo
Tuesday, Dec 21, 1976
49 years old
1975: owanna3711
Sunday, Dec 21, 1975
50 years old
1975: sagitariorobles
Sunday, Dec 21, 1975
50 years old
1972: softysecret
Thursday, Dec 21, 1972
53 years old
1968: vblar
Saturday, Dec 21, 1968
57 years old
1957: ejpete
Saturday, Dec 21, 1957
68 years old
1951: Mamomark
Friday, Dec 21, 1951
74 years old
1946: purpleheart
Saturday, Dec 21, 1946
79 years old
1943: marymoon
Tuesday, Dec 21, 1943
82 years old
: UniverseNumbers
(year not provided)
: Buckeye
(year not provided)
: whodeani
(year not provided)
: Chi-Chi
(year not provided)
: dudes$place
(year not provided)
: Ladyrocket
(year not provided)
: spiritmonkey
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2023: Fourteen people are killed and 25 others injured during a mass shooting at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. The perpetrator, a student at the university, kills himself after police arrived; he also killed his father before the shooting.
2020: A great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurs, with the two planets separated in the sky by 0.1 degrees. This is the closest conjunction between the two planets since 1623.
2012: 2012 phenomenon: Festivities are held in parts of Mesoamerica to commemorate the conclusion of b'ak'tun 13, a roughly 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar whose passing many New Age spiritualists had earlier held to portend a variety of cataclysmic or transformative events.
2006: The Juraj Dobrila University of Pula is established.
2004: Iraq War: A suicide bomber kills 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, Iraq, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers in Iraq.
1999: The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
1999: Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.
1995: The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
1992: A Dutch DC-10, flight Martinair MP 495, crashes at Faro Airport, Portugal, killing 56.
1991: Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The leaders of 11 now effectively autonomous Soviet republics sign the Alma-Ata Protocol establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in place of the collapsing Soviet Union.
1988: A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270. This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur on British soil.
1988: The first flight of Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft in the world.
1979: Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
1973: The Geneva Conference on the Arab-Israeli conflict opens.
1970: First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.
1968: Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
1967: Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.
1965: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.
1963: "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000-30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.
1946: An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.
1941: World War II: A Thai-Japanese Pact of Alliance is signed.
1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
1936: First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
1934: Lieutenant Kijé, one of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known works, premiered.
1923: United Kingdom and Nepal formally sign an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal-Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.
1919: American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
1913: Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
1910: An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
1907: The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
1891: James Naismith, a Canadian-American gym teacher at Springfield College, publishes the first rules for the game now known as basketball and brings it to his class, which then plays the first game of basketball.
1883: The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.
1879: World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1872: Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
1861: Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
1844: The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers commences business at its cooperative in Rochdale, England, starting the Cooperative movement.
1832: Egyptian-Ottoman War: Egyptian forces decisively defeat Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya.
1826: American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
1620: Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land near what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1598: Battle of Curalaba: The revolting Mapuche, led by cacique Pelentaru, inflict a major defeat on Spanish troops in southern Chile.
1361: The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Jaén resulting in a Castilian victory.
1237: The city of Ryazan is sacked by the Mongol army of Batu Khan.
1140: After a siege of several weeks, the city of Weinsberg and its castle surrender to Conrad III of Germany.
1124: Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning of Pope Celestine II.
AD 69: The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors.

Births On This Day

2006: Cooper Flagg, American basketball player
2002: Clara Tauson, Danish tennis player
1997: Madelyn Cline, American actress and model
1997: Charlie McAvoy, American ice hockey player
1996: Ben Chilwell, English footballer
1996: Kaitlyn Dever, American actress
1994: Luke Brooks, Australian rugby league player
1992: Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, American football player
1992: Jamie Oleksiak, Canadian ice hockey player
1991: Nic Maddinson, Australian cricketer
1991: Otis, American wrestler
1991: Riccardo Saponara, Italian footballer
1989: Mark Ingram II, American football player
1989: Tamannaah, Indian actress
1988: Danny Duffy, American baseball player
1988: Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler
1987: Khris Davis, American baseball player
1985: Tom Sturridge, English actor
1983: Taylor Teagarden, American baseball player
1983: Steven Yeun, American actor
1982: Primo Colón, Puerto Rican wrestler
1982: Philip Humber, American baseball player
1982: Tom Payne, English actor
1981: Marta Fernández, Spanish basketball player
1981: Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
1979: Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2015)
1978: Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
1978: Charles Dera, American pornographic actor, dancer, model, and mixed martial arts fighter
1978: Shaun Morgan, South African musician, singer, and guitarist
1978: Rutina Wesley, American actress
1977: Buddy Carlyle, American baseball player
1977: Corey Collymore, Barbadian cricketer
1977: Leon MacDonald, New Zealand rugby player
1977: Emmanuel Macron, French politician, 25th President of France
1977: Freddy Sanchez, American baseball player
1975: Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballerina
1974: Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
1973: Irakli Alasania, Georgian colonel and politician, Georgian Minister of Defense
1973: Matías Almeyda, Argentine footballer and manager
1972: Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Indian politician, 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
1971: Matthieu Chedid, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971: Natalie Grant, American singer-songwriter and author
1969: Julie Delpy, French model, actress, director, and screenwriter
1969: Mihails Zemļinskis, Latvian footballer, coach, and manager
1967: Terry Mills, American basketball player and coach
1967: Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Georgia
1966: Michelle Hurd, American actress
1966: William Ruto, 5th President of Kenya
1966: Kiefer Sutherland, British-Canadian actor, director, and producer
1965: Glenn Coleman, Australian rugby league player
1965: Andy Dick, American actor and comedian
1965: Anke Engelke, Canadian-German actress, director, and screenwriter
1964: Kunihiko Ikuhara, Japanese director and illustrator
1964: Joe Kocur, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963: Govinda, Indian actor, singer, and politician
1961: Ryuji Sasai, Japanese bass player and composer
1960: Sherry Rehman, Pakistani journalist, politician, and diplomat, 25th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
1959: Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter and actress (died 1998)
1959: Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Indian cricketer
1958: Tamara Bykova, Russian high jumper
1957: Ray Romano, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1957: Tony Lewis, English singer and songwriter (died 2020)
1956: Dave Laut, American shot putter (died 2009)
1955: Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
1955: Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
1954: Chris Evert, American tennis player and coach
1953: András Schiff, Hungarian-English pianist and conductor
1953: Betty Wright, American singer-songwriter (died 2020)
1952: Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (died 2015)
1952: Dennis Boutsikaris, American actor
1952: Steve Furniss, American swimmer
1951: Steve Perryman, English footballer and manager
1950: Jeffrey Katzenberg, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation
1950: Max Maven, American magician and mentalist (died 2022)
1950: Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
1949: Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (died 1987)
1949: Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek lawyer and politician
1948: Barry Gordon, American actor and voice artist; longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild (1988-95)
1948: Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
1948: Dave Kingman, American baseball player
1947: Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2014)
1946: Roy Karch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946: Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1998)
1945: Doug Walters, Australian cricketer
1944: Michael Tilson Thomas, American pianist, composer, and conductor
1944: Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese diplomat (died 2007)
1943: Albert Lee, English guitarist and songwriter
1943: Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
1942: Hu Jintao, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Paramount leader of China
1942: Carla Thomas, American singer
1940: Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer (died 1993)
1939: Lloyd Axworthy, Canadian academic and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1939: Wafic Saïd, Syrian-Saudi Arabian financier, businessman and philanthropist
1938: Larry Bryggman, American actor
1937: Jane Fonda, American actress and activist
1935: John G. Avildsen, American director, producer, and cinematographer (died 2017)
1935: Lorenzo Bandini, Italian racing driver (died 1967)
1935: Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer (died 2024)
1935: Stela Popescu, Romanian actress (died 2017)
1935: Edward Schreyer, Canadian academic and politician, Governor General of Canada
1935: Janet Metcalf, American politician (died 2025)
1934: Giuseppina Leone, Italian sprinter
1934: Hanif Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer (died 2016)
1933: Jackie Hendriks, Jamaican cricketer
1933: Robert Worcester, American businessman and academic, founded MORI
1932: U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and critic (died 2014)
1932: Edward Hoagland, American author and critic
1930: Phil Roman, American animator
1926: Arnošt Lustig, Czech author and playwright (died 2011)
1926: Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (died 2012)
1923: Wat Misaka, American basketball player (died 2019)
1922: Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (died 1989)
1922: Cécile DeWitt-Morette, French mathematician and physicist (died 2017)
1922: Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (died 2005)
1920: Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and choreographer, founded the Cuban National Ballet (died 2019)
1920: Adele Goldstine, American computer programmer (died 1964)
1920: Iris Cummings, American swimmer and aviator (died 2025)
1919: Doug Young, American voice actor (died 2018)
1918: Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (died 2003)
1918: Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel and politician; 9th President of Austria (died 2007)
1917: Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)
1914: Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist (died 2010)
1913: Arnold Friberg, American illustrator and painter (died 2010)
1911: Josh Gibson, American baseball player (died 1947)
1909: Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese journalist and author (died 1992)
1905: Käte Fenchel, German mathematician (died 1983)
1905: Anthony Powell, English author (died 2000)
1900: Luis Arturo González López, Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (died 1965)
1896: Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (died 1968)
1892: Walter Hagen, American golfer (died 1969)
1892: Rebecca West, English journalist and author (died 1983)
1891: John William McCormack, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1980)
1890: Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
1889: Sewall Wright, American geneticist and biologist (died 1988)
1888: Jean Bouin, French runner and rugby player (died 1914)
1885: Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1960)
1884: María Cadilla, Puerto Rican writer, educator, women's rights activist (died 1951)
1878: Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish-Irish mathematician and philosopher (died 1956)
1877: Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (died 1954)
1876: Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (died 1975)
1872: Trevor Kincaid, Canadian-American zoologist and academic (died 1970)
1872: Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and composer (died 1956)
1872: Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (died 1942)
1868: George W. Fuller, American chemist and engineer (died 1934)
1866: Maud Gonne, Irish nationalist and political activist (died 1953)
1859: Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (died 1936)
1857: Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (died 1932)
1851: Thomas Chipman McRae, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Arkansas (died 1929)
1850: Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer and poet (died 1900)
1843: Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealander journalist, poet, and politician (died 1898)
1840: Ernest de Munck, Belgian cellist and composer (died 1915)
1840: Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, playwright, and activist (died 1888)
1832: John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (died 1906)
1830: Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician (died 1907)
1820: William H. Osborn, American businessman (died 1894)
1815: Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (died 1879)
1811: Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (died 1882)
1805: Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist and academic (died 1869)
1804: Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1881)
1803: Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (died 1894)
1795: Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder (died 1883)
1795: Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic (died 1886)
1778: Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Denmark (died 1860)
1728: Hermann Raupach, German harpsichord player and composer (died 1778)
1714: John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (died 1774)
1672: Benjamin Schmolck, German pastor and composer (died 1737)
1615: Benedict Arnold, Rhode Island colonial governor (died 1678)
1603: Roger Williams, English minister, theologian, and politician, 9th President of the Colony of Rhode Island (died 1684)
1596: Peter Mohyla, Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan and saint (died 1646)
1550: Man Singh I, Mughal noble (died 1614)
1542: Thomas Allen, English mathematician and astrologer (died 1632)
1538: Luigi d'Este, Catholic cardinal (died 1586)
1505: Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (died 1550)
1468: William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers, English baron (died 1524)
1401: Masaccio, Italian painter (died 1428)
968: Minamoto no Yorinobu, Japanese samurai (died 1048)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Michelle Botes, South African actress (born 1962)
2024: Art Evans, American actor (born 1942)
2019: Andrew Clennel Palmer, British engineer (born 1938)
2017: Bruce McCandless II, US astronaut who conducted the first untethered spacewalk (born 1937)
2014: Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1934)
2014: Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (born 1923)
2014: Billie Whitelaw, English actress (born 1932)
2013: Edgar Bronfman Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1929)
2013: John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (born 1922)
2010: Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (born 1927)
2009: Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
2009: Christos Lambrakis, Greek journalist and businessman (born 1934)
2006: Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (born 1940)
2004: Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and neurologist (born 1925)
1998: Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (born 1904)
1992: Stella Adler, American actress and educator (born 1901)
1992: Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1924)
1992: Nathan Milstein, Russian-American violinist and composer (born 1903)
1988: Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
1983: Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (born 1919)
1982: Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (born 1900)
1974: Richard Long, American actor and director (born 1927)
1971: Ásta Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic writer and visual artist (born 1930)
1968: Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1886)
1965: Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (born 1891)
1964: Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (born 1880)
1963: Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (born 1882)
1959: Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (born 1883)
1958: H.B. Warner, English actor (born 1875)
1958: Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (born 1884)
1957: Eric Coates, English viola player and composer (born 1886)
1953: Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (born 1888)
1952: Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (born 1886)
1948: Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (born 1878)
1945: George S. Patton, American general (born 1885)
1940: F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (born 1896)
1937: Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (born 1882)
1937: Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (born 1896)
1937: Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)
1935: Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (born 1878)
1935: Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (born 1890)
1933: Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (born 1879)
1929: I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (born 1859)
1920: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, leader of the Dervish movement (born 1856)
1889: Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (born 1809)
1873: Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (born 1839)
1869: Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (born 1791)
1824: James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (born 1755)
1807: John Newton, English soldier and minister (born 1725)
1701: Sir Hugh Paterson, Baronet of Bannockburn (born 1659)
1646: Sophie Axelsdatter Brahe, Danish noblewoman (born 1578)
1610: Catherine Vasa, Swedish princess (born 1539)
1608: William Davison, secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England (born c. 1541)
1597: Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (born 1521)
1581: Jean de la Cassière, 51st Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1502)
1549: Marguerite de Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (born 1492)
1536: John Seymour, English courtier (born 1474)
1504: Berthold von Henneberg, German archbishop (born 1442)
1375: Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (born 1313)
1362: Constantine III, king of Armenia (born 1313)
1338: Thomas Hemenhale, bishop of Worcester
1308: Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (born 1244)
1215: Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Walid, Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilism (born c. 1128)
1001: Hugh of Tuscany, Italian margrave (born 950)
975: Al-Mu'izz, Fatimid caliph (born 932)
956: Sun Sheng, Chinese chancellor
882: Hincmar, French archbishop and historian (born 806)
AD 72: Thomas the Apostle, Roman martyr and saint (born 1 AD)

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