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December 25

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December 25

December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 6 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2024: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2023: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2022: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2021: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2020: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2019: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2018: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2017: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2016: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2015: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2014: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2013: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2012: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2011: Ruling by Justice Dept. opens a door on online gambling. The Justice Department has reversed its long-held opposition to many forms of Internet gambling, removing a big legal obstacle for states that want to sanction online gambling to help fix their budget deficits.
2011: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2010: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2009: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2008: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2007: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2006: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2005: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2004: Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.
2003: Merry Christmas. On this Christmas may you find peace, love, and happiness.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.27 Billion: Multi-State
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Dec 27, 2024
2.$660.3 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 25, 2023
3.$565 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 27, 2022
4.$410 Million: Multi-State
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Draw Date
Dec 25, 2021
5.€335.4 Million US$357 Million: Italy
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Dec 27, 2022
6.$352 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 25, 2020
7.$341 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 26, 2020
8.$337 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 27, 2017
9.$321 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 25, 2018
10.$314.9 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 25, 2002
11.$294 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 26, 2018
12.$277 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 26, 2017
13.$255 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 26, 2015
14.$206 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 27, 2011
15.$204.5 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 26, 2022
16.$201 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 28, 2021
17.$200 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 28, 2010
18.$183 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 25, 2019
19.$170 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 27, 2003
20.$156 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
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Dec 26, 2014
21.€130.55 Million
US$147.84 Million: Italy
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Dec 27, 2021
22.$125 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 26, 2025
22.$125 Million: Multi-State
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Dec 26, 2003
24.€109 Million
US$124.31 Million: Multi-Country
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Dec 25, 2018
25.$124.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
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Dec 25, 2024

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2001: ElKSWin
Tuesday, Dec 25, 2001
24 years old
1990: Themillers2026
Tuesday, Dec 25, 1990
35 years old
1985: Daizie
Wednesday, Dec 25, 1985
40 years old
1985: Vamp
Wednesday, Dec 25, 1985
40 years old
1981: Mslina5462
Friday, Dec 25, 1981
44 years old
1980: Dinosaur25
Thursday, Dec 25, 1980
45 years old
1979: Deletrica
Tuesday, Dec 25, 1979
46 years old
1979: Dichelle1979
Tuesday, Dec 25, 1979
46 years old
1979: Sreypoe
Tuesday, Dec 25, 1979
46 years old
1978: djzhoky
Monday, Dec 25, 1978
47 years old
1976: IPLAY2WIN
Saturday, Dec 25, 1976
49 years old
1974: naywatt
Wednesday, Dec 25, 1974
51 years old
1973: derryl35
Tuesday, Dec 25, 1973
52 years old
1971: sweetpea1971
Saturday, Dec 25, 1971
54 years old
1970: Lele25
Friday, Dec 25, 1970
55 years old
1967: mustangmike
Monday, Dec 25, 1967
58 years old
1967: TexasDreams
Monday, Dec 25, 1967
58 years old
1967: lottoretirement
Monday, Dec 25, 1967
58 years old
1966: Win4MyFamily3
Sunday, Dec 25, 1966
59 years old
1965: ineedawin!
Saturday, Dec 25, 1965
60 years old
1961: xmasbaby
Monday, Dec 25, 1961
64 years old
1960: cheryltaylor
Sunday, Dec 25, 1960
65 years old
1958: WHISH
Thursday, Dec 25, 1958
67 years old
1957: kpayne
Wednesday, Dec 25, 1957
68 years old
1952: dshark2005
Thursday, Dec 25, 1952
73 years old
1948: wmcnease
Saturday, Dec 25, 1948
77 years old
1944: angeleyes7
Monday, Dec 25, 1944
81 years old
1931: Robert Wall
Friday, Dec 25, 1931
94 years old
: OldSchoolPa
(year not provided)
: BUTANE
(year not provided)
: AlanHarvey
(year not provided)
: katie3618
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: EsoLadi
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: Pfogarty43!
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: succezz
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: TehPole
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 of its occupants.
2021: The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.
2020: An explosion in Nashville, Tennessee, occurs, leaving three civilians in the hospital.
2019: Twenty people are killed and thousands are left homeless by Typhoon Phanfone in the Philippines.
2016: A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.
2012: An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.
2012: Air Bagan Flight 011, a Fokker 100, crashes on approach to Heho Airport in Heho, Myanmar, killing two people.
2007: A Siberian tiger named Tatania escapes her exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo and attacks three people, killing one and injuring two more.
2004: The Cassini orbiter releases Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005.
2003: UTA Flight 141, a Boeing 727-223, crashes at the Cotonou Airport in Benin, killing 141 people.
2003: The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
1999: Cubana de Aviación Flight 310, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near Bejuma, Carabobo State, Venezuela, killing 22 people.
1996: The body of American child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found in her family's Boulder, Colorado, home. Her murder remains unsolved.
1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
1989: Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.
1986: Iraqi Airways Flight 163, a Boeing 737-270C, is hijacked and crashes in Arar, Saudi Arabia, killing 63 people.
1977: Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.
1976: EgyptAir Flight 864, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.
1968: Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
1968: Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.
1963: Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
1962: The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1951: A bomb explodes at the home of Harry T. Moore and Harriette V. S. Moore, early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, killing Harry instantly and fatally wounding Harriette.
1950: The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
1946: The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.
1941: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, appointed commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet on December 17, arrives at Pearl Harbor.
1941: World War II: Battle of Hong Kong ends, beginning the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
1941: Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which become the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.
1932: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
1927: B. R. Ambedkar and his followers burn copies of the Manusmriti in Mahad, Maharashtra, to protest its treatment of Dalit people.
1915: The National Protection War breaks out against the Empire of China, as military leaders Cai E and Tang Jiyao proclaim the independence of Yunnan and begin a campaign to restore the Republic.
1914: World War I: A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
1870: Wagner's Siegfried Idyll is first performed.
1868: Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.
1837: Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1,100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee.
1831: The Great Jamaican Slave Revolt begins; up to 20% of Jamaica's slaves mobilize in an ultimately unsuccessful fight for freedom.
1826: The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy concludes after beginning the previous evening.
1815: The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.
1814: Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.
1809: Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22-pound tumor.
1793: Northwest Indian War: General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio.
1776: American Revolutionary War: General George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
1766: Mapuches in Chile launch a series of surprise attacks against the Spanish starting the Mapuche uprising of 1766.
1758: Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
1725: J. S. Bach leads the first performance of the Christmas cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110, making laughter audible in singing.
1724: J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, in Leipzig, based on Luther's 1524 Christmas hymn.
1559: Pope Pius IV is elected, four months after his predecessor's death.
1553: Battle of Tucapel: Mapuche rebels under Lautaro defeat the Spanish conquistadors and executes the governor of Chile, Pedro de Valdivia.
1492: The carrack Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch.
1261: Eleven-year-old John IV Laskaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaiologos.
1130: Count Roger II of Sicily is crowned the first king of Sicily.
1100: Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
1076: Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland.
1066: William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
1046: Henry III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement II.
1025: Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland.
1013: Sweyn Forkbeard takes control of the Danelaw and is proclaimed king of England.
1000: The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.
820: Eastern Emperor Leo V is murdered in a church of the Great Palace of Constantinople by followers of Michael II.
800: The coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome.
597: Augustine of Canterbury and his fellow-labourers baptise in Kent more than 10,000 Anglo-Saxons.
508: Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims, by Saint Remigius.
350: Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus (Serbia) and is forced to abdicate his imperial title. Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension.
336: First documented sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.
333: Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar.
274: A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurelian.
36: Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China.

Births On This Day

2000: Wilfried Singo, Ivorian footballer
1999: Adut Akech, South Sudanese-Australian fashion model
1996: Emiliano Buendía, Argentine footballer
1993: Emi Takei, Japanese actress, fashion model and singer
1992: Mitakeumi Hisashi, Japanese sumo wrestler
1991: Avu-chan, Japanese musician, songwriter, actor, model and producer
1988: Eric Gordon, American basketball player
1988: Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player
1988: Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
1987: Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer
1987: Demaryius Thomas, American football player (died 2021)
1985: Martin Mathathi, Kenyan runner
1985: Rusev, Bulgarian-American professional wrestler
1985: Perdita Weeks, Welsh actress
1984: Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
1984: Alastair Cook, English cricketer
1984: Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer
1984: Lisa Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer
1984: Chris Richard, American basketball player
1982: Shawn Andrews, American football player
1982: Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
1982: Ethan Kath, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter and producer
1982: Chris Rene, American singer-songwriter and producer
1981: Trenesha Biggers, American wrestler and model
1981: Camille Herron, American ultramarathon runner
1981: Christian Holst, Danish-Faroese footballer
1981: Willy Taveras, Dominican baseball player
1980: Laura Sadler, English actress (died 2003)
1980: Marcus Trufant, American football player
1979: Ferman Akgül, Turkish singer-songwriter
1979: Laurent Bonnart, French footballer
1979: Robert Huff, English race car driver
1979: Hyun Young-min, South Korean footballer
1978: Simon Jones, Welsh cricketer
1978: Joel Porter, Australian footballer and manager
1978: Jeremy Strong, American actor
1977: Ali Tandoğan, Turkish footballer
1977: Israel Vázquez, Mexican boxer (died 2024)
1976: Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1976: Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer
1976: Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ and record producer
1975: Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player
1975: Choi Sung-yong, South Korean footballer and manager
1975: Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer
1973: Robbie Elliott, English footballer and coach
1973: Chris Harris, American wrestler
1973: Daisuke Miura, Japanese baseball player and coach
1973: Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist and director
1972: Mac Powell, American singer-songwriter and producer
1972: Qu Yunxia, Chinese runner
1971: Dido, English singer-songwriter
1971: Noel Hogan, Irish musician and songwriter
1971: Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada
1970: Emmanuel Amunike, Nigerian footballer and manager
1970: Rodney Dent, American basketball player
1969: Nicolas Godin, French musician
1969: Noel Goldthorpe, Australian rugby league player
1969: Frederick Onyancha, Kenyan runner
1968: Helena Christensen, Danish model and actress
1968: Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player
1967: Andreas Haitzer, Austrian politician
1967: Jason Thirsk, American bass player (died 1996)
1966: Toshi Arai, Japanese race car driver
1965: Ed Davey, English politician, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
1965: Dmitri Mironov, Russian ice hockey player
1965: David Rath, Czech physician and politician
1964: Ian Bostridge, English tenor
1964: Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer and manager
1964: Bob Stanley, British musician and writer
1962: Francis Dunnery, English musician
1961: Íngrid Betancourt, Colombian political scientist and politician
1959: Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)
1959: Ramdas Athawale, Indian poet and politician
1958: Cheryl Chase, American voice actress and singer
1958: Rickey Henderson, American baseball player and coach (died 2024)
1958: Konstantin Kinchev, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1957: Mansoor Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
1957: Chris Kamara, English footballer and sportscaster
1957: Shane MacGowan, English-Irish singer-songwriter (died 2023)
1954: Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist
1953: Kaarlo Maaninka, Finnish runner
1952: Tolossa Kotu, Ethiopian runner and coach
1952: CCH Pounder, Guyanese-American actress
1952: Desireless, French singer and songwriter
1951: Warren Robinett, American video game designer
1950: Peter Boardman, English mountaineer and author (died 1982)
1950: Karl Rove, American political strategist and activist
1950: Manny Trillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager
1949: Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Brazilian singer
1949: Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan
1949: Sissy Spacek, American actress
1948: Merry Clayton, American singer and actress
1948: Kay Hymowitz, American sociologist and writer
1948: Barbara Mandrell, American singer-songwriter and actress
1948: Joel Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager
1946: Jimmy Buffett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (died 2023)
1945: Rick Berman, American screenwriter and producer
1945: Mike Pringle, Zambian-Scottish lawyer and politician
1945: Noel Redding, English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2003)
1945: Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
1944: Kenny Everett, British comedian and broadcaster (died 1995)
1944: Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer
1944: Sam Strahan, New Zealand rugby player (died 2019)
1943: Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian race car driver and businessman (died 2024)
1943: Ravish Malhotra, Indian pilot and military officer
1943: Eve Pollard, English journalist and author
1943: Hanna Schygulla, German actress
1943: Jacqui McShee, English singer
1942: Françoise Dürr, French tennis player and coach
1942: Barbara Follett, English politician
1942: Barry Goldberg, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)
1942: Enrique Morente, Spanish singer-songwriter (died 2010)
1941: Kenneth Calman, Scottish physician and academic
1940: Hilary Spurling, English journalist and author
1939: Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Pakistani businessman and politician
1939: Bob James, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1939: Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (died 2013)
1938: Duane Armstrong, American painter
1938: Noel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)
1937: Maung Aye, Burmese military officer
1937: O'Kelly Isley Jr., American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (died 1986)
1936: Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
1936: Ismail Merchant, Indian-English director and producer (died 2005)
1935: Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan (died 2020)
1935: Stephen Barnett, American scholar and academic (died 2009)
1935: Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, American educator and politician (died 2007)
1933: Basil Heatley, English runner (died 2019)
1932: Mabel King, American actress and singer (died 1999)
1930: Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian-American boxer and coach (died 2021)
1930: Armenak Alachachian, Armenian basketball player and coach (died 2017)
1930: Mary Rose Tuitt, Montserrat politician (died 2005)
1929: Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (died 2013)
1929: China Machado, Chinese-born Portuguese-American fashion model, editor and television producer (died 2016)
1929: Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (died 1976)
1928: Irish McCalla, American actress and model (died 2002)
1928: Dick Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2019)
1927: Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (died 1975)
1927: Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player (died 2024)
1926: Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (died 1987)
1925: Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (died 1998)
1925: Ned Garver, American baseball player (died 2017)
1925: Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (died 2007)
1924: Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone (died 1975)
1924: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India (died 2018)
1923: René Girard, French-American historian, philosopher, and critic (died 2015)
1923: Louis Lane, American conductor and educator (died 2016)
1922: William Demby, American author (died 2013)
1921: Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (died 2000)
1921: Steve Otto, Polish-Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989)
1919: Naushad Ali, Indian composer and director (died 2006)
1919: Paul David, Canadian cardiologist and politician, founded the Montreal Heart Institute (died 1999)
1919: Noele Gordon, English actress (died 1985)
1918: Anwar Sadat, Egyptian lieutenant and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
1917: Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing (died 2019)
1917: Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (died 2009)
1916: Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (died 2012)
1915: Pete Rugolo, Italian-American composer and producer (died 2011)
1914: James Fletcher Jnr, New Zealand businessman (died 2007)
1914: Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (died 1970)
1913: Candy Candido, American singer, bass player, and voice actor (died 1999)
1913: Tony Martin, American singer (died 2012)
1911: Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (died 2010)
1909: Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American engineer (died 1996)
1908: Quentin Crisp, English author and illustrator (died 1999)
1908: Ernest L. Massad, American general (died 1993)
1908: Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (died 2001)
1907: Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (died 1994)
1907: Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor (died 1990)
1907: Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (died 1988)
1906: Lew Grade, Baron Grade, Ukrainian-English film producer (died 1998)
1906: Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
1904: Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
1904: Philip Vera Cruz, Filipino-American labor leader and farmworker (died 1994)
1903: Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (died 1981)
1902: William Bell, American tuba player and educator (died 1971)
1902: Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1969)
1901: Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (died 2004)
1899: Humphrey Bogart, American actor (died 1957)
1891: Kenneth Anderson, Indian-English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (died 1959)
1891: Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (died 1980)
1890: Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer (died 1987)
1889: Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest (died 1984)
1887: Conrad Hilton, American entrepreneur (died 1979)
1886: Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and activist (died 1918)
1886: Kid Ory, American trombonist and bandleader (died 1973)
1884: Samuel Berger, American boxer (died 1925)
1884: Evelyn Nesbit, American model and actress (died 1967)
1883: Hugo Bergmann, Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic (died 1975)
1883: Hana Meisel, Belarusian-Israeli agronomist and politician (died 1972)
1878: Louis Chevrolet, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Chevrolet (died 1941)
1878: Noël, Countess of Rothes, British philanthropist, social leader and heroine of Titanic disaster (died 1956)
1878: Joseph M. Schenck, Russian-American film producer (died 1961)
1876: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (died 1948)
1876: Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1959)
1875: Francis Aveling, Canadian psychologist and priest (died 1941)
1875: Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (died 1955)
1874: Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (died 1944)
1873: Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator (died 1959)
1872: Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 1965)
1869: Charles Finger, English-American journalist and author (died 1941)
1865: Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (died 1950)
1861: Francis Henry Buzzacott, American hunter, explorer and army scout famous for writing Buzzacott's Masterpiece (died 1947)
1861: Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian educator, lawyer, and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (died 1946)
1856: Pud Galvin, American baseball player and manager (died 1902)
1829: Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American composer and bandleader (died 1892)
1825: Stephen F. Chadwick, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Oregon (died 1895)
1821: Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founder of the American Red Cross (died 1912)
1810: L. L. Langstroth, American apiarist, clergyman and teacher (died 1895)
1776: Sydney, Lady Morgan, Irish author and poet (died 1859)
1771: Dorothy Wordsworth, English diarist and poet (died 1855)
1766: Christmas Evans, Welsh Nonconformist preacher (died 1838)
1757: Benjamin Pierce, American general and politician, 17th Governor of New Hampshire (died 1839)
1745: Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1799)
1730: Filippo Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher (died 1816)
1728: Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (died 1804)
1717: Pope Pius VI (died 1799)
1716: Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (died 1774)
1711: Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (died 1772)
1700: Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1758)
1686: Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian violinist and composer (died 1763)
1674: Thomas Halyburton, Scottish minister and theologian (died 1712)
1665: Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish-English poet and songwriter (died 1746)
1652: Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician, anatomist, and scholar (died 1713)
1642: Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (died 1727)
1628: Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (died 1707)
1601: Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (died 1675)
1584: Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (died 1611)
1583: Orlando Gibbons, English organist and composer (died 1625)
1564: Johannes Buxtorf, German Calvinist theologian (died 1629)
1505: Christine of Saxony, German noblewoman (died 1549)
1493: Antoinette de Bourbon, French noblewoman (died 1583)
1490: Francesco Marinoni, Italian Roman Catholic priest (died 1562)
1461: Christina of Saxony, Queen consort of Denmark (died 1521)
1424: Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (died 1445)
1400: John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1487)
1281: Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln (died 1348)
1250: John IV Laskaris, Byzantine emperor (died 1305)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Britt Allcroft, English writer (born 1943)
2024: Bill Bergey, American football player (born 1945)
2024: Jax Dane, American professional wrestler (born 1976)
2024: M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Indian author and screenwriter (born 1933)
2024: Osamu Suzuki, Japanese businessman (born 1930)
2023: Jim Breaks, British wrestler (born 1940)
2022: Fabián O'Neill, Uruguayan footballer (born 1973)
2021: Wayne Thiebaud, American artist (born 1920)
2020: K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach (born 1932)
2019: Ari Behn, Norwegian writer (born 1972)
2018: Sulagitti Narasamma, Indian midwife (born 1920)
2017: D. Herbert Lipson, American magazine publisher (Philadelphia, Boston) (born 1929)
2016: Valery Khalilov, Russian military musician and composer (born 1952)
2016: George Michael, British singer and songwriter (born 1963)
2016: Vera Rubin, American astronomer (born 1928)
2015: George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (born 1929)
2015: Dorothy M. Murdock, American author and historian (born 1961)
2014: Ricardo Porro, Cuban-French architect (born 1925)
2014: Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (born 1935)
2014: David Ryall, English actor (born 1935)
2013: Anthony J. Bryant, American historian and author (born 1961)
2013: David R. Harris, English geographer, anthropologist, archaeologist and academic (born 1930)
2013: Wayne Harrison, English footballer (born 1967)
2013: Mike Hegan, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1942)
2013: Lola Lange, Canadian rural feminist and appointee to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women (born 1922)
2013: Mel Mathay, Filipino politician, 8th Mayor of Quezon City (born 1932)
2012: Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1940)
2012: Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (born 1918)
2012: Joe Krivak, American football player and coach (born 1935)
2012: Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (born 1959)
2012: Şerafettin Elçi, Turkish lawyer, politician, government minister (born 1938)
2011: Giorgio Bocca, Italian journalist (born 1920)
2011: Jim Sherwood, American saxophonist (born 1942)
2011: Simms Taback, American author and illustrator (born 1932)
2010: Carlos Andrés Pérez, Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela (born 1922)
2009: Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1964)
2008: Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (born 1927)
2007: Des Barrick, English cricketer (born 1927)
2007: Jim Beauchamp, American baseball player and coach (born 1939)
2006: James Brown, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
2005: Derek Bailey, English guitarist (born 1930)
2005: Robert Barbers, Filipino police officer, lawyer, and politician, 15th Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (born 1944)
2005: Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1918)
2005: Joseph Pararajasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, businessman, and politician (born 1934)
2004: Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1940)
2003: Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (born 1929)
2001: Alfred A. Tomatis, French otolaryngologist and academic (born 1920)
2000: Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1939)
2000: Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (born 1908)
1998: John Pulman, English snooker player (born 1923)
1997: Anatoli Boukreev, Kazakh mountaineer and explorer (born 1958)
1997: Denver Pyle, American actor (born 1920)
1996: Bill Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (born 1928)
1995: Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French philosopher and academic (born 1906)
1995: Dean Martin, American singer and actor (born 1917)
1995: Chang Kee-ryo, Korean surgeon (born 1914)
1995: Vincent Patriarca, Italian-American aviator and mercenary (born 1914)
1994: Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (born 1916)
1993: Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (born 1899)
1992: Monica Dickens, British-American nurse and author (born 1915)
1991: Wilbur Snyder, American football player and wrestler (born 1929)
1989: Benny Binion, American poker player and businessman (born 1904)
1989: Elena Ceaușescu, Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania (born 1916)
1989: Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania (born 1918)
1989: Betty Garde, American actress (born 1905)
1989: Frederick F. Houser, American judge and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1905)
1989: Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager (born 1928)
1989: Robert Pirosh, American director and screenwriter (born 1910)
1988: Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (born 1909)
1988: Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle, English entomologist and lepidopterist (born 1920)
1983: Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1893)
1980: Fred Emney, English actor and comedian (born 1900)
1979: Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (born 1906)
1979: Jordi Bonet, Canadian painter and sculptor (born 1932)
1977: Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (born 1889)
1975: Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (born 1881)
1975: Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician and author (born 1913)
1973: İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (born 1884)
1973: Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (born 1880)
1970: Michael Peto, Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (born 1908)
1963: Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (born 1896)
1961: Owen Brewster, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (born 1888)
1961: Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873)
1957: Charles Pathé, French record producer, founded Pathé Records (born 1863)
1956: Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (born 1878)
1953: Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1865)
1953: William Haselden, British cartoonist (born 1872)
1952: Margrethe Mather, American photographer (born 1886)
1950: Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (born 1903)
1949: Leon Schlesinger, American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (born 1884)
1947: Gaspar G. Bacon, American lawyer and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (born 1886)
1946: W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, juggler, and screenwriter (born 1880)
1944: George Steer, South African-English journalist and author (born 1909)
1941: Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (born 1884)
1940: Agnes Ayres, American actress (born 1898)
1938: Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (born 1890)
1935: Paul Bourget, French author and critic (born 1852)
1933: Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (born 1859)
1930: Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (born 1871)
1928: Miles Burke, American boxer (born 1885)
1926: Emperor Taishō of Japan (born 1879)
1925: Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (born 1877)
1921: Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (born 1853)
1916: Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (born 1845)
1880: Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (born 1828)
1875: Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (born 1851)
1868: Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (born 1821)
1866: Hayrullah Efendi, Ottoman physician, historian, and official (born 1818)
1824: Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (born 1764)
1824: William Lawless, Irish revolutionary, later French Army general (born 1772)
1796: Velu Nachiyar, Queen of Sivagangai (born 1730)
1784: Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (born 1716)
1758: James Hervey, English priest and author (born 1714)
1730: Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Scottish peer and general (born 1676)
1708: Jørgen Thormøhlen, German-Norwegian merchant (born c.1640)
1683: Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 111th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1634)
1676: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (born 1592)
1676: Matthew Hale, English lawyer and jurist, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (born 1609)
1635: Samuel de Champlain, French soldier, geographer, and explorer (born 1567)
1634: Lettice Knollys, English noblewoman (born 1543)
1553: Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish explorer and politician, 1st Royal Governor of Chile (born 1500)
1505: George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, English politician (born 1454)
1406: Henry III of Castile (born 1379)
1395: Elisabeth, Countess of Neuchâtel, Swiss ruler
1294: Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania
1156: Peter the Venerable, French abbot and saint (born 1092)
1156: Sverker the Elder, king of Sweden
1147: Guy II, Count of Ponthieu (born c. 1120)
940: Makan ibn Kaki, Iranian general
936: Zhang Jingda, general of Later Tang
820: Emperor Leo V
795: Pope Adrian I
304: Saint Anastasia

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