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December 29

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December 29

December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022: Michigan man buys last two scratch-off lottery tickets in store's roll, wins $4 million. A Michigan man who noticed only two Diamond 7s scratch-off lottery tickets were left at his local store decided to buy both of them and won the $4 million top prize.
2022: Store owners return $1M lottery ticket to woman who had thrown it away. A Massachusetts woman who accidentally tossed out a $1 million lottery ticket eventually collected her winnings thanks to the kindness and honesty of the owners of the convenience store where she bought it.
2020: New York Lottery launches "Money Dots" Quick Draw feature. New York Lottery players can now try out the Lottery's newest feature to accompany their Quick Draw keno-style game, an additional drawing called "Money Dots" that takes place every four minutes, right after the drawing for Quick Draw.
2019: EuroMillions £161 million lottery jackpot winner Colin Weir dies aged 71. Colin Weir, winner of the £161 million EuroMillions jackpot in what was Europe's biggest lottery prize, has died at the age of 71 after a short illness. At the time, the jackpot was worth $260.5 million in US dollars.
2015: Tipton granted delay in next trial until July. A judge has delayed the trial for a former lottery official accused of fixing jackpots in several states.
2015: Dutch court rules woman who won lottery during divorce can keep it all. A woman who won a €2.1 million (US$2.3 million) lottery prize during a divorce has no obligation to share it with her ex-husband, according to a Dutch court decision published on Tuesday.
2015: Largest-ever UK Lotto jackpot has players... angry?. In the United States, a record jackpot is cause for celebration and waves of ticket-buying, but in the United Kingdom players are bemoaning tomorrow night's record £42.2 million (US$62.62 million) Lotto jackpot and threatening to boycott the game, according to local media reports.
2014: Elderly Detroit man who recently won lottery missing. The Detroit Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding an 86-year-old man who was last seen earlier this month.
2011: Iowa $16.5M Hot Lotto winner claims prize with two hours to spare. The winning ticket for a $16.5 million lottery jackpot was turned in Thursday less than two hours before it expired, the head of the Iowa Lottery said.
2010: $237 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised again. Will an incredibly lucky lottery player end 2010 with a life-changing windfall, or will the first jackpot of 2011 be more than a quarter billion dollars?
2009: Weeks from losing house, couple wins $7M lottery jackpot. A semi-retired security guard and a social worker from Desert Hot Springs claimed a $7 million lottery jackpot on Monday.
2008: Powerball lottery to have larger jackpot, but harder to win. The Powerball lottery game will be going through some changes beginning in January, including having a larger starting jackpot that is more difficult to win.
2008: CEO: Bonuses in lottery business are necessary. In a year in which the state is cutting back on spending, freezing pay and laying off staffers, Georgia Lottery CEO Margaret DeFrancisco received a $150,000 bonus, and her staff received $2.5 million in bonuses this year.
2008: National Lottery computer fiasco cost winner £800,000. A systems failure at the lottery operator Camelot caused terminals in shops to crash as they tried to issue tickets for the main Lotto draw and even halted Internet sales.
2006: Ontario Lottery delays payouts to 'insider' winners. Christmas came four days early but seven weeks late for a trio of "insider" lottery winners from a small town northeast of Peterborough, Ontario, who faced a lengthy investigation before receiving their big payout.
2006: Connecticut lottery machines offline for hours. Lottery sales were fully restored in New Haven County Friday night, hours after telephone line problems shut down more than 900 state lottery machines earlier in the day.
2005: Breakfast buddies file suit over lottery ticket. A Howland, Ohio couple who won $250,000 playing Mega Millions discovered the hard way that money can come between friends.
2005: N.D. Lottery sales remain strong after two years. It's too early to determine if lottery sales are leveling off nearly two years after the first tickets were sold, according to Chuck Keller, director of the North Dakota Lottery Division.
2005: Penn. man strikes it rich with $1M lottery ticket. Kevin Lutz's lucky number used to be "7" until Christmas Eve and a match of the number "31" made him the second resident near Sayre Borough, Pennsylvania, in two months to win $1 million on a scratch-off ticket.
2005: Lottery winner has just 4 days left to claim $16 million. A UK Lotto multi-millionaire has just four days left to claim £9.4 million (US$16 million).
2005: Horoscope predicted lottery win. Gabrielle and Darren Nash should not have been surprised when they won the £15 million (US$26 million) UK Lotto jackpot on Christmas Eve -- as it had already been predicted.
2004: Mega Millions Jackpot Leaps to $58 Million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $58 million dollars.
2004: Secret Lottery millionaire leaves fortune to charities. Gail German hit the jackpot when she won £1 million (US$1.92 million) playing the UK Lotto, but no one in the tiny hamlet where she lived knew about it.
2004: Oregon lottery sales averaged $249 per resident last year. Oregon Lottery spokesman Chuck Baumann said that per capita Lottery spending totaled $249 during fiscal 2004, up slightly from $239 the previous year.
2004: Kentucky Cash Ball player wins 5 jackpots totaling $1 million. In what Kentucky lottery officials described as a relatively unusual manner of play, the winner of Monday's Cash Ball game picked the same numbers on all five plays: 11, 14, 21, 24 and, for the Cash Ball, 22.
2004: Mass. lottery winner, 94, sues to get lump-sum payment. Louise Outing is 94 years old, and she knows it would be foolish to expect to live another 20. So the lottery winner wants all of her cash now, not in payments spread out over the next two decades.
2003: Tuesday's Mega Millions Jackpot Raised to $155 Million. Today, the 11-member group of Mega Millions announced Tuesday's jackpot would be worth an estimated $155 million, up $5 million from the previous estimated amount.
2003: $210 Million Powerball Jackpot up for Grabs on New Year's Eve. No one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $210 million, with a cash option of $113.9 million. That would rank as the 5th largest Powerball jackpot ever, and would rank as the 7th largest lottery jackpot all-time.
2003: $150M pot so sweet!. With the Mega Millions jackpot growing to $150 million, New Yorkers had at least one lofty New Year's resolution: Get rich - quick.
2003: State lottery kickoff nears. About six weeks from now, Tennesseans will be able to participate in their own state lottery, and through it finance higher education for 65,000 students.
2003: Millionaire antsy. He's got a million reasons to retire, but the idea of sitting back and relaxing in his plush new west-side home is driving lottery winner Donald Majore to distraction.
2003: One ticket wins $3 million Florida Lotto jackpot. One ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers to win a jackpot of $3 million, lottery officials said Sunday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$786.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2023
2.$685 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2022
3.$459.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2021
4.$425 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 1, 2019
5.$384 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2017
6.$376 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2020
7.$363 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2020
8.€337.08 Million US$359.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2022
9.$306 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2017
10.$301.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2015
11.$258.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2022
12.$242 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2010
13.$221 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2003
13.$221 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2021
15.$220 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 1, 2020
16.$172 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2014
17.$166 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2024
18.$155 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2003
19.€132.67 Million
US$150.17 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2021
20.€128 Million
US$147.05 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 1, 2019
21.$138 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 30, 2025
22.€97 Million
US$133.52 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2013
23.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 31, 2014
24.$117 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2015
25.€97.75 Million
US$115.12 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 29, 2025

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: Demeech
Friday, Dec 29, 1989
36 years old
1988: Jortia1229
Thursday, Dec 29, 1988
37 years old
1987: steady
Tuesday, Dec 29, 1987
38 years old
1983: angelsky31
Thursday, Dec 29, 1983
42 years old
1983: SexyScratcher35
Thursday, Dec 29, 1983
42 years old
1982: Quanza45
Wednesday, Dec 29, 1982
43 years old
1981: Annual Payments
Tuesday, Dec 29, 1981
44 years old
1981: Tiff1098
Tuesday, Dec 29, 1981
44 years old
1979: sam9009
Saturday, Dec 29, 1979
46 years old
1979: DameG32
Saturday, Dec 29, 1979
46 years old
1978: tinkman24
Friday, Dec 29, 1978
47 years old
1977: lottoarchitect
Thursday, Dec 29, 1977
48 years old
1977: Hardatwork$
Thursday, Dec 29, 1977
48 years old
1977: crossaka1
Thursday, Dec 29, 1977
48 years old
1971: hobstexas
Wednesday, Dec 29, 1971
54 years old
1969: cali red
Monday, Dec 29, 1969
56 years old
1969: Dgottie69
Monday, Dec 29, 1969
56 years old
1961: anakin13
Friday, Dec 29, 1961
64 years old
1961: Darryle Sampson
Friday, Dec 29, 1961
64 years old
1960: mrmst
Thursday, Dec 29, 1960
65 years old
: last chance
(year not provided)
: Rideinc
(year not provided)
: GrammySyl
(year not provided)
: jminott
(year not provided)
: mcclark64
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.
2023: South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over Israeli conducts in the Gaza Strip.
2020: A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.
2013: A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
2013: Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.
2012: A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.
2006: The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
2003: The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
1998: Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.
1996: Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
1994: Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.
1992: Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
1989: Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.
1989: The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.
1975: A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.
1972: Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.
1940: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians during World War II.
1937: The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
1934: Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
1930: Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
1913: Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.
1911: Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
1890: Wounded Knee Massacre: On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
1876: The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
1874: The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
1862: American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou ends in a Union defeat as forces under General William T. Sherman are repulsed with heavy losses by Confederate troops under General John C. Pemberton.
1860: The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.
1845: The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state.
1835: The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
1812: USS Constitution, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.
1778: American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell defeat American forces under Major General Robert Howe and capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia.
1607: According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.
1503: The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.
1170: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.

Births On This Day

2006: Ethan Mbappé, French footballer
2000: Orkun Kökçü, Dutch-Turkish footballer
2000: Julio Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
2000: Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer
1999: Andreas Skov Olsen, Danish footballer
1999: Francisco Trincão, Portuguese footballer
1998: Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor
1998: Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer
1998: Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ghanaian footballer
1997: Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer
1996: Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer
1996: Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer
1995: Myles Garrett, American football player
1995: Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)
1995: Ross Lynch, American singer and actor
1994: Kristel Fulgar, Filipino actress
1994: Princess Kako of Akishino, Japanese princess
1993: Travis Head, Australian cricketer
1993: Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast
1992: Mislav Oršić, Croatian footballer
1992: Katsuhiro Suzuki, Japanese actor and model
1991: Steven Caulker, English footballer
1991: Patrick Feeney, American sprinter
1990: Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS)
1989: Jane Levy, American actress
1989: Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
1989: Harri Säteri, Finnish ice hockey player
1988: Eric Berry, American football player
1988: Christen Press, American footballer
1988: Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
1987: Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor
1987: Juliana Huxtable, American artist
1987: Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver
1986: Joe Anyon, former English footballer
1986: Derek Ryan, American ice hockey player
1985: Wang Ji-hye, South Korean actress
1985: Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter
1984: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American playwright
1984: Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player
1984: Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player
1983: Jessica Andrews, American singer and songwriter
1983: James Kelly, Australian footballer
1983: Gonzalo Olave, Chilean actor (died 2009)
1983: Angela Scanlon, Irish television presenter and general television personality
1982: Alison Brie, American actress
1982: Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Canadian singer
1982: Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer
1982: Dale Morris, Australian footballer
1982: Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver
1982: Julia Wertz, American cartoonist, writer and urban explorer
1981: Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster
1981: Janice Lynn Mather, Bahamian-Canadian author
1981: Shaun Suisham, American football player
1981: Anna Woltz, Dutch author
1981: Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer
1979: Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer
1979: Yuki Morisaki, Japanese chef and television host
1979: Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress
1979: George Parros, American ice hockey player
1979: Reihan Salam, American political commentator, columnist and author
1979: Ariel Schrag, American cartoonist and screenwriter
1978: Alexis Amore, Peruvian-American porn actress and director
1978: Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician
1978: Matthew Carr, Australian footballer
1978: Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach
1978: Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist
1978: Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist
1978: LaToya London, American singer and actress
1978: Angelo Taylor, American hurdler and sprinter
1977: Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
1977: Katherine Moennig, American actress
1976: Kate Ford, English actress
1976: Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player
1976: Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter
1975: Shawn Hatosy, American actor
1975: Jaret Wright, American baseball player
1974: Asheru, American rapper and producer
1974: O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (died 2015)
1974: Maria Dizzia, American actress
1974: Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer
1974: Mahal, Filipino actress, comedian and vlogger (died 2021)
1974: Mekhi Phifer, American actor
1974: Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach
1974: Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer
1973: Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (died 2007)
1973: Theo Epstein, American businessman
1973: Jenny Lawson, American journalist and author
1972: Andreas Dackell, Swedish ice hockey player
1972: Jason Kreis, American soccer player and manager
1972: Jude Law, English actor
1972: Leonor Varela, Chilean-American model and actress
1971: Besnik Hasi, Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player
1971: Mike Pesca, American radio journalist and podcaster
1971: Um Sang-hyun, South Korean voice actor
1971: Margot Thien, American swimmer
1970: Enrico Chiesa, Italian footballer and manager
1970: Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host
1970: Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese race car driver
1970: Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970: Kevin Weisman, American actor
1969: Jason Cook, English footballer
1969: Jennifer Ehle, American actress
1969: Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver and journalist
1969: José Antonio Noriega, Mexican footballer
1969: Scott Patterson, American financial journalist and author
1968: Li Bun-hui, North Korean table tennis player
1968: James Mouton, American baseball player
1967: Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist
1967: Chris Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967: Lilly Wachowski, American director, screenwriter and producer
1966: Laurent Boudouani, French boxer
1966: Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach
1966: Jason Gould, American actor and singer
1966: Christian Kracht, Swiss author
1966: Jeff Luhnow, American businessman
1966: Danilo Pérez, Panamanian pianist and composer
1965: Dexter Holland, American musician, singer, songwriter, and biologist
1965: John Newton, American actor
1965: Martin Offiah, English rugby league player and sportscaster
1964: Michael Cudlitz, American actor
1964: Josh Harris, American investor and sports team owner
1964: Shingo Tsurumi, Japanese actor
1963: Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiards player
1963: Des Foy, English rugby player
1963: Ulf Kristersson, Swedish politician, Leader of the Swedish Moderate Party and 35th Prime Minister of Sweden
1963: Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist
1963: Sean Payton, American football player and coach
1963: Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier
1962: Leza Lowitz, American author
1962: Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and journalist, former president
1962: Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer
1962: Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player
1961: Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (died 2007)
1961: Richard Horton, English physician and journalist
1961: Jim Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961: Iliya Valov, Bulgarian football player (d. 2024)
1960: Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress
1960: Brian A. Hopkins, American author
1960: David Boon, Australian cricketer
1960: Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots
1960: David Gilbert, Australian cricketer
1960: Michael James Pappas, American politician
1959: Patricia Clarkson, American actress
1959: Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player
1959: Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer
1959: Martin Moran, American actor and author
1959: Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach
1959: Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author
1958: Tyrone Benskin, English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician
1958: Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
1957: Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (died 2017)
1957: Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer
1957: Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
1956: Zaki Chehab, Lebanese-British journalist
1956: Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian and radio host
1956: Katy Munger, American writer
1955: Chris Goodall, English businessman and author
1955: Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and author
1954: Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician
1954: Norihito, Prince Takamado of Japan (died 2002)
1954: Mike Parry, English broadcaster and former journalist
1954: Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
1953: Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress
1953: Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee
1953: Alan Rusbridger, Zambian-English journalist and academic
1953: Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach
1953: Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (died 2005)
1953: Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright
1952: Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer
1951: Willem de Blécourt, Dutch historical anthropologist
1951: Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress
1951: Mike deGruy, American documentary filmmaker (died 2012)
1951: Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2007)
1950: Jon Polito, American actor (died 2016)
1949: Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer and actor
1949: Ian Livingstone, English fantasy author and entrepreneur
1949: David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (died 2008)
1948: Jacky Clark Chisholm, American gospel singer
1948: Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland
1947: Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (died 2012)
1947: Ted Danson, American actor and producer
1947: Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet (died 2022)
1947: Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1998)
1947: David Tanner, English rower and coach
1947: Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (died 1998)
1946: Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025)
1946: Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey
1946: Paul Trible, American attorney, politician and academic administrator
1946: Jackie Bezos, American philanthropist (died 2025)
1945: Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 (died 2001)
1945: Keith Milow, British artist
1944: Andrew Foster, British public servant
1944: Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer
1944: Gerard Windsor, Australian author and literary critic
1943: Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (died 2010)
1943: Molly Bang, American author and illustrator
1943: Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 1999)
1942: Dinah Christie, English-Canadian actress and singer
1942: Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (died 2012)
1942: Dorothy Morkis, American equestrian
1942: Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal
1941: Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (died 2018)
1940: Fred Hansen, American pole vaulter
1939: Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2021)
1938: Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster
1938: Jon Voight, American actor and producer
1937: Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation (died 2018)
1937: Barbara Steele, English actress
1936: Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (died 2017)
1936: Ray Nitschke, American football player (died 1998)
1934: Ed Flanders, American actor (died 1995)
1933: Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author (died 2020)
1932: Inga Swenson, American actress and singer (died 2023)
1931: Yi Ku, Korean prince (died 2005)
1931: Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2012)
1929: Matt Murphy, American guitarist (died 2018)
1928: Bernard Cribbins, British actor (died 2022)
1927: Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (died 1985)
1925: Pete Dye, American golfer and architect (died 2020)
1924: Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (died 2012)
1924: Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (died 2014)
1923: Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist (died 2025)
1923: Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (died 1986)
1923: Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (died 2024)
1923: Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator (died 2017)
1923: Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (died 2017)
1923: Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (died 2012)
1922: Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
1922: William Gaddis, American author and academic (died 1998)
1921: Robert C. Baker, American inventor and professor (died 2006)
1921: Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (died 2014)
1921: Michael Horne, English structural engineer, scientist and academic (died 2000)
1920: Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (died 1995)
1919: Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (died 2014)
1919: Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (died 2013)
1917: Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (died 1998)
1917: Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (died 2005)
1915: Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (died 1996)
1915: Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (died 1965)
1915: Jo Van Fleet, American actress (died 1996)
1914: Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (died 1976)
1914: Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (died 1989)
1914: Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (died 1999)
1911: Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (died 1988)
1910: Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1908: Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (died 1993)
1908: Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (died 1992)
1904: Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (died 1994)
1903: Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (died 1962)
1902: Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957)
1899: Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (died 1992)
1896: David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (died 1974)
1895: Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author (died 1939)
1894: J. Lister Hill, American politician (died 1984)
1892: Aku Korhonen, Finnish actor (died 1960)
1886: Norman Hallows, English runner and captain (died 1968)
1886: Georg Hermann Struve, German astronomer (died 1933)
1885: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (died 1921)
1881: Scott Leary, American swimmer (died 1958)
1881: Jess Willard, American boxer (died 1968)
1879: Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (died 1936)
1876: Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (died 1973)
1876: Lionel Tertis, English violist (died 1975)
1874: François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop (died 1949)
1870: Earl Gregg Swem, American historian, bibliographer and librarian (died 1965)
1859: Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (died 1920)
1857: Sydney Young, English chemist (died 1937)
1856: Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (died 1894)
1855: August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (died 1927)
1844: Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress (died 1906)
1843: Elisabeth of Wied (died 1916)
1816: Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (died 1895)
1811: Francisco Palau, Catalan Discalced Carmelite friar and priest (died 1872)
1809: George Washington Baines, American politician, journalist and educator (died 1882)
1809: William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1898)
1809: Albert Pike, American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist, and general (died 1891)
1808: Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (died 1875)
1804: John Langdon Sibley, American librarian (died 1885)
1800: Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (died 1860)
1796: Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (died 1877)
1788: Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish antiquarian (died 1865)
1766: Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (died 1843)
1746: Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader (died 1805)
1721: Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (died 1764)
1709: Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress (died 1762)
1633: Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (died 1692)
1550: García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller (died 1624)
1536: Henry VI, German nobleman (died 1572)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (born 1948)
2024: Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th President of the United States (born 1924)
2024: Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (born 1937)
2024: Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1908)
2023: Gil de Ferran, French-born Brazilian racing driver, CART champion (2000, 2001), 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner (born 1967)
2022: Pelé, Brazilian footballer (born 1940)
2022: Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (born 1950)
2022: Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (born 1941)
2021: Peter Klatzow, South African composer (born 1945)
2020: Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (born 1922)
2020: Joe Louis Clark, American educator (born 1937)
2020: Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1979)
2019: Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (born 1934)
2019: Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (born 1944)
2018: Brian Garfield, American novelist, historian and screenwriter (born 1939)
2018: Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (born 1935)
2017: Peggy Cummins, Irish actress (born 1925)
2017: John C. Portman Jr., American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer (born 1924)
2016: Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (born 1977)
2016: LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (born 1930)
2015: Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (born 1922)
2015: Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (born 1968)
2015: Kim Yang-gon, North Korean politician (born 1942)
2014: Syed Hamid, Indian academic and diplomat (born 1920)
2014: Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)
2014: Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer (born 1945)
2014: Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (born 1933)
2013: C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (born 1921)
2013: Paul Comstive, English footballer (born 1961)
2013: Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (born 1978)
2013: Connie Dierking, American basketball player (born 1936)
2013: Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical and film music composer (born 1932)
2013: Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (born 1986)
2013: Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (born 1951)
2013: Mike O'Connor, German-American journalist (born 1946)
2012: Mike Auldridge, American singer and guitarist (born 1938)
2012: Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1946)
2012: Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Malaysian-Australian soldier and author (born 1923)
2012: Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (born 1927)
2012: Ben Overton, American jurist (born 1926)
2012: William Rees-Mogg, British newspaper journalist (born 1928)
2012: Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (born 1936)
2012: Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)
2012: Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (born 1933)
2012: Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (born 1918)
2011: Constance Bartlett Hieatt, American scholar (born 1928)
2010: Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (born 1956)
2010: Bill Erwin, American actor and cartoonist (born 1914)
2009: Janina Bauman, Polish journalist and writer (born 1926)
2009: David Levine, American artist and illustrator (born 1926)
2009: Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (born 1960)
2008: Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (born 1938)
2008: Victor H. Krulak, American soldier (born 1913)
2007: Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (born 1972)
2007: Phil Dusenberry, American advertising executive (born 1936)
2007: Kevin Greening, English radio host (born 1962)
2005: Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychotherapist and author (born 1922)
2005: Cyril Philips, British historian and academic director (born 1912)
2005: Basil William Robinson, British art scholar and author (born 1912)
2004: Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
2004: Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (born 1916)
2004: Peter Davison, American poet, essayist, teacher, lecturer, editor and publisher (born 1928)
2004: Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress and screenwriter (born 1947)
2003: Earl Hindman, American actor (born 1942)
2003: Dinsdale Landen, English actor (born 1932)
2003: Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (born 1928)
2002: Lloyd Barbee, American lawyer and politician (born 1925)
2002: Ralph Clanton, American actor (born 1914)
2001: Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (born 1908)
2001: Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1962)
2001: György Kepes, Hungarian painter, photographer, designer, educator and art theorist (born 1906)
1999: Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (born 1906)
1998: Ralph Siu, American scholar, military and civil servant, and author (born 1917)
1998: Don Taylor, American actor and film director (born 1920)
1996: Pennar Davies, Welsh clergyman and author (born 1911)
1996: Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1906)
1996: Peggy Herbison, Scottish politician (born 1907)
1995: Lita Grey, American actress (born 1908)
1995: Hans Henkemans, Dutch pianist, composer and psychiatrist (born 1913)
1994: Frank Thring, Australian actor (born 1926)
1993: Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (born 1930)
1992: Vivienne Segal, American actress and singer (born 1897)
1989: Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish lawyer and jurist (born 1903)
1988: Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (born 1940)
1988: Ieuan Maddock, Welsh scientist and nuclear researcher (born 1917)
1987: Jun Ishikawa, Japanese author (born 1899)
1987: Wilbert E. Moore, American sociologist (born 1914)
1986: Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1894)
1986: Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1932)
1984: Indus Arthur, American actress and singer (born 1941)
1984: P. H. Polk, American photographer (born 1898)
1984: Leo Robin, American composer, lyricist and songwriter (born 1900)
1981: Philip Handler, American nutritionist, and biochemist (born 1917)
1981: Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (born 1893)
1980: Tim Hardin, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
1980: Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (born 1899)
1980: Irvin F. Westheimer, American businessman and social reformer (born 1879)
1979: F. Edward Hébert, American journalist and politician (born 1901)
1979: Richard Tecwyn Williams, Welsh biochemist (born 1909)
1976: Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (born 1954)
1975: Euell Gibbons, American author and naturalist (born 1911)
1972: Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (born 1903)
1972: Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (born 1903)
1971: John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (born 1899)
1970: William King Gregory, American zoologist and anatomist (born 1876)
1970: Marie Menken, American director and painter (born 1909)
1968: Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (born 1904)
1967: Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1890)
1965: Frank Nugent, American screenwriter, journalist and film reviewer (born 1908)
1965: Kōsaku Yamada, Japanese composer and conductor (born 1886)
1960: Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (born 1862)
1959: Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (born 1903)
1958: Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (born 1895)
1956: Miles Vandahurst Lynk, American physician and author (born 1871)
1954: William Merriam Burton, American chemist (born 1865)
1952: Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1897)
1952: Beryl Rubinstein, American pianist, composer and teacher (born 1898)
1949: Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (born 1883)
1948: Harry Farjeon, British composer and music teacher (born 1878)
1946: Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, and antiquarian (born 1863)
1946: Camillo Schumann, German composer and organist (born 1872)
1945: Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (born 1887)
1944: Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (born 1910)
1943: Art Young, American cartoonist and writer (born 1866)
1941: Louis Eilshemius, American painter (born 1864)
1941: Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (born 1873)
1940: Stephen Birch, American businessman (born 1873)
1939: Kelly Miller, American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist and author (born 1863)
1939: Madeleine Pelletier, French psychiatrist, feminist and political activist (born 1874)
1937: Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (born 1878)
1937: Alma Tell, American actress (born 1898)
1936: Willem Siebenhaar, Dutch-Australian activist (born 1863)
1929: Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (born 1846)
1929: Edward Christopher Williams, American librarian (born 1871)
1926: Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (born 1875)
1925: Félix Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (born 1865)
1924: Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845)
1921: Hermann Paul, German philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1846)
1919: William Osler, Canadian physician and professor (born 1849)
1918: Abby Leach, American educator (born 1855)
1915: Tom Shevlin, collegiate athlete and businessman (born 1883)
1911: Rosamund Marriott Watson, English poet, author and critic (born 1860)
1910: Samuel Butcher, Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician (born 1850)
1910: Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (born 1872)
1905: Charles Yerkes, American financier (born 1837)
1900: John Henry Leech, English entomologist (born 1862)
1898: Ilia Solomonovich Abelman, Russian astronomer (born 1866)
1897: William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (born 1812)
1896: Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist (born 1824)
1894: Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (born 1830)
1891: Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (born 1823)
1890: Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (born 1826)
1890: Octave Feuillet, French novelist and dramatist (born 1821)
1887: Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
1838: Søren Christian Sommerfelt, Norwegian priest and botanist (born 1794)
1834: Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist (born 1766)
1825: Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (born 1748)
1815: Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
1807: Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (born 1750)
1785: Johann Heinrich Rolle, German composer (born 1716)
1785: Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (born 1742)
1772: Ernst Johann von Biron, 7th duke of Courland and Semigallia (born 1690)
1737: Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
1731: Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (born 1685)
1720: Maria Margaretha Kirch, German astronomer and educator (born 1670)
1689: Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (born 1624)
1661: Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (born 1594)
1634: John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
1606: Stephen Bocskai, Prince of Transylvania (born 1557)
1563: Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (born 1515)
1550: Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (born 1468)
1380: Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (born 1305)
1208: Emperor Zhangzong of Jin (born 1168)
1170: Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (born 1118)
721: Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660)

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