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December 3

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December 3

December 3 is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 28 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2024: Winner of $139 million Powerball lottery jackpot from Ohio has less than a month to claim it. A $139.3 million Powerball lottery jackpot, won by a single ticket in Ohio, is set to expire at the end of 2024.
2020: The purr-fect holiday gift arrives early for Illinois woman. The cat's out of the bag — two kitties might have helped one woman win a $1,180 Illinois Lottery Pick 4 prize.
2020: Sequential numbers drawn in South Africa Lottery stirs up suspicions of fraud. An unusually perfect series of sequential numbers that came up in South Africa's most recent PowerBall drawing has led to accusations of fraud, while others jumped in to defend the integrity of a game based on pure luck and chance.
2019: Lottery winner never showed up to claim $14.6 million jackpot in Arizona. A lottery player sitting on a $14.6 million jackpot had until the end of Monday to come forward in Arizona — or lose it all, officials said. The winner never showed up.
2018: Some players unhappy with UK Lotto game changes. The United Kingdom National Lottery is facing a boycott from outraged Scottish players who branded the Lotto game's prize draw an "absolute con" after lottery operator Camelot changed its rules.
2016: Play at the Pump slow to take off in NC. Despite the convenience, Play at the Pump has been slow to take off in North Carolina.
2015: $144M Powerball jackpot won in Tennessee claimed by trust. The second largest prize and fourth Powerball jackpot won in Tennessee was claimed today at the Tennessee Lottery's Nashville headquarters.
2015: Deal struck, Illinois Lottery winners to be paid. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Democrats on Wednesday struck a rare agreement, compromising on a plan to release more than $3.1 billion to pay Illinois Lottery winners and help cities and towns operate 911 centers, plow roads and train firefighters.
2013: Powerball winner dies penniless, 12 years after winning $27 million. A Powerball winner has died broke and all alone in hospice care, just 12 years after raking in $27 million cash from a lottery jackpot.
2013: Florida lottery ticket worth $1.3 million about to expire. Someone who bought a Mega Money lottery ticket over the summer in south Miami-Dade is a millionaire and may not even know it.
2009: S.C. Lottery ending MegaMatch 6 game. The South Carolina Education Lottery (SCEL) announced MegaMatch 6 will end with the Tuesday, December 29 drawing.
2009: Lottery vending machines coming to Arkansas. Arkansas Lottery director Ernie Passailaigue says state residents will start to see lottery ticket vending machines this spring, sometime around March or April.
2008: Monetary 'miracle' as 2 lotto jackpots won on same day. 'Tis the season for giving, and the British Columbia Lottery Corp. got into the holiday spirit in a big way Tuesday, presenting checks to two separate lottery jackpot winners from B.C.
2008: Three accused of buying lottery tickets with stolen credit cards. A trio of suspected theives are in the Cowlitz County Jail after police stopped their car Monday and found hundreds of lottery scratch tickets.
2008: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls to $146 million. Lottery players in the twelve Mega Millions states will be buying tickets for the largest jackpot in seven months.
2007: Georgia lawmakers question lottery bonuses. Top Georgia Republicans are calling for a review of the bonuses awarded to Georgia Lottery officials.
2006: Florida landscaper claims $9M Lotto jackpot. A Melbourne, Florida, landscaper from Costa Rica has come forward to claim his $9 million Florida Lotto jackpot.
2006: Florida Lottery holiday raffle game sold out. At 10:33 pm Thursday night the last of the 1.25 million Holiday Millionaire Raffle tickets was sold.
2004: Six Vermont State Employees Split $100,000 Powerball Prize. Six employees from the Vermont Department of Employment and Training came forward on November 23 to claim their $100,000 Powerball prize from the November 20 drawing.
2003: Texas Mega Millions Sales Begin Today. Beginning at 6 a.m., tickets were going on sale for Mega Millions, Texas' first foray into high-stakes, multistate lotteries.
2003: Mega Millions Jackpot Increases To $44 Million. Buoyed by the addition of Texas to the Mega Millions states, the jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $44 million Wednesday.
2003: Lottery buffs fear impact on Lotto Texas. For the first time Wednesday, people will be able to buy a chance at the Mega Millions jackpot in Texas, but some are worried about the impact to Lotto Texas sales.
2003: Audit finds S.C. lottery operates efficiently. An audit of South Carolina's nearly 2-year-old lottery found only a few areas for improvement in cost controls.
2003: S.C. Lottery Director Opposes Sales Tax Plan. Gov. Mark Sanford's plan to charge sales tax on lottery tickets could cost South Carolina millions in lost education dollars, members of the S.C. lottery commission were told Tuesday.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$778.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2025
2.$541 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2024
3.$416.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2023
4.$377 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2023
5.$354 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 6, 2022
6.€320.36 Million US$337.47 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2022
7.$270.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2021
8.$266 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2019
9.$257 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2013
10.$244 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2020
11.$243 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2020
12.€200 Million
US$242.84 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2020
13.$240 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2024
14.€217 Million
US$234.49 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2023
15.$208 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2018
16.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2018
17.$193 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 6, 2017
18.$160 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2017
19.€130 Million
US$151.41 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2025
20.€143 Million
US$149.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 6, 2022
21.€130 Million
US$146.97 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 3, 2021
22.$146 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2008
23.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2004
24.€119.67 Million
US$135.38 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 4, 2021
25.$127 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 5, 2015

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: IKAS
Monday, Dec 3, 1990
35 years old
1986: Weecy
Wednesday, Dec 3, 1986
39 years old
1985: Lilkeye
Tuesday, Dec 3, 1985
40 years old
1983: Kittylove4u
Saturday, Dec 3, 1983
42 years old
1981: ALRICK
Thursday, Dec 3, 1981
44 years old
1979: rezaei86
Monday, Dec 3, 1979
46 years old
1976: Randyb123
Friday, Dec 3, 1976
49 years old
1973: Black Cat
Monday, Dec 3, 1973
52 years old
1970: payoman
Thursday, Dec 3, 1970
55 years old
1969: zigmaster
Wednesday, Dec 3, 1969
56 years old
1968: mchpick3!
Tuesday, Dec 3, 1968
57 years old
1968: jls368
Tuesday, Dec 3, 1968
57 years old
1968: MzKecia
Tuesday, Dec 3, 1968
57 years old
1966: Papa Heads
Saturday, Dec 3, 1966
59 years old
1963: honeyboo
Tuesday, Dec 3, 1963
62 years old
1962: Ruffneck123
Monday, Dec 3, 1962
63 years old
1960: azbatman
Saturday, Dec 3, 1960
65 years old
1953: dcannon63
Thursday, Dec 3, 1953
72 years old
: Original Bey
(year not provided)
: DYELLOMAN
(year not provided)
: Amber88
(year not provided)
: mmollc
(year not provided)
: yarnold
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Martial law is declared in South Korea.
2023: Mount Marapi located in West Sumatra, Indonesia begins a sporadic series of eruptions. 23 people were killed, and 12 were injured.
2022: Massive power outage after Moore County substation attack, that leaves 45,000 people, without power, for five days, leading to a FBI probe.
2014: The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.
2012: At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
2009: A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
2007: Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 32-kilometre (20 mi) portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
2005: XCOR Aerospace makes the first crewed rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
1999: NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
1999: In Worcester, Massachusetts, firefighters responded to a fire at the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. facility, which takes the lives of 6 firefighters.
1997: In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
1995: Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashes on approach to Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.
1994: Taiwan holds its first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only directly elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first directly elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directly elected Mayor of Kaohsiung.
1994: Sony releases the PlayStation game console in Japan.
1992: The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
1992: A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
1989: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact may be coming to an end.
1984: Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000-600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later died from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
1982: A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
1979: In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.
1979: Iranian Revolution: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
1973: Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
1972: Spantax Flight 275 crashes during takeoff from Tenerife North-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, killing all 155 people on board.
1971: Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins.
1967: At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
1965: Soviet Union, Space probe of the Luna program, called Luna 8, is launched, but crashes on the Moon.
1960: The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
1959: The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
1954: Väinö Linna's war novel The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) is published.
1944: Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
1938: Nazi Germany issues the Decree on the Utilization of Jewish Property forcing Jews to sell real property, businesses, and stocks at below market value as part of Aryanization.
1929: President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It is presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
1925: Final agreement is signed between the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom formalizing the Partition of Ireland.
1920: Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish-dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
1919: After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
1912: Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
1910: Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
1904: The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
1901: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word report to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits". The speech was not delivered in person.
1898: The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeats an all-star collection of early football players 16-0, in what is considered to be the first all-star game for professional American football.
1881: The first issue of Tamperean daily newspaper Aamulehti ("Morning Paper") is published.
1859: Nigeria's first newspaper, missionary Henry Townsend's Iwe Irohin, was published.
1854: Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
1834: The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
1818: Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
1800: War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.
1800: United States presidential election: The Electoral College casts votes for president and vice president that result in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
1799: War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch: Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.
1775: American Revolution: USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Continental Union Flag (precursor to the "Stars and Stripes"); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
915: Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date).

Births On This Day

1995: Julius Honka, Finnish ice hockey player
1995: Angèle, Belgian singer
1994: Jake T. Austin, American actor
1994: Lil Baby, American rapper
1994: Solomone Kata, New Zealand rugby league player
1994: Bernarda Pera, American tennis player
1992: Cristian Ceballos, Spanish footballer
1992: Joseph McManners, English singer-songwriter, musician and actor
1991: Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player
1990: Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer
1990: Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player
1990: Matt Reynolds, American baseball player
1989: Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer
1989: Alex McCarthy, English footballer
1989: Tomasz Narkun, Polish mixed martial artist
1988: Melissa Aldana, Chilean saxophonist
1987: Michael Angarano, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1987: Eric Barone, American video game designer and musician
1987: Erik Grönwall, Swedish singer-songwriter
1987: Brian Robiskie, American football player
1987: Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
1986: James Laurinaitis, American football player
1985: Nina Ansaroff, American martial artist
1985: László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
1985: Mike Randolph, American soccer player
1985: Brian Roberts, American basketball player
1985: Amanda Seyfried, American actress
1985: Robert Swift, American basketball player
1985: Marcus Williams, American basketball player
1984: Manuel Arana, Spanish footballer
1984: Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
1983: Stephen Donald, New Zealand rugby player
1983: Aleksey Drozdov, Russian decathlete
1983: Sherri DuPree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983: Andy Grammer, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
1983: James Ihedigbo, American football player
1982: Manny Corpas, Panamanian baseball player
1982: Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
1982: Dascha Polanco, Dominican-American actress
1982: Franco Sbaraglini, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1981: Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
1981: Brian Bonsall, American actor and musician
1981: Tyjuan Hagler, American football player
1981: Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (died 2010)
1981: David Villa, Spanish footballer
1980: Carrie Bickmore, Australian radio and television host
1980: Anna Chlumsky, American actress
1980: Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer
1980: Zlata Filipović, Bosnian-Irish diarist
1979: Daniel Bedingfield, New Zealand-English singer-songwriter
1979: Rock Cartwright, American football player
1979: Tiffany Haddish, American comedian and actress
1979: Sean Parker, American entrepreneur and philanthropist
1978: Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
1978: Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player
1978: Bram Tankink, Dutch cyclist
1978: Trina, American rapper and producer
1977: Chad Durbin, American baseball player
1977: Troy Evans, American football player
1977: Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper and race car driver
1977: Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russian runner
1976: Mark Boucher, South African cricketer
1976: Gary Glover, American baseball player
1976: Cornelius Griffin, American football player
1976: Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby player
1976: Tomotaka Okamoto, Japanese soprano
1974: Lucette Rådström, Swedish journalist
1973: Bruno Campos, Brazilian-American actor and lawyer
1973: Holly Marie Combs, American actress and producer
1973: MC Frontalot, American rapper
1973: Charl Willoughby, South African cricketer
1972: Danilo Goffi, Italian runner
1971: Heiko Herrlich, German footballer and manager
1971: Frank Sinclair, English-Jamaican footballer and manager
1971: Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer and manager
1971: Vernon White, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1970: Paul Byrd, American baseball player
1970: Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player and coach
1970: Christian Karembeu, French footballer
1970: Laura Schuler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1969: Bill Steer, English guitarist and songwriter
1969: Hal Steinbrenner, American businessman
1968: Brendan Fraser, American actor and producer
1968: Montell Jordan, American singer-songwriter and producer
1967: Marie Françoise Ouedraogo, Burkinabé mathematician
1966: Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer and manager
1966: Irina Zhuk, Russian figure skater and coach
1965: Andrew Stanton, American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter
1965: Katarina Witt, German figure skater and actress
1964: Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2015)
1963: Joe Lally, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1963: Terri Schiavo, American medical patient (died 2005)
1962: Richard Bacon, English banker, journalist, and politician
1962: Nataliya Grygoryeva, Ukrainian hurdler
1962: Tammy Jackson, American basketball player
1961: Ben Baldanza, American economist and business executive (died 2024)
1960: Daryl Hannah, American actress and producer
1960: Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player
1960: Julianne Moore, American actress and author
1960: Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player and coach
1959: Eamonn Holmes, Irish journalist and game show host
1957: Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician
1956: Émile Gros Raymond Nakombo, Central African politician, Mayor of Bangui
1956: Ewa Kopacz, Polish physician and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland
1955: Steven Culp, American actor
1954: Grace Andreacchi, American-English author, poet, and playwright
1953: Franz Klammer, Austrian skier and race car driver
1953: Rob Waring, American-Norwegian vibraphonist and contemporary composer
1952: Don Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952: Benny Hinn, Israeli-American evangelist and author
1952: Duane Roland, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006)
1952: Mel Smith, English comedian, actor, director, and producer (died 2013)
1951: Mike Bantom, American basketball player and coach
1951: Jim Brewer, American basketball player
1951: Ray Candy, American wrestler and trainer (died 1994)
1951: Rick Mears, American race car driver
1951: Mike Stock, English songwriter, record producer, and musician
1950: Alberto Juantorena, Cuban runner
1949: Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress (died 2017)
1949: Mickey Thomas, American singer-songwriter
1948: Jan Hrubý, Czech violinist and songwriter
1948: Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect and television host
1948: Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter (died 2025)
1944: Ralph McTell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944: Craig Raine, English poet, author, and playwright
1944: António Variações, Portuguese musician (died 1984)
1943: Joseph Franklin Ada, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Guam
1943: J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (died 2012)
1942: Mike Gibson, Northern Irish-Irish rugby player
1942: Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan footballer and manager (died 2013)
1942: Alice Schwarzer, German journalist and publisher, founded EMMA Magazine
1942: David K. Shipler, American journalist and author
1940: Jeffrey R. Holland, American academic and religious leader
1939: John Paul Sr., Dutch-American race car driver
1939: David Phillips, English chemist and academic
1938: Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989)
1938: Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (died 1998)
1937: Bobby Allison, American race car driver and businessman (died 2024)
1937: Morgan Llywelyn, American-Irish model and author
1935: Eddie Bernice Johnson, American nurse and politician (died 2023)
1934: Viktor Gorbatko, Russian general, pilot and cosmonaut (died 2017)
1934: Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic (died 2021)
1933: Nicolas Coster, British-American actor (died 2023)
1933: Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
1932: Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (died 2007)
1931: Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author and poet (died 2011)
1931: Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress
1930: Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (died 2022)
1930: Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (died 2014)
1930: Yves Trudeau, Canadian sculptor (died 2017)
1929: John S. Dunne, American priest and theologian (died 2013)
1928: Thomas M. Foglietta, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (died 2004)
1928: Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (died 2014)
1927: Andy Williams, American singer (died 2012)
1926: Bob Rogers, Australian radio and television host (died 2024)
1925: Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (died 2011)
1924: John Backus, American computer scientist, led the team that developed FORTRAN (died 2007)
1924: Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2011)
1924: F. Sionil José, Filipino journalist, writer and author (died 2022)
1924: Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver and sailor (died 2012)
1923: Trevor Bailey, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2011)
1923: Stjepan Bobek, Croatian-Serbian footballer and manager (died 2010)
1923: Moyra Fraser, Australian-English actress, singer, and dancer (died 2009)
1922: Len Lesser, American actor (died 2011)
1922: Eli Mandel, Canadian poet, critic, and academic (died 1992)
1922: Sven Nykvist, Swedish director and cinematographer (died 2006)
1921: Phyllis Curtin, American soprano and academic (died 2016)
1921: John Doar, American lawyer and activist (died 2014)
1919: Charles Lynch, Canadian journalist and author (died 1994)
1918: Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (died 2000)
1914: Irving Fine, American composer and academic (died 1962)
1911: Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic (died 1979)
1907: Connee Boswell, American jazz singer (died 1976)
1905: Les Ames, English cricketer (died 1990)
1904: Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player (died 1976)
1902: Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain and pilot (died 1976)
1902: Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (died 1993)
1901: Glenn Hartranft, American shot putter and discus thrower (died 1970)
1901: Mildred Wiley, American high jumper (died 2000)
1900: Bert Hawke, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Western Australia (died 1986)
1900: Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (died 2004)
1900: Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1967)
1899: Hayato Ikeda, Japanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1965)
1899: Howard Kinsey, American tennis player (died 1966)
1897: William Gropper, American cartoonist and painter (died 1977)
1895: Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst (died 1982)
1895: Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (died 1970)
1894: Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1975)
1891: Thomas Farrell, American general (died 1967)
1887: Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese general and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan (died 1990)
1886: Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978)
1884: Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (died 1963)
1884: Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1965)
1883: Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1945)
1880: Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (died 1945)
1879: Albert Asher, New Zealand rugby player (died 1965)
1879: Charles Hutchison, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1949)
1879: Kafū Nagai, Japanese author and playwright (died 1959)
1879: Donald Matheson Sutherland, Canadian physician and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of National Defence (died 1970)
1878: Francis A. Nixon, American businessman (died 1956)
1875: Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (died 1955)
1872: Arthur Charles Hardy, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (died 1962)
1872: William Haselden, English cartoonist (died 1953)
1867: William John Bowser, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of British Columbia (died 1933)
1864: Herman Heijermans, Dutch author and playwright (died 1924)
1863: Gussie Davis, African-American songwriter (died 1899)
1857: Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (died 1924)
1857: Mathilde Kralik, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1944)
1856: George Leake, Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Western Australia (died 1902)
1850: Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia (died 1925)
1848: William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (died 1904)
1842: Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist and activist (died 1919)
1842: Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, founded the Pillsbury Company (died 1899)
1842: Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist, ecologist, and educator (died 1911)
1838: Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (died 1916)
1838: Octavia Hill, English activist and author (died 1912)
1838: Princess Louise of Prussia (died 1923)
1833: Carlos Finlay, Cuban epidemiologist and physician (died 1915)
1827: Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (died 1910)
1826: George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (died 1885)
1810: Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord, American author and political essayist (died 1879)
1800: France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (died 1849)
1798: Alfred Iverson Sr., American politician (died 1873)
1793: Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English painter and academic (died 1867)
1755: Gilbert Stuart, American painter (died 1828)
1730: Mahadaji Shinde, Maratha ruler of Gwalior (died 1794)
1729: Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist (died 1783)
1722: Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher (died 1794)
1684: Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (died 1754)
1616: John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (died 1703)
1590: Daniel Seghers, Flemish Jesuit brother and painter (died 1661)
1560: Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (died 1627)
1483: Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and Protestant reformer (died 1565)
1447: Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (died 1512)
1368: Charles VI of France (died 1422)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Mohamed Ali Yusuf, Somali politician (born 1944)
2019: Ragnar Ulstein, Norwegian journalist and war historian (born 1920)
2015: Gladstone Anderson, Jamaican singer and pianist (born 1934)
2014: Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (born 1929)
2012: Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (born 1938)
2011: Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1923)
2010: Abdumalik Bahori, Azerbaijani poet and author (born 1927)
2009: Leila Lopes, Brazilian actress and journalist (born 1959)
2009: Richard Todd, Irish-born British soldier and actor (born 1919)
2008: Robert Zajonc, Polish-American psychologist and author (born 1923)
2007: James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (born 1948)
2005: Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (born 1912)
2005: Herb Moford, American baseball player (born 1928)
2005: Kikka Sirén, Finnish pop/schlager singer (born 1964)
2004: Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (born 1911)
2003: David Hemmings, English actor (born 1941)
2003: Sita Ram Goel, Indian historian, publisher and writer (born 1921)
2002: Adrienne Adams, American illustrator (born 1906)
2002: Glenn Quinn, Irish-American actor (born 1970)
2000: Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and educator (born 1917)
2000: Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (born 1922)
1999: John Archer, American actor (born 1915)
1999: Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1942)
1999: Madeline Kahn, American actress, comedian, and singer (born 1942)
1999: Horst Mahseli, Polish footballer (born 1934)
1999: Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (born 1918)
1998: Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1936)
1996: Georges Duby, French historian and author (born 1919)
1993: Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and academic (born 1913)
1989: Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (born 1962)
1989: Connie B. Gay, American businessman, founded the Country Music Association (born 1914)
1984: Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani-Russian mathematician and academic (born 1919)
1981: Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (born 1889)
1981: Joel Rinne, Finnish actor (born 1897)
1980: Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1896)
1979: Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (born 1905)
1973: Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (born 1895)
1973: Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (born 1889)
1972: William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (born 1872)
1967: Harry Wismer, American football player and sportscaster (born 1913)
1956: Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1908)
1956: Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (born 1891)
1952: Rudolf Margolius, Czech lawyer and politician (born 1913)
1949: Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and educator (born 1876)
1941: Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (born 1883)
1937: William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (born 1861)
1935: Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (born 1868)
1934: Charles James O'Donnell, Irish lawyer and politician (born 1849)
1928: Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (born 1830)
1919: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (born 1841)
1917: Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (born 1879)
1912: Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (born 1841)
1910: Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (born 1821)
1904: David Bratton, American water polo player (born 1869)
1902: Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (born 1833)
1894: Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (born 1850)
1892: Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (born 1820)
1890: Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (born 1851)
1888: Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (born 1816)
1882: Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (born 1811)
1876: Samuel Cooper, American general (born 1798)
1854: Edward Thonen, German emigrant to Australia (born 1827)
1815: John Carroll, American archbishop (born 1735)
1789: Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (born 1714)
1765: Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (born 1713)
1752: Henri-Guillaume Hamal, Walloon musician and composer (born 1685)
1706: Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (born 1637)
1691: Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, British scientist (born 1615)
1668: William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (born 1591)
1610: Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general and daimyō (born 1548)
1592: Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (born 1545)
1552: Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1506)
1542: Jean Tixier de Ravisi, French scholar and academic (born 1470)
1533: Vasili III of Russia (born 1479)
1532: Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (born 1502)
1322: Maud Chaworth, Countess of Leicester (born 1282)
1309: Henry III, Duke of Głogów (born 1251/60)
1266: Henry III the White, Duke of Wroclaw
1265: Odofredus, Italian lawyer and jurist
1154: Pope Anastasius IV (born 1073)
1099: Saint Osmund (born 1065)
1038: Emma of Lesum, Saxon countess and Saint
978: Abraham, Coptic pope of Alexandria
937: Siegfried, Frankish nobleman
860: Abbo, bishop of Auxerre
649: Birinus, French-English bishop and saint (born 600)
311: Diocletian, Roman emperor (born 244)

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