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December 7

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December 7

December 7 is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 24 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2023: New bill in Wisconsin could allow some lottery winners to remain anonymous. A bill was recently introduced in Wisconsin that would allow certain lottery winners to hide their identity when claiming a prize.
2022: Iowa Lottery to shorten prize claim periods for multi-state games. The Iowa Lottery Board voted last Tuesday to reduce the prize-claim period for four multi-state games in the state.
2021: Canadian man is "Set for Life" after winning $1,000 a week for 25 years. One lucky Canadian lottery player is set for life after switching out his usual games for a new lottery ticket, earning him a top prize of $1,000 a week for 25 years.
2019: Georgia Lottery launches new Cash Pop draw game. Starting Sunday, Dec. 8, the new Cash Pop game will offer players a chance to win cash prizes up to $1,250 five times a day, every day — by matching just one number.
2016: Study: N.C. Lottery scammers have cheated state out of $7 million. Lottery scammers have cheated North Carolina out of an estimated $7 million in back taxes and delinquent child support since 2009, a non-partisan arm of the General Assembly said.
2016: Mistake lottery ticket wins NJ man $1 million. A New Jersey man has won a multi-state Cash4Life prize worth $1 million because of a lottery ticket that was sold to him accidentally.
2015: Video gaming machines boost Oregon Lottery revenues. State economists say Oregon is seeing a healthy bump in lottery revenues, at least partially from recently installed video lottery machines.
2013: $344 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot skyrockets. This holiday season someone will be able to afford gifts unlike any they have ever given before, as the multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot is soaring to historic levels.
2012: EuroMillions lottery jackpot of $102 million goes unclaimed. In the United Kingdom, a mystery lottery player has lost out on a £64 million (US$102.5 million) fortune after the deadline to claim the prize expired and the money was handed to charity.
2012: N.J. Gov.'s plan to privatize lottery comes under fire from Democrats. Democratic lawmakers took aim at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's plan for the private sector to run the New Jersey Lottery, saying the 15-year contract currently on the table benefits the winning company more than New Jerseyans.
2012: Democrats take aim at bid to privatize Pa. lottery. Democratic lawmakers are taking aim at GOP Gov. Tom Corbett administration's move to privatize the Pennsylvania Lottery's management, saying it is shrouded in secrecy and will result in a corporate giveaway that diverts hundreds of millions of dollars from the state's services for the elderly.
2012: 3 N.J. lottery tickets worth $700K about to expire. Three lottery tickets purchased in New Jersey worth $700,000 will soon expire.
2011: Yuck! Taiwan dog poop lottery draws thousands. An innovative scheme to keep the streets of northern Taiwan clean has seen thousands of citizens dutifully collecting bags of dog poop in the hope of winning $2,000 in gold.
2011: Arkansas Lottery forecasts $5M drop in scholarship money. Arkansas' lottery is on track to bring in roughly $5 million less for scholarships than last year, the games' interim director said Tuesday, as lawmakers prepare to consider whether to reduce the amounts of the scholarships next year.
2011: Online poker advocates say legalizing won't hurt lotteries. A casino-backed group pushing for federal legislation to make online poker explicitly legal says regulating online card play nationwide won't hurt state lotteries.
2011: Ct. Powerball lottery winners signed affidavit swearing they are only members of trust. The three Connecticut men who claimed a $254 million Powerball jackpot as a trust signed an affidavit the day after their initial press conference swearing that there are no silent partners and that no person ineligible to win the lottery is a member of the trust.
2010: Man files 27 lawsuits over alleged lost lottery ticket. Seven years ago, the former Jersey City resident lost a lawsuit in which he claimed to be the original purchaser of a $4 million New Jersey lottery ticket. But that court defeat hasn't stopped Mendez from pursuing the millions he claims is rightfully his.
2009: Kentucky Lottery approves adding Mega Millions. The Kentucky Lottery Corporation's board of directors has approved a cross-selling agreement allowing sales of the Mega Millions multi-state jackpot game in the Commonwealth.
2009: Store owner guilty of stealing lottery ticket, claiming it as his own. A former convenience store owner pleaded guilty Thursday to fraudulently claiming a $5.75 million winning Canada Lotto 6/49 ticket as his own.
2009: Lottery to the rescue: Will 4-minute Keno fill Washington budget gap?. Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire is "seriously considering" legislation that would allow four-minute Keno games as a way to help deal with a projected $2.6 billion budget shortfall.
2006: Minnesota lottery player claims Powerball jackpot. A Minnesota man has ended the mystery over who is the holder of the winning Powerball lottery ticket purchased in Minnesota worth $47 million.
2005: N.C. lottery director expects multi-state game by July. The director of the North Carolina lottery says that state will likely offer its first lottery games by April 5th and may play in the one of the multistate jackpot lottery games by July.
2005: Schoolchildren's 'Lotto Tree' Removed From Oklahoma Capitol. A Christmas tree decorated with used lottery tickets by elementary school students has been removed from Oklahoma's Capitol after complaints by a lawmaker.
2005: N.Y. Lottery's King Kong Millions makes 6 millionaires. There was one first-prize ticket in New York's "King Kong Millions" lottery game, worth $55 million before taxes, in Monday's drawing, which coincided with the New York City premiere of the new movie "King Kong."
2005: N.C. Gov. answers lottery questions. North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley sat down with reporters Tuesday to talk about the year's accomplishments and struggles, highlighted some steps to secure lottery money and advance education.
2005: Iowa Lottery approves self-ban for players. The Iowa Lottery Board voted Tuesday to allow lottery players to self-ban themselves from winning game prizes in order to stem problem gambling.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$880 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2025
2.$619 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 10, 2024
3.$457.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2023
4.$395 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2023
5.$379 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2022
6.$344 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 10, 2013
7.€323.2 Million US$339.46 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2022
8.$314 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 10, 2019
9.$290.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2021
10.$264 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2020
11.$262 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2020
12.€240 Million
US$258.43 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2023
13.$256 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2024
14.€200 Million
US$242.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2020
15.$226 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2018
16.$217 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2018
17.$212 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2017
18.$176 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2017
19.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2004
20.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2008
21.€143 Million
US$166.34 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2025
22.€143 Million
US$161.12 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2021
23.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2015
24.€120.88 Million
US$136.19 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2021
25.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: flamescity
Saturday, Dec 7, 1991
34 years old
1981: tomlarson2009
Monday, Dec 7, 1981
44 years old
1979: IntoTheWoods
Friday, Dec 7, 1979
46 years old
1979: Onlyoneme
Friday, Dec 7, 1979
46 years old
1977: JrUWing1277
Wednesday, Dec 7, 1977
48 years old
1977: keva
Wednesday, Dec 7, 1977
48 years old
1976: carmenshenelle
Tuesday, Dec 7, 1976
49 years old
1975: Braddahkepa
Sunday, Dec 7, 1975
50 years old
1974: WannaBpayd$
Saturday, Dec 7, 1974
51 years old
1970: markskl
Monday, Dec 7, 1970
55 years old
1969: dondrell
Sunday, Dec 7, 1969
56 years old
1966: DENISE 54
Wednesday, Dec 7, 1966
59 years old
1966: LOVEISLOVE
Wednesday, Dec 7, 1966
59 years old
1966: ronirich
Wednesday, Dec 7, 1966
59 years old
1962: Tollehow4
Friday, Dec 7, 1962
63 years old
1959: CashCash
Monday, Dec 7, 1959
66 years old
1957: FireFlyPat
Saturday, Dec 7, 1957
68 years old
1952: pookiej
Sunday, Dec 7, 1952
73 years old
1951: ckaye51
Friday, Dec 7, 1951
74 years old
: twisted
(year not provided)
: mjbmaxie
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2024: Battle of Damascus (2024): Syrian opposition forces enter the Rif Dimashq Governorate, reaching within 20 km of the capital Damascus.
2017: Aztec High School shooting: Former student William Atchison opens fire on former high school, killing 2.
2016: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by an ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.
2015: The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
2005: Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
2003: The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
1995: The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
1995: Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.
1995: An Air Saint Martin (now Air Caraïbes) Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Haitian commune of Belle Anse, killing 20.
1993: Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
1988: The 6.8 M_s Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000-50,000 and injuring 31,000-130,000.
1987: Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground.
1983: An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid-Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
1982: In Texas, Charles Brooks Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
1982: The Senior Road Tower collapses in less than 17 seconds. Five workers on the tower are killed and three workers on a building nearby are injured.
1972: Apollo 17, the last Apollo Moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
1971: The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Indian Army.
1971: Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
1965: Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
1963: Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1962: Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
1949: Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan.
1946: A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
1944: An earthquake along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan causes a tsunami which kills 1,223 people.
1942: World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
1941: World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
1936: Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
1932: German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
1930: W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television advertisement in the United States, for I.J. Fox Furriers, which also sponsored the radio show.
1922: The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
1917: World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1904: Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
1842: First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.
1837: The Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only battle of the Upper Canada Rebellion, takes place in Toronto, where the rebels are quickly defeated.
1787: Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1776: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
1732: The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
1724: Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
1703: The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
927: The Sajid emir of Adharbayjan, Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj is defeated and captured by the Qarmatians near Kufa.
574: Byzantine Emperor Justin II, suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius and proclaims him as Caesar.
43 BC: Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia on orders of Marcus Antonius.

Births On This Day

2002: Torri Huske, American swimmer
2001: Jalen McMillan, American football player
2000: Dane Belton, American football player
1999: Boo Buie, American basketball player
1999: Pavol Regenda, Slovak ice hockey player
1998: Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist
1997: Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer
1997: Tommy Nelson, American actor
1994: Pete Alonso, American baseball player
1994: Geno Chiarelli, American politician
1994: Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
1994: Hunter Henry, American football player
1993: Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
1993: Alex Singleton, American football player
1992: Sean Couturier, American-Canadian ice hockey player
1991: Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
1991: Chris Wood, New Zealand footballer
1990: Cameron Bairstow, Australian basketball player
1990: David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
1990: Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
1990: Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
1990: Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
1989: Kyle Hendricks, American baseball player
1989: Nicholas Hoult, English actor
1989: Philip Larsen, Danish ice hockey player
1989: Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
1989: Kevin Séraphin, French basketball player
1988: Nathan Adrian, American swimmer
1988: Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer
1988: Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player
1988: Andrew Goudelock, American basketball player
1987: Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, and actor (died 2022)
1986: Billy Horschel, American golfer
1986: Nita Strauss, American guitarist
1985: Jon Moxley, American wrestler
1984: Aaron Gray, American basketball player
1984: Robert Kubica, Polish race car driver
1984: Milan Michálek, Czech ice hockey player
1984: Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer
1983: Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist
1983: Al Thornton, American basketball player
1982: Lou Amundson, American basketball player
1982: Jack Huston, English actor
1980: Dan Bilzerian, American poker player and internet celebrity
1980: John Terry, English footballer
1979: Sara Bareilles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
1979: Jennifer Carpenter, American actress
1979: Lampros Choutos, Greek-Italian footballer
1979: Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress and screenwriter
1978: Shiri Appleby, American actress, director, and producer
1978: Suzannah Lipscomb, English historian, academic and television presenter
1977: Eric Chavez, American baseball player and sportscaster
1977: Luke Donald, English golfer
1977: Dominic Howard, English drummer and producer
1976: Alan Faneca, American football player
1976: Ivan Franceschini, Italian footballer
1976: Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
1976: Derek Ramsay, Filipino-British actor, model and television personality
1976: Sunny Sweeney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976: Benoît Tréluyer, French race car driver
1976: Joris Vandenbroucke, Belgian politician
1975: Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach
1975: Mia Love, American politician (died 2025)
1974: Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer and actress
1974: Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, Spanish shot putter and actor
1973: İbrahim Kutluay, Turkish basketball player
1973: Hack Meyers, American wrestler and trainer (died 2015)
1973: Terrell Owens, American football player
1973: Fabien Pelous, French rugby player and coach
1973: Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
1972: Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
1972: Tammy Lynn Sytch, American wrestler and manager
1971: Vladimir Akopian, Azerbaijani-Armenian chess player
1967: Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1967: Tino Martinez, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1967: Nina Turner, American politician
1966: C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1966: Shinichi Ito, Japanese motorcycle racer
1966: Kazue Itoh, Japanese actress
1966: Andres Kasekamp, Canadian-Estonian historian and academic
1966: Louise Post, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965: Deborah Bassett, Australian rower
1965: Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager
1965: Jeffrey Wright, American actor
1964: Hugo Blick, English filmmaker
1964: Patrick Fabian, American actor
1964: Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach
1963: Theo Snelders, Dutch footballer and coach
1963: Katsuya Terada, Japanese illustrator
1963: Barbara Weathers, American R&B/soul singer
1962: Alain Blondel, French decathlete
1962: Jeffrey Donaldson, Northern Irish politician
1962: Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese activist (died 2008)
1960: Craig Scanlon, English guitarist and songwriter
1959: Saleem Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
1958: Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter
1958: Rick Rude, American wrestler and sportscaster (died 1999)
1957: Geoff Lawson, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1957: Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)
1957: Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant
1956: Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach
1956: Chuy Bravo, Mexican-American comedian and actor (died 2019)
1956: Anna Soubry, British politician
1955: John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
1954: Mary Fallin, American businesswoman and politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma
1954: Mark Hofmann, a.k.a. the Mormon Murderer; American counterfeiter, forger of fake Mormon historical documents, and convicted murderer
1952: Susan Collins, American politician
1952: Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager
1950: Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)
1949: James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler
1949: Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1948: Gary Morris, American country singer-songwriter and actor
1948: Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer
1947: Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster
1947: Anne Fine, English author
1947: James Keach, American actor, producer, and director
1947: Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1944: Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer (died 2023)
1944: Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician (died 2024)
1943: Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter
1943: Jóhann Ársælsson, Icelandic politician
1943: Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic
1943: Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician
1943: John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot
1942: Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981)
1942: Alex Johnson, American baseball player (died 2015)
1942: Reginald F. Lewis, American businessman (died 1993)
1942: Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer (died 2006)
1941: Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist
1940: Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1937: Stan Boardman, English comedian
1937: Thad Cochran, American lawyer and politician (died 2019)
1937: Kenneth Colley, English actor (died 2025)
1936: Martha Layne Collins, American politician, 56th Governor of Kentucky (died 2025)
1935: Armando Manzanero, Mexican musician, singer and composer (died 2020)
1933: Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (died 2013)
1932: Ellen Burstyn, American actress
1932: Oktay Ekşi, Turkish journalist and politician
1932: Rosemary Rogers, American journalist and author (died 2019)
1932: J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance (died 2020)
1932: Bobby Whitton, Australian rugby league player (died 2008)
1931: Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy (died 2013)
1931: Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass singer and musician (died 2023)
1930: Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author (died 2017)
1930: Hal Smith, American baseball player (died 2020)
1928: Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher
1928: Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (died 1988)
1927: Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2013)
1927: Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (died 2009)
1926: William John McNaughton, American bishop (died 2020)
1925: Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver
1925: Max Zaslofsky, American basketball player and coach (died 1985)
1924: Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer (died 2020)
1924: John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (died 2005)
1924: Mary Ellen Rudin, American mathematician (died 2013)
1924: Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal (died 2017)
1923: Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar (died 2016)
1921: Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar (died 2016)
1920: Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author (died 2002)
1920: Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (died 2012)
1920: Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (died 1944)
1915: Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (died 1978)
1915: Eli Wallach, American actor (died 2014)
1913: Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (died 1986)
1912: Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (died 1993)
1910: Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist (died 1998)
1910: Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (died 1978)
1909: Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author (died 1942)
1907: Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy (died 1983)
1906: Erika Fuchs, German translator (died 2005)
1905: Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (died 1973)
1904: Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (died 1985)
1903: Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic (died 1987)
1902: Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator (died 1967)
1900: Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (died 1961)
1894: Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator (died 1986)
1893: Fay Bainter, American actress (died 1968)
1893: Hermann Balck, German general (died 1982)
1892: Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (died 1964)
1888: Joyce Cary, Irish novelist (died 1957)
1888: Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician (died 1991)
1887: Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter (died 1964)
1885: Mason Phelps, American golfer (died 1945)
1885: Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter (died 1919)
1884: John Carpenter, American sprinter (died 1933)
1879: Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic (died 1972)
1878: Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer (died 1942)
1873: Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1947)
1869: Frank Laver, Australian cricketer (died 1919)
1863: Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1952)
1863: Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor (died 1945)
1863: Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (died 1914)
1862: Paul Adam, French author (died 1920)
1861: Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (died 1931)
1860: Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1947)
1838: Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (died 1909)
1823: Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (died 1891)
1810: Josef Hyrtl, Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist (died 1894)
1810: Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (died 1882)
1801: Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor and playwright (died 1862)
1792: Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch author and academic (died 1857)
1791: Ferenc Novák, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (died 1836)
1784: Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (died 1842)
1764: Claude Victor-Perrin, French general and politician (died 1841)
1756: John Littlejohn, American sheriff and Methodist preacher (died 1836)
1643: Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian architect and engraver (died 1678)
1637: Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (died 1710)
1598: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (died 1680)
1595: Injo of Joseon, Korean king (died 1649)
1561: Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyō (died 1625)
1545: Henry Stuart, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (died 1567)
1532: Louis I, German nobleman and politician (died 1605)
1302: Azzone Visconti, Italian nobleman (died 1339)
967: Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian Sufi poet (died 1049)
903: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer and author (died 986)
521: Columba, Irish missionary, monk, and saint (died 597)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Doudou Adoula, Congolese atalaku and composer (born 1965)
2023: Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer and dub poet (born1958)
2023: Refaat Alareer, Palestinian professor and writer (born1979)
2023: Emiko Miyamoto, Japanese volleyball player (born 1937)
2020: Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (born 1942)
2020: Chuck Yeager, American aviator (born 1923)
2019: Ron Saunders, English football player and manager (born 1932)
2017: Steve Reevis, Native American actor (born 1962)
2016: Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and preacher. (born 1964)
2016: Greg Lake, English musician (born 1947)
2015: Gerhard Lenski, American sociologist and academic (born 1924)
2015: Hyron Spinrad, American astronomer and academic (born 1934)
2015: Peter Westbury, English race car driver (born 1938)
2015: Shirley Stelfox, English actress (born 1941)
2014: Mark Lewis, American author and educator (born 1954)
2013: Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
2013: Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (born 1934)
2012: Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (born 1922)
2012: Ralph Parr, American colonel and pilot (born 1924)
2012: Marty Reisman, American table tennis player and author (born 1930)
2012: Saul Steinberg, American businessman and financier (born 1939)
2011: Harry Morgan, American actor (born 1915)
2010: Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and author (born 1949)
2010: Kari Tapio, Finnish singer (born 1945)
2008: Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (born 1908)
2006: Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1926)
2005: Bud Carson, American football player and coach (born 1931)
2004: Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (born 1914)
2004: Jerry Scoggins, American singer and guitarist (born 1913)
2004: Jay Van Andel, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway (born 1924)
2003: Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (born 1913)
2003: Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (born 1933)
1998: John Addison, English-American composer and conductor (born 1920)
1998: Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)
1997: Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1942)
1995: Kathleen Harrison, English actress (born 1892)
1993: Abidin Dino, Turkish-French painter and illustrator (born 1913)
1993: Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivoirian physician and politician, 1st President of Ivory Coast (born 1905)
1992: Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (born 1909)
1990: Joan Bennett, American actress (born 1910)
1990: Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter and educator (born 1904)
1989: Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (born 1934)
1989: Hans Hartung, French-German painter (born 1904)
1985: J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (born 1906)
1985: Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic (born 1895)
1985: Potter Stewart, American soldier and jurist (born 1915)
1984: Jack Mercer, American voice actor (born 1910)
1984: LeeRoy Yarbrough, American race car driver (born 1938)
1980: Darby Crash, American punk rock vocalist and songwriter (born 1958)
1979: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1900)
1978: Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (born 1886)
1977: Paul Gibb, English cricketer and umpire (born 1913)
1977: Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (born 1906)
1977: Georges Grignard, French race car driver (born 1905)
1976: Paul Bragg, American nutritionist (born 1895)
1975: Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (born 1897)
1975: Hardie Albright, American actor (born 1903)
1970: Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (born 1883)
1969: Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (born 1897)
1969: Eric Portman, English actor (born 1903)
1962: Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (born 1895)
1960: Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (born 1882)
1956: Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (born 1887)
1956: Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (born 1889)
1949: Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (born 1877)
1947: Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (born 1866)
1947: Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain (born 1887)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Frederick Curtice Davis, American sailor (born 1915)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Julius Ellsberry, American sailor (born 1921)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: John C. England, American sailor (born 1920)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Edwin J. Hill, American sailor (born 1894)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Ralph Hollis, American sailor (born 1906)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Herbert C. Jones, American sailor (born 1918)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Isaac C. Kidd, American admiral (born 1884)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Robert Lawrence Leopold, American sailor (born 1916)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Herbert Hugo Menges, American sailor (born 1917)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Thomas James Reeves, American sailor (born 1895)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aloysius Schmitt, American priest and sailor (born 1909)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Robert R. Scott, American sailor (born 1915)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Peter Tomich, American sailor (born 1893)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Robert Uhlmann, American sailor (born 1919)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Franklin Van Valkenburgh, American captain (born 1888)
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor: Eldon P. Wyman, American sailor (born 1917)
1918: Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (born 1859)
1917: Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1826)
1913: Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (born 1828)
1906: Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1833)
1902: Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (born 1840)
1899: Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (born 1857)
1894: Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (born 1805)
1891: Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (born 1823)
1879: Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (born 1811)
1874: Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (born 1815)
1842: Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (born 1789)
1837: Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (born 1814)
1817: William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (born 1745)
1815: Michel Ney, German-French general (born 1769)
1803: Küçük Hüseyin Pasha, Turkish admiral and politician (born 1757)
1793: Joseph Bara, French soldier and drummer (born 1779)
1775: Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (born 1715)
1772: Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk, scholar, and author (born 1695)
1725: Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (born 1661)
1723: Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk and Karlova Koruna Chateau (born 1677)
1683: Algernon Sidney, English philosopher and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1623)
1680: Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (born 1618)
1672: Richard Bellingham, English-American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (born 1592)
1649: Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (born 1606)
1562: Adrian Willaert, Dutch-Italian composer and educator (born 1490)
1498: Alexander Hegius von Heek, German poet (born 1433)
1383: Wenceslaus I, duke of Luxembourg (born 1337)
1312: Michael II of Antioch, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch (r. 1292-1312)
1295: Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, English officer (born 1243)
1279: Bolesław V, High Duke of Poland (born 1226)
1254: Innocent IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1195)
983: Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 955)
881: Anspert, archbishop of Milan
283: Eutychian, pope of the Catholic Church
43 BC: Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (born 106 BC)

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