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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.$457.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2023
2.$395 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2023
3.$379 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2022
4.$344 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 10, 2013
5.€323.2 Million US$339.46 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2022
6.$314 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 10, 2019
7.$290.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2021
8.$264 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2020
9.$262 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2020
10.€240 Million
US$258.43 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2023
11.€200 Million
US$242.28 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2020
12.$226 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2018
13.$217 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2018
14.$212 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2017
15.$176 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2017
16.$171 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2004
17.$170 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2008
18.€143 Million
US$161.12 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2021
19.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2015
20.€120.88 Million
US$136.19 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2021
21.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2019
22.€106 Million
US$124.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 8, 2017
23.$122 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2021
24.$100.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 7, 2022
25.$100 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2011

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991: flamescity
Saturday, Dec 7, 1991
32 years old
1981: tomlarson2009
Monday, Dec 7, 1981
42 years old
1979: IntoTheWoods
Friday, Dec 7, 1979
44 years old
1979: Onlyoneme
Friday, Dec 7, 1979
44 years old
1977: JrUWing1277
Wednesday, Dec 7, 1977
46 years old
1977: keva
Wednesday, Dec 7, 1977
46 years old
1976: carmenshenelle
Tuesday, Dec 7, 1976
47 years old
1975: Braddahkepa
Sunday, Dec 7, 1975
48 years old
1974: WannaBpayd$
Saturday, Dec 7, 1974
49 years old
1970: markskl
Monday, Dec 7, 1970
53 years old
1969: dondrell
Sunday, Dec 7, 1969
54 years old
1966: DENISE 54
Wednesday, Dec 7, 1966
57 years old
1966: LOVEISLOVE
Wednesday, Dec 7, 1966
57 years old
1966: ronirich
Wednesday, Dec 7, 1966
57 years old
1962: Tollehow4
Friday, Dec 7, 1962
61 years old
1959: CashCash
Monday, Dec 7, 1959
64 years old
1957: FireFlyPat
Saturday, Dec 7, 1957
66 years old
1952: pookiej
Sunday, Dec 7, 1952
71 years old
1951: ckaye51
Friday, Dec 7, 1951
72 years old
: twisted
(year not provided)
: mjbmaxie
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2016: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by 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 Mukti Bahini.
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

1998: Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist
1997: Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer
1997: Tommy Nelson, American actor
1994: Pete Alonso, American baseball player
1994: Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
1993: Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
1991: Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
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: Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
1989: Nicholas Hoult, English actor
1988: Nathan Adrian, American swimmer
1988: Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player
1988: Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer
1987: Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, and actor (d. 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
1980: Dan Bilzerian, American poker player and internet celebrity
1980: John Terry, English footballer
1979: Sara Bareilles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and 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
1975: Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach
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 (d. 2015)
1973: Terrell Owens, American football player and actor
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 (d. 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 (d. 1999)
1957: Geoff Lawson, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1957: Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant
1957: Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)
1956: Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach
1956: Chuy Bravo, Mexican-American comedian and actor (d. 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
1952: Susan Collins, American politician, senior senator of Maine
1952: Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager
1950: Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 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
1944: Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician
1943: Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter
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 (d. 1981)
1942: Reginald F. Lewis, American Business Tycoon and Philanthropist (d. 1993)
1942: Alex Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2015)
1942: Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer (d. 2006)
1941: Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist
1940: Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1937: Thad Cochran, American lawyer and politician (d. 2019)
1937: Stan Boardman, English comedian
1935: Armando Manzanero, Mexican musician, singer and composer (d. 2020)
1933: Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1932: Ellen Burstyn, American actress
1932: Oktay Ekşi, Turkish journalist and politician
1932: Rosemary Rogers, American journalist and author (d. 2019)
1932: J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance (d. 2020)
1932: Bobby Whitton, Australian rugby league player (d. 2008)
1931: Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy (d. 2013)
1931: Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass singer and musician (d. 2023)
1930: Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author
1930: Hal Smith, American baseball player (d. 2020)
1928: Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher
1928: Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (d. 1988)
1927: Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1927: Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (d. 2009)
1926: William John McNaughton, American bishop (d. 2020)
1925: Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver
1924: John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005)
1924: Mary Ellen Estill. American mathematician (d. 2013)
1924: Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal (d. 2017)
1924: Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer (d. 2020)
1923: Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2016)
1923: Ted Knight, American actor and comedian (d. 1986)
1921: Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar (d. 2016)
1920: Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author (d. 2002)
1920: Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (d. 2012)
1920: Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (d. 1944)
1915: Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)
1915: Eli Wallach, American actor (d. 2014)
1913: Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (d. 1986)
1912: Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993)
1910: Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist (d. 1998)
1910: Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (d. 1978)
1909: Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author (d. 1942)
1907: Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy (d. 1983)
1906: Erika Fuchs, German translator (d. 2005)
1905: Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1973)
1904: Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (d. 1985)
1903: Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic (d. 1987)
1902: Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator (d. 1967)
1900: Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (d. 1961)
1894: Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator (d. 1986)
1893: Fay Bainter, American actress (d. 1968)
1893: Hermann Balck, German general (d. 1982)
1892: Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (d. 1964)
1888: Joyce Cary, Irish novelist (d. 1957)
1888: Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician (d. 1991)
1887: Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)
1885: Mason Phelps, American golfer (d. 1945)
1885: Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter (d. 1919)
1884: John Carpenter, American sprinter (d. 1933)
1879: Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic (d. 1972)
1878: Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer (d. 1942)
1873: Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1947)
1869: Frank Laver, Australian cricketer (d. 1919)
1863: Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1952)
1863: Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1945)
1863: Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (d. 1914)
1862: Paul Adam, French author (d. 1920)
1861: Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (d. 1931)
1860: Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
1838: Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1909)
1823: Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1891)
1810: Josef Hyrtl, Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist (d. 1894)
1810: Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (d. 1882)
1801: Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1862)
1792: Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch author and academic (d. 1857)
1791: Ferenc Novák, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (d. 1836)
1784: Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (d. 1842)
1764: Claude Victor-Perrin, French general and politician (d. 1841)
1643: Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian architect and engraver (d. 1678)
1637: Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (d. 1710)
1598: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1680)
1595: Injo of Joseon, Korean king (d. 1649)
1561: Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyō (d. 1625)
1545: Henry Stuart, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567)
1532: Louis I, German nobleman and politician (d. 1605)
1302: Azzone Visconti, Italian nobleman (d. 1339)
967: Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, Persian Sufi poet (d. 1049)
903: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer and author (d. 986)
521: Columba, Irish missionary, monk, and saint (d. 597)

Deaths On This Day

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

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