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December 9

December 9 is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 22 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025
Canadian man charged with theft, fraud after claiming $1M lottery prize meant for three winners. A Canadian man was accused of claiming a $1 million Lotto Max prize without including two other lottery players who were part of a group play arrangement.
2024
New Jersey Lottery offers free Powerball tickets in "Jackpot Was Hit!" promotion. The New Jersey Lottery announced today that players can receive a free Powerball ticket this week in the "Jackpot Was Hit!" state-wide promotion.
2023
New York man wins $10 million lottery prize for the second time in a year. A New York man has now collected two lottery prizes, both valued at $10 million, just about a year apart from each other.
2022
Ireland National Lottery spent majority of unclaimed prize money on advertising. The Ireland National Lottery is defending itself against criticism for spending nearly the entire amount of unclaimed prize money on advertising.
2020
Man sues New Hampshire Lottery over losing scratch-off ticket. A man from Massachusetts is suing the New Hampshire Lottery Commission following a claim that the Lottery owes him either a gold bar or about $750,000, the approximate equivalent of a standard gold bar's worth.
2020
EuroMillons jackpot winners gave away half of £115 million fortune. In just nearly two years, an English couple who won a £114.9 million (US$153.7 million) EuroMillions jackpot, the fourth largest awarded by the UK National Lottery since its inception, have already given away half of their winnings to friends, family and charities.
2019
MUSL paid $1.5 million to settle lawsuit over rigged jackpot. A national lottery group agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by an Iowa man who claimed that a $9 million jackpot he won in 2011 would have been bigger if the previous one hadn't been fixed by an insider.
2018
NY Gov Cuomo vetoes bill that would have allowed lottery jackpot winners to remain anonymous. New York Gov. Cuomo on Saturday announced he vetoed a bill that would have allowed lottery winners in New York to remain anonymous if they so desired.
2016
Investigation: Illinois Lottery didn't award 40% of scratch-off grand prizes. A local media investigation found the Illinois Lottery collected hundreds of millions of dollars from selling tickets to the biggest-prize instant games in which it did not hand out all of the grand prizes in some of the games.
2015
Cape Cod fisherman reels in $10M lottery prize. A Massachusetts shellfisherman and champion oyster shucker has won the $10 million prize winner in the Lottery's "$10,000,000 Mega Fortune" instant game.
2014
New Mexico Lottery testing lottery ticket ads. If you've ever played the lottery, you know how important that little piece of paper can be. It's why the New Mexico Lottery is putting a little something extra on their lottery tickets: Advertisements.
2014
New fight looms over MN lottery online sales. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is braced for a repeat struggle over the Minnesota Lottery and said Tuesday that its director faces a challenge in trying to preserve online ticket sales that many lawmakers want to outlaw.
2013
EuroMillions jackpot makes poor woman one of Ireland's richest. From struggling on €70 a week in jobseeker's allowance, Margaret Loughrey is now officially one of Ireland's richest women.
2011
Arkansas Supreme Court hears arguments in lottery trademark suit. An attorney for a Little Rock marketing firm argued Thursday before the Arkansas Supreme Court that his client should be allowed to proceed with a trademark lawsuit against the Arkansas Lottery Commission.
2010
Approval for online poker in D.C. seen as long shot. Congress sent a message Wednesday to D.C. officials who this week approved plans for the city lottery to offer online poker: Not so fast.
2010
Mobster caught by tracing lottery ticket. A notorious Italian mobster who dodged justice for 20 years was reportedly finally under lock and key overnight after he was traced via a lottery ticket.
2009
Maryland Lottery interim director named. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's office has named Gina Smith as the Maryland State Lottery's Interim Director after the departure of Director Buddy Roogow on November 30th.
2008
NJ couple claims $126M Mega Millions jackpot. Clelia Lopes walked around north Jersey with a winning lottery ticket in her purse for days this summer before realizing the stub was worth much more than the paper it was printed on -- $126 million more.
2008
Nagging wife, sausage help man win $4.2M lottery jackpot. A "nagging" wife who pushed her husband to buy a lottery ticket helped win the $4.2 million ($7.7 million New Zealand dollar) first prize -- with only minutes to spare.
2008
Woman scammed out of $400,000 pursuing lottery-sized fortune. In what may be the mother of all Internet scam cases, Janella Spears, a reverend and a registered nurse from Sweet Home, Oregon, ended up sending Nigerian fraudsters more than $400,000 when she was promised a multi-million dollar pay out from a lost relative.
2005
Impartial choice promised for Texas Lottery chief. The chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission said Wednesday that politics will play no part in whether a powerful ex-lawmaker is hired to run the beleaguered state agency.
2005
Couple Claims $4.6 Million Lottery Prize With Hour To Spare. Hearing that there was an unclaimed Lotto prize, an Arvada, Colorado couple went through their unchecked tickets and found the winning ticket. They verified the with less than an hour before the prize payout was set to expire.
2005
Oklahoma lottery winnings can be garnished. Oklahoma lottery winnings can be garnished from people owing delinquent child support, a state commission has decided.
2005
Oregon Lottery rewards store that sold winning Jackpot ticket. Oregon Lottery officials presented a "selling bonus" of $100,000 this week to Ray's Food Place, the store that sold the $340 million Powerball ticket to a Medford family in the Oct. 19 drawing.
2005
Elders fleeced in lottery scam. Several Massachusetts seniors have paid a hefty price after falling prey to a Canadian lottery scam, Danvers Police announced this week, and they've issued a public warning.
2005
A lottery ticket run to the border. An entertaining story about a jaunt to a bordering state to buy lottery tickets highlights Nevada's lack of a lottery -- and shoots down the 'regressive tax' theory.
2005
$100,000 lottery ticket to expire Wednesday. A Powerball ticket purchased in Gary, Indiana is worth $100,000 until Wednesday, Hoosier Lottery Officials said.
2005
N.C. Lottery commissioner says games are 'on track'. Bob Farris, a member of the North Carolina Lottery Commission, said he suspects the lottery will first offer the scratch-and-win style games by spring, and then be able to join in the bigger lotto-style games by the summer.
2005
Penn. woman wins lottery prize of $1,000 a week for life. Nancy Guiher was recently the winner of the $1,000 a week for life scratch game sponsored by the Pennsylvania Lottery.
2005
N.C. Lottery plans expensive personnel moves. Tom Shaheen, the executive director of North Carolina's new lottery, said yesterday that he's getting ready to hire six deputy executive directors who could make as much as $190,000 their first year.
2005
Lost lottery ticket worth $25,000 returned to owner. A lucky Texan lost a winning scratch-off ticket moments after he realized he'd hit the jackpot and, through several incredible coincidences, had it returned days later.
2004
Tennessee Governor proposes lottery scholarships for adults. Students who don't take the traditional route to college also should be eligible for help from the lottery-funded scholarship program, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen said.
2004
North Wales couple hit UK Lotto jackpot. A retired school cook has scooped a £721,000 (US$1.4 million) lotto jackpot in the UK National Lottery.
2004
One ticket wins $7 million Ohio Super Lotto Plus jackpot. The Ohio Lottery sold one Super Lotto Plus game ticket with the correct combination from the drawing Wednesday night.
2004
Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania. A Powerball ticket that could pay $171.4 million over 29 years was sold in Pennsylvania, lottery officials said.
2004
Connecticut lottery error gives players another chance to win. A malfunction with the Connecticut Lottery's equipment on Wednesday resulted in more winning combinations for ticket buyers in the state's mid-day drawings.
2003
Phone trouble halts MD lottery sales for 6 hours. On Monday, Maryland lottery players were having a hard time getting clerks to take their money because 329 lottery machines were down in Washington County for about six hours.
2003
State to end televised drawings of lottery. Wisconsin Lottery officials said Monday they will no longer broadcast nightly drawings live on television and will stop producing a weekly game show that had aired for more than a decade.
2003
Alaska closer to getting lottery. Alaskans could be betting on a new state lottery soon after the upcoming legislative session ends next spring.
2003
Lottery pays off for poor kids. Children in one of Denver's oldest and poorest neighborhoods are getting a new playground, thanks in part to Great Outdoors Colorado.
2003
Bank gets lottery business. Lottery officials Monday officially named First Tennessee to handle millions in banking services for the upstart game.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$935.5 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 10, 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.$379 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2022
5.$344 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 10, 2013
6.€323.63 Million
US$341.11 Million
Draw Date
Dec 10, 2022
7.$314 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 10, 2019
8.$311 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2021
9.$276 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2020
10.$262 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2020
11.$245 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2018
12.€200 Million
US$242.4 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2020
13.$230 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2018
14.$212 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2017
15.$191 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2017
16.$170 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2008
17.€143 Million
US$166.34 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2025
18.$145 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2015
19.$140 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2019
20.€121.96 Million
US$137.85 Million
Draw Date
Dec 9, 2021
21.€115 Million
US$135.16 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Dec 12, 2017
22.$135 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 10, 2021
23.$122 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2013
24.$115 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Dec 11, 2007
24.$115 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Dec 10, 2022

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1985
Monday, Dec 9, 1985
40 years old
1981
Wednesday, Dec 9, 1981
44 years old
1977
Friday, Dec 9, 1977
48 years old
1976
Thursday, Dec 9, 1976
49 years old
1975
Tuesday, Dec 9, 1975
50 years old
1973
Sunday, Dec 9, 1973
52 years old
1973
Sunday, Dec 9, 1973
52 years old
1972
Saturday, Dec 9, 1972
53 years old
1971
Thursday, Dec 9, 1971
54 years old
1971
Thursday, Dec 9, 1971
54 years old
1968
Monday, Dec 9, 1968
57 years old
1967
Saturday, Dec 9, 1967
58 years old
1964
Wednesday, Dec 9, 1964
61 years old
1963
Monday, Dec 9, 1963
62 years old
1959
Wednesday, Dec 9, 1959
66 years old
1959
Wednesday, Dec 9, 1959
66 years old
1946
Monday, Dec 9, 1946
79 years old
1944
Saturday, Dec 9, 1944
81 years old
(year not provided)
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2021
Fifty-five people are killed and more than 100 injured when a truck with 160 migrants from Central America overturned in Chiapas, Mexico.
2019
A volcano on Whakaari / White Island, New Zealand, kills 22 people after it erupts.
2017
The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
2016
President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal.
2016
At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.
2013
At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia.
2012
A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people including singer Jenni Rivera.
2008
Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
2006
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-116 carrying the P5 truss segment of the International Space Station.
2003
A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
1996
Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topless in Ontario, Canada.
1992
American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
1987
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
1979
The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (with rinderpest in 2011 being the other).
1973
British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
1971
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
1969
U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
1968
Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).
1965
Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; with witnesses reporting something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh.
1961
Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
1960
The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
1956
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
1956
An Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crashes near Anadyr, killing all 12 people on board.
1953
Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
1950
Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
1948
The Genocide Convention is adopted.
1946
The subsequent Nuremberg trials begin with the Doctors' Trial, prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.
1946
The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
1941
World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.
1941
World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
1940
World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
1937
Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Yasuhiko Asaka launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanking.
1935
Student protests occur in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, and are subsequently dispersed by government authorities.
1935
Walter Liggett, an American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
1931
The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
1922
Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.
1917
World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire.
1917
World War I: The Kingdom of Romania signs the Armistice of Focșani with the Central Powers.
1911
A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
1905
In France, a law separating church and state is passed.
1893
National Assembly bombing by Auguste Vaillant during the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).
1872
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African American governor of a U.S. state following the impeachment of Henry C. Warmoth.
1868
The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
1861
American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by Congress.
1856
The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.
1851
The first YMCA in North America is established in Montreal.
1835
Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio following the Siege of Béxar.
1824
Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
1822
French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a memoir read to the Academy of Sciences, coins the terms linear polarization, circular polarization, and elliptical polarization, and reports a direct refraction experiment verifying his theory that optical rotation is a form of birefringence.
1775
American Revolutionary War: British troops and Loyalists, misinformed about Patriot militia strength, lose the Battle of Great Bridge, ending British rule in Virginia.
1688
Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing James II to flee England. (Date is Old Style; the date in the New Style modern calendar is 19 December.)
1636
The Qing dynasty of China, led by Emperor Hong Taiji, invades Joseon.
1531
The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.
1432
The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War.
730
Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami.
536
Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flees the capital.

Births On This Day

2005
Ni-Ki, Japanese singer
2003
Yuna, South Korean rapper, singer and dancer
2000
Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater
1997
Harvey Barnes, English footballer
1996
Mackenzie Blackwood, Canadian ice hockey player
1996
Kyle Connor, American ice hockey player
1996
MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast
1996
AleXa, American singer based in South Korea
1995
Simone Fontecchio, Italian basketball player
1995
McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
1995
Kelly Oubre Jr., American basketball player
1994
Ryan Lomberg, Canadian ice hockey player
1993
Cem Ince, German politician
1993
Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder
1993
Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist
1991
Langston Galloway, American basketball player
1991
Choi Min-ho, South Korean singer and actor
1990
Ashleigh Brewer, Australian actress
1990
Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer
1989
Eric Bledsoe, American basketball player
1988
Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
1987
Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer
1987
Gerald Henderson Jr., American basketball player
1987
Mat Latos, American baseball player
1987
Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player
1987
Jeff Petry, American ice hockey player
1987
Joshua Sasse, English actor
1986
Aron Baynes, Australian basketball player
1985
Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer
1984
Ángel Guirado, Spanish-Filipino footballer
1984
Leon Hall, American football player
1983
Jermaine Beckford, English-Jamaican footballer
1983
Neslihan Demir Darnel, Turkish volleyball player
1983
Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer
1983
Jolene Purdy, American actress
1982
Tamilla Abassova, Russian cyclist
1982
Nathalie De Vos, Belgian runner
1982
Ryan Grant, American football player
1982
Jim Slater, American ice hockey player
1982
Bastian Swillims, German sprinter
1981
Mardy Fish, American tennis player
1980
Simon Helberg, American actor, comedian, and musician
1980
Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist
1980
Mark Riddell, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1979
Olivia Lufkin, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
1979
Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer
1979
Aiko Uemura, Japanese skier
1978
Gastón Gaudio, Argentinian tennis player
1978
Jesse Metcalfe, American actor and musician
1977
Shayne Graham, American football player
1977
Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1976
Mona Hanna-Attisha, American pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate
1974
David Akers, American football player
1974
Canibus, Jamaican-American rapper
1974
Aloísio da Silva Filho, Brazilian footballer
1974
Wendy Dillinger, American soccer player, coach, and manager
1974
Fiona MacDonald, Scottish curler
1973
Stacey Abrams, American politician and activist
1973
Fabio Artico, Italian footballer
1973
Vénuste Niyongabo, Burundian runner
1973
Bárbara Padilla, Mexican-American soprano
1972
Reiko Aylesworth, American actress
1972
Tré Cool, German-American drummer and songwriter
1972
Michael Corcoran, American singer-songwriter and producer
1972
Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-French tennis player and sportscaster
1972
Saima Wazed, Bangladeshi psychologist
1971
Geoff Barrow, English drummer, DJ, composer, and producer
1971
Nick Hysong, American pole vaulter and coach
1971
Petr Nedvěd, Czech-Canadian ice hockey player
1970
Kara DioGuardi, American singer-songwriter and producer
1970
Lance Krall, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1969
Jakob Dylan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969
Saskia Garel, Jamaican-Canadian singer-songwriter
1969
Lori Greiner, American businesswoman and television personality
1969
Annick Lambrecht, Belgian politician
1969
Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer
1969
Raphaël Rouquier, French mathematician and academic
1969
Allison Smith, American actress
1968
Kurt Angle, American freestyle and professional wrestler
1968
Brian Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968
Brent Price, American basketball player
1967
Joshua Bell, American violinist and conductor
1967
Jason Dozzell, English footballer and manager
1966
Kirsten Gillibrand, American lawyer and politician
1966
Dave Harold, English snooker player
1966
Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli lawyer and politician, 24th Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs
1966
Martin Taylor, English footballer and coach
1965
Joe Ausanio, American baseball player and coach
1964
Michael Foster, American drummer
1964
Ross Harrington, Australian rugby league player
1964
Hape Kerkeling, German actor and singer
1964
Johannes B. Kerner, German journalist and sportscaster
1964
Les Kiss, Australian rugby league player
1964
Paul Landers, German guitarist
1963
Dave Hilton Jr., Canadian boxer
1963
Empress Masako, Japanese consort of Emperor Naruhito
1962
Felicity Huffman, American actress and producer
1962
Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) ceramic sculptor
1961
David Anthony Higgins, American actor and screenwriter
1961
Joe Lando, American actor
1960
Stefen Fangmeier, American visual effects designer and director
1960
Caroline Lucas, English activist and politician
1960
Dobroslav Paraga, Croatian politician
1960
Juan Samuel, Dominican baseball player and manager
1959
Susan Bullock, English soprano
1959
Mario Cantone, American comedian, actor, and writer
1957
Peter O'Mara, Australian guitarist and composer
1957
Donny Osmond, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1957
Steve Taylor, American singer-songwriter and producer
1956
Sylvia, American country singer-songwriter
1956
Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French journalist and author
1955
Otis Birdsong, American basketball player and radio host
1955
Chamras Saewataporn, Thai singer-songwriter
1954
Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1954
Henk ten Cate, Dutch footballer and manager
1953
Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer and educator
1953
World B. Free, American basketball player
1953
John Malkovich, American actor and producer
1952
Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician
1952
Michael Dorn, American actor and voice artist
1950
Joan Armatrading, Kittian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949
Tom Kite, American golfer and architect
1948
Marleen Gorris, Dutch director and screenwriter
1948
Jonathan Sumption, English historian, author, and judge
1947
Tom Daschle, American soldier, academic, and politician
1947
Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician, 24th Estonian Minister of Defense
1947
Allan Jones, English cricketer and umpire
1946
David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone, English economist and academic
1946
Dennis Dunaway, American bass player and songwriter
1946
Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician
1946
Nicholas Reade, English bishop
1945
Michael Nouri, American actor
1944
Neil Innes, English singer-songwriter (died 2019)
1944
Ki Longfellow, American author, playwright, and producer (died 2022)
1944
Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (died 2006)
1943
Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2008)
1943
Joanna Trollope, English author, playwright, and director
1943
Kenny Vance, American singer-songwriter and music producer
1942
Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (died 1997)
1942
Dick Butkus, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (died 2023)
1942
Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
1942
Fred Jones, Australian rugby league player (died 2021)
1942
Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author (died 2014)
1942
William Turnage, American conservationist (died 2017)
1941
Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (died 2013)
1941
Beau Bridges, American actor, director, and producer
1941
Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
1940
Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)
1938
Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (died 2013)
1938
Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (died 2014)
1935
David Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
1934
Judi Dench, English actress
1934
Alan Ridout, English composer and teacher (died 1996)
1934
Junior Wells, American blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player (died 1998)
1933
Ashleigh Brilliant, English-American author and illustrator (died 2025)
1933
Milt Campbell, American decathlete and football player (died 2012)
1933
Morton Downey Jr., American actor and talk show host (died 2001)
1933
Orville Moody, American golfer (died 2008)
1932
Donald Byrd, American trumpet player and academic (died 2013)
1932
Bill Hartack, American jockey (died 2007)
1932
Billy Edd Wheeler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and playwright (died 2024)
1931
Cliff Hagan, American basketball player-coach
1931
William Reynolds, American actor (died 2022)
1931
Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2010)
1930
Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2020)
1930
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, Guatemalan soldier and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (died 2016)
1929
John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1989)
1929
Bob Hawke, Australian union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (died 2019)
1928
Joan Blos, American author and educator (died 2017)
1928
André Milhoux, Belgian race car driver
1928
Dick Van Patten, American actor (died 2015)
1927
Pierre Henry, French composer (died 2017)
1926
Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
1926
Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (died 1995)
1926
David Nathan, British journalist (died 2001)
1926
Lorenzo Wright, American sprinter and coach (died 1972)
1925
Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (died 2013)
1922
Redd Foxx, American actor (died 1991)
1920
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy (died 2016)
1920
Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (died 2007)
1919
V. Dakshinamoorthy, Indian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
1919
William Lipscomb, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
1917
James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (died 1987)
1917
James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
1916
Jerome Beatty Jr., American soldier, journalist, and author (died 2002)
1916
Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer (died 2020)
1916
Colin McCool, Australian cricketer (died 1986)
1915
Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (died 2000)
1915
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano and actress (died 2006)
1914
Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant (died 1996)
1914
Frances Reid, American actress (died 2010)
1914
Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter and illustrator (died 2009)
1912
Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1994)
1912
Jim Turnesa, American golfer (died 1971)
1911
Broderick Crawford, American actor (died 1986)
1911
Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese colonel and businessman (died 2007)
1910
Vere Bird, first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (died 1999)
1909
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (died 2000)
1906
Grace Hopper, American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL (died 1992)
1906
Freddy Martin, American bandleader and tenor saxophonist (died 1983)
1905
Dalton Trumbo, American author, screenwriter, and blacklistee (died 1976)
1904
Robert Livingston, American actor and singer (died 1988)
1902
Margaret Hamilton, American schoolteacher, actress and voice artist (died 1985)
1901
Jean Mermoz, French pilot and politician (died 1936)
1901
Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright (died 1938)
1900
Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine Weird Tales (died 1976)
1900
Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle (died 1977)
1899
Jean de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (died 1937)
1898
Irene Greenwood, Australian radio broadcaster and feminist and peace activist (died 1992)
1898
Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (died 1979)
1897
Hermione Gingold, English actress and singer (died 1987)
1895
Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish activist, journalist and politician (died 1989)
1895
Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress (died 1936)
1892
André Randall, French actor (died 1974)
1891
Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (died 1917)
1890
Laura Salverson, Canadian author (died 1970)
1889
Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner (died 1966)
1887
Tim Moore, American actor (died 1958)
1886
Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (died 1956)
1883
Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic (died 1950)
1883
Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1955)
1883
Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates (died 1967)
1882
Elmer Booth, American actor (died 1915)
1882
Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator (died 1949)
1876
Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1940)
1875
Harry Miller, American engineer (died 1943)
1873
George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic (died 1912)
1871
Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (died 1943)
1870
Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary (died 1960)
1870
Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (died 1932)
1868
Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)
1867
Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author (died 1951)
1861
Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist (died 1929)
1850
Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress (died 1891)
1845
Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (died 1908)
1842
Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher (died 1921)
1837
Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1915)
1813
Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (died 1885)
1806
Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (died 1838)
1787
John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower (died 1865)
1779
Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor (died 1853)
1768
Joseph Desha, American politician (died 1842)
1752
Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (died 1813)
1748
Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic (died 1822)
1745
Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer (died 1818)
1742
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist (died 1786)
1728
Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer (died 1804)
1721
Peter Pelham, English-American organist and composer (died 1805)
1717
Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and historian (died 1768)
1667
William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (died 1752)
1652
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (died 1723)
1617
Richard Lovelace, English poet (died 1657)
1610
Baldassare Ferri, Italian singer and actor (died 1680)
1608
John Milton, English poet and philosopher (died 1674)
1594
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (died 1632)
1579
Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (died 1639)
1571
Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (died 1635)
1561
Edwin Sandys, English lawyer and politician (died 1629)
1508
Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (died 1555)
1493
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado (died 1566)
1482
Frederick II, Elector Palatine (died 1556)
1447
Chenghua Emperor of China (died 1487)
1392
Peter, Duke of Coimbra (died 1449)

Deaths On This Day

2024
Nikki Giovanni, American poet, writer and activist (born 1943)
2022
Jovit Baldivino, Filipino singer and actor (born 1993)
2021
Speedy Duncan, American football player (born 1942)
2021
Demaryius Thomas, American football player (born 1987)
2015
Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (born 1927)
2015
Norman Breslow, American statistician and academic (born 1941)
2015
Juvenal Juvêncio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
2015
Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (born 1936)
2014
Sacvan Bercovitch, Canadian-American author, critic, and academic (born 1933)
2014
Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (born 1924)
2014
Jorge María Mejía, Argentinian cardinal (born 1923)
2014
Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (born 1937)
2014
Blagoje Paunović, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1947)
2014
Jože Toporišič, Slovenian linguist and author (born 1926)
2013
Hristu Cândroveanu, Romanian editor, literary critic and writer (born 1928)
2013
John Gabbert, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1909)
2013
Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, Polish pianist and educator (born 1930)
2013
Eleanor Parker, American actress (born 1922)
2013
John Wilbur, American football player (born 1943)
2012
Béla Nagy Abodi, Hungarian painter and academic (born 1918)
2012
Patrick Moore, English lieutenant, astronomer, and educator (born 1923)
2012
Alex Moulton, English engineer and businessman, founded the Moulton Bicycle Company (born 1920)
2012
Jenni Rivera, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1969)
2012
Charles Rosen, American pianist and musicologist (born 1927)
2012
Riccardo Schicchi, Italian director and producer, co-founded Diva Futura (born 1953)
2012
Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (born 1921)
2010
James Moody, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (born 1925)
2010
Dov Shilansky, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician, 10th Speaker of the Knesset (born 1924)
2009
Gene Barry, American actor (born 1919)
2008
Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian footballer (born 1972)
2008
Yury Glazkov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1939)
2007
Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver (born 1981)
2007
Gordon Zahn, American sociologist, author, and academic (born 1918)
2006
Georgia Gibbs, American singer (born 1919)
2005
György Sándor, Hungarian-American pianist and educator (born 1912)
2005
Robert Sheckley, American author (born 1928)
2003
Norm Sloan, American basketball player and coach (born 1926)
2003
Paul Simon, American soldier, journalist, and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (born 1928)
2002
Mary Hansen, Australian singer and guitarist (born 1966)
2002
Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (born 1944)
2002
Stan Rice, American painter and poet (born 1942)
2001
Michael Carver, Baron Carver, English field marshal (born 1915)
1998
Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1948)
1998
Archie Moore, American boxer and actor (born 1913)
1996
Patty Donahue, American singer-songwriter (born 1956)
1996
Mary Leakey, English archaeologist and anthropologist (born 1913)
1996
Alain Poher, French lawyer and politician (born 1909)
1996
Diana Morgan, Welsh playwright and screenwriter (born 1908)
1995
Toni Cade Bambara, American author and academic (born 1939)
1995
Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (born 1907)
1993
Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and manager (born 1926)
1992
Vincent Gardenia, American actor (born 1922)
1991
Berenice Abbott, American photographer (born 1898)
1982
Leon Jaworski, American lawyer and politician (born 1905)
1982
Marguerite Henry, Australian zoologist (born 1895)
1979
Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop (born 1895)
1975
William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1896)
1972
Louella Parsons, American writer and columnist (born 1881)
1971
Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1971
Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor and painter (born 1874)
1971
Rev. Aeneas Francon Williams, Church of Scotland Minister, Missionary in India and China, writer and poet (born 1886)
1970
Artem Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (born 1905)
1970
Feroz Khan Noon, Pakistani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1893)
1968
Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (born 1883)
1967
Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgish lawyer and judge, 3rd President of the European Court of Justice (born 1898)
1965
Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (born 1884)
1964
Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (born 1887)
1963
Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author and educator (born 1903)
1963
Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (born 1905)
1957
Ali İhsan Sâbis, Turkish general (born 1882)
1945
Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (born 1864)
1944
Laird Cregar, American actor (born 1913)
1943
Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (born 1870)
1941
Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (born 1865)
1937
Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (born 1882)
1937
Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)
1935
Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (born 1886)
1932
Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (born 1865)
1932
Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (born 1880)
1930
Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (born 1879)
1924
Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (born 1854)
1916
Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (born 1867)
1907
Eva Nansen, Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer and pioneer on women's skiing (born 1858)
1906
Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (born 1849)
1887
Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
1858
Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (born 1804)
1854
Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (born 1799)
1851
William Thornhill, English army officer (born 1768)
1830
Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (born 1757)
1798
Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (born 1729)
1793
Yolande de Polastron, French-Austrian educator (born 1749)
1761
Tarabai, Queen of Chatrapati Rajaram (born 1675)
1718
Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk and cartographer (born 1650)
1706
Peter II of Portugal (born 1648)
1674
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1609)
1669
Pope Clement IX (born 1600)
1641
Anthony van Dyck, Belgian-English painter and illustrator (born 1599)
1636
Fabian Birkowski, Polish preacher and author (born 1566)
1625
Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (born 1547)
1603
William Watson, English priest (born 1559)
1565
Pope Pius IV (born 1499)
1544
Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (born 1491)
1437
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1368)
1299
Bohemond I, Archbishop of Trier
1268
Vaišvilkas, Prince of Black Ruthenia, Grand Duke of Lithuania
1242
Richard le Gras, Lord Keeper of England and Abbot of Evesham
1165
Malcolm IV of Scotland (born 1141)
1117
Gertrude of Brunswick, Markgräfin of Meißen
933
Li Congrong, prince of Later Tang
748
Nasr ibn Sayyar, Umayyad general and politician (born 663)
730
Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah, Arab general
638
Sergius I of Constantinople
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