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February 2

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February 2

February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 332 days remain until the end of the year (333 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2026: $1.5 million Jersey Cash 5 lottery ticket expiring soon. The New Jersey Lottery is encouraging players to rummage around for a missing Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $1.5 million.
2025: Nebraska man who cashed $300,000 lottery prize arrested for fraudulent claim. A Nebraska man was arrested for allegedly stealing lottery tickets from his workplace and fraudulently claiming a $300,000 prize.
2024: Two Massachusetts lottery winners claim $1 million prizes in same game 25 minutes apart. Two Massachusetts lottery players bumped into each other while they each claimed a $1 million prize from the same game within 25 minutes of each other.
2022: Widowed father of six to put $100,000 lottery prize to good use. A recently widowed father of six is elated after winning a prize worth $100,000 from a sports-themed Ontario Lottery game.
2020: Alabama reporter documents experience buying Mississippi lottery tickets. It was a historic day in Mississippi Thursday. It became the 45th state to start selling lottery tickets. But in true Mississippi style, things didn't quite go to plan. Some people might say it was a little cattywampus.
2018: NH Powerball lottery winner sues for anonymity. A New Hampshire woman who hit this month's $560 million Powerball jackpot asked a judge Monday to keep her identity secret.
2016: Florida lottery winner back in court for retrial. A retired Florida school teacher is back in court this week, fighting to keep her $1 million dollar lottery win.
2015: Powerball heats up with $317 million jackpot. Big multi-state lottery jackpots may have been missing somewhat in 2014, but just a month into 2015 lottery players are already seeing a second massive grand prize looming.
2014: Newest Pa. lottery scratch-off sports $30 pricetag. The Pennsylvania Lottery earlier this week launched its most expensive instant lottery ticket, a $30 scratch-off that offers a top prize of $3 million.
2014: Lottery expansion could still be a big winner for Penn. Gov.. Efforts by Gov. Tom Corbett's administration to privatize the management of the Pennsylvania Lottery is on the back burner, but the idea of expanding lottery games to include keno remains very much in the picture.
2013: 2012 Lottery Results Almanac Published. The latest edition of Lottery Post's highly-regarded lottery results reference book officially went on sale Tuesday.
2012: Entire town, except one guy, wins $950M lottery. All but one household in Sodeto, Spain, held at least a piece of a winning ticket in the Spanish El Gordo lottery's huge first prize, $950 million -- the biggest ever.
2012: $200 MILLION: New Powerball delivers huge lottery jackpot. There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $200 million for Saturday's drawing.
2011: Statistician cracks secret code behind lottery tickets. A statistician used techniques for scoping out potential gold mines and determining the how much gold they might contain to potentially crack the code for finding winning scratch-off lottery tickets.
2009: Arkansas lottery bill nearly ready for review. When lawmakers finally get their hands on the bill to create the Arkansas lottery, they may want to find a comfortable chair -- because it's going to be over 100 pages long.
2007: Texas Gov. proposes selling the lottery. Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday that his State of the State address on Tuesday would include a plan to fully privatize the Texas Lottery by selling it to private interests.
2006: Euro Millions Lottery Sparks Buying Frenzy With $224 Million Top Prize. EuroMillions, the lottery held in nine European countries, is about to eclipse Powerball in the U.S. as the world's single biggest cash prize.
2005: VA Lottery Director wants to be college president. Virginia Lottery Director Penelope Ward Kyle assured Radford University faculty Tuesday that she wouldn't institute radical changes if she succeeded Douglas Covington as president.
2005: Mississippi Lottery Bill Killed. A proposed Mississippi state lottery is among dozens of bills that died under the first major deadline of the 2005 legislative session.
2005: Georgia Lottery Unveils New Game. The Georgia Lottery Corporation (GLC) yesterday announced the launch of $100 million Cash Spectacular, a new instant game with 10 $1 million top prizes and the highest payout percentage in GLC history.
2005: $14 million Illinois lottery jackpot expires. A $14 million Illinois Lottery jackpot went unclaimed Monday, making it the largest pot in the state's history where no one came forward to say, "I won the lotto!"
2005: California Lottery to consider multi-state game. In the California Lottery commission meeting next week, lottery staffers will present a report to the commission about the potential for California to join a multi-state lottery game.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Grows To $85 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $85 million, with a cash option of $46 million.
2004: One $10 million jackpot winner in Hoosier Lotto. One of the tickets sold for Saturday night's Hoosier Lotto game matched all six numbers drawn and won the $10 million jackpot.
2004: GTECH Moves Jobs From Ohio To Rhode Island. GTECH, one of the largest suppliers in the lottery industry, will eliminate 130 jobs in Ohio, moving those job functions to Rhode Island.
2004: Convenience store's lucky streak continues. A convenience store where three winning lottery tickets were sold in less than six months is credited with the sale that netted the latest $70 million Lotto Texas jackpot.
2004: 2 tickets split $7 million Florida Lotto prize. Winning tickets for Saturday's $7 million Florida Lotto drawing were sold in Pensacola and Fort Lauderdale.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$704.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2023
2.€361.58 Million US$395.5 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2023
3.$333 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2024
4.$324.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2015
5.$323 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2026
6.$229 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2017
7.€183 Million US$220.88 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2006
8.$219.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2014
9.$202.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2024
10.$200 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2012
11.$191 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2019
12.€130 Million
US$188.4 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 8, 2008
13.$180 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2006
14.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2013
15.€150.05 Million
US$170.86 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2022
16.$168 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2020
17.€130 Million
US$148.89 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 4, 2022
18.€128 Million
US$146.07 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2019
19.$145 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2018
20.$139 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2019
21.€100 Million
US$136.73 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 5, 2010
22.€115.04 Million
US$135.88 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 3, 2026
23.€108 Million
US$134.67 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2018
24.$125.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2022
25.€100.6 Million
US$121.14 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 2, 2021

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2002: ketquaxoso
Saturday, Feb 2, 2002
24 years old
1987: dueforawin
Monday, Feb 2, 1987
39 years old
1986: Shaunika
Sunday, Feb 2, 1986
40 years old
1985: Tetence85
Saturday, Feb 2, 1985
41 years old
1984: TStylez10
Thursday, Feb 2, 1984
42 years old
1982: cetonij
Tuesday, Feb 2, 1982
44 years old
1980: Mansawilliams
Saturday, Feb 2, 1980
46 years old
1975: dreasexy
Sunday, Feb 2, 1975
51 years old
1974: Low5150
Saturday, Feb 2, 1974
52 years old
1970: Fatty515
Monday, Feb 2, 1970
56 years old
1970: mstrelle22
Monday, Feb 2, 1970
56 years old
1965: Rman313
Tuesday, Feb 2, 1965
61 years old
1965: ekimber3
Tuesday, Feb 2, 1965
61 years old
1960: mxmasz
Tuesday, Feb 2, 1960
66 years old
1959: winning1st
Monday, Feb 2, 1959
67 years old
1958: pcnut
Sunday, Feb 2, 1958
68 years old
1958: robertagi99
Sunday, Feb 2, 1958
68 years old
1953: Davidman
Monday, Feb 2, 1953
73 years old
1952: rollindough
Saturday, Feb 2, 1952
74 years old
1950: ibm 1950
Thursday, Feb 2, 1950
76 years old
1948: marylou salinas
Monday, Feb 2, 1948
78 years old
1946: rab264
Saturday, Feb 2, 1946
80 years old
1945: akajohann1
Friday, Feb 2, 1945
81 years old
1943: eustisfl24
Tuesday, Feb 2, 1943
83 years old
1932: LDB1932
Tuesday, Feb 2, 1932
94 years old
: cypher
(year not provided)
: scplayer
(year not provided)
: hosana
(year not provided)
: knoot
(year not provided)
: moremoneynow
(year not provided)
: PatrickUK
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: The Burmese military establishes the State Administration Council, the military junta, after deposing the democratically elected government in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
2012: The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146-165 dead.
2007: Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.
2005: The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.
2004: Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.
2000: First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
1998: Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into Mount Sumagaya in the Philippines, killing all 104 people on board.
1990: Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
1989: Soviet-Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
1987: After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
1982: Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
1980: Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
1971: Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
1971: The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
1966: Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.
1959: Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
1954: The Detroit Red Wings played in the first outdoor hockey game by any NHL team in an exhibition against the Marquette Branch Prison Pirates in Marquette, Michigan.
1943: World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.
1942: The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.
1935: Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
1934: The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
1925: Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
1922: Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
1922: The uprising called the "pork mutiny" starts in the region between Kuolajärvi and Savukoski in Finland.
1920: The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
1913: Grand Central Terminal opens in New York City.
1909: The Paris Film Congress opens, an attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPPC cartel in the United States.
1901: Funeral of Queen Victoria.
1900: Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Chicago and St. Louis, agree to form baseball's American League.
1899: The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
1887: In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
1881: The sentences of the trial of the warlocks of Chiloé are imparted.
1876: The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
1870: The Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä), a novel by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi, is published first time in several thin booklets.
1868: Pro-Imperial forces capture Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burn it to the ground.
1850: Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.
1848: Mexican-American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
1814: The last of the River Thames frost fairs comes to an end.
1797: The siege of Mantua ends after eight months when Count Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser surrenders the fortress of Mantua to Napoleon Bonaparte. The fall of Mantua secures French control over Northern Italy and marks the beginning of the conclusion of the Italian campaign of 1796-1797, and sets the stage for the end of the War of the First Coalition.
1725: J. S. Bach leads the first performance of his chorale cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, based on Luther's paraphrase of the Nunc dimittis.
1709: Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
1653: New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
1645: Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Inverlochy.
1536: Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1461: Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross results in the death of Owen Tudor.
1438: Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda.
1428: An intense earthquake struck the Principality of Catalonia, with the epicenter near Camprodon. Widespread destruction and heavy casualties were reported.
1347: Byzantine Empress Anna convenes a synod to depose patriarch Joseph XIV in Constantinople. The same night, conspirators let in her rival John VI Kantakouzenos which ends the Byzantine civil war of 1341-1347.
1207: Terra Mariana, eventually comprising present-day Latvia and Estonia, is established.
1141: The Battle of Lincoln, at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda.
1032: Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Burgundy.
962: Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.
880: Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III of France is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony.
506: Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".

Births On This Day

2004: Eleonore Caburet, French rhythmic gymnast
2001: Westcol, Colombian online streamer
2000: Munetaka Murakami, Japanese baseball player
1999: Jeff Okudah, American football player
1998: Shiho Katō, Japanese singer and model
1997: Ellie Bamber, English actress
1996: Christian Dvorak, American ice hockey player
1996: Paul Mescal, Irish actor
1996: Harry Winks, English footballer
1995: Paul Digby, English footballer
1995: Aleksander Jagiełło, Polish footballer
1995: Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy (died 2012)
1995: Curtis Lazar, Canadian ice hockey player
1995: Remilia, American professional gamer (died 2019)
1994: Caterina Bosetti, Italian volleyball player
1993: Bobby Decordova-Reid, English footballer
1993: Ravel Morrison, English footballer
1992: Lammtarra, American race horse (died 2014)
1992: Joonas Tamm, Estonian footballer
1991: Nathan Delfouneso, English footballer
1991: Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (died 2015)
1991: Shohei Nanba, Japanese actor
1989: Harrison Smith, American football player
1989: Southside, American record producer
1988: JuJu Chan, Hong Kong-American actress, martial artist, singer, and writer
1988: Zosia Mamet, American actress
1988: Brad Peacock, American baseball player
1987: Anthony Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
1987: Saia Fainga'a, Australian rugby player
1987: Faydee, Australian singer
1987: Athena Imperial, Filipino journalist, Miss Earth-Water 2011
1987: Mimi Page, American singer-songwriter and composer
1987: Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer
1987: Javon Ringer, American football player
1987: Jill Scott, English footballer
1987: Martin Spanjers, American actor and producer
1986: Gemma Arterton, English actress and singer
1986: Miwa Asao, Japanese volleyball player
1985: Morris Almond, American basketball player
1985: Masoud Azizi, Afghan sprinter
1985: Renn Kiriyama, Japanese actor
1985: Kristo Saage, Estonian basketball player
1985: Silvestre Varela, Portuguese footballer
1984: Brian Cage, American wrestler
1984: Chin-Lung Hu, Taiwanese baseball player
1984: Mao Miyaji, Japanese actress
1984: Rudi Wulf, New Zealand rugby player
1983: Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
1983: Carolina Klüft, Swedish heptathlete and jumper
1983: Jordin Tootoo, Canadian ice hockey player
1983: Jason Vargas, American baseball player
1983: Vladimir Voskoboinikov, Estonian footballer
1983: Alex Westaway, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982: Sergio Castaño Ortega, Spanish footballer
1982: Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
1982: Kan Mi-youn, South Korean singer, model, and host
1981: Lance Allred, American basketball player and activist
1981: Emre Aydın, Turkish singer-songwriter
1981: Michelle Bass, English model and singer
1981: Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (died 2001)
1980: Teddy Hart, Canadian wrestler
1980: Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actress
1980: Oleguer Presas, Spanish footballer
1979: Urmo Aava, Estonian race car driver
1979: Fani Chalkia, Greek hurdler and sprinter
1979: Christine Lampard, Irish television host
1979: Shamita Shetty, Indian actress
1979: Irini Terzoglou, Greek shot putter
1978: Adam Christopher, New Zealand writer
1978: Barry Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
1978: Dan Gadzuric, Dutch basketball player
1978: Lee Ji-ah, South Korean actress
1978: Rich Sommer, American actor
1978: Faye White, English footballer
1977: Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1977: Libor Sionko, Czech footballer
1976: Ryan Farquhar, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
1976: James Hickman, English swimmer
1976: Ana Roces, Filipino actress
1975: Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
1975: Donald Driver, American football player
1975: Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
1973: Andrei Luzgin, Estonian tennis player and coach
1973: Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower
1973: Marissa Jaret Winokur, American actress and singer
1972: Hisashi, Japanese musician
1972: Melvin Mora, Venezuelan baseball player
1972: Aleksey Naumov, Russian footballer
1971: Michelle Gayle, English singer-songwriter and actress
1971: Arly Jover, Spanish actress
1971: Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer and sportscaster (died 2014)
1971: Rockwilder, American rapper and producer
1971: Hwang Seok-jeong, South Korean actress
1971: Jason Taylor, Australian rugby league player and coach
1970: Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
1970: Erik ten Hag, Dutch footballer and manager
1970: Jennifer Westfeldt, American actress and singer
1969: Dana International, Israeli singer-songwriter
1969: Valeri Karpin, Estonian-Russian footballer and manager
1968: Kenny Albert, American sportscaster
1968: Sean Elliott, American basketball player and sportscaster
1968: Scott Erickson, American baseball player and coach
1967: Artūrs Irbe, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
1967: Laurent Nkunda, Congolese general
1966: Andrei Chesnokov, Russian tennis player and coach
1966: Robert DeLeo, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1966: Adam Ferrara, American actor and comedian
1966: Michael Misick, Caicos Islander politician, Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands
1965: Carl Airey, English footballer
1965: Naoki Sano, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1963: Ilya Byakin, Russian ice hockey player
1963: Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist (died 1996)
1963: Kjell Dahlin, Swedish ice hockey player
1963: Andrej Kiska, Slovak entrepreneur and philanthropist, President of Slovakia
1963: Philip Laats, Belgian martial artist
1963: Stephen McGann, English actor
1963: Vigleik Storaas, Norwegian pianist
1962: Philippe Claudel, French author, director, and screenwriter
1962: Andy Fordham, English darts player (died 2021)
1962: Luke Johnson, English businessman
1962: Paul Kilgus, American baseball player
1962: Kate Raison, Australian actress
1962: Michael T. Weiss, American actor
1961: Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (died 2013)
1961: Lauren Lane, American actress and academic
1959: Dexter Manley, American football player
1958: Michel Marc Bouchard, Canadian playwright
1957: Phil Barney, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
1956: Adnan Oktar, Turkish cult leader
1955: Leszek Engelking, Polish poet and author (died 2022)
1955: Bob Schreck, American author
1955: Michael Talbott, American actor
1955: Kim Zimmer, American actress
1955: Jean-Michel Dupuis, French actor (died 2024)
1954: Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and businesswoman
1954: Hansi Hinterseer, Austrian skier and actor
1954: Nelson Ne'e, Solomon Islander politician (died 2013)
1954: John Tudor, American baseball player
1953: Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter
1953: Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (died 2013)
1952: Dave Casper, American football player
1952: John Cornyn, American lawyer and politician, 49th Attorney General of Texas
1952: Park Geun-hye, South Korean politician, 11th President of South Korea
1952: Ralph Merkle, American computer scientist and academic
1952: Carol Ann Susi, American actress (died 2014)
1951: Vangelis Alexandris, Greek basketball player and coach
1951: Ken Bruce, Scottish radio host
1950: Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler (died 2023)
1950: Libby Purves, British journalist and author
1950: Bárbara Rey, Spanish singer and actress
1950: Barbara Sukowa, German actress
1950: Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler
1949: Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
1949: Jack McGee, American actor
1949: Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer (died 1996)
1949: Brent Spiner, American actor and singer
1949: Ross Valory, American bass player and songwriter
1948: Ina Garten, American chef and author
1948: Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1948: Roger Williamson, English race car driver (died 1973)
1947: Greg Antonacci, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)
1947: Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (died 2009)
1946: John Armitt, English engineer and businessman
1946: Blake Clark, American comedian and actor
1946: Alpha Oumar Konaré, Malian academic and politician, 3rd President of Mali
1946: Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and academic (died 2009)
1945: John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell, English economist and academic
1944: Andrew Davis, English organist and conductor (died 2024)
1944: Geoffrey Hughes, English actor (died 2012)
1944: Ursula Oppens, American pianist and educator
1942: Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941: Terry Biddlecombe, English jockey (died 2014)
1941: Lee Redmond, American woman with the longest fingernails (died 2023)
1941: Cory Wells, American pop-rock singer (died 2015)
1940: Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer (died 2000)
1940: Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (died 2008)
1940: Wayne Fontes, American football player and coach
1940: David Jason, English actor, director, and producer
1939: Jackie Burroughs, English-born Canadian actress (died 2010)
1939: Mary-Dell Chilton, American chemist and inventor and one of the founders of modern plant biotechnology
1939: Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
1938: Norman Fowler, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1938: Bo Hopkins, American actor (died 2022)
1938: Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 1995)
1937: Don Buford, American baseball player and coach
1937: Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (died 2015)
1937: Anthony Haden-Guest, British journalist, poet, and critic
1937: Remak Ramsay, American actor
1937: Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist (died 2023)
1937: Alexandra Strelchenko, Ukrainian actress and singer (died 2019)
1936: Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (died 1991)
1935: Pete Brown, American golfer (died 2015)
1935: Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist and academic (died 2024)
1934: Khalil Ullah Khan, Bangladeshi actor (died 2014)
1933: M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (died 2012)
1933: Tony Jay, English-American actor (died 2006)
1933: Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (died 2009)
1933: Than Shwe, Burmese general and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma
1932: Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (died 2002)
1932: Robert Mandan, American actor (died 2018)
1931: Les Dawson, English comedian and author (died 1993)
1931: Glynn Edwards, Malaysian-English actor (died 2018)
1931: John Paul Harney, Canadian educator and politician (died 2021)
1931: Dries van Agt, Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2024)
1931: Judith Viorst, American journalist and author
1929: Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (died 2013)
1929: George Band, English engineer and mountaineer (died 2011)
1929: Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1929: John Henry Holland, American computer scientist and academic (died 2015)
1929: Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (died 2015)
1928: Ciriaco De Mita, 47th Prime minister of Italy (died 2022)
1928: Gamal Hamdan, Egyptian scholar and geographer (died 1993)
1928: Jay Handlan, American basketball player and engineer (died 2013)
1928: Tommy Harmer, English footballer and youth team coach (died 2007)
1927: Stan Getz, American saxophonist (died 1991)
1927: Doris Sams, American baseball player (died 2012)
1926: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French academic and politician, 20th President of France (died 2020)
1925: Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (died 2014)
1924: Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist and composer (died 1982)
1924: Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American singer, pianist, producer (died 2007)
1923: Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer (died 2014)
1923: James Dickey, American poet and novelist (died 1997)
1923: Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (died 2012)
1923: Bonita Granville, American actress and producer (died 1988)
1923: Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2018)
1923: Liz Smith, American journalist and author (died 2017)
1923: Clem Windsor, Australian rugby player and surgeon (died 2007)
1922: Kunwar Digvijay Singh, Indian field hockey player (died 1978)
1922: Robert Chef d'Hôtel, French athlete (died 2019)
1922: Stoyanka Mutafova, Bulgarian actress (died 2019)
1922: James L. Usry, American politician, first African-American mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey (died 2002)
1920: George Hardwick, English footballer and coach (died 2004)
1920: John Russell, American Olympic equestrian (died 2020)
1920: Arthur Willis, English football player-manager (died 1987)
1919: Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano and actress (died 2012)
1919: Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (died 1999)
1918: Hella Haasse, Indonesian-Dutch author (died 2011)
1917: Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot (died 2018)
1917: Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (died 2018)
1916: Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author (died 1985)
1915: Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2002)
1915: Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (died 2005)
1915: Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (died 2014)
1914: Eric Kierans, Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2004)
1913: Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (died 1985)
1912: Millvina Dean, English civil servant and cartographer (died 2009)
1912: Burton Lane, American songwriter and composer (died 1997)
1911: Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (died 1968)
1909: Frank Albertson, American actor (died 1964)
1908: Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager (died 1976)
1905: Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher (died 1982)
1904: Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist (died 1997)
1902: Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (died 1966)
1902: John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (died 1995)
1901: Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (died 1987)
1900: Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (died 1988)
1897: Howard Deering Johnson, American businessman, founded Howard Johnson's (died 1972)
1897: Gertrude Blanch, Russian-American mathematician (died 1996)
1896: Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician (died 1980)
1895: George Halas, American football player and coach (died 1983)
1895: Robert Philipp, American painter (died 1981)
1895: George Sutcliffe, Australian public servant (died 1964)
1893: Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (died 1974)
1893: Raoul Riganti, Argentinian race car driver (died 1970)
1893: Damdin Sükhbaatar, Mongolian soldier and politician (died 1924)
1892: Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (died 1959)
1890: Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter (died 1972)
1889: Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (died 1952)
1887: Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman (died 1975)
1886: William Rose Benét, American poet and author (died 1950)
1885: Mikhail Frunze, Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theorist (died 1925)
1883: Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro (died 1958)
1883: Julia Nava de Ruisánchez, Mexican activist and writer (died 1964)
1882: Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (died 1944)
1882: James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1941)
1881: Orval Overall, American baseball player and manager (died 1947)
1880: Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (died 1969)
1878: Joe Lydon, American boxer (died 1937)
1877: Frank L. Packard, Canadian author (died 1942)
1875: Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (died 1962)
1873: Leo Fall, Austrian composer (died 1925)
1873: Konstantin von Neurath, German politician and diplomat, 13th German Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1956)
1872: Abul Kasem, Bengali politician (died 1936)
1869: Alexander Atabekian, Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (died 1933)
1866: Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and academic (died 1927)
1862: Émile Coste, French fencer (died 1927)
1862: Cornelius McKane, American physician, educator, and hospital founder (died 1912)
1861: Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (died 1949)
1860: Curtis Guild, Jr., American journalist and politician, 43rd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1915)
1857: Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (died 1918)
1856: Frederick William Vanderbilt, American railway magnate (died 1938)
1856: Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (died 1905)
1851: José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator and engraver (died 1913)
1849: Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (died 1921)
1842: Julian Sochocki, Polish-Russian mathematician and academic (died 1927)
1841: François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (died 1912)
1829: Alfred Brehm, German zoologist and illustrator (died 1884)
1829: William Stanley, English engineer and philanthropist (died 1909)
1803: Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (died 1862)
1802: Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (died 1887)
1786: Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1856)
1782: Henri de Rigny, French admiral and politician, French Minister of War (died 1835)
1754: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1838)
1717: Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (died 1790)
1714: Gottfried August Homilius, German organist and composer (died 1785)
1711: Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (died 1794)
1700: Johann Christoph Gottsched, German author and critic (died 1766)
1695: William Borlase, English geologist and archaeologist (died 1772)
1695: François de Chevert, French general (died 1769)
1677: Jean-Baptiste Morin, French composer (died 1745)
1669: Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (died 1732)
1651: William Phips, Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1695)
1650: Pope Benedict XIII (died 1730)
1650: Nell Gwyn, English actress, mistress of King Charles II of England (died 1687)
1621: Johannes Schefferus, Swedish author and hymn-writer (died 1679)
1613: Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (died 1649)
1611: Ulrik of Denmark, Danish prince-bishop (died 1633)
1600: Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (died 1653)
1588: Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl, German nobleman (died 1644)
1585: Judith Quiney, William Shakespeare's youngest daughter (died 1662)
1585: Hamnet Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's only son (baptised; (died 1596)
1576: Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (died 1622)
1551: Nicolaus Reimers, German astronomer (died 1600)
1536: Piotr Skarga, Polish writer (died 1612)
1522: Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1565)
1517: Gotthard Kettler, the last Master of the Livonian Order and the first Duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1587)
1509: John of Leiden, Dutch Anabaptist leader (died 1536)
1506: René de Birague, Italian-French cardinal and politician (died 1583)
1502: Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher and historian (died 1574)
1494: Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (died 1557)
1467: Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican sister (died 1501)
1457: Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italian-Spanish historian and author (died 1526)
1455: John, King of Denmark (died 1513)
1443: Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (died 1486)
1425: (or 1426) Eleanor of Navarre, Queen regnant of Navarre (died 1479)
1208: James I of Aragon (died 1276)
450: Justin I, Byzantine emperor (died 527)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Brian Murphy, English comic actor (born 1932)
2024: Don Murray, American actor (born 1929)
2024: Carl Weathers, American football player and actor (born 1948)
2023: K. Viswanath, Indian actor, director and screenwriter (born 1930)
2023: Butch Miles, American jazz drummer (born 1944)
2021: Captain Sir Tom Moore, British Army officer and charity campaigner (born 1920)
2020: Bernard Ebbers, Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom (born 1941)
2020: Mad Mike Hoare, British-Irish military officer and mercenary (born 1919)
2016: Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1923)
2015: Joseph Alfidi, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1949)
2015: Dave Bergman, American baseball player (born 1953)
2015: Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1968)
2015: Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (born 1935)
2015: Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (born 1922)
2015: The Jacka, American rapper and producer (born 1977)
2014: Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (born 1935)
2014: Tommy Aquino, American motorcycle racer (born 1992)
2014: Nicholas Brooks, English historian (born 1941)
2014: Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1933)
2014: Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (born 1967)
2014: Luis Raúl, Puerto Rican comedian and actor (born 1962)
2014: Bunny Rugs, Jamaican singer (born 1948)
2014: Nigel Walker, English footballer (born 1959)
2013: Abraham Iyambo, Namibian politician (born 1961)
2013: John Kerr, American actor and lawyer (born 1931)
2013: Chris Kyle, American soldier and sniper (born 1974)
2013: Lino Oviedo, Paraguayan general and politician (born 1943)
2013: Pepper Paire, American baseball player (born 1924)
2013: P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (born 1927)
2013: Walt Sweeney, American football player (born 1941)
2013: Guy F. Tozzoli, American architect (born 1922)
2012: Joyce Barkhouse, Canadian author (born 1913)
2012: Frederick William Danker, American lexicographer and scholar (born 1920)
2012: George Esper, American journalist and academic (born 1932)
2012: Dorothy Gilman, American author (born 1923)
2012: James F. Lloyd, American pilot and politician (born 1922)
2011: Edward Amy, Canadian general (born 1918)
2011: Defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress (born 1975)
2011: Margaret John, Welsh actress (born 1926)
2008: Barry Morse, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1918)
2008: Katoucha Niane, Guinean model and author (born 1960)
2007: Vijay Arora, Indian actor (born 1944)
2007: Billy Henderson, American singer (born 1939)
2007: Joe Hunter, American pianist (born 1927)
2007: Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (born 1967)
2007: Eric Von Schmidt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1931)
2007: Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (born 1919)
2005: Birgitte Federspiel, Danish actress (born 1925)
2005: Max Schmeling, German boxer (born 1905)
2004: Bernard McEveety, American director and producer (born 1924)
2003: Lou Harrison, American composer and educator (born 1917)
2002: Paul Baloff, American singer-songwriter (born 1960)
2002: Claude Brown, American author (born 1937)
1999: David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1962)
1998: Haroun Tazieff, German-French geologist and cinematographer (born 1914)
1997: Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (born 1913)
1997: Sanford Meisner, American actor and coach (born 1904)
1996: Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (born 1912)
1995: Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (born 1917)
1995: Fred Perry, English tennis player (born 1909)
1995: Donald Pleasence, English-French actor (born 1919)
1994: Marija Gimbutas, Lithuanian-American archeologist (born 1921)
1993: François Reichenbach, French director and screenwriter (born 1921)
1992: Bert Parks, American actor, singer, television personality; Miss America telecast presenter (born 1914)
1990: Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (born 1905)
1990: Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (born 1934)
1989: Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (born 1951)
1989: Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (born 1901)
1988: Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)
1987: Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1927)
1987: Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist and screenwriter (born 1922)
1986: Anita Cobby, Australian murder victim (born 1959)
1986: Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (born 1957)
1983: Sam Chatmon, American singer and guitarist (born 1897)
1982: Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1905)
1980: William Howard Stein, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
1979: Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (born 1930)
1979: Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (born 1957)
1975: Gustave Lanctot, Canadian historian and academic (born 1883)
1974: Imre Lakatos, Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (born 1922)
1973: Hendrik Elias, Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent (born 1902)
1972: Natalie Clifford Barney, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1876)
1970: Lawrence Gray, American actor (born 1898)
1970: Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)
1970: Hannah Ryggen, Norwegian textile artist (born 1894)
1969: Boris Karloff, English actor (born 1887)
1968: Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (born 1878)
1966: Hacı Ömer Sabancı, Turkish businessman (born 1906)
1962: Shlomo Hestrin, Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (born 1914)
1957: Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist and academic (born 1890)
1956: Charley Grapewin, American actor (born 1869)
1956: Truxtun Hare, American football player and hammer thrower (born 1878)
1956: Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (born 1876)
1954: Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (born 1886)
1952: Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (born 1866)
1950: Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (born 1873)
1948: Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (born 1870)
1948: Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (born 1894)
1945: Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (born 1907)
1945: Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (born 1884)
1945: Johannes Popitz, German lawyer and politician (born 1884)
1942: Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1883)
1942: Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (born 1905)
1942: Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (born 1876)
1939: Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet (born 1860)
1939: Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (born 1879)
1932: Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (born 1880)
1926: Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (born 1848)
1925: Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (born 1867)
1925: Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (born 1873)
1919: Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (born 1894)
1918: John L. Sullivan, American boxer (born 1858)
1913: Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (born 1845)
1909: Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (born 1829)
1907: Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (born 1834)
1905: Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (born 1824)
1904: Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (born 1882)
1904: William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1841)
1881: Henry Parker, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (born 1808)
1861: Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (born 1829)
1836: Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (born 1750)
1831: Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (born 1768)
1804: George Walton, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia (born 1749)
1802: Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1713)
1798: Ferdinand Ashmall, English centenarian, Catholic priest, died in 73rd year of his ministry (born 1695)
1769: Pope Clement XIII (born 1693)
1768: Robert Smith, English mathematician and theorist (born 1689)
1723: Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (born 1666)
1714: John Sharp, English archbishop (born 1643)
1712: Martin Lister, English physician and geologist (born 1639)
1704: Guillaume de l'Hôpital, French mathematician and academic (born 1661)
1688: Abraham Duquesne, French admiral (born 1610)
1675: Ivan Belostenec, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (born 1594)
1661: Lucas Holstenius, German geographer and historian (born 1596)
1660: Gaston, Duke of Orléans (born 1608)
1660: Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (born 1615)
1648: George Abbot, English author and politician (born 1603)
1594: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer and educator (born 1525)
1580: Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese daimyō (born 1558)
1529: Baldassare Castiglione, Italian soldier and diplomat (born 1478)
1512: Hatuey, Caribbean tribal chief
1461: Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty (born c. 1400)
1448: Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Egyptian jurist and scholar (born 1372)
1446: Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (born 1378)
1435: Joan II of Naples, Queen of Naples (born 1371)
1416: Racek Kobyla of Dvorce
1348: Narymunt, Prince of Pinsk
1347: Thomas Bek, Bishop of Lincoln, was the bishop of Lincoln (born 1282)
1294: Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (born 1229)
1250: Eric XI of Sweden (born 1216)
1237: Joan, Lady of Wales
1218: Konstantin of Rostov (born 1186)
1124: Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (born 1064)
880: Bruno, duke of Saxony
619: Laurence of Canterbury, English archbishop and saint

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