On This Day in History

February 24

February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 310 days remain until the end of the year (311 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2023
California man claims winning $2.04 billion Powerball lottery ticket was stolen from him. An individual has claimed in legal filings that he was the one to purchase the winning lottery ticket for the world-record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot and that the ticket was stolen from him.
2022
Canadian lottery winners to buy home in South Africa with $500,000 Lotto Max Extra win. Two Canadian lottery winners are looking forward to purchasing a new home in South Africa for themselves after winning $500,000 (US$392,195) in Lotto Max Extra, plus another property for Mom.
2021
Mississippi Lottery to launch its first $20 scratch-off. The Mississippi Lottery announced yesterday that it will be launching its first $20 scratch-off on March 2.
2017
N.J. woman speechless after finding out she won $2 million. A New Jersey woman was rendered speechless when she was told she had won $2 million in Wednesday's Powerball jackpot — and her stunned reaction was captured on video.
2017
Should a town that doesn't sell lottery tickets take in less lottery revenue?. In Massachusetts, an examination of a fundamental issue of fairness: Should a town that refuses to sell lottery tickets reap the benefits of tickets sold in other communities?
2017
Man finds out he wins $1M after finally answering calls from Michigan Lottery. It took some time to track him down, but we now know who won a million dollars playing the Michigan Lottery.
2016
19-year-old shot over winning Kentucky lottery ticket. Two men are behind bars after being accused of shooting a 19-year-old for his winning lottery ticket two weeks ago near Churchill Downs.
2015
N.C. Powerball lottery winner claims share of jackpot worth $188 million. The North Carolina woman holding one of three winning tickets for the Feb. 11 Powerball drawing has cashed in her ticket.
2015
Illinois man claims $265 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. Years of playing Quick Pick tickets every day paid off for 70-year-old Jesus Davila Jr. in January when he won $265 million -- the largest prize in Illinois Lottery history.
2014
Colorado moves to forbid online lottery sales. The Colorado House gave initial approval to prohibiting the sale of lottery tickets online.
2014
New Missouri Lottery game begins sales. A new Missouri Lottery Draw Game offers players three games with nine chances to win on a single ticket and a top prize of $250,000 cash.
2014
How lottery tickets are helping states' budgets. Fueled by the growth of multi-state lottery games and the steady expansion of other offerings, many state lotteries last year reported record revenues and transfers to the state budgets and programs they helped fund.
2012
Vermont Lottery director to step down. The Vermont Lottery Commission today announced that long-time Executive Director Alan Yandow would not seek another biannual appointment to the position.
2011
Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $184 million. The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $184 million, with a cash option of $90.1 million.
2009
Arkansas lottery bill nearing completion. The Arkansas Lottery bill dictating how the lottery operates and how the scholarships are funded and distributed has been in the works for months and is now nearing completion.
2009
$50.3M lottery prize to be split 4 ways. There were four winning tickets sold for Saturday night's Canada Lotto 6/49 draw offering a jackpot prize of $50.3 million: one in Quebec and three in Ontario.
2009
Illinois lottery has 1 winner in $4 million jackpot. The Illinois State Lottery says one player matched all six numbers in Monday night's Lotto drawing, earning a prize of $4 million.
2008
South Georgia couple wins $270M Mega Millions lottery jackpot. The grand prize in this week's Mega Millions lottery drawing, $270 million, will go to one couple from South Georgia.
2007
Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $216 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $216 million, after none of the tickets sold for Friday night's $177 million drawing matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball number.
2006
Texas lottery players want to get rid of 'bonus ball'. Players are letting the Texas Lottery Commission know in sometimes blunt and colorful language that they want the "bonus ball" to be bounced out of the Lotto game.
2006
N.H. Lottery gets approval for $30 scratch tickets. New Hampshire lottery players will soon be able to press a vending machine button and buy a nation-leading $30 ticket if the state lottery commission has its way.
2006
N.C. Lottery machines installed. Lottery machines are coming to counter tops at convenience stores around North Carolina.
2006
N.C. Lottery may end video poker. The establishment of a state lottery in North Carolina will have no legal effect on video poker games in North Carolina, but it may be used as a means of curtailing the use of the video games.
2006
Iowa lawmakers predict video lottery restrictions. The Iowa Legislature won't ban TouchPlay machines, but likely will restrict the spread of the machines, Senate Democratic Leader Michael Gronstal said Thursday.
2006
Stores OK with releasing Iowa Lottery TouchPlay data. Iowa convenience store operators, whose sales information has been made public for years by the Iowa Lottery, say they won't try to block the release of financial information requested by The Des Moines Register about TouchPlay machines.
2004
Eight win lottery thanks to fortune cookies. Eight people in Brazil won the lottery after getting the numbers from fortune cookies.
2004
Scam sites offer bogus Hong Kong lottery tips. Websites in mainland China and Taiwan are offering to sell "inside information" on winning Hong Kong lottery numbers -- then vanishing before authorities can catch those behind them.
2004
Final Mega Millions Tally: $239 Million. When the winner of the U.S. Mega Millions Lottery drawing comes forward they will get $239 million instead of the advertised $230 million Friday top prize.
2004
Tenn. Lottery runs out of ticket terminals as drawings near. Tennessee Lottery officials are looking for more terminals to sell tickets, as the number of retailers that want to sell tickets is way beyond expectations.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$563 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2024
2.$375.9 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2024
3.$322 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2019
4.$269 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2018
5.€210 Million
US$254.08 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2021
6.$245 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2019
7.$236 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2016
8.$222 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2018
9.$216 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2007
10.$212 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2006
11.$195 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2014
12.$182.1 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2011
13.€161.39 Million
US$180.7 Million
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2022
14.$150 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2009
15.$145 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2009
16.€112.64 Million
US$137.33 Million
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2021
17.$133 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2008
18.€104.36 Million
US$128.3 Million
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2018
19.€110.96 Million
US$126.19 Million
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2019
20.$126 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2023
21.$125 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2016
22.$120.9 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2023
23.$112 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2015
24.€101 Million
US$106.69 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2023
25.$99 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2010

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2000
Thursday, Feb 24, 2000
24 years old
2000
Thursday, Feb 24, 2000
24 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 24, 1987
37 years old
1987
Tuesday, Feb 24, 1987
37 years old
1982
Wednesday, Feb 24, 1982
42 years old
1982
Wednesday, Feb 24, 1982
42 years old
1981
Tuesday, Feb 24, 1981
43 years old
1980
Sunday, Feb 24, 1980
44 years old
1976
Tuesday, Feb 24, 1976
48 years old
1973
Saturday, Feb 24, 1973
51 years old
1973
Saturday, Feb 24, 1973
51 years old
1972
Thursday, Feb 24, 1972
52 years old
1969
Monday, Feb 24, 1969
55 years old
1963
Sunday, Feb 24, 1963
61 years old
1962
Saturday, Feb 24, 1962
62 years old
1961
Friday, Feb 24, 1961
63 years old
1960
Wednesday, Feb 24, 1960
64 years old
1957
Sunday, Feb 24, 1957
67 years old
1955
Thursday, Feb 24, 1955
69 years old
1955
Thursday, Feb 24, 1955
69 years old
1954
Wednesday, Feb 24, 1954
70 years old
1952
Sunday, Feb 24, 1952
72 years old
1946
Sunday, Feb 24, 1946
78 years old
(year not provided)
(year not provided)
(year not provided)
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

1996
Royce Freeman, American football player
1994
Jessica Pegula, American tennis player
1994
Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper
1991
Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
1991
O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper
1991
Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
1989
Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1989
Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
1988
Connie Ramsay, Scottish judoka
1987
Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
1985
Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and composer
1984
Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
1982
Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
1982
Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
1982
Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
1982
Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
1981
Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
1981
Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
1981
Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
1980
Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1977
Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
1977
Floyd Mayweather Jr., American boxer
1976
Zach Johnson, American golfer
1976
Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
1976
Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1995)
1975
Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
1973
Stubby Clapp, Canadian baseball player and coach
1973
Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
1972
Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
1972
Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1971
Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
1970
Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
1970
Neil Sullivan, English born Scottish international footballer and coach
1970
Jonathan Ward, American actor
1969
Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor
1968
Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1967
Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1966
Billy Zane, American actor and producer
1965
Paul Gruber, American football player
1965
Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
1964
Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster
1963
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
1963
Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
1963
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Indian filmmaker
1962
Kelly Craft, US Ambassador to the United Nations and US Ambassador to Canada
1959
Beth Broderick, American actress and director
1959
Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
1958
Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958
Mark Moses, American actor
1956
Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
1956
Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
1956
Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
1955
Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (d. 2011)
1955
Eddie Johnson, American basketball player (d. 2020)
1955
Alain Prost, French race car driver
1954
Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
1954
Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican American award-winning author (d. 2016)
1954
Aurora Levins Morales, Puerto Rican Jewish writer and activist
1954
Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
1954
Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
1953
Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (d. 1974)
1951
David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
1951
Derek Randall, English cricketer
1951
Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
1951
Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
1951
Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
1950
George Thorogood, American musician
1948
Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 2016)
1948
Dennis Waterman, English actor (d. 2022)
1947
Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
1947
Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
1946
Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
1945
Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
1944
Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (d. 1994)
1944
Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)
1943
Kent Haruf, American novelist (d. 2014)
1943
Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (d. 1967)
1943
Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942
Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
1942
Celia Kaye, American actress
1942
Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician
1942
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
1941
Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
1940
Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
1940
Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)
1940
Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1939
Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013)
1938
James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
1938
Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
1936
Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (d. 2011)
1936
Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (d. 2020)
1935
Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)
1934
Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
1934
Johnny Hills, English footballer (d. 2021)
1934
Renata Scotto, Italian soprano (d. 2023)
1933
Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (d. 2008)
1933
Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 2014)
1933
David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2009)
1932
Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)
1932
Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (d. 2018)
1932
John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
1931
Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
1931
Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
1930
Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (d. 2013)
1929
Kintarō Ōki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)
1927
Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017)
1926
Dave Sands, Australian boxer (d. 1952)
1925
Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
1924
Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1924
Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)
1922
Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (d. 2011)
1922
Steven Hill, American actor (d. 2016)
1921
Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
1919
John Carl Warnecke, American architect (d. 2010)
1915
Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (d. 1986)
1914
Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d. 2005)
1914
Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)
1909
August Derleth, American anthologist and author (d. 1971)
1908
Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)
1903
Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967)
1900
Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (d. 1981)
1898
Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)
1896
Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1890
Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
1885
Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)
1885
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)
1877
Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
1877
Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936)
1874
Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)
1869
Zara DuPont, American suffragist (d. 1946)
1868
Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949)
1852
George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
1848
Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
1842
Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)
1837
Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)
1836
Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (d. 1910)
1835
Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899)
1831
Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
1827
Lydia Becker, English-French activist (d. 1890)
1788
Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)
1786
Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
1786
Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859)
1774
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
1767
Rama II of Siam (d. 1824)
1762
Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)
1743
Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (d. 1820)
1736
Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1806)
1723
John Burgoyne, English general and politician (d. 1792)
1721
John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (d. 1796)
1709
Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
1622
Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
1619
Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (d. 1690)
1604
Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652)
1595
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (d. 1640)
1593
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (d. 1625)
1557
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
1553
Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (d. 1615)
1545
John of Austria (d. 1578)
1536
Pope Clement VIII (d. 1605)
1500
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
1494
Johan Friis, Danish statesman (d. 1570)
1463
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (d. 1494)
1413
Louis, Duke of Savoy (d. 1465)
1304
Ibn Battuta, Moroccan jurist
1103
Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)

Births On This Day

1996
Royce Freeman, American football player
1994
Jessica Pegula, American tennis player
1994
Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper
1991
Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
1991
O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper
1991
Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
1989
Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1989
Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
1988
Connie Ramsay, Scottish judoka
1987
Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
1985
Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and composer
1984
Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
1982
Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
1982
Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
1982
Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
1982
Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
1981
Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
1981
Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
1981
Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
1980
Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1977
Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
1977
Floyd Mayweather Jr., American boxer
1976
Zach Johnson, American golfer
1976
Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
1976
Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1995)
1975
Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
1973
Stubby Clapp, Canadian baseball player and coach
1973
Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
1972
Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
1972
Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1971
Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
1970
Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
1970
Neil Sullivan, English born Scottish international footballer and coach
1970
Jonathan Ward, American actor
1969
Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor
1968
Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1967
Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1966
Billy Zane, American actor and producer
1965
Paul Gruber, American football player
1965
Jane Swift, American businesswoman and politician, Governor of Massachusetts
1964
Russell Ingall, British-Australian race car driver and sportscaster
1963
Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
1963
Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
1963
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Indian filmmaker
1962
Kelly Craft, US Ambassador to the United Nations and US Ambassador to Canada
1959
Beth Broderick, American actress and director
1959
Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
1958
Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958
Mark Moses, American actor
1956
Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
1956
Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
1956
Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
1955
Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Computer and Pixar (d. 2011)
1955
Eddie Johnson, American basketball player (d. 2020)
1955
Alain Prost, French race car driver
1954
Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
1954
Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican American award-winning author (d. 2016)
1954
Aurora Levins Morales, Puerto Rican Jewish writer and activist
1954
Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
1954
Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
1953
Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (d. 1974)
1951
David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
1951
Derek Randall, English cricketer
1951
Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
1951
Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
1951
Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
1950
George Thorogood, American musician
1948
Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 2016)
1948
Dennis Waterman, English actor (d. 2022)
1947
Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
1947
Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
1946
Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
1945
Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
1944
Nicky Hopkins, English keyboard player (d. 1994)
1944
Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)
1943
Kent Haruf, American novelist (d. 2014)
1943
Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (d. 1967)
1943
Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942
Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
1942
Celia Kaye, American actress
1942
Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician
1942
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
1941
Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
1940
Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
1940
Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)
1940
Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1939
Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013)
1938
James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
1938
Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
1936
Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (d. 2011)
1936
Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (d. 2020)
1935
Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)
1934
Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
1934
Johnny Hills, English footballer (d. 2021)
1934
Renata Scotto, Italian soprano (d. 2023)
1933
Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (d. 2008)
1933
Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 2014)
1933
David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2009)
1932
Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2019)
1932
Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (d. 2018)
1932
John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
1931
Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
1931
Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
1930
Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (d. 2013)
1929
Kintarō Ōki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)
1927
Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (d. 2017)
1926
Dave Sands, Australian boxer (d. 1952)
1925
Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
1924
Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1924
Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)
1922
Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (d. 2011)
1922
Steven Hill, American actor (d. 2016)
1921
Abe Vigoda, American actor (d. 2016)
1919
John Carl Warnecke, American architect (d. 2010)
1915
Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (d. 1986)
1914
Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d. 2005)
1914
Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)
1909
August Derleth, American anthologist and author (d. 1971)
1908
Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)
1903
Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967)
1900
Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (d. 1981)
1898
Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)
1896
Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1890
Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
1885
Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)
1885
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)
1877
Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
1877
Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936)
1874
Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)
1869
Zara DuPont, American suffragist (d. 1946)
1868
Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949)
1852
George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
1848
Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
1842
Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)
1837
Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)
1836
Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (d. 1910)
1835
Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899)
1831
Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
1827
Lydia Becker, English-French activist (d. 1890)
1788
Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)
1786
Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
1786
Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859)
1774
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
1767
Rama II of Siam (d. 1824)
1762
Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)
1743
Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (d. 1820)
1736
Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1806)
1723
John Burgoyne, English general and politician (d. 1792)
1721
John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (d. 1796)
1709
Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
1622
Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
1619
Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (d. 1690)
1604
Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652)
1595
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (d. 1640)
1593
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (d. 1625)
1557
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
1553
Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (d. 1615)
1545
John of Austria (d. 1578)
1536
Pope Clement VIII (d. 1605)
1500
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
1494
Johan Friis, Danish statesman (d. 1570)
1463
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (d. 1494)
1413
Louis, Duke of Savoy (d. 1465)
1304
Ibn Battuta, Moroccan jurist
1103
Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)

Deaths On This Day

2021
Ronald Pickup, English actor (b. 1940)
2020
Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1918)
2018
Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963)
2018
Haukur Hilmarsson, Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (b. 1986)
2016
Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (b. 1943)
2016
Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2016
George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (b. 1927)
2015
Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949)
2015
Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962)
2014
Franny Beecher, American guitarist (b. 1921)
2014
Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)
2014
Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2014
Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2013
Virgil Johnson, American singer (b. 1935)
2013
Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2012
Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930)
2012
Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925)
2011
Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
2010
Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (b. 1969)
2008
Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2007
Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (b. 1906)
2007
Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
2006
Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (b. 1947)
2006
Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (b. 1924)
2006
John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (b. 1947)
2006
Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
2005
Coşkun Kırca, Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1927)
2004
John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
2002
Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893)
2001
Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (b. 1912)
2001
Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (b. 1916)
1999
Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1936)
1998
Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921)
1998
Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906)
1994
Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (b. 1906)
1994
Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
1993
Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917)
1993
Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
1991
John Daly, American journalist and game show host (b. 1914)
1991
George Gobel, American actor (b. 1919)
1991
Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
1990
Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
1990
Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)
1990
Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
1990
Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
1986
Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)
1986
Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
1982
Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
1978
Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
1975
Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
1975
Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
1974
Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
1970
Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
1967
Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
1953
Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
1953
Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
1930
Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
1929
André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
1927
Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
1925
Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
1914
Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
1910
Osman Hamdi Bey, Turkish archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
1879
Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
1876
Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
1856
Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
1825
Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
1815
Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
1812
Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
1810
Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
1799
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
1785
Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (b. 1746)
1777
Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
1732
Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)
1721
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)
1714
Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)
1704
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
1685
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (b. 1629)
1666
Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (b. 1588)
1588
Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)
1580
Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (b. 1511)
1563
Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)
1530
Properzia de' Rossi, Italian Renaissance sculptor
1525
Jacques de La Palice, French nobleman and military officer (b. 1470)
1525
Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (b. c. 1488)
1525
Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (b. 1480)
1496
Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1445)
1386
Charles III of Naples (b. 1345)
1114
Thomas, archbishop of York
1018
Borrell, bishop of Vic
951
Liu Yun, Chinese governor (jiedushi)
616
Æthelberht of Kent