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February 24

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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

2026: Maryland woman who studies lottery numbers wins second $50,000 Bonus Match 5 prize in three months. A Maryland lottery player who studies winning numbers has won her second $50,000 Bonus Match 5 prize in the span of three months.
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.$438 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2026
3.$375.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2024
4.$322 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2019
5.$269 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2018
6.€210 Million US$254.08 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2021
7.$245 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2019
8.$236 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2016
9.$233 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2025
10.$222 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2018
11.$217.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2026
12.$216 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2007
13.$212 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2006
14.$195 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2014
15.$182.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2011
16.$181 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2025
17.€161.39 Million
US$180.7 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2022
18.€142 Million
US$167.29 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2026
19.$150 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2009
20.€125.32 Million
US$147.63 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2026
21.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2009
22.€112.64 Million
US$137.33 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 25, 2021
23.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2008
24.€104.36 Million
US$128.3 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 24, 2018
25.€110.96 Million
US$126.19 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 26, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

2000: NJPiney
Thursday, Feb 24, 2000
26 years old
2000: hermann
Thursday, Feb 24, 2000
26 years old
1987: DaviVee87
Tuesday, Feb 24, 1987
39 years old
1987: Trudiannprince
Tuesday, Feb 24, 1987
39 years old
1982: Mae39701
Wednesday, Feb 24, 1982
44 years old
1982: Shakenapretty82
Wednesday, Feb 24, 1982
44 years old
1981: PiscesGoddess40
Tuesday, Feb 24, 1981
45 years old
1980: Jmunni$
Sunday, Feb 24, 1980
46 years old
1976: LadyDragon24
Tuesday, Feb 24, 1976
50 years old
1973: moxie
Saturday, Feb 24, 1973
53 years old
1973: Puss N Boots
Saturday, Feb 24, 1973
53 years old
1972: Marley2015$
Thursday, Feb 24, 1972
54 years old
1970: nene won
Tuesday, Feb 24, 1970
56 years old
1969: Nino224
Monday, Feb 24, 1969
57 years old
1963: diane neto
Sunday, Feb 24, 1963
63 years old
1962: Rene Alfred
Saturday, Feb 24, 1962
64 years old
1961: troubleman95
Friday, Feb 24, 1961
65 years old
1960: arlene!
Wednesday, Feb 24, 1960
66 years old
1957: dwarneke
Sunday, Feb 24, 1957
69 years old
1955: ffitzgerald55
Thursday, Feb 24, 1955
71 years old
1955: ikefree
Thursday, Feb 24, 1955
71 years old
1954: scooter500
Wednesday, Feb 24, 1954
72 years old
1952: lloydfanuncio
Sunday, Feb 24, 1952
74 years old
1946: teddy60
Sunday, Feb 24, 1946
80 years old
: KYPHILLY
(year not provided)
: bazita
(year not provided)
: DaveDollar24$
(year not provided)
: mj1994
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2022: Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2020: Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia following an attempt to replace the Pakatan Harapan government, which triggered the 2020-2022 Malaysian political crisis.
2016: Tara Air Flight 193, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft, crashed, with 23 fatalities, in Solighopte, Myagdi District, Dhaulagiri Zone, while en route from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport.
2015: A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
2008: Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remained as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
2007: Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
2006: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
2004: The 6.3 M_w Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
1999: China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes in Rui'an, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
1996: Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.
1991: Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
1989: United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
1984: Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
1983: A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
1981: The 6.7 M_s Gulf of Corinth earthquake affected Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812 million.
1978: The Yuba County Five disappear in California. Four of their bodies are found four months later.
1976: The 1976 constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
1971: The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
1968: Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnamese forces led by Ngo Quang Truong recapture the citadel of Hué.
1967: Cultural Revolution: Zhang Chunqiao announces the dissolution of the Shanghai People's Commune, replacing its local government with a revolutionary committee.
1966: Ghanaian coup d'état by National Liberation Council overthrows Kwame Nkrumah's Government
1949: The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
1946: Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, is elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
1945: Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
1943: World War II: First large-scale protest march resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany.
1942: Seven hundred ninety-one Romanian Jewish refugees and crew members are killed after the MV Struma is torpedoed by the Soviet Navy.
1942: The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
1920: Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
1920: The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany.
1918: Estonian Declaration of Independence.
1917: World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
1916: The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
1895: Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence; the war ends along with the Spanish-American War in 1898.
1881: China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
1876: The stage première of Peer Gynt, a play by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, takes place in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.
1875: The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
1868: Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
1863: Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
1854: A Penny Red with perforations becomes the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.
1848: King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
1831: The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
1826: The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
1822: The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
1821: Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala.
1813: Sinking of HMS Peacock by USS Hornet on the Demerara River, Guyana.
1812: Treaty of Paris between Napoleon and Frederick William III of Prussia against Russia is signed.
1809: London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving its owner, Irish writer and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan, destitute.
1809: Britain invades and captures the French colony of Martinique.
1803: In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
1739: Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
1711: Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage, is premièred.
1607: L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
1597: The last battle of the Cudgel War takes place on the Santavuori Hill in Ilmajoki, Ostrobothnia.
1582: With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
1538: Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.
1527: Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague.
1525: A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
1386: King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
1303: The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.
484: King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.

Births On This Day

2004: Samuele Vignato, Italian football player
2004: Rafael Obrador, Spanish footballer
2003: Honey Osrin, British swimmer
2000: Antony Matheus dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
2000: Nichika Yamada, Japanese volleyball player
1997: Đurđina Jauković, Montenegrin handball player
1996: Royce Freeman, American football player
1994: Jessica Pegula, American tennis player
1994: Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper
1992: Stefan Ashkovski, Macedonian footballer
1991: Tim Erixon, American-Swedish ice hockey player
1991: Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
1991: O'Shea Jackson Jr., American actor and rapper
1991: Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
1991: Christian Kabasele, Congolese-born Belgian footballer
1990: Dwayne Allen, American football player
1990: Derek Wolfe, American football player
1989: Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1989: Daniel Kaluuya, English actor
1989: Kosta Koufos, Greek-American basketball player
1988: Rodrigue Beaubois, French basketball player
1988: Alexander Koch, American actor
1988: Connie Ramsay, Scottish judoka
1988: Maksym Radziwill, Polish-Canadian mathematician
1987: Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
1987: Ashley Walker, American-Romanian basketball player
1987: Mario Suárez, Spanish footballer
1987: Christopher Trimmel, Austrian footballer
1986: Wojtek Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player
1985: Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and composer
1984: Wilson Bethel, American actor
1984: Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
1984: Nani, Indian actor and film producer
1982: Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
1982: Fala Chen, Chinese actress and singer
1982: Klára Koukalová, Czech tennis player
1982: Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
1981: Jonas Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player
1981: Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
1981: Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
1981: Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
1981: Bob Sanders, American football player
1980: Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1980: Jorrit Faassen, Dutch businessman
1977: Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
1977: Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
1977: Floyd Mayweather Jr., American boxer
1976: Marco Campos, Brazilian race car driver (died 1995)
1976: Zach Johnson, American golfer
1976: Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
1975: Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
1974: Mike Lowell, Puerto Rican baseball player
1974: Khadzhimurad Magomedov, Russian freestyle wrestler
1974: Gila Gamliel, Israeli politician and Minister of Science, Technology and Space
1973: Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
1973: Philipp Rösler, German politician
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
1971: Gillian Flynn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1971: Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player
1970: Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
1970: Neil Sullivan, Scottish footballer and coach
1970: Jonathan Ward, American actor
1969: Kim Seung-woo, South Korean actor
1968: Mitch Hedberg, American comedian and actor (died 2005)
1967: Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1966: Billy Zane, American actor and producer
1966: Katie Allen, Australian politician and medical researcher
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
1964: Elizabeth Wilson, American politician
1963: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Indian filmmaker and composer
1963: Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
1963: Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
1963: Mateu Alemany, Spanish lawyer, football director of FC Barcelona
1962: Kelly Craft, American businesswoman and diplomat
1962: Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter
1961: Emilio Rivera, American actor
1961: Erna Solberg, Norwegian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Norway
1961: John Grogan, British politician
1959: Beth Broderick, American actress and director
1959: Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
1959: Abhishek Singhvi, Indian politician
1959: François Villeroy de Galhau, 30th Governor of the Bank of France
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 (died 2011)
1955: Eddie Johnson, American basketball player (died 2020)
1955: Alain Prost, French race car driver
1954: Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
1954: Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican author (died 2016)
1954: Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
1954: Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
1954: Željko Glasnović, Croatian politician and general
1954: Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, British peer, writer, and entrepreneur
1953: Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer (died 1974)
1952: Tommy Burleson, American basketball player
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
1951: Andrew Leung, Hong Kong politician, 3rd President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
1950: George Thorogood, American musician
1949: John Lever, English Test cricketer
1948: Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (died 2016)
1948: Dennis Waterman, English actor (died 2022)
1948: GM Quader, Bangladeshi politician
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 (died 1994)
1944: Ivica Račan, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (died 2007)
1943: Kent Haruf, American novelist (died 2014)
1943: Gigi Meroni, Italian footballer (died 1967)
1943: Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
1942: Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor
1942: Celia Kaye, American actress
1942: Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician (died 2024)
1942: Jenny O'Hara, American actress
1942: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
1941: Joanie Sommers, American singer and actress
1940: Pete Duel, American actor (died 1971)
1940: Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (died 2014)
1940: Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster (died 2025)
1939: Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (died 2013)
1938: James Farentino, American actor (died 2012)
1938: Phil Knight, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Nike, Inc.
1938: Kathleen Richardson, Baroness Richardson of Calow, British life peer
1936: Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (died 2020)
1936: Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (died 2011)
1935: Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet, essayist, and translator (died 2014)
1934: Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (died 2000)
1934: Johnny Hills, English footballer (died 2021)
1934: George Ryan, American politician, 39th Governor of Illinois (died 2025)
1934: Renata Scotto, Italian soprano (died 2023)
1933: Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (died 2008)
1933: Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (died 2014)
1933: David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and composer (died 2009)
1932: Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
1932: Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (died 2018)
1932: John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (died 2005)
1931: Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer
1931: Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (died 2015)
1930: Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (died 2013)
1929: Kintarō Ōki, South Korean wrestler (died 2006)
1927: Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (died 2017)
1926: Dave Sands, Australian boxer (died 1952)
1925: Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2013)
1924: Hal Herring, American football player and coach (died 2014)
1924: Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (died 2008)
1924: F. G. Bailey, British-American anthropologist (died 2020)
1922: Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (died 2011)
1922: Steven Hill, American actor (died 2016)
1921: Abe Vigoda, American actor (died 2016)
1919: John Carl Warnecke, American architect (died 2010)
1915: Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (died 1986)
1914: Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (died 2005)
1914: Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (died 1955)
1909: August Derleth, American anthologist and author (died 1971)
1908: Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (died 1998)
1903: Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (died 1967)
1900: Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (died 1981)
1898: Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (died 1983)
1896: Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (died 1991)
1895: Şehzade Osman Fuad, Ottoman prince (died 1973)
1890: Marjorie Main, American actress (died 1975)
1885: Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (died 1966)
1885: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (died 1939)
1881: Moulay Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan, Sultan of Morocco (died 1943)
1877: Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)
1877: Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (died 1936)
1874: Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1955)
1869: Zara DuPont, American suffragist (died 1946)
1868: Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (died 1949)
1857: Emma Ann Browne, British-born Australian philanthropist (died 1941)
1852: George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1933)
1848: Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1907)
1842: Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (died 1918)
1837: Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (died 1885)
1836: Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (died 1910)
1835: Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1899)
1831: Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1899)
1830: Karolina Světlá, Czech female author
1829: Friedrich Spielhagen, German novelist, literary theorist and translator
1827: Lydia Becker, English-French activist (died 1890)
1797: Samuel Lover, Irish composer, writer and painter (died 1868)
1788: Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (died 1857)
1786: Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (died 1869)
1786: Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (died 1859)
1774: Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (died 1850)
1767: Rama II of Siam (died 1824)
1762: Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (died 1830)
1743: Joseph Banks, English botanist and explorer (died 1820)
1736: Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1806)
1723: John Burgoyne, English general and politician (died 1792)
1721: John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (died 1796)
1709: Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (died 1782)
1622: Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (died 1665)
1619: Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (died 1690)
1604: Arcangela Tarabotti, Venetian nun and feminist (died 1652)
1595: Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (died 1640)
1593: Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English soldier and courtier (died 1625)
1557: Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1619)
1553: Cherubino Alberti, Italian engraver and painter (died 1615)
1545: John of Austria (died 1578)
1536: Pope Clement VIII (died 1605)
1500: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1558)
1494: Johan Friis, Danish statesman (died 1570)
1463: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494)
1413: Louis, Duke of Savoy (died 1465)
1360: Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy
1304: Ibn Battuta, Moroccan explorer
1103: Emperor Toba of Japan (died 1156)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Roberta Flack, American singer and pianist (born 1937)
2024: Kumar Shahani, Indian film director and screenwriter (born1940)
2023: Edith Roger, Norwegian dancer and choreographer (born 1922)
2021: Ronald Pickup, English actor (born 1940)
2020: Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician (born 1918)
2018: Sridevi, Indian actress (born 1963)
2018: Haukur Hilmarsson, Icelandic political activist and internationalist volunteer fighter (born 1986)
2016: Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (born 1943)
2016: Nabil Maleh, Syrian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)
2016: George C. Nichopoulos, American soldier and physician (born 1927)
2015: Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (born 1949)
2015: Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (born 1962)
2014: Franny Beecher, American guitarist (born 1921)
2014: Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (born 1948)
2014: Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (born 1923)
2014: Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
2013: Virgil Johnson, American singer (born 1935)
2013: Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (born 1923)
2012: Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (born 1930)
2012: Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (born 1925)
2011: Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (born 1929)
2010: Dawn Brancheau, senior animal trainer at SeaWorld (born 1969)
2008: Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1947)
2007: Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (born 1906)
2007: Damien Nash, American football player (born 1982)
2006: Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (born 1947)
2006: Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (born 1924)
2006: John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (born 1947)
2006: Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (born 1924)
2005: Coşkun Kırca, Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (born 1927)
2004: John Randolph, American actor (born 1915)
2002: Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (born 1893)
2001: Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (born 1912)
2001: Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (born 1916)
1999: Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (born 1936)
1998: Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (born 1921)
1998: Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (born 1906)
1994: Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (born 1906)
1994: Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (born 1916)
1993: Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (born 1917)
1993: Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (born 1941)
1991: John Daly, American journalist and game show host (born 1914)
1991: George Gobel, American actor (born 1919)
1991: Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1921)
1990: Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (born 1945)
1990: Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (born 1917)
1990: Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (born 1896)
1990: Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1927)
1986: Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (born 1904)
1986: Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1904)
1982: Virginia Bruce, American actress (born 1910)
1978: Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (born1891)
1975: Hans Bellmer, German artist (born 1902)
1975: Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1895)
1974: Margaret Leech, American historian and author (born 1895)
1970: Conrad Nagel, American actor (born 1897)
1967: Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (born 1886)
1953: Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (born 1895)
1953: Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (born 1875)
1930: Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (born 1850)
1929: André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1853)
1927: Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (born 1858)
1925: Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
1914: Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (born 1828)
1910: Osman Hamdi Bey, Turkish archaeologist and painter (born 1842)
1879: Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (born 1825)
1876: Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (born 1809)
1856: Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1792)
1825: Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (born 1754)
1815: Robert Fulton, American engineer (born 1765)
1812: Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)
1810: Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (born 1731)
1799: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (born 1742)
1785: Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican lawyer and politician (born 1746)
1777: Joseph I of Portugal (born 1714)
1732: Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (born 1675)
1721: John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1648)
1714: Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (born 1637)
1704: Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (born 1643)
1685: Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (born 1629)
1674: Prataprao Gujar, 3rd Commander-in-chief of Maratha Confederacy
1666: Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (born 1588)
1588: Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (born 1515)
1580: Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1511)
1563: Francis, Duke of Guise (born 1519)
1530: Properzia de' Rossi, Italian Renaissance sculptor
1525: Jacques de La Palice, French nobleman and military officer (born 1470)
1525: Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (born c. 1488)
1525: Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (born 1480)
1496: Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (born 1445)
1386: Charles III of Naples (born 1345)
1114: Thomas, archbishop of York
1018: Borrell, bishop of Vic
951: Liu Yun, Chinese governor (jiedushi)
616: Æthelberht of Kent

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