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February 27

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February 27

February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 307 days remain until the end of the year (308 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2026: Texas resident wins $100,000 on surprise Arkansas Lottery ticket from husband. A Texas resident was screaming all the way through her celebration when she discovered that the surprise Arkansas Lottery ticket from her husband netted them a $100,000 prize.
2025: Attorney General investigates "suspicious and potentially illegal" Texas Lottery jackpot. There have been several developments since the Texas Lottery announced a ban on lottery ticket courier services, including the resignation of a Lottery Commissioner and new actions taken by the Lottery against courier companies.
2023: Lotto Texas boasts $48 million jackpot, largest in 12 years. Lottery players in Texas have a shot at the largest advertised Lotto Texas prize in over 12 years after reached $48 million over the weekend.
2020: Michigan man claims $3.4M Lotto 47 jackpot. A Macomb County, Michigan, man has some planning to do after winning a $3.4 million Lotto 47 jackpot.
2020: Pa. store clerk accused of stealing over $17K worth of lottery tickets. Police in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, say a woman stole more than $17,000 worth of lottery tickets from a Sheetz store where she worked.
2020: California lottery shorted schools by $36 million, auditor says. The California lottery skimped on giving $36 million in revenue to fund public education and spent $720,000 on food and travel expenses without considering cheaper options, the state auditor said in a report made public Tuesday.
2019: Mississippi Lottery working to get operational this year. The Vice-Chair of the newly-created Mississippi Lottery Corporation said in an interview this week that the state's first lottery games will be ready to play by the third quarter of 2019.
2015: Massachusetts Lottery to replace aging lottery terminals. The Massachusetts Lottery is looking to replace the 8,500 aging blue terminals and the massive computer system that processes nearly $5 billion in bets a year.
2014: Store clerk's mistake helps N.Y. man win $10 million. A convenience store clerk's mistake has paid off in a big way for a western New York man.
2013: Wyoming lottery bill clears Legislature. The Wyoming House and Senate on Tuesday struck a compromise on the bill to allow a state lottery and multi-state games such as Powerball.
2013: N.C. Gov. says lottery ads are 'annoying'. North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory suggested in his State of the State address last week that lottery money should not be spent on what he calls 'annoying advertising'.
2011: Woman sues TV station over lottery numbers error. A Fort Lee, New Jersey, woman who says she thought fortune had smiled on her with a $250,000 winner in a 2009 Mega Millions drawing is suing WABC-TV for allegedly broadcasting the wrong winning numbers and leaving her devastated when she discovered she had won nothing.
2009: Indiana couple wins $50,000 prize for 2nd time playing same game. An Indianapolis couple beat the odds when they claimed their second $50,000 Lucky 5 Hoosier lottery prize.
2009: N.C. lottery revenues redirected away from education. State lawmakers voiced concern today over a transfer of proceeds from lottery-ticket sales from school construction to the state's general fund.
2009: Lottery sales keep rising, but the recession keeps them in check. Anticipation may be high for tonight's drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, with a jackpot that has grown to $171 million, but the fallen economy has pinched the wallets of Georgia Lottery ticket buyers.
2009: New York Lottery axes $1.4M in scholarships after taking in $7.5 billion in 2008. The New York Lottery has quietly halted its college scholarship program for more than 1,150 high school seniors, blaming the governor's budget cuts.
2008: Ontario store employee charged with stealing lottery prizes. A former convenience store employee in North Bay, Ontario, is facing theft and fraud charges for allegedly redeeming two customers' scratch-and-win lottery tickets. New rules were recently put in place to reduce this type of crime.
2008: Winners of $14.5M lottery jackpot shun spotlight. John and Mary Winkworth, a middle-aged couple from Ontario, won more than $14.5 million in Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw.
2008: Governor's plan to lease Vt. state lottery comes up a loser. The Vermont state Senate passed a bill Tuesday will likely stand as a tombstone over Gov. James Douglas' proposed lease of the state lottery.
2008: Three men charged with stealing $1M from lottery winner. In Connecticut, police have arrested three men for allegedly stealing $1 million in cash from a man who hit the lottery more than 20 years ago.
2007: 'Idiot' claims big lottery prize. Ed O'Neill's bank account just got a lot bigger, thanks to a co-worker who told him some "idiot" hasn't claimed an $800,000 Powerball lottery prize.
2004: Winning Powerball lottery ticket in dispute. An ownership dispute over a winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $200,000 prompted a Grantville, Kansas couple to file a lawsuit against the Kansas Lottery and the Kroger Co. earlier this month.
2004: 8 GM workers to share $12 million Texas lottery prize. Eight workers at the General Motors plant in Arlington, Texas struck a $12 million Lotto Texas jackpot Wednesday night.
2004: Red Apple Workers Still Wait for Mega Millions Lottery Winner. The winner of Saturday's $239 Mega Millions Jackpot, the second-most valuable individual lottery ticket in history, still has yet to come forward.
2004: Lottery player comes up a loser in supreme court. A lottery player whose interpretation of the term "wild card" gave rise to his claim that he had a $20,000 winning ticket got little sympathy in Maine's highest court.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$563 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2024
2.$458 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2026
3.$414.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2024
4.$322 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2019
5.$293 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2018
6.$273 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2019
7.$270 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2006
8.$266 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2016
9.$264.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2025
10.$237 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2026
11.$222 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2018
12.$216 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2014
12.$216 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2007
14.$197 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2025
15.€159 Million
US$187.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2026
16.€164 Million
US$182.83 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2022
17.$173 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2009
18.$171 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2009
19.€126.88 Million
US$149.83 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2026
20.$145 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 28, 2023
21.€113.95 Million
US$137.57 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2021
22.$135 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Mar 1, 2016
23.$133 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2008
24.$131.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2023
25.€105.5 Million
US$129.46 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 27, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1996: Gbabylove
Tuesday, Feb 27, 1996
30 years old
1986: atlantickeno
Thursday, Feb 27, 1986
40 years old
1983: crimsonmika
Sunday, Feb 27, 1983
43 years old
1981: ChaosX
Friday, Feb 27, 1981
45 years old
1977: hotonyx
Sunday, Feb 27, 1977
49 years old
1976: hotep
Friday, Feb 27, 1976
50 years old
1974: Bigblue227
Wednesday, Feb 27, 1974
52 years old
1969: staydiva
Thursday, Feb 27, 1969
57 years old
1948: Mega4me
Friday, Feb 27, 1948
78 years old
: ImaBeRichSoon
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.
2015: Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.
2013: A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.
2010: An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
2008: Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from a detention center in Singapore, hiding in Johor, Malaysia until he was recaptured over a year later.
2007: Chinese stock bubble of 2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.
2004: A bombing of a SuperFerry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills more than 100 passengers.
2004: Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.
2002: Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport causing minor injuries.
2002: Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
2001: Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.
1991: Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
1988: Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
1976: The former Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
1973: The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.
1971: Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
1964: The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1963: The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
1962: Vietnam War: Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
1961: The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
1951: The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1943: The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
1943: The Holocaust: In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
1942: World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
1940: Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
1939: United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.
1933: Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
1932: The Mäntsälä rebellion begins when members of the far-right Lapua Movement start shooting at the social democrats' event in Mäntsälä, Finland.
1922: A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1921: The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
1916: Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
1902: Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
1900: Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
1900: The British Labour Party is founded.
1900: Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
1898: King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
1881: First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
1870: The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
1864: American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
1860: Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that plays an important role in his election to the Presidency.
1859: United States representative Daniel Sickles, after learning of an affair between his wife and Attorney General Philip Barton Key II, murders him in Washington, D.C.
1844: The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
1812: Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
1812: Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
1809: Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine.
1801: Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
1782: American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
1776: American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
1626: Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
1617: Sweden and the Tsardom of Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
1594: Henry IV is crowned King of France.
1560: The Treaty of Berwick is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland, establishing the terms under which English armed forces were to be permitted in Scotland in order to expel occupying French troops.
907: Abaoji, chieftain of the Yila tribe, is named khagan of the Khitans.
425: The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
380: Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.

Births On This Day

2002: Johnny Davis, American basketball player
1998: Todd Cantwell, English footballer
1996: Chris Godwin, American football player
1996: Ten, Thai singer and dancer
1995: Laura Gulbe, Latvian tennis player
1995: Sergej Milinković-Savić, Serbian footballer
1995: Tomáš Souček, Czech footballer
1994: Mike Matheson, Canadian ice hockey player
1993: Alphonse Areola, French footballer
1992: Meyers Leonard, American basketball player
1992: Ioannis Potouridis, Greek footballer
1992: Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer
1992: Callum Wilson, English footballer
1991: Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer
1990: Chandler Jones, American football player
1990: Adam Morgan, American baseball player
1990: Lindsey Morgan, American actress
1989: David Button, English footballer
1989: Lloyd Rigby, English footballer
1988: Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player
1988: Iain Ramsay, Australian footballer
1987: Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler
1987: Florence Kiplagat, Kenyan runner
1986: Yovani Gallardo, Mexican baseball player
1986: Daniel Gibson, American basketball player and coach
1986: Jonathan Moreira, Brazilian footballer
1986: Sandeep Singh, Indian field hockey player
1985: Asami Abe, Japanese singer and actress
1985: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer
1985: Vladislav Kulik, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
1985: Thiago Neves, Brazilian footballer
1984: James Augustine, American basketball player
1984: Jumbo Díaz, Dominican baseball player
1984: Akseli Kokkonen, Norwegian ski jumper
1984: Aníbal Sánchez, Venezuelan baseball player
1984: Lotta Schelin, Swedish footballer
1984: Denard Span, American baseball player
1983: Devin Harris, American basketball player
1983: Kate Mara, American actress
1982: Ali Bastian, English actress
1982: Pat Richards, Australian rugby league player
1982: Bruno Soares, Brazilian tennis player
1981: Natalie Grandin, English-South African tennis player
1981: Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1981: Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian sprinter
1980: Brandon Beemer, American actor
1980: Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic
1980: Bobby V, American singer-songwriter
1978: James Beattie, English footballer and manager
1978: Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer and politician
1978: Emelie Öhrstig, Swedish skier and cyclist
1978: Simone Di Pasquale, Italian ballet dancer
1976: Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist
1976: Cornelia Ecker, Austrian politician
1976: Tony Gonzalez, American football player
1976: Sergei Semak, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
1975: Aitor González, Spanish racing driver
1975: Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete
1974: Carte Goodwin, former United States senator from West Virginia
1973: Peter Andre, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
1972: Richard Coyle, English actor
1971: Sara Blakely, American businesswoman, founded Spanx
1971: Derren Brown, English magician and painter
1971: Roman Giertych, Polish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
1971: David Rikl, Czech-English tennis player
1971: Rozonda Thomas, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1970: Kent Desormeaux, American jockey
1970: Patricia Petibon, French soprano and actress
1969: Juan E. Gilbert, American computer scientist, inventor, and academic
1968: Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
1967: Jony Ive, English-American industrial designer, former chief design officer of Apple
1967: Dănuț Lupu, Romanian footballer
1966: Baltasar Kormákur, Icelandic actor, director, and producer
1966: Donal Logue, Canadian actor and director
1966: Oliver Reck, German footballer and manager
1965: Pedro Chaves, Portuguese racing driver
1965: Noah Emmerich, American actor
1964: Jeffrey Pasley, American educator and academic
1963: Nasty Suicide, Finnish musician and pharmacist
1962: Adam Baldwin, American actor
1962: Grant Show, American actor
1961: James Worthy, American basketball player and sportscaster
1960: Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
1960: Johnny Van Zant, American singer-songwriter
1958: Naas Botha, South African rugby player and sportscaster
1958: Maggie Hassan, American politician, 81st Governor of New Hampshire
1957: Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter
1957: Kevin Curran, American screenwriter and television producer (died 2016)
1957: Robert de Castella, Australian runner
1957: Adrian Smith, English guitarist and songwriter
1957: Timothy Spall, English actor
1956: Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (died 1987)
1956: Belus Prajoux, Chilean tennis player
1954: Neal Schon, American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
1953: Gavin Esler, Scottish journalist and author
1953: Ian Khama, English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th President of Botswana
1953: Stelios Kouloglou, Greek journalist, author, director and politician
1952: Dwight Jones, American basketball player (died 2016)
1951: Carl A. Anderson, 13th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
1951: Lee Atwater, American journalist, activist and political strategist (died 1991)
1951: Walter de Silva, Italian car designer
1951: Steve Harley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
1950: Annabel Goldie, Scottish lawyer and politician
1950: Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, English rabbi and politician
1949: Mary Gibby, British botanist and professor (died 2024)
1949: Debra Monk, American actress, singer, and writer
1947: Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist
1947: Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor
1947: Sonia Manzano Vela, Ecuadorian writer
1944: Ken Grimwood, American author (died 2003)
1944: Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer and coach
1944: Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (died 2020)
1943: Mary Frann, American actress (died 1998)
1943: Morten Lauridsen, American composer and conductor
1943: Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian footballer and manager
1942: Jimmy Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942: Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
1942: Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist
1942: Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German footballer (died 2011)
1941: Paddy Ashdown, British soldier and politician (died 2018)
1940: Pierre Duchesne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1940: Howard Hesseman, American actor (died 2022)
1940: Bill Hunter, Australian actor (died 2011)
1939: Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
1939: Peter Revson, American race car driver (died 1974)
1938: Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (died 2002)
1937: Barbara Babcock, American actress
1936: Ron Barassi, Australian footballer and coach (died 2023)
1936: Sonia Johnson, American feminist activist and author
1936: Roger Mahony, American cardinal
1935: Mirella Freni, Italian soprano and actress (died 2020)
1935: Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator
1934: Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (died 1992)
1934: N. Scott Momaday, American poet and writer (died 2024)
1934: Ralph Nader, American lawyer, politician, and activist
1933: Raymond Berry, American football player and coach
1933: Malcolm Wallop, American politician (died 2011)
1932: Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian (died 2011)
1932: David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 2022)
1930: Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (died 2014)
1930: Peter Stone, American screenwriter and producer (died 2003)
1930: Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist and academic (died 2014)
1930: Joanne Woodward, American actress
1929: Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2008)
1929: Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (died 2013)
1929: Patricia Ward Hales, British tennis player (died 1985)
1928: René Clemencic, Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player (died 2022)
1927: Aira Samulin, Finnish dancer and entrepreneur (died 2023)
1927: Peter Whittle, English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist (died 2021)
1926: David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
1925: Kenneth Koch, American poet, playwright and professor (died 2002)
1925: Pia Sebastiani, Argentine pianist and composer (died 2015)
1923: Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (died 1990)
1922: Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch historian, author, and scholar (died 1977)
1921: Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (died 2014)
1920: Reg Simpson, English cricketer (died 2013)
1919: Chick Halbert, American basketball player (died 2013)
1919: Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)
1917: John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Governor of Texas and 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (died 1993)
1915: Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman (died 2001)
1913: Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (died 2005)
1913: Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland (died 1989)
1913: Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter (died 1984)
1912: Lawrence Durrell, British author, poet, and playwright (died 1990)
1912: Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1999)
1911: Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilder (died 1991)
1910: Joan Bennett, American actress (died 1990)
1910: Peter De Vries, American journalist and author (died 1993)
1910: Kelly Johnson, American engineer, co-founded Skunk Works (died 1990)
1910: Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (died 1995)
1907: Mildred Bailey, American singer (died 1951)
1907: Momčilo Đujić, Serbian-American priest and commander (died 1999)
1905: Tone Peruško, Croatian educator and social worker (died 1967)
1905: Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (died 1968)
1904: James T. Farrell, American author and poet (died 1979)
1904: Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (died 1996)
1904: André Leducq, French cyclist (died 1980)
1903: Reginald Gardiner, English-American actor and singer (died 1980)
1903: Hans Rohrbach, German mathematician (died 1993)
1903: Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Belarusian-American rabbi and philosopher (died 1993)
1902: Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace (died 1998)
1902: Gene Sarazen, American golfer and sportscaster (died 1999)
1902: John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)
1901: Marino Marini, Italian sculptor and academic (died 1980)
1901: Kotama Okada, Japanese religious leader (died 1974)
1899: Charles Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered insulin (died 1978)
1897: Marian Anderson, American singer (died 1993)
1895: Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1943)
1892: William Demarest, American actor (died 1983)
1891: David Sarnoff, American businessman, founded RCA (died 1971)
1890: Mabel Keaton Staupers, American nurse and advocate (died 1989)
1888: Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and psychologist (died 1974)
1888: Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano and actress (died 1976)
1888: Stephen McKenna, English novelist (died 1967)
1887: Pyotr Nesterov, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer (died 1914)
1886: Hugo Black, American captain, lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died 1971)
1881: Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland (died 1952)
1881: L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1966)
1880: Xenophon Kasdaglis, Greek-Egyptian tennis player (died 1943)
1878: Alvan T. Fuller, American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1958)
1877: Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (died 1952)
1877: Joseph Grinnell, American zoologist and biologist (died 1939)
1875: Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon (died 1956)
1872: Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (died 1950)
1869: Alice Hamilton, American physician and academic (died 1970)
1867: Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (died 1947)
1867: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and critic (died 1942)
1864: Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1935)
1863: Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish painter (died 1923)
1863: George Herbert Mead, American sociologist and philosopher (died 1930)
1859: Bertha Pappenheim, Austrian-German activist and author (died 1936)
1848: Hubert Parry, English composer and historian (died 1918)
1847: Ellen Terry, English actress (died 1928)
1816: William Nicholson, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Victoria (died 1865)
1809: Jean-Charles Cornay, French missionary and saint (died 1837)
1807: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (died 1882)
1799: Edward Belcher, British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer (died 1877)
1799: Frederick Catherwood, British artist, architect and explorer (died 1854)
1795: José Antonio Navarro, American merchant and politician (died 1871)
1789: Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (died 1818)
1779: Thomas Hazlehurst, English businessman, founded Hazlehurst & Sons (died 1842)
1767: Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, French lawyer and politician, 24th Prime Minister of France (died 1855)
1748: Anders Sparrman, Swedish physician and activist (died 1820)
1746: Louis-Jérôme Gohier, French politician, French Minister of Justice (died 1830)
1732: Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin, French cardinal (died 1804)
1724: Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1767)
1711: Constantine Mavrocordatos, Ottoman ruler (died 1769)
1703: Lord Sidney Beauclerk, English politician (died 1744)
1689: Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer (died 1775)
1667: Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Prussian-Lithuanian wife of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (died 1695)
1659: William Sherard, English botanist (died 1728)
1630: Roche Braziliano, Dutch pirate (died 1671)
1622: Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (died 1654)
1575: John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1616)
1572: Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1632)
1567: William Alabaster, English poet (died 1640)
1535: Min Phalaung, Burmese monarch (died 1593)
1500: João de Castro, Portuguese nobleman and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548)
1427: Ruprecht, Archbishop of Cologne (died 1480)
1343: Alberto d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (died 1393)
272: Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (died 337)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Boris Spassky, Russian chess grandmaster (born 1937)
2023: Gérard Latortue, Haitian prime minister (born 1934)
2021: Ng Man-tat, Hong Kong actor (born 1952)
2019: France-Albert René, Seychellois politician, 2nd President of Seychelles (born 1935)
2018: Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1959)
2016: Yi Cheol-seung, South Korean lawyer and politician (born 1922)
2016: James Z. Davis, American lawyer and judge (born 1943)
2015: Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959)
2015: Leonard Nimoy, American actor (born 1931)
2015: Julio César Strassera, Argentinian lawyer and jurist (born 1933)
2014: Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (born 1960)
2014: Terry Rand, American basketball player (born 1934)
2013: Van Cliburn, American pianist (born 1934)
2013: Ramon Dekkers, Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (born 1969)
2013: Dale Robertson, American actor (born 1923)
2013: Adolfo Zaldívar, Chilean lawyer and politician (born 1943)
2012: Ma Jiyuan, Chinese general (born 1921)
2012: Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and psychiatrist (born 1920)
2012: Helga Vlahović, Croatian journalist and producer (born 1945)
2011: Frank Buckles, American soldier (born 1901)
2011: Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1926)
2011: Duke Snider, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1926)
2011: Gary Winick, American director and producer (born 1961)
2010: Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (born 1916)
2008: William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and journalist, founded the National Review (born 1925)
2008: Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (born 1929)
2008: Ivan Rebroff, German vocalist of Russian descent with four and a half octave range (born 1931)
2007: Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, German general (born 1914)
2006: Otis Chandler, American publisher (born 1927)
2006: Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American general and author (born 1908)
2006: Linda Smith, English comedian and author (born 1958)
2004: Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian and academic (born 1928)
2004: Paul Sweezy, American economist and journalist (born 1910)
2003: John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (born 1923)
2003: Fred Rogers, American minister and television host (born 1928)
2002: Spike Milligan, Irish soldier, actor, comedian, and author (born 1918)
1999: Horace Tapscott, American pianist and composer (born 1934)
1998: George H. Hitchings, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
1998: J. T. Walsh, American actor (born 1943)
1993: Lillian Gish, American actress (born 1893)
1992: S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist and politician (born 1906)
1989: Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
1987: Bill Holman, American cartoonist (born 1903)
1987: Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (born 1921)
1986: Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1929)
1985: Ray Ellington, English singer and drummer (born 1916)
1985: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1902)
1985: J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor and singer (born 1904)
1980: George Tobias, American actor (born 1901)
1977: John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (born 1905)
1973: Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (born 1917)
1969: Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (born 1883)
1968: Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
1964: Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (born 1897)
1956: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1888)
1943: Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (born 1859)
1937: Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (born 1867)
1937: Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (born 1862)
1936: Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1852)
1936: Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1849)
1931: Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (born 1906)
1921: Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (born 1871)
1902: Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (born 1864)
1892: Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (born 1821)
1887: Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (born 1833)
1844: Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (born 1786)
1795: Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1750)
1784: Count of St. Germain, European adventurer (born 1710)
1735: John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician and polymath (born 1667)
1720: Samuel Parris, English-American minister (born 1653)
1712: Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English politician (born 1645)
1706: John Evelyn, English gardener and author (born 1620)
1699: Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1625)
1659: Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (born 1609)
1641: Pau Claris, Catalan lawyer, clergyman and President of the Generalitat, founder of the Catalan Republic (born 1586)
1558: Johann Faber of Heilbronn, controversial Catholic preacher (born 1504)
1558: Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, German Noblewoman (born 1524)
1483: William VIII of Montferrat (born 1420)
1425: Prince Vasily I of Moscow (born 1371)
1416: Eleanor of Castile, queen consort of Navarre (born c. 1363)
1167: Robert of Melun, English theologian and bishop
956: Theophylact, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (born 917)
906: Conrad the Elder, Frankish nobleman
640: Pepin of Landen, Frankish lord (born 580)

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