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February 9

On This Day in History

February 9

February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 325 days remain until the end of the year (326 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2023: VIDEO: We think these are the best lottery drawings. Today, Lottery Post published a video on what we think are the best lottery drawings we've seen so far.
2022: Maryland man bags $52,000 Pick 4 prize after playing the same numbers for nine years. One loyal Maryland lottery player is finally getting the big payout he's been longing for after playing the same Pick 4 number combination for nine years.
2021: Maryland woman earns her fourth major lottery prize. A Maryland woman is relishing her latest lottery win of $50,000, racking up her win count to four major prizes to-date.
2020: Maryland Lottery launches new Fast Play instant games. Starting Monday, Maryland Lottery players will be able to play a new category of instant game that doesn't require any scratching.
2017: S.C. man wins lottery jackpot twice. A South Carolina man became a two-time lottery winner in a single day when he cashed in a pair of tickets worth $100,000 and $200,000.
2016: Arizona AG begins investigation of former Lottery director. The former Arizona Lottery director, who abruptly resigned last month following allegations of mismanagement of the agency, is under investigation by the Attorney General Mark Brnovich's office.
2016: Lottery bill scheduled for early hearing in Alabama Legislature. A proposal by some Republican lawmakers to allow a statewide vote on a lottery is scheduled for discussion in a public hearing on Wednesday.
2014: $284 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls again. There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $284 million for Wednesday's drawing.
2012: $310 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot in rare territory. For only the 13th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot run-up has crossed into $300 million+ territory.
2010: Canada lottery almanac for 2009 published. For the first time, Canada lottery players can obtain a year's worth of lottery winning numbers for each of the country's games in one book.
2010: Arizona lawmakers vote to extend state lottery. The Arizona House of Representatives on Monday voted to create a new lottery that would begin in mid-2012, when the current game expires.
2010: N.C. man claims $141M Powerball lottery jackpot. Retired Asheville Fire Department employee Frank Griffin is $47 million richer, but he has few grand plans for the money. He mainly wants to spend more time with his wife.
2007: Woman stole lottery tickets to get better working hours. A convenience store worker allegedly stole at least $800 worth of Pennsylvania Lottery tickets and gave the winning ones to her boss in exchange for better working hours, police said.
2007: GOP legislators question math in Texas lottery-sale plan. Texas Gov. Rick Perry's proposal to sell off the state lottery to fund cancer research and health insurance was met with skepticism Tuesday from a number of key Republican lawmakers who said the numbers don't add up.
2007: U.K. Lottery operator wants to create global super-lottery. Camelot will launch the first ever global lottery draw if it wins the right to run Britain's game for another 10 years -- with players from all over the world generating jackpots of up to half a billion pounds (nearly one trillion dollars).
2007: Company proposes new pooling lottery ticket to fight 'jackpot fatigue'. An Arizona company has designed a new lottery ticket concept that would enter the purchaser in a pool with other lottery players, at the same time entering chances that are not part of the pool.
2006: Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $250 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $250 million, with a cash option of $120.1 million.
2006: Proposal takes aim at Lottery sales pitch to teens. Some lawmakers want to prohibit the Washington Lottery from advertising to anyone under 21 after learning the agency wants to increase its sales to teenagers.
2006: Lawsuit filed by N.C. Lottery foes to be heard Monday. A court battle that starts Monday in Wake County could be the last chance for critics to stop next month's launch of the N.C. lottery.
2006: Virginia Lottery looking for Lotto South winner. A winning $4 million Lotto South ticket, which was sold in Virginia near the North Carolina border, has yet to be claimed.
2005: Mega Millions jackpot increases to $50 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $50 million Wednesday.
2005: Oklahoma looks to start lottery in October. Oklahoma State Finance Director Scott Meacham says he's confident a state lottery will be in operation on a limited basis this fall.
2005: Wyoming lottery bill barely nixed. On a split vote, the Wyoming House narrowly defeated legislation allowing residents to play the Powerball lottery.
2005: Pennsylvania trio claims Powerball lottery jackpot. Three Pittsburgh-area women who work at PNC Financial Services Group will split $14.7 million for sharing the winning ticket in the Jan. 22 Powerball drawing.
2004: Powerball Jackpot Grows to $13 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $13 million, with a cash option of $7.3 million.
2004: Powerball's $85.5 million winner remains a mystery. New Hampshire still waits for the winner of Wednesday's $85.5 million Powerball lottery jackpot to enter the spotlight.
2004: Hundreds split lottery winnings on popular number combo. The Pennsylvania Lottery either made a lot of people happy Friday night or reminded them that learning to share is still one of life's toughest lessons.
2004: Minn. lottery director helped steer business to friend's firm. The late director of the Minnesota State Lottery helped a friend's company keep a lucrative lottery contract, the Star Tribune reported on Saturday.
2004: New Mexico students rally against lottery proposal. Eastern New Mexico University's student body president, along with student leaders from across the state, are opposed to a change to the state's lottery scholarship that won approval this week from the Commission on Higher Education.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$564.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2015
2.$394 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2024
3.€366.38 Million US$393.75 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2023
4.$336.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2012
5.$286.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2014
6.$285 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2017
7.$256.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2024
8.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2006
9.$224 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2019
10.$202 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2020
11.€139.02 Million
US$191.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2010
12.$184 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2018
13.€153.81 Million
US$175.76 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2022
14.€129 Million
US$175.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2010
15.€144 Million
US$174.53 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2021
16.$173 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2019
17.€151 Million
US$170.78 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2019
18.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2022
19.$157 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2016
20.€128 Million
US$156.8 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2018
21.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2008
22.$136 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2018
23.€100 Million
US$130.13 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2007
24.€104.27 Million
US$126.38 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2021
25.$125 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2003

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: seniogeronimo
Thursday, Feb 9, 1989
35 years old
1987: AustinHindley
Monday, Feb 9, 1987
37 years old
1984: duongtran
Thursday, Feb 9, 1984
40 years old
1983: mrsbailey26
Wednesday, Feb 9, 1983
41 years old
1982: daveyctvr
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1982
42 years old
1982: Hustlaa44
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1982
42 years old
1981: miss niecy1981
Monday, Feb 9, 1981
43 years old
1978: Bellamy7
Thursday, Feb 9, 1978
46 years old
1978: chea
Thursday, Feb 9, 1978
46 years old
1971: Spare Change
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1971
53 years old
1971: trd1971
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1971
53 years old
1971: hotbuns
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1971
53 years old
1971: stacy n g baker
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1971
53 years old
1970: BIGGEAZYE2121
Monday, Feb 9, 1970
54 years old
1968: lottogenie
Friday, Feb 9, 1968
56 years old
1964: Nwanna
Sunday, Feb 9, 1964
60 years old
1963: Bruceybruce1963
Saturday, Feb 9, 1963
61 years old
1961: moboggie
Thursday, Feb 9, 1961
63 years old
1953: crimewatcher
Monday, Feb 9, 1953
71 years old
1952: marthasingleton
Saturday, Feb 9, 1952
72 years old
1941: willfred41
Sunday, Feb 9, 1941
83 years old
: charh20
(year not provided)
: Last 09son
(year not provided)
: littlecat
(year not provided)
: LuckyDoll
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2021: Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins.
2020: Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis.
2018: Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea.
2016: Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured.
2001: The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor.
1996: The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
1996: Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
1991: Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union.
1986: Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
1982: Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board.
1978: The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1976: Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
1975: The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
1971: The 6.5-6.7 M_w Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
1971: Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
1971: Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.
1965: Vietnam War: The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
1964: The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States.
1961: The Beatles at The Cavern Club: Lunchtime - The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the first time following their return to Liverpool from Hamburg.
1959: The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
1951: Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea.
1950: Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
1945: World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
1945: World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attack a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
1943: World War II: Pacific War: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
1942: Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
1941: World War II: Bombing of Genoa: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
1934: The Balkan Entente is formed between Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Turkey.
1932: Prohibition law is abolished in Finland after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law.
1929: Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
1922: Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1920: Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
1913: A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
1907: The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
1904: Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
1900: The Davis Cup competition is established.
1895: William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
1893: Verdi's last opera, Falstaff premieres at La Scala, Milan.
1889: US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
1870: US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
1861: American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Provisional Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama
1849: The new Roman Republic is declared.
1825: After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as sixth President of the United States in a contingent election.
1822: Haiti attacks the newly established Dominican Republic on the other side of the island of Hispaniola.
1788: The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
1778: Rhode Island becomes the fourth US state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
1775: American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
1654: The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
1621: Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
1555: Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
1539: The first recorded race is held on Chester Racecourse, known as the Roodee.
1098: A First Crusade army led by Bohemond of Taranto wins a major battle against the Seljuq emir Ridwan of Aleppo during the siege of Antioch
1003: Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
474: Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

Births On This Day

1999: Shonte Seale, Barbadian netball player
1998: Cem Bölükbaşı, Turkish racing driver and former sim racer
1997: Saquon Barkley, American football player
1997: Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greek tennis player
1996: Chungha, South Korean singer
1995: André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player
1995: Mario Pašalić, Croatian footballer
1993: Despina Papamichail, Greek tennis player
1993: Wataru Endō, Japanese footballer
1992: Kyle Feldt, Australian rugby league player
1992: Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
1990: Tariq Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1989: Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
1987: Michael B. Jordan, American actor
1987: Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
1987: Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
1985: David Gallagher, American actor
1984: Maurice Ager, American basketball player, singer, and producer
1984: Shōhōzan Yūya, Japanese sumo wrestler
1983: Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
1982: Domingo Cisma, Spanish footballer
1982: Jameer Nelson, American basketball player
1982: Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1982: Chris Weale, English footballer and manager
1981: Tom Hiddleston, English actor, producer, and musical performer
1981: Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler
1980: Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
1980: Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress
1980: Manu Raju, American journalist
1979: Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
1979: Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
1979: Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model
1978: A. J. Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1976: Charlie Day, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1975: Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist and coach
1975: Clinton Grybas, Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
1975: Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player
1974: Jordi Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager
1974: Brad Maynard, American football player
1974: Amber Valletta, American model
1974: John Wallace, American basketball player and coach
1973: Svetlana Boginskaya, Belarusian gymnast
1973: Colin Egglesfield, American actor
1973: Makoto Shinkai, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
1972: Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
1971: Matt Gogel, American golfer
1971: Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer and manager
1970: Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1969: Jimmy Smith, American football player
1968: Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
1968: Derek Strong, American basketball player and race car driver
1968: Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and actress
1967: Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach
1967: Dan Shulman, Canadian sportscaster
1967: Gaston Browne, Antiguan and Barbudan Prime Minister
1966: Harald Eia, Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1965: Dieter Baumann, German runner
1964: Debrah Miceli, Italian-American wrestler and manager
1964: Dewi Morris, English rugby player
1964: Alejandro Ávila, Mexican telenovela actor
1964: Ernesto Valverde, Spanish footballer and manager
1963: Brian Greene, American physicist
1963: Peter Rowsthorn, Australian comedian and actor
1963: Travis Tritt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1962: Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballerina
1961: John Kruk, American baseball player and sportscaster
1960: Holly Johnson, English singer-songwriter and bass player
1960: David Simon, American journalist, author, screenwriter, and television producer
1960: Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut
1958: Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer
1958: Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host
1957: Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia
1957: Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
1956: Mookie Wilson, American baseball player and coach
1955: Jerry Beck, American historian and author
1955: Jimmy Pursey, English singer-songwriter and producer
1955: Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
1954: Jo Duffy, American author
1954: Chris Gardner, American businessman and philanthropist
1954: Kevin Warwick, English cybernetics scientist
1953: Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
1953: Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (d. 1985)
1953: Gabriel Rotello, American journalist and author, founded OutWeek
1952: Danny White, American football player and sportscaster
1951: David Pomeranz, American singer, musician, and composer
1950: Richard F. Colburn, American sergeant and politician
1949: Bernard Gallacher, Scottish golfer and journalist
1949: Judith Light, American actress
1948: Guy Standing, English economist and academic
1947: Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat
1947: Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947: Major Harris, American R&B singer (d. 2012)
1947: Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian-American wrestler and actor (d. 2019)
1946: Bob Eastwood, American golfer
1946: Vince Papale, American football player and sportscaster
1946: Jim Webb, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of the Navy
1945: Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and former fashion model
1945: Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japanese cell biologist, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
1945: Carol Wood, American mathematician and academic
1944: Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-Australian radio and television host and politician
1944: Alice Walker, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
1943: Barbara Lewis, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter
1943: Joe Pesci, American actor
1943: Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1942: Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1941: Kermit Gosnell, American abortionist and serial killer
1941: Sheila Kuehl, American actress, lawyer, gay rights activist, and politician
1940: Brian Bennett, English drummer and songwriter
1940: J. M. Coetzee, South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist, Nobel Prize laureate
1939: Mahala Andrews, British vertebrae palaeontologist (d. 1997)
1939: Barry Mann, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
1939: Janet Suzman, South African-British actress and director
1938: Ron Logan, Disney theatrical producer and professor
1937: Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
1936: Callistus Ndlovu, Zimbabwean academic and politician (d. 2019)
1936: Clive Swift, English actor and singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
1935: Lionel Fanthorpe, English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author
1932: Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player and manager
1932: Gerhard Richter, German painter and photographer
1931: Thomas Bernhard, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1989)
1931: Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015)
1931: Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter (d. 2018)
1930: Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (d. 2003)
1929: A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2014)
1929: Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor (d. 2005)
1928: Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator (d. 2010)
1928: Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2005)
1928: Roger Mudd, American journalist (d. 2021)
1927: Richard A. Long, American historian and author (d. 2013)
1926: Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2011)
1925: John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian
1925: Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic (d. 2001)
1923: Brendan Behan, Irish rebel, poet, and playwright (d. 1964)
1923: Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician (d. 2014)
1922: Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano (d. 2010)
1922: Jim Laker, English international cricketer and broadcaster (d. 1986)
1922: C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (d. 2014)
1922: Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (d. 2005)
1920: Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2012)
1920: Enrico Schiavetti, Italian football player (d. 1993)
1918: Lloyd Noel Ferguson, American chemist (d. 2011)
1916: Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1914: Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)
1912: Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (d. 1968)
1912: Ginette Leclerc, French actress (d. 1992)
1911: William Orlando Darby, American general (d. 1945)
1911: Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1989)
1910: Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
1909: Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 2002)
1909: Heather Angel, English-American actress (d. 1986)
1909: Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1955)
1909: Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)
1907: Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (d. 1988)
1907: Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
1906: André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist (d. 1999)
1905: David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician (d. 1981)
1901: Brian Donlevy, American actor (d. 1972)
1901: James Murray, American actor (d. 1936)
1898: Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator (d. 1927)
1897: Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot (d. 1935)
1896: Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1982)
1895: Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (d. 1959)
1893: Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1987)
1892: Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
1891: Ronald Colman, English-American actor (d. 1958)
1891: Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (d.1980)
1889: Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (d. 1928)
1885: Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1935)
1885: Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author (d. 1960)
1883: Jules Berry, French actor and director (d. 1951)
1880: Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1959)
1878: Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer (d. 1959)
1876: Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (d. 1963)
1874: Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator (d. 1925)
1871: Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician (d. 1910)
1867: Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (d. 1916)
1865: Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress (d. 1940)
1865: Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (d. 1949)
1864: Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
1863: Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (d. 1933)
1859: Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (d. 1930)
1856: Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1921)
1854: Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician and suffrage activist (d. 1929)
1847: Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh-English clergyman and theologian (d. 1902)
1846: Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (d. 1929)
1846: Whitaker Wright, English businessman and financier (d. 1904)
1839: Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1896)
1837: José Burgos, Filipino priest and revolutionary (d. 1872)
1834: Felix Dahn, German lawyer, historian, and author (d. 1912)
1830: Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish emperor (d. 1876)
1826: Keʻelikōlani, Hawaiian royal and governor (d. 1883)
1815: Federico de Madrazo, Spanish painter (d.1894)
1814: Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)
1800: Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
1789: Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand (d. 1849)
1783: Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (d. 1852)
1781: Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer (d. 1826)
1775: Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1856)
1773: William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)
1769: George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1848)
1763: Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
1748: Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1817)
1741: Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (d. 1799)
1737: Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)
1711: Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (d. 1762)
1666: George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal (d. 1737)
1651: Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur (d. 1727)
1579: Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1639)
1533: Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (d. 1611)
1441: Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and painter (d. 1501)
1344: Meinhard III, count of Tyrol (d. 1363)
1313: Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Portuguese infanta (d. 1357)
1274: Louis of Toulouse, French bishop (d. 1297)
1060: Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1130)

Deaths On This Day

2022: Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1939)
2021: Chick Corea, American jazz composer (b. 1941)
2018: Reg E. Cathey, American actor of stage, film, and television (b. 1958)
2018: Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic composer (b. 1969)
2018: John Gavin, American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (b. 1931)
2017: André Salvat, French Army colonel (b. 1920)
2016: Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)
2016: Zdravko Tolimir, Bosnian Serb military commander (b. 1948)
2015: Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1965)
2015: Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1916)
2014: Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (b. 1918)
2014: Hal Herring, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2014: Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (b. 1920)
2013: Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b. 1923)
2013: Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (b. 1913)
2013: Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (b. 1931)
2012: O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2012: John Hick, English philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
2012: Joe Moretti, Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (b. 1938)
2011: Miltiadis Evert, Greek lawyer and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (b. 1939)
2010: Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (b. 1920)
2009: Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (b. 1933)
2008: Christopher Hyatt, American occultist and author (b. 1943)
2008: Carm Lino Spiteri, Maltese architect and politician (b. 1932)
2008: Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (b. 1931)
2007: Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
2007: Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
2006: Freddie Laker, English pilot and businessman, founded Laker Airways (b. 1922)
2005: Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the windscreen wiper (b. 1927)
2004: Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925)
2003: Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
2002: Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (b. 1920)
2002: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)
2001: Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
1998: Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
1995: J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
1995: Kalevi Keihänen, Finnish entrepreneur (b. 1924)
1995: David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
1994: Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)
1989: Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
1984: Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
1981: M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900)
1981: Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
1980: Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)
1979: Allen Tate, American poet and academic (b. 1899)
1978: Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)
1977: Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Company (b. 1894)
1976: Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
1969: George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (b. 1885)
1966: Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer (b. 1884)
1965: Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)
1960: Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
1960: Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
1957: Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
1951: Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
1950: Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
1945: Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
1942: Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (b. 1883)
1935: Bob Diry, Austrian-born wrestler and boxer (b. 1884)
1932: Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
1932: A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
1930: Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
1928: William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
1906: Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
1903: Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
1891: Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
1881: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
1874: Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
1857: Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
1803: Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716)
1777: Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)
1709: François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)
1675: Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
1670: Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
1619: Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585)
1600: John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1542)
1588: Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (b. 1526)
1555: John Hooper, English bishop and martyr (b. 1495)
1555: Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (b. 1510)
1450: Agnès Sorel, French mistress of Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
1407: William I, margrave of Meissen (b. 1343)
1251: Matthias II, duke of Lorraine
1199: Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (b. 1147)
1135: Tai Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1075)
1014: Yang Yanzhao, Chinese general
1011: Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
978: Luitgarde, duchess consort of Normandy
967: Sayf al-Dawla, emir of Aleppo (b. 916)
966: Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (b. 894)

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