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February 9

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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.$366 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2026
5.$336.4 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2012
6.$286.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2014
7.$285 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2017
8.$256.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2024
9.$250 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2006
10.$224 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2019
11.$202 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 11, 2020
12.€139.02 Million
US$191.23 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2010
13.$184 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2018
14.€153.81 Million
US$175.76 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2022
15.€129 Million
US$175.65 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2010
16.€144 Million
US$174.53 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2021
17.$173 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2019
18.€151 Million
US$170.78 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2019
19.$158 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2022
20.$157 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2016
21.€128 Million
US$156.8 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2018
22.$150 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 12, 2008
23.$141.5 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2025
24.€118.49 Million
US$141.03 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Feb 10, 2026
25.$136 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Feb 9, 2018

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: seniogeronimo
Thursday, Feb 9, 1989
37 years old
1987: AustinHindley
Monday, Feb 9, 1987
39 years old
1984: duongtran
Thursday, Feb 9, 1984
42 years old
1983: mrsbailey26
Wednesday, Feb 9, 1983
43 years old
1982: daveyctvr
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1982
44 years old
1982: Hustlaa44
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1982
44 years old
1981: miss niecy1981
Monday, Feb 9, 1981
45 years old
1978: Bellamy7
Thursday, Feb 9, 1978
48 years old
1978: chea
Thursday, Feb 9, 1978
48 years old
1971: Spare Change
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1971
55 years old
1971: trd1971
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1971
55 years old
1971: hotbuns
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1971
55 years old
1971: stacy n g baker
Tuesday, Feb 9, 1971
55 years old
1970: BIGGEAZYE2121
Monday, Feb 9, 1970
56 years old
1968: lottogenie
Friday, Feb 9, 1968
58 years old
1966: Money66
Wednesday, Feb 9, 1966
60 years old
1964: Nwanna
Sunday, Feb 9, 1964
62 years old
1963: Bruceybruce1963
Saturday, Feb 9, 1963
63 years old
1961: moboggie
Thursday, Feb 9, 1961
65 years old
1953: crimewatcher
Monday, Feb 9, 1953
73 years old
1952: marthasingleton
Saturday, Feb 9, 1952
74 years old
1941: willfred41
Sunday, Feb 9, 1941
85 years old
: charh20
(year not provided)
: Last 09son
(year not provided)
: littlecat
(year not provided)
: LuckyDoll
(year not provided)
: ShroomHoney
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2025: The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA), in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system.
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.
1987: Civil unrest broke out across Palestine.
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.
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 Eastern Roman Empire

Births On This Day

2007: Ryan Williams, American football player
2003: Cooper DeJean, American football player
2002: Jalen Green, American basketball player
2001: Dylan Cozens, Canadian ice hockey player
1998: Cem Bölükbaşı, Turkish racing driver and former sim racer
1998: Isabella Gomez, Colombian-American actress
1997: Jaire Alexander, American football player
1997: Saquon Barkley, American football player
1997: Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greek tennis player
1996: Jimmy Bennett, American actor
1996: Kelli Berglund, American actress
1996: Chungha, South Korean singer
1996: Sebastián Driussi, Argentinian footballer
1995: André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player
1995: Mario Pašalić, Croatian footballer
1995: Sheraldo Becker, Surinamese footballer
1993: Wataru Endō, Japanese footballer
1993: K. J. McDaniels, American basketball player
1993: Despina Papamichail, Greek tennis player
1993: Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer
1992: Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
1991: Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (died 2017)
1991: Logan Ryan, American football player
1990: Randall Delgado, Panamanian baseball player
1990: Tariq Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1990: Camille Winbush, American actress
1989: Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
1987: Michael B. Jordan, American actor
1987: Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
1987: Rose Leslie, Scottish actress
1987: Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
1985: Nigel Dawes, Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player
1985: David Gallagher, American actor
1984: Maurice Ager, American basketball player, singer, and producer
1984: Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
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
1981: John Walker Lindh, American Taliban member
1981: Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler
1981: The Rev, American musician (died 2009)
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
1977: 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 (died 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
1972: Jason Winston George, American actor and model
1971: Sharon Case, American actress and model
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: Gaston Browne, Antiguan and Barbudan Prime Minister
1967: Venus Lacy, American basketball player
1967: Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach
1967: Dan Shulman, Canadian sportscaster
1966: Harald Eia, Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1965: Dieter Baumann, German runner
1965: Julie Warner, American actress
1964: Debrah Miceli, Italian-American wrestler and manager
1964: Dewi Morris, English rugby player
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: Phil Ford, American basketball player and coach
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 scientist
1953: Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
1953: Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (died 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
1949: Marcia Garbey, Cuba's first Olympic long jump finalist (died2024)
1948: Guy Standing, English economist and academic
1947: Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat
1947: Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)
1947: Major Harris, American singer (died 2012)
1947: Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian-American wrestler and actor (died 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: Bill Bergey, American football player (died 2024)
1945: Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and model
1945: Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japanese 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 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, English vertebrae palaeontologist (died 1997)
1939: Barry Mann, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
1939: Janet Suzman, South African-British actress and director
1938: Raul Martirez, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate (died 2024)
1937: Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (died 2007)
1937: Fazle Haque, Bengali state minister
1936: Callistus Ndlovu, Zimbabwean academic and politician (died 2019)
1936: Clive Swift, English actor and singer-songwriter (died 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 (died 1989)
1931: Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (died 2015)
1931: Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter (died 2018)
1930: Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (died 2003)
1929: A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2014)
1929: Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor (died 2005)
1928: Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator (died 2010)
1928: Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach (died 2005)
1928: Roger Mudd, American journalist (died 2021)
1927: Richard A. Long, American historian and author (died 2013)
1926: Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2011)
1925: John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian (died 2024)
1925: Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic (died 2001)
1923: Brendan Behan, Irish rebel, poet, and playwright (died 1964)
1923: Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician (died 2014)
1922: Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano (died 2010)
1922: Jim Laker, English cricketer and broadcaster (died 1986)
1922: C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (died 2014)
1922: Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (died 2005)
1920: Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2012)
1920: Enrico Schiavetti, Italian football player (died 1993)
1919: John Abramovic, American basketball player (died 2000)
1918: Lloyd Noel Ferguson, American chemist (died 2011)
1916: Tex Hughson, American baseball player (died 1993)
1914: Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1984)
1912: Ginette Leclerc, French actress (died 1992)
1912: Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (died 1968)
1911: William Orlando Darby, American general (died 1945)
1911: Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician (died 1989)
1910: Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976)
1909: Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian (died 2002)
1909: Heather Angel, English-American actress (died 1986)
1909: Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer (died 1955)
1909: Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (died 1994)
1907: Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (died 1988)
1907: Dit Clapper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1978)
1907: Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (died 2003)
1906: André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist (died 1999)
1905: David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician (died 1981)
1901: Brian Donlevy, American actor (died 1972)
1901: James Murray, American actor (died 1936)
1898: Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator (died 1927)
1897: Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot (died 1935)
1896: Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (died 1982)
1895: Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (died 1959)
1893: Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1987)
1892: Peggy Wood, American actress (died 1978)
1891: Ronald Colman, English-American actor (died 1958)
1891: Kristian Krefting, Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer (died 1964)
1891: Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (died 1980)
1889: Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (died 1928)
1885: Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (died 1935)
1885: Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author (died 1960)
1883: Jules Berry, French actor and director (died 1951)
1880: Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (died 1959)
1878: Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer (died 1959)
1876: Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (died 1963)
1874: Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator (died 1925)
1871: Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician (died 1910)
1867: Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (died 1916)
1865: Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress (died 1940)
1865: Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (died 1949)
1864: Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (died 1941)
1863: Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (died 1933)
1859: Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (died 1930)
1856: Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1921)
1854: Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician and suffrage activist (died 1929)
1847: Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh-English clergyman and theologian (died 1902)
1846: Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (died 1929)
1846: Whitaker Wright, English businessman and financier (died 1904)
1839: Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1896)
1837: José Burgos, Filipino priest and revolutionary (died 1872)
1834: Felix Dahn, German lawyer, historian, and author (died 1912)
1830: Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish emperor (died 1876)
1826: Keʻelikōlani, Hawaiian royal and governor (died 1883)
1815: Federico de Madrazo, Spanish painter (died 1894)
1814: Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York (died 1886)
1800: Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (died 1844)
1789: Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand (died 1849)
1783: Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (died 1852)
1781: Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer (died 1826)
1775: Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic (died 1856)
1773: William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (died 1841)
1769: George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1848)
1763: Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (died 1830)
1748: Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (died 1817)
1741: Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (died 1799)
1737: Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (died 1809)
1711: Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (died 1762)
1666: George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal (died 1737)
1651: Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur (died 1727)
1579: Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (died 1639)
1533: Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (died 1611)
1441: Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and painter (died 1501)
1344: Meinhard III, count of Tyrol (died 1363)
1313: Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Portuguese infanta (died 1357)
1274: Louis of Toulouse, French bishop (died 1297)
1060: Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1130)

Deaths On This Day

2025: Tom Robbins, American writer (born 1932)
2022: Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1939)
2021: Chick Corea, American jazz composer (born 1941)
2018: Reg E. Cathey, American actor of stage, film, and television (born 1958)
2018: Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic composer (born 1969)
2018: John Gavin, American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico (born 1931)
2017: André Salvat, French Army colonel (born 1920)
2016: Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1939)
2016: Zdravko Tolimir, Bosnian Serb military commander (born 1948)
2015: Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (born 1965)
2015: Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (born 1916)
2014: Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (born 1918)
2014: Hal Herring, American football player and coach (born 1924)
2014: Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (born 1920)
2013: Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (born 1923)
2013: Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (born 1913)
2013: Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (born 1931)
2012: O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
2012: John Hick, English philosopher and academic (born 1922)
2012: Joe Moretti, Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (born 1938)
2011: Miltiadis Evert, Greek lawyer and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (born 1939)
2010: Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (born 1920)
2009: Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (born 1933)
2008: Christopher Hyatt, American occultist and author (born 1943)
2008: Carm Lino Spiteri, Maltese architect and politician (born 1932)
2008: Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (born 1931)
2007: Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (born 1922)
2007: Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (born 1934)
2006: Freddie Laker, English pilot and businessman, founded Laker Airways (born 1922)
2005: Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the intermittent windscreen wiper (born 1927)
2004: Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1925)
2003: Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (born 1926)
2002: Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (born 1920)
2002: Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (born 1930)
2001: Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
1998: Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1911)
1995: J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (born 1905)
1995: Kalevi Keihänen, Finnish entrepreneur (born 1924)
1995: David Wayne, American actor (born 1914)
1994: Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1934)
1989: Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (born 1928)
1984: Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1914)
1981: M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (born 1900)
1981: Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)
1980: Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (born 1900)
1979: Allen Tate, American poet and academic (born 1899)
1978: Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (born 1893)
1977: Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Bureau (born 1894)
1976: Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (born 1908)
1969: George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (born 1885)
1966: Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer (born 1884)
1965: Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (born 1874)
1960: Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (born 1870)
1960: Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1877)
1957: Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (born 1868)
1951: Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (born 1910)
1950: Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (born 1884)
1945: Ella D. Barrier, American educator (born 1852)
1942: Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (born 1883)
1935: Bob Diry, Austrian-born wrestler and boxer (born 1884)
1932: Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (born 1869)
1932: A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (born 1904)
1930: Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (born 1846)
1928: William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (born 1868)
1906: Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1872)
1903: Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (born 1816)
1891: Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (born 1819)
1881: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (born 1821)
1874: Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (born 1798)
1857: Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (born 1798)
1803: Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (born 1716)
1777: Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (born 1706)
1709: François Louis, Prince of Conti (born 1664)
1675: Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (born 1613)
1670: Frederick III of Denmark (born 1609)
1619: Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher (born 1585)
1600: John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania (born 1542)
1588: Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (born 1526)
1555: John Hooper, English bishop and martyr (born 1495)
1555: Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (born 1510)
1450: Agnès Sorel, French mistress of Charles VII of France (born 1421)
1407: William I, margrave of Meissen (born 1343)
1251: Matthias II, duke of Lorraine
1199: Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (born 1147)
1135: Tai Zong, Chinese emperor (born 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 (born 916)
966: Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher (born 894)

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