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January 10

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January 10

January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 355 days remain until the end of the year (356 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Cash 5 winner's chance meeting with New Jersey Lottery official confirms $678,674 jackpot prize. A Jersey Cash 5 jackpot winner was skeptical of their $678,674 win, but a coincidental run-in with a New Jersey Lottery official assured them that it was entirely real.
2024: New Jersey Lottery bumps up Jersey Cash 5 jackpot to $1 million in new promotion. The New Jersey Lottery's current promotion instantly bumped up the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot to $1 million this week, with other bonuses in store for players this month.
2023: $15.1 million Wisconsin Megabucks ticket sold in the town of Luck. Luck is in the air in Luck, Wisconsin, where someone was lucky enough to win a $15.1 million Megabucks jackpot last Wednesday night.
2022: Virginia University math major scoops up $1 million lottery prize. A Virginia math major had just the right numbers on a Bank a Million lottery ticket to win a $1 million prize.
2021: Powerball $550 million jackpot is game's largest in two years. After a 33rd consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all.
2020: NJ Lottery kicks off 50th anniversary with mall event. The New Jersey Lottery, one of the largest lotteries and the third-oldest in the United States, kicked off a year-long celebration of its 50th anniversary Thursday with a heavily-attended event at a mall in central New Jersey.
2018: Irish family claims €38.9m EuroMillions jackpot anonymously. A small pool of family members from Dublin, Ireland, collected a "life-changing" €38.9 million (US$46.5 million) EuroMillions lottery jackpot prize on Monday morning, following their huge win earlier this month.
2017: Former MUSL official received severance amid lottery jackpot scandal. A prominent lottery official who was stripped of power after a subordinate allegedly carried out a prolonged jackpot-rigging scheme received a $284,000 severance payment, a recent tax filing shows.
2017: Mom, son admit they plotted to kill man over his winning lottery ticket. A New York man and his 49-year-old mother have pleaded guilty in the slaying of a man who was killed over a winning scratch-off lottery ticket.
2016: POWERBALL CREATES WORLD'S FIRST BILLION-DOLLAR JACKPOT. Is it even possible to imagine what it would be like to win more than $1 billion?
2015: Montana's $1M lottery raffle winner sued for half of prize. A regular at the Town Pump in East Helena, Montana, is suing 23-year-old Jeff Fallang, who recently hit a $1 million jackpot and has not given the plaintiff a cut.
2014: Lottery winner's lifetime of money gone in weeks. A Florida man on government assistance won a '$500 a week for life' prize, and then quickly blew through it.
2013: Is the future of the Mass. Lottery online?. Massachusetts state officials say internet gambling is an "imminent threat" to the Massachusetts lottery, and they want to beat both the federal government and private gambling companies to the punch.
2012: Iowa Lottery security chief bent on determining identity of jackpot winner. The head of security for Iowa's Lottery is trying to pierce a veil of secrecy and a phalanx of lawyers to find out who exactly won a $16.5 million lottery jackpot that was claimed less than two hours before the ticket expired.
2011: With more money, more problems? Managing a windfall. Sure the money will change the lives of the Mega Millions lottery winners, but it's imperative that they have a sound financial plan. Failure to map out a strategy for their winnings could lead to misery.
2011: Arkansas lottery director up for review for first time. The director of the Arkansas Lottery, who oversaw its successful launch but has had a series of high-profile flubs, will receive his first employee evaluation Wednesday when the Arkansas Lottery Commission.
2007: Time running out for $1.4 million lottery ticket. A Minnesota Lottery Gopher 5 ticket worth $1,489,175 is out there somewhere, and the holder has only a few days left to claim the prize.
2007: Charlotte couple wins $200,000 Powerball lottery prize. On Saturday, a North Carolina man and his girlfriend won $200,000 when one of the dozen Powerball tickets the couple bought had five winning numbers.
2007: Winning $122 million lottery ticket sold in Texas. Someone who bought a ticket in Amarillo for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing is about $72 million richer.
2007: Stolen lottery tickets lead to bathroom standoff. A robbery involving Texas Lottery tickets led to a standoff in a public bathroom Tuesday morning in northwest Harris County near Houston.
2007: First Penn. Lottery Raffle $1 million prize claimed. A Bucks County, Pennsylvania, man has become the first to claim a $1 million top prize from the Pennsylvania Lottery's Dec. 30, 2006, Millionaire Raffle drawing.
2007: Doctors condemn plastic surgery lottery. British plastic surgeons described a lottery that offers winners money for face lifts, breast enlargements, and tummy tucks as an unscrupulous marketing gimmick, and warned patients they could be putting themselves at risk.
2007: Ohio Lottery halts Pick 4 betting on final score of Buckeyes game. So many people placed wagers based on the 41-14 final score of Florida's victory over Ohio State in the national championship game that the Ohio Lottery stopped players from choosing the numbers Tuesday morning, spokeswoman Marie Kilbane said.
2006: Italian lottery operator to buy GTECH. Italian lottery operator Lottomatica will gobble up GTech Holdings for $35 a share cash, or about $4.8 billion including assumption of debt.
2006: Iowa Lottery orders moratorium on machines. Iowa Lottery President Edward Stanek, responding to a controversy over an expansion of the state's gambling industry, today ordered a limited moratorium on the installation of TouchPlay lottery machines, which closely resemble slot machines.
2006: Kong-size lottery prizes put winners in spotlight. Two big winners of New York's King Kong Millions game were introduced at a press conference Monday morning at the Stewart's Shop on state Route 212 in Saugerties, where one of the winning tickets was purchased.
2006: Illinois launches $2 lottery tickets to benefit breast cancer research. Lottery tickets that devote all profits to breast cancer research and awareness hit stores Monday, with supporters saying the pink ribbon scratch-offs will net $3 million a year for the cause.
2006: Online newspaper sues Tenn. Lottery for records access. An online newspaper filed suit Monday against the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. to demand records associated with a harassment investigation.
2006: Man barely makes deadline to claim $1.5 million lottery prize. With about four hours to spare, a Detroit father of two showed up at the Michigan Lottery offices to claim a $1.5 million prize from the Jan. 8, 2005, Winfall game.
2006: Survey: 20% say lottery is most practical path to wealth. A majority of Americans are pessimistic about their ability to save $200,000 in net wealth in their lifetimes, and more than one-fifth say the lottery is the most practical way for them to reach that type of goal, according to a new survey.
2006: Woman who stole $175,000 lottery ticket avoids jail time. Dora Leal dodged a potential 15-year prison sentence Monday and was given probation and community service for her theft of a $175,000 winning lottery ticket from a group of Chicago traders.
2005: Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $92 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $92 million Saturday.
2005: Virginia lottery players won $750 million in 2004. The Virginia Lottery says players won just under $750 million dollars in prizes during the last calendar year.
2005: Connecticut Lottery raises, bonuses rankle lawmakers. Raises of between 3 percent and 6 percent and cash bonuses of 11 percent to several Connecticut lottery officials last summer have prompted a call by some lawmakers to review salaries at Connecticut's quasi-public agencies.
2005: Maine lawmakers suspicious of plan to borrow against lottery funds. Maine Governor John E. Baldacci reportedly is planning on exchanging the state's proceeds from online games such as Powerball and Megabucks with a Wall Street brokerage firm for 10 years for an upfront payment of $250 million.
2005: N.C. man charged in lottery theft. A North Carolina man was arrested last week in connection with stealing lottery tickets from a Hilton Head Island convenience store, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office incident report.
2005: Tennessee Senator pushes for bigger lottery scholarships. Under a bill to be introduced in the upcoming legislative session by Tennessee State Senator Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, the basic scholarship to a four-year college or university would climb from $3,000 to $4,000 a year.
2005: Wisconsin has double lottery jackpots for the first time ever. Two big lottery jackpots were won in Wisconsin Saturday, the first time that winning tickets for the top prizes in Powerball and Megabucks were sold in the state on the same day, lottery officials said.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.59 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2016
2.$1.1 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2023
3.$625 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2021
4.$556.7 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2021
5.€345.49 Million US$370.89 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2023
6.$367.6 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2023
7.$300 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2022
8.$277 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2020
9.$268.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2025
10.$246 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2015
11.$215 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2026
12.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2024
13.$162 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2015
14.€137.32 Million
US$155.55 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2022
15.€120 Million
US$131.51 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2024
16.$131 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2007
17.$126.3 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2026
18.$126 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2017
19.€103 Million
US$124.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2006
20.€103.64 Million
US$120.59 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2026
21.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2009
22.€90.51 Million
US$110.25 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2021
23.€90 Million
US$108.91 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2021
24.$106 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2017
25.€88.7 Million
US$102.2 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1992: carsen
Friday, Jan 10, 1992
34 years old
1989: Draya
Tuesday, Jan 10, 1989
37 years old
1989: Slikk
Tuesday, Jan 10, 1989
37 years old
1987: ahmad1911
Saturday, Jan 10, 1987
39 years old
1987: SoreLettuce
Saturday, Jan 10, 1987
39 years old
1986: Alex1986
Friday, Jan 10, 1986
40 years old
1985: Queen19
Thursday, Jan 10, 1985
41 years old
1982: Smutheprincess
Sunday, Jan 10, 1982
44 years old
1981: belpoche
Saturday, Jan 10, 1981
45 years old
1980: roblisscherry4
Thursday, Jan 10, 1980
46 years old
1979: MosHigh88
Wednesday, Jan 10, 1979
47 years old
1978: michaelpp980
Tuesday, Jan 10, 1978
48 years old
1971: trigger
Sunday, Jan 10, 1971
55 years old
1970: Daffy1970
Saturday, Jan 10, 1970
56 years old
1967: barnes67
Tuesday, Jan 10, 1967
59 years old
1960: jr21
Sunday, Jan 10, 1960
66 years old
: Dreambig2002
(year not provided)
: SSLotteryPlayer
(year not provided)
: cindylyns
(year not provided)
: sam2009
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: A 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is found alive in Gordon, Wisconsin, having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her parents' home whilst they were murdered.
2015: A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people.
2013: More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in the Quetta area of Pakistan.
2012: A bombing at Jamrud in Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and injures 78 others.
2007: A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
2003: North Korea withdraws from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, making it the first state to withdraw from the treaty.
2000: Crossair Flight 498, a Saab 340 aircraft, crashes in Niederhasli, Switzerland, after taking off from Zurich Airport, killing 13 people.
1990: Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
1985: Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
1984: Holy See-United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
1981: Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
1980: The New England Journal of Medicine publishes the letter Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics, which is later misused to downplay the general risk of addiction to opioids.
1972: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
1966: Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
1954: BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 35 people.
1946: The first General Assembly of the United Nations assembles in the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. Fifty-one nations are represented.
1946: The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
1941: World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
1927: Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
1920: The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States.
1920: League of Nations Covenant automatically enters into force after the Treaty of Versailles is ratified by Germany.
1917: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party are rescued after being stranded for several months.
1916: World War I: Imperial Russia begins the Erzurum Offensive, leading to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire's Third Army.
1901: The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
1901: New York: Automobile Club of America installs signs on major highways.
1876: The Plan of Tuxtepec is announced.
1870: John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1863: The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
1861: American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.
1812: The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh.
1791: The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
1776: American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
1645: Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London.
1475: Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
1430: Philip the Good, the Duke of Burgundy, establishes the Order of the Golden Fleece, the most prestigious, exclusive, and expensive order of chivalry in the world.
1072: Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo in Sicily for the Normans.
236: Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.
69: Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
9: The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty.
49 BC: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.

Births On This Day

2003: Cesare Casadei, Italian footballer
2001: Santi Aldama, Spanish basketball player
2000: Erik Botheim, Norwegian footballer
2000: Reneé Rapp, American singer-songwriter and actress
1999: Mason Mount, English footballer
1999: Youssouf Fofana, French footballer
1997: Patrick Herbert, New Zealand rugby league player
1997: Blake Lawrie, Australian rugby league player
1996: Budda Baker, American football player
1996: Matthew Dufty, Australian rugby league player
1996: Dylan Edwards, Australian rugby league player
1996: Ahmed Sayed, Egyptian footballer
1993: Tobias Rieder, German ice hockey player
1991: Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player
1990: John Carlson, American ice hockey player
1990: Martin Jones, Canadian ice hockey player
1990: Ishiura Shikanosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler
1990: Cody Walker, Australian rugby league player
1989: Ali Gabr, Egyptian footballer
1988: Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner
1987: César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
1986: Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player
1986: Marcus Freeman, American football coach
1985: Robert Nilsson, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player
1984: Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
1984: Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper
1984: Kalki Koechlin, Indian actress
1982: Julien Brellier, French footballer
1982: Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer
1981: Jared Kushner, American real estate investor and political figure
1981: Belinda Snell, Australian basketball player
1980: Sarah Shahi, American actress
1980: Rastislav Staňa, Slovak ice hockey player
1979: Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
1979: Silvia Kumpan-Takacs, Austrian politician
1979: Henrik Tallinder, Swedish ice hockey player
1978: Brent Smith, American singer and songwriter
1978: Tamina Snuka, American wrestler
1977: A. J. Bramlett, American basketball player
1977: Clark Haggans, American football player (died 2023)
1976: Khairy Jamaluddin, Malaysian politician, Malaysian Minister of Health
1976: Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
1975: Jake Delhomme, American football player
1974: Jemaine Clement, New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician
1974: Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and manager
1974: Steve Marlet, French footballer and coach
1974: Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer and manager
1974: Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
1973: Glenn Robinson, American basketball player
1973: Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer
1972: Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
1970: Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
1969: Simone Bagel-Trah, German businessperson
1968: Zoe Tay, Singaporean actress and model
1964: Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963: Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian footballer
1963: Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (died 2001)
1962: Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician
1962: Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist and academic
1961: Evan Handler, American actor
1961: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
1960: Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter
1960: Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland
1960: Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2024)
1960: Richard Bartle, British game designer and academic
1959: Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach
1959: Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician
1959: Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer
1956: Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956: Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author
1955: Michael Schenker, German musician and songwriter
1954: Baba Vaziroglu, Azerbaijani writer, poet and translator
1953: Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter
1953: Bobby Rahal, American race car driver
1949: Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy (died 2023)
1949: George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman (died 2025)
1949: Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress and activist (died 2002)
1948: Remu Aaltonen, Finnish musician
1948: Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and musician
1948: Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist and sportscaster
1947: George Alec Effinger, American author (died 2002)
1947: James Morris, American opera singer
1947: Peer Steinbrück, German politician, German Minister of Finance
1947: Tiit Vähi, Estonian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia
1945: John Fahey, New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales (died 2020)
1945: Rod Stewart, British singer-songwriter
1945: Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination
1944: Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American comics and fantasy artist (died 2011)
1944: William Sanderson, American actor
1944: Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (died 2016)
1943: Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (died 1973)
1942: Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and coach (died 2018)
1941: Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
1940: Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (died 2013)
1940: K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer and music director
1939: David Horowitz, American writer and activist (died 2025)
1939: Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
1939: Sal Mineo, American actor (died 1976)
1939: Bill Toomey, American athlete
1938: Elza Ibrahimova, Azerbaijani composer (died 2012)
1938: Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and mathematician
1938: Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
1938: Willie McCovey, American baseball player (died 2018)
1936: Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (died 2002)
1936: Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
1935: Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)
1935: Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and educator
1934: Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine (died 2022)
1932: Lou Henson, American college basketball coach (died 2020)
1931: Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (died 2004)
1931: Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician (died 2025)
1931: Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (died 2015)
1930: Roy E. Disney, American businessman (died 2009)
1928: Philip Levine, American poet and academic (died 2015)
1928: Peter Mathias, English historian and academic (died 2016)
1927: Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (died 2003)
1927: Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1990)
1927: Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (died 2012)
1926: Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician (died 2017)
1925: Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman (died 2013)
1924: Earl Bakken, American inventor (died 2018)
1924: Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (died 1996)
1922: Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (died 2001)
1921: Rodger Ward, American aviator, race car driver and sportscaster (died 2004)
1920: Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (died 2008)
1920: Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (died 2015)
1919: Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (died 1977)
1919: Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (died 2009)
1918: Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (died 1999)
1918: Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (died 2008)
1917: Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (died 2008)
1916: Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
1916: Eldzier Cortor, American painter (died 2015)
1916: Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007)
1915: Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (died 1976)
1915: Cynthia Freeman, American author (died 1988)
1914: Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (died 2000)
1913: Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (died 1991)
1913: Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (died 1981)
1912: Della H. Raney, American Army Air Corps officer (died 1987)
1911: Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (died 2013)
1911: Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist (died 2004)
1910: Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (died 1976)
1908: Jaime Garcia Goulart, Portuguese Catholic missionary and bishop (died 1997)
1908: Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (died 1992)
1908: Bernard Lee, English actor (died 1981)
1907: Gordon Kidd Teal, American engineer and inventor (died 2003)
1904: Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (died 1987)
1903: Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (died 1975)
1903: Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (died 1997)
1900: Violette Cordery, English racing driver (died 1983)
1898: Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer (died 1979)
1896: Yong Mun Sen, Malaysian watercolour painter (died 1962)
1896: Dinkar G. Kelkar, Indian art collector (died 1990)
1895: Percy Cerutty, Australian athletics coach (died 1975)
1894: Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (died 1972)
1893: Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1932)
1892: Dumas Malone, American historian and author (died 1986)
1892: Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (died 1974)
1891: Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician and academic (died 1970)
1891: Ann Shoemaker, American actress (died 1978)
1890: Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (died 1984)
1887: Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (died 1962)
1883: Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1966)
1883: Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet (died 1945)
1880: Manuel Azaña, Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain (died 1940)
1878: John McLean, American hurdler, football player, and coach (died 1955)
1877: Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (died 1948)
1875: Issai Schur, German mathematician and academic (died 1941)
1873: Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (died 1948)
1873: Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (died 1935)
1873: George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (died 1958)
1864: Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (died 1931)
1860: Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (died 1943)
1859: Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (died 1909)
1858: Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (died 1929)
1854: Ramón Corral, Mexican general and politician, 6th Vice President of Mexico (died 1912)
1853: Jessie Bond, mezzo-soprano roles in Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.(died 1942)
1850: John Wellborn Root, American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (died 1891)
1849: Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (died 1919)
1848: Reinhold Sadler, American merchant and politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (died 1906)
1843: Frank James, American soldier and criminal (died 1915)
1842: Luigi Pigorini, Italian paleontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (died 1925)
1840: Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (died 1925)
1834: John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (died 1902)
1829: Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1879)
1828: Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary (died 1892)
1827: Amanda Cajander, Finnish medical reformer (died 1871)
1823: Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Azerbaijani national industrial magnate and philanthropist (died 1924)
1810: Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (died 1892)
1810: Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (died 1883)
1810: William Haines, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Victoria (died 1866)
1802: Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (died 1860)
1780: Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (died 1857)
1776: George Birkbeck, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (died 1841)
1769: Michel Ney, French general (died 1815)
1760: Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (died 1802)
1750: Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1823)
1715: Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (died 1775)
1702: Johannes Zick, German painter (died 1762)
1654: Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (died 1712)
1644: Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (died 1711)
1607: Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (died 1646)
1538: Louis of Nassau (died 1574)
1480: Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (died 1530)
626: Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia Imam (died 680)

Deaths On This Day

2025: José Jiménez, Puerto Rican activist (born 1948)
2025: Bill McCartney, American football player and coach (born 1940)
2025: Sam Moore, American soul singer-songwriter (born 1935)
2023: Jeff Beck, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1944)
2023: Constantine II of Greece, King of Greece (1964-1973) (born 1940)
2022: Joyce Eliason, American television personality (born 1934)
2022: Robert Durst, American real estate heir and convicted murderer (born 1943)
2020: Qaboos bin Said, ruler of Oman (born 1940)
2019: Ross Lowell, American inventor, photographer & author (born 1926)
2017: Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer and pianist (born 1926)
2017: Clare Hollingworth, English journalist (born 1911)
2016: David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1947)
2016: Bård Breivik, Norwegian sculptor and art instructor (born 1948)
2016: George Jonas, Hungarian-Canadian journalist, author, and poet (born 1935)
2015: Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (born 1994)
2015: Taylor Negron, American actor, playwright, and painter (born 1957)
2015: Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922)
2015: Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (born 1937)
2014: Sam Berns, American activist (born 1996)
2014: Petr Hlaváček, Czech shoemaker and academic (born 1950)
2014: Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (born 1929)
2014: Larry Speakes, American journalist, 16th White House Press Secretary (born 1939)
2014: Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (born 1915)
2013: George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (born 1932)
2013: Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (born 1936)
2012: Jean Pigott, Canadian businesswoman and politician (born 1924)
2012: Gevork Vartanian, Russian intelligence agent (born 1924)
2011: Margaret Whiting, American singer (born 1924)
2010: Patcha Ramachandra Rao, Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (born 1942)
2008: Christopher Bowman, American figure skater and actor (born 1967)
2008: Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
2007: Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (born 1912)
2007: Bradford Washburn, American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (born 1910)
2005: Wasyly, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (born 1909)
2005: Jack Horner, American journalist (born 1912)
2005: Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (born 1927)
2004: Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (born 1941)
2000: Sam Jaffe, American screenwriter and producer (born 1901)
1999: Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (born 1921)
1997: Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (born 1907)
1997: Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
1997: Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
1995: Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1937)
1992: Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian racing driver (born 1919)
1990: Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (born 1925)
1989: Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (born 1905)
1987: Marion Hutton, American singer (born 1919)
1987: David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (born 1904)
1986: Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
1984: Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (born 1901)
1981: Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (born 1915)
1978: Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and author (born 1924)
1978: Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (born 1912)
1978: Hannah Gluckstein, British painter (born 1895)
1976: Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1910)
1972: Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (born 1897)
1971: Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (born 1883)
1971: Ignazio Giunti, Italian racing driver (born 1941)
1970: Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (born 1925)
1969: Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (born 1891)
1968: Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (born 1882)
1967: Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (born 1893)
1961: Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (born 1894)
1960: Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1879)
1959: Şükrü Kaya, Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1883)
1957: Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)
1956: Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist (born 1862)
1954: Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (born 1911)
1951: Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)
1951: Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (born 1890)
1949: Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (born 1865)
1946: Matti Turkia, Finnish politician (born 1871)
1941: Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (born 1879)
1941: John Lavery, Irish painter and academic (born 1856)
1941: Issai Schur, Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (born 1875)
1935: Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (born 1873)
1935: Charlie McGahey, English cricketer and footballer (born 1871)
1926: Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (born 1878)
1922: Frank Tudor, Australian politician, 6th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment (born 1866)
1920: Sali Nivica, Albanian journalist and politician (born 1890)
1917: Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (born 1846)
1917: Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain (born 1875)
1905: Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (born 1835)
1904: Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (born 1824)
1901: James Dickson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence (born 1832)
1895: Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (born 1849)
1863: Lyman Beecher, American minister and activist, co-founded the American Temperance Society (born 1775)
1862: Samuel Colt, American engineer and businessman, founded Colt's Manufacturing Company (born 1814)
1855: Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (born 1787)
1851: Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (born 1775)
1843: Dimitrie Macedonski, Greek-Romanian captain and politician (born 1780)
1829: Gregorio Funes, Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator (born 1749)
1828: François de Neufchâteau, French poet, academic, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (born 1750)
1824: Victor Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (born 1759)
1811: Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (born 1764)
1794: Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (born 1754)
1778: Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (born 1707)
1761: Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (born 1711)
1754: Edward Cave, English publisher, founded The Gentleman's Magazine (born 1691)
1698: Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French priest and historian (born 1637)
1654: Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, physician, and astrologer (born 1616)
1645: William Laud, English archbishop and academic (born 1573)
1552: Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (born 1479)
1358: Abu Inan Faris, Marinid ruler of Morocco (born 1329)
1322: Petrus Aureolus, scholastic philosopher
1276: Gregory X, pope of the Catholic Church (born c.1210)
1218: Hugh I, king of Cyprus
1094: Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian caliph (born 1029)
1055: Bretislav I, duke of Bohemia
987: Pietro I Orseolo, doge of Venice (born 928)
976: John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (born 925)
681: Agatho, pope of the Catholic Church
314: Miltiades, pope of the Catholic Church
259: Polyeuctus, Roman saint

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