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January 11

On This Day in History

January 11

January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 354 days remain until the end of the year (355 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2025: $2 billion Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro's Malibu mansion destroyed in LA Palisades Fire. $2 billion Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro's $3.8 million Malibu home was one of the many homes flattened in the Palisades Fire disaster that has been ravaging Los Angeles County since Tuesday.
2024: California couple face felony charges for stealing $135 worth of Iowa Lottery tickets. A California couple are facing multiple felony charges each after stealing an Iowa Lottery ticket kiosk and attempting to cash $135 worth of winning tickets.
2023: $1.35 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealth. After 25 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a cresting jackpot of $1.35 billion that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet.
2022: 86-year-old California woman shares prize with cashier who sold her winning lottery ticket. A California woman repaid the friendly cashier who sold her a winning lottery ticket by giving him half of her prize.
2021: Flurry of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts officials to raise jackpot estimate. A rush of lottery ticket sales for the $600 million Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Tuesday night drawing to $615 million.
2019: DC Lottery to payout $127K for reporting wrong winning numbers. The D.C. Lottery says it is paying out tens of thousands of dollars to people who have losing tickets after the lottery reported the wrong winning numbers due to "human error."
2017: Texas man pleads guilty to fraud in lottery scandal case. A Texas businessman has pleaded guilty to fraud and admitted to helping lottery computer technician Eddie Tipton cash jackpots in a multi-state number-fixing scheme that netted $2 million.
2016: Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich to answer lottery player questions live Monday evening. Lottery players from across the United States — and around the world — will have the chance Monday evening to ask questions about the Eddie Tipton computerized drawing rigging scandal to Terry Rich, Iowa Lottery CEO, who was instrumental in discovering the crime.
2013: $1 million Ohio lottery winner ready to give back. An Ohio woman will donate some of her $1 million lottery jackpot to organizations that helped her when she was temporarily laid off.
2013: Poisoned lottery winner's family reportedly didn't share his last meal. As relatives of a $1 million lottery winner who was killed with cyanide battle over his estate, sources say it appears the man's family did not share what could have been his fatal last meal.
2011: Three state lotteries set to begin new multi-state game. The states of Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia will be ending the multi-state Win For Life game and replacing it with a new game called Decades of Dollars. Arkansas will also participate.
2010: Dual multi-state lottery sales may keep jackpots lower. When dozens of states start selling both Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets for the first time ever, winners may take home jackpots that aren't so mega.
2010: Virginia Lottery drawings moving from TV to Internet. Beginning today, Virginia Lottery drawings will move to the Internet.
2009: Sex offender wins Alaska lottery that aids sex abuse victims. The winner of the $500,000 Alaska lottery to benefit a nonprofit that aids victims of sexual abuse is himself a convicted sex offender.
2008: Couple hits lottery bigger than thought. A lucky couple expecting to cash in their winning Michigan Lottery ticket became a bit peeved when a store clerk turned down their request, and told them to bring their ticket to Michigan Lottery Headquarters.
2008: Arkansas lottery plan garners some support. Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter found support Thursday among Arkansas' city officials for his proposed constitutional amendment to establish a state-run lottery.
2008: Lottery ticket thief sentenced. An East Greenbush woman who admitted stealing a $25,000 winning lottery ticket was sentenced Thursday to six months of weekends in jail, despite pleas from her attorney that the court show some mercy and drop the jail time.
2008: Bank details of lottery winners found by road. The bank details of 200 wealthy people -- including 3 UK lottery winners -- have been found by the side of the road after apparently falling out of a couriers van.
2008: Tennessee Gov. wants to spend lottery reserve. Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen said Thursday the state lottery's huge cash reserves need to be distributed.
2008: N.Y. Gov. wants to privatize lottery. New York may try to cash in on the future its lucrative lottery as a way to create a permanent education fund, and Wall Street is interested in taking the bet.
2007: Does $9 goof point to larger problems with Ontario Lottery?. A 67-year-old retired Air Canada employee has lost faith in the Ontario Lottery after he went to claim a small prize and found out that somehow somebody else got paid the money in another town.
2007: Calif. couple claims $41 million SuperLotto jackpot. A Laguna Hills, California, couple have claimed a $41 million Super Lotto Plus jackpot and plan to buy homes for family members and take a belated honeymoon, lottery officials said Tuesday.
2007: Colorado man wins lottery second time. A Pueblo, Colorado, man is celebrating his second jackpot win in three years.
2005: MITCH ALBOM: Win the big lottery, spoil the marriage. Columnist Mitch Albom explores the connections of winning the lottery and failed marriages.
2005: S.C. Lottery marks 3rd anniversary. $2.4 billion in sales have generated $713 million for education since the South Carolina Education Lottery got started three years ago.
2005: Couple claims $15.7 million Hoosier Lottery jackpot. A Rushville, Indiana couple on Monday claimed a $15.7 million Hoosier Lottery jackpot, 12 days after the winning numbers were drawn.
2005: Triple 8's Still Hot in Virginia Lottery. Just two weeks to the day since "8-8-8" was drawn in the Virginia Lottery's Pick 3 game, the exact same order combination was drawn in Monday's Pick 3 day drawing.
2005: Maine governor defends lottery capitalization plan. Maine Gov. John Baldacci pointed to several other states that have swapped future revenue streams for up-front cash Monday as he defended his plan to capitalize up to $40 million a year in lottery revenues for $250 million in the upcoming budget.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.59 Billion: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2016
2.$1.35 Billion: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 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.€347.04 Million US$375.36 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 12, 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.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2024
12.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2015
13.€138.22 Million
US$156.93 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2022
14.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2007
15.$146 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2009
16.$137 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2017
17.€120 Million
US$131.51 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2024
18.€103 Million
US$124.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2006
19.€90.51 Million
US$110.25 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2021
20.€90 Million
US$108.91 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2021
21.$106 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2017
22.€89.88 Million
US$103.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2019
23.€83.54 Million
US$100.32 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2018
24.€90 Million
US$99.23 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2020
25.$96 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: nerdycharlie
Thursday, Jan 11, 1990
35 years old
1990: Dena29
Thursday, Jan 11, 1990
35 years old
1990: Lourdena
Thursday, Jan 11, 1990
35 years old
1988: islandgirld
Monday, Jan 11, 1988
37 years old
1986: gratitude99
Saturday, Jan 11, 1986
39 years old
1986: Lottofreak44
Saturday, Jan 11, 1986
39 years old
1983: Whiteboi
Tuesday, Jan 11, 1983
42 years old
1983: sgulley3016
Tuesday, Jan 11, 1983
42 years old
1982: kwamboka
Monday, Jan 11, 1982
43 years old
1979: luckyk111
Thursday, Jan 11, 1979
46 years old
1978: sholloway33
Wednesday, Jan 11, 1978
47 years old
1975: Vibrje
Saturday, Jan 11, 1975
50 years old
1975: PoohLu
Saturday, Jan 11, 1975
50 years old
1974: 4comer
Friday, Jan 11, 1974
51 years old
1972: bigyardcrab
Tuesday, Jan 11, 1972
53 years old
1969: chasb123
Saturday, Jan 11, 1969
56 years old
1968: Penny111
Thursday, Jan 11, 1968
57 years old
1966: CynthiaE
Tuesday, Jan 11, 1966
59 years old
1966: NatalieGe
Tuesday, Jan 11, 1966
59 years old
1961: LORENZA101
Wednesday, Jan 11, 1961
64 years old
1959: lsrl11159
Sunday, Jan 11, 1959
66 years old
1959: Lula Ferguson
Sunday, Jan 11, 1959
66 years old
1956: Glacier10
Wednesday, Jan 11, 1956
69 years old
1954: jinok
Monday, Jan 11, 1954
71 years old
1952: busexc
Friday, Jan 11, 1952
73 years old
1950: bluzboyhayz
Wednesday, Jan 11, 1950
75 years old
: Brainiac
(year not provided)
: EyesOnThis1
(year not provided)
: ntlukybtblessed
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2020: COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei: Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19.
2013: One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.
2003: Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
1998: Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
1996: Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
1995: 51 people are killed in a plane crash in María La Baja, Colombia.
1994: The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
1986: The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
1983: United Airlines Flight 2885 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing three.
1973: Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
1972: East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
1966: The Tbilisi Metro is opened.
1964: Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
1962: Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
1962: An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
1961: Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
1959: 36 people are killed when Lufthansa Flight 502 crashes on approach to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport in Brazil.
1957: The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
1949: The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
1946: Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
1943: The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
1943: Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
1942: World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
1942: World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
1935: Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1927: Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
1923: Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
1922: Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin.
1917: The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
1914: The Karluk, flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, sank after being crushed by ice.
1912: Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
1908: Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
1879: The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
1863: American Civil War: The three-day Battle of Arkansas Post concludes as General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture Fort Hindman and secure control over the Arkansas River for the Union.
1863: American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
1861: American Civil War: Alabama secedes from the United States.
1851: Taiping Rebellion: Hong Xiuquan proclaims the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, starting the Jintian Uprising.
1805: The Michigan Territory is created.
1787: William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
1779: Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
1759: The first American life insurance company, the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of the Presbyterian Ministers (now part of Unum Group), is incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1654: Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile.
1569: First recorded lottery in England.
1158: Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia becomes King of Bohemia.
1055: Theodora is crowned empress of the Byzantine Empire.
930: Sack of Mecca by the Qarmatians.
630: Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhammad and his followers conquer the city, and the Quraysh association of clans surrenders.
532: Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams-the Blues and the Greens-in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.

Births On This Day

2000: Chaeyeon, South Korean singer-songwriter
1999: Jeanette Hegg Duestad, Norwegian sport shooter
1999: Lim Sung-jin, South Korean volleyball player
1999: Brandon Wakeham, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
1998: Thomas Mikaele, New Zealand rugby league player
1997: Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1996: Leroy Sané, German footballer
1995: Nick Solak, American baseball player
1993: Chris Boucher, Saint Lucian-Canadian basketball player
1993: Park Junghwan, South Korean Go player
1993: Michael Keane, English footballer
1993: Will Keane, Irish footballer
1992: Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer
1992: Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer
1991: Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer
1990: Malik Jackson, American football player
1989: Demario Davis, American football player
1989: Kane Linnett, Australian rugby league player
1988: Epiphanny Prince, American-Russian basketball player
1987: Scotty Cranmer, American BMX rider
1987: Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer
1987: Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer
1987: Jamie Vardy, English footballer
1987: Kim Young-kwang, South Korean actor and model
1985: Dennis Dixon, American football player
1985: Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985: Aja Naomi King, American actress
1984: Kevin Boss, American football player
1984: Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer
1984: Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress
1984: Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer
1984: Glenn Stewart, Australian rugby league player
1983: André Myhrer, Swedish skier
1983: Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer
1983: Adrian Sutil, German racing driver
1982: Tony Allen, American basketball player
1982: Clint Greenshields, Australian-French rugby league player
1982: Blake Heron, American actor (d. 2017)
1982: Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
1980: Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player and coach
1980: Damien Wilkins, American basketball player
1979: Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
1979: Michael Lorenz, German footballer
1979: Terence Morris, American basketball player
1979: Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman
1979: Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
1978: Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player
1978: Holly Brisley, Australian actress
1978: Michael Duff, Irish footballer
1978: Emile Heskey, English footballer
1977: Shamari Buchanan, American football player
1977: Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
1977: Shane Kelly, Australian rugby league player
1977: Olexiy Lukashevych, Ukrainian long jumper
1976: Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
1975: Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
1975: Dan Luger, English rugby player and coach
1975: Matteo Renzi, Italian politician, 56th Prime Minister of Italy
1974: Roman Görtz, German footballer
1974: Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
1974: Jens Nowotny, German footballer
1973: Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer and captain
1973: Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
1972: Christian Jacobs, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1972: Anthony Lledo, Danish composer
1972: Amanda Peet, American actress and playwright
1971: Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1971: Jeff Orford, Australian rugby league player
1970: Manfredi Beninati, Italian painter and sculptor
1970: Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
1970: Malcolm D. Lee, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
1970: Ken Ueno, American composer
1969: Manny Acta, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster
1968: Anders Borg, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Finance
1968: Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer
1968: Steve Mavin, Australian rugby league player
1967: Michael Healy-Rae, Irish politician
1966: Marc Acito, American author and screenwriter
1965: Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler
1965: Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach
1964: Albert Dupontel, French actor and director
1964: Ralph Recto, Filipino lawyer and politician
1963: Tracy Caulkins, American-Australian swimmer
1963: Jason Connery, Italian-born British actor and director
1963: Petra Schneider, German swimmer
1962: Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
1962: Kim Coles, American actress and comedian
1962: Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist
1962: Brian Moore, English rugby player
1961: Jasper Fforde, English author
1961: Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish racing driver (d. 1989)
1961: Karl von Habsburg, Austrian politician, Head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
1959: Brett Bodine, American NASCAR driver
1959: Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958: Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957: Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1957: Peter Moore, Australian rules footballer and coach
1957: Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
1956: David Grant, Australian rugby league player (d. 1994)
1956: Big Bank Hank, American rapper (d. 2014)
1956: Robert Earl Keen, American singer-songwriter
1956: Phyllis Logan, Scottish actress
1954: Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian physicist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Defence
1954: Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1953: Graham Allen, English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1953: Kostas Skandalidis, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
1952: Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright (d. 2013)
1952: Ben Crenshaw, American golfer and architect
1952: Michael Forshaw, Australian lawyer and politician
1952: Diana Gabaldon, American author
1952: Lee Ritenour, American guitarist, composer, and producer
1951: Charlie Huhn, American rock singer and guitarist
1951: Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
1951: Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop (d. 2021)
1949: Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter
1949: Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach (d. 2023)
1949: Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
1948: Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager
1948: Joe Harper, Scottish footballer and manager
1948: Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th Yokozuna (d. 2018)
1948: Madeline Manning, American runner and coach
1948: Terry Williams, Welsh drummer
1947: Hamish Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player
1946: Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2022)
1946: Tony Kaye, English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter
1946: John Piper, American theologian and author
1945: Christine Kaufmann, German actress, author, and businesswoman (d. 2017)
1944: Mohammed Abdul-Hayy, Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989)
1944: Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
1942: Bud Acton, American basketball player
1942: Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (d. 2011)
1941: Gérson, Brazilian footballer
1940: Andres Tarand, Estonian geographer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia
1939: Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier
1938: Arthur Scargill, English miner, activist, and politician
1937: Felix Silla, Italian character actor, circus performer, voice artist, and stuntman (d. 2021)
1936: Eva Hesse, German-American sculptor and educator (d. 1970)
1934: Jean Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
1934: Mitchell Ryan, American actor (d. 2022)
1933: Goldie Hill, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
1932: Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director
1931: Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (d. 2015)
1931: Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (d. 2014)
1930: Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
1930: Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1929: Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect and theorist (d. 2020)
1928: David L. Wolper, American director and producer (d. 2010)
1926: Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1998)
1925: Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises (d. 2016)
1924: Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2024)
1924: Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1994)
1924: Slim Harpo, American blues singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1970)
1923: Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1923: Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher (d. 2016)
1923: Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International (d. 2012)
1921: Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
1921: Juanita M. Kreps, American economist and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
1920: Mick McManus, English wrestler (d. 2013)
1918: Robert C. O'Brien, American author and journalist (d. 1973)
1918: Spencer Walklate, Australian rugby league player and soldier (d. 1945)
1917: John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (d. 1982)
1916: Bernard Blier, Argentinian-French actor (d. 1989)
1915: Luise Krüger, German javelin thrower (d. 2001)
1915: Paddy Mayne, British colonel and lawyer (d. 1955)
1913: Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980)
1912: Don "Red" Barry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1911: Tommy Duncan, American singer-songwriter (d. 1967)
1911: Nora Heysen, Australian painter (d. 2003)
1911: Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
1910: Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1999)
1910: Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician (d. 1966)
1908: Lionel Stander, American actor and activist (d. 1994)
1907: Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1982)
1907: Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)
1906: Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD (d. 2008)
1905: Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist (d. 1960)
1903: Alan Paton, South African author and activist (d. 1988)
1902: Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (d. 1986)
1901: Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988)
1899: Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress, director, and producer (d. 1991)
1897: Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (d. 1955)
1897: August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
1895: Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (d. 1973)
1893: Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (d. 1969)
1893: Charles Fraser, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1981)
1893: Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (d. 1942)
1891: Andrew Sockalexis, American runner (d. 1919)
1890: Max Carey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1890: Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and critic (d. 1954)
1889: Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (d. 1938)
1888: Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician (d. 1954)
1887: Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (d. 1948)
1886: George Zucco, British actor (d. 1960)
1885: Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist (d. 1977)
1878: Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (d. 1952)
1876: Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
1876: Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1952)
1875: Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic (d. 1956)
1873: John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (d. 1949)
1872: G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic (d. 1956)
1870: Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator (d. 1945)
1868: Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1940)
1867: John Ernest Adamson, English educationalist and Director of Education of the Colony of Transvaal (d.1950)
1867: Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic (d. 1927)
1864: Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician (d. 1946)
1859: George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (d. 1925)
1858: Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (d. 1947)
1857: Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886)
1856: Christian Sinding, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1941)
1853: Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 1932)
1852: Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany (d. 1926)
1850: Joseph Charles Arthur, American pathologist and mycologist (d. 1942)
1845: Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)
1843: Adolf Eberle, German painter (d. 1914)
1842: William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)
1839: Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (d. 1903)
1825: Bayard Taylor, American poet, author, and critic (d. 1878)
1815: John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
1814: James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899)
1814: Socrates Nelson, American businessman and politician (d. 1867)
1807: Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University (d. 1874)
1800: Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (d. 1895)
1788: William Thomas Brande, English chemist and academic (d. 1866)
1786: Joseph Jackson Lister, English physicist (d. 1869)
1777: Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (d. 1837)
1760: Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1833)
1757: Samuel Bentham, English engineer and architect (d. 1831)
1755: Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
1671: François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general and diplomat (d. 1745)
1650: Diana Glauber, Dutch-German painter (d. 1721)
1642: Johann Friedrich Alberti, German organist and composer (d. 1710)
1638: Nicolas Steno, Danish bishop and anatomist (d. 1686)
1630: John Rogers, English-American minister, physician, and academic (d. 1684)
1624: Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw, Dutch painter (d. 1680)
1591: Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (d. 1646)
1589: William Strode, English politician (d. 1666)
1503: Parmigianino, Italian artist (d. 1540)
1395: Michele of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France (d. 1422)
1359: Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (d. 1393)
1322: Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (d. 1380)
1209: Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (d. 1259)
1113: Wang Chongyang, Chinese religious leader and poet (d. 1170)
889: Abd-ar-Rahman III, first Caliph of Córdoba (d. 961)
347: Theodosius I, Roman emperor (d. 395)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Carole Cook, American actress and singer (b. 1924)
2019: Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician (b. 1929)
2018: Edgar Ray Killen, American murderer (b. 1925)
2017: Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia (b. 1944)
2016: Monte Irvin, American baseball player (b. 1919)
2016: David Margulies, American actor (b. 1937)
2015: Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
2015: Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931)
2015: Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941)
2015: Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1918)
2014: Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933)
2014: Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928)
2014: Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935)
2014: Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928)
2013: Guido Forti, Italian businessman, founded the Forti Racing Team (b. 1940)
2013: Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam (b. 1927)
2013: Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (b. 1941)
2013: Tom Parry Jones, Welsh chemist, invented the breathalyzer (b. 1935)
2013: Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988)
2013: Aaron Swartz, American programmer and activist (b. 1986)
2012: Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (b. 1980)
2012: Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer (b. 1968)
2012: Edgar Kaiser, Jr, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942)
2012: Wally Osterkorn, American basketball player (b. 1928)
2012: Steven Rawlings, English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1961)
2012: David Whitaker, English composer and conductor (b. 1931)
2011: David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)
2010: Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (b. 1909)
2010: Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1920)
2008: Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (b. 1919)
2008: Carl Karcher, American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr. (b. 1917)
2007: Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
2007: Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
2004: Spalding Gray, American actor, writer, and performance artist (b. 1941)
2003: Jože Pučnik, Slovenian sociologist and politician (b. 1932)
2002: Henri Verneuil, French-Armenian director and playwright (b. 1920)
2001: Denys Lasdun, English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre (b. 1914)
2000: Ivan Combe, American businessman, invented Clearasil (b. 1911)
2000: Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
2000: Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1907)
1999: Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
1999: Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet (b. 1897)
1999: Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1996: Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1942)
1995: Josef Gingold, Belarusian-American violinist and educator (b. 1909)
1995: Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (b. 1936)
1995: Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (b. 1918)
1995: Theodor Wisch, German general (b. 1907)
1994: Helmut Poppendick, German physician (b. 1902)
1991: Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
1990: Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
1989: Ray Moore, English radio host (b. 1942)
1988: Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1912)
1988: Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
1987: Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
1986: Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1986: Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
1985: Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
1985: William McKell, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
1981: Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1889)
1980: Barbara Pym, English author (b. 1913)
1975: Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (b. 1901)
1972: Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1881)
1969: Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (b. 1890)
1968: Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
1966: Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)
1966: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)
1965: Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893)
1963: Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902)
1961: Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress (b. 1883)
1957: Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (b. 1867)
1954: Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)
1953: Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1868)
1953: Roberta Fulbright, American businesswoman (b.1874)
1952: Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (b. 1889)
1952: Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator (b. 1885)
1947: Eva Tanguay, Canadian singer (b. 1879)
1944: Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)
1941: Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868)
1937: Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)
1931: James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
1929: Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1841)
1928: Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b. 1840)
1923: Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
1920: Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
1914: Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
1904: William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
1902: Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
1891: Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
1882: Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
1867: Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
1866: Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
1866: John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816)
1843: Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
1836: John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
1824: Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1736)
1801: Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (b. 1749)
1798: Heraclius II of Georgia (b. 1720)
1791: William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer and poet (b. 1717)
1788: François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
1771: Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (b. 1704)
1763: Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and theologian (b. 1676)
1762: Louis-François Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (b. 1695)
1757: Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1688)
1753: Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (b. 1660)
1735: Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (b. 1670)
1713: Pierre Jurieu, French priest and theologian (b. 1637)
1703: Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (b. 1632)
1696: Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary, and explorer (b. 1616)
1641: Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583)
1554: Min Bin, king of Arakan (b. 1493)
1546: Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor (b. c. 1471)
1495: Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (b. 1428)
1494: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (b. 1449)
1397: Skirgaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania
1396: Isidore Glabas, Metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica (b.c. 1341)
1372: Eleanor of Lancaster, English noblewoman (b. 1318)
1344: Thomas Charlton, Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
1266: Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania
1083: Otto of Nordheim (b. 1020)
1068: Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
1055: Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1000)
937: Cao, empress of Later Tang
937: Li Chongmei, prince of Later Tang
937: Li Congke, emperor of Later Tang (b. 885)
937: Liu, empress of Later Tang
887: Boso of Provence, Frankish nobleman
844: Michael I Rangabe, Byzantine emperor (b. 770)
812: Staurakios, Byzantine emperor
782: Emperor Kōnin of Japan (b. 709)
705: Pope John VI (b. 655)
140: Pope Hyginus, Bishop of Rome (b. 74)

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