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January 11

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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.$215 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2026
12.$187 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2024
13.$176 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2015
14.€138.22 Million
US$156.93 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2022
15.$155 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2007
16.$146 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 14, 2009
17.$140.9 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2026
18.$137 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2017
19.€120 Million
US$131.51 Million: Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2024
20.€103 Million
US$124.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2006
21.€104.24 Million
US$121.56 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2026
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.€89.88 Million
US$103.07 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1990: nerdycharlie
Thursday, Jan 11, 1990
36 years old
1990: Dena29
Thursday, Jan 11, 1990
36 years old
1990: Lourdena
Thursday, Jan 11, 1990
36 years old
1988: islandgirld
Monday, Jan 11, 1988
38 years old
1986: gratitude99
Saturday, Jan 11, 1986
40 years old
1986: Lottofreak44
Saturday, Jan 11, 1986
40 years old
1983: Whiteboi
Tuesday, Jan 11, 1983
43 years old
1983: sgulley3016
Tuesday, Jan 11, 1983
43 years old
1982: kwamboka
Monday, Jan 11, 1982
44 years old
1979: luckyk111
Thursday, Jan 11, 1979
47 years old
1978: sholloway33
Wednesday, Jan 11, 1978
48 years old
1975: Vibrje
Saturday, Jan 11, 1975
51 years old
1975: PoohLu
Saturday, Jan 11, 1975
51 years old
1974: 4comer
Friday, Jan 11, 1974
52 years old
1972: bigyardcrab
Tuesday, Jan 11, 1972
54 years old
1970: GreenEyes17
Sunday, Jan 11, 1970
56 years old
1969: chasb123
Saturday, Jan 11, 1969
57 years old
1968: Penny111
Thursday, Jan 11, 1968
58 years old
1966: CynthiaE
Tuesday, Jan 11, 1966
60 years old
1966: NatalieGe
Tuesday, Jan 11, 1966
60 years old
1961: LORENZA101
Wednesday, Jan 11, 1961
65 years old
1959: lsrl11159
Sunday, Jan 11, 1959
67 years old
1959: Lula Ferguson
Sunday, Jan 11, 1959
67 years old
1956: Glacier10
Wednesday, Jan 11, 1956
70 years old
1954: jinok
Monday, Jan 11, 1954
72 years old
1952: busexc
Friday, Jan 11, 1952
74 years old
1950: bluzboyhayz
Wednesday, Jan 11, 1950
76 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, sinks 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.
1820: The Great Savannah Fire of 1820 destroys over 400 buildings in Savannah, Georgia.
1805: The Michigan Territory is created.
1787: William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
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: 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

2002: Elly De La Cruz, Dominican baseball player
2000: Lee Chae-yeon, 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 (died 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
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 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 (died 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 (died 2015)
1957: Peter Moore, Australian rules footballer and coach
1957: Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
1956: David Grant, Australian rugby league player (died 1994)
1956: Big Bank Hank, American rapper (died 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 (died 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 (died 2000)
1951: Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop (died 2021)
1949: Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter
1949: Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach (died 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 (died 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 (died 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 (died 2017)
1944: Mohammed Abdul-Hayy, Sudanese poet and academic (died 1989)
1944: Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
1942: Bud Acton, American basketball player
1942: Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (died 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 (died 2021)
1936: Eva Hesse, German-American sculptor and educator (died 1970)
1934: Jean Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
1934: Mitchell Ryan, American actor (died 2022)
1933: Goldie Hill, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
1932: Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director
1931: Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (died 2015)
1931: Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (died 2014)
1930: Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (died 2014)
1930: Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
1929: Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect and theorist (died 2020)
1928: David L. Wolper, American director and producer (died 2010)
1926: Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1998)
1925: Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises (died 2016)
1924: Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
1924: Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1994)
1924: Slim Harpo, American blues singer-songwriter and musician (died 1970)
1923: Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (died 1998)
1923: Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher (died 2016)
1923: Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International (died 2012)
1921: Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and trainer (died 1990)
1921: Juanita M. Kreps, American economist and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 2010)
1920: Mick McManus, English wrestler (died 2013)
1918: Robert C. O'Brien, American author and journalist (died 1973)
1918: Spencer Walklate, Australian rugby league player and soldier (died 1945)
1917: John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (died 1982)
1916: Bernard Blier, Argentinian-French actor (died 1989)
1915: Luise Krüger, German javelin thrower (died 2001)
1915: Paddy Mayne, British colonel and lawyer (died 1955)
1913: Karl Stegger, Danish actor (died 1980)
1912: Don "Red" Barry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1980)
1911: Tommy Duncan, American singer-songwriter (died 1967)
1911: Nora Heysen, Australian painter (died 2003)
1911: Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2004)
1910: Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand rugby player (died 1999)
1910: Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician (died 1966)
1908: Lionel Stander, American actor and activist (died 1994)
1907: Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (died 1982)
1907: Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (died 1972)
1906: Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD (died 2008)
1905: Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist (died 1960)
1903: Alan Paton, South African author and activist (died 1988)
1902: Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (died 1986)
1901: Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (died 1988)
1899: Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress, director, and producer (died 1991)
1897: Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (died 1955)
1897: August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (died 1979)
1895: Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (died 1973)
1893: Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (died 1969)
1893: Charles Fraser, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1981)
1893: Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (died 1942)
1891: Andrew Sockalexis, American runner (died 1919)
1890: Max Carey, American baseball player and manager (died 1976)
1890: Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and critic (died 1954)
1889: Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (died 1938)
1888: Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician (died 1954)
1887: Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (died 1948)
1886: George Zucco, British actor (died 1960)
1885: Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist (died 1977)
1878: Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (died 1952)
1876: Elmer Flick, American baseball player (died 1971)
1876: Thomas Hicks, American runner (died 1952)
1875: Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic (died 1956)
1873: John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (died 1949)
1872: G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic (died 1956)
1870: Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator (died 1945)
1868: Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1940)
1867: John Ernest Adamson, English educationalist and Director of Education of the Colony of Transvaal (died1950)
1867: Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic (died 1927)
1864: Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician (died 1946)
1859: George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (died 1925)
1858: Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (died 1947)
1857: Fred Archer, English jockey (died 1886)
1856: Christian Sinding, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1941)
1853: Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (died 1932)
1852: Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany (died 1926)
1850: Joseph Charles Arthur, American pathologist and mycologist (died 1942)
1845: Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish mathematician and physicist (died 1912)
1843: Adolf Eberle, German painter (died 1914)
1842: William James, American psychologist and philosopher (died 1910)
1839: Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (died 1903)
1825: Bayard Taylor, American poet, author, and critic (died 1878)
1815: John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (died 1891)
1814: James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist (died 1899)
1814: Socrates Nelson, American businessman and politician (died 1867)
1807: Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University (died 1874)
1800: Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (died 1895)
1788: William Thomas Brande, English chemist and academic (died 1866)
1786: Joseph Jackson Lister, English physicist (died 1869)
1777: Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (died 1837)
1760: Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (died 1833)
1757: Samuel Bentham, English engineer and architect (died 1831)
1755: Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1804)
1671: François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general and diplomat (died 1745)
1650: Diana Glauber, Dutch-German painter (died 1721)
1642: Johann Friedrich Alberti, German organist and composer (died 1710)
1638: Nicolas Steno, Danish bishop and anatomist (died 1686)
1630: John Rogers, English-American minister, physician, and academic (died 1684)
1624: Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw, Dutch painter (died 1680)
1591: Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (died 1646)
1589: William Strode, English politician (died 1666)
1503: Parmigianino, Italian artist (died 1540)
1395: Michele of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France (died 1422)
1359: Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (died 1393)
1322: Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (died 1380)
1209: Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (died 1259)
1113: Wang Chongyang, Chinese religious leader and poet (died 1170)
889: Abd-ar-Rahman III, first Caliph of Córdoba (died 961)
347: Theodosius I, Roman emperor (died 395)

Deaths On This Day

2023: Carole Cook, American actress and singer (born 1924)
2019: Michael Atiyah, British-Lebanese mathematician (born 1929)
2018: Edgar Ray Killen, American murderer (born 1925)
2017: Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia (born 1944)
2016: Monte Irvin, American baseball player (born 1919)
2016: David Margulies, American actor (born 1937)
2015: Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (born 1925)
2015: Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (born 1931)
2015: Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (born 1941)
2015: Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (born 1918)
2014: Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (born 1933)
2014: Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1928)
2014: Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (born 1935)
2014: Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1928)
2013: Guido Forti, Italian businessman, founded the Forti Racing Team (born 1940)
2013: Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam (born 1927)
2013: Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (born 1941)
2013: Tom Parry Jones, Welsh chemist, invented the breathalyzer (born 1935)
2013: Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (born 1988)
2013: Aaron Swartz, American programmer and activist (born 1986)
2012: Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (born 1980)
2012: Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer (born 1968)
2012: Edgar Kaiser, Jr, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1942)
2012: Wally Osterkorn, American basketball player (born 1928)
2012: Steven Rawlings, English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1961)
2012: David Whitaker, English composer and conductor (born 1931)
2011: David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (born 1936)
2010: Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (born 1909)
2010: Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1920)
2008: Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (born 1919)
2008: Carl Karcher, American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr. (born 1917)
2007: Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (born 1961)
2007: Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)
2004: Spalding Gray, American actor, writer, and performance artist (born 1941)
2003: Jože Pučnik, Slovenian sociologist and politician (born 1932)
2002: Henri Verneuil, French-Armenian director and playwright (born 1920)
2001: Denys Lasdun, English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre (born 1914)
2000: Ivan Combe, American businessman, invented Clearasil (born 1911)
2000: Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (born 1920)
2000: Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer and educator (born 1907)
1999: Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1940)
1999: Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet (born 1897)
1999: Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1921)
1996: Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1942)
1995: Josef Gingold, Belarusian-American violinist and educator (born 1909)
1995: Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (born 1936)
1995: Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (born 1918)
1995: Theodor Wisch, German general (born 1907)
1994: Helmut Poppendick, German physician (born 1902)
1991: Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
1990: Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator (born 1898)
1989: Ray Moore, English radio host (born 1942)
1988: Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1912)
1988: Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
1987: Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1911)
1986: Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (born 1916)
1986: Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (born 1948)
1985: Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1895)
1985: William McKell, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (born 1891)
1981: Beulah Bondi, American actress (born 1889)
1980: Barbara Pym, English author (born 1913)
1975: Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (born 1901)
1972: Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright (born 1881)
1969: Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (born 1890)
1968: Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (born 1876)
1966: Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (born 1901)
1966: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (born 1904)
1965: Wally Pipp, American baseball player (born 1893)
1963: Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (born 1902)
1961: Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress (born 1883)
1957: Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (born 1867)
1954: Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (born 1870)
1953: Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (born 1868)
1953: Roberta Fulbright, American businesswoman (born1874)
1952: Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (born 1889)
1952: Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator (born 1885)
1947: Eva Tanguay, Canadian singer (born 1879)
1944: Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903)
1941: Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (born 1868)
1937: Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (born 1882)
1931: James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (born 1852)
1929: Elfrida Andrée, Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (born 1841)
1928: Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (born 1840)
1923: Constantine I of Greece (born 1868)
1920: Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (born 1844)
1914: Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (born 1842)
1904: William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (born 1815)
1902: Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (born 1862)
1891: Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (born 1809)
1882: Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (born 1810)
1867: Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (born 1812)
1866: Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (born 1818)
1866: John Woolley, English minister and academic (born 1816)
1843: Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (born 1779)
1836: John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (born 1763)
1824: Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (born 1736)
1801: Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (born 1749)
1798: Heraclius II of Georgia (born 1720)
1791: William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer and poet (born 1717)
1788: François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (born 1722)
1771: Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (born 1704)
1763: Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and theologian (born 1676)
1762: Louis-François Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (born 1695)
1757: Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1688)
1753: Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (born 1660)
1735: Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (born 1670)
1713: Pierre Jurieu, French priest and theologian (born 1637)
1703: Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (born 1632)
1696: Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary, and explorer (born 1616)
1641: Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (born 1583)
1554: Min Bin, king of Arakan (born 1493)
1546: Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor (born c. 1471)
1495: Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (born 1428)
1494: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (born 1449)
1397: Skirgaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania
1396: Isidore Glabas, Metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica (bornc. 1341)
1372: Eleanor of Lancaster, English noblewoman (born 1318)
1344: Thomas Charlton, Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
1266: Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania
1083: Otto of Nordheim (born 1020)
1068: Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
1055: Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor (born 1000)
937: Cao, empress of Later Tang
937: Li Chongmei, prince of Later Tang
937: Li Congke, emperor of Later Tang (born 885)
937: Liu, empress of Later Tang
887: Boso of Provence, Frankish nobleman
844: Michael I Rangabe, Byzantine emperor (born 770)
812: Staurakios, Byzantine emperor
782: Emperor Kōnin of Japan (born 709)
705: Pope John VI (born 655)
140: Pope Hyginus, Bishop of Rome (born 74)

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