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January 25

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January 25

January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 340 days remain until the end of the year (341 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2025: Lottery Post $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot investigation published in La Fleur's magazine. Lottery Post's exclusive investigative report on a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot buyout was published in La Fleur's magazine, a publication dedicated to serving news, analysis, and data about the lottery industry worldwide.
2024: Maryland brothers arrested for $3.5 million lottery scam that allegedly involved exploding briefcase. Two Maryland brothers have been indicted after running a three-year scheme that involved false promises of lottery winnings and a supposedly exploding metal briefcase.
2023: Canadian woman too shocked to tell mother about $60 million Lotto Max jackpot. A lottery winner from Ontario was so stunned by her $60 million Lotto Max lottery win that she sat in silence next to her mother for 30 minutes.
2022: Michigan woman finds e-mail for $3 million lottery prize in spam folder. An email from the Michigan Lottery about a $3 million prize sat in a woman's spam folder, but thankfully she did not mistake it for trash.
2021: UPDATE: Georgia man who won C8 Corvette from scratch-off will get his prized car. A Georgia man who won the top prize of a C8 Corvette in a scratch-off lottery game and previously had trouble claiming his prized car will get it sooner than expected, thanks to the stir his story caused.
2020: Massachusetts man sues 2 women, claiming they cheated him out of $4 million lottery prize. A Massachusetts man says two women cheated him out of $4 million in lottery winnings by taking advantage of his inability to read or speak English.
2019: Brooklyn truck driver quits job, comes forward as $298M Powerball winner. A truck driver from Brooklyn has come forward as the winner of the second-largest Powerball jackpot in New York Lottery history.
2019: One month left to claim $4M Illinois Lottery prize. Illinois lottery officials are searching for a mystery millionaire who has just one month left to come forward.
2019: CT Lottery chief questioned by lawmakers over mishaps, computerized drawings. State lawmakers grilled Connecticut Lottery Corp. officials Thursday at a legislative hearing about long-running controversies including their alleged retaliation against former lottery security chief Alfred W. DuPuis, who says he was the victim of a vendetta for raising questions in 2015 about the fraud-plagued 5 Card Cash game, and their alleged lack of cooperation with the state Department of Consumer Protection that regulates them.
2013: Biggest lottery game ever in the works?. The folks behind the nation's two biggest lotteries continue to dream of creating an even bigger game.
2013: Pa. Treasurer considers blocking move to private lottery operator. As more details emerge about the contract for private management of the Pennsylvania Lottery, the state treasurer says he's more concerned, not less, about the legality of the contract.
2013: Mass. bill would allow for online lottery sales. Massachusetts Lottery players would be able to purchase tickets and play lottery games online under a bill being filed on Beacon Hill.
2009: Oregon Lottery tries first raffle. For $10, the Oregon Lottery says the odds of becoming a millionaire will be better than than the average lottery ticket.
2008: Questions arise about funds used for Calif. Lottery party. The California Lottery handed out a Nintendo Wii, several iPods, digital cameras and gift cards as prizes during a $43,629 employee recognition celebration and charged some of the items as "training" expenses.
2005: Pittsburgh newsstand sold winning Powerball lottery ticket. Saturday's winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $26 million was sold at Nielsen's newsstand, at 2 PNC Plaza in downtown Pittsburgh.
2005: Two men played key roles in establishing Kentucky Lottery. Two people played key roles in Kentucky's joining the growing ranks of states with lotteries. One of them was a politician who grabbed the headlines. The other was a storekeeper who worked behind the scenes, but his role in the founding of the now 15-year-old Kentucky Lottery Corp. was an important one.
2005: Lottery thief nabbed. A 41-year-old Lowell, Massachusetts man is facing armed robbery charges after he was nabbed walking away from a Bridge Street convenience store he had just robbed at knifepoint, police said.
2005: Kentucky lottery sales fall, but still exceed forecast. The year-old Tennessee Lottery continues to have less impact on Kentucky Lottery revenues than expected, with ticket sales for the first six months of fiscal 2004-05 down just 8 percent from the same period last year.
2005: Survey: One-fourth of retail customers buy lottery tickets. The second story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impact.
2005: Tennessee gambler addiction program delayed. Tennessee officials have yet to start a promised $200,000, state-funded treatment program designed to help compulsive gamblers who may be tempted by the Tennessee Lottery, despite hopes by supporters to have the program in place as early as last fall.
2005: Kentucky lottery players try to beat the odds. The first story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impact.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$530.1 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 25, 2023
2.$396 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 25, 2022
3.€356.77 Million US$388.55 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2023
4.$373 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 25, 2020
5.$285 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2024
6.$261 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2015
7.$191 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 27, 2017
8.€146 Million US$178.86 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 27, 2006
9.$170 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 25, 2017
10.€145.16 Million
US$163.94 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 25, 2022
11.$163.8 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 27, 2024
12.$161 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2019
13.$152 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 25, 2014
14.€130 Million
US$141.14 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2024
15.$141 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 28, 2020
16.$130 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2013
17.€115 Million
US$124.76 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2016
18.$121 Million: Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2010
19.$120 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 25, 2012
20.€97.1 Million
US$117.99 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2021
21.$115 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 25, 2006
22.$112 Million: Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 27, 2018
23.€90 Million
US$111.92 Million: Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2018
24.€89.74 Million
US$111.56 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 25, 2018
25.€96.41 Million
US$109.93 Million: Italy
SuperEnalotto
Draw Date
Jan 26, 2019

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1989: Dhall1022
Wednesday, Jan 25, 1989
36 years old
1988: InfiniteG
Monday, Jan 25, 1988
37 years old
1986: VojislavMilorad
Saturday, Jan 25, 1986
39 years old
1983: Sheamoney718
Tuesday, Jan 25, 1983
42 years old
1981: Zambesi
Sunday, Jan 25, 1981
44 years old
1977: lotteryguru
Tuesday, Jan 25, 1977
48 years old
1974: Tigholson
Friday, Jan 25, 1974
51 years old
1973: navypoole
Thursday, Jan 25, 1973
52 years old
1973: Ronisloss
Thursday, Jan 25, 1973
52 years old
1973: Wizardts
Thursday, Jan 25, 1973
52 years old
1969: Countessviktori
Saturday, Jan 25, 1969
56 years old
1968: retsam
Thursday, Jan 25, 1968
57 years old
1964: mistew125
Saturday, Jan 25, 1964
61 years old
1961: Beggarsriding
Wednesday, Jan 25, 1961
64 years old
1958: fetchit
Saturday, Jan 25, 1958
67 years old
1956: HULK $
Wednesday, Jan 25, 1956
69 years old
1954: caseykight
Monday, Jan 25, 1954
71 years old
1952: dbmissie
Friday, Jan 25, 1952
73 years old
1951: pok11426
Thursday, Jan 25, 1951
74 years old
1948: porkchop48
Sunday, Jan 25, 1948
77 years old
: CinCin
(year not provided)
: Susan
(year not provided)
: crtngl
(year not provided)

Worldwide Events On This Day

2019: A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing 270 people.
2015: A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines kills 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
2013: At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
2011: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins throughout the country, marked by street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes.
2010: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Na'ameh, Lebanon, killing 90.
2006: Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.
2005: A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258.
2003: Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
1999: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
1998: During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
1998: A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
1996: Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the United States.
1995: The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
1994: The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.
1993: Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.
1990: Avianca Flight 052 crashes in Cove Neck, New York, killing 73.
1986: The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
1980: Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
1979: Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
1971: Charles Manson and four "Family" members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
1971: Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
1969: Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
1967: South Vietnamese junta leader and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky fires rival, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Nguyen Huu Co, while the latter is overseas on a diplomatic visit.
1964: Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.
1961: In Washington, D.C., US President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
1960: The National Association of Broadcasters in the United States reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
1949: The first Emmy Awards are presented in the United States; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
1947: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
1946: The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
1946: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
1945: World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
1942: World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
1941: Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
1937: The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
1932: Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
1932: Alt Llobregat insurrection suppressed in Central Catalonia, Spain.
1924: The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
1918: The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Soviet Russia.
1918: The Finnish Defence Forces (The White Guards) are established as the official army of independent Finland, and Baron C. G. E. Mannerheim is appointed its Commander-in-Chief.
1917: Sinking of the SS Laurentic after hitting two German mines off the coast of northwest Ireland.
1915: Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
1909: Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
1890: Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
1881: Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
1879: The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
1858: The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding processional.
1819: University of Virginia chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson one of its founders.
1792: The London Corresponding Society is founded.
1791: The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
1787: Shays' Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
1765: Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
1755: Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
1704: The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
1585: Walter Raleigh is knighted, shortly after renaming North America region "Virginia", in honor of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
1576: Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
1573: Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
1554: São Paulo, Brazil, is founded by Jesuit priests.
1533: Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
1515: Coronation of Francis I of France takes place at Reims Cathedral, where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of Charlemagne.
1494: Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
1479: The Treaty of Constantinople ends the 16-year-long First Ottoman-Venetian War.
1348: A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.
1327: Fourteen-year-old Edward III ascends the throne of England after his father the king is forced to abdicate by Queen Isabella and her lover, Roger Mortimer.
750: In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty.
41: After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.

Births On This Day

2002: Lil Mosey, American rapper
2001: Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italian tennis player
1997: Noah Hanifin, American ice hockey player
1996: Mohamed Hany, Egyptian footballer
1996: Seunghee, South Korean singer and television personality
1991: Ariana DeBose, American actress, singer, and dancer
1991: Ahmed Hegazi, Egyptian footballer
1990: Apostolos Giannou, Greek-Australian footballer
1990: Lee Jun-ho, South Korean singer and actor
1988: Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
1988: Ryota Ozawa, Japanese actor
1987: Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player
1986: Chris O'Grady, English footballer
1985: Brent Celek, American football player
1985: Hwang Jung-eum, South Korean actress
1985: Acie Law, American basketball player
1985: Hartley Sawyer, American actor
1985: Michael Trevino, American actor
1985: Patrick Willis, American football player
1984: Jay Briscoe, American wrestler (d. 2023)
1984: Stefan Kießling, German footballer
1984: Robinho, Brazilian footballer
1984: Fara Williams, English footballer
1983: Josh Powell, American basketball player
1981: Francis Jeffers, English footballer
1981: Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
1981: Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (d. 2007)
1980: Alayna Burns, Australian track cyclist
1980: Michelle McCool, American wrestler
1980: Xavi, Spanish footballer
1979: Christine Lakin, American actress and director
1979: David Mutendera, Zimbabwean cricketer
1979: Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
1978: Charlene, Princess of Monaco
1978: Ahmet Dursun, Turkish footballer
1978: Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist
1978: Derrick Turnbow, American baseball player
1978: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian actor, comedian, and politician, 6th President of Ukraine
1977: Michael Brown, English footballer, manager and pundit
1976: Stephanie Bellars, American wrestler and manager
1976: Mário Haberfeld, Brazilian racing driver
1976: Dimitris Nalitzis, Greek footballer
1975: Duncan Jupp, Anglo-Scottish footballer
1975: Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress
1974: Robert Budreau, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1974: Emily Haines, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1974: Attilio Nicodemo, Italian footballer
1973: Geoff Johns, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1972: Shinji Takehara, Japanese boxer
1971: Luca Badoer, Italian racing driver
1971: Philip Coppens, Belgian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1971: Ana Ortiz, American actress
1970: Stephen Chbosky, American author, screenwriter, and director
1970: Chris Mills, American basketball player
1970: Milt Stegall, American football player and sportscaster
1969: Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (d. 2012)
1968: Eric Orie, Dutch footballer and manager
1967: Nelson Asaytono, Filipino basketball player
1967: David Ginola, French footballer
1967: Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967: Nicole Uphoff, German equestrian
1966: Chet Culver, American educator and politician, 41st Governor of Iowa
1966: Yiannos Ioannou, Cypriot footballer and manager
1966: Mark Schlereth, American football player and sportscaster
1965: Esa Tikkanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1964: Stephen Pate, Australian cyclist
1963: Fernando Haddad, Brazilian academic and politician, 61st Mayor of São Paulo
1963: Molly Holzschlag, American computer scientist and author (d. 2023)
1962: Chris Chelios, American ice hockey player and manager
1961: Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean ophthalmologist and politician, Singaporean Ministry of National Development
1961: Tim Dorsey, American novelist (d. 2023)
1958: Franco Pancheri, Italian footballer and manager
1957: Eskil Erlandsson, Swedish technologist and politician, Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs
1957: Andrew Harris, American politician
1957: Jenifer Lewis, American actress and singer
1956: Andy Cox, English guitarist
1956: Dinah Manoff, American actress
1954: Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer and manager
1954: Kay Cottee, Australian sailor
1954: Renate Dorrestein, Dutch journalist and author (d. 2018)
1953: The Honky Tonk Man, American wrestler
1952: Peter Tatchell, Australian-English journalist and activist
1952: Timothy White, American journalist, author, and critic (d. 2002)
1951: Steve Prefontaine, American runner (d. 1975)
1950: Gloria Naylor, American novelist (d. 2016)
1949: John Cooper Clarke, English poet and critic
1949: Paul Nurse, English geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1948: Ros Kelly, Australian educator and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence Science and Personnel
1948: Georgy Shishkin, Russian painter and illustrator
1947: Ángel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer (d. 2017)
1947: Tostão, Brazilian footballer, journalist, and physician
1945: Byron Beck, American basketball player
1945: Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress
1943: Tobe Hooper, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1942: Carl Eller, American football player and sportscaster
1942: Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer (d. 2014)
1941: Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1938: Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (d. 1998)
1938: Etta James, American singer (d. 2012)
1938: Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese author, illustrator, and animator (d. 2023)
1938: Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1980)
1937: Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African engineer and politician, 5th President of the Central African Republic (d. 2011)
1936: Diana Hyland, American actress (d. 1977)
1936: Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)
1935: Conrad Burns, American journalist, and politician (d. 2016)
1935: António Ramalho Eanes, Portuguese general and politician, 16th President of Portugal
1935: Don Maynard, American football player (d. 2022)
1933: Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (d. 2009)
1931: Dean Jones, American actor and singer (d. 2015)
1929: Elizabeth Allen, American actress and singer (d. 2006)
1929: Robert Faurisson, English-French author and academic (d. 2018)
1929: Benny Golson, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2024)
1928: Jérôme Choquette, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2017)
1928: Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (d. 2014)
1928: Cor van der Hart, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2006)
1927: Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1994)
1926: Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
1925: Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2014)
1925: Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and songwriter (d. 1992)
1924: Lou Groza, American football player and coach (d. 2000)
1924: Husein Mehmedov, Bulgarian-Turkish wrestler and coach (d. 2014)
1924: Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (d. 2003)
1923: Arvid Carlsson, Swedish pharmacologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
1923: Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient (d. 1998)
1923: Sally Starr, American actress and television host (d. 2013)
1923: Jean Taittinger, French politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 2012)
1922: Raymond Baxter, English television host and pilot (d. 2006)
1921: Samuel T. Cohen, American physicist and academic (d. 2010)
1921: Josef Holeček, Czechoslovakian canoeist (d. 2005)
1919: Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (d. 2010)
1917: Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1917: Jânio Quadros, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992)
1916: Pop Ivy, American football player and coach (d. 2003)
1915: Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter, actor and producer (d. 1989)
1914: William Strickland, American conductor and organist (d. 1991)
1913: Huang Hua, Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (d. 2010)
1913: Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (d. 1994)
1913: Luis Marden, American photographer and journalist (d. 2003)
1910: Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian, author, and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1984)
1908: Hsieh Tung-min, Taiwanese politicians and Vice President of the Republic of China (d. 2001)
1906: Toni Ulmen, German racing driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1976)
1905: Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (d. 1985)
1905: Margery Sharp, English author and educator (d. 1991)
1905: Sava Kovačević, Yugoslav Partisan divisional commander and People's Hero of Yugoslavia (d. 1943)
1901: Mildred Dunnock, American actress (d. 1991)
1900: István Fekete, Hungarian author (d. 1970)
1900: Yōjirō Ishizaka, Japanese author and educator (d. 1986)
1900: Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian-American geneticist and pioneer of evolutionary biology (d. 1975)
1899: Sleepy John Estes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
1899: Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian lawyer and politician, 46th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1972)
1895: Florence Mills, American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1927)
1894: Aino Aalto, Finnish architect and designer (d. 1949)
1886: Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (d. 1954)
1885: Kitahara Hakushū, Japanese poet and author (d. 1942)
1882: Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1941)
1878: Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-American engineer (d. 1975)
1874: W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1965)
1868: Juventino Rosas, Mexican violinist and composer (d. 1894)
1864: Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (d. 1934)
1860: Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (d. 1936)
1858: Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (d. 1954)
1841: John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, English admiral (d. 1920)
1824: Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1873)
1823: José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (d. 1891)
1822: Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician, founded the Bishop Museum (d. 1915)
1822: William McDougall, Canadian lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories (d. 1905)
1816: Anna Gardner, American abolitionist and teacher (d. 1901)
1813: J. Marion Sims, American gynecologist and physician (d. 1883)
1796: William MacGillivray, Scottish ornithologist and biologist (d. 1852)
1794: François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer (d. 1878)
1783: William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (d. 1857)
1759: Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (d. 1796)
1755: Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (probable; d. 1815)
1750: Johann Gottfried Vierling, German organist and composer (d. 1813)
1743: Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher and author (d. 1819)
1739: Charles François Dumouriez, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (d. 1823)
1736: Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1813)
1640: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Steward of the Household (d. 1707)
1635: Daniel Casper von Lohenstein, German writer, diplomat and lawyer (d. 1683)
1634: Gaspar Fagel, Dutch politician and diplomat (d. 1688)
1627: Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist (d. 1691)
1615: Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (d. 1660)
1526: Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1586)
1509: Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (d. 1580)
1477: Anne of Brittany (probable; d. 1514)
1459: Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1537)
1408: Katharina of Hanau, German countess regent (d. 1460)
750: Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (d. 780)

Deaths On This Day

2024: Sanath Nishantha, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1975)
2018: Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat (b. 1916)
2017: Stephen P. Cohen, Canadian academic (b. 1945)
2017: Robert Garcia, American politician (b. 1933)
2017: John Hurt, English actor (b. 1940)
2017: Harry Mathews, American novelist and poet (b. 1930)
2017: Marcel Prud'homme, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
2017: Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (b. 1936)
2015: John Leggett, American author and academic (b. 1917)
2015: Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (b. 1936)
2015: Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (b. 1936)
2015: Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer (b. 1946)
2014: Arthur Doyle, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and flute player (b. 1944)
2014: Heini Halberstam, Czech-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
2014: Dave Strack, American basketball player and coach (b. 1923)
2014: Morrie Turner, American cartoonist (b. 1923)
2013: Martial Asselin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1924)
2013: Kevin Heffernan, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1929)
2013: Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Norwegian soprano and actress (b. 1923)
2012: Paavo Berglund, Finnish violinist and conductor (b. 1929)
2012: Jacques Maisonrouge, French businessman (b. 1924)
2012: Franco Pacini, Italian astrophysicist and academic (b. 1939)
2012: Robert Sheran, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1916)
2011: Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos Greek captain and businessman (b. 1935)
2011: Vincent Cronin, Welsh historian and author (b. 1924)
2010: Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi general and politician, Iraqi Minister of Defence (b. 1941)
2009: Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer (b. 1932)
2009: Ewald Kooiman, Dutch organist and educator (b. 1938)
2009: Kim Manners, American director and producer (b. 1951)
2005: Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923)
2005: William Augustus Bootle, American lawyer and judge (b. 1902)
2005: Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the PPG Place and Crystal Cathedral (b. 1906)
2005: Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet (b. 1907)
2005: Netti Witziers-Timmer, Dutch runner (b. 1923)
2004: Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch runner and hurdler (b. 1918)
2004: Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
2003: Sheldon Reynolds, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2003: Samuel Weems, American lawyer and author (b. 1936)
2002: Cliff Baxter, employee at Enron (b. 1958)
2001: Alice Ambrose, American philosopher and logician (b. 1906)
1999: Sarah Louise Delany, American author and educator (b. 1889)
1999: Robert Shaw, American conductor (b. 1916)
1997: Dan Barry, American author and illustrator (b. 1923)
1996: Jonathan Larson, American playwright and composer (b. 1960)
1994: Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1909)
1992: Mir Khalil ur Rehman, Founder and editor of the Jang Group of Newspapers (b. 1927)
1991: Frank Soo, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
1990: Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
1988: Colleen Moore, American actress (b. 1899)
1987: Frank J. Lynch, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1922)
1985: Ilias Iliou, Greek jurist and politician (b. 1904)
1982: Mikhail Suslov, Russian economist and politician (b. 1902)
1981: Adele Astaire, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1896)
1978: Skender Kulenović, Bosnian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1910)
1975: Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)
1972: Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
1971: Barry III, Guinean lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
1970: Jane Bathori, French soprano (b. 1877)
1970: Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese director and producer (b. 1901)
1968: Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer (b. 1908)
1968: Yvor Winters, American poet and literary critic (b. 1900)
1966: Saul Adler, Belarusian-English microbiologist and parasitologist (b. 1895)
1960: Diana Barrymore, American actress (b. 1921)
1958: Cemil Topuzlu, Turkish surgeon and politician, Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1866)
1958: Robert R. Young, American businessman and financier (b. 1897)
1957: Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (b. 1873)
1957: Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
1949: Makino Nobuaki, Japanese politician, 15th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1861)
1947: Al Capone, American gangster and mob boss (b. 1899)
1939: Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (b. 1870)
1925: Juan Vucetich, Croatian-Argentinian anthropologist and police officer (b. 1858)
1914: Frank Avery Hutchins, American librarian and educator (b. 1851)
1912: Dmitry Milyutin, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1816)
1910: W. G. Read Mullan, American Jesuit and academic (1860)
1908: Ouida, English-Italian author (b. 1839)
1908: Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (b. 1850)
1907: René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)
1900: Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, German Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1835)
1891: Theo van Gogh, Art dealer, the brother of Vincent van Gogh (b. 1857)
1884: Périclès Pantazis, Greek-Belgian painter (b. 1849)
1881: Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (b. 1794)
1872: Richard S. Ewell, American general (b. 1817)
1856: John Doubleday, British craftsperson, restorer, and dealer
1852: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1778)
1751: Paul Dudley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1675)
1742: Edmond Halley, English astronomer (b. 1656)
1733: Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1652)
1726: Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
1670: Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
1640: Robert Burton, English physician and scholar (b. 1577)
1586: Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
1578: Mihrimah Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1522)
1559: Christian II of Denmark (b. 1481)
1494: Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423)
1492: Ygo Gales Galama, Frisian warlord and rebel (b. 1443)
1431: Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)
1413: Maud de Ufford, Countess of Oxford (b. 1345)
1366: Henry Suso, German priest and mystic (b. 1300)
1139: Godfrey I, Count of Louvain and Duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey VI)
1138: Antipope Anacletus II
1067: Emperor Yingzong of Song (b. 1032)
1003: Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark
951: Ma Xiguang, ruler of Chu (Ten Kingdoms)
863: Charles of Provence, Frankish king (b. 845)
844: Pope Gregory IV (b. 795)
750: Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, Umayyad caliph
477: Gaiseric, king of the Vandals (b. 389)
390: Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)

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