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January 9

January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 356 days remain until the end of the year (357 in leap years).

Lottery News On This Day

2026
"A lot of high fiving in the store" after Idaho man discovers he won $1 million Raffle prize. One of the $1 million top prize winners in the Idaho Lottery's annual $1,000,000 Raffle was having a casual time sipping coffee at his local store, but things turned exciting when he checked one of his tickets.
2025
Texas Lottery adds age verification to self-service vending machines. The Texas Lottery has implemented age verification measures on its self-service vending machines across the state to deter ticket sales to underage individuals.
2024
Washington, D.C. woman wins $2 million Powerball prize from lottery ticket gifted to her by husband. A Powerball lottery ticket ended up being the best present under the Christmas tree for one Washington D.C. woman, who won $2 million from the ticket gifted to her by her husband.
2023
Maryland and Massachusetts Lotteries announce $50 scratch-off tickets. The Maryland Lottery and Massachusetts Lottery have both recently announced that they are on track to begin offering their first $50 scratch-off tickets this year.
2021
Idaho Lottery to launch new Pick 4 game Sunday. Players asked, and the Idaho Lottery listened. The Lottery announced Friday that it will be launching a new twice daily Pick 4 game this Sun., Jan. 10, in response to years of player interest and tremendous popularity of its in-state Pick 3 draw game.
2021
$600 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot soars after no winner Friday. For only the 8th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has reached $600 million.
2019
California man learns $10 million reason not to tell your roommate if you win the lottery. This past Christmas, a man in Vacaville, Calif., learned a grim, but useful, holiday lesson: Sometimes, don't spread glad tidings. Keep the good news to yourself.
2019
Kentucky Lottery celebrates 30 years with new logo. With the Kentucky Lottery's 30th anniversary occurring in 2019, a new logo that better represents its roots in the Bluegrass State has been unveiled.
2016
$900 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot to create unimaginable wealth. For the third time in three days, the multi-state Powerball lottery jackpot has been raised to levels only dreamed about.
2014
S.C. woman nearly threw away $250,000 winning lottery ticket. A South Carolina woman cleaning her car more than a month ago nearly threw away a lottery ticket that she later found out was worth $250,000.
2013
Wife questioned in lottery winner death. The widow of a West Rogers Park, Illinois, man who died of cyanide poisoning weeks after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot was questioned extensively by Chicago police last month after the medical examiner's office reclassified the death as a homicide, her attorney said on Tuesday.
2013
Union fights effort to privatize Pa. Lottery. The union that represents Pennsylvania Lottery employees is fighting Gov. Corbett's move to privatize its operations.
2008
Contractors steal $70,000 in lottery prize money. D.C. officials were told last year that lax enforcement of security procedures made it possible for a handful of contract employees to steal tens of thousands of dollars in lottery tickets and prize money, according to records released this week in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board.
2008
FBI following leads in lottery scam. A Monroe, New York, man became the unwitting middleman in a sweepstakes-style international lottery scam that had the potential of bilking tens of thousands of dollars from its victims, police said.
2008
Worker accused of stealing winning Oregon lottery ticket. After lunch at a restaurant, a woman left behind a winning Oregon lottery ticket worth $50,000, and State Police have arrested the worker who bused the table on a theft charge.
2007
S.C. Lottery Millionaire Raffle results drawn. The winning numbers have been selected in the South Carolina lottery game that is going to make four instant millionaires.
2006
N.C. Lottery will start on schedule, director says. Officials charged with starting a lottery in North Carolina said yesterday that they hope to award two major contracts by Feb. 2, despite a lawsuit intended to stop them.
2006
Oklahoma Lottery gearing up for Powerball Friday. Tickets for the multi-state Powerball will go on sale at more than 1,900 Oklahoma merchants at 4 a.m. Friday, and the prize could reach the $100 million mark before the first drawing for Oklahoma-purchased tickets at 9:59 p.m. (Central Standard Time) January 14.
2006
Tenn. Lottery officials give no details on harassment allegations. Tennessee Lottery officials aren't sharing documents and other details about former state treasurer Steve Adams stepping down as the lottery's chief administrative officer following an investigation into allegations of workplace harassment.
2006
Tenn. Lottery says it need not obey state policies. Though the state recently cleaned up its policy for investigating harassment claims, the Tennessee Lottery is exempt from those rules, officials said -- making it even tougher for the public to keep tabs on harassment cases at the agency.
2006
Penn. Lottery declares 1st raffle a success. Aside from the usual seasonal sales peak in instant tickets, thousands of players also took a $20 chance to get in the Pennsylvania Lottery's first-ever raffle game: a one-time drawing for a declared set of prizes, with winning numbers drawn specifically from the field of tickets sold.
2006
Ohio Lottery's new game three months without jackpot winner. The Ohio Lottery's newest game, which replaced Super Lotto Plus in October, has gone three months without a jackpot winner and some players and sellers think the 100-number, bingo-style Lot 'O Play game is too complicated.
2004
Ohio Lottery Loser Faces Police Charge. Elecia Battle, who admitted yesterday that she lied about losing a $162 million Mega Millions lottery ticket, was charged today with filing a false police report.
2004
GTech gets deal for new online terminals from Spain’s national lottery. GTech Corp of West Greenwich, R.I., has won a sale to provide new online lottery terminals to Sistemas Tecnicos de Loterias del Estado (STL), the operator of the online system for the National Lottery in Spain. According to the company, the deal could be worth as much as $9 million.
2004
Winners wish they'd lain low. Talk to former lottery winners and they agree -- the biggest mistake Mega Millions jackpot winner Rebecca Jemison made this week was coming forward herself to claim her winnings.
2004
What Every Texas Lottery Player Needs To Know About Claiming A Jackpot. In response to recent events in Ohio and the $162 million Mega Millions jackpot ticket, the Texas Lottery Commission wants to reiterate to players some important information regarding claiming a jackpot prize in Texas.
2004
Tennessee lotto ads hit Monday. Tennesseans will get their first taste of lottery advertising as the state lottery begins its push Monday, airing two television commercials raising awareness that the games will be up in mere days.
2004
Indiana Bill Targets Deadbeat Parents' Gambling Winnings. Deadbeat parents who gamble at riverboats and racetracks would have to give their children a cut of their winnings under a bill being considered by the Indiana Senate.
2004
Massachusetts man wins $1M lottery prize. Robert F. Brown Jr. of Cumberland, Massachusetts, won $1 million in the $640,000,000 Jubilee instant game.
2004
Reducing Lottery Rewards. Some Florida legislators figure that the way to sell more lottery tickets is to reduce the size or number of prizes the players can win. It's something that will be attempted during the 2004 session that begins in March -- and, given the financial philosophy of this Legislature, it has a good chance of passage.
2004
Court scratches man's lottery claim. A Northborough man who tried to cash in on a mistake by the state Lottery Commission to collect a $4 million cash prize for a winning scratch ticket had his claim thrown out yesterday by the state Appeals Court.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$1.1 Billion
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2023
2.$949.8 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2016
3.$625 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 12, 2021
4.$489.6 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2021
5.€345.49 Million
US$370.89 Million
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2023
6.$341.4 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 9, 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.$221 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2015
11.$199 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2026
12.$165 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2024
13.$162 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2015
14.€137.32 Million
US$155.55 Million
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2022
15.€120 Million
US$131.22 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2024
16.$131 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2007
17.$126.3 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2026
18.$126 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2017
19.€103 Million
US$124.76 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Jan 13, 2006
20.$122 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2007
21.$120 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 10, 2009
22.€102.71 Million
US$119.55 Million
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2026
23.€89.38 Million
US$109.23 Million
Draw Date
Jan 9, 2021
24.€90 Million
US$108.91 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Jan 15, 2021
25.$106 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Jan 11, 2017

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1996
Tuesday, Jan 9, 1996
30 years old
1992
Thursday, Jan 9, 1992
34 years old
1991
Wednesday, Jan 9, 1991
35 years old
1991
Wednesday, Jan 9, 1991
35 years old
1987
Friday, Jan 9, 1987
39 years old
1982
Saturday, Jan 9, 1982
44 years old
1980
Wednesday, Jan 9, 1980
46 years old
1979
Tuesday, Jan 9, 1979
47 years old
1979
Tuesday, Jan 9, 1979
47 years old
1978
Monday, Jan 9, 1978
48 years old
1977
Sunday, Jan 9, 1977
49 years old
1974
Wednesday, Jan 9, 1974
52 years old
1972
Sunday, Jan 9, 1972
54 years old
1968
Tuesday, Jan 9, 1968
58 years old
1968
Tuesday, Jan 9, 1968
58 years old
1967
Monday, Jan 9, 1967
59 years old
1965
Saturday, Jan 9, 1965
61 years old
1962
Tuesday, Jan 9, 1962
64 years old
1958
Thursday, Jan 9, 1958
68 years old
1958
Thursday, Jan 9, 1958
68 years old
1958
Thursday, Jan 9, 1958
68 years old
1948
Friday, Jan 9, 1948
78 years old
1944
Sunday, Jan 9, 1944
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2021
Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board.
2015
The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes.
2015
A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involving beer that was contaminated with Burkholderia gladioli leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill.
2014
An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.
2011
Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, in icy conditions, killing 78 people.
2007
Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.
2005
Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
2005
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
2004
An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula en route to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history.
2003
TANS Perú Flight 222 crashes on approach to Chachapoyas Airport in Chachapoyas, Peru, killing 46 people.
1997
Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people.
1996
First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
1992
The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
1992
The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.
1991
Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
1964
Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
1962
Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon.
1961
British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland spy ring in London.
1960
President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
1959
The Vega de Tera dam fails, triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of Ribadelago and kills 144 residents.
1957
British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
1945
World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf.
1941
World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
1927
A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
1923
Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
1923
Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
1921
Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
1920
Ukrainian War of Independence: The All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee outlaws the Makhnovshchina by decree, igniting the Bolshevik-Makhnovist conflict.
1918
Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
1917
World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
1916
World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
1914
The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
1909
Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
1903
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
1878
Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
1861
American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
1861
Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
1858
British forces finally defeat Rajab Ali Khan of Chittagong.
1857
The 7.9 Mw Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
1839
The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
1822
The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process.
1816
Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
1806
Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.
1799
British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.
1793
Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
1792
Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-92.
1788
Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1787
The nationally known image of the Black Nazarene in the Philippines was transferred from what is now Rizal Park to its present shrine in the minor basilica of Quiapo Church. This is annually commemorated through its Traslación (solemn transfer) in the streets of Manila and is attended by millions of devotees.
1760
Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
1693
Sicily earthquake: The first of two earthquakes destroys parts of Sicily and Malta. After the second quake on 11 January, the death toll is estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000 people.
1431
The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen.
1349
The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
1127
Jin-Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong of Song and others, ending the Northern Song period.
1038
An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimated 32,300.
681
Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
475
Verina, the Eastern Roman dowager Empress, instigates a riot in Constantinople and persuades emperor Zeno, her son-in-law, to flee. The Byzantine senate, however, acclaims Basiliscus as emperor and not her lover Patricius.
400
Aelia Eudoxia is officially crowned empress of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Births On This Day

2004
Souhardya De, Indian author and columnist
2001
Eric García, Spanish footballer
2001
Peter Mamouzelos, Australian rugby league player
2001
Zeke Nnaji, American basketball player
2000
Luka Šamanić, Croatian basketball player
1998
Kerris Dorsey, American actress
1998
Brent Rivera, American social media personality and actor
1996
Vítek Vaněček, Czech ice hockey player
1995
Braden Hamlin-Uele, New Zealand rugby league player
1995
Dominik Livaković, Croatian football goalkeeper
1995
Nicola Peltz, American actress
1994
Radek Faksa, Czech ice hockey player
1993
Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete
1993
Marcus Peters, American football player
1992
Jack Campbell, American ice hockey player
1992
Terrence Jones, American basketball player
1992
Joseph Parker, Samoan heavyweight boxer
1991
Ruby Soho, American wrestler
1991
Álvaro Soler, Spanish singer-songwriter
1989
Michael Beasley, American basketball player
1989
Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress
1989
Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete
1989
Samardo Samuels, Jamaican-American basketball player
1989
Chris Sandow, Australian rugby league player
1989
Haris Sohail, Pakistani cricketer
1988
Lee Yeon-hee, South Korean actress
1987
Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer
1987
Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987
Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer
1986
Raphael Diaz, Swiss ice hockey player
1986
Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
1986
Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player
1985
Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer
1982
Catherine, Princess of Wales
1982
Sharrod Ford, American basketball player
1981
Ebi Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager
1980
Édgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer
1980
Sergio García, Spanish golfer
1980
Shaun Hill, American football player
1980
Luke Patten, Australian rugby league player and referee
1980
Francisco Pavón, Spanish footballer
1978
Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player
1978
Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager
1978
Chad Johnson, American football player
1978
AJ McLean, American singer, dancer, and actor
1976
Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
1975
James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper
1974
Omari Hardwick, American actor
1973
Angela Bettis, American actress, director, and producer
1973
Sean Paul, Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor
1971
Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host
1970
Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
1968
Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer and coach
1968
Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
1968
Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer
1967
Matt Bevin, American politician, 62nd Governor of Kentucky
1967
Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
1967
David Costabile, American actor
1967
Steve Harwell, American rock singer (died 2023)
1967
Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1965
Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player
1965
Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer and musician
1965
Joely Richardson, English actress
1963
Eric Erlandson, American musician and songwriter
1963
Irwin McLean, Northern Irish biologist and academic
1962
Ray Houghton, Scottish-born footballer
1961
Didier Camberabero, French rugby player
1960
Lisa Walters, Canadian golfer
1959
Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
1958
Rob McClanahan, American ice hockey player
1958
Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish assassin
1957
Phil Lewis, English musician, singer and songwriter
1956
Waltraud Meier, German soprano and actress
1956
Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer
1955
Bruce Boudreau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1955
J. K. Simmons, American actor
1954
Philippa Gregory, Kenyan-English author and academic
1952
Kaushik Basu, Indian economist and academic
1951
M. L. Carr, American basketball player, coach, and executive
1951
Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer
1950
Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist and academic
1950
David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025)
1948
Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
1948
Jan Tomaszewski, Polish footballer, manager, and politician
1946
Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (died 2013)
1946
Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician, 45th Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1945
John Doman, American actor
1945
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st President of Armenia
1944
Harun Farocki, German filmmaker (died 2014)
1944
Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1944
Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor
1943
Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright
1943
Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2007)
1943
Scott Walker, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2019)
1941
Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist
1940
Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (died 1993)
1940
Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation
1939
Susannah York, English actress and activist (died 2011)
1938
Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician (died 2013)
1936
K Callan, American actress and author
1936
Marko Veselica, Croatian academic and politician (died 2017)
1935
Bob Denver, American actor (died 2005)
1935
Dick Enberg, American sportscaster (died 2017)
1935
John Graham, New Zealand rugby player and educator (died 2017)
1935
Brian Harradine, Australian politician (died 2014)
1934
Bart Starr, American football player and coach (died 2019)
1933
Roy Dwight, English footballer (died 2002)
1933
Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author (died 2021)
1931
Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (died 2008)
1929
Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (died 2015)
1929
Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (died 1995)
1928
Judith Krantz, American novelist (died 2019)
1928
Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (died 1994)
1926
Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2002)
1925
Len Quested, English footballer and manager (died 2012)
1925
Lee Van Cleef, American actor (died 1989)
1924
Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (died 1990)
1922
Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (died 2011)
1922
Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (died 1984)
1921
Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (died 2025)
1920
Clive Dunn, English actor (died 2012)
1920
Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (died 1998)
1919
William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic (died 2007)
1918
Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (died 2005)
1915
Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (died 1982)
1915
Anita Louise, American actress (died 1970)
1914
Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (died 1985)
1913
Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (died 1994)
1912
Basil Langton, English actor, director, photographer, and teacher (died 2003)
1912
Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (died 1996)
1909
Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta (died 2008)
1909
Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (died 1992)
1908
Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (died 1986)
1902
Rudolf Bing, American impresario and businessman (died 1997)
1902
Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (died 1975)
1901
Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (died 1991)
1900
Richard Halliburton, American journalist and author (died 1939)
1899
Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (died 1942)
1898
Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (died 1979)
1897
Karl Löwith, German philosopher, author, and academic (died 1973)
1897
Halyna Kuzmenko, Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (died 1978)
1896
Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor and director (died 1971)
1893
Edwin Baker, Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (died 1968)
1892
Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician (died 1985)
1890
Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (died 1938)
1890
Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (died 1935)
1889
Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (died 1969)
1886
Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (died 1943)
1885
Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler (died 1968)
1881
Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (died 1938)
1881
Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet (died 1956)
1879
John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (died 1958)
1875
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (died 1942)
1873
Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet (died 1934)
1873
Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler (died 1944)
1873
John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (died 1938)
1870
Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (died 1938)
1868
S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic (died 1939)
1864
Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1926)
1859
Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (died 1947)
1856
Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (died 1912)
1854
Jennie Jerome, American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, mother of Sir Winston Churchill (died 1921)
1849
John Hartley, English tennis player (died 1935)
1848
Princess Frederica of Hanover (died 1926)
1839
John Knowles Paine, American composer and academic (died 1906)
1832
Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (died 1900)
1829
Thomas William Robertson, English director and playwright (died 1871)
1829
Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (died 1857)
1823
Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (died 1908)
1822
Carol Benesch, Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Peleș Castle (died 1896)
1819
James Francis, English-Australian businessman and politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (died 1884)
1818
Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (died 1881)
1811
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (died 1856)
1778
Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish Ney player and composer (died 1846)
1773
Cassandra Austen, English painter and illustrator (died 1845)
1753
Luísa Todi, Portuguese soprano and actress (died 1833)
1745
Caleb Strong, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1819)
1735
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (died 1823)
1728
Thomas Warton, English poet, historian, and critic (died 1790)
1685
Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (died 1766)
1674
Reinhard Keiser, German composer (died 1739)
1645
Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English noble and politician (date baptized; (died 1712)
1624
Empress Meishō of Japan (died 1696)
1606
William Dugard, English printer (died 1662)
1590
Simon Vouet, French painter (died 1649)
1571
Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French commander (died 1621)
1554
Pope Gregory XV (died 1623)
1418
Juan Ramón Folch III de Cardona, Aragonese admiral (died 1485)
1304
Hōjō Takatoki, Japanese shikken of the Kamakura bakufu (died 1333)
727
Emperor Daizong of Tang (died 779)

Deaths On This Day

2025
Black Bart, American professional wrestler (born 1948)
2024
Rashid Khan, Indian classical musician (born 1968)
2023
Séamus Begley, Irish accordion player, fiddler and Irish traditional musician (born 1949)
2022
Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host (born 1956)
2022
Maria Ewing, American opera singer (born 1950)
2021
John Reilly, American actor (born 1934)
2019
Verna Bloom, American actress (born 1938)
2019
Paul Koslo, German-Canadian actor (born 1944)
2018
Kato Ottio, Papua New Guinean rugby league player (born 1994)
2017
Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist (born 1925)
2016
John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (born 1938)
2016
Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (born 1926)
2015
Michel Jeury, French author (born 1934)
2015
Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (born 1946)
2015
Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (born 1928)
2015
Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (born 1964)
2014
Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (born 1934)
2014
Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (born 1926)
2014
Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (born 1965)
2014
Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1939)
2013
Brigitte Askonas, Austrian-English immunologist and academic (born 1923)
2013
James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)
2013
Robert L. Rock, American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (born 1927)
2013
John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1935)
2012
Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (born 1937)
2012
Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, Swiss geologist and academic (born 1910)
2012
William G. Roll, German-American psychologist and parapsychologist (born 1926)
2012
Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1947)
2012
László Szekeres, Hungarian physician and academic (born 1921)
2011
Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (born 1930)
2009
Rob Gauntlett, English mountaineer and explorer (born 1987)
2009
T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (born 1914)
2009
Tan Chor Jin, Singaporean murderer and triad leader of Ang Soon Tong (born 1966)
2008
Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (born 1923)
2008
John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and television host (born 1924)
2007
Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (born 1977)
2007
Jean-Pierre Vernant, French anthropologist and historian (born 1914)
2006
Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (born 1964)
2006
W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (born 1913)
2004
Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and academic (born 1909)
2003
Will McDonough, American journalist (born 1935)
2001
Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (born 1926)
2000
Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer and academic (born 1915)
2000
Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (born 1909)
1998
Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
1998
Imi Lichtenfeld, Slovakian-Israeli martial artist, founded Krav Maga (born 1910)
1997
Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1909)
1997
Jesse White, American actor (born 1917)
1996
Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (born 1923)
1996
Abdullah al-Qasemi, Saudi atheist, writer, and intellectual (born 1907)
1995
Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (born 1909)
1995
Peter Cook, English actor and screenwriter (born 1937)
1993
Paul Hasluck, Australian historian and politician, Governor-General of Australia (born 1905)
1992
Steve Brodie, American actor (born 1919)
1992
Bill Naughton, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1910)
1990
Spud Chandler, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1907)
1990
Cemal Süreya, Turkish poet and journalist (born 1931)
1988
Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and composer (born 1909)
1987
Arthur Lake, American actor (born 1905)
1985
Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (born 1879)
1984
Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (born 1909)
1981
Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (born 1922)
1979
Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (born 1891)
1975
Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (born 1897)
1975
Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (born 1901)
1972
Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (born 1891)
1971
Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (born 1876)
1964
Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (born 1884)
1961
Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)
1960
Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (born 1880)
1947
Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (born 1893)
1946
Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (born 1903)
1945
Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (born 1908)
1945
Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1890)
1945
Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (born 1890)
1941
Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (born 1874)
1939
Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1866)
1936
John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1899)
1931
Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (born 1896)
1930
Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (born 1863)
1927
Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (born 1855)
1924
Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (born 1853)
1923
Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1888)
1918
Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (born 1844)
1917
Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (born 1853)
1911
Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (born 1853)
1911
Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (born 1886)
1908
Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (born 1832)
1908
Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (born 1840)
1901
Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (born 1830)
1895
Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (born 1812)
1878
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (born 1820)
1876
Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (born 1801)
1873
Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (born 1808)
1858
Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (born 1798)
1856
Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (born 1770)
1848
Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (born 1750)
1843
William Hedley, English engineer (born 1773)
1833
Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (born 1752)
1805
Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (born 1723)
1800
Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (born 1762)
1799
Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1718)
1766
Thomas Birch, English historian and author (born 1705)
1762
Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida (born 1678)
1757
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1657)
1622
Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (born 1576)
1612
Leonard Holliday, Lord Mayor of London (born 1550)
1598
Jasper Heywood, English poet and scholar (born 1553)
1571
Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (born 1510)
1561
Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (born 1514)
1543
Guillaume du Bellay, French general and diplomat (born 1491)
1534
Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (born 1477)
1529
Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (born 1472)
1514
Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France (born 1477)
1511
Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar and academic (born 1423)
1499
John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1455)
1463
William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, English soldier (born 1405)
1450
Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester
1367
Giulia della Rena, Italian saint (born 1319)
1283
Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (born 1236)
1282
Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Minorcan ruler (born 1204)
1150
Emperor Xizong of Jin (born 1119)
710
Adrian of Canterbury, abbot and scholar
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